World Series The World Series is the annual championship series of Major League Baseball (MLB). It has been contested since between the champion teams of the American League (AL) and the National League (NL). The winning team, determined through a best- ...

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Bob Gibson Robert Gibson (November 9, 1935October 2, 2020), nicknamed "Gibby" and "Hoot", was an American baseball pitcher in Major League Baseball who played his entire career for the St. Louis Cardinals from 1959 to 1975. Known for his fiercely competi ...

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Shea Stadium William A. Shea Municipal Stadium ( ), typically shortened to Shea Stadium, was a multi-purpose stadium in Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in Queens, New York City.Johnny Callison, MVP

Other champions

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Japan Series The Japan Series ( , officially the Japan Championship Series, ), also the Nippon Series, is the annual championship series in Nippon Professional Baseball, the top baseball league in Japan. It is a best-of-seven series between the winning cl ...

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Nankai Hawks The are a Japanese professional baseball team based in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture. They compete in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) as a member of the Pacific League. Founded on February 22, 1938, as the Nankai Club, being the first Kansai t ...

over

Hanshin Tigers The are a Nippon Professional Baseball team playing in the Central League. The team is based in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, next to their main stadium, Hanshin Koshien Stadium. The Tigers are owned by Hanshin Electric Railway Co., ...

(4–3) *

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: Mid Island,

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,

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* Senior League World Series: Massapequa,

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Awards and honors

*

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** Luke Appling ** Red Faber ** Burleigh Grimes ** Tim Keefe ** Heinie Manush ** John Ward ** Miller Huggins (manager)

Statistical leaders

Major league baseball final standings

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Nippon Professional Baseball final standings

Central League final standings

Pacific League final standings

Events

January

*January 3 – The

Cincinnati Reds The Cincinnati Reds are an American professional baseball team based in Cincinnati. The Reds compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (baseball), National League (NL) National League Central, Central Divisi ...

announce that manager Fred Hutchinson has contracted

lung cancer Lung cancer, also known as lung carcinoma, is a malignant tumor that begins in the lung. Lung cancer is caused by genetic damage to the DNA of cells in the airways, often caused by cigarette smoking or inhaling damaging chemicals. Damaged ...

. He will begin two months of radiology treatment in

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and will make spring training with the team. *January 6: **Owner

Charlie Finley Charles Oscar Finley (February 22, 1918 – February 19, 1996), nicknamed "Charlie O" or "Charley O", was an American businessman who owned Major League Baseball's Oakland Athletics. Finley purchased the franchise while it was located in Kansas ...

signs a two-year pact to move his Athletics‚ pending American League approval‚ from

Kansas City, Missouri Kansas City, Missouri, abbreviated KC or KCMO, is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri by List of cities in Missouri, population and area. The city lies within Jackson County, Missouri, Jackson, Clay County, Missouri, Clay, and Pl ...

to

Louisville, Kentucky Louisville is the List of cities in Kentucky, most populous city in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, sixth-most populous city in the Southeastern United States, Southeast, and the list of United States cities by population, 27th-most-populous city ...

. **The

Chicago White Sox The Chicago White Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago. The White Sox compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League Central, Central Division. The club plays its ...

introduce their new powder-blue road uniforms. *January 15: **Major League Baseball executives vote to hold a free-agent draft in New York City. A new TV pact is also signed. **

Willie Mays Willie Howard Mays Jr. (May 6, 1931 – June 18, 2024), nicknamed "the Say Hey Kid", was an American professional baseball center fielder who played 23 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). Widely regarded as one of the greatest players of ...

‚ the highest-paid player in baseball‚ signs a $105‚000 contract with the

Giants A giant is a being of human appearance, sometimes of prodigious size and strength, common in folklore. Giant(s) or The Giant(s) may also refer to: Mythology and religion *Giants (Greek mythology) * Jötunn, a Germanic term often translated as 'g ...

. *January 16 –

American League The American League of Professional Baseball Clubs, known simply as the American League (AL), is the younger of two sports leagues, leagues constituting Major League Baseball (MLB) in the United States and Canada. It developed from the Western L ...

owners vote 9–1 against

Charlie Finley Charles Oscar Finley (February 22, 1918 – February 19, 1996), nicknamed "Charlie O" or "Charley O", was an American businessman who owned Major League Baseball's Oakland Athletics. Finley purchased the franchise while it was located in Kansas ...

's attempt to move his club to Louisville. Finley is given an ultimatum to sign a lease in Kansas City or lose his franchise. *January 20 – The Houston Colt .45s acquire veteran shortstop Eddie Kasko from the

Cincinnati Reds The Cincinnati Reds are an American professional baseball team based in Cincinnati. The Reds compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (baseball), National League (NL) National League Central, Central Divisi ...

for pitchers Jim Dickson and

Wally Wolf Wallace "Wally" Perry Wolf Jr. (October 2, 1930 – March 12, 1997) was an American attorney, bank director, competition swimming (sport), swimmer, water polo player, and Olympic champion. He competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics, 1948, 1952 Su ...

, plus cash considerations. *January 28 –

Cincinnati Cincinnati ( ; colloquially nicknamed Cincy) is a city in Hamilton County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. Settled in 1788, the city is located on the northern side of the confluence of the Licking River (Kentucky), Licking and Ohio Ri ...

center fielder Vada Pinson is cleared of assault charges stemming from a September 5‚ 1963 incident when local sportswriter Earl Lawson does not pursue charges further. *January 29 – Pitcher-author Jim Brosnan is given permission by the

Chicago White Sox The Chicago White Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago. The White Sox compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League Central, Central Division. The club plays its ...

to make his own deal with another team. His in-season writing has been censured by Sox general manager Ed Short. *January 30 – The United States Senate Subcommittee on Monopolies begins hearings on baseball.

February

*February 2 – Red Faber, Burleigh Grimes, Tim Keefe, Heinie Manush, John Montgomery Ward, and Miller Huggins are elected to the

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by the Special Veterans Committee. *February 13 –

Chicago Cubs The Chicago Cubs are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago. The Cubs compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (baseball), National League (NL) National League Central, Central Division. Th ...

second baseman

Ken Hubbs Kenneth Douglass Hubbs (December 23, 1941 – February 13, 1964) was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a second baseman for the Chicago Cubs from to . Hubbs died at age 22 when the private plane he w ...

,

National League National League often refers to: *National League (baseball), one of the two baseball leagues constituting Major League Baseball in the United States and Canada *National League (division), the fifth division of the English football (soccer) system ...

Rookie of the Year and Gold Glove winner, is killed in the crash of his private plane. *February 17: **Former

Chicago White Sox The Chicago White Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago. The White Sox compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League Central, Central Division. The club plays its ...

shortstop Luke Appling is selected to the

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by the

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in a runoff election. In , the first year of eligibility for Appling, he received just two votes. **The

St. Louis Cardinals The St. Louis Cardinals are an American professional baseball team based in St. Louis. The Cardinals compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (baseball), National League (NL) National League Central, Centra ...

reacquire outfielder Carl Warwick from the Houston Colt .45s for pitcher Chuck Taylor and outfielder Jim Beauchamp. Warwick will help the Redbirds win the 1964 World Series, setting a Fall Classic record for reaching first base consecutively as a

pinch hitter In baseball, a pinch hitter (PH) is a substitute batter. Batters can be substituted at any time while the ball is dead (not in active play); the manager may use any player who has not yet entered the game as a substitute. Unlike basketball, A ...

.

March

*March 18 – Bolstering their

bullpen In baseball, the bullpen (or simply the pen) is the area where relief pitchers warm up before entering a game. A team's roster of relief pitchers is also metonymically referred to as "the bullpen". These pitchers usually wait in the bullpen if ...

