Champions

* World Series:

Philadelphia Athletics The Philadelphia Athletics were a Major League Baseball team that played in Philadelphia from 1901 to 1954, when they moved to Kansas City, Missouri, and became the Kansas City Athletics. Following another move in 1967, the team became the Oaklan ...

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Awards and honors

* Chalmers Award ** Walter Johnson, Washington Senators, P ** Jake Daubert,

Brooklyn Dodgers The Brooklyn Dodgers were a Major League Baseball team founded in 1884 as a member of the American Association (19th century), American Association before joining the National League in 1890. They remained in Brooklyn until 1957, after which the ...

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MLB statistical leaders

¹ MLB Triple Crown Winner for Pitching

Major league baseball final standings

American League final standings

National League final standings

Events

200px, Ty Cobb and Joe Jackson *January 8 - Frank Chance is named as the new manager of the New York Highlanders. However, Chance is never able to reproduce the success he had in Chicago as the manager of the Cubs, and he leaves New York going 117-168 during his tenure. *February 17 – The Missouri Court of Appeals holds that a fan injured by a foul ball at a 1910 Kansas City Blues game was not entitled to damages from the team since he had chosen to sit in a seat unprotected by a screen when such seats were available, establishing the

Baseball Rule In American tort law, the Baseball RuleNathaniel Grow and Zachary Flagel,The Faulty Law and Economics of the 'Baseball Rule', 60 Wm. & Mary L. Rev. 59, 63–64 (2018). holds that a baseball team or, at amateur levels, its sponsoring organizati ...

in United States tort law. *April 9 – Ebbets Field opens. *June 14 - Ray Schalk hits his first career home one, off of Walter "Big Train" Johnson. *October 11 – The

defeat the

, 3-1, in Game 5 of the World Series to win the World Championship, four games to one. The Giants thus become the second club, following the

Detroit Tigers The Detroit Tigers are an American professional baseball team based in Detroit. The Tigers compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member of the American League (AL) Central division. One of the AL's eight charter franchises, the club was f ...

of 1907–1909, to lose three consecutive World Series; and, to date, the last to do so. *November 2 –

George Stovall George Thomas Stovall (November 23, 1877 – November 5, 1951), nicknamed "Firebrand", was an American first baseman in Major League Baseball. He played for the Cleveland Naps and the St. Louis Browns in the American League, and he also played two ...

, former St. Louis Browns player-manager, became the first Major Leaguer to jump to the outlaw Federal League after signing a contract to manage the Kansas City Packers. *December 3- Upset that the Brooklyn Dodgers will not give him a raise, Joe Tinker makes the jump to the Federal League. Tinker is named player/manager of the Chicago Whales for $12,000 in salary.

Births

January

*January 7 – Johnny Mize *January 19 –

Andy Pilney Antone James "Andy" Pilney (January 19, 1913 – September 15, 1996) was an American football coach and player of football and baseball. He played football and baseball at the University of Notre Dame in the mid-1930s and then professional baseba ...

*January 20 – Jimmy Outlaw *January 21 –

Fern Bell Fernando Jerome Lee Bell (January 22, 1913 – August 29, 2000) was a Major League Baseball outfielder who played for two seasons. He played for the Pittsburgh Pirates The Pittsburgh Pirates are an American professional baseball team based ...

*January 27 – Stew Hofferth *January 27 –

Floyd Speer Vernie Floyd Speer (January 27, 1913 – March 22, 1969) was an American professional baseball pitcher. He was born on January 27, 1913, in Booneville, Arkansas. He attended Booneville High School, where he starred in baseball. His twin brother, ...

*January 28 –

Joe Kohlman Joseph James "Blackie" Kohlman (January 28, 1913 – March 16, 1974) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played over parts of two seasons (1937–38) with the Washington Senators. He is best known for being the star pitcher of the 1937 Sa ...

February

*February 6 –

Ken Weafer Kenneth Albert Weafer (February 6, 1913 – June 4, 2005) was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played in one game in 1936 with the Boston Bees. He batted and threw right-handed. On May 29, 1936, he pitched 3 innings in relief surrendering 6 hi ...

*February 7 – Mel Almada *February 9 – Tony Robello *February 10 –

Bill Adair Marion Danne "Bill" Adair (February 10, 1913 – June 17, 2002) was an American coach and interim manager in Major League Baseball (MLB). A second baseman, he was a career minor-league player who never rose about the Class AA level but who sp ...

