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1988 in baseball

Major League Baseball

 * World Series: Los Angeles Dodgers over Oakland Athletics (4–1); Orel Hershiser, MVP

 * American League Championship Series MVP: Dennis Eckersley
 * National League Championship Series MVP: Orel Hershiser
 * All-Star Game, July 12 at Riverfront Stadium: American League, 2–1; Terry Steinbach, MVP

Other champions

 * Baseball World Cup: Cuba
 * Caribbean World Series: Leones del Escogido (Dominican Republic)
 * College World Series: Stanford
 * Japan Series: Seibu Lions over Chunichi Dragons (4–1)
 * Korean Series: Haitai Tigers over Binggrae Eagles
 * Big League World Series: Taipei, Taiwan
 * Junior League World Series: Mexicali, Mexico
 * Little League World Series: Tai Ping, Taichung, Taiwan
 * Senior League World Series: Pingtung, Taiwan
 * Summer Olympic Games at Seoul, South Korea (demonstration sport): United States (1st), Japan (2nd), Puerto Rico (3rd)

Awards and honors

 * Baseball Hall of Fame
 * Willie Stargell
 * Most Valuable Player
 * Jose Canseco, Oakland Athletics, OF (AL)
 * Kirk Gibson, Los Angeles Dodgers, OF (NL)
 * Cy Young Award
 * Frank Viola, Minnesota Twins (AL)
 * Orel Hershiser, Los Angeles Dodgers (NL)
 * Rookie of the Year
 * Walt Weiss, Oakland Athletics, SS (AL)
 * Chris Sabo, Cincinnati Reds, 3B (NL)
 * Manager of the Year Award
 * Tony La Russa, Oakland Athletics (AL)
 * Tommy Lasorda, Los Angeles Dodgers (NL)
 * Woman Executive of the Year (major or minor league): Mindy Rich, Buffalo Bisons, American Association
 * Gold Glove Award
 * Don Mattingly (1B) (AL)
 * Harold Reynolds (2B) (AL)
 * Gary Gaetti (3B) (AL)
 * Tony Fernández (SS) (AL)
 * Kirby Puckett (OF) (AL)
 * Gary Pettis (OF) (AL)
 * Devon White (OF) (AL)
 * Bob Boone (C) (AL)
 * Mark Langston (P) (AL)

January

 * January 4:
 * Bob Horner returns to the majors after spending one season in Japan, signing with the St. Louis Cardinals.
 * The Minnesota Twins sign catcher Brian Harper as a free agent.
 * January 5 – Don Sutton returns home, signing a one-year contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers, the team he starred for in the 1970s.
 * January 12 – Former Pittsburgh Pirates slugger Willie Stargell is the only player elected to the Hall of Fame by the Baseball Writers' Association of America. Stargell becomes the 17th player to be elected in his first year of eligibility. Pitcher Jim Bunning garners 317 votes (74.2%), and falls four votes shy of the 321 needed for election in his 13th year on the ballot.
 * January 15 – John Candelaria signs as a free agent with the New York Yankees.
 * January 22 – As a result of the Players Association's 1985 collusion suit against the owners, arbitrator Thomas Roberts declares seven players no-risk free agents until March 1, giving them a chance to sign with other clubs despite already having contracts. The seven are Juan Beníquez, Tom Brookens, Kirk Gibson, Carlton Fisk, Donnie Moore, Joe Niekro and Butch Wynegar.
 * January 25 – The Kansas City Royals sign catcher Jamie Quirk as a free agent.
 * January 29 – Four days after being declared a free agent, Kirk Gibson signs with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

February

 * February 9 – The Oakland A's sign Don Baylor as a free agent.
 * February 15 – The Cincinnati Reds trade pitcher Jeff Montgomery to the Kansas City Royals for Van Snider.
 * February 25 – Jose Cruz, who'd spent the 14 seasons as a member of the Houston Astros, signs a contract with the New York Yankees.

March

 * March 1 – For the first time since 1956, the Special Veterans Committee does not elect anyone to the Hall of Fame. Phil Rizzuto, Leo Durocher, Joe Gordon and Gil Hodges are among the candidates passed over.
 * March 24 – The Montreal Expos purchase the contract of Graig Nettles from the Atlanta Braves.
 * March 29 – The Chicago White Sox sign Jerry Reuss.

April

 * April 12 – The Baltimore Orioles dismiss manager Cal Ripken after their sixth consecutive loss starting the season. Ripken is replaced by Frank Robinson who will see the streak extended to a Major League-record 21 consecutive losses.
 * April 14 – Pilot Field opens in Buffalo as home to the AAA class Buffalo Bisons. The first retro-classic ballpark in the world, the stadium was built to try to attract a major league franchise.
 * April 29 – The Baltimore Orioles shut out the Chicago White Sox, 9–0, at Comiskey Park. It was the first victory of the season for the Orioles, behind a strong pitching effort by starter Mark Williamson, who was credited with the win after allowing three hits on two strikeouts and no walks in six innings of work. Closer Dave Schmidt earned the save, giving up one hit on one strikeout and no walks in three innings. For the Orioles, Cal Ripken Jr. went 4-for-5 with three runs and one RBI, including a double and a home run, while Eddie Murray hit a two-run homer. Jack McDowell was the losing pitcher. Baltimore is now 1–21.
 * April 30 – Cincinnati Reds manager Pete Rose shoves umpire Dave Pallone twice after a delayed call by Pallone at first base results in the New York Mets scoring the go-ahead run and the argument between Rose and Pallone escalates to the shovings when Pallone allegedly touched Rose under his eye pointing back at him. Three days later, National League president A. Bartlett Giamatti suspends Rose for 30 days, the longest such suspension for an on-field incident by a manager in MLB history.

May

 * May 2 – Cincinnati Reds pitcher Ron Robinson, one out away from a perfect game, surrenders a single, and a home run before Cincinnati finally beat the Montreal Expos, 3–2.
 * The Baltimore Orioles release former all-star pitcher Scott McGregor, ending his comeback bid.
 * May 9 – Bill Buckner is given his outright release by the California Angels.
 * May 14 - Jose Oquendo of the St. Louis Cardinals becomes the first non-pitcher to get a decision. The Atlanta Braves beat the Cardinals in 19 innings. After pitching three scoreless innings, Oquendo surrenders the game winning hit to Ken Griffey, SR in the top of the 19th, with the final score being Atlanta 7, St. Louis 5.
 * May 22 – The Atlanta Braves fire manager Chuck Tanner after a 12–27 start and replace him with Russ Nixon.

June

 * June 12 – Against the Atlanta Braves at the Astrodome, Mike Scott of the Houston Astros has a bid for his second career no-hitter broken up with two out in the ninth on a Ken Oberkfell single. The hit is the only one Scott allows in a 5–0 Astros victory. Scott had no-hit the San Francisco Giants on September 25, 1986.
 * June 18 – The Los Angeles Dodgers sign Pedro Martinez as an undrafted free agent.
 * June 21 – With his team trailing 6–3 in the bottom of the ninth at Tiger Stadium against the New York Yankees, Alan Trammell hits an "ultimate walk-off grand slam" (with two outs and his team down by three runs) off reliever Cecilio Guante. Trammell becomes the first, however, in major league history to do so with a 3–2 (three ball, two strike) count on him.
 * June 23 – Billy Martin is fired from his fifth stint as New York Yankees manager by owner George Steinbrenner after a four-game losing streak and a 2–7 road trip. Lou Piniella is hired for the second time by the Yankees as his replacement.
 * June 26 – Craig Biggio makes his MLB debut. In three plate appearances, Biggio strikes out once, draws a walk and scores a run in Houston's 6–0 win over the San Francisco Giants.
 * June 30 – The Illinois General Assembly votes to help fund a new baseball stadium to replace Comiskey Park which is now the oldest stadium in Major League Baseball. The vote avoids the Chicago White Sox from having to carry through on a threat to move the team.

July

 * July 9 - In a 21-2 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals, the San Francisco Giants established a franchise record for most runs scored in a game. In that game, Chris Speier hit for the cycle, and Ernest Riles hit the 10,000th home run in franchise history.
 * Nolan Ryan becomes the first pitcher to win 100 games in both the American and National League, as the Houston Astros defeated the New York Mets 6-3.
 * July 12 – After being maligned by the press as an unworthy All-Star starter, catcher Terry Steinbach hits a solo home run and a sacrifice fly to lead the American League to a 2–1 victory over the National League at Riverfront Stadium. Steinbach is named the Game MVP.
 * July 14 - Ten days after being released by the Kansas City Royals, relief pitcher Dan Quisenberry is signed by the St. Louis Cardinals.
 * July 21 - In what has become to be known as one of the most one-sided trades in history, the New York Yankees trade minor leaguer Rick Balabon, outfielder Jay Buhner and a player to be named later, minor league player Troy Evans, to the Seattle Mariners for Ken Phelps. Phelps played half a season for the Yankees before injuries derailed his career, and Buhner blossomed into a multi-time all-star for Seattle. The trade itself was subject of parody on an episode of Seinfeld years later.
 * July 27 – The Texas Rangers sign catcher Ivan Rodriguez as an undrafted free agent.
 * July 29 – The Boston Red Sox trade away future World Series hero Curt Schilling, along with Brady Anderson to the Baltimore Orioles for Mike Boddicker.

August

 * August 9 – The Chicago Cubs won the first official night game at Wrigley Field by beating the New York Mets 6–4. The lights had been turned on just before the start of the prior night's game, but that game was rained out.
 * August 11
 * Having been stuck at 299 career home runs since May 16, New York Mets catcher Gary Carter clubs career home run #300 in a 9–6 victory over the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field.
 * The Boston Red Sox set an AL record with their 23rd straight win at home, beating the Detroit Tigers 9–4. Boston surpassed the league mark of 22 set by the 1931 Philadelphia Athletics.
 * August 26 – Donnie Moore is released by the California Angels, setting off a chain reaction of events that would end in July 1989 when Moore shot his wife and then turned the gun in himself, dying in an attempted murder/suicide.
 * August 31 – Outfielder Fred Lynn is traded by the Baltimore Orioles to the Detroit Tigers in exchange for catcher Chris Hoiles and two minor leaguers.

September

 * September 3 – Gary Sheffield makes his MLB debut as a late inning defensive replacement for Dale Sveum, and does not make a plate appearance in Milwaukee's 7–3 win over the Detroit Tigers. Sheffield would get his first start the next day and go 0–4 in his first four plate appearances.
 * September 8 – A. Bartlett Giamatti is unanimously elected by the owners to replace outgoing Commissioner Peter Ueberroth.
 * September 9 – Bruce Sutter converts his 300th career save (the third player in history to do so) to preserve an Atlanta Braves win over the San Diego Padres. It is the last save of his career.
 * September 16 – Tom Browning of the Cincinnati Reds pitches a 1-0 perfect game over the Los Angeles Dodgers. Browning becomes the second left-hander to pitch a perfect game, joining Sandy Koufax in 1965 (see Sandy Koufax's perfect game). It is not only the tenth perfect game in Major League history, but the first to ever be pitched against the team that would go on to win the World Series that year. In defeating the San Diego Padres on June 6 of this season, Browning had another no-hitter broken up in the ninth inning. This bid was foiled by Tony Gwynn's single with one out.
 * September 17 – Jeff Reardon becomes the first pitcher to save 40 games in one season in both leagues as the Minnesota Twins beat the Chicago White Sox, 3–1. Reardon, who saved 41 games for the Montreal Expos in 1985, pitches the ninth inning for his 40th save in 47 opportunities.
 * September 20 – Wade Boggs becomes the first player in Major League history, since 1901, to collect 200 or more hits in six consecutive years. He is also the second player (to Lou Gehrig) to collect 200 hits and 100 bases on balls in three straight seasons.
 * September 23 – Jose Canseco steals his 40th base of the year, and becomes the first member of the 40–40 club.
 * September 24 – The Oakland Athletics defeat the Milwaukee Brewers 5–2 at County Stadium for their 100th win of the season. A's starter Dave Stewart picks up his 20th win of the season and Dennis Eckersley gets his 44th save of the season.
 * September 28 – One of the great season closing games in history is played as Orel Hershiser of the Los Angeles Dodgers and Andy Hawkins of the San Diego Padres each pitch ten scoreless innings. The Padres eventually win, but the tenth inning proves to be Hershiser's 59th consecutive scoreless inning, breaking Don Drysdale's record streak of 58 consecutive innings.
 * September 30 – For the second consecutive start, Dave Stieb of the Toronto Blue Jays has a no-hitter broken up with two out in the ninth, and has to settle for a one-hit shutout. In the Blue Jays' 4–0 victory over the Baltimore Orioles at Exhibition Stadium, he has the bid broken up by a Jim Traber single. Six days earlier, in a 1–0 shutout over the Cleveland Indians at Cleveland Stadium, Stieb's bid for a no-hitter was broken up by a Julio Franco single with two out in the ninth. Had Stieb accomplished the double no-hit feat, he would have joined Johnny Vander Meer (1938) as the only pitchers to hurl no-hitters in consecutive starts.