, the

Chicago White Sox The Chicago White Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago. The White Sox compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League Central, Central Division. The club plays its ...

acquire 35-year-old left-hander Don Mossi from 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 club of the American League (AL) American League Central, Central Division. One of the AL's eight chart ...

in a cash transaction. *March 23: **Finally,

Charlie Finley Charles Oscar Finley (February 22, 1918 – February 19, 1996), nicknamed "Charlie O" or "Charley O", was an American businessman who owned Major League Baseball's Oakland Athletics. Finley purchased the franchise while it was located in Kansas ...

gives in to

American League The American League of Professional Baseball Clubs, known simply as the American League (AL), is the younger of two sports leagues, leagues constituting Major League Baseball (MLB) in the United States and Canada. It developed from the Western L ...

pressure and signs a four-year lease with the municipal government to keep the Athletics in

Kansas City The Kansas City metropolitan area is a bi-state metropolitan area anchored by Kansas City, Missouri. Its 14 counties straddle the border between the U.S. states of Missouri (9 counties) and Kansas (5 counties). With and a population of more t ...

. Finley wanted a two-year deal. His exasperated AL colleagues voted 9–1 that KC's offer was reasonable. **The

San Francisco Giants The San Francisco Giants are an American professional baseball team based in San Francisco. The Giants compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (baseball), National League (NL) National League West, West Div ...

sign pitcher Masanori Murakami‚ third baseman Tatsuhiko Tanaka‚ and catcher Hiroshi Takahashi, the first Japanese ballplayers ever to play for American teams. Murakami played for the Fresno Giants and later the MLB Giants, while Tanaka and Takahashi played for the Magic Valley Cowboys. *March 31 – The Washington Senators acquire pitcher Buster Narum from the

Baltimore Orioles The Baltimore Orioles (also known as the O's) are an American professional baseball team based in Baltimore. The Orioles compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) East Division. As one of the America ...

for a "player to be named later"/PTBNL, who turns out to be 20-year-old outfield prospect

Lou Piniella Louis Victor Piniella ( usually ; born August 28, 1943) is a former professional baseball player and manager. An outfielder, he played 18 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) with the Baltimore Orioles, Cleveland Indians, Kansas City Royals a ...

.

April

*April 1 –

Cleveland Indians The Cleveland Guardians are an American professional baseball team based in Cleveland. The Guardians compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League Central, Central Division. Since , the team ...

manager Birdie Tebbetts suffers a heart attack. Third-base coach George Strickland will fill in for three months until the 51-year old skipper returns to the team with limited duties. *April 8 – Houston Colt .45s relief pitcher Jim Umbricht dies of

cancer Cancer is a group of diseases involving Cell growth#Disorders, abnormal cell growth with the potential to Invasion (cancer), invade or Metastasis, spread to other parts of the body. These contrast with benign tumors, which do not spread. Po ...

at the age of 33. In 1965, the franchise will retire his uniform number 32. *April 9 – To the chagrin of special consultant Branch Rickey, the

St. Louis Cardinals The St. Louis Cardinals are an American professional baseball team based in St. Louis. The Cardinals compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (baseball), National League (NL) National League Central, Centra ...

trade Jimmie Coker and Gary Kolb to the

Milwaukee Braves The Milwaukee Braves were a Major League Baseball club that played in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, from 1953 to 1965, having previously played in Boston, Massachusetts, as the Boston Braves. After relocating to Atlanta, Georgia, in 1966 they were rename ...

for reserve catcher Bob Uecker. After introducing himself, the Redbirds' new backstop is quickly informed by Rickey. "I didn't want you. I wouldn't trade one Gary Kolb for a hundred Bob Ueckers". *April 10 – Demolition of the

Polo Grounds The Polo Grounds was the name of three stadiums in Upper Manhattan, New York City, used mainly for professional baseball and American football from 1880 to 1963. The original Polo Grounds, opened in 1876 and demolished in 1889, was built for the ...

in Manhattan begins, using the same wrecking ball that demolished

Ebbets Field Ebbets Field was a Major League Baseball stadium in the Flatbush, Brooklyn, Flatbush section of Brooklyn, New York City, New York. It is mainly known for having been the home of the History of the Brooklyn Dodgers, Brooklyn Dodgers baseball tea ...

in Brooklyn four years earlier. *April 13 – After beating the Reds 6–3 in the traditional home opener in

Cincinnati Cincinnati ( ; colloquially nicknamed Cincy) is a city in Hamilton County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. Settled in 1788, the city is located on the northern side of the confluence of the Licking River (Kentucky), Licking and Ohio Ri ...

, the Houston Colt .45s sit in first place in the

National League National League often refers to: *National League (baseball), one of the two baseball leagues constituting Major League Baseball in the United States and Canada *National League (division), the fifth division of the English football (soccer) system ...

for the only time under their original nickname. The next year the Colt .45s are renamed the ''Astros'', to reflect Houston's status as the home of the

NASA The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA ) is an independent agencies of the United States government, independent agency of the federal government of the United States, US federal government responsible for the United States ...

space program. *April 14: **

Sandy Koufax Sanford Koufax (; né Braun; born December 30, 1935), nicknamed "the Left Arm of God", is an American former baseball pitcher who played 12 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Brooklyn Dodgers, Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers from 195 ...

of the

Los Angeles Dodgers The Los Angeles Dodgers are an American professional baseball team based in Los Angeles. The Dodgers compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (baseball), National League (NL) National League West, West Div ...

goes all the way in his only Opening Day start, allowing no walks and beating the visiting

St. Louis Cardinals The St. Louis Cardinals are an American professional baseball team based in St. Louis. The Cardinals compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (baseball), National League (NL) National League Central, Centra ...

, 4–0. Frank Howard homers for the Dodgers. **Meanwhile, the

New York Mets The New York Mets are an American professional baseball team based in the Boroughs of New York City, New York City borough of Queens. The Mets compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (baseball), National ...

sell the contract of 1950s Dodger legend

Duke Snider Edwin Donald "Duke" Snider (September 19, 1926 – February 27, 2011), nicknamed "the Duke of Flatbush", was an American professional baseball player. Primarily a center fielder, he spent most of his Major League Baseball (MLB) career playing f ...

, 37, to the

San Francisco Giants The San Francisco Giants are an American professional baseball team based in San Francisco. The Giants compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (baseball), National League (NL) National League West, West Div ...

. Snider will spend the last year of his 18-season, Hall-of-Fame MLB career with the arch-rival Giants, batting .210 largely as a pinch hitter. *April 17 – The Mets play their first game at brand-new

Shea Stadium William A. Shea Municipal Stadium ( ), typically shortened to Shea Stadium, was a multi-purpose stadium in Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in Queens, New York City.Pittsburgh Pirates The Pittsburgh Pirates are an American professional baseball team based in Pittsburgh. The Pirates compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (baseball), National League (NL) National League Central, Central ...

.

Willie Stargell Wilver Dornell Stargell (March 6, 1940 – April 9, 2001), nicknamed "Pops" later in his career, was an American professional baseball left fielder and first baseman who spent all of his 21 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) (1962– 1982 ...

hits the first

home run In baseball, a home run (abbreviated HR) is scored when the Baseball (ball), ball is hit in such a way that the batting (baseball), batter is able to circle the bases and reach home plate safe (baseball), safely in one play without any error ( ...

in the stadium's history, a second-inning solo shot off the Mets' Jack Fisher. In the first-ever " Kiner's Korner" from Shea, Ralph Kiner's guest is

Casey Stengel Charles Dillon "Casey" Stengel (; July 30, 1890 – September 29, 1975) was an American Major League Baseball right fielder and Manager (baseball), manager, best known as the manager of the championship New York Yankees of the 1950s and later, t ...

