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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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Sources

1900s-1950s[]

  • 1945 - Happy Chandler, who had continued to serve in the U.S. Senate after becoming baseball commissioner, resigns his political office. He will move the commissioner's quarters to Cincinnati.

1960s-1990s[]

  • 1979 - Hall of Famer Willie Mays severed all ties to MLB after signing a contract with the Bally Corporation, which is involved with legalized gambling in Atlantic City, N.J.
  • 1981 - Bill Giles, Phillies vice president for the past 11 years, heads a group that purchases the club for just over $30 million, the highest price paid to date for a major league club. Giles is the son of longtime National League president and Hall of Fame member Warren C. Giles.
  • 1991 - Buck Showalter replaces Stump Merrill as the manager of the New York Yankees. At age 35, Showalter becomes the youngest active manager in the major leagues. He will manage the Yankees through the end of the 1995 season.

2000s[]

Births[]

  • 1882 - Solly Hofman, outfielder (d. 1956)
  • 1939 - Pete Richert, All-Star pitcher
  • 1944 - Frank Bibby, All-Star pitcher
  • 1959 - Jesse Barfield, All-Star outfielder
  • 1974 - R.A. Dickey, pitcher
  • 1975 - Karim García, outfielder
  • 1983 - Dana Eveland, pitcher

Deaths[]

  • 1924 - Pop Snyder, player and manager (b. 1854)
  • 1959 - Dave Fultz, outfielder (b. 1875)
  • 1965 - Bill McKechnie, Hall of Fame player and manager (b. 1886)
  • 1982 - Tom Sheehan, player and manager (b. 1894)
  • 1996 - Ewell Blackwell, All-Star pitcher (b. 1922)
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