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1960 in baseball

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See also: 1960 Major League Baseball season and 1960 Nippon Professional Baseball season

The following are the baseball events of the year 1960 throughout the world.

Years in baseball
1960 in sports
Allentown Red Sox' Opening Day at Breadon Field, 1960

Champions

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Major League Baseball

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Other champions

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Winter Leagues

Awards and honors

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MLB statistical leaders

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  American League National League
Type Name Stat Name Stat
AVG Pete Runnels BOS .320 Dick Groat PIT .325
HR Mickey Mantle NY 40 Ernie Banks CHC 41
RBI Roger Maris NY 112 Hank Aaron MIL 126
Wins Chuck Estrada BAL
Jim Perry CLE		 18 Ernie Broglio STL
Warren Spahn MIL		 21
ERA Frank Baumann CHW 2.67 Mike McCormick SF 2.70
SO Jim Bunning DET 201 Don Drysdale LA 246
SV Mike Fornieles BOS
Johnny Klippstein CLE		 14 Lindy McDaniel STL 26
SB Luis Aparicio CHW 51 Maury Wills LA 50

Major league baseball final standings

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Nippon Professional Baseball final standings

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Central League final standings

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Central League G W L T Pct. GB
Taiyo Whales 130 70 56 4 .554 —
Yomiuri Giants 130 66 61 3 .519 4.5
Osaka Tigers 130 64 62 4 .508 6.0
Hiroshima Carp 130 62 61 7 .504 6.5
Chunichi Dragons 130 63 67 0 .485 9.0
Kokutetsu Swallows 130 54 72 4 .431 16.0

Pacific League final standings

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Pacific League G W L T Pct. GB
Daimai Orions 133 82 48 3 .631 —
Nankai Hawks 136 78 52 6 .600 4.0
Nishitetsu Lions 136 70 60 6 .538 12.0
Hankyu Braves 136 65 65 6 .500 17.0
Toei Flyers 132 52 78 2 .400 30.0
Kintetsu Buffaloes 131 43 87 1 .331 39.0

Events

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January

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February

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March

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April

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May

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June

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  • June 8 – Billy Jurges, second-year manager of the last-place Boston Red Sox, leaves the team, citing "illness." Two days later, Jurges is fired. After coach Del Baker handles the club through June 12, Jurges' predecessor as manager, Pinky Higgins, regains his old job and holds it through the end of the 1962 season.
  • June 12 – In a record-tying three-hour-and-52-minute, nine-inning game, Willie McCovey's pinch-hit grand slam, the first slam of his career, and Orlando Cepeda's three-run double pace the Giants to a 16–7 rout of the Milwaukee Braves.
  • June 13 – For the second time in three months, the Boston Red Sox acquire catcher Russ Nixon from the Cleveland Indians, this time sending pitcher Ted Bowsfield and outfielder Marty Keough to the Tribe. A March 16 transaction had to be cancelled when former Bosox catcher Sammy White retired rather than report to the Indians.
  • June 15 – Mexico City and Poza Rica combine to hit 12 home runs in one game, a Mexican League record.
  • June 17 – The San Francisco Giants fire fifth-year manager Bill Rigney in the midst of a 4–8 team slump. Surprisingly, they turn to 66-year-old scout Tom Sheehan as their new manager; he becomes the oldest rookie skipper in MLB annals. The move fizzles, however, as the Giants go only 46–50 under Sheehan and fall out of the National League's first division.
  • June 19 – In a brilliant pair of pitching performances, Orioles pitchers Hoyt Wilhelm and Milt Pappas throw shutouts to beat the host Detroit Tigers in a twin bill. Wilhelm allows two hits in winning the opener, 2–0, over Jim Bunning, and Pappas surrenders three hits in winning the nightcap, 1–0, over Don Mossi. Jim Gentile and Ron Hansen collect home runs as catcher Clint Courtney, using the big glove designed by manager Paul Richards, is twice charged with batter interference, the first loading the bases in the 4th inning.
  • June 24 – Willie Mays belts two home runs and makes ten putouts to lead the San Francisco Giants to a 5–3 win at Cincinnati. Mays adds three RBI, three runs scored, and a single — and steals home.
  • June 26 – Hoping to speed up the election process, the Hall of Fame changes its voting procedures. The new rules allow the Special Veterans Committee to vote annually, rather than every other year, and to induct up to two players a year. The BBWAA is authorized to hold a runoff election of the top 30 vote getters if no one is elected in the first ballot.
  • June 29 – The Cleveland Indians buy the contract of pitcher Don Newcombe from the Cincinnati Reds.
  • June 30 – Dick Stuart blasts three consecutive home runs, as the Pirates split with the Giants. Stuart drives in seven runs and joins Ralph Kiner as the second Pirates player to hit three home runs in a game at Forbes Field.

