Events
edit- 1963 - Pete Rose plays in his first spring training game.
- 1982 - Travis Jackson and Happy Chandler are elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee.
- 1983 - The Veterans Committee announces the election of Walter Alston and George Kell to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
- 1992 - The Pittsburgh Pirates trade Neal Heaton to the Kansas City Royals for Kirk Gibson.
- 1993 - Sherry Davis becomes the first woman major league public address announcer when she is hired by the San Francisco Giants to work at Candlestick Park.
- 1995 - Michael Jordan announces that he is leaving the Chicago White Sox organization and will return to the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association.
Births
edit- 1852 - Charles Fisher, infielder (d. 1917)
- 1870 - Herb Goodall, pitcher (d. 1938)
- 1877 - John Godwin, infielder (d. 1956)
- 1877 - Jack Lundbom, pitcher (d. 1949)
- 1880 - Judge Nagle, pitcher (d. 1971)
- 1882 - Ed Cermak, outfielder (d. 1911)
- 1906 - Art Herring, pitcher (d. 1995)
- 1921 - James Atkins, pitcher
- 1921 - Johnny Blatnik, outfielder (d. 2004)
- 1921 - George Elder, outfielder
- 1925 - Lou Limmer, infielder (d. 2007)
- 1929 - Bud Thomas, infielder
- 1932 - Paul Martin, pitcher
- 1942 - Tom Hilgendorf, pitcher
- 1944 - Johnny Briggs, outfielder
- 1944 - Joe Campbell, outfielder
- 1948 - Wayne Twitchell, pitcher; All-Star
- 1958 - Steve Howe, pitcher; All-Star
- 1961 - Mike Birkbeck, pitcher
- 1963 - John Cangelosi, outfielder
- 1966 - Mike Timlin, pitcher
- 1972 - Rob Stanifer, pitcher
- 1977 - Ben Davis, catcher
- 1977 - Tike Redman, outfielder
- 1983 - Donnie Murphy, infielder
- 1983 - Steven Shell, pitcher
Deaths
edit- 1918 - Jim McCormick, pitcher, manager (b. 1856)
- 1941 - Doc Hazleton, infielder (b. 1876)
- 1944 - Dan Howley, catcher, manager (b. 1885)
- 1948 - Stub Brown, pitcher (b. 1870)
- 1955 - Rick Adams, pitcher (b. 1878)
- 1956 - Solly Hofman, outfielder (b. 1882)
- 1957 - Erskine Mayer, pitcher (b. 1889)
- 1958 - Earl Williams, catcher (b. 1903)
- 1960 - Jim Holmes, pitcher (b. 1882)
- 1964 - Warren Shanabrook, infielder (b. 1880)
- 1969 - Max Rosenfeld, outfielder (b. 1902)
- 1971 - Bill James, pitcher (b. 1892)
- 1972 - George Cunningham, pitcher (b. 1894)
- 1981 - Bob Elson, announcer (b. 1904)
- 1983 - Connie Desmond, announcer (b. 1908)
- 1985 - Bob Nieman, outfielder (b. 1927)
- 1994 - Jim Brenneman, pitcher (b. 1941)
- 1994 - Jim Honochick, umpire (b. 1917)
- 1998 - Ed Wałczak, infielder (b. 1918)
- 2005 - Kent Hadley, infielder (b. 1934)
- 2007 - Art Lopatka, pitcher (b. 1919)
- 2007 - Bobby Sturgeon, infielder (b. 1919)