- 1917 - Dave Fultz , president of the Players Fraternity , calls off a strike set to begin within the week. One of demands of the union was to abolish the ten-day clause, in which a team ceases to pay an injured player after he has been out of action for ten days. Organized Baseball officially severs relations with the union, leaving the players without representation.
- 1928 - The MLB Advisory Council agrees to allot $50,000 to develop a national championship program for amateur players. The program will be run by the American Legion .
- 1945 - Bob Quinn gives up his post as General Manager of the Boston Braves , allowing his son, John, to take over. The elder Quinn, a veteran of baseball employment since 1900, had served the Braves as president and general manager off and on since 1924.
- 1957 - Some 10 years after Jackie Robinson broke up the major league Color Barrier , the Georgia Senate unanimously approves a bill prohibiting Blacks from playing baseball with White players, except at religious gatherings. The bill was put forth by Senator Leon Butts. At the time, Georgia does not have a major league team, but does have several minor league teams.
- 1976 - The Atlanta Braves send Valentine's Day cards to their season-ticket holders and the media. The Braves finished in fifth place in 1975, 401⁄2 games behind the Cincinnati Reds . Atlanta will finish the 1976 season in last place, 32 games behind Cincinnati, but they are first in rhyming. Their card reads: Rose is a Red Morgan's one, too. They finished first, Like we wanted to. But last year's behind us; We're happy to say. Now we're tied for first, Happy Valentine's Day.
- 1996 - Kevin McClatchy and his group of investors purchase the Pirates from the Pittsburgh Associates.
- 2001 :
- --- Ford C. Frick Award , named in memory of the former Baseball Commissioner who also was a Broadcast er, will be given to the Florida Marlins radio announcer Felo Ramírez during Hall Of Fame induction ceremonies this summer. Ramírez, who began his 56-year career broadcasting games in Cuba , has been in the Miami broadcast booth since the team's inaugural season in 1993.
- ---According to the '' Detroit Free Press '', MLB is informing Umpires to remove pitchers from the game, without warning, who deliberately throw a Beanball at a batter's head. The crackdown, according to officials, is a clarification and reinforcement of an existing rule.
- 2006 :
- ---According an attorney, City officials plan to ask a judge to order the Angels to drop Los Angeles from its name despite last week's jury ruling that the team did not breach a contract by calling itself the Los Angeles Angels Of Anaheim .
- --- Adam Dunn avoided arbitration by signing a two-year, $18 million contract with the Cincinnati Reds .
- --- Orel Hershiser is rejoining '' ESPN '' and will be a studio analyst for the Network this season.
- 1858 - Arthur Irwin , player and manager (d. 1921 )
- 1864 - Charlie Getzein , pitcher (d. 1932 )
- 1870 - Candy LaChance , infielder (d. 1932 )
- 1885 - Joe Gerhardt , infielder (d. 1922 )
- 1897 - Earl Smith , catcher (d. 1963 )
- 1908 - Oscar Judd , All-Star pitcher (d. 1995 )
- 1915 - Red Barrett , All-Star pitcher (d. 1990 )
- 1951 - Larry Milbourne , infielder
- 1956 - Dave Dravecky , All-Star pitcher
- 1963 - John Marzano , catcher
- 1968 - Scott Scudder , pitcher
- 1970 - Kelly Stinnett , catcher
- 1975 - Dámaso Marte , pitcher
- 1981 - Brad Halsey , pitcher
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