October

 * October 7 – Dave Concepción one of the last remaining active members of the Reds' "Big Red Machine" dynasty teams of the 1970s, is released. Ron Oester would be the final remaining player from that era on the Reds roster after Ken Griffey is released the next season.
 * October 15 – In Game One of the 1988 World Series at Dodger Stadium, the Los Angeles Dodgers trail the Oakland Athletics, 4–3, in the bottom of the ninth inning when the Dodgers' Kirk Gibson, badly injured in the NLCS against the New York Mets, hobbles to the plate to pinch-hit against Oakland's lethal closer, Dennis Eckersley. With two outs, a 3–2 count against him, and Mike Davis on second base, Gibson uses his upper body and wrists to launch a backdoor slider from Eckersley into the right-field stands for a 5–4 Los Angeles victory. Gibson's home run re-energized the underdog Dodgers and shattered the confidence of the A's, who lost the series in five games. It inspired the coining of the phrase "walk-off home run", and is widely regarded as one of the greatest moments in baseball history.
 * October 20 – Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Orel Hershiser ends his dream season with a 5–2 four-hitter over the Oakland Athletics in Game Five of the World Series. The win gives the Dodgers their first World Championship since 1981, and makes them the only team to win more than one World Series in the 1980s. Hershiser is selected the Series MVP.
 * October 24 – The New York Yankees trade Jack Clark and Pat Clemments to the San Diego Padres for Jimmy Jones, Lance McCullers and Stan Jefferson.
 * October 25 - Tony La Russa of the Oakland Athletics was named American League Manager of the Year by the Baseball Writers Association of America.
 * October 26 – 6 days after leading the Los Angeles Dodgers to an improbable World Championship, Tommy Lasorda was named National League Manager of the year by the Baseball Writers Association of America.

November

 * November 8 – The Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum announced the inauguration of Women in Baseball, a permanent display to honor the entire All-American Girls Professional Baseball League rather than any individual figure, which began play in 1943 and lasted a dozen years and gave more than 500 women an opportunity that had never existed before.
 * November 9 – Minnesota Twins pitcher Frank Viola is selected with 27 of 28 first place votes as the American League Cy Young Award winner. The left-hander posted a 24–7 record with 193 strikeouts and a 2.64 ERA.
 * November 10:
 * Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Orel Hershiser, who posted a 23–8 record with 178 strikeouts and a 2.31 ERA, is a unanimous choice as National League Cy Young Award winner. Hershiser becomes the ninth pitcher in National League history to win the award unanimously, after receiving all twenty-four first place votes from the BBWAA.
 * Tommy John is released by the New York Yankees.
 * November 28 – Rich Gedman becomes the highest paid catcher in American League history when he signs a one-year contract with the Boston Red Sox for $1.2 million.

December

 * December 4 – The Baltimore Orioles trade Eddie Murray to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Juan Bell, Brian Holton and Ken Howell.
 * December 8 – The Cleveland Indians trade Julio Franco to the Texas Rangers in exchange for Jerry Browne, Oddibe McDowell and Pete O'Brien.
 * December 13 – One month after winning the National League Cy Young Award, Orel Hershiser was named the Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year.
 * December 14 – CBS pays approximately US$1.8 billion for exclusive over-the-air television rights for over four years (beginning in 1990). CBS pays about $265 million each year for the World Series, League Championship Series, All-Star Game, and the Saturday Game of the Week. CBS replaced ABC (which had broadcast Monday and later Thursday night baseball games from 1976 to 1989) and NBC (which had broadcast Major League Baseball in some shape or form since 1947 and the Game of the Week exclusively since 1966) as the national broadcast network television home of Major League Baseball. It was one of the largest agreements (to date) between the sport of baseball and the business of broadcasting. The cost of the deal between CBS and Major League Baseball is about 25% more than in the previous television contract with ABC and NBC. The deal with CBS is also intended to pay each team (26 in and then, 28 by ) $10 million a year.

Movies

 * Bull Durham
 * Eight Men Out

January

 * January 1 – Dallas Keuchel
 * January 2 – Aaron Barrett
 * January 2 – Eric Fornataro
 * January 6 – Cody Hall
 * January 7 – Jhoulys Chacín
 * January 8 – Jon Edwards
 * January 10 – Rafael Dolis
 * January 10 – Jason Gurka
 * January 12 – Hyun Soo Kim
 * January 12 – Justin Marks
 * January 18 – Luis Jiménez
 * January 19 – Shawn Tolleson
 * January 21 – Preston Claiborne
 * January 21 – Josh Ravin
 * January 22 – Josh Spence
 * January 24 – Ashur Tolliver
 * January 26 – Josh Prince
 * January 28 – A. J. Griffin
 * January 29 – Mike Bolsinger
 * January 29 – Hank Conger

February

 * February 1 – Brett Anderson
 * February 1 – Allan de San Miguel
 * February 2 – Brad Peacock
 * February 2 – Travis Snider
 * February 10 – Jake Brigham
 * February 10 – Jeanmar Gómez
 * February 11 – Shane Peterson
 * February 12 – Josh Phegley
 * February 13 – Ryan Goins
 * February 14 – Paul Clemens
 * February 16 – Jorge Rondón
 * February 19 – Kevin Chapman
 * February 20 – Spencer Patton
 * February 21 – Tyler Lyons
 * February 22 – Rocky Gale
 * February 24 – Chris Parmelee
 * February 25 – Nathan Adcock
 * February 25 – Conor Mullee
 * February 26 – Dustin Ackley
 * February 26 – Héctor Rondón
 * February 28 – Aroldis Chapman

March

 * March 1 – Trevor Cahill
 * March 1 – Yang Hyeon-jong
 * March 4 – José de Paula
 * March 4 – Ryan Strausborger
 * March 5 – Joe Benson
 * March 5 – Héctor Gómez
 * March 6 – Leonys Martín
 * March 7 – Tyler Ladendorf
 * March 8 – Tommy Pham
 * March 8 – Ken Roberts
 * March 10 – Cedric Hunter
 * March 11 – Pedro Báez
 * March 11 – Vince Belnome
 * March 13 – Jason Rogers
 * March 14 – Josh Stinson
 * March 15 – Steve Ames
 * March 19 – Clayton Kershaw
 * March 23 – Dellin Betances
 * March 26 – Marcus Hatley
 * March 28 – Ryan Kalish

April

 * April 1 – Alex Hassan
 * April 3 – Hirokazu Sawamura
 * April 6 – Mitsuo Yoshikawa
 * April 7 – Charles Brewer
 * April 9 – Simón Castro
 * April 9 – Tommy Medica
 * April 10 – Chris Dwyer
 * April 10 – Chris Heston
 * April 11 – Pete Kozma
 * April 11 – Kenta Maeda
 * April 11 – Chris McGuiness
 * April 11 – Ryan Schimpf
 * April 13 – Tsubasa Aizawa
 * April 15 – Chris Tillman
 * April 16 – Shogo Akiyama
 * April 20 – Brandon Belt
 * April 22 – Dee Strange-Gordon
 * April 27 – José Miguel Fernández
 * April 30 – Ryan O'Rourke
 * April 30 – Jesús Sucre

May

 * May 2 – Neftalí Feliz
 * May 3 – Ben Revere
 * May 4 – Christian Bergman
 * May 7 – Sam Dyson
 * May 7 – Osvaldo Martínez
 * May 9 – Buddy Boshers
 * May 10 – Ryan Jackson
 * May 20 – Kyle Jensen
 * May 20 – Carlos Rivero
 * May 20 – Tony Sanchez
 * May 23 – Vic Black
 * May 27 – Brad Boxberger
 * May 27 – Garrett Richards
 * May 28 – Justin Bour
 * May 28 – Ryan Court
 * May 28 – Craig Kimbrel
 * May 28 – Lester Oliveros

June

 * June 1 – Francisco Peguero
 * June 5 – Jake Petricka
 * June 8 – Terrance Gore
 * June 9 – Joe Kelly
 * June 9 – Zach Rosscup
 * June 11 – Brock Holt
 * June 19 – Jacob deGrom
 * June 19 – Devin Mesoraco
 * June 28 – Kevan Smith
 * June 29 – Brooks Raley
 * June 30 – Jeff Kobernus
 * June 30 – Blake Treinen

July

 * July 2 – Chris Marrero
 * July 5 – Andre Rienzo
 * July 10 – Ryan Wheeler
 * July 13 – DJ LeMahieu
 * July 18 – Brett Nicholas
 * July 20 – Ty Kelly
 * July 20 – Stephen Strasburg
 * July 22 – Kwang-hyun Kim
 * July 25 – José Martínez
 * July 27 – Yoervis Medina

August

 * August 1 – Roenis Elías
 * August 2 – Brett Jackson
 * August 3 – Pat McCoy
 * August 10 – Sammy Solis
 * August 11 – Andrew Lambo
 * August 12 – Jake Dunning
 * August 12 – Jhan Mariñez
 * August 12 – José Tábata
 * August 13 – Brandon Workman
 * August 14 – Alex Liddi
 * August 16 – Justin Grimm
 * August 16 – J. C. Ramírez
 * August 19 – Chris Smith
 * August 23 – Miles Mikolas
 * August 26 – Elvis Andrus
 * August 26 – Mario Hollands
 * August 27 – A. J. Achter
 * August 27 – Seth Frankoff
 * August 27 – Mike Olt
 * August 29 – Alex White
 * August 31 – Matt Adams
 * August 31 – Caleb Gindl

September

 * September 3 – Josh Osich
 * September 4 – Adam Duvall
 * September 6 – Arnold León
 * September 8 – Chance Ruffin
 * September 8 – Alex Sanabia
 * September 9 – Will Middlebrooks
 * September 9 – Joey Terdoslavich
 * September 11 – Mike Moustakas
 * September 13 – Marcus Walden
 * September 13 – Andy Wilkins
 * September 17 – Casey Crosby
 * September 20 – Steve Lombardozzi Jr.
 * September 21 – Che-Hsuan Lin
 * September 23 – Jedd Gyorko
 * September 24 – James Jones
 * September 24 – Moisés Sierra
 * September 24 – Hunter Strickland
 * September 26 – Chris Archer
 * September 26 – Yūdai Ōno
 * September 28 – Gary Brown
 * September 28 – Cameron Rupp
 * September 29 – Tyler Thornburg
 * September 30 – Sugar Ray Marimón
 * September 30 – Brian Moran

October

 * October 3 – Mike Belfiore
 * October 3 – Phil Gosselin
 * October 4 – Lonnie Chisenhall
 * October 7 – Brandon Cunniff
 * October 8 – Manny Barreda
 * October 9 – Starling Marte
 * October 9 – Yuki Yanagita
 * October 10 – Fernando Martínez
 * October 11 – David Goforth
 * October 11 – Edison Barrios
 * October 12 – José Ortega
 * October 12 – Nick Tepesch
 * October 14 – Merrill Kelly
 * October 14 – Seth Maness
 * October 17 – Stefen Romero
 * October 20 – Michael Mariot
 * October 20 – Gus Schlosser
 * October 25 – Alberto Cabrera
 * October 27 – T. J. Rivera
 * October 28 – Corban Joseph
 * October 29 – Johnny Hellweg

November

 * November 1 – Masahiro Tanaka
 * November 1 – Alex Wimmers
 * November 2 – Seth Rosin
 * November 3 – Carlos Moncrief
 * November 6 – James Paxton
 * November 7 – Dariel Álvarez
 * November 8 – Yasmani Grandal
 * November 9 – Curt Casali
 * November 9 – Zach Neal
 * November 10 – Rob Segedin
 * November 15 – Ben Rowen
 * November 16 – Brandon Cumpton
 * November 17 – Shane Greene
 * November 20 – Cody Allen
 * November 21 – Ryan LaMarre
 * November 21 – Matt West
 * November 22 – Drew Pomeranz
 * November 22 – Austin Romine
 * November 24 – Jarrod Parker
 * November 25 – Jimmy Paredes
 * November 26 – Josh Smoker
 * November 26 – Matt Tracy
 * November 26 – Héctor Velázquez
 * November 28 – Kevin Quackenbush
 * November 29 – Brett Nicholas

December

 * December 1 – Daniel Straily
 * December 2 – Brett Eibner
 * December 6 – Adam Eaton
 * December 12 – Juan Díaz
 * December 12 – Mike Kickham
 * December 13 – Perci Garner
 * December 14 – Matt Grace
 * December 14 - Hayato Sakamoto
 * December 15 – Ryan Pressly
 * December 20 – Erik Goeddel
 * December 20 – Braulio Lara
 * December 21 – Danny Duffy
 * December 21 – Cody Stanley
 * December 21 – Asher Wojciechowski
 * December 23 – Audry Pérez
 * December 23 – Roberto Pérez
 * December 27 – Rick Porcello
 * December 27 – Addison Reed
 * December 30 – Bryce Brentz
 * December 30 – Danny Burawa
 * December 30 – Drew Rucinski
 * December 31 – Álex Colomé

January

 * January 6 – Ralph Buxton, 76, Canadian pitcher who played briefly for the 1938 Philadelphia Athletics and the 1949 New York Yankees.
 * January 12 – John H. Johnson, 66, president of Minor League Baseball from 1979 until his death; previously, farm system director of the Yankees from 1958 to 1971, and assistant to Commissioner of Baseball Bowie Kuhn from 1971 to 1979.
 * January 15 – George Hennessey, 80, pitcher for the St. Louis Browns, Philadelphia Phillies and Chicago Cubs between 1937 and 1945.
 * January 16 – Dutch Kemner, 88, relief pitcher who appeared in nine games with the 1929 Cincinnati Reds.
 * January 23 – Johnny Gee, 72, who pitched for the Pittsburgh Pirates and the New York Giants in the 1940s and also played basketball with the NBA Syracuse Nationals during the 1946–1947 season.
 * January 24 – Ray Rohwer, 92, outfielder who hit .284 for the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1921 to 1922.
 * January 28 – Al Rubeling, 74, backup infielder for the Philadelphia Athletics and Pittsburgh Pirates from 1940 through 1944.

