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The following are the events that happened world-wide throughout the sport of baseball.

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March

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April

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May

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June

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July

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August

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September

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October

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November

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December

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1910s[]

  • 1911 - Automobile maker Hugh Chalmers introduces the concept of a Most Valuable Player in major league baseball. Chalmers announces that he will award a new car to the player in each league who is selected MVP by a vote of baseball writers.

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1990s[]

  • 1993 - At Camden Yards, William Jefferson Clinton becomes the first U.S. President to throw the first pitch of the season from the pitcher's mound.
  • 1998 - Mark McGwire hits a home run in his fourth consecutive game to start the season to tie the mark set by Willie Mays in 1971. McGwire's home run helps lead the Cardinals past the Padres, 8–6, and also ties another league mark as his seventh in a six-game stretch (dating back to 1997).

2000s[]

Births[]

  • 1862 - John McCloskey, manager (d. 1940)
  • 1878 - Jake Volz, pitcher (d. 1962)
  • 1883 - John Hummel, infielder (d. 1959)
  • 1888 - Tris Speaker, Hall of Fame outfielder (d. 1958)
  • 1910 - Joe Vosmik, Hall of Fame outfielder (d. 1962)
  • 1916 - Mickey Owen, All-Star catcher (d. 2005)
  • 1924 - Gil Hodges, All-Star infielder/manager (d. 1972)
  • 1937 - Gary Geiger, outfielder (d. 1996)
  • 1938 - A. Bartlett Giamatti, commissioner of baseball
  • 1941 - Eddie Watt, pitcher
  • 1942 - Jim Fregosi, All-Star infielder/manager
  • 1943 - Mike Epstein, infielder
  • 1947 - Ray Fosse, All-Star catcher
  • 1956 - Tom Herr, All-Star infielder
  • 1961 - Brad Komminsk, outfielder
  • 1969 - Carlos Reyes, pitcher
  • 1975 - Scott Rolen, All-Star infielder
  • 1978 - Jason Ellison, outfielder
  • 1981 - Casey Daigle, pitcher
  • 1987 - Eric Valent, outfielder

Deaths[]

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