. Two days later, the Mets win their first of 1,859 victories stadium when they beat the Pirates 6–0 behind Al Jackson's six-hitter. *April 23 – At Colt Stadium, Ken Johnson of the Houston Colt .45s no-hits his former team, the

Cincinnati Reds The Cincinnati Reds are an American professional baseball team based in Cincinnati. The Reds compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (baseball), National League (NL) National League Central, Central Divisi ...

, but ''loses'' 1–0. Two ninth-inning errors allow the Reds to score the game's lone run: a two-base throwing error by Johnson himself on

Pete Rose Peter Edward Rose Sr. (April 14, 1941 – September 30, 2024), nicknamed "Charlie Hustle", was an American professional baseball player and manager. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1963 to 1986, most prominently as a member of ...

's ground ball, and the second by

Nellie Fox Jacob Nelson Fox (December 25, 1927 – December 1, 1975) was an American professional baseball player. Fox was one of the best second basemen of all time, and the third-most difficult hitter to strike out in Major League Baseball (MLB) history. ...

on Vada Pinson's grounder, which scores Rose. To date, the game is the only one in Major League history whose losing pitcher had pitched a nine-inning no-hitter.

May

*May 2 – The

Minnesota Twins The Minnesota Twins are an American professional baseball team based in Minneapolis. The Twins compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League Central, Central Division. The team is named afte ...

become the third club in MLB history to hit four consecutive home runs in the same inning, as Tony Oliva, Bob Allison, Jimmie Hall and Harmon Killebrew go deep in the top of the 11th inning in a 7–3 victory against the

Kansas City Athletics The Kansas City Athletics were a Major League Baseball team that played in Kansas City, Missouri, from 1955 to 1967, having previously played in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as the Philadelphia Athletics. After moving in 1967, the team became the ...

. The Twins also become the first team to hit at least three consecutive home runs in an extra innings game. *May 6 – Dave Nicholson of the

Chicago White Sox The Chicago White Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago. The White Sox compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League Central, Central Division. The club plays its ...

hits a home run off of Athletics' pitcher Moe Drabowsky which either bounces atop the left-field roof of

Comiskey Park Comiskey Park was a ballpark in Chicago, Illinois, located in the Armour Square neighborhood on the near-south side of the city. The stadium served as the home of the Chicago White Sox of the American League from 1910 through 1990. Built by Wh ...

or is said to have entirely cleared it. The home run is officially measured at 573 feet, one of baseball's longest of all time. *May 31 – The second game of a double header at Shea Stadium between the

San Francisco Giants The San Francisco Giants are an American professional baseball team based in San Francisco. The Giants compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (baseball), National League (NL) National League West, West Div ...

and

New York Mets The New York Mets are an American professional baseball team based in the Boroughs of New York City, New York City borough of Queens. The Mets compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (baseball), National ...

lasts 23 innings. The Giants eventually win it, 8–6.

June

*June 4 –

Sandy Koufax Sanford Koufax (; né Braun; born December 30, 1935), nicknamed "the Left Arm of God", is an American former baseball pitcher who played 12 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Brooklyn Dodgers, Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers from 195 ...

pitches the third of his four career no hitters, to pace the

Los Angeles Dodgers The Los Angeles Dodgers are an American professional baseball team based in Los Angeles. The Dodgers compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (baseball), National League (NL) National League West, West Div ...

to a 3–0 victory over the

Philadelphia Phillies The Philadelphia Phillies are an American professional baseball team based in Philadelphia. The Phillies compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) East Division. Since 2004, the team's home stadium has ...

at Connie Mack Stadium. *June 10 – Eddie Lopat, manager of the last-place

Kansas City Athletics The Kansas City Athletics were a Major League Baseball team that played in Kansas City, Missouri, from 1955 to 1967, having previously played in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as the Philadelphia Athletics. After moving in 1967, the team became the ...

(17–35), is fired and replaced by coach Mel McGaha. *June 15 – The

Chicago Cubs The Chicago Cubs are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago. The Cubs compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (baseball), National League (NL) National League Central, Central Division. Th ...

trade Lou Brock, Jack Spring and Paul Toth to the

St. Louis Cardinals The St. Louis Cardinals are an American professional baseball team based in St. Louis. The Cardinals compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (baseball), National League (NL) National League Central, Centra ...

for Ernie Broglio, Doug Clemens and Bobby Shantz. The swap eventually gains notoriety as perhaps the most lopsided in the history of baseball, as Brock goes on to a

Hall of Fame A hall, wall, or walk of fame is a list of individuals, achievements, or other entities, usually chosen by a group of electors, to mark their excellence or Wiktionary:fame, fame in their field. In some cases, these halls of fame consist of actu ...

career in St. Louis while Broglio posts a 7–19 record in a Cubs uniform. *June 21 – On

Father's Day Father's Day is a day set aside for honoring one's father, as well as fatherhood, paternal bonds, and the influence of fathers in society. "Father's Day" complements similar celebrations honoring family members, such as Mother's Day and, in som ...

at Shea Stadium,

Jim Bunning James Paul David Bunning (October 23, 1931 – May 26, 2017) was an American professional baseball pitcher and politician from Kentucky who served in both chambers of the United States Congress, a member of the United States House of Representati ...

fans ten, drives in two runs, and pitches the first perfect game (excluding Don Larsen's

1956 World Series The 1956 World Series was the World Series, championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 1956 Major League Baseball season, 1956 season. The 53rd edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff that matched the American Leagu ...

effort, and Harvey Haddix's extra-innings loss) since Charlie Robertson's on April 30, , as the

Philadelphia Phillies The Philadelphia Phillies are an American professional baseball team based in Philadelphia. The Phillies compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) East Division. Since 2004, the team's home stadium has ...

beat the

New York Mets The New York Mets are an American professional baseball team based in the Boroughs of New York City, New York City borough of Queens. The Mets compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (baseball), National ...

6–0. Bunning also becomes the first

pitcher In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws ("Pitch (baseball), pitches") the Baseball (ball), baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of out (baseball), retiring a batter (baseball), batter, ...

to throw

no-hitter In baseball, a no-hitter or no-hit game is a game in which a team does not record a hit (baseball), hit through conventional methods. Major League Baseball (MLB) officially defines a no-hitter as a completed game in which a team that batted in ...

s in both leagues, and

Gus Triandos Gus Triandos (July 30, 1930 – March 28, 2013) was an American professional baseball player and scout. He played in Major League Baseball as a catcher and a first baseman, most prominently as a member of the Baltimore Orioles where he was a fou ...

becomes the first

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to catch a no-hitter in each league. Bunning throws just 90 pitches in winning his second no-hitter. The next time Bunning faces the Mets he will shut them out, the first no-hit pitcher in the 20th century to do that. The Mets fare little better in the nightcap, as 18-year-old rookie Rick Wise pitches into the seventh inning to win his first game, giving up just three hits and three walks ( Johnny Klippstein pitched the final three innings). The Phillies increase their

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lead to two games over the

San Francisco Giants The San Francisco Giants are an American professional baseball team based in San Francisco. The Giants compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (baseball), National League (NL) National League West, West Div ...

. *June 26 – Hard-hitting sophomore

Cleveland Indians The Cleveland Guardians are an American professional baseball team based in Cleveland. The Guardians compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League Central, Central Division. Since , the team ...

third baseman Max Alvis, 26, is hospitalized in Boston after an attack of

spinal meningitis Meningitis is acute or chronic inflammation of the protective membranes covering the brain and spinal cord, collectively called the meninges. The most common symptoms are fever, intense headache, vomiting and neck stiffness and occasionally ...