February

 * February 1 – Red Phillips, 79, relief pitcher who posted a 4–4 record in 29 games for the Detroit Tigers in the 1934 and 1936 seasons.
 * February 3 – Jocko Thompson, 71, left-hander who pitched in 41 games for the Philadelphia Phillies for all or parts of four seasons (1948–1951); a much-decorated United States Army lieutenant who served in the European Theater during World War II.
 * February 16 – Bill Cox, 74, pitcher in 50 games for the St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago White Sox and St. Louis Browns from 1936 to 1940, who later served in Germany in the U.S. Army during World War II.
 * February 20 – Bob O'Farrell, 91, catcher for four National League teams over 21 seasons who won the 1926 MVP award with the St. Louis Cardinals; player-manager of Cardinals (1927) and Cincinnati Reds (Opening Day through July 6, 1934).
 * February 20 – Jim Woods, 71, nicknamed "Possum", well-traveled but highly regarded #2 play-by-play broadcaster between 1953 and 1981 who called games for the New York Yankees, New York Giants, Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals, Oakland Athletics, Boston Red Sox and USA Network; noted for his chemistry and collaboration with Pittsburgh's Bob Prince (1958–1969) and Boston's Ned Martin (1974–1978).
 * February 23 – Pete Donohue, 87, pitcher who had three 20-win seasons for the Cincinnati Reds and beat the Philadelphia Phillies 20 consecutive times from 1922 to 1925.
 * February 26 – Tom Oliver, 85, fine defensive center fielder for the Boston Red Sox in the early 1930s; later a coach for the Philadelphia Athletics and Baltimore Orioles between 1951 and 1954.
 * February 28 – Harvey Kuenn, 57, eight-time All-Star shortstop and outfielder, most notably with the Detroit Tigers, who batted .303 lifetime and led the American League in hits four times and doubles three times, while winning the 1953 Rookie of the Year Award and the 1959 batting title; later, a longtime batting coach who managed the Milwaukee Brewers—nicknamed "Harvey's Wallbangers"—to their only AL pennant in 1982; compiled a 159–118 mark (.572) as skipper of the Brewers between June 2, 1982 and end of the 1983 season.

March

 * March 1 – Luis "Canena" Márquez, 62, the third Puerto Rican to play in the major leagues (after Hiram Bithorn and Luis Rodríguez Olmo), who appeared in 68 games from 1951 to 1954 with the Boston Braves, Chicago Cubs and Pittsburgh Pirates.
 * March 6 – Lou Legett, 86, catcher for the Boston Red Sox between 1929 and 1935.
 * March 6 – Dick Ricketts, 54, pitcher for the 1959 St. Louis Cardinals and also a forward-center in NBA with the St. Louis Hawks and the Rochester/Cincinnati Royals from 1955 to 1958; his brother Dave was a longtime backup catcher and coach in MLB.
 * March 11 – Art Daney, Chief Whitehorn, 84, Native American of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, who pitched briefly for the 1928 Philadelphia Athletics.
 * March 14 – Zeb Terry, 96, shortstop/second baseman who hit .260 in 589 games for the Boston Braves, Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox and Pittsburgh Pirates from 1916 to 1922.
 * March 16 – Jigger Statz, 90, outfielder for the New York Giants, Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs and Brooklyn Robins from 1919 to 1928, who hit .319 for the 1923 Cubs including 209 hits, 110 runs, 51 extrabases, 70 RBI and 29 stolen bases; played 18 seasons for Los Angeles Angels of the Pacific Coast League; amassed 4,093 hits over a 24-year career.
 * March 21 – Edd Roush, 94, Hall of Fame center fielder for the Cincinnati Reds who batted .323 lifetime, leading the National League in batting twice and in slugging, doubles and triples once each, while hitting 30 inside-the-park home runs and ending with 182 triples for the 13th-most triples in major league history.
 * March 29 – Ted Kluszewski, 63, All-Star first baseman who played from 1947 through 1961 for four teams, most prominently the Cincinnati Reds/Redlegs; led the National League with 49 home runs and 141 RBI in 1954 and batted .300 seven times; batting star for Chicago White Sox in 1959 World Series and author of first homer in Los Angeles Angels' MLB history (1961); known for sporting a sleeveless uniform jersey that showcased his muscular biceps; served as Cincinnati's hitting coach during "The Big Red Machine" dynasty of the 1970s.

April

 * April 4 – Jack Aragón, 72, a 12-season catcher and manager in the minor leagues who appeared in one game for the 1941 New York Giants; son of Angel Aragón.
 * April 4 – Charlie Snell, 94, backup catcher who hit .211 in eight games for the 1912 St. Louis Browns.
 * April 5 – Tom Earley, 71, relief pitcher who posted an 18–24 record with a 3.78 ERA for the Boston Braves from 1938 to 1945.
 * April 9 – Syd Cohen, 81, pitcher for the Washington Senators from 1934 to 1937, and later a minor league baseball manager; elder brother Andy was an MLB player and coach who died six months and 20 days after Syd.
 * April 12 – Frank Skaff, 77, first baseman for the 1935 Brooklyn Dodgers and the 1943 Philadelphia Athletics; longtime scout, minor league skipper and MLB coach who served as acting manager of the 1966 Detroit Tigers.
 * April 14 – Ralph Winegarner, 78, infielder/outfielder/pitcher for the Cleveland Indians and St. Louis Browns in parts of six seasons spanning 1930–1949; coached for the Browns, 1949–1951.
 * April 15 – John Hines, 87, outfielder/catcher for the Chicago American Giants of the Negro National League between 1923 and 1934; member of its 1926 Negro World Series champions.
 * April 22 – Len Church, 46, relief pitcher for the 1966 Chicago Cubs.
 * April 27 – Alphonse "Tommy" Thomas, 88, pitcher who won 117 games for the Chicago White Sox, Washington Senators, Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Browns and Boston Red Sox from 1926 through 1937; managed minor-league Baltimore Orioles, 1940 to 1949, then served as a Red Sox scout.
 * April 29 – Dom Dallessandro, 74, outfielder for the Boston Red Sox and Chicago Cubs in eight seasons from 1937 to 1947; posted a .304 average and a .400 on-base percentage in 1944; missed 1945 Cubs' pennant-winning season and a chance to play in the World Series due to World War II military service.

May

 * May 2 – Art Hefner, 74, centerfielder and third baseman for the 1948 New York Black Yankees and 1949 Philadelphia Stars of the Negro National League.
 * May 12 – Jacquelyn Kelley, 61, All-Star outfielder in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.
 * May 12 – Hank Schenz, 69, scrappy backup infielder who posted a .247 average in 207 games for the Chicago Cubs, Pittsburgh Pirates and New York Giants from 1946 through 1951.
 * May 25 – Charlie Perkins, 82, pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies and Brooklyn Dodgers in the early 1930s.
 * May 26 – Dick Strahs, 64, relief pitcher for the 1954 Chicago White Sox.

June

 * June 1 – Belve Bean, 83, relief pitcher who posted an 11–7 record with the Indians and Senators from 1930 to 1935.
 * June 8 – Walt Chipple, 69, backup outfielder for the 1945 Washington Senators.
 * June 9 – Newt Allen, 87, five-time All-Star second baseman for the Negro leagues' Kansas City Monarchs; two-time (1924, 1942) Negro World Series champion, the latter year as the Monarchs' player-manager.
 * June 12 – Merle Settlemire, 85, relief pitcher for the 1928 Boston Red Sox.
 * June 15 – Hugh Willingham, 82, backup infielder for the Chicago White Sox and Philadelphia Phillies from 1930 to 1933; later became a longtime White Sox scout.
 * June 17 – Ed Montague, 82, shortstop for the Cleveland Indians between 1928 and 1932, who later became a scout, most notable for signing Willie Mays; father of the longtime umpire.
 * June 19 – Alice DeCambra, 66, infielder/pitcher during five seasons in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.
 * June 21 – Ed Linke, 76, relief pitcher who posted a 22–22 record with the Washington Senators and St. Louis Browns from 1933 to 1938.
 * June 22 – Hank Edwards, 69, outfielder who hit .280 with a .343 on-base percentage in 735 games with the Indians, Cubs, Dodgers, Reds, White Sox and Browns from 1941 to 1953.
 * June 27 – Red Bullock, 76, pitcher for the 1936 Philadelphia Athletics.

July

 * July 1 – Ed Sauer, 69, outfielder who played in the 1940s with the Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals and Boston Braves; brother of Hank Sauer.
 * July 2 – Tom Drake, 75, relief pitcher for the Cleveland Indians and Brooklyn Dodgers from 1939 to 1941.
 * July 4 – Lee Weyer, 51, National League umpire from 1963 until his death; worked in 3,827 NL games, four World Series and five NL Championship Series.
 * July 8 – Frank Ellerbe, 84, third baseman who hit .268 in 420 games for the Senators, Browns and Indians from 1919 to 1924.
 * July 10 – Ernie Nevel, 69, relief pitcher who appeared in 14 games with the New York Yankees and Cincinnati Reds from 1950 to 1953.
 * July 14 – Whitey Witt, 92, outfielder who hit .287 with 18 home runs and 302 RBI in 1,139 games for the Philadelphia Athletics, New York Yankees and Brooklyn Robins from 1916 to 1926; last surviving member of the 1923 New York Yankees' World Series champions.
 * July 15 – Clyde Beck, 88, infielder for the Chicago Cubs and Cincinnati Reds from 1926 to 1931.
 * July 20 – John W. Galbreath, 90, real estate magnate and majority owner of the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1950 to 1985, during which period the team won three World Series.
 * July 23 – Ken Polivka, 67, relief pitcher who appeared in two games with the 1947 Cincinnati Reds.
 * July 24 – Jerry Lane, 62, pitcher for the Washington Senators and Cincinnati Redlegs from 1953 to 1955.
 * July 24 – Joe Orengo, 73, valuable man at all four infield positions, who hit .238 in 366 games for the Cardinals, Giants, Dodgers, Tigers and White Sox between 1939 and 1945.
 * July 26 – Al Flair, 62, first baseman for the 1941 Boston Red Sox.
 * July 27 – Jack Drees, 71, Chicago sportscaster and television voice of the White Sox from 1968 to 1972; also known for football, boxing and horse racing broadcast work.

August

 * August 2 – Bob Berman, 89, backup catcher for the 1918 Washington Senators.
 * August 5 – Ralph Michaels, 86, backup infielder who hit .295 in 32 games for the Chicago Cubs from 1924 to 1926.
 * August 13 – Mel Almada, 75, outfielder who hit .284 from 1933 through 1939 for the Boston Red Sox, Washington Senators, St. Louis Browns and Brooklyn Dodgers, who is regarded as the first Mexican player to appear in a major league baseball game.
 * August 13 – Edward Bennett Williams, 68, owner of the Baltimore Orioles from August 2, 1979, until his death; prominent Washington attorney and sportsman, who previously was co-owner or owner of the NFL Redskins from 1962 to 1974.
 * August 22 – Bob Daughters, 74, played for the 1937 Boston Red Sox.
 * August 29 – Charles Johnston, 92, American League umpire in 1936 and 1937.
 * August 31 – John Daley, 101, shortstop for the 1912 St. Louis Browns, the oldest living major league player at the time of his death.