*February 11 – Jim Hayes *February 13 –

Hack Miller Laurence H. "Hack" Miller (January 1, 1894September 17, 1971) was an American professional baseball outfielder, who played in Major League Baseball from 1916 to 1925. Miller was born in New York City. He played for the Brooklyn Robins, Boston R ...

*February 14 – Mel Allen *February 20 – Tommy Henrich

March

*March 2 – Mort Cooper *March 4 – Bill Hart *March 16 – Ken O'Dea *March 21 –

Bucky Jacobs Newton Smith "Bucky" Jacobs (March 21, 1913 – June 15, 1990) was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for three seasons. He played for the Washington Senators for 11 games during the 1937 Washington Senators season, then for 11 combined g ...

*March 22 –

Hank Steinbacher Henry John Steinbacher (March 22, 1913 – April 3, 1977) was a professional baseball player who played outfield for the Chicago White Sox from 1937 to 1939 seasons. Before debuting in the major leagues, his contract was purchased by Chicago from ...

*March 25 –

Buster Maynard James Walter "Buster" Maynard (March 25, 1913 – September 7, 1977) was an American professional baseball player whose 14-year career included 224 games in Major League Baseball for the New York Giants during all or portions of four seasons betw ...

*March 26 –

Bill Zuber William Henry Zuber (March 26, 1913 – November 2, 1982) was a professional baseball pitcher. He had an 11-year Major League Baseball career between 1936 and 1947. He pitched his entire career in the American League with the Cleveland Indians, Wa ...

April

*April 1 – Buster Bray *April 10 –

Lloyd Russell Lloyd Opal Russell (April 10, 1913 – May 24, 1968) was an American football and baseball player and coach of football, basketball, and baseball. He served as the head football coach at North Texas State Teachers College, now the University of ...

*April 14 –

Jack Radtke Jack William Radtke (April 14, 1913 in Denver, Colorado – October 24, 2006 in Twin Falls, Idaho), is a former Major League Baseball player who was an infielder for the 1936 Brooklyn Dodgers The Brooklyn Dodgers were a Major League Baseball t ...

*April 21 – Bert Hogg *April 24 –

Herb Harris Herbert Benjamin Harris (April 24, 1913 – January 18, 1991) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. Born in Chicago, Illinois, he attended college at Northwestern University. He played four games in his MLB career, in 1936 with the Phi ...

*April 25 – Woody Davis *April 26 – Packy Rogers

May

*May 7 – Art Doll *May 10 –

Al Rubeling Albert William Rubeling (May 10, 1913 – January 28, 1988) was an American professional baseball third baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Philadelphia Athletics and Pittsburgh Pirates. He attended Towson University and ...

*May 14 – Johnny Babich *May 14 – Howie Gorman *May 20 –

Lou Scoffic Louis Scoffic (May 20, 1913 – August 28, 1997) was an American professional baseball player who appeared in four games as a right fielder and pinch runner in Major League Baseball for the St. Louis Cardinals. Nicknamed "Weaser", he threw and ...

*May 22 – Bill Lohrman *May 24 –

Joe Abreu Joseph Lawrence Abreu (May 24, 1913 – March 17, 1993) was an American Major League Baseball infielder. He played nine seasons in professional baseball, one at the major league level. He served in the United States Navy during World War II. Ea ...

*May 27 – Hal Spindel

June

*June 3 –

Jim Sheehan James Michael Sheehan (24 July 1885 – 10 April 1967) was an Australian trade unionist and politician. Born in Castlemaine, Victoria, he received a primary education before becoming a railway worker. He was an organiser with the Australian W ...

*June 4 –

Joe Holden Joseph Francis Holden (June 4, 1913 – May 10, 1996), nicknamed "Socks," was an American professional baseball player, manager and scout. He was a backup catcher in Major League Baseball who played from through for the Philadelphia Phillie ...

*June 4 –

Amby Murray Ambrose Joseph Murray (June 4, 1913 – February 6, 1997) was a Major League Baseball pitcher. He played one season with the Boston Bees in July 1936. References External links Boston Bees players 1913 births 1997 deaths Baseball pla ...

*June 8 –

Art Mahan Arthur Leo Mahan (June 8, 1913 – December 7, 2010) was a professional baseball player, who played as a first baseman in the major leagues for the Philadelphia Phillies during the season. Born in Somerville, Massachusetts, he batted and threw ...

*June 8 –

Earl Reid Earl Percy Reid (June 8, 1913 – May 11, 1984) was a professional baseball player. He was a right-handed pitcher for one season (1946) with the Boston Braves. For his career, he compiled a 1-0 record, with a 3.00 earned run average, and two ...