. He will recover completely but miss six weeks of action.

July

*July 7 – At

Shea Stadium William A. Shea Municipal Stadium ( ), typically shortened to Shea Stadium, was a multi-purpose stadium in Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in Queens, New York City.Johnny Callison's ninth-inning three-run home run off Dick Radatz caps a four-run rally and gives the

National League National League often refers to: *National League (baseball), one of the two baseball leagues constituting Major League Baseball in the United States and Canada *National League (division), the fifth division of the English football (soccer) system ...

a 7–4 win over the

American League The American League of Professional Baseball Clubs, known simply as the American League (AL), is the younger of two sports leagues, leagues constituting Major League Baseball (MLB) in the United States and Canada. It developed from the Western L ...

in the

All-Star Game An all-star game is an exhibition game that showcases the best players (the "stars") of a sports league. The exhibition is between two teams organized solely for the event, usually representing the league's teams based on region or division, bu ...

. Callison is named Game MVP as the NL triumph evens the series at 17. *July 15 – At

Metropolitan Stadium Metropolitan Stadium (often referred to as "the Met", "Met Stadium", or now "the Old Met" to distinguish from the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, Metrodome) was an outdoor sports stadium in the West North Central states, north central United State ...

,

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pitcher Mudcat Grant serves up thirteen singles and a

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during eight innings—but none of the Washington Senators batters comes around to score. The totals in Grant's 6–0 shutout win rank one behind the major league record. *July 19 –

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pitches a complete-game, four-hit

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in his Major League debut, leading the

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to a 3–0 victory over

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and the

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at

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. Tiant allows just four singles while

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eleven. *July 23 – Rookie

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, 22, of the

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becomes the second player in history to hit two

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s in his Major League Baseball debut, joining Bob Nieman, who did it in the season. Mark Quinn will join the select group in .

August

*August 4 –

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, manager of the

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, is summoned by

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to his New York office to discuss remarks attributed to him in July by reporter Stan Isaacs of ''

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'' in which Dark criticized the "mental alertness" of

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and Latin-American players. The Giants are one of the most multiracial and multicultural teams in MLB, including key players and team leaders like

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, Orlando Cepeda, Jim Ray Hart, Juan Marichal,

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, Willie McCovey and José Pagán. Dark claims the ''Newsday'' story was a "misunderstanding" and his remarks had been "deformed." *August 12: **

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hits a home run from both sides of the plate in a 7–3 Yankees win over the

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. It is the tenth time in his career that he has done so and a major league record for switch-hit homers in a game. **At

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, the

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host an emotional, 45th-birthday tribute to their cancer-stricken manager, Fred Hutchinson, before their game with the

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. Hutchinson has managed the Reds for 109 of their 115 games while undergoing treatment. But he will enter the hospital the next day to fight the disease for the rest of the baseball season, while coach Dick Sisler pilots the Reds. Hutchinson will resign as manager October 19, and he passes away November 12. *August 17 – With the fifth-place

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at 62–55 (.530) and nine games behind the Phillies, owner August A. Busch Jr. replaces

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Bing Devine with Bob Howsam, former owner of the minor-league Denver Bears. The roster that Howsam inherits goes 31–14 (.689) to edge Philadelphia and Cincinnati for the National League pennant, and defeats the Yankees in the 1964 World Series. Devine, meanwhile, earns his second consecutive Major League Executive of the Year award from ''

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.'' *August 20 – At

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, the

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complete a four-game sweep of the

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with a 5–0 shutout. As the Yankees' team bus heads to

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after the game, infielder Phil Linz takes out a

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and plays a plaintive version of " Mary Had a Little Lamb". Manager

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tells Linz to put the harmonica away. After Linz asks what Berra had said,

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tells Linz to "play it louder", which he does, prompting an unusually angry Berra to storm to the back to the bus and slap the harmonica out of Linz' hands; the instrument strikes Joe Pepitone's knee. The " Harmonica Incident" convinces the Yankee front office that Berra has lost control of the team and cannot command respect from his players. As a result, the decision is made to fire Berra at the end of the season. *August 27 – The

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sign Jerry Koosman as an amateur free agent. *August 31 – Ground breaking is held for the new Anaheim Stadium.

September

*September 1 – At

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becomes the first Japanese player to appear in the Major Leagues. He enters the game in the ninth inning of the Giants' 4–1 loss to the

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and strikes out Charley Smith, the first batter he faces;

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also strikes out two batters later. *September 5 – Locked in a three-team struggle for the

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pennant, the

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bolster their bullpen by acquiring veteran right-hander Pedro Ramos from the

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. Ramos, 29, earns eight saves in 13 games over the next four weeks and goes 1–0 (1.25), as the Bombers—in third place and three games behind when the Ramos deal occurs—leapfrog the

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and

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to win the AL flag by a single game October 3. *September 9 – The

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and

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go into extra innings at Connie Mack Stadium tied at five. An error by Dick Allen leads to three unearned runs as the Cards score five in the eleventh for a 10–5 victory. *September 12 – Frank Bertaina of the

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beats Bob Meyer of the

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, 1–0, in a game in which both pitchers throw a one-hitter. *September 17 – Seattle Mayor James d'Orma Braman announces publicly his intentions on luring the

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to the city. The following month, the Indians' board of directors announce the club will remain in Cleveland. *September 19 – The Houston Colt .45s (61–88) change managers, with coach

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taking the reins from the team's first pilot, Harry Craft. *September 20 –

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strikes out

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in the ninth inning to preserve the

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' 3–2 win over the

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in Los Angeles. The win comes after two straight losses (both charged to Jack Baldschun) and leaves the first place Phils in front of the National League by six and a half games with 12 games to play. When they return to

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in the early morning, 2,000 fans, including mayor James Tate are on hand to greet the team. *September 21 – John Tsitouris hurls a 1–0 shutout for the

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over Art Mahaffey and the first-place Phillies, launching a 10-game Phillies losing streak. Rookie Chico Ruiz scores the only run when, with

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at bat, he steals home with two outs in the sixth inning. *September 27 – Johnny Callison hits three home runs, but the Phillies lose to the

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14–8. The Phils suffer the seventh loss in their 10-game losing streak, while the Reds sweep the

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(4–1 and 3–1). These results knock Philadelphia out of first place, with the Reds replacing them atop the NL standings. The Phillies would never return to first place in 1964. *September 29 – The

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blank the Reds 2–0 at

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(despite the Reds getting 11 hits off Bob Friend) to end the Reds' nine-game winning streak. Meanwhile, Ray Sadecki records his 20th victory as his

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defeat the Phillies 4–2 at

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, the seventh win in the Cardinals' eight-game winning streak and the ninth loss in the Phillies' 10-game losing streak. The win puts the Cardinals into a tie for first place with the Reds; St. Louis had been 11 games out of first on August 23. *September 30 – Danny Murtaugh, 46, announces his pending retirement as manager of the

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due to ill health after 7½ seasons, including their 1960 world championship campaign. But he remains with team in a front-office post, and will return to the Pirates' helm three more times through 1976, and lead them to a second world title in .

