- for Vic Aldridg e. Grimes, 19–8 with the Giants last season, will lead the National League in Wins in 1928 with 25 after his return to Pittsburgh. Aldridge holds out till May 3, and then will win just four games for New York.
- 1965 - Braves officials, who already intend to move to Atlanta for 1966, propose to pay five cents from each ticket sold to a fund for the purpose of bringing a new major league team to Milwaukee . Teams, Inc., a civic group, accepts the offer, buys out the park for Opening Day, and stages Stand Up for Milwaukee Day.
- 1974 - A total of 48 players exercise their rights to settle their contracts through the new arbitration procedure. Pitcher Dick Woodson will become the first player to go through arbitration, winning his case against the Minnesota Twins .
- 1997 - '' General Mills '', the makers of '' Wheaties '', unveil three new Jackie Robinson Cereal Boxes to be sold in stores nationwide. Robinson will be the first athlete to be honored on all three varieties of ''Wheaties''; ''Original Wheaties'', ''Honey Frosted Wheaties'', and ''Crispy Wheaties 'n' Raisins''.
- 2002 -Major league baseball owners approve the sales of the Florida Marlins and Montreal Expos . Florida owner John Henry is selling the Marlins to Jeffrey Loria for $158.5 million, while Loria is selling the Expos to Baseball Expos LP, a limited partnership owned by the other 29 teams, for $120 million. The sales won't officially close until later this week.
- 1862 - Curt Welch , outfielder (d. 1896 )
- 1863 - Jimmy Ryan , outfielder (d. 1923 )
- 1887 - Ray Collins , pitcher (d. 1970 )
- 1897 - Red Shannon , outfielder (d. 1970 )
- 1911 - Yank Terry , pitcher (d. 1979 )
- 1939 - Willie Smith , outfielder (d. 2006 )
- 1941 - Sammy Ellis , All-Star pitcher
- 1944 - Ollie Brown , outfielder
- 1949 - Ben Oglivie , All-Star outfielder
- 1953 - Tom Veryzer , infielder
- 1963 - Todd Benzinger , outfielder
- 1972 - Brian Daubach , infielder/outfielder
- 1974 - Trey Beamon , outfielder
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