- 1930 - Ernest Barnard completes his three-year contract as president of the American League . Among Barnard's innovations have been the establishment of an Umpire 's school and the recodifying of the Rule Book . He also led the effort to eliminate the Sacrifice Fly scoring rule –with inflated Batting Average s resulting from the livelier baseball, the batter no longer needed the benefit of not being charged a time At Bat when his Fly Ball advanced a runner.
- 1944 - Japan , where baseball has been banned as an undesirable enemy influence, mourns the death of Eiji Sawamura . The Japanese Pitcher , who is killed in action in the Pacific, became a national hero by Striking Out Babe Ruth in an exhibition game.
- 1964 - '' CBS '' becomes first corporate owner of a major league team buying eighty percent of the New York Yankees for $11,200,000.
- 2004 - After a grounds keeper finds a Grenade in the Wrigley Field turf, police bomb and arson investigators are called to evaluate the Right Field discovery. The rusty, hollowed-out shell turns out to be harmless and its origins remain a mystery.
- 2005 :
- --- National League Gold Glove Award winners were announced as Greg Maddux ( P ), Mike Matheny ( C ), Derrek Lee ( 1B ), Luis Castillo ( 2B ), Mike Lowell ( 3B ), Omar Vizquel ( SS ), Bobby Abreu ( OF ), Jim Edmonds (OF) and Andruw Jones (OF) earned honors.
- ---Former Baltimore Orioles Manager Lee Mazzilli rejoined the New York Yankees as Joe Torre 's Bench Coach .
- ---Showing that teams put a premium on pitching, the Boston Red Sox and Reliever Mike Timlin agreed to a one-year contract worth about $3.25 million, and the Seattle Mariners exercised their $6.25 million option on closer Eddie Guardado , choosing to keep him rather than explore an uncertain Free-agent market.
- --- Pat Gillick , considered architect of the Toronto Blue Jays ' two championship teams in the 1990s , was named General Manager of the Philadelphia Phillies .
- 1903 - Travis Jackson , Hall of Fame infielder (d. 1987 )
- 1914 - Johnny Vander Meer , All-Star pitcher (d. 1997 )
- 1916 - Al Campanis , executive (d. 1998 )
- 1920 - Dick Sisler , All-Star player and manager (d. 1998 )
- 1942 - Ron Reed , All-Star pitcher
- 1946 - Tom Paciorek , All-Star outfielder
- 1955 - Greg Harris , pitcher
- 1958 - Willie McGee , All-Star outfielder
- 1963 - Sam Horn , infielder
- 1966 - Orlando Merced , outfielder
- 1974 - Orlando Cabrera , infielder
- 1976 - Sidney Ponson , pitcher
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