September

 * September 2 – Jim Bagby Jr., 71, All-Star pitcher for the Boston Red Sox and Cleveland Indians (1938–1947), who led AL in starts and innings in 1943; his father, Jim Sr., won 127 games for three MLB clubs over nine seasons.
 * September 2 – Marshall Riddle, 70, Negro league baseball infielder.
 * September 6 – Lew Krausse, 76, relief pitcher who posted a 5–1 record with a 4.50 ERA in 23 appearances for the Philadelphia Athletics from 1931 to 1932; longtime scout and minor-league manager; father of the MLB pitcher of the 1960s and 1970s.
 * September 8 – Rats Henderson, 92, stalwart pitcher for the Atlantic City Bacharach Giants of the Eastern Colored League from 1923 to 1928; led ECL in both games won and lost (ten) in 1923.
 * September 16 – Bob Trice, 62, pitcher who on September 13, 1953 became the first African American player in Philadelphia Athletics history; posted a 9–9 (5.75 ERA) record in 27 games for the A's through May 2, 1955.
 * September 29 – Tony Ordeñana, 69, shortstop for the 1943 Pittsburgh Pirates, and one of many players who only appeared in the majors during World War II.

October

 * October 6 – Bob Boken, 80, infielder for the Washington Senators and Chicago White Sox from 1933 to 1934.
 * October 8 – Boob Fowler, 87, infielder who hit .326 in 78 games for the Cincinnati Reds and Boston Red Sox from 1923 through 1926.
 * October 14 – Abie Hood, 85, second baseman who hit .286 in five games for the 1925 Boston Braves.
 * October 14 – Vic Raschi, 69, All-Star pitcher who won 20 games for the Yankees in three straight years (1949–1951), including World Series clinchers in 1949 and 1951; all told, played for six World Series champions (1947 and 1949–1953).
 * October 19 – Bill Burgo, 67, backup outfielder for the Philadelphia Athletics in the 1943 and 1944 seasons.
 * October 21 – Regino "Reggie" Otero, 73, Cuban first baseman who had a long minor league career (1936–1953); played briefly with the 1945 Chicago Cubs and 13 years in the Cuban League; later a successful career manager in the Cuban, Mexican and Venezuelan leagues; coached in the majors for the Cincinnati Reds (1959–1965) and Cleveland Indians (1966), then scouted for the Indians and Dodgers.
 * October 26 – Bill Johnson, 92, catcher in Black baseball who played primarily in the Eastern Colored League during the 1920s.
 * October 27 – Ben Steiner, 67, second baseman for the Boston Red Sox and Detroit Tigers from 1945 to 1947.
 * October 28 – Dave Tyriver, 50, pitcher for the 1962 Cleveland Indians.
 * October 29 – Andy Cohen, 84, second baseman who hit .281 in 262 games with the New York Giants from 1926 to 1929; acting manager of 1960 Philadelphia Phillies for one game (April 14) between terms of Eddie Sawyer and Gene Mauch; younger brother Syd, an MLB pitcher, died earlier in 1988 (on April 9).
 * October 30 – Bernie Walter, 80, pitcher for the 1930 Pittsburgh Pirates.

November

 * November 1 – Lefty Sullivan, 72, pitcher for the 1939 Cleveland Indians.
 * November 5 – Glenn Chapman, 82, infielder who hit .280 in 67 games for the 1934 Brooklyn Dodgers.
 * November 9 – Bob Weiland, 82, left-hander who went 62–94 (4.24) in 277 games in a dozen seasons (1928–1935, 1937–1940) for five clubs, primarily the St. Louis Cardinals and Boston Red Sox.
 * November 16 – Johnny Hayes, 78, two-time All-Star catcher who appeared for four Negro National League clubs, mainly the New York Black Yankees, between 1934 and 1948.
 * November 19 – Kid Lowe, 88, third baseman for the Memphis Red Sox and three other Negro National League teams between 1921 and 1930.
 * November 21 – Carl Hubbell, 85, Hall of Fame pitcher who won 253 games for the 1928–1943 New York Giants, second most among NL left-handers upon retirement; named NL's MVP in 1933 and 1936, he led league in wins and ERA three times each and had 1.79 ERA in six World Series starts; his 1,677 strikeouts were NL record for portsiders until 1958, and he won 24 straight games in 1936–1937; served Giants as their farm system director from 1944 until 1975.
 * November 22 – Ray Kelly, 74, sportswriter who covered the Philadelphia Athletics and Phillies since the late 1940s.
 * November 28 – Butch Davis, 72, outfielder who played in Black baseball, the Negro leagues (batting .341 for the 1947 Baltimore Elite Giants), independent leagues and, in 1951 and 1952, "organized" minor league baseball.
 * November 30 – Wally Berger, 83, All-Star center fielder for the Boston Braves who had four 100-RBI seasons and batted .300 lifetime; led NL in homers and RBI in 1935; his 38 homers as a 1930 rookie (tied by Frank Robinson in 1956) stood as an MLB record until 1987.

December

 * December 12 – Joe Reichler, 73, sportswriter and author who wrote for the Associated Press for 20 years and served as an assistant to the commissioner after 1966; editor of the Macmillan Baseball Encyclopedia since its first edition in 1969.
 * December 16 – Joe Hatten, 72, pitcher who posted a 65–49 record with a 3.87 ERA for the Brooklyn Dodgers and Chicago Cubs from 1946 through 1952.
 * December 16 – Bob Kahle, 73, pinch-hitter for the 1938 Boston Braves.
 * December 16 – Leonard Lindsay, 79, first baseman who appeared for three Negro leagues clubs over four seasons between 1935 and 1947.
 * December 21 – Willie Kamm, 88, third baseman for the Chicago White Sox (1923–1931) and Cleveland Indians (1931–1935) who led AL in fielding average eight times and in putouts seven times; batted .308 in 1928 and led league in walks in 1925.
 * December 29 – John Happenny, 87, backup infielder who hit .221 in 32 games for the 1923 Chicago White Sox.
 * December 29 – Earl Mossor, 63, pitcher who appeared in three games with the 1951 Brooklyn Dodgers.
 * December 31 – Wes Flowers, 75, relief pitcher who posted a 2–2 record with a 5.40 ERA for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1940 and 1944, and later served in the Navy during World War II.

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User:Kopper65

Hi! My name's Jeffrey Kopp, otherwise known as Kopper, and I live in St. Louis, Missouri.

I am the former owner/operator of GaragePunk.com and several other websites. My extracurricular activities ranged from DJing at KDHX (The Wayback Machine radio show, 1995-2006), running GaragePunk Pirate Radio/Radio Mutation (podcast network), producing several music podcasts, running a local record label (TIRC Records), helping to produce a few punk music fanzines (Lifestyles of the Poor & Ugly, Pipeline, and Head in a Milk Bottle), running a website dedicated to corkball and fuzzball, and being involved with the Baden-Powell Service Association, now known as Outdoor Service Guides.

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Gum over platinum

Gum over platinum is a historical chemical photographic process, which was commonly used in art photography. It is a complex process, in which a specially treated platinum print photograph is coated with washes of gum arabic, then re-exposed to the same photographic negative. The finished process results in a sepia toned print, and is said to impart added luminosity and depth. It is sometimes called "pigment over platinum".

To sensitize the gum arabic it must first be placed in contact with ammonium or potassium dichromate. Gum arabic is not photosensitive by itself. To clear the chromic acid, the print is washed in 1% potassium metabisulfite after proper development in water. Interested individuals should read up on the process before attempting, as the chromic acids are very dangerous to work with.

The mechanics of the gum portion is not entirely known; what occurs is the exposed gum is hardened and becomes water-insoluble. Upon washing, the unexposed portions wash away, leaving the white paper exposed.

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Ohio State Route 587

State Route 587 (SR 587) is a north–south state route in the northwestern quadrant of the U.S. state of Ohio. The highway's southern terminus is at SR 53 in the census-designated place of McCutchenville about 5 mi southeast of New Riegel. Its northern terminus is at a T-intersection with SR 18 in the southeastern corner of the city of Fostoria.

Route description
SR 587 is located in the extreme northern portion of Wyandot County and the southwestern quadrant of Seneca County. This highway is not included as a component of the National Highway System, a network of highways deemed most important for the country's economy, mobility and defense.

History
SR 587 was designated in 1937. The highway originally consisted of today's Wyandot County Road 35 from SR 67 approximately 2 mi southwest of Sycamore to the intersection marking SR 587's southern terminus at SR 53 in McCutchenville and the entirety of the current SR 587. In 1965, the portion of SR 587 southeast of McCutchenville was removed from the state highway system. Jurisdiction of this stretch of roadway was transferred to Wyandot County, who then designated it as County Road 35.

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User:Tumorous

Tumorous got bored and signed on July 20 2005.

He's currently working on "swankifying" Wikipedia by expanding information around Richard Cheese and Lounge Against the Machine.

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Lucena (disambiguation)

Lucena is the capital city of the province of Quezon, Philippines. Lucena may also refer to:

Brazil

 * Lucena, Paraíba, a municipality in the state of Paraíba in the Northeast Region
 * Porto Lucena, a municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Sul
 * Presidente Lucena, a municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Sul

Philippines

 * New Lucena, a fourth class municipality in the province of Iloilo

Spain

 * Lucena, Córdoba, a municipality in the province of Córdoba, in the autonomous community of Andalusia
 * Lucena de Jalón, a municipality located in the province of Zaragoza, in the autonomous community of Aragon
 * Lucena del Cid, a municipality in the comarca of Alcalatén, province of Castellon, in the autonomous community of Valencian Community
 * Lucena del Puerto, a municipality located in the province of Huelva, in the autonomous community of Andalusia

People

 * Lucena (surname), including a list of persons with the surname

Others

 * Luis Ramírez de Lucena (1460s–1530s), 15th century chess player
 * Lucena position, a chess position incorrectly named after Luis Ramírez de Lucena
 * Lucena, a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae described by Rambur in 1840, but now considered to be a synonym of Mimas
 * Lucena CF, a Spanish football team based in Lucena, in the province of Córdoba, in the autonomous community of Andalusia

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Carl Ludwig Christian Rümker

Carl Ludwig Christian Rümker (28 May 1788 – 21 December 1862) was a German astronomer.

Early life (1788-1821)
Rümker was born in Burg Stargard, in Mecklenburg, Germany, the son of J. F. Rümker, a court-councillor. He showed an aptitude for mathematics and studied at the Builders' Academy, Berlin, graduating in 1807 as a master builder. Instead of a career in building, he taught mathematics in Hamburg until 1809 when he went to England.

Rümker served as a midshipman in the British East India Company and then in the British merchant navy from 1811 until 1813. In July 1813 he was seized by a pressgang and joined the Royal Navy. He served in the Royal Navy as a schoolmaster until 1817 on HMS Benbow, Montague and Albion taking part in the expedition to Algiers in 1816 whilst on the Albion. In 1817 he met Austrian astronomer Baron Franz Xaver von Zach, who influenced Rümker to study astronomy. Rümker was director of the school of navigation at Hamburg from 1819 until 1820.

Life in New South Wales (Australia) (1821-1830)
Rümker was one of a number of influential German-speaking residents such as Ludwig Becker, Hermann Beckler, William Blandowski, Amalie Dietrich, Wilhelm Haacke, Diedrich Henne, Gerard Krefft, Johann Luehmann, Johann Menge, Carl Mücke (a.k.a. Muecke), Ludwig Preiss, Moritz Richard Schomburgk, Richard Wolfgang Semon, Karl Theodor Staiger, George Ulrich, Eugene von Guérard, Robert von Lendenfeld, Ferdinand von Mueller, Georg von Neumayer, and Carl Wilhelmi  who brought their "epistemic traditions" to Australia, and not only became "deeply entangled with the Australian colonial project", but also were "intricately involved in imagining, knowing and shaping colonial Australia" (Barrett, et al., 2018, p.2).

In 1821 Rümker went to New South Wales as astronomer at the observatory built at Parramatta by Sir Thomas Brisbane. James Dunlop was second assistant. Rümker was awarded the silver medal of the Royal Astronomical Society together with £100, for his re-discovery of Comet Encke on 2 June 1822 and also received the gold medal of the Institut de France.

