Events
edit- 1960 - Mickey Mantle of the New York Yankees signs a one-year contract worth $65,000, a $7,000 cut in pay.
- 1981 - The Veterans Committee selects Johnny Mize and Rube Foster to the baseball Hall of Fame.
- 1999 - The Boston Red Sox sign Ramón Martínez to a contract, uniting him with his younger brother, Pedro.
- 2001 - Preston Wilson signs a $32 million, five-year contract with the Florida Marlins.
- 2002 - The Boston Red Sox hire Grady Little as their new manager.
- 2002 - The New York Yankees release Rubén Rivera for stealing Derek Jeter's mitt out of his locker, and selling it on the black market for $2,500.
- 2006 - The Kansas City Royals sign a five-year deal with David DeJesus.
- 2006 - Nick Johnson agreed to a $16.5 million, three-year contract extension with the Washington Nationals.
Births
edit- 1854 - Mike Lawlor, catcher (d. 1918)
- 1859 - Ed O'Neil, pitcher (d. 1892)
- 1869 - Harry Colliflower, pitcher (d. 1961)
- 1870 - Herm McFarland, outfielder (d. 1935)
- 1877 - Norwood Gibson, pitcher (d. 1959)
- 1878 - Bill Pounds, pitcher (d. 1936)
- 1879 - Joe Stewart, pitcher (d. 1913)
- 1885 - Joe Dunn, catcher (d. 1944)
- 1886 - Fred Link, pitcher (d. 1939)
- 1903 - Buster Ross, pitcher (d. 1982)
- 1906 - Bill Lawrence, outfielder (d. 1997)
- 1911 - Jim Bucher, infielder (d. 2004)
- 1930 - Bobby Winkles, manager
- 1933 - Jack Spring, pitcher
- 1945 - Dock Ellis, pitcher; All-Star (d. 2008)
- 1948 - Cesar Geronimo, outfielder
- 1955 - Larry Landreth, pitcher
- 1958 - Larry Ray, outfielder
- 1959 - Phil Bradley, outfielder; All-Star
- 1961 - Bryan Oelkers, pitcher
- 1965 - Steve Reed, pitcher
- 1967 - Dwayne Hosey, outfielder
- 1968 - Gar Finnvold, pitcher
- 1970 - Pedro Castellano, infielder
- 1971 - Sang-Hoon Lee, pitcher
- 1972 - Salomón Torres, pitcher
- 1974 - Bobby Abreu, outfielder; All-Star
- 1976 - Nate Teut, pitcher
- 1978 - Kevin Reese, outfielder
- 1980 - Chris Burke, outfielder
- 1980 - Rich Hill, pitcher
- 1980 - Dan Uggla, infielder; All-Star
- 1982 - Brian Anderson, outfielder
Deaths
edit- 1892 - Cinders O'Brien, pitcher (b. 1867)
- 1919 - Ed Poole, pitcher (b. 1874)
- 1922 - Joe Gerhardt, infielder, manager (b. 1855)
- 1930 - Bob Barr, pitcher (b. 1856)
- 1941 - Pi Schwert, catcher (b. 1892)
- 1946 - Ed McDonald, infielder (b. 1886)
- 1949 - Eric McNair, infielder (b. 1909)
- 1950 - William Gallagher, infielder (b. 1874)
- 1953 - Jock Menefee, pitcher (b. 1868)
- 1953 - Fred Toney, pitcher (b. 1888)
- 1954 - Bill Bradley, infielder, manager (b. 1878)
- 1963 - Joe Judge, infielder (b. 1894)
- 1971 - Clyde Barfoot, pitcher (b. 1891)
- 1972 - Zack Wheat, outfielder; Hall of Famer (b. 1888)
- 1975 - Lefty Clarke, pitcher (b. 1896)
- 1976 - Larry Gardner, infielder (b. 1886)
- 1987 - Bots Nekola, pitcher (b. 1906)
- 1990 - Roy Schalk, infielder (b. 1908)
- 2002 - Al Cowens, outfielder (b. 1951)
- 2003 - Alta Cohen, outfielder (b. 1908)