Portal:Baseball/Anniversaries/February 15
Events
[edit]- 1916 - The New York Yankees buy Frank Baker from the Philadelphia Athletics for $37,500. He sat out the previous season in a salary dispute with Connie Mack.
- 1916 - With the emergence of Joe Judge at 1B, the Washington Senators sell Chick Gandil to Cleveland Indians for $7,500.
- 1931 - The New York Yankees' training site in St. Petersburg, Florida is renamed Miller Huggins Field in honor of the team's late manager.
- 1980 - The San Diego Padres trade 41-year-old pitcher Gaylord Perry and a pair of minor leaguers to the Texas Rangers for 1B Willie Montañez.
- 1990 - ML owners refuse to open the spring training camps without a new Basic Agreement with the MLBPA, beginning a lockout that will last 32 days and postpone the start of the regular season by one week.
- 1994 - Ila Borders becomes the first woman to pitch in a college game, appearing for Southern California College.
- 2000 - The Boston Red Sox sign outfielder Carl Everett to a three-year contract.
- 2000 - The Oakland Athletics obtain OF Jeremy Giambi from the Kansas City Royals for P Brett Laxton.
- 2001 - The New York Yankees sign Henry Rodriguez to a one-year contract.
- 2001 - The Padres sign free agent pitcher Bobby Jones to a one-year contract for $625,000.
Births
[edit]- 1860 - Cub Stricker, infielder, manager (d. 1937)
- 1862 - Joe Weber, outfielder (d. 1921)
- 1866 - Billy Hamilton, outfielder; Hall of Famer (d. 1940)
- 1867 - Charlie Reilly, infielder (d. 1937)
- 1869 - Charlie Irwin, infielder (d. 1925)
- 1876 - Carlton Molesworth, pitcher (d. 1961)
- 1888 - Frank Betcher, infielder (d. 1981)
- 1895 - Jimmy Ring, pitcher (d. 1965)
- 1897 - Art Johnson, pitcher (d. 1982)
- 1900 - George Earnshaw, pitcher (d. 1976)
- 1900 - Larry Goetz, umpire (d. 1962)
- 1904 - Oscar Estrada, pitcher (d. 1978)
- 1905 - Hal Lee, outfielder (d. 1989)
- 1906 - Bob Cremins, pitcher (d. 2004)
- 1909 - Dee Miles, outfielder
- 1926 - Bubba Harris, pitcher
- 1932 - Footer Johnson, pinch hitter
- 1938 - Chuck Estrada, pitcher; All-Star
- 1942 - Bill Henry, pitcher
- 1943 - Joe Moeller, pitcher
- 1945 - Ross Moschitto, outfielder
- 1948 - Ron Cey, infielder; All-Star
- 1950 - Rick Auerbach, infielder
- 1950 - Larry Yount, pitcher
- 1951 - Tommy Cruz, outfielder
- 1959 - Joe Hesketh, pitcher
- 1961 - Mark Davidson, outfielder
- 1962 - Rolando Roomes, outfielder
- 1963 - Barry Jones, pitcher
- 1966 - Mélido Pérez, pitcher
- 1969 - Brian Williams, pitcher
- 1971 - Terry Jones, outfielder
- 1974 - Ugueth Urbina, pitcher; All-Star
- 1975 - Rafael Medina, pitcher
- 1977 - Álex González, infielder; All-Star
- 1979 - Luis Ugueto, infielder
- 1980 - Don Kelly, infielder
- 1983 - Russell Martin, catcher; All-Star
- 1984 - Mitchell Boggs, pitcher
Deaths
[edit]- 1903 - Phil Reccius, infielder (b. 1862)
- 1910 - Bug Holliday, outfielder (b. 1867)
- 1925 - Duke Farrell, catcher (b. 1866)
- 1931 - Billy Kinloch, infielder (b. 1874)
- 1940 - Chick Fulmer, infielder (b. 1851)
- 1940 - Ray Morgan, infielder (b. 1889)
- 1943 - John Deering, pitcher (b. 1879)
- 1946 - George Starnagle, catcher (b. 1873)
- 1959 - Bruce Caldwell, outfielder (b. 1906)
- 1963 - Bump Hadley, pitcher (b. 1904)
- 1972 - Pep Goodwin, infielder (b. 1891)
- 1977 - Diomedes Olivo, pitcher (b. 1919)
- 1981 - Cotton Pippen, pitcher (b. 1911)
- 1991 - Julio Gonzalez, pitcher (b. 1920)
- 2000 - Bob Ramazzotti, infielder (b. 1917)
- 2002 - Mike Darr, outfielder (b. 1976)
- 2007 - Buddy Hancken, catcher (b. 1914)