- 1920 - Owners unanimously elect Kenesaw Mountain Landis chairman for seven years. The owners’ action comes in direct response to the Black Sox Scandal , which threatens the integrity of the game. Landis accepts, but only as sole Commissioner with final authority over the players and owners, while remaining a Federal Judge (with his $7,500 federal salary deducted from the baseball salary of $50,000).
- 1936 - Following the death of Phil Ball, wealthy owner of the St. Louis Browns , his estate sells the team to a syndicate headed by Donald L. Barnes and William O. DeWitt. As the new owners of Sportsman's Park , they announce their intention to install lights and bring night baseball to the American League .
- 1939 :
- ---The youngest of the three DiMaggio brothers, Dom DiMaggio , is bought for $40,000 by the Boston Red Sox from San Francisco team ( PCL ).
- ---In Japanese Baseball , Pitcher Victor Starffin Wins his 42nd game in a 96-game season, leading the Yomiuri Giants to the pennant, and setting a post- 1900 world record for season victories that will be equaled by Kazuhisa Inao in 1961 but never broken. Born in Russia , Starffin moved to Asahikawa, Hokkaido at a young age, and was picked as part of the national baseball team for an exhibition game against the United States in 1934 . From 1936 though 1955 he won 303 games, the first in Japanese baseball to top the 300 mark. Except for Sadaharu Oh , who was born in China , Starffin is the only non-Japanese player in the Japanese Baseball Hall Of Fame .
- 1992 - Arbitrator George Nicolau overturns the suspension of Yankees Pitcher Steve Howe for being too severe. The pitcher is resigned by the team.
- 1858 - Bill Gleason , infielder (d. 1932 )
- 1868 - Jack Ryan , catcher (d. 1952 )
- 1876 - Ed Killian , pitcher (d. 1928 )
- 1891 - Carl Mays , pitcher (d. 1971 )
- 1936 - Joe Hoerner , All-Star pitcher (d. 1996 )
- 1941 - Dámaso Blanco , infielder
- 1950 - Bruce Bochte , All-Star infielder
- 1956 - Jody Davis , All-Star catcher
- 1960 - Donnie Hill , infielder
- 1961 - Greg Gagne , infielder
- 1962 - Jeff Reed , catcher
- 1964 - Gary Thurman , outfielder
- 1968 - Randy Knorr , catcher
- 1968 - Sammy Sosa , All-Star outfielder
- 1972 - Homer Bush , infielder
- 1978 - Aaron Heilman , pitcher
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