*June 10 – Cal Dorsett *June 11 – Tom Baker *June 13 –

Hal Luby Hugh Max "Hal" Luby (June 13, 1913 – May 4, 1986) was an American professional baseball third baseman, second baseman, manager (baseball), manager and front-office executive. Apart from two trials in Major League Baseball with the 1936 Philadelph ...

*June 16 –

Pete Coscarart Peter Joseph Coscarart (June 16, 1913 – July 24, 2002) was a second baseman and shortstop in Major League Baseball who played from 1938 through 1946 for the Brooklyn Dodgers and Pittsburgh Pirates. Listed at 5' 11" , 175 lb. , Coscarart batte ...

*June 16 –

Skeeter Scalzi Frank John "Skeeter" Scalzi (June 16, 1913 – August 25, 1984) was an American professional baseball player and manager. A 5-foot, 6 inch (1.68 m), 160-pound (72.6 kg) shortstop and third baseman, Scalzi threw and batted right-handed. ...

*June 23 – Bill Cox *June 26 –

Russ Lyon Russell Mayo Lyon (June 26, 1913 – December 24, 1975) was a professional baseball catcher who played seven games for the 1944 Cleveland Indians of Major League Baseball (MLB). Listed at and , he batted and threw right-handed. Biography Lyon a ...

July

*July 1 – Frank Barrett *July 1 –

Wedo Martini Guido Joe "Wedo" Martini (July 1, 1913 – October 28, 1970) was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played in with the Philadelphia Athletics. He batted and threw right-handed. Martini was born in Birmingham, Alabama where he played high schoo ...

*July 12 – Tom Hafey *July 13 –

Lee Handley Lee Elmer Handley (July 13, 1913 – April 8, 1970) was an American professional baseball second baseman and third baseman. He played in Major League Baseball from 1936 to 1947 for the Cincinnati Reds, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Philadelphia Phill ...

*July 14 –

Don Hendrickson Donald William Hendrickson (July 14, 1913 – January 19, 1977) was an American professional baseball player and former Major League Baseball pitcher. He appeared in 39 games over parts of two seasons with the Boston Braves (–). He was born in ...

*July 14 –

Gene Schott Arthur Eugene Schott (July 14, 1913 – November 16, 1992) was an American Major League Baseball pitcher from 1935 to 1939, primarily for the Cincinnati Reds. Born in Batavia, Ohio, Schott died in Sun City Center, Florida, in 1992, aged 79. Re ...

*July 17 – Fred Williams *July 31 –

Bill Fleming Leslie Fletchard "Bill" Fleming (July 31, 1913 – June 4, 2006) was an American professional baseball pitcher. A right-hander, the native of Rowland Heights, California, stood tall and weighed , and attended Saint Mary's College of California ...

*July 31 –

Joe Mulligan Joseph Ignatius Mulligan (July 31, 1913 – June 5, 1986), nicknamed "Big Joe", was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played briefly for the Boston Red Sox during the season. Listed at , 210 lb., Mulligan batted and threw right-handed. ...

August

*August 5 –

Fabian Gaffke Fabian Sebastian Gaffke (August 5, 1913 – February 8, 1992) was a right fielder who played in Major League Baseball between and for the Boston Red Sox (1936–39) and Cleveland Indians (1941–42). Listed at , 185 lb., Gaffke batted and threw ...

*August 8 –

Cecil Travis Cecil Howell Travis (August 8, 1913 – December 16, 2006) was an American professional baseball player and scout. He played his entire career in Major League Baseball as a shortstop and third baseman for the Washington Senators from 1933 to 194 ...

*August 9 – Jack Tighe *August 11 – Bob Scheffing *August 13 – Wes Flowers *August 16 – Tiny Bonham *August 16 – Lew Carpenter *August 17 – Rudy York *August 18 –

Tommy Heath Thomas Allen Heath is an American musician best known as the lead singer, rhythm guitarist, and occasional keyboardist of the band Tommy Tutone, who are most famous for their 1981 single, "867-5309/Jenny." A common misconception is that "Tommy T ...

*August 20 –

Eddie Popowski Edward Joseph Popowski (August 20, 1913 – December 4, 2001), nicknamed "Pop", was an American coach and interim manager for the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball. Popowski spent 65 years in organized baseball—all of them in the Boston or ...