October

*October 1 – Johnny Pesky is fired as manager of the

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with two games remaining in his second season. Future

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second baseman Billy Herman, 55, the Bosox' third-base coach, replaces Pesky. *October 3: **The

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clinch their 14th American League pennant in 16 years with an 8–3 victory over the

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, holding off the

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by a single game. **As a result of the now-concluded

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' ten-game losing streak, the day begins with four teams still having a mathematical shot at the

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pennant, and a four-way tie is also still a possibility. But then one of the four, the

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, is eliminated with a 10–7 loss to the

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. At the end of the day, the

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and

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are tied for first place, with the Phillies a game back. In recent days, the NL has had to scramble to schedule various possible playoffs. *October 4 **The Phillies defeat the Reds, 10–0, in the last regular-season game for both teams unless there is a playoff; because of the Reds' loss, the Cardinals clinch a tie for the NL pennant. At the end of that game, the Phillies and Reds are a half-game back of the Cardinals, and await the result of the Cardinals-Mets game. Then, the Cardinals, never in first place until the last week of the season, clinch their first pennant since 1946 with an 11–5 win over the

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, who had just beaten the Cardinals twice in the two preceding days. The win by the Cardinals averts a three-way tie for the NL pennant, with the Phillies and the Reds finishing one game back in a second-place tie. **As soon as their season is completed, the

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fire manager

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and replace him with Herman Franks, a coach whose links to the team extend to the

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era in

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. *October 11 – A team of U.S.

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players defeats a Japanese amateur all-star team, 6–2, in the lone game of

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, featured as a

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. *October 14 – The

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release Jim Gilliam and Lee Walls. Gilliam will return to active status as a player-coach for the 1965 Dodgers. *October 15 – The

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take an early lead in the deciding

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Game Seven over the

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. Lou Brock hits a fifth-inning home run to give pitcher

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a 6–0 lead.

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,

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and Phil Linz homer for New York, but the Yankees fall short. The Cardinals win the game 7–5 and are the World Champions. The Boyer brothers, Ken for St. Louis and Clete for the Yankees, homer in their last World Series appearance, a first in major league history. *October 16 – The day after the final game of the World Series, the managerial posts of both pennant winning teams are vacant. In the morning, Johnny Keane, manager of the victorious

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, resigns, much to the surprise of owner Gussie Busch. Hours later,

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general manager

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fires

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as ''his'' manager, citing Berra's lack of control over team and his inability to command respect from his players. Less than a week later, Houk replaces Berra with Keane, who himself will be replaced (as St. Louis manager) by coach and former Cardinal star Red Schoendienst. Meanwhile, Berra reunites with

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by becoming a coach with the

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. *October 19 – Harry "The Hat" Walker is named to succeed Danny Murtaugh as manager of the

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. A gifted batting instructor and successful minor-league pilot, Walker's last MLB managerial assignment came with the Cardinals during the latter half of the 1955 season.

November

*November 2 – CBS Broadcasting Inc. becomes the first corporate owner of a Major League team after buying eighty percent of the

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assets for $11,200,000. *November 10 – The Braves sign a 25-year lease to play in the new

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. *November 18 –

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third baseman

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, who hit .317 with 28 home runs and 118 RBI, is named American League Most Valuable Player with 269 points, becoming the first non-Yankee to win the award since

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of the Chicago White Sox in 1959. The Yankees'

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(171) and his Yankee teammate

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(124) are the runners-up. *November 24 –

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third baseman

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, who hit .295 with 24 home runs and 119 RBI, is named National League Most Valuable Player with 243 points, becoming the first Cardinals player to win the award since

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won his 3rd MVP award in 1948. The Phillies' Johnny Callison (187) and Boyer's Cardinal teammate Bill White (106) are the runners-up. *November 29 – In need of a regular first baseman, the

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acquire slugger Dick Stuart from the

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for southpaw pitcher Dennis Bennett. In his two seasons with Boston, Stuart has hit 75 home runs and amassed 232 RBI, but his lackadaisical defense has earned him the nickname "Doctor Strangeglove".

December

*December 1: **The

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trade former 20-game-winner Ray Herbert and first baseman/outfielder Jeoff Long to the

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for shortstop Lee Elia and outfielder

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. **The Houston Colt .45s officially change their nickname to Astros. The change coincides with the team's impending move from Colt Stadium to the Harris County Domed Stadium, also known as the

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. A change in name for the three-year-old franchise is necessitated due to a dispute with the Colt firearm company; the Astros name is chosen due to Houston being the home of

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's Manned Spacecraft Center (later the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center). *December 3 – The Phillies keep dealing, sending two youngsters, southpaw Rudy May and first baseman Costen Shockley, to the

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for left-handed hurler Bo Belinsky. *December 4: **Alarmed by the $200,000 signing bonus the

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bestowed upon

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outfielder Rick Reichardt during the summer, MLB owners vote to implement an amateur free agent draft beginning in . The inverse order of the previous year's standings will be used to select high school and college players. Drafts will occur in June and January, and each will have both primary and secondary phases, the latter for previously drafted, but unsigned, athletes. International free agents, from outside the U.S. and Canada, are not affected. **In the most significant trade of the winter meetings, the

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trade pitchers

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and Pete Richert, third baseman Ken McMullen, outfielder Frank Howard, and a

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(first baseman Dick Nen) to the Washington Senators for southpaw pitcher Claude Osteen, third baseman John Kennedy and $100,000. Osteen, 25, will become the Dodgers' #3 starter, behind

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and Don Drysdale, and help his team win the 1965 World Series and

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pennant. Howard becomes a star in Washington, known as "The Capital Punisher," who slams 44 or more homers for three consecutive seasons (1968–1970), twice leading the

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in that statistic. **The

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acquire extremely versatile utility César Tovar from the

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in exchange for pitcher Gerry Arrigo. Tovar will play eight seasons in Minnesota. *December 7 – The

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-champion

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and last-place

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make a trade, with the Redbirds acquiring right-hander Tracy Stallard and infielder

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for pitcher Gordie Richardson and outfielder Johnny Lewis. *December 14 – The Reds trade former 20-game-winner Bob Purkey to the Cardinals for pitcher Roger Craig and outfielder Charlie James.

Births

January

*January 2 – Colby Ward *January 3 ** Howard Hilton ** Luis Rivera ** Russ Swan *January 7 ** Allan Anderson ** Dave Meads *January 9 – Stan Javier *January 13 ** José Núñez ** Billy Jo Robidoux *January 15 – Jeff Banister *January 17 – Jeff Tabaka *January 18 – Brady Anderson *January 19 ** Mark Grater ** Jim Morris *January 20 – Ozzie Guillén *January 22 – Wayne Kirby *January 24 – Rob Dibble *January 25 – Francisco Meléndez *January 28 –

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*January 29 – John Habyan *January 30 – Hipólito Peña

February

*February 4 – Jeff Gardner *February 7 – Bien Figueroa *February 8 – Edgar Díaz *February 9 – Ed Whited *February 12 ** Joe Bitker ** Cameron Drew *February 13 – Dann Howitt *February 14 ** Keith Brown ** Bill McGuire *February 16 – Rico Rossy *February 17 – Mike Campbell *February 18 – Kevin Tapani *February 24 – René Arocha *February 25 – Rich Rowland

March

*March 2 – Tim Layana *March 3 – Marvin Hudson *March 4 – Tom Lampkin *March 7 – Wayne Edwards *March 8 – Lance McCullers *March 13 –

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*March 19 – Jeff Hamilton *March 26 – Mike Loynd *March 28 – Mike Fitzgerald *March 31 ** Chris Cron ** Balvino Gálvez ** Rafael Montalvo

April

*April 2 – Pete Incaviglia *April 6 – Kenny Williams *April 9 – Blaise Ilsley *April 10 – Eric King *April 11 ** Amalio Carreño ** Bret Saberhagen ** Wally Whitehurst *April 12 ** Jerry Goff ** Mike Macfarlane *April 13 – Doug Strange *April 19 – Scott Kamieniecki *April 20 – Jimmy Jones *April 22 – Jack Savage *April 25 – Blaine Beatty *April 28 ** Barry Larkin ** Eric Nolte *April 30 – Jeff Reboulet