July

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August

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  • August 2 – In an agreement with the major leagues, the Continental League abandons plans to join the American League and National League. Walter O'Malley, chairman of the NL Expansion Committee, says, "We immediately will recommend expansion and that we would like to do it in 1961." Milwaukee Braves owner Lou Perini proposes a compromise that four of the CL territories be admitted to the current majors in orderly expansion. Branch Rickey's group quickly accepts. The Continental League ends without playing a game.
  • August 3 – In an unusual move, Cleveland Indians GM Frank Lane trades managers with Detroit Tigers GM Bill DeWitt. The Indians' Joe Gordon (49–46) is dealt to the Tigers for Jimmy Dykes (44–52). For one game, until the pair can change places, Jo-Jo White pilots the Indians and Billy Hitchcock guides the Tigers.
  • August 4 – Reacting to an inside fastball that sails over his head, second baseman Billy Martin of the Cincinnati Reds engages Chicago Cubs' rookie southpaw Jim Brewer in an altercation on the Wrigley Field pitchers' mound. Martin punches Brewer in the face, breaking the orbital bone below his right eye. Brewer undergoes season-ending surgery two days later and files suit against Martin for $1.04 million, while National League president Warren Giles suspends Martin for five games and fines him $500. Brewer's lawsuit will be settled out of court.
  • August 7 – The Chicago White Sox win a pair from the Washington Senators, with reliever Gerry Staley picking up two victories. Staley will be 13–8, all in relief, with both wins and losses topping the American League relievers.
  • August 8 – A day crowd of 48,323, the largest day crowd ever at Comiskey Park, cheers White Sox pitcher Billy Pierce's four-hit victory over the Yankees, 9–1. Pierce faces just 31 batters.
  • August 9 – With fine relief pitching of Lindy McDaniel in the opener and a five-hitter by Curt Simmons in the nightcap, the St. Louis Cardinals sweep the Philadelphia Phillies, 5–4 and 6–0. Philadelphia's Tony Taylor ties a major league record for a second baseman by going the entire doubleheader (18 innings) without a putout – the first to achieve the feat since Connie Ryan, of the Phillies, on June 14, 1953.
  • August 10 – Ted Williams blasts a pair of home runs and a double to pace the Red Sox to a 6–1 win over the Cleveland Indians. Williams has 21 homers for the season. The first of the two today, #512, moves him past Mel Ott into fourth place on the all-time list. After the game, Williams announces that he will retire at the end of the season.
  • August 18 – At County Stadium, Lew Burdette of the Milwaukee Braves no-hits the Philadelphia Phillies 1–0. He faces the minimum 27 batters, a fifth-inning hit-by-pitch to Tony González being the only Phillies base runner; González is retired on Lee Walls' double play ground ball one batter later. Burdette also helps his own cause by scoring the only run of the game; after doubling to lead off the eighth, he scores on Bill Bruton's double one batter later.
  • August 20 – Ted Williams draws the 2,000th walk of his career in the Red Sox' split of a twi-night doubleheader with the Orioles. Williams joins Babe Ruth as the only major leaguers to collect 2,000 walks. Rickey Henderson in 2000, and Barry Bonds in 2003, will join the select 2,000 walks group.
  • August 23 – Following up his no-hitter, Lew Burdette fires his third shutout in a row, pitching the Milwaukee Braves to a 7–0 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers.
  • August 27 – After pitching 322⁄3 shutout innings, Braves pitcher Lew Burdette gives up a Felipe Alou home run as San Francisco defeats the Braves 3–1.
  • August 30 – Boston Red Sox second baseman Pete Runnels goes 6-for-7, as Boston edges the Tigers in the 15-inning opener of a twin bill. Runnels' 15th-inning double brings Frank Malzone home with the winning run to win, 5–4. Runnels has three more hits in the nightcap victory, 3–2 in 10 innings. His six hits are the most in an American League game since July 8, 1955. With 9-for-11 in the doubleheader, Runnels ties the major league record.