*August 25 – Sam Narron *August 25 –

Bernie Snyder Bernard Austin Snyder (August 25, 1913 – April 15, 1999), was a Major League Baseball second baseman and shortstop who played in with the Philadelphia Athletics. He batted and threw right-handed. Snyder had a .344 batting average (baseball), ba ...

*August 26 –

Hank Helf Henry Hartz Helf (August 26, 1913 – October 27, 1984) was an American professional baseball player. He played as a catcher in Major League Baseball for the Cleveland Indians in 1938 and 1940 and the St. Louis Browns in 1946. From 1944 to 1945, H ...

*August 31 –

Mays Copeland Mays Copeland (August 31, 1913 – November 29, 1982) was an American baseball pitcher. Born in 1913 in Mountain View, Arkansas, he played professional baseball in the St. Louis Cardinals organization from 1933 to 1936. He appeared in 68 professi ...

*August 31 – Ray Dandridge

September

*September 1 –

Joe Marty Joseph Anton Marty (September 1, 1913 – October 4, 1984) was an American centerfielder in Major League Baseball. A native of Sacramento, California, Marty was a teammate of Joe DiMaggio when they played for the 1934 and 1935 San Francisco Seal ...

*September 3 – Kerby Farrell *September 4 –

Clarence Fieber Clarence Thomas Fieber (September 4, 1913 – August 20, 1985) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. Nicknamed "Lefty", he played for the Chicago White Sox The Chicago White Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago. ...

*September 8 – Slick Castleman *September 9 – Hugh Mulcahy *September 13 – Booker McDaniels *September 13 – Roy Zimmerman *September 17 –

Bob Uhl Robert Ellwood "Lefty" Uhl (September 17, 1913 – August 21, 1990) was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for two seasons. He pitched in the Chicago White Sox for one game during the 1938 season and one game for the Detroit Tigers ...

*September 18 – Max Marshall *September 19 – Nick Etten *September 23 –

Pete Sivess Peter Sivess (September 23, 1913 – June 1, 2003) was a Major League Baseball pitcher. He pitched all or part of three seasons in the majors, from 1936 until 1938, for the Philadelphia Phillies. After professional baseball, Sivess worked for a ...

*September 30 –

Nate Andrews Nathan Hardy Andrews (September 30, 1913 – April 26, 1991) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the St. Louis Cardinals (1937, 1939), Cleveland Indians (1940–41), Boston Braves (1943–45), Cincinnati Reds (1946) and New Yor ...

October

*October 3 –

Dom Dallessandro Nicholas Dominic Dallessandro (October 3, 1913 – April 29, 1988) was an outfielder in Major League Baseball who played for two teams between and . Listed at , 168 lb., Dallessandro batted and threw left-handed. He was born in Reading, Pe ...

*October 6 – Ken Chase *October 8 – Lee Rogers *October 11 –

Silvio García Silvio García Rendon (October 11, 1913 – August 28, 1977) was a Cuban baseball shortstop and pitcher in the Negro leagues, Mexican League, and minor leagues. He played professionally from 1930 to 1954 with several ballclubs, including the Diab ...

*October 14 – Hugh Casey *October 18 –

Roy Cullenbine Roy Joseph Cullenbine (October 18, 1913 – May 28, 1991) was an American professional baseball outfielder and first baseman. He played ten seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Detroit Tigers, Brooklyn Dodgers, St. Louis Browns, Washin ...

*October 19 – Al Brazle *October 21 – Mark Christman *October 25 –

Herb Bremer Herbert Frederick Bremer (October 25, 1913 – November 28, 1979) was an American professional baseball player whose career included 70 games in Major League Baseball, primarily as a catcher, for the – St. Louis Cardinals.Gene Corbett *October 25 – Phil Marchildon *October 30 – Dave Barnhill *October 30 – John Burrows *October 31 –

Warren Huston Warren Llewellyn Huston (October 31, 1913 – August 30, 1999) was an American professional baseball infielder. He played for two teams in Major League Baseball (MLB); the 1937 Philadelphia Athletics and the 1944 Boston Braves. Listed at and , ...

November

*November 4 –

Joe Kracher Joseph Peter Kracher (November 4, 1913 – December 24, 1981) was a catcher in Major League Baseball. Nicknamed "Jug", he played for the Philadelphia Phillies The Philadelphia Phillies are an American professional baseball team based in Phila ...

*November 12 –

Gene Lillard Robert Eugene Lillard (November 12, 1913 – April 12, 1991) was an American professional baseball player. Primarily a pitcher in Major League Baseball (MLB), he began his baseball career as an infielder and was a prodigious minor league batsman ...