May

*May 1 ** Dan Gakeler ** José Lind *May 8 – Dave Rohde *May 11 **

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** Trenidad Hubbard ** Jeff Sellers ** Bobby Witt ** Floyd Youmans *May 17 – Rob Nelson *May 19 – Luis Aquino *May 20 ** Gordon Dillard ** Jeff Schwarz *May 23 – Gino Minutelli *May 26 – Willie Fraser *May 28 – Duane Ward

June

*June 3 – Nelson Liriano *June 4 – Steve Searcy *June 6 – Edgar Cáceres *June 11 – Ron Jones *June 18 – Tommy Hinzo *June 21 – Brad Moore *June 22 – Jim Hunter *June 28 **

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** Kevin Reimer *June 30 – Doug Dascenzo

July

*July 2 **

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** Ozzie Canseco ** Joe Magrane *July 3 – Warren Newson *July 8 ** Bob Kipper ** Ken Patterson *July 12 – Mike Schwabe *July 13 – Greg Litton *July 14 – Darren Hall *July 15 – Steve Cummings *July 20 ** Mark Lee ** Jim Lewis *July 24 –

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*July 25 – José Bautista *July 28 ** Bob Milacki ** Terry Taylor

August

*August 2 – Cliff Young *August 3 – Kevin Elster *August 4 ** Rubén Rodríguez ** B. J. Surhoff *August 10 ** Andy Stankiewicz ** Bill Wilkinson *August 13 ** Jay Buhner **

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** Tom Prince *August 14 ** Mark Leonard ** Tommy Shields *August 15 – Jeff Huson *August 16 – Rick Reed *August 21 – Shawn Hillegas *August 22 – Mike Everitt *August 23 – Jeff Manto *August 24 – Kip Gross *August 26 – Chad Kreuter

September

*September 1 ** Luis Lopez ** David West *September 5 – Ron Rightnowar *September 6 – Mike York *September 7 – Sergio Valdez *September 10 – Joe Kraemer *September 11 –

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*September 13 – Greg Hibbard *September 17 – Jim Pena *September 18 – Dan Murphy *September 24 ** Jim Neidlinger **

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*September 26 ** Dave Martinez ** Joe Skalski *September 30 ** Doug Jennings ** Scott Lusader

October

*October 1 – Roberto Kelly *October 2 ** Randy Byers ** Héctor Villanueva *October 4 ** John Kiely ** Mark McLemore *October 5 – Terry Mathews *October 7 ** Jim Bruske ** Rich DeLucia *October 13 – Chris Gwynn *October 14 –

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*October 15 – John Barfield *October 19 – Mike Pérez *October 22 – Gerald Young *October 25 – Takehiro Ishii *October 26 – Steve Adkins *October 28 – Lenny Harris *October 31 – Steve Rosenberg

November

*November 1 – Eddie Williams *November 9 – Kevin Mmahat *November 10 ** Shawn Holman **

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** Junior Noboa **

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*November 11 – Roberto Hernández *November 12 ** Dave Otto ** Gary Thurman *November 15 – Daryl Irvine *November 16 ** Dwight Gooden ** Rob Mallicoat *November 17 – Mitch Williams *November 23 – José González *November 24 – Bob Malloy *November 25 – Mark Davis *November 28 ** John Burkett ** Craig Wilson

December

*December 2 – Chip Hale *December 3 ** Jeff Carter ** Steve Carter ** Darryl Hamilton *December 5 –

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*December 6 – Kevin Campbell *December 11 – Thomas Howard *December 12 –

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*December 13 – Steve Wilson *December 14 – Mitch Lyden *December 16 – Billy Ripken *December 19 – Mike Fetters *December 22 – Mike Jackson *December 24 ** Carlos Diaz ** Tim Drummond *December 26 – Jeff King *December 29 ** Craig Grebeck ** Curt Hasler ** Rod Nichols

Deaths

January

*January – Al Cabrera, 82, native of Spain (Canary Islands) who appeared in one game as shortstop for the St. Louis Cardinals on May 16, 1913. *January 13 – Margaret Stefani, 46, All-Star infielder in the 1943 inaugural season of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. *January 15 ** Ed Henderson, 79, who pitched in 1914 with the Pittsburgh Rebels and the Indianapolis Hoosiers of the Federal League. ** Bob Larmore, 67, backup shortstop for the 1918 St. Louis Cardinals. *January 16 –

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, 75, third baseman who played for the Cleveland Naps, Chicago White Sox and New York Giants in parts of three seasons spanning 1912–1915. *January 17 – John Grimes, 94, who pitched in three games for the 1897 St. Louis Browns. *January 31 – John Huber, 55, primarily a catcher and pitcher for Philadelphia of the Negro National League and Chicago, Birmingham, Memphis and Indianapolis of the Negro American League between 1941 and 1947.

February

*February 4 – Fred Smith, 85, pitcher for the 1907 Cincinnati Reds. *February 12 ** Ted Pawelek, 44, catcher for the Chicago Cubs who played four MLB games during the 1946 season. ** Al Pierotti, 68, pitcher for the Boston Braves from 1920 to 1921, who was also an offensive lineman in the American Professional Football League from 1920 through 1929. *February 14 – Bill Stewart, 69, National League umpire from 1933 to 1954 who worked four World Series, four All-Star Games and the 1951 NL pennant playoff; also a hockey coach and referee who led the

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to the 1938 Stanley Cup title. *February 15 **

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, 22, Gold Glove-winning second baseman for the

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and the 1962 National League Rookie of the Year, in the crash of his private plane. ** Fred Trautman, 71, pitcher for the 1915 Newark Peppers of the Federal League. *February 22 ** Kid Butler, 76, infielder for the 1907 St. Louis Browns. ** Ike Samuels, 90, third baseman for the 1895 St. Louis Browns of the National League. *February 24 – Henry Baldwin, 69, backup infielder for the 1927 Philadelphia Phillies. *February 27 – Tony Smith, 79, shortstop for the AL Washington Senators (1907) and the NL Brooklyn Superbas/Dodgers (1910–1911). *February 28 – Guy Ousley, 53, shortstop for Chicago of the Negro National League and Memphis and Louisville of the Negro Southern League in 1932–1933.

March

*March 2 – Fred Vaughn, 45, second baseman for the AL Washington Senators over parts of two seasons from 1944 to 1945. *March 3 – Lefty Scott, 48, pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1945 season. *March 10 – Warren Shanabrook, 83, third baseman for the 1906 Washington Senators. *March 13 – Mack Allison, 77, pitcher who played from 1911 through 1913 for the St. Louis Browns of the American League. *March 19 – John Henry Lloyd, 79, Hall of Fame shortstop of the Negro leagues who was dubbed as the black

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.

