BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS:
1865 Jack Easton
1867 Joe Yingling
1872 Gene McAuliffe
1875 George Gillpatrick
1979 Bill Francis
1881 Harry Elwood “Moose” McCormick
1881 Terry Turner
1885 Tom Walsh
1886 Al Humphrey
1887 Joe Fautsch
1892 William Baynard
1893 Sam Mayer
1896 Jud Wilson
1896 Homer Ezzell
1898 Jake Miller
1899 Ulysses Simpson Grant “Lil” Stoner
1900 Charles Spencer “Doc” Wood
1900 Hop Bartlett
1901 Bill Holland
1906 Pete Daglia
1906 Al Baker
1907 Lefty Holmes
1909 Roman Mathias “Lefty” Bertrand
1909 Walter Frank “Whitey” Hilcher
1909 Bill Sadler
1912 Mark Filley
1916 Howie Krist
1928 Dick Kokos
1929 Ed Albrecht
1930 Dolan Nichols
1930 Frank Malzone
1930 Ron Samford
1933 Bill Kern
1946 Marty Perez
1948 Mark Wiley
1949 Jim Kremmel
1951 Jim Wohlford
1951 Tom Spencer
1951 Rufino Linares
1952 Orlando Alvarez
1954 John Poloni
1958 Dallas Williams
1968 Mike Milchin
1975 Juan Moreno
1975 Ricky Stone
1976 Bobby Madritsch
1978 Brian Reith
1981 Brian Bannister
1983 Trent Oeltjen
1983 Jeff Niemann
1983 Tug Hulett
1987 Aaron Thompson
1988 Aroldis Chapman
1989 Neftali Soto
1989 Chad Bell
1992 Niko Goodrum
1994 Yonathan Daza
1995 Randy Arozarena
OBITUARIES:
1894 Edgar McNabb
1903 Mike Lehane
1914 Art Sladen
1917 Parson Nicholson
1922 Walt Walker
1923 Jim Britt
1934 John Irwin
1935 Harry Schafer
1941 Wilson Collins
1947 Clarence Stephens
1947 Ike Fisher
1954 Fred Hutchinson
1958 Henry Smoyer
1963 Eppa Rixey
1963 Charlie Spearman
1964 Guy Ousley
1968 Lena Blackburne
1971 Lou Chiozza
1972 Dizzy Trout
1973 Syl Simon
1977 Julie Bowers
1982 Roy Sherid
1988 Harvey Kuenn
1995 Wally Millies
1997 Les Munns
1999 Ken Robinson
2003 Jim Fridley
2009 James Atkins
2009 Tom Sturdivant
2011 Scott Cary
2013 Yo-Yo Davalillo
2013 Moon Mullen
2015 Alex Johnson
2020 Johnny Antonelli
2022 Ike Delock
YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN THERE!!!
1966 Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale announce they are hold outs and will not pitch for the Dodgers until they are given three year deals worth $167,000 each.
TRANSACTION WIRE:
1893 Cleveland sends George Davis to the Giants for Buck Ewing.
1907 The Highlanders send Joe Yeager to Browns for Branch Rickey.
1975 The Mets purchase Dave Kingman from the Giants for $150,000. Oddly, Kingman is reacquired from the Cubs on the same date in 1981 in a trade that sent Steve Henderson and cash to the Cubs for the outfielder.
1985 Pittsburgh signs free agent pitcher Rick Reuschel.
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