September

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October

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November

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December

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Births

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January

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February

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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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Deaths

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January

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  • January 1 – Tige Stone, 58, outfielder/pitcher who appeared in five contests for 1923 St. Louis Cardinals
  • January 2 – Ken Gables, 40, pitcher who worked in 62 total games for 1945–1947 Pittsburgh Pirates
  • January 5 – Clay Van Alstyne, 59, pitcher in six games for 1926–1927 Washington Senators
  • January 10 – Bunny Fabrique, 72, shortstop for the 1916–1917 Brooklyn Robins who got into 27 career big-league games
  • January 12 – Jimmy Lavender, 75, pitcher for the Chicago Cubs from 1912 to 1916, and for the Philadelphia Phillies in 1917
  • January 15 – Frankie Austin, 43, Panamanian shortstop who played in 251 games for the 1944–1948 Philadelphia Stars of the Negro National League; batted .337 lifetime and was selected to six All-Star teams
  • January 19 – Bob Fagan, 65, second baseman for the 1921 Kansas City Monarchs and 1923 St. Louis Stars of the Negro National League
  • January 20 – Gibby Brack, 51, outfielder/first baseman for the Brooklyn Dodgers and Philadelphia Phillies who played in 315 games between 1937 and 1939
  • January 24 – Russ Ford, 76, Canadian pitcher who twirled for the New York Highlanders/Yankees (1909–1913) and Buffalo of the "outlaw" Federal League (1914–1915); three-time 20-game winner (1910, 1911, 1914) — including a 26-game-winning campaign for the 1910 Highlanders; inducted into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame (1987)
  • January 25 – Palmer Hildebrand, 75, catcher who appeared in 26 games for the 1913 St. Louis Cardinals
  • January 28 – Bill Warren, 75, Federal League catcher who played 31 games in 1914–1915 for Indianapolis and Newark

February

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  • February 3 – Lem McDougal, 65, pitcher for the Chicago Giants of the Negro National League in 1920
  • February 6 – Noodles Hahn, 80, left-handed hurler for the Cincinnati Reds (1899–1905) and New York Highlanders (1906); won 22 or more games during four of his seven seasons with Cincinnati
  • February 11 – Fritz Clausen, 90, a 19th-century pitcher for the Louisville Colonels and Chicago Colts
  • February 11 – Roy Mack, 71, son of Connie Mack; vice president of the Philadelphia Athletics from 1936 to August 1950, and co-owner with his brother Earle from that point to November 1954, when the Mack brothers sold the Philadelphia franchise to banker and real-estate magnate Arnold Johnson (died March 6, 1960), who moved it to Kansas City for 1955
  • February 16 – Stuffy McInnis, 69, excellent fielding first baseman (committed only one error in 152 games and 1,652 chances for a .9994 fielding percentage in 1921); batted .307 lifetime for six clubs, most prominently with the Philadelphia Athletics' "$100,000 infield" (1909–1917); four-time World Series champion with A's (1911, 1913), Boston Red Sox (1918) and Pittsburgh Pirates (1925); managed National League Phillies to an abysmal 51–103 mark in 1927 then became a longtime college baseball coach
  • February 16 – Jasper Washington, 63, first- and third baseman who played in the Negro leagues between 1921 and 1933, notably for the Homestead Grays
  • February 18 – Fred Schemanske, 56, pitcher and pinch hitter for 1923 Washington Senators; went 2-for-2 (1.000) as emergency batsman, far outshining his one inning pitched and earned run average of 27.00
  • February 20 – George Leitner, 88, who pitched for the New York Giants, Philadelphia Athletics, Cleveland Blues and Chicago White Sox in 1901–1902; one of several deaf-mute MLB players at turn of 20th century
  • February 24 – Uke Clanton, 62, first baseman for the 1922 Cleveland Indians
  • February 27 – Arthur Coleman, 61, pitcher/outfielder/first baseman for the 1920 Dayton Marcos of the Negro National League