In June 1823 having fallen out with Brisbane he left the observatory. He had been granted 1000 acre of land on the west side of the Nepean River on the assurance that he would devote his time to scientific pursuits. Brisbane in a dispatch to Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst in November 1823 requested that the grant should not be confirmed beyond 300 acre because Rümker had "completely broken" his promise. Bathurst, however, refused Brisbane's request, realizing that this would be a case of one man's word against another's if it were further investigated. After Brisbane's departure Rümker was placed in charge of the observatory by the government in May 1826, Rümker being the first to hold the title of government astronomer. It was intended that Rümker should measure the arc of the meridian; however it would have been necessary to obtain instruments from London and Rümker left the colony in January 1829.

The results of his observations at Parramatta were published in Part III of the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society for 1829 and in the Royal Astronomical Society's Memoirs, Vol. III. Rümker also contributed an article to the Geographical Memoirs of New South Wales, edited by Barron Field, the first collection of scientific papers published in Australia. While in England, Rümker quarrelled with James South, president of the Royal Astronomical Society, who dismissed Rümker from British government service.

Life in Hamburg, Germany (1830-1857)
Rümker returned to Europe in 1830 and took charge of the new Hamburg Observatory after the death of Johann Georg Repsold in 1830. His chief work was concerned with the cataloging of stars: a preliminary catalogue of the stars of the Southern Hemisphere was published in 1832 at Hamburg, and from 1846 to 1852 he published his great catalogue of 12,000 stars. He served as the director of Hamburger Sternwarte then located at Stadtwall and funded by the city of Hamburg as Christian Karl Ludwig Rümker from 1833 to 1857.

Final years & Legacy (1857-1862)
In 1857, Rümker resided at Lisbon, Portugal, where he died in 1862. His son was also an astronomer, Georg Friedrich Wilhelm Rümker, who was born in 1832, at Hamburg. He took over as director of Hamburger Sternwarte in 1857, where he served until his death in 1900. The Hamburger Sternwarte at Millerntor site was demolished when the observatory moved to Bergedorf under the direction of Richard Schorr for better astronomical seeing (the telescopes were moved), and the area eventually became the location of the Hamburg Museum. From 1901 to 1922 the new Hamburg observatory at Bergedorf renewed the observation of Rümker's catalog with its 12,000 stars. The catalog Carl Rümkers Hamburger Sternverzeichnis 1845.0 was published in 1923.

The lunar massif Mons Rümker is named for him.

Notable writings

 * Preliminary catalogue of fixed stars, etc. (1832)
 * Handbuch der Schiffahrtskunde (1857)
 * Mittlere Örter von 12.000 Fixsternen (1843–1852, 4 parts; new series 1857, 2 parts)
 * Längenbestimmung durch den Mond (1849).

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1903 in archaeology

Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1903.

Explorations

 * Thomas Gann makes first scholarly investigation of Lubaantun.
 * Raphael Pumpelly explores at Anau in Turkestan.

Excavations

 * Excavations at Assur are continued by a team from the Deutsche Orient-Gesellschaft led initially by Robert Koldewey (continue until 1913).
 * Excavations at Orchomenus (Boeotia) are begun by a team from the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities led by Heinrich Bulle and Adolf Furtwängler (continue until 1905).

Finds

 * The remains of "Cheddar Man" are found within Gough's Cave in Cheddar Gorge, Britain’s oldest complete human skeleton, dating to approximately 7150 BCE.
 * KV43, the tomb of Pharaoh Thutmose IV, and the burial chamber of KV20, the original tomb of Thutmose I, in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt, are discovered by Howard Carter for Theodore M. Davis.
 * The first Ramesses III prisoner tiles are found by sebakh-diggers in Egypt.
 * Elk's Head of Huittinen, a Mesolithic stone carving, is found in southern Finland.

Miscellaneous

 * Salomon Reinach suggests that cave paintings are expressions of "sympathetic magic".
 * Cubiculum (bedroom) from the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale, near Pompeii, with fresco wall paintings (c.50–40 BCE) first installed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City.

Publications

 * G. Baldwin Brown – The Arts in Early England, vol. 1.
 * Teoberto Maler – Researches in the Central Portion of the Usumatsintla Valley: report of explorations for the Museum, 1898–1900, vol. 2, completing a detailed description of Yaxchilan and nearby Maya sites (Peabody Institute).

Births

 * March 22 – Mary Chubb, English archaeologist and author working in Egypt and the Near East (died 2003)
 * August 7 – Louis Leakey, Kenyan paleoanthropologist (died 1972)
 * Kenneth Murray, English-born archaeologist working in Nigeria (died 1972)

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1989 in baseball

Major League Baseball

 * World Series: Oakland Athletics over San Francisco Giants (4–0); Dave Stewart, MVP

 * American League Championship Series MVP: Rickey Henderson
 * National League Championship Series MVP: Will Clark
 * All-Star Game, July 11 at Anaheim Stadium: American League, 5–3; Bo Jackson, MVP

Other champions

 * Caribbean World Series: Águilas del Zulia (Venezuela)
 * College World Series: Wichita State
 * Japan Series: Yomiuri Giants over Kintetsu Buffaloes (4–3)
 * Korean Series: Haitai Tigers over Binggrae Eagles
 * Big League World Series: Taipei, Taiwan
 * Junior League World Series: Manatí, Puerto Rico
 * Little League World Series: Trumbull National, Trumbull, Connecticut
 * Senior League World Series: Pingtung, Taiwan

Awards and honors

 * Baseball Hall of Fame
 * Al Barlick
 * Johnny Bench
 * Red Schoendienst
 * Carl Yastrzemski
 * Most Valuable Player
 * Robin Yount, Milwaukee Brewers (AL)
 * Kevin Mitchell, San Francisco Giants (NL)
 * Cy Young Award
 * Bret Saberhagen, Kansas City Royals (AL)
 * Mark Davis, San Diego Padres (NL)
 * Rookie of the Year
 * Gregg Olson, Baltimore Orioles (AL)
 * Jerome Walton, Chicago Cubs (NL)
 * Manager of the Year Award
 * Frank Robinson, Baltimore Orioles (AL)
 * Don Zimmer, Chicago Cubs (NL)
 * Woman Executive of the Year (major or minor league): Pat Hamilton, Toledo Mud Hens, International League
 * Gold Glove Award
 * Don Mattingly (1B) (AL)
 * Harold Reynolds (2B) (AL)
 * Gary Gaetti (3B) (AL)
 * Tony Fernández (SS) (AL)
 * Gary Pettis (OF) (AL)
 * Kirby Puckett (OF) (AL)
 * Devon White (OF) (AL)
 * Bob Boone (C) (AL)
 * Bret Saberhagen (P) (AL)
 * Andrés Galarraga (1B) (NL)
 * Ryne Sandberg (2B) (NL)
 * Terry Pendleton (3B) (NL)
 * Ozzie Smith (SS) (NL)
 * Eric Davis (OF) (NL)
 * Tony Gwynn (OF) (NL)
 * Andy Van Slyke (OF) (NL)
 * Benito Santiago (C) (NL)
 * Ron Darling (P) (NL)

January

 * January 9 – Johnny Bench and Carl Yastrzemski are elected to the Hall of Fame by the Baseball Writers' Association of America in their first year of eligibility. Bench was named on 96.4 percent of the ballots, the third-highest figure in history behind Ty Cobb and Hank Aaron.
 * January 24 - The Baltimore Orioles trade catcher Terry Kennedy to the San Francisco Giants in exchange for catcher Bob Melvin.

February

 * February 28 – Red Schoendienst, a former second baseman and manager of the St. Louis Cardinals, and Al Barlick, a National League umpire for 28 seasons, are elected to the Hall of Fame by the Special Veterans Committee.

March
March 19 - The Cleveland Indians trade outfielder Mel Hall to the New York Yankees in exchange for catcher Joel Skinner and outfielder Turner Ward. March 28 - The Chicago Cubs release pitcher Goose Gossage.

April

 * April 29 – In the first Saturday night game at Wrigley Field, the San Diego Padres and the Chicago Cubs combine to make 11 errors: 6 by the Padres, 5 by the Cubs. San Diego wins 5–4.
 * April 30 - The New York Yankees trade pitcher Al Leiter to the Toronto Blue Jays in exchange for outfielder Jesse Barfield.

May

 * May 7 – Chicago mayor Richard M. Daley presides over the groundbreaking of the new Comiskey Park.
 * May 25 - In what would prove to be one of the most lopsided trades in baseball history, The Montreal Expos send pitching prospects Randy Johnson, Gene Harris, and Brian Holman to the Seattle Mariners in exchange for pitcher Mark Langston. Seattle would also send pitcher Mike Campbell to Montreal to complete the deal. Johnson would go on to a hall of fame career, whereas Langston proved to be nothing more than a rental for Montreal, as he bolted for the California Angels at the end of the season.
 * May 28 – George Bell ends the Toronto Blue Jays' twelve-year stay at Exhibition Stadium with a walk-off home run to win the Jays' final game there with a 7–5 win over the Chicago White Sox, the same team the Jays' faced in their first game at Exhibition Stadium and in franchise history twelve years earlier.
 * May 29 – Mike Schmidt of the Philadelphia Phillies calls a press conference, and tearfully announces his retirement, effective immediately. Nonetheless, he will be voted to start the All-Star Game, and is permitted to appear in uniform.

June

 * June 5 – Just eight days after leaving Exhibition Stadium, the Toronto Blue Jays open their new home; SkyDome (now known as Rogers Centre); the first stadium in Major League history with a functioning retractable roof.  As he did in the last game at Exhibition Stadium, George Bell hits a home run.
 * June 8 – At Veterans Stadium, the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates score 10 runs in the top of the first inning against the Philadelphia Phillies, three of which come on a Barry Bonds home run. As the Phillies come to bat in the bottom of the first, Pirates broadcaster Jim Rooker says on the air, "If we lose this game, I'll walk home." Both Von Hayes and Steve Jeltz hit two home runs (the latter would only hit five during his Major League career; he also becomes the first Phillie to homer from both sides of the plate in the same game) to trigger a comeback for the Phillies, who finally tie the game in the 8th on a wild pitch, then take the lead on Darren Daulton's two-run single and go on to win 15–11, becoming the first team to win a game after giving up 10 runs in the first inning. After the season, Rooker conducts a 300-plus-mile charity walk from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh.
 * June 10 - The Boston Red Sox agreed to terms with their number one pick in the 1989 draft, first baseman Jeff Bagwell.
 * June 18 - The New York Mets traded outfielder Lenny Dykstra and pitcher Roger McDowell and a player to be named later to the Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for outfielder Juan Samuel. On July 27th, the Mets would send pitcher Tom Edens to the Phillies to complete the deal.
 * June 21 - The New York Yankees trade outfielder Rickey Henderson back to the Oakland Athletics in exchange for pitchers Eric Plunk, Greg Cadaret and outfielder Luis Polonia.

July

 * July 1 - Days after he's released by the New York Yankees, Richard Dotson agrees to a deal with the Chicago White Sox, returning to the team he played for before joining the Yankees.
 * July 4 – Against the Philadelphia Phillies at Veterans Stadium, Cincinnati Reds pitcher Tom Browning, having already pitched a perfect game a year earlier, misses becoming the first pitcher in Major League history to throw two perfect games. Dickie Thon's leadoff double in the ninth breaks up this bid; Thon later scores on a Steve Jeltz single. John Franco then relieves Browning and induces Lenny Dykstra to hit into a game-ending double play for a Reds 2–1 victory.
 * July 5:
 * Mark McGwire hits his 100th career home run.
 * Cincinnati Reds outfielder Paul O'Neill kicks a ball to the infield to prevent Steve Jeltz of the Philadelphia Phillies from scoring the game winning run. Moments later Jeltz scores the winning run on a wild pitch as the Phillies defeat the Reds 3-2.
 * July 11 – At Anaheim Stadium, Bo Jackson and Wade Boggs lead off the bottom of the first inning with back-to-back home runs off Rick Reuschel to spark the American League to a 5–3 win over the National League in the All-Star Game. Jackson earns MVP honors.
 * July 13:
 * A game between the Montreal Expos and Los Angeles Dodgers at Olympic Stadium is rained out because the roof, ripped by 62 mile per hour winds on June 27, cannot be lowered from its retracted position. Zamboni machines were used in an attempt to remove the water.
 * After missing just over half the season with a broken wrist, Jose Canseco returns to the Oakland A's lineup, homers, and drives in three runs in his first game back, an 11–7 win over the Toronto Blue Jays.
 * July 14 – At Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium, the New York Mets' Sid Fernandez enters the bottom of the ninth against the Atlanta Braves with 16 strikeouts, but then the Braves' Lonnie Smith hits a walkoff solo home run on Fernandez' second pitch to give the Braves a 3-2 victory.
 * July 16 – California Angels manager Doug Rader is ejected before the game against the Baltimore Orioles while taking the lineup card to home plate for arguing Mike Devereaux's disputed game-ending home run (fair vs. foul) from the night before.
 * July 29 – At Olympic Stadium, Vince Coleman of the St. Louis Cardinals is called out twice for interference on the base paths.
 * The Texas Rangers make a trade with the Chicago White Sox, sending fan favorite Scott Fletcher, along with pitcher Wilson Alvarez and a young outfielder named Sammy Sosa to Chicago in exchange for outfielder Harold Baines and infielder Fred Manrique.

