BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS:
1855 Jacob Doyle
1866 Hugh Duffy
1866 Jim Canavan
1866 Mike Slattery
1866 Art Twineham
1871 Fred Tenney
1873 James Edward (Gussie) Gannon
1874 Dan McFarlan
1878 Bill Malarkey
1883 Frank Lobert
1889 Hanson Horsey
1890 Dan Sherman
1895 George Tomer
1897 Firman Newton (Bill) Warwick
1898 John Kerr
1900 John Churry
1905 Bob Johnson
1907 Gowell Claset
1908 Vernon Louis (Lefty) Gomez
1913 Garton Del Savio
1914 Ed Weiland
1916 Eddie Miller
1916 Bob Elliott
1916 Walt Ripley
1917 Pat Cooper
1917 Mike Kosman
1919 Danny Reynolds
1920 Jodie Beeler
1920 Hollis Kimball (Bud) Sheely
1921 Mickey McGowan
1922 Joe Muir
1923 Danny Ozark
1927 Pete Taylor
1933 Minnie Rojas
1937 Bob Lee
1941 Jeff Torborg
1947 Richie Hebner
1947 Larry Gura
1950 Jorge Orta
1955 Jay Howell
1955 Mike Mendoza
1956 Bob Walk
1956 Ron Meridith
1959 Mike Moore
1960 Harold Reynolds
1962 Chuck Finley
1968 Hector Wagner
1969 Sam Militello
1976 Brian Schneider
1977 John Parrish
1979 Jeff Fulchino
1983 Matt Garza
1985 Matt Carpenter
1985 Jhonny Nunez
1985 Corey Brown
1988 Matt Tracy
1988 Hector Velazquez
1988 Josh Smoker
1991 Corey Knebel
1991 Kyle Waldrop
1991 Yoshi Tsutsugo
OBITUARIES:
1907 Eddie Burke
1928 Butts Wagner
1928 Denny Clare
1937 Andy Bednar
1952 Warren Gill
1954 Bill Doak
1962 Al Carson
1969 Emil Kush
1972 George Jackson
1973 Tom Kane
1982 Hub Walker
1985 Monk Sherlock
1989 Lew Fonseca
2004 Tom Haller
2012 Mike Kume
2016 Bill Endicott
YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN IT!!!
1996 Owners approve the latest collective bargaining agreement, which includes regular season interleague play.
TRANSACTION WIRE:
1887 Brooklyn purchases Bob Carruthers from the St. Louis Browns for a cool $8,500…
1962 The Yankees send Bill Skowron to the Dodgers for Stan Williams.
Meanwhile, the Red Sox send batting champ Pete Runnels to Houston for Roman Mejias.
Finally – the first year draft nets some great picks. Houston took Jim Wynn from Cincinnati, Washington drafted Lou Piniella from the Indians, Baltimore took Paul Blair from the Mets, and the Cubs took Glenn Beckert from Boston.
1986 The Yankees send Doug Drabek, Brian Fisher, and Logan Easley to the Pirates for Rick Rhoden, Cecilio Guante, and Pat Clemens.
1996 Anaheim sends J. T. Snow to the Giants for Fausto Macey and Allen Watson.