March

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  • March 2 – Howie Camnitz, 78, pitcher who spent nine of his 11 MLB seasons with the Pittsburgh Pirates (1904, 1906–1913); won 20 or more games three times for the Pirates, and was a member of 1909 World Series champions
  • March 3 – Toussaint Allen, 63, outfielder in the Negro leagues from 1914 to 1928
  • March 6 – Arnold Johnson, 54, Chicago-based businessman who purchased the Philadelphia Athletics in November 1954, transferred the franchise to Kansas City for 1955, and owned the team until his death
  • March 10 – Jim Holmes, 78, pitched in 18 career games as a member of the 1906 Philadelphia Athletics and 1908 Brooklyn Superbas
  • March 17 – Bob Thorpe, 24, pitcher who appeared in two games for the 1955 Chicago Cubs
  • March 18 – Dixie Howell, 40, relief pitcher for the 1940 Cleveland Indians, 1949 Cincinnati Reds and 1955–1958 Chicago White Sox; combat veteran of World War II who, starting in September 1944, spent six months in captivity as a POW; still an active player when he died from a heart attack during spring training drills in Florida
  • March 21 – Mack Stewart, 45, relief pitcher who appeared in 24 games for the 1943–1944 Chicago Cubs during World War II
  • March 22 – Gordon Rhodes, 52, pitcher who played from 1929 to 1936 for the New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox and Philadelphia Athletics
  • March 26 – Dan Tipple, 70, pitcher who worked in three games for 1915 Yankees
  • March 29 – Kid Carsey, 87, pitcher/outfielder who played in 329 games (296 on the mound) for six clubs between 1891 and 1901; lost 37 games in one season (1891) as a pitcher for the Washington Statesmen of the then-major-league American Association; won 24 games for Philadelphia Phillies in 1895
  • March 30 – Joe Connolly, 65, outfielder for the New York Giants, Cleveland Indians and Boston Red Sox in the 1920s

April

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  • April 17 – Ricardo Torres, 69, Cuban catcher who played in 22 games for the 1920–1922 Washington Senators; father of Gil Torres
  • April 19 – Vallie Eaves, 48, pitcher who appeared in 24 total MLB games for 1935 Philadelphia Athletics, 1939–1940 Chicago White Sox, and 1941–1942 Chicago Cubs
  • April 19 – Bob Osborn, 57, pitcher who went 27–17 (4.32) in 121 career games for Chicago Cubs (1925–1927 and 1929–1930) and Pittsburgh Pirates (1931)
  • April 22 – Johnson Hill, 69, third baseman who played in the Negro leagues between 1910 and 1927
  • April 30 – Oscar "Cannonball" Owens, 66, outfielder/pitcher in the Negro leagues of the 1920s; in the two seasons (1922, 1929) for which Baseball Reference lists his batting statistics, he hit .398 during his 61-game career (74-for-186)
  • April 30 – Herman Pillette, 64, pitcher in 106 games for 1923–1925 Detroit Tigers (and one contest for 1917 Cincinnati Reds); won 19 games for 1923 Tigers, then lost 19 for 1924 Bengals; father of Duane Pillette

May

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  • May 1 – Lou Schettler, 73, Philadelphia Phillies pitcher who worked in 27 games in 1910
  • May 6 – Vern Bickford, 39, pitcher who won 66 games for the Boston/Milwaukee Braves (1948–1953), including a no-hitter on August 11, 1950, against the Brooklyn Dodgers
  • May 6 – Merlin Kopp, 68, outfielder for the 1915 Washington Senators and 1918–1919 Philadelphia Athletics
  • May 8 – Howie Camp, 66, outfielder in five games for 1917 New York Yankees
  • May 12 – Gus Felix, 64, outfielder for the Boston Braves (1923–1925) and Brooklyn Robins (1926–1927); finished third in the National League in putouts by a centerfielder in 1925
  • May 19 – Leo Fishel, 82, Columbia University alumnus and future lawyer who hurled for the 1899 New York Giants; said to be first Jewish pitcher in MLB history
  • May 19 – George Winkelman, 95, pitcher/outfielder for Washington of the National League in 1886
  • May 20 – Pat Collins, 63, catcher who appeared in 543 games for three MLB clubs over ten seasons spanning 1919 and 1929, most notably the 1926–1928 New York Yankees, when he contributed to three consecutive American League pennants and 1927–1928 World Series titles; most-used of three platoon catchers for 1927 "Murderers' Row" edition and started Games 1 and 4 of Bombers' 1927 Series sweep of Pittsburgh, going 3-for-3 in Series-clinching contest
  • May 21 – Leo Birdine, 65, pitcher/outfielder/third baseman who played in 129 games for the Birmingham Black Barons and Memphis Red Sox of the Negro leagues between 1927 and 1932
  • May 21 – George Cochran, 71, a third baseman for the 1918 Boston Red Sox
  • May 30 – George Hildebrand, 81, American League umpire from 1913 to 1934 who worked in four World Series; outfielder for Brooklyn in 1902, also credited with developing the spitball while in the minor leagues