August

 * August 3 – The Cincinnati Reds score 14 first inning runs in an 18–2 rout of the Houston Astros, just missing the major league record of 15, which ironically was set against the Reds by the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1952.
 * August 4 – Dave Stieb, pitching for the Toronto Blue Jays, loses a perfect game with two outs in the ninth inning when Roberto Kelly doubles, and later scores. Stieb wins a 2–1 two-hitter, but it is the third no-hitter that he has lost in the ninth inning in the past 11 months.
 * August 10:
 * A little over 10 months removed from surgery to remove a cancerous tumor from his pitching arm, Dave Dravecky of the San Francisco Giants starts and beats the Cincinnati Reds 4–3, pitching eight innings.
 * For the fifth time in his career, five-time no-hit pitcher Nolan Ryan has a no-hitter broken up in the ninth. His Texas Rangers leading the Detroit Tigers 4–0 at Arlington Stadium, Ryan has the bid broken up by a Dave Bergman single with one out. After Matt Nokes doubles home Bergman, Ryan is relieved by Jeff Russell, who retires the two batters he faces, striking out Doug Strange for the final out. Ryan had four other no-hit bids broken up in the ninth in 1974, 1979, 1988, as well as April 23 of this season; coincidentally, all four had also been broken up with one out in the ninth. Ryan will go on to pitch two more no-hitters, in 1990 and 1991.
 * August 15 – After his miraculous comeback game against the Reds, Dave Dravecky starts against the Montreal Expos and, in the sixth inning, the humerus bone in his pitching arm snaps, ending his season. While celebrating the Giants' clinching the NL West division title, Dravecky would break the arm once again.  Doctors would later discover that the cancer in his arm had returned.  Eighteen days later, Dravecky would retire from baseball.
 * August 17 – Bruce Hurst of the San Diego Padres becomes the first pitcher in Major League history to defeat both reigning Cy Young Award winners in the same season. In the Padres' 6–2 victory over the New York Mets at Shea Stadium, he bests Frank Viola, who had been traded from the Minnesota Twins after winning the American League Cy Young Award. On July 28, Hurst had defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers and National League Cy Young winner Orel Hershiser 2–1 at Jack Murphy Stadium.
 * August 21 – Cal Ripken hits his 200th career home run, helping the Baltimore Orioles beat the Milwaukee Brewers 5–0.
 * August 22 – Nolan Ryan records his 5000th strikeout of Rickey Henderson in the 3rd inning of a complete game effort for Ryan. The visiting Oakland Athletics would shut out the Texas Rangers by a score of 2-0.
 * August 23 – The Los Angeles Dodgers edge the Montreal Expos 1–0 in 22 innings, the longest game in Expos franchise history. During the game, Expos mascot Youppi! is ejected by umpire Bob Davidson after manager Tommy Lasorda complains that the furry creature is pounding on the top of the dugout. Rick Dempsey hit a solo home run off of Dennis Martínez for the game's winning and only run.
 * August 24 – Commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti announces in a press conference that Pete Rose is banned from baseball for life, in the wake of evidence that has come to light regarding Rose's alleged gambling history.

September

 * September 1 – Commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti unexpectedly dies of a heart attack.
 * September 13 – Fay Vincent is officially named the new Commissioner of Baseball following the death of A. Bartlett Giamatti.
 * September 14 – Jeff Reardon of the Minnesota Twins earns his 30th save of the season in a 2–0 win over the Toronto Blue Jays. He becomes the first pitcher to save 30 games in five consecutive seasons.
 * September 26 - At Olympic Stadium in Montreal, the Boys of Zimmer reached its peak as the Chicago Cubs beat the Montreal Expos 3-2 to win their second National League East title in the 1980s.
 * September 30 – NBC broadcasts its final Major League Baseball Game of the Week (before the program is transferred to CBS). NBC had broadcast the Game of the Week since 1957 and exclusively since 1966. Bob Costas and Tony Kubek called the action from Toronto's SkyDome, as the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Baltimore Orioles to clinch the American League Eastern Division title.

October

 * October 3 – Kirby Puckett wins an unlikely, at the time, batting title taking advantage of an off year by Wade Boggs due to marital issues. Puckett would clinch the title in Seattle on a double in the final game of the season.
 * October 9 – After 43 years on the air, NBC concludes its run (coinciding with the San Francisco Giants defeating the Chicago Cubs in Game 5 of the National League Championship Series to insure their first trip to the World Series since 1962) as the number one over-the-air network television broadcaster for Major League Baseball games.
 * October 17 – Game 3 of the World Series is postponed due to the Loma Prieta earthquake, which struck immediately before the game was set to begin. It would be rescheduled for ten days later, October 27.
 * October 28 – The Oakland Athletics complete a four-game sweep of the San Francisco Giants in the 1989 World Series. It's the first WS sweep since 1976. Oakland pitcher Dave Stewart, who won two games, is named MVP. It is also the latest in the calendar year that a World Series game has ever been played up to this point. This was also ABC's final Major League Baseball telecast until July 1994, when The Baseball Network was launched. ABC, who had broadcast Major League Baseball games since 1976 was like NBC was about to lose the television rights to CBS.

November

 * November 1 – Frank Robinson who led the Baltimore Orioles to a near American League East Title was named American League Manager of the Year by the Baseball Writers Association of America. He received 23 of 28 first place votes.
 * November 20 – Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Robin Yount wins his second American League MVP Award. With his 1982 Award coming in a year he played shortstop, he is the second player (Hank Greenberg) to win two such awards while playing different positions.
 * November 21 – Kevin Mitchell who batted .291 and scored 100 runs and led the San Francisco Giants to their first World Series appearance since 1962 was named the National League MVP. Mitchell received 20 of the 24 first-place votes.
 * November 22 – Free agent outfielder Kirby Puckett re-signs with the Minnesota Twins for $9 million over three years, making him the first ML player ever to sign a contract that calls for an average salary of $3 million per year.

December

 * December 5 – The Mets traded reliever Randy Myers to the Reds for fellow closer John Franco and on the same day Cleveland traded Joe Carter to San Diego for Chris James, Sandy Alomar and Carlos Baerga and free agent closer Jeff Reardon to the Boston Red Sox.
 * December 25 – Five-time New York Yankees manager and former second baseman Billy Martin is killed in a pickup truck accident near his home in upstate New York. Martin was 61.

Movies

 * Major League
 * Field of Dreams

January

 * January 1 – Jarrett Parker
 * January 4 – Kevin Pillar
 * January 5 – Eduardo Escobar
 * January 7 – Phillippe Aumont
 * January 10 – Ariel Miranda
 * January 11 – Rico Noel
 * January 13 – Heath Hembree
 * January 14 – Adam Kolarek
 * January 17 – Darío Álvarez
 * January 17 – Blake Beavan
 * January 17 – Taylor Jordan
 * January 18 – Michael Pineda
 * January 19 – James Beresford
 * January 20 – Travis Taijeron
 * January 23 – Robert Carson
 * January 24 – Whit Merrifield
 * January 24 – José Quintana
 * January 26 – Branden Pinder
 * January 30 – Keith Butler
 * January 31 – Tommy La Stella

February

 * February 2 – Logan Darnell
 * February 2 – Shuhei Fukuda
 * February 6 – Matt Duffy
 * February 6 – Donald Lutz
 * February 9 – Danny Muno
 * February 9 – Jake Smolinski
 * February 10 – Travis d'Arnaud
 * February 10 – Dayán Díaz
 * February 10 – Liam Hendriks
 * February 11 – César Cabral
 * February 14 – Juan Graterol
 * February 14 – Derek Norris
 * February 15 – Mark Canha
 * February 16 – John Gast
 * February 16 – Eduardo Sánchez
 * February 19 – Fabio Castillo
 * February 22 – Chris Bassitt
 * February 23 – Wilin Rosario
 * February 24 – Miguel Rojas
 * February 28 – Chad Bell
 * February 28 – Neftalí Soto

March

 * March 4 – Rubby De La Rosa
 * March 5 – Mauricio Robles
 * March 10 – Tyler Holt
 * March 10 – Dayán Viciedo
 * March 12 – Taylor Hill
 * March 13 – Sandy León
 * March 14 – Marwin González
 * March 15 – Keith Hessler
 * March 16 – Michael Blazek
 * March 16 – Andrew Triggs
 * March 17 – Juan Lagares
 * March 18 – David Freitas
 * March 20 – Todd Cunningham
 * March 27 – Ryne Harper
 * March 27 – Matt Harvey
 * March 30 – Chris Sale
 * March 31 – Alfredo Marte
 * March 31 – Josmil Pinto

April

 * April 1 – Chris Withrow
 * April 2 – Rob Rasmussen
 * April 6 – Alexi Amarista
 * April 7 – Kevin Shackelford
 * April 8 – Lendy Castillo
 * April 10 – Charlie Culberson
 * April 11 – José Cisnero
 * April 11 – Yoshihiro Maru
 * April 12 – Pedro Hernández
 * April 12 – Raudel Lazo
 * April 15 – Adeiny Hechavarria
 * April 17 – Deolis Guerra
 * April 21 – Josh Rutledge
 * April 24 – Steven Souza
 * April 26 – Chad Bettis
 * April 30 – Phil Klein

May

 * May 1 – Maikel Cleto
 * May 4 – Nick Noonan
 * May 6 – José Alvarez
 * May 8 – Steven Kent
 * May 8 – Wily Peralta
 * May 11 – David Buchanan
 * May 12 – Bradin Hagens
 * May 14 – Christian Colón
 * May 16 – Drew Maggi
 * May 17 – John Cornely
 * May 17 – Jordan Jankowski
 * May 18 – Jared Hoying
 * May 20 – Ariel Peña
 * May 22 – Drake Britton
 * May 22 – Corey Dickerson
 * May 24 – Aaron Wilkerson
 * May 25 – Pat Dean
 * May 25 – Neil Ramirez
 * May 31 – Edgar Ibarra

June

 * June 3 – Nefi Ogando
 * June 5 – Jimmy Nelson
 * June 5 – Layne Somsen
 * June 6 – Ethan Martin
 * June 7 – Dean Kiekhefer
 * June 7 – Seiji Kobayashi
 * June 8 – T. J. McFarland
 * June 9 – Joel De La Cruz
 * June 10 – Zoilo Almonte
 * June 12 – Dallas Beeler
 * June 13 – Drew Smyly
 * June 14 – Héctor Neris
 * June 14 – Chase Whitley
 * June 18 – Matt Moore
 * June 22 – Ryan Searle
 * June 23 – Deck McGuire
 * June 24 – Robbie Ross
 * June 27 – Abraham Almonte
 * June 27 – A. J. Schugel
 * June 28 – Jason Krizan

July

 * July 1 – Mike Montgomery
 * July 1 – Brett Oberholtzer
 * July 4 – Jabari Blash
 * July 5 – Tony Cingrani
 * July 10 – Scott Alexander
 * July 10 – Will Smith
 * July 13 – Tyler Cravy
 * July 14 – Rob Brantly
 * July 18 – Derek Dietrich
 * July 19 – Luis Avilán
 * July 19 – Patrick Corbin
 * July 20 – Mike Marjama
 * July 20 – Tyler Saladino
 * July 20 – Steve Selsky
 * July 20 – Kevin Siegrist
 * July 20 – Matt Szczur
 * July 23 – Stephen Pryor
 * July 29 – Eric Jokisch
 * July 30 – Jesse Hahn
 * July 30 – Matt Skole