April

*April 1 – Casey Hageman, 76, who pitched from 1911 through 1914 for the Boston Red Sox, St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago Cubs. *April 5 – Bob Clemens, 77, outfielder who played with the St. Louis Browns in 1914. *April 7 – Johnny Tillman, 70, pitcher who played for the St. Louis Browns in 1915. *April 8 ** George Moriarty, 79, third baseman who played 1,075 gams for four MLB clubs, notably the 1909–1915 Detroit Tigers, and American League umpire (1917–1926 and 1929–1940), interrupting his officiating tenure to serve a two-year term as manager of 1927–1928 Tigers. ** Mickey O'Neil, 63, catcher for the Boston Braves, Brooklyn Robins, Washington Senators and New York Giants, in a span of nine seasons from 1919 to 1927. ** Jim Umbricht, 33, relief pitcher for the Houston Colt .45s, who battled back from cancer surgery to post a 4–3 record for the club in 1963. *April 10 – Chief Yellow Horse, 66, pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1921 to 1922; a Native American from the Pawnee tribe who was the first full-blooded American Indian to have played in Major League Baseball history. *April 13 – Ed Pipgras, 59, pitcher in five games for the 1932 Brooklyn Dodgers; his

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was a mound star for the "Murderers' Row" Yankees of the late 1920s. *April 14 – Enos Kirkpatrick, 79, third baseman who played from 1912 through 1915 for the Brooklyn Dodgers/Superbas and the Baltimore Terrapins. *April 16 ** Charlie Case, 84, pitcher who played with the Cincinnati Reds in 1901 and for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1906. ** Gus Williams, 75, outfielder for the St. Louis Browns during five seasons from 1911 to 1915. *April 17 – Kid Willson, 78, outfielder who played for the Chicago White Sox in part of two seasons spanning 1918–1927. *April 20 – Eddie Dyer, 64, pitcher (1922–1927) and manager (1946–1950) for the St. Louis Cardinals who guided the team to the 1946 World Series title. *April 22 – Herb Herring, 72, who made one pitching appearance for the Washington Senators in the 1912 season.

May

*May 2 – Sensation Clark, 61, who pitched for Pittsburgh, Memphis, Indianapolis and Cleveland of the Negro National League from 1922 to 1924. *May 3 – Gerry Shea, 82, catcher for the 1905 St. Louis Cardinals. *May 7 – Clyde Goodwin, 82, pitcher for the 1906 Washington Senators. *May 9 – Chauncey Burkam, 71, pinch hitter for the St. Louis Browns in the 1915 season. *May 10 ** Charlie Butler, pitcher for the 1933 Philadelphia Phillies. ** George McConnell, 86, spitball specialist who pitched for five teams in a span of six seasons from 1909 to 1916. *May 14 – Dave Altizer, 87, shortstop who played from 1906 through 1911 for four teams, most relevantly with the Washington Senators; one of the few major leaguers to have served in the United States Army during the

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of 1899–1901. *May 15 – Harley Boss, 55, first baseman who played for the Washington Senators and the Cleveland Indians in part of four seasons spanning 1928–1933. *May 16 – Buzz Arlett, 65, called the ''Babe Ruth of the Minor Leagues''; slugging outfielder/pitcher who hit .341 with 432 home runs and 1,976 RBI in a 19-year career, while posting a 108–93 pitching record with a 3.39 ERA; played in 121 games in the majors with the Philadelphia Phillies in 1931, batting .313 with 131 hits. *May 20 ** Frank Moore, 86, pitcher for the 1905 Pittsburgh Pirates. ** Cy Neighbors, 83, outfielder for the 1908 Pittsburgh Pirates. *May 23 – Ernie Wolf, 75, pitcher who played for the Cleveland Naps in 1912. *May 25 – Joe Martin, 88, backup outfielder who played for the Washington Senators and St. Louis Browns in the 1903 season. *May 27 – Lou Jorda, 71, National League umpire who officiated in 2,508 contests over 18 seasons (1927–1931, 1940–1952), as well as in two World Series and two All-Star games. *May 28 – Buzzy Wares, 78, shortstop for the St. Louis Browns from 1913 to 1914, later a longtime coach for the St. Louis Cardinals from 1930 to 1952, during which time the Cardinals won seven National League pennants and five World Series titles. *May 29 – Eli Cates, 87, pitcher for the 1908 Washington Senators. *May 31 – Rabbit Warstler, 60, middle infielder who played from 1930 through 1940 for the Boston Red Sox, Philadelphia Athletics, Boston Bees and Chicago Cubs.

June

*June 2 – Jack Kading, 79, first baseman who played with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1910 and for the Chicago Chi-Feds in 1914. *June 7 – Elmer Stricklett, 87, pitcher who played from 1904 through 1907 for the Chicago White Sox and Brooklyn Superbas. *June 11 – Jack Blott, 61, catcher for the 1924 Cincinnati Reds, as well as a football coach in the Michigan and Wesleyan universities from 1924 through 1940. *June 12 ** Bud Connolly, 63, shortstop for the 1925 Boston Red Sox. ** Walter Zink, 66, pitcher for the 1921 New York Giants. *June 15 – Jim Spotts, 55, catcher who appeared in three games at age 21 for the 1930 Philadelphia Phillies. *June 16 – Dick Culler, 49, middle infielder and third baseman who played for the Philadelphia Athletics, Chicago White Sox, Boston Braves, Chicago Cubs and New York Giants in all or part of eight seasons spanning 1936–1949. *June 27 ** John Shackelford, 58, third baseman for Cleveland (1924), Chicago (1926) and Birmingham (1930) of the Negro National League and Harrisburg (1925) of the Eastern Colored League; University of Michigan School of Law graduate who maintained longtime legal practices in Grand Rapids and Cleveland, and served as president of the United States League, a short-lived Negro leagues circuit, in 1945–1946. ** Tex Wisterzil, 76, third baseman who played from 1914 to 1915 for the Brooklyn Tip-Tops, Chicago Whales and St. Louis Terriers of the outlaw Federal League.

July

*July 1 – Jay Rogers, 75, backup catcher for the 1914 New York Yankees. *July 5 – Dick Attreau, 67, first baseman who played from 1926 to 1927 with the Philadelphia Phillies. *July 7 – Glenn Gardner, 48, pitcher who played for the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1945 season. *July 19 – Len Swormstedt, 85, pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds and the Boston Americans from 1901 to 1906. *July 20 ** Bill Narleski, 64, shortstop who played in 135 games from 1929 to 1930 for the Boston Red Sox; father of Ray Narleski. ** Bill Schardt, 78, pitcher who played from 1911 to 1912 for the Brooklyn Dodgers. *July 25 –

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, 66, stalwart second baseman/outfielder in Black baseball for the Homestead Grays between 1918 and 1929 and Pittsburgh Crawfords in 1931. *July 26 – Harry Smith, 74, pitcher for the 1912 Chicago White Sox. *July 27 ** Dominic Mulrenan, 70, pitcher for the 1921 Chicago White Sox. ** Lizzie Murphy, 70, billed as the ''Queen of Baseball'', who played at first base in an exhibition game against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park on August 14, 1922, to become the first woman to play against a Major League Baseball team.Rhode Island's Lizzie Murphy: First Woman to Play Major League Baseball
''New England Historical Society''. Retrieved on April 30, 2017. *July 29 – Vean Gregg, 79, pitcher for the 1915 and 1916 World Series Champions Boston Red Sox, who posted a career record of 92–63 with a 2.70 ERA, and also led the American League in ERA in 1911. *July 30 – Jabbo Andrews, 56, hard-hitting outfielder who appeared for at least 11 different teams in five Negro leagues between 1930 and 1942; won 1933 batting title of the Negro National League with a .398 average.

August

*August 4 – Jerry Standaert, 62, backup infielder who played for the Brooklyn Robins and Boston Red Sox in a span of three seasons from 1925 to 1929. *August 5 – Ed Coleman, 62, right fielder who played from 1932 through 1936 for the Philadelphia Athletics and St. Louis Browns. *August 6 –

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, 63, pitcher who played from 1922 through 1926 for the Philadelphia Athletics and Washington Senators; member of 1924 world champion Senators. *August 8 – Chester Buchanan, 56, pitcher for the Philadelphia Stars of the Negro National League (1935, 1940–1944). *August 9 – Pete Johns, 76, backup infielder who played for the Chicago White Sox and St. Louis Browns between 1915 and 1918. *August 17 – Happy Felsch, 72, center fielder and one of eight players banned from baseball for life for his role in the '' 1919 Black Sox Scandal''. *August 21 – J. L. Wilkinson, 86, owner of the Negro league Kansas City Monarchs from 1920 to 1948. *August 30 – Bob Jones, 74, third baseman for the Detroit Tigers during nine seasons from 1917 to 1925.