June

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  • June 1 – Harry Dean, 45, relief pitcher with two appearances and two innings pitched for 1941 Washington Senators
  • June 5 – Rip Jordan, 70, pitcher who appeared in majors for the 1912 Chicago White Sox and 1919 Washington Senators; went 21–2 (2.14 ERA) in his final minor-league campaign in 1921 Class B Sally League
  • June 10 – Vic Delmore, 44, National League umpire who worked 618 league games from 1956 through 1959; home plate umpire on June 30, 1959, when confusion over a foul tip resulted in two baseballs "in play" at the same time
  • June 10 – Charlie Fallon, 79, outfielder by trade who was a pinch runner for the 1905 New York Highlanders
  • June 12 – Art Wilson, 74, catcher whose 14-year (1908–1921) career was spent in three major leagues; appeared in 812 games for New York, Pittsburgh, Chicago and Boston of the National League, Chicago of the Federal circuit, and Cleveland of the American League
  • June 25 – Tommy Corcoran, 91, longtime shortstop, and captain of the Cincinnati Reds for 10 years
  • June 27 – Square Moore, 59, stocky pitcher who appeared in 76 games for five Negro National League teams between 1924 and 1928
  • June 28 – Louis "Bull" Durham, 83, pitcher for the Brooklyn Superbas, Washington Senators and New York Giants who got into nine games over four seasons between 1904 and 1909

July

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  • July 3 – "Reindeer Bill" Killefer, 72, catcher who played 13 seasons (1909–1921) for three MLB clubs (St. Louis Browns, Philadelphia Phillies and Chicago Cubs) and gained fame as Hall of Fame pitcher Grover Cleveland Alexander's favorite receiver; spent 48 years in professional baseball, including all or part of nine years as manager of the Cubs between 1921 and 1925 and Browns between 1930 and 1933; as a scout, signed the American League's first black player, Hall of Famer Larry Doby, for the Cleveland Indians in 1947
  • July 4 – Frank Parkinson, 65, second baseman and shortstop for the 1921–1924 Philadelphia Phillies, appearing in 378 MLB games
  • July 4 – Eddie Wall, 56, left-hander who pitched for the 1926 Cleveland Elites of the Negro National League
  • July 8 – Joe Krakauskas, 45, Canadian southpaw hurler who worked in 149 career games for Washington Senators and Cleveland Indians from 1937 to 1942 and in 1946
  • July 10 – Harry Redmond, 72, second baseman for 1909 Brooklyn Superbas
  • July 13 – Dan Kerwin, 86, minor-league veteran who got into two games as a left-fielder for the 1903 Cincinnati Reds, and went 4-for-6 (.667) in his only MLB action
  • July 13 – Mark Scott, 45, television play-by-play announcer for the 1956 Cincinnati Redlegs and minor-league Hollywood Stars, and host/producer of the 1959 TV series Home Run Derby, which was discontinued upon his death but remains in syndication
  • July 14 – Al Kellett, 58, pitcher for the Boston Red Sox and Philadelphia Athletics in the 1920s
  • July 14 – Walter Thornton, 85, pitcher/outfielder for Chicago Colts/Orphans of the National League, 1895–1898; later became a street preacher
  • July 17 – Pat Duncan, 66, Cincinnati Reds outfielder who was the first player to homer over Crosley Field's left-field fence
  • July 18 – Terry Turner, 79, shortstop for the Cleveland Naps/Indians, who led American League shortstops in fielding percentage four times, ranks among the top 10 Cleveland all-timers in seven different offensive categories, and set team-records with 1,619 games played and 4,603 putouts that still stand
  • July 19 – Charlie Whitehouse, 66, southpaw who pitched in 25 games for Indianapolis and Newark (Federal League) in 1914–1915 and Washington (American League) in 1919
  • July 28 – Ken Landenberger, 31, minor league slugger and briefly a first baseman for the 1952 White Sox; manager of the Class D Selma Cloverleafs until mid-July 1960 when, stricken with acute leukemia, he stepped aside; he died by month's end
  • July 28 – Marty Kavanagh, 69, second baseman for the Detroit Tigers, Cleveland Indians and St. Louis Cardinals in the 1910s
  • July 30 – Eugene Jones, 38, left-hander who went 2–0 for 1943 Homestead Grays of the Negro National League
  • July 31 – Joe Klinger, 57, first baseman and catcher whose 12-year pro career was interrupted by two very brief MLB stints with 1927 New York Giants and 1930 Chicago White Sox