August

 * August 1 – Madison Bumgarner
 * August 1 – Nick Ramirez
 * August 2 – Onelki Garcia
 * August 3 – Roberto Goméz
 * August 5 – Chasen Bradford
 * August 5 – Guido Knudson
 * August 7 – Tommy Kahnle
 * August 7 – Brock Stassi
 * August 8 – Greg Garcia
 * August 8 – Anthony Rizzo
 * August 9 – Dustin Antolin
 * August 9 – Jason Heyward
 * August 12 – Kyle Lobstein
 * August 18 – Daichi Suzuki
 * August 18 – Daniel Webb
 * August 20 – Taylor Cole
 * August 21 – Ehire Adrianza
 * August 21 – Tim Collins
 * August 21 – Elliot Soto
 * August 27 – Josh Vitters
 * August 28 – Matt Andriese
 * August 28 – Matt Dominguez
 * August 29 – Robby Scott
 * August 29 – Brent Suter
 * August 29 – Logan Watkins
 * August 30 – Billy Burns
 * August 30 – D. J. Johnson
 * August 31 – John Hicks
 * August 31 – Austin Pruitt

September

 * September 4 – Cody Martin
 * September 4 – Andrelton Simmons
 * September 5 – Nick Maronde
 * September 5 – Zach Walters
 * September 9 – Anthony Ranaudo
 * September 11 – Zeke Spruill
 * September 11 – Nik Turley
 * September 12 – Freddie Freeman
 * September 14 – Francisco Arcia
 * September 16 – Robbie Grossman
 * September 17 – Yuhei Nakaushiro
 * September 18 – Taylor Motter
 * September 19 – George Springer
 * September 20 – Scott Snodgress
 * September 23 – Trevor May
 * September 24 – Jake Buchanan
 * September 24 – Matt Ramsey
 * September 25 – Tyler Wilson
 * September 26 – Colin Walsh
 * September 27 – Mike Miller
 * September 29 – T. J. House
 * September 30 – Kyle Parker

October

 * October 2 – Ryan Dull
 * October 2 – Aaron Hicks
 * October 2 – Tyler Olson
 * October 2 – Chad Smith
 * October 4 – Casey Kelly
 * October 6 - Josh Tols
 * October 8 – Taylor Featherston
 * October 8 – Albert Suárez
 * October 9 – Tim Melville
 * October 10 – Jeurys Familia
 * October 10 – Isaac Galloway
 * October 11 – Jenrry Mejía
 * October 11 – Josh Smith
 * October 11 – Tomoyuki Sugano
 * October 12 – Francisco Peña
 * October 15 – Huascar Brazobán
 * October 17 – Chris Mazza
 * October 18 – Carson Blair
 * October 18 – Brad Miller
 * October 19 – Cory Mazzoni
 * October 19 – Carson Smith
 * October 21 – Danny Barnes
 * October 24 – Eric Hosmer
 * October 26 – Wilfredo Boscán
 * October 26 – Daniel Coulombe
 * October 27 – Rubén Tejada
 * October 31 – Scott McGough

November

 * November 1 – Engel Beltré
 * November 5 – Ramón Cabrera
 * November 7 – Tim Atherton
 * November 7 – Sonny Gray
 * November 8 – Giancarlo Stanton
 * November 10 – Michael Choice
 * November 10 – Matt Magill
 * November 12 – Adrián Nieto
 * November 13 – Lane Adams
 * November 13 – Carlos Frías
 * November 14 – Freddy Galvis
 * November 16 – Juan Centeno
 * November 17 – Seth Lugo
 * November 17 – Héctor Sánchez
 * November 19 – Michael Tonkin
 * November 21 – José Pirela
 * November 21 – Robert Stock
 * November 23 – Shinya Kayama
 * November 23 – Ross Stripling
 * November 28 – Taylor Davis
 * November 28 – Danny Hultzen
 * November 28 – Jesús Montero
 * November 28 – Ángel Sánchez
 * November 30 – Mikie Mahtook

December

 * December 5 – Ryan Garton
 * December 7 – Kyle Hendricks
 * December 13 – Tyler Pastornicky
 * December 14 – Donn Roach
 * December 16 – Tyler Chatwood
 * December 18 – Taylor Jungmann
 * December 19 – Ian Parmley
 * December 19 – James Ramsey
 * December 21 – David Rollins
 * December 22 – Patrick Kivlehan
 * December 22 – Rey Navarro
 * December 22 – Noe Ramirez
 * December 22 – Jacob Stallings
 * December 26 – Sean Nolin
 * December 28 – Austin Barnes
 * December 28 – Austin Nola
 * December 30 – Tyler Anderson
 * December 30 – Erik Johnson
 * December 31 – Kelvin Herrera

January

 * January 9 – Bill Terry, 90, Hall of Fame first baseman for the New York Giants from 1923 to 1936 and a .341 career hitter, who was the last National League player to hit .400 (.401 in 1930); succeeded legendary John McGraw as manager on June 4, 1932, and led Giants to 1933 World Series title, NL pennants in 1936 and 1937, and an 822–661 (.554) overall record through 1941.
 * January 12 – Clise Dudley, 85, pitcher who posted a 17–33 record for the Brooklyn, Philadelphia and Chicago National League teams from 1929 to 1933.
 * January 13 – Pat Ankenman, 76, backup second baseman who played for the 1936 St. Louis Cardinals and the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1943 and 1944.
 * January 13 – Ray Morehart, 89, backup infielder for the Chicago White Sox in 1924 and 1926, also a member of the "Murderers' Row" 1927 New York Yankees.
 * January 16 – Frank Trechock, 73, shortstop for the 1937 Washington Senators; in lone MLB game on September 19, he went two-for-four (.500).
 * January 18 – Buster Clarkson, 72, batted .308 in major-league career that included five seasons in the Negro leagues (1938–1940, 1942, 1945) and 14 games as a utility infielder for the 1952 Boston Braves.
 * January 18 – Jim Odom, 67, American League umpire, 1965 to 1974; also worked the 1968 MLB All-Star Game and the 1971 World Series.
 * January 21 – Carl Furillo, 66, All-Star right fielder who played from 1946 through 1960 for the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers, who hit over .300 five times and over .290 five other times, winning the National League batting crown in 1953, and owner of a strong arm  in the outfield that earned him the name The Reading Rifle.
 * January 22 – Willie Wells, 83, Negro leagues All-Star in a 22-season career between 1928 and 1948, as well as a flashy shortstop and forceful slugger, who also played four seasons in the Mexican League, won two Cuban League MVP Awards, and was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee in 1997.
 * January 23 – George Case, 73, four-time All-Star outfielder for the Washington Senators (1937–1945, 1947) and Cleveland Indians (1946); led the American League in stolen bases six times (1939–1943, 1946), and in runs scored (1943); after playing career, head baseball coach of Rutgers University (1950–1960), coach for expansion Senators (1961–1963) and Minnesota Twins (1968), and minor league manager.
 * January 24 – Earl Jones, 69, relief pitcher for the 1946 St. Louis Browns.
 * January 28 – Stan Partenheimer, 66, pitcher who played for the Boston Red Sox in 1945 and the St. Louis Cardinals in 1946.

February

 * February 3 – Dick Bass, 82, pitcher for the 1939 Washington Senators.
 * February 10 – Dan Kelly, 52, Canadian sportscaster who, though known best as a legendary hockey announcer, spent five seasons (1980 to 1984) on the broadcast team of the St. Louis Cardinals.
 * February 12 – Euel Moore, 80, pitcher who played from 1934 through 1936 with the Philadelphia Phillies and New York Giants.
 * February 17 – Lefty Gómez, 80, Hall of Fame pitcher for the New York Yankees from 1930 to 1943, who had four 20-win seasons and a .649 career winning percentage, while leading the American League in strikeouts three times, in wins and ERA twice each, and also posted a 6–0 record with a 2.86 ERA in five World Series.
 * February 21 – Chet Ross, 70, backup outfielder who hit .241 with 34 home runs and 170 RBI in 413 games for the Boston Bees/Braves from 1939 to 1944.
 * February 24 – Sparky Adams, 94, middle infielder/third baseman and a .286 career hitter in 1,424 games, who played from 1922 to 1934 for the Chicago Cubs, Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals and Cincinnati Reds; led the National League second basemen in putouts and assists in the 1925 season.

March

 * March 3 – Bill Harvey, 80, southpaw pitcher, first baseman and outfielder who played between 1932 and 1946, chiefly for the Pittsburgh/Toledo Crawfords and Baltimore Elite Giants of the Negro National League.
 * March 8 – Dale Coogan, 58, first baseman who played 53 games for the 1950 Pittsburgh Pirates.
 * March 13 – Tice James, 74, infielder for four Negro American League teams (1941–1942, 1946).
 * March 19 – Joe Malay, 83, backup first baseman for the New York Giants in the 1933 and 1935 seasons.
 * March 21 – Otis Douglas, 77, college and professional American football player who spent the 1961 and 1962 seasons in MLB as conditioning and morale coach for the Cincinnati Reds.
 * March 28 – William D. Cox, 79, New York businessman and briefly the owner of the Philadelphia Phillies from March 15 through November 23, 1943, when he was suspended for life by Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis for betting on his own team.
 * March 28 – Nick Bremigan, 43, American League umpire since 1974 through the time of his death, who officiated in the 1980 World Series, four ALCS, and the All-Star games of 1979 and 1985.

April

 * April 6 – Carlos Bernier, 62, Puerto Rican outfielder who hit .213 in 105 games for the 1953 Pittsburgh Pirates.
 * April 8 – Andy Karl, 75, pitcher who posted an 18–23 record and a 3.51 ERA for the Boston Red Sox, Philadelphia Phillies and Boston Braves from 1943 to 1946.
 * April 8 – Bus Saidt, 68, sportswriter who covered the Philadelphia Phillies, New York Mets and New York Yankees for the Trentonian and the Trenton Times for a long time, which made him a recipient of the J. G. Taylor Spink Award in 1992.
 * April 9 – Otto Huber, 75, backup infielder for the 1939 Boston Bees.
 * April 12 – Arnold Carter, 71, pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds from 1944 to 1945, one of many players who only appeared in the majors during World War II, who posted a 13–11 record with a 2.72 ERA in 46 games.
 * April 14 – Carr Smith, 88, backup outfielder for the Washington Senators from 1923 to 1924.
 * April 16 – Jocko Conlan, 89, outfielder (Chicago White Sox, 1934–1935) turned Hall-of-Fame umpire who worked in the National League from 1941 to 1964, including 3,621 NL games, five World Series, and six All-Star contests; began career as an arbiter in American League by working two July 1935 games while still an active White Sox player.
 * April 19 – Gale Staley, 89, backup second baseman who hit .429 in seven games for the 1925 Chicago Cubs.
 * April 23 – Howie Krist, 73, pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals in 128 games over six seasons between 1937 and 1946; member of World Series championship teams in 1942 and 1946; fashioned a 37–11 career record for winning percentage of .771.

May

 * May 3 – Virgil Stallcup, 67, shortstop for the Cincinnati Reds and the St. Louis Cardinals from 1947 through 1953, who led all National League players at his position in fielding percentage during the 1950 and 1951 seasons.
 * May 5 – Joe Batchelder, 90, southpaw pitcher who got into 11 games for the Boston Braves between 1923 and 1925.
 * May 7 – Howie Moss, 69, backup outfielder/third baseman for the New York Giants, Cincinnati Reds and Cleveland Indians in parts of two seasons spanning 1942–1946, also a prodigious slugger in the minor leagues, who is the only player in International League history to lead the circuit in home runs four times, including 53 in 1947, to set a single-season mark not reached since then.
 * May 13 – Al Reiss, 80, shortstop for the 1932 Philadelphia Athletics.
 * May 17 – Specs Toporcer, 90, middle infielder and third baseman for the St. Louis Cardinals from 1921 to 1928, who is regarded as the first position player to wear corrective eyeglasses in major league history; later a minor league manager and MLB farm system director.
 * May 20 – Mike Reinbach, 39, corner outfielder who hit .250 in 12 games for the 1974 Baltimore Orioles.
 * May 21 – Harry Cozart, 72, pitcher/outfielder in 11 games for Newark Eagles (Negro National League, 1939 and 1944).