September

*September 3 – Hank Ritter, 70, pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies and New York Giants in a span of four seasons from 1912 to 1916. *September 5 – Fred Stem, 78, first baseman who played for the Boston Doves of the National League from 1908 to 1909. *September 8 – Buck Redfern, 62, backup infielder for the Chicago White Sox in the 1928 and 1929 seasons. *September 9 ** Herschel Bennett, 67, outfielder who played for the St. Louis Browns from 1923 through 1927. ** George Stueland, 65, pitcher for the Chicago Cubs in part of four season from 1921 to 1925. *September 11 ** Red McDermott, 75, outfielder for the 1912 Detroit Tigers. ** Tom Meany, 60, sportswriter for six New York newspapers, as well as

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magazine from 1923 to 1956; also publicity and promotions director for the New York Mets since their 1961 formation. *September 16 – Herb Conyers, 43, first baseman who played in seven games for the Cleveland Indians in 1950; batting average champion of four different minor leagues between 1942 and 1948. *September 18 – Frank Barron, 74, pitcher for the 1914 Washington Senators. *September 22 – Red Torkelson, 70, pitcher for the Cleveland Indians in 1917. *September 23 – Cy Barger, 79, dead ball era pitcher who played with four teams in three different leagues in a span of seven seasons from 1906 to 1915. *September 26 – Paul Zahniser, 68, pitcher for the Washington Senators, Boston Red Sox, and Cincinnati Reds from 1923 to 1929. *September 27 – Jud McLaughlin, 52, pitcher for the Boston Red Sox between 1931 and 1933.

October

*October 6 ** Dan Adams, 77, pitcher who played from 1914 to 1915 for the Kansas City Packers of the Federal League. ** Barney Schreiber, 82, pitcher for the 1911 Cincinnati Reds. *October 7 – Charlie Armbruster, 84, backup catcher who played from 1905 through 1907 for the Boston Americans and the Chicago White Sox. *October 9 – Al Wingo, 66, outfielder for the Philadelphia Athletics and Detroit Tigers in a span of six seasons from 1919 to 1928, before joining the San Francisco Seals of the Pacific Coast League from 1929 to 1931. *October 11 – Stan Gray, 75, first baseman who played for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1912. *October 13 – Scrappy Moore, 71, third baseman for the 1917 St. Louis Browns. *October 14 – Tom "Big Train" Parker, 52, burly outfielder/pitcher for multiple teams in the Negro and independent leagues, notably the Homestead Grays, between 1931 and 1948; briefly managed 1943 Harrisburg Stars of the Negro National League. *October 15 – Alex Evans, 68, who pitched for Atlantic City in the Eastern Colored League and Indianapolis and Memphis of the Negro National League in 1924. *October 17 –

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, 69, outfielder who spent his entire Major League career with the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1916 through 1926, including the Pirates team that won the

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title. *October 19 – Grover Hartley, 76, long time backup catcher and coach who played for seven different clubs of the American and National leagues during eleven seasons spanning 1911–1934. *October 20 – John Whitehead, 55, pitcher who played for the Chicago White Sox and St. Louis Browns in a span of seven seasons between 1935 and 1942. *October 29 – William Sumrall, 47, pitcher for the 1938 New York Black Yankees and 1943 Memphis Red Sox. *October 31 – Phyllis Bookout, 29,

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player.

November

*November 5 – Dutch Stryker, 69, pitcher who played with the Boston Braves in 1924 and for the Brooklyn Robins in 1926. *November 6 – Buz Phillips, 60, pitcher in 14 games for the 1930 Philadelphia Phillies. *November 10 – Emil Sick, 70, Seattle brewer who owned the minor-league Seattle Rainiers (1937–1960) and Vancouver Capilanos (1946–1954), and built Seattle's Sick's Stadium and Vancouver's Nat Bailey Stadium. *November 11 –

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, 81, top-flight defensive catcher for the Cincinnati Reds in one game in 1906 and for the Detroit Tigers from 1909 to 1920 and in 1925; holds American League record for assists by a catcher in a season (212 in 1911). *November 12 – Fred Hutchinson, 45, for whom the Seattle cancer research and therapy center is named and inspiration for the Hutch Award; manager of the Cincinnati Reds from mid-July 1959 until taking a medical leave for cancer treatments in mid-August 1964; led Reds to 1961 National League pennant; previously an All-Star pitcher (1939–1940 and 1946–1953) and manager (1952–1954) of the Detroit Tigers, and pilot of the St. Louis Cardinals (1956–1958), where he was selected 1957 MLB Manager of the Year. *November 13 – Bris Lord, 81, outfielder who played for the Cleveland Naps, Philadelphia Athletics and Boston Braves in part of eight seasons spanning 1905–1913. *November 16 – Yam Yaryan, 72, backup catcher for the Chicago White Sox in the 1921 and 1922 seasons. *November 19 – Fred Hofmann, 70, who spent 36 years in the major leagues as a catcher, coach and scout, and also won two minor league pennants as a manager. *November 22 – Willis Flournoy, 69, southpaw who pitched for the Hilldale Club, Brooklyn Royal Giants and Baltimore Black Sox between 1923 and 1932; led Eastern Colored League in earned run average (2.32) in 1926. *November 27 – Art Gleeson, 58, play-by-play sportscaster who described MLB games for the New York Yankees (1951–1952), the Mutual Network Game of the Day (1953–1959), and Boston Red Sox (1960–1964).

December

*December 1 – Barbara Rotvig, 35, All-American Girls Professional Baseball League pitcher for the

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. *December 5 – Ed Wingo, 69, Canadian catcher who played for the Philadelphia Athletics in the 1920 season. *December 6 – Bobby Keefe, 82, pitcher who played for the New York Highlanders and Cincinnati Reds in a span of three seasons from 1907 to 1912. *December 7 – Bill Karlon, 55, outfielder who played in two games for the New York Yankees in 1930. *December 13 – Hank Erickson, 57, catcher for the 1935 Cincinnati Reds. *December 15 – Paul Wachtel, 76, pitcher for the 1917 Brooklyn Robins. *December 21 – Delos Brown, 72, pinch hitter who appeared in one game for the Chicago White Sox in 1914. *December 22 ** Lou Fiene, 79, pitcher who played from 1906 through 1909 for the Chicago White Sox. ** William Ross, 71, pitcher/outfielder who appeared in Black baseball between 1917 and 1930, most prominently for the 1924–1926 St. Louis Stars of the Negro National League. *December 27 ** Art Phelan, 77, third baseman who played for the Cincinnati Reds and Chicago Cubs in part of five seasons spanning 1910–1915. ** Tom Young, 62, lefty-swinging All-Star catcher who played in Black baseball between 1926 and 1941, notably the Kansas City Monarchs (1926–1935). *December 31 ** Bobby Byrne, 80, speedy third baseman who played eleven seasons from 1907 to 1917, most prominently with the 1909 Pittsburgh Pirates World Series champion team. ** Red Rollings, 60, utility infielder/outfielder who played for the 1927–1928 Boston Red Sox and 1930 Boston Braves. ** Doc Wallace, 71, shortstop who played for Philadelphia Phillies in the 1919 season.

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