August

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  • August 5 – George Chalmers, 72, native of Scotland and Philadelphia Phillies pitcher from 1910 to 1916, working in 121 games; started and lost Game 4 of the 1915 World Series
  • August 11 – Harry McChesney, 80, outfielder who played 22 games for 1904 Chicago Cubs
  • August 12 – Leo Murphy, 71, catcher for the 1915 Pittsburgh Pirates and manager of the AAGPBL Racine Belles
  • August 12 – Herlen Ragland, 64, southpaw who pitched in 12 games and played outfield in two more during his two years (1920–1921) in the Negro National League
  • August 14 – Fred Clarke, 87, Hall of Fame left fielder (1894–1911, 1913–1915) and player-manager of the Louisville Colonels (NL) and Pittsburgh Pirates (1897–1915) who batted .312 in his career, and became one of the first dozen players to make 2,500 hits and the first manager to win 1,500 games; led Pirates to 1909 World Series title.
  • August 14 – Henry Keupper, 73, left-hander for the 1914 St. Louis Terriers who led Federal League pitchers in games lost (20) in his only season
  • August 15 – Ed Wheeler, 82, infielder who appeared in 30 games for the 1902 Brooklyn Superbas
  • August 20 – George Perring, 76, infielder who played 513 games for the 1908–1910 Cleveland Naps (American League) and 1914–1915 Kansas City Packers (Federal League)
  • August 21 – John Kelleher, 66, backup infielder for the St. Louis Cardinals, Brooklyn Robins, Chicago Cubs and Boston Braves from 1912 to 1924
  • August 22 – Chet Carmichael, 72, pitcher for the 1909 Cincinnati Reds
  • August 23 – Jack Leiper, 92, lefty who hurled for the 1891 Columbus Solons of the American Association, then a major league
  • August 25 – Fred Crolius, 83, outfielder for Boston and Pittsburgh of the National League in 1901 and 1902, appearing in 58 games in all.

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  • September 1 – Charlie High, 61, outfielder in 28 games for 1919–1920 Philadelphia Athletics; one of three brothers to play in majors
  • September 2 – Billy Maloney, 82, outfielder/catcher who played in 696 games for four clubs between 1901 and 1908
  • September 3 – Armando Marsans, 72, Cuban outfielder/first baseman and one of the first men from his native country to play in the majors; appeared in 655 games for four teams between 1911 and 1918
  • September 13 – Ralph Mattis, 70, outfielder in 36 games for the 1914 Pittsburgh Rebels (Federal League)
  • September 14 – Herman Watts, 40, southpaw who hurled for the New York Black Yankees and Cincinnati–Cleveland Buckeyes of the Negro leagues in 1941–1942
  • September 18 – King Brockett, 80, pitcher/outfielder/third baseman who appeared in 54 games (50 on the mound) for the New York Highlanders of 1907, 1909 and 1911
  • September 22 – Joe Bernard, 78, pitcher for the 1909 St. Louis Cardinals
  • September 23 – Paul Hinson, 56, infielder who pinch-ran in three games for the 1928 Boston Red Sox; later a police officer in Oklahoma
  • September 27 – Jim Eschen, 69, outfielder/pinch hitter for 1915 Cleveland Indians who played in 15 midsummer games
  • September 28 – Danny Mahoney, 72, who pinch ran for the Cincinnati Reds on May 15, 1911, and failed to score a run in his lone MLB appearance
  • September 28 – Joe Martin, 49, third baseman who played eight MLB games for the 1936 New York Giants and 1938 Chicago White Sox
  • September 28 – Jess Orndorff, 79, catcher for the Boston Doves of the National League in 1907