June

 * June 6 – Whitey Glazner, 95, pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Philadelphia Phillies from 1920 to 1924, who led the National League with a .737 Win–loss % in the 1921 season.
 * June 8 – Bibb Falk, 90, sure-handed outfielder who hit a .314 average for the Chicago White Sox and Cleveland Indians, and later coached Texas to two College World Series titles.
 * June 8 – Glenn McQuillen, 74, reserve outfielder who hit .274 for the St. Louis Browns (1938, 1941–1942, 1946–1947), and later spent 10 years playing and managing in the minor leagues.
 * June 8 – Emil Verban, 73, three-time All-Star second baseman for four National League teams from 1944 to 1950 and the batting hero of the 1944 World Series with a .412 average, leading the St. Louis Cardinals over the St. Louis Browns in the historic Trolley Series; played all or part of three years (1948–1950) with the Chicago Cubs, "lending" his name to the Emil Verban Memorial Society, a long-standing club for Cubs' fans who live in Washington, D.C.
 * June 10 – Joe Stripp, 86, fine defensive third baseman and a .294 hitter during 11 seasons with four National League teams from 1928 through 1938.
 * June 14 – Pat Capri, 70, second baseman and pinch runner in seven games for the 1944 Boston Braves; fanned in his only MLB at bat.
 * June 15 – Judy Johnson, 89, Negro leagues All-Star third baseman who eventually was able to apply his baseball knowledge in the majors, becoming the first African American to coach in Major League Baseball and one of the most accomplished talent scouts in baseball, being inducted to the Hall of Fame in 1975, as the sixth Negro leaguer honored that way.
 * June 18 – Steve Senteney, 33, relief pitcher for the 1982 Toronto Blue Jays.
 * June 23 – Rick Anderson, 35, relief pitcher for the New York Yankees and Seattle Mariners from 1979 to 1980, who in 1979 was named International League Pitcher of the Year, after going 13–3 with a 1.63 ERA and a league-leading 21 saves.

July

 * July 13 – Vern Olsen, 71, pitcher who posted a 30–26 record and a 3.40 ERA in 112 games for the Chicago Cubs over five seasons spanning 1939–1946.
 * July 15 – Naomi Meier, 62, fine outfielder for the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League who collected over 25 stolen bases in five of her eight seasons in the league.
 * July 18 – Donnie Moore, 35, All-Star relief pitcher for five teams between 1975 and 1988, most prominently with the California Angels, who is best remembered for giving up a pivotal home run in the 1986 ALCS.
 * July 19 – Joe Greene, 77, three-time All-Star catcher in the Negro American League for the Kansas City Monarchs, for whom he played from 1939 to 1943 and in 1946–1947; U.S. Army combat veteran of World War II.
 * July 24 – Wally Kimmick, 92, backup infielder who hit .261 in 163 games with the St. Louis Cardinals, Cincinnati Reds and Philadelphia Phillies from 1919 to 1926.

August

 * August 1 – Don Heffner, 78, who spent two decades in the majors between 1934 and 1968 as an infielder, coach and manager; notably, skipper of the Cincinnati Reds from Opening Day to July 10, 1966.
 * August 4 – Wayne LaMaster, 82, southpaw pitcher who won 19 games for the Philadelphia Phillies and the Brooklyn Dodgers from 1937 to 1938; led National League in games lost (19) in 1937.
 * August 5 – Max Macon, 73, pitcher, first baseman and outfielder who posted a 17–18 record and hit .265 for the St. Louis Cardinals, Brooklyn Dodgers and Boston Braves in parts of six seasons from 1938 to 1947.
 * August  8 – Bob Harris, 74, pitcher who won 30 games for the Detroit Tigers, St. Louis Browns and Philadelphia Athletics from 1938 to 1942.
 * August 10 – Tom Hughes, 82, backup outfielder who hit .373 in 17 games for the 1930 Detroit Tigers.
 * August 17 – Fred Frankhouse, 85, National League All-Star pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals, Boston Braves and Brooklyn Dodgers from 1927 to 1939, collecting a 106–97 record and a 3.92 ERA, who outpitched New York Giants ace and future Hall of Famer Carl Hubbell in 1937, snapping Hubbell's historical 24-game winning streak.
 * August 21 – Ted Wilks, 73, relief pitcher who posted a 59–30 record with a 3.26 ERA and 46 saves for the St. Louis Cardinals, Pittsburgh Pirates and Cleveland Indians from 1944 through 1953.
 * August 25 – Jim Brideweser, 62, backup shortstop who hit .252 in 329 games for the New York Yankees, Baltimore Orioles, Chicago White Sox and Detroit Tigers from 1951 through 1956.
 * August 27 – Hal Kelleher, 76, pitcher who posted a 4–9 record with the Philadelphia Phillies in part of four seasons from 1935 to 1938.
 * August 28 – Fred Waters, 62, relief pitcher who went 2–2 with a 2.89 ERA in 25 games for the 1955–1956 Pittsburgh Pirates; longtime minor-league manager.
 * August 29 – Buddy Dear, 83, second baseman and pinch-runner who appeared in two games for the 1927 Washington Senators.
 * August 30 – Buddy Burbage, 82, outfielder whose career in black baseball extended from 1929 to 1943; hit .438 for 1934 Newark Dodgers to capture Negro National League batting title.
 * August 30 – Joe Collins, 66, first baseman for the New York Yankees from 1950 to 1957 and a member of five world champion teams, who hit four home runs and drove in 10 runs in 36 World Series games.
 * August 31 – Skeeter Newsome, 78, shortstop for the Philadelphia Athletics, Boston Red Sox and Philadelphia Phillies in 12 seasons from 1935 to 1947; later became a successful minor league manager from 1949 through 1960, with a won–lost record of 806–645 and four championship titles.

September

 * September 1 – A. Bartlett Giamatti, 51, incumbent Commissioner of Baseball since April 1 whose five-month term (ended by a fatal heart attack) was known for the banishment of Pete Rose on gambling allegations; previously National League president from June 10, 1986 to March 31, 1989; former Yale University president and author of numerous writings on baseball.
 * September 3 – Rip Sewell, 82, four-time All-Star pitcher credited with inventing the eephus pitch, who posted a 143–97 record and a 3.48 ERA in 390 games for the 1932 Detroit Tigers and the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1938 through 1949, while leading the National League pitchers with 21 wins in 1943 and a .833 winning percentage in 1948.
 * September 4 – Hal Lee, 84, outfielder for the Brooklyn Robins, Philadelphia Phillies and Boston Braves from 1930 to 1936, who replaced Babe Ruth in Braves left field in what turned out to be Ruth's last game on May 30, 1935.
 * September 17 – Leon Culberson, 71, outfielder for the Washington Senators and Boston Red Sox from 1943 to 1948, who led American League center fielders with 13 assists and six double plays in 1945, while collecting a .313 average in 1946 to help the Red Sox win its first American League pennant in 28 years.
 * September 21 – Murry Dickson, 73, All-Star pitcher who spent 18 major league seasons with six teams from 1939 to 1959, being part of the 1946 St. Louis Cardinals and 1958 New York Yankees World Series champions as well as for last-place teams for most of his career, winning 20 games for the 1951 Pittsburgh Pirates and collecting two 20-loss seasons, while posting a 172–181 record and a 3.66 ERA in 625 pitching appearances.
 * September 29 – August A. Busch Jr., 90, owner of the St. Louis Cardinals since 1953 who oversaw three World Series titles.
 * September 30 – Roy Weir, 78, pitcher who posted a 6–4 record for the Boston Bees/Braves from 1936 to 1939.

October

 * October 11 – Bill Phebus, 80, pitcher who posted a 3–2 record and a 3.31 ERA in 13 games for the Washington Senators from 1936 through 1938.
 * October 12 – Joe Foy, 46, third baseman for the Boston Red Sox, Kansas City Royals, New York Mets and Washington Senators from 1966 to 1971, who also won the International League batting title, MVP award and Rookie of the Year during the 1965 season.
 * October 15 – Lou Guisto, 94, backup first baseman who hit .196 in 156 games for the Cleveland Indians in five seasons from 1916 to 1923.
 * October 17 – John Mackinson, 65, pitcher who played briefly for the 1953 Philadelphia Athletics and the 1955 St. Louis Cardinals.
 * October 24 – Ollie O'Mara, 98, shortstop/third baseman for the Detroit Tigers and the Brooklyn Robins in parts of six seasons spanning 1912–1919, and also a member of the Brooklyn National League champion team that faced the Boston Red Sox in the 1916 World Series.
 * October 30 – Willie Cornelius, 83, pitcher who hurled in black baseball between 1929 and 1946, chiefly for Chicago American Giants; in 1938, led Negro American League in wins (going 9–1), complete games (8) and saves (3).

November

 * November 1 – Elise Harney, 64, All-American Girls Professional Baseball League All-Star pitcher and one of the sixty founding members of the circuit in 1943.
 * November 2 – Steve Simpson, 41, relief pitcher who posted a 0–2 record in nine games for the 1972 San Diego Padres.
 * November 4 – Pancho Coimbre, 80, native of Puerto Rico and two-time Negro National League All-Star outfielder who batted .337 lifetime for the New York Cubans (1940–1941, 1943–1944).
 * November 7 – Tommy Tatum, 70, center fielder for the Brooklyn Dodgers and Cincinnati Reds in two seasons spanning 1941–1947, who served in World War II and later managed in the minor leagues.
 * November 8 – Johnny Lanning, 79, pitcher who posted a 58–60 record and a 3.58 ERA in 278 games for the Boston Bees/Braves and Pittsburgh Pirates in a span of 11 seasons from 1936 to 1947.
 * November 9 – Clemente Carreras, 75, Havana-born infielder for the 1940–1941 New York Cubans of the Negro National League; managed in the Mexican League for five seasons between 1962 and 1976.
 * November 15 – Rocky Ellis, 78, pitcher and occasional outfielder for the Philadelphia Stars (1934–1940) and Homestead Grays (1940) of the Negro National League.
 * November 17 – Jack Cusick, 61, shortstop for the Chicago Cubs and Boston Braves from 1951 through 1952.
 * November 20 – Dolan Nichols, 59, relief pitcher for the 1958 Chicago Cubs, who had one career save and surrendered only one home run in 41.0 innings.
 * November 26 – Lew Fonseca, 90, valuable and versatile fielder as well as a solid hitter, who played from 1921 through 1933 for the Cincinnati Reds, Philadelphia Phillies, Cleveland Indians and Chicago White Sox, topping the .300 mark six times and winning the American League batting crown with a .369 average in 1929; manager of White Sox from 1932 to May 8, 1934; his long-term contribution to baseball was pioneering the use of film to analyze and promote the game.
 * November 27 – Ray Boggs, 84, relief pitcher who appeared in four games for the 1928 Boston Braves.
 * November 28 – "Barnacle Bill" Posedel, 83, pitcher for the Brooklyn Dodgers and Boston Braves between 1938 and 1946 who posted a 41–43 mark; served in U.S. Navy before his baseball career and during World War II; later pitching coach for six big-league clubs between 1949 and 1974 who was instrumental in developing stellar Oakland Athletics' mound staff; coach for 1972 World Series champions.

December

 * December 4 – Steve Lembo, 63, backup catcher for the Brooklyn Dodgers during the 1950 and 1952 seasons.
 * December 6 – Art Parks, 78, outfielder who hit .275 in 78 games for the Brooklyn Dodgers in the 1937 and 1939 seasons.
 * December 17 – Zeb Eaton, 69, relief pitcher for the Detroit Tigers from 1944 to 1945, and also a member of the Tigers 1945 World Champions.
 * December 21 – Ralph Schwamb, 63, pitcher for the 1948 St. Louis Browns, who later became the first major league player to ever be convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison.
 * December 22 – Archie Campbell, 86, relief pitcher who posted a 2–6 record with a 4.50 ERA and six saves for three teams from 1928 to 1930, being also a member of the Yankees 1928 World Champions.
 * December 25 – Billy Martin, 61, All-Star second baseman for the New York Yankees and 1953 World Series MVP Award winner, who appeared in 1,021 MLB games for seven teams in all between 1950 and 1961; known for his tempestuous behavior off the field, he later managed Yankees on five occasions between 1975 and 1988, leading the team to the 1976 AL pennant and the 1977 World Series title; also guided the 1969 Minnesota Twins, 1972 Detroit Tigers and 1981 Oakland Athletics to playoff appearances, and received four Manager of the Year awards.
 * December 26 – Roy Joiner, 83, pitcher for the Chicago Cubs from 1934 to 1935 and the New York Giants in 1940, who pitched another 15 minor league seasons and also served during World War II.

title: 1989 in baseball


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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Afelhem

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The result of the debate was delete. Sasquatch ↔讲↔看 05:46, August 4, 2005 (UTC)

Afelhem
This brief article announces that a game will be released sometime in the future, heaps accolades on it, and promotes its intended cheaper price over competitors. The info it contains is speculative (crystal ball). As an unreleased product it certainly is not notable. Lastly, most of the text is promotional. Recommend delete. Tobycat 16:09, 21 July 2005 (UTC)

 * Delete MMORPG vanity. David | Talk 16:10, 21 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete "Afelhem is a MMORPG that is soon to be released". WP:NOT a crystal ball. -Harmil 16:25, 21 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Strong delete, as blatant as advertising can get. - Mgm|(talk) 21:00, July 21, 2005 (UTC)

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title: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Afelhem