BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS:
1854 Dave Rowe
1864 Joe Woerlin
1865 Al Maul
1873 Bill Reidy
1880 Charlie Faust
1884 Pete Wilson
1886 Rube Marquard
1890 Red Massey
1890 Ernie Manning
1890 Ty Helfrich
1892 Arnie Stone
1894 Jing Johnson
1897 Harry Biemiller
1898 Joe Sewell
1901 Freddy Spurgeon
1902 Kenny Hogan
1902 Jimmy Welsh
1903 Jack Tising
1903 Walter O’Malley
1904 Gordon Slade
1909 Jim Winford
1912 Mickey Haefner
1925 Tommy Giordano
1939 Mike Hershberger
1940 Joe Pepitone
1941 Jeoff Long
1944 Freddie Patek
1946 Jim Qualls
1947 Bob Moose
1950 Brian Downing
1951 Derek Bryant
1954 Randy Lerch
1955 Alex Taveras
1959 Ray Krawczyk
1963 Felix Fermin
1967 Jim Tatum
1969 Kevin Jordan
1970 Mike Robertson
1972 Steve Gibralter
1973 Bill Pulsipher
1974 Courtney Duncan
1975 Danny Mota
1975 J. J. Trujillo
1977 Brian Roberts
1979 Alay Soler
1980 Mark McLemore
1982 Jason Jaramillo
1983 Jason Pridie
1986 Derek Holland
1986 David Phelps
1986 Chaz Roe
1987 Cory Burns
1987 Yadiel Hernandez
1988 Starling Marte
1989 Tim Melville
1990 Jake Lamb
1991 Ryan Brett
1995 Merandy Gonzalez
OBITUARIES:
1897 Milo Lockwood
1900 Harry Wheeler
1901 Chappy Lane
1918 Fred Gaiser
1920 Carl Vandagrift
1924 Ed Caskin
1924 Jake Daubert
1929 Red Kleinow
1930 Lem Cross
1934 Pat Pettee
1937 Hank Gastright
1939 Biff Schaller
1940 Bill Massey
1944 Joe DeBerry
1945 Bob Ganley
1955 Howie Fox
1955 Jim Jackson
1957 Butch Henline
1964 Al Wingo
1969 Ray Lucas
1969 Don Hoak
1970 Cy Fried
1972 Dave Bancroft
1976 Bob Moose
Died in a car accident on his birthday – just finished playing in a golf tournament hosted by Bill Mazeroski.
1976 Mark Christman
1985 Rusty Yarnall
1986 Jo-Jo White
1991 Charlie Moss
1992 Mike Guerra
1997 Chuck Templeton
1999 Dutch Dotterer
2017 Mike McQueen
2017 Roy Hawes
2018 Jose Santiago
YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN THERE!
1894 Jack Manning, Quaker outfielder, is the first to hit three homers in a game, though his team loses, 11 – 7, to the Chicago White Stockings.
1905 Christy Mathewson opens the 1905 World Series with a 3 – 0 shutout of the Philadelphia As.
1910 Nap Lajoie is allowed to get six infield hits by Jack O’Connor and the St. Louis Browns in an effort to wrest the batting crown (and a new car) from Ty Cobb.
1919 Cincinnati drops the White Sox, 10 – 5, to win the World Series – a gift from the White Sox and various gamblers.
1928 New York sweeps the Cards, taking game four, 7 – 3.
1938 New York sweep the Cubs, taking game four, 8 – 3. It’s the third straight World Series win – the first time that had happened.
1961 The Yankees clock the Reds, 13 – 5, thanks to a pair of homer by Johnny Blanchard. The win gives the Yankees the World Series.
1996 Jeffrey Maier kills the Orioles by helping Derek Jeter’s fly ball go over the fence. The umpires blew this one – and it was painfully obvious.
2005 Chris Burke homers in the 18th inning – Astros take the Braves in the longest post season game ever.
TRANSACTION WIRE:
1925 Chicago drafts Hack Wilson from Toledo in the Rule 5 Draft.
1947 The Cubs sign amateur free agent Randy Jackson.
1970 Washington sends Ed Brinkman, Joe Coleman, Jim Hannan, and Aurelio Rodriguez to Detroit for Elliott Maddox, Denny McLain, Norm McRae, and Don Wert.
1988 Toronto puts pen to paper with amateur free agent Carlos Delgado.
As you can imagine, the vast number of transactions on this day are releases or the granting of free agency.
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