October

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  • October 2 – Jim Busby, 59, third baseman for the 1933 Indianapolis ABCs of the Negro National League
  • October 2 – Mike Kilroy, 90, pitcher for 1888 Baltimore Orioles and 1891 Philadelphia Phillies; brother of Matt Kilroy
  • October 4 – Jack Warhop, 76, submarine-style pitcher for the New York Highlanders/Yankees who appeared in 221 games between 1908 and 1915
  • October 9 – Oscar "Heavy" Johnson, 65, slugging catcher of the Negro leagues between 1920 and 1933; two-time Negro National League batting champion, hitting .370 lifetime, including two seasons (1922, 1923) during which he hit .406; won the league's Triple Crown in 1922
  • October 10 – Hub Hart, 82, lefty-swinging backup catcher for the 1905–1907 Chicago White Sox; member of 1906 World Series champions
  • October 15 – Jack Wallace, 70, catcher who appeared in two games for 1915 Chicago Cubs
  • October 16 – Arch McDonald, 59, broadcaster for the Washington Senators from 1934 to 1956, interrupted by one year (1939) in New York as voice of Yankees and Giants
  • October 18 – Irish McIlveen, 80, Belfast-born pitcher/outfielder who appeared in 53 total games for the 1906 Pittsburgh Pirates and 1908–1909 New York Highlanders
  • October 19 – Ed McCreery, 70, who posted a 1–0 record (11.25 ERA) in three tilts for the 1914 Detroit Tigers
  • October 20 – Lew Groh, 77, veteran minor-league infielder who appeared in two contests at age 35 for the 1919 Philadelphia Athletics; brother of Heinie Groh
  • October 21 – Oscar Tuero, 66, Cuban-born pitcher who made 58 appearances for the 1918–1920 St. Louis Cardinals; led 1919 National League hurlers in games pitched (45) and saves (4)
  • October 22 – Charlie Hartman, 72, pitcher for the 1908 Boston Red Sox
  • October 24 – Wilbur Fisher, 66, minor-league outfielder whose lone MLB appearance came as a pinch hitter for the Pittsburgh Pirates on June 13, 1916

November

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  • November 2 – Everett Scott, 67, shortstop, primarily for the Boston Red Sox (1914–1921) and New York Yankees (1922–1925), who played in 1,307 consecutive games from 1916 to 1925, a record later broken by Lou Gehrig; four-time World Series champion, three times as a member of the Red Sox
  • November 3 – Bobby Wallace, 86, Hall of Fame shortstop for the Cleveland Spiders (1894–1898), St. Louis Cardinals (1899–1901, 1917–1918) and St. Louis Browns (1902–1916) who set several fielding records; managed the Browns from 1911 to June 1, 1912, and Cincinnati Reds from September 14, 1937, through season's end; scouted for the Reds for 33 years
  • November 9 – Al Nixon, 74, outfielder for the Brooklyn Robins (1915–1916, 1918), Boston Braves (1921–1923) and Philadelphia Phillies (1926–1928), appearing in 422 career games
  • November 11 – Red Causey, 67, "The Florida Flamingo", pitched in 131 games for the New York Giants, Boston Braves and Philadelphia Phillies from 1918 through 1922
  • November 12 – Merle Keagle, 37, All-Star female outfielder who set several single-season records in the AAGPBL
  • November 15 – Ray Gordinier, 68, right-hander who hurled in eight games for the 1920–1921 Brooklyn Robins
  • November 16 – Weldon Henley, 80, pitcher for the Philadelphia Athletics and Brooklyn Superbas from 1903 to 1907, pitched no-hitter on July 22, 1905 against the St. Louis Browns
  • November 20 – Frank Brower, 67, outfielder/first baseman who appeared in 340 games for the Washington Senators and Cleveland Indians from 1920 to 1924
  • November 24 – Al Braithwood, 68, southpaw who pitched for the 1915 Pittsburgh Rebels of the "outlaw" Federal League
  • November 24 – Abbie Johnson, 89, Canadian 19th-century infielder who appeared in 74 games for Louisville of the National League in 1896 and 1897

December

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  • December 10 – Ernie Quigley, 80, National League umpire from 1913 to 1937 who worked in six World Series, was later a league supervisor; member, Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame
  • December 18 – Art Nehf, 68, pitcher who won 184 games for four National League teams, principally the New York Giants and Boston Braves
  • December 20 – Kip Dowd, 71, pitcher for the 1910 Pittsburgh Pirates
  • December 22 – Jack Onslow, 72, manager of the Chicago White Sox from 1949 through May 26, 1950, and a longtime coach and scout; previously, catcher in 45 total games for 1912 Detroit Tigers and 1917 New York Giants
  • December 26 – Fred Knorr, 47, Michigan-based broadcasting executive and co-owner of the Tigers from 1956 until his death


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