*November 15 –

Lyle Judy Lyle Leroy "Punch" Judy (November 15, 1913 in Lawrenceville, Illinois – January 15, 1991 in Ormond Beach, Florida) was a right-handed Major League Baseball second baseman who played for the St. Louis Cardinals in 1935. Though his major league ca ...

*November 15 – Swede Larsen *November 17 –

Lee Stine Lee Elbert Stine (November 17, 1913 – May 6, 2005) was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Chicago White Sox (1934–35), Cincinnati Reds (1936) and New York Yankees (1938). Stine was born in Stillwater ...

*November 18 – Charlie Fuchs *November 23 – Les Scarsella *November 24 – Walter Wilson *November 26 – Garton Del Savio *November 30 –

Wally Holborow Walter Albert Holborow (November 30, 1913 – July 14, 1986) was an American semiprofessional baseball player who had a brief career in professional baseball — one year and only three games pitched in the minor leagues in 1937 with the Class C A ...

December

*December 2 –

Glenn Crawford Glenn Martin Crawford (December 2, 1913 – January 2, 1972) was a Major League Baseball player. He played in and one game in in the majors for the St. Louis Cardinals and Philadelphia Phillies. Crawford played at least seven games at four diffe ...

*December 6 –

Bill Kerksieck Wayman William Kerksieck (December 6, 1913 – March 11, 1970) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the Philadelphia Phillies The Philadelphia Phillies are an American professional baseball team based in Philadelphia. They c ...

*December 12 – Bill Webb *December 13 –

Scat Metha Frank Joseph "Scat" Metha (December 13, 1913 – March 2, 1975) was an American professional baseball player from 1935 to 1942. He played one season of Major League Baseball with the Detroit Tigers in 1940. He led organized baseball with 66 stol ...

*December 14 – Eddie Smith *December 21 –

Heinie Heltzel William Wade "Heinie" Heltzel (December 21, 1913 – May 1, 1998) was an American baseball player. He played professional baseball as a shortstop and third baseman from 1935 to 1947, including stints with the Boston Braves in 1943 and the Phila ...

*December 24 –

George Jeffcoat George Edward Jeffcoat (December 24, 1913 – October 13, 1978), was a professional baseball pitcher who played in the major leagues for the Brooklyn Dodgers and Boston Braves from 1936 to 1943. Jeffcoat was the last player in the Dodgers franc ...

*December 24 –

Owen Scheetz Owen Franklin Scheetz (December 24, 1913 – September 28, 1994) was an American professional baseball pitcher who appeared in six games with the Washington Senators of Major League Baseball during the 1943 season.Al Milnar *December 27 – Red Lynn

Deaths

January–March

*January 6 – Jack Boyle, 46, catcher/first baseman who hit .253 with 23 home runs and 570 RBI for five different teams in three leagues from 1886 to 1898. *January 9 –

George Crosby George Washington Crosby (September 1, 1857 – January 9, 1913) was a Major League Baseball pitcher. He played for Chicago White Stockings in the season. External links Chicago White Stockings players 1857 births 1913 deaths Baseball ...

, 55, pitcher for the 1884 Chicago White Stockings of the National League. *January 14 –

Hal O'Hagan Patrick Henry O'Hagan (September 30, 1869 – January 14, 1913) was a Major League Baseball first baseman who played for two seasons. He played for the Washington Senators (1891–99), Washington Senators in 1892 and for the three following t ...

, 43, first baseman for the 1892 Chicago Orphans and for the New York Giants, Cleveland Bronchos and Washington Senators in the 1902 season. *January 15 –

Icicle Reeder James Edward "Icicle" Reeder (1858 – January 15, 1913) was an American Major League Baseball player. He played six games in the major leagues in , three for the Cincinnati Red Stockings of the American Association and three for the Washington N ...

, 55, outfielder who played in 1884 with the AA Cincinnati Red Stockings and the UA Washington Nationals. *January 16 – Tom Dolan, 58, catcher who hit .242 for five teams in three leagues between 1879 and 1888. *February 5 – George Frazier, 52, owner and manager of the 1890 Syracuse Stars of the then-major-league American Association. *February 9 – Joe Stewart, 33, pitcher for the Boston Beaneaters of the National League. *February 26 – Mike Drissel, 48, catcher in six games for the St. Louis Browns 1885 American Association champions. *March 3 –

Jack Fee John Fee (December 23, 1867 – March 3, 1913), w