- 1889 - The National League issues its reply to the Players League manifesto. Claiming that the League saved baseball in 1876 and that under the reserve rules players' salaries had "more than trebled," the NL denounces the Brotherhood movement as "the efforts of certain overpaid players to again control {Link without Title} for their own aggrandizement. . . to its ultimate dishonor and disintegration."
- 1893 - Ban Johnson is named president, secretary, and treasurer of the recently reorganized Western League . Under Johnson's leadership the WL will prosper.
- 1900 :
- ---Given a 10-year contract to control the Baltimore franchise, John McGraw says he intends to be in baseball a long time, and wants to lease grounds in Baltimore where he can stay. He'll be in baseball 32 more years, but not in Baltimore.
- --- National League president Nick Young wishes success to the new American League , but does not consider it a major league.
- ---In New York , national guardsmen are playing an active schedule of indoor baseball at the New York Armory. The games between regiments teams are widely covered in the press.
- 1933 - Philadelphia Phillies Right Fielder Chuck Klein , who won the National League Triple Crown after hit .368 with 28 Home Run s and 120 RBI , is sold to the Cubs for $125,000 and veterans Mark Koenig and Harvey Hendrick , and Rookie Ted Kleinhans . Hendrick will play one year with the Phillies, while Koenig and Hendrick quickly go to the Reds . Klein, who also led the NL in Hits (223), Doubles (44), Extra Bases (79), Total Bases (365), Slugging (.602), On-base % (.368) and OPS (1.025), and finished second in Runs (102) and fourth in Steals (15), is the only player in major league history to be traded after a Triple Crown season. Klein will have two-plus seasons at Wrigley Field before returning to Philadelphia in 1936.
- 1955 - In an obvious power struggle for control, the principal founding father of Little League , Carl Stotz , sues the organization for breach of contract. The suit will be settled out of court.
- 2000 :
- ---Citing statistics to a U.S. Senate panel, Commissioner Bud Selig states it is time for 'sweeping changes' in the game's economic make-up raising the possibility of a work stoppage after the current contract expires October 31, 2001.
- ---The New York Yankees sign free agent catcher Joe Oliver to a contract.
- 2002 :
- ---In an effort to appeal more to women and families, Major League Baseball will provide sponsorship support along with giving the Softball players a presence at big league events. MLB announce a partnership with five-year-old Women's Pro Softball League recently renamed National Pro Fastpitch.
- ---In the earliest scheduled season opener in major league history, the Oakland Athletics and Seattle Mariners will start the season in Tokyo, Japan , on March 25, 2003. The two-game series will feature recent American League Rookies Of The Year Kazuhiro Sasaki (2000) and Ichiro Suzuki (2001).
- ---The Montréal Expos may play approximately twenty-five percent of their home games in (22 of 81) in San Juan, Puerto Rico . Away 'home games' are not unprecedented as the Brooklyn Dodgers played seven games in Newark, N.J. in 1956 and 1957, and the Chicago White Sox , filling a void when the Braves left, played nine games in Milwaukee in 1968 and another 11 the following season.
- 1851 - Bobby Mathews , pitcher (d. 1898 )
- 1854 - Charlie Bennett , catcher (d. 1927 )
- 1905 - Freddie Lindstrom , Hall of Fame infielder (d. 1981 )
- 1908 - Paul Richards , player and manager (d. 1986 )
- 1920 - Stan Musial , Hall of Fame infielder/outfielder
- 1924 - Warren Hacker , pitcher (d. 2002 )
- 1935 - Dick Bertell , pitcher (d. 1999 )
- 1940 - Tommy McCraw , infielder
- 1952 - Bill Almon , infielder
- 1959 - Scott Terry , pitcher
- 1960 - Mark Eichhorn , pitcher
- 1962 - Dick Schofield , infielder
- 1969 - Ken Griffey, Sr. , All-Star outfielder
- 1973 - Todd Erdos , pitcher
- 1975 - Brian Meadows . pitcher
- 1980 - Hank Blalock , All-Star infielder
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