BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS:
1850 Joe Miller
1851 Dick Higham
1863 Tommy McCarthy
1864 Jack Clements
1868 Billy Graulich
1871 Harvey Smith
1873 Joe Wall
1875 Jesse Stovall
1878 Chris Lindsay
1893 Joe Schultz
1900 Jim Lyle
1900 Earl Brown
1901 Bob Adams
1905 Ed Montague
1907 Roy Williams
1912 Alex Carrasquel
1913 Floyd Kranson
1916 Dick Hahn
1916 Al Flair
1916 Moses Snowden
1921 Clint Conatser
1922 Duane Pillette
1924 Tod Davis
1927 Preston Ward
1940 Ethan Blackaby
1942 Charles Francis (Cotton) Nash
1948 Mike Adams
1952 Jerry Augustine
1960 Jeff Kaiser
1964 Barry Bonds
1965 Joe Oliver
1968 Rob Lukachyk
1972 Shawn Wooten
1973 Stephen Larkin
1973 Norihiro Nakamura
1975 Bill Ortega
1976 Nate Bump
1977 Jason Smith
1979 Ryan Speier
1983 Guilder Rodriguez
1986 Scott Van Slyke
1986 Miguel Socolovich
1993 Connor Overton
1996 Cooper Criswell
OBITUARIES:
1887 Alex McKinnon
The sixth in-season death in MLB history… McKinnon was in his fourth MLB season and first with Pittsburgh as their first baseman (and hitting .340!) when he was struck with typhoid fever about July 4th. At first it was thought not to be serious, but it took a turn in mid-Jul and he died of complications due to his “bilious fever.” McKinnon, three weeks shy of his 31st birthday, left behind a wife and his parents.
“First Baseman M’Kinnon Dead,” Pittsburgh Daily Post, July 25, 1887: 6.
1899 Jim Korwan
Korwan, who played for the Chicago Colts and Brooklyn Bridegrooms, died of tuberculosis at his home just two years after his last major league game. According to the Brooklyn Eagle of August 6, 1899, his widowed mother died less than two weeks later.
“Baseball Notes,” Wilkes-Barre Evening Leader,” September 5, 1899: 2.
1900 Fred Zahner
Briefly a catcher for the Colonels in 1894 and 1895, Zahner, 29, was working a skiff in the Ohio River when the boat was passed by a much larger (and faster) boat. The wake tipped his boat enough to send Zahner sprawling into the river – but he couldn’t swim and the other man in the boat couldn’t get to him. A rescue crew failed to help – it was getting dark and a storm was brewing.
“Head First,” Louisville Courier-Journal, July 25, 1900: 3.
1901 Joe Simmons
Joseph Simmons was born Joseph Simmons Chabriel to well off French immigrants in New York City in 1845 (some sources say 1844). He dropped his last name because his parents were not fans of their son wanting to play baseball professionally. Simmons played in the National Association for three different teams, eventually playing in Syracuse and Rochester as well. In later years he managed the Syracuse Stars and, when his baseball career ended, he remained in that area. When his mother passed, he returned to the family home in New Jersey and managed her trust until his death, thought to be related to a bladder ailment he had in the past.
“Baseball Man Dead,” Buffalo Courier, July 28, 1901: 26.
1904 Ernie Mason
1919 Ed Bagley
1921 Bill Dugan
1929 George Miller
1932 Tom Quinn
1932 Frank Warfield
Warfield managed and played second base for the Washington Pilots in the Negro Leagues at the time of his death – supposedly a short illness but obviously a shock. Warfield had a reputation as a gentleman and fine businessman, as well as a fine ballplayer.
1935 Billy Crowell
1951 Ed Fisher
1958 Virgil Barnes
1963 Luther Roy
1970 Harvey Green
1971 Harry Suter
1976 Sam Bankhead
1978 Joel Hunt
1982 Lin Storti
1984 Jake Dunn
1985 Ted Kleinhans
1988 Joe Orengo
1988 Jerry Lane
1989 Wally Kimmick
1990 Andy Woehr
1991 Howie Carter
1993 George Armstrong
2002 Barney White
2002 Pete Coscarart
2002 Al Silvera
2011 Mike Palm
2015 Walter Gibbons
2016 Steve Nagy
2018 Vaughn Eshelman
Kidney and liver failure claimed him. Eshelman died of complications a few months following a liver transplant.
2018 Tony Cloninger
2022 Julio Valdez
2022 Win Remmerswaal
The counter to Losing Pitcher Mulcahy? I remember Win – a very unique name – because he was a pitcher for the Red Sox at a time I was playing a lot of baseball board games.
YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN THERE!!!
1931 Babe Herman hits for the cycle – again! His third cycle occurred just ten days after his second one…
1948 A bus carrying the Duluth baseball team crashes head-on into an ice truck on HWY 36 near St. Paul, killing five players and injuring nineteen others. After impact, the bus tumbled into a ditch where the gasoline tank ruptured and started a fire. Thankfully, passersby helped pull several players out of the wreckage before the heat made it impossible to get the remaining three people out of the bus.
“Four Baseball Players Killed In Bus Crash”, Asbury Park Press, 25 July 1948, Pages 14, 15.
TRANSACTION WIRE:
1986 Los Angeles signs amateur free agent infielder Jose Offerman.
2001 Texas sends Andres Galarraga to the Giants for Erasmo Ramirez, Chris Magruder, and minor leaguer Todd Ozias.
2009 Oakland sends Matt Holiday to the Cardinals for Clayton Mortenson, Brett Wallace, and Shane Peterson.
2018 Baltimore sends Zack Britton to the Yankees for Dillon Tate, Josh Rogers, and Cody Carroll.
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