Baseball History on April 22

Major League Baseball Events on April 22 | Baseball Almanac

Baseball history on April 22, including a list of every Major League baseball player born on April 22, a list of every Major League baseball player who died on April 22, a list of every Major League baseball player who made their big league debut on April 22, and a list of every Major League baseball player whose final big league game was on April 22.
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Baseball History on April 22

Major League Baseball Events on April 22

1865Bill Stellberger1907Jeremiah Reardon
1873Frank Figgemeier1931Bill Otey
1881Neal Ball1934Gus Creely
1883Carl Vandagrift1935George Ross
1884Bill Schwartz1940Alex Hardy
1887Sandy Burk1943Kirby White
1891Billy Orr1950Dave Pickett
1892Ferd Eunick1951Ox Eckhardt
1894Jake Pitler1957Joe Benz
1895Bob Smith1964Herb Herring
1898Tom Long1966Lou Finney
1900Paul Florence1967Fritz Maisel
1901Taylor Douthit1967Bill Salkeld
1902Ray Benge1972Frank Drews
1902Jim Mahady1974Steve Swetonic
1907Tom Lanning1976Ernie Krueger
1908Fabian Kowalik1977Rube Yarrison
1910Lew Riggs1983Mike Schemer
1911Jake Daniel1988Len Church
1912Pete Center1993Mark Koenig
1918Mickey Vernon1996Bob Brady
1933Bob Schmidt2009Ron Cash
1938John Orsino2010Pete Castiglione
1941Steve Jones2010Dick Kenworthy
1954Dan O'Brien2018Dave Nelson
1954Bill Paschall2020Rich Hacker
1955David Clyde2020Bart Johnson
1956Moose Haas2021Adrian Garrett
1957Dave Schmidt
1958Stefan Wever
1959Terry Francona
1961Jimmy Key
1964Jack Savage
1966Mickey Morandini
1968Mike Bell
1969George Williams
1980Carlos Hernandez
1982David Purcey
1987Tyson Ross
1988Dee Strange-Gordon
1990Kevin Kiermaier
1990Colton Murray
1992Edwin Escobar
1993Andres Machado
1994Aristides Aquino
1996Rylan Bannon
1996Bowden Francis
1997Bryan Abreu
1997Noah Davis
1999Jackson Wolf
1876William Coon 1876Bill Parks
1876Candy Cummings 1884Frank Bahret
1876Bill Fouser 1890Gus Williams
1876Nat Hicks 1904Jack Burns
1876Andy Leonard 1907Carl Druhot
1876Tim McGinley 1909Charlie Enwright
1876Jim O'Rourke 1913Harry McIntire
1876Bill Parks 1914Ed Kelly
1876John Richmond 1914Squanto Wilson
1876George Wright 1922Wally Hood
1884Jack Clements 1922John Mohardt
1884Art Sladen 1925Pedro Dibut
1885Amos Cross 1925Heinie Odom
1888Mickey Hughes 1926Dutch Stryker
1888Lee Viau 1934Clarence Heise
1890Jesse Burkett 1934Fresco Thompson
1890Roscoe Coughlin 1939Oliver Hill
1890Ed Green 1940Julio Bonetti
1890Jerry Harrington 1942Phil McCullough
1890Henry Jones 1946Glenn Crawford
1890Dave McKeough 1946Otis Davis
1890Morgan Murphy 1946Ray Goolsby
1890Tom Nagle 1946Ace Williams
1890Billy Rhines 1950Ribs Raney
1890Jack Sharrott 1951Doc Daugherty
1891Bill Dahlen 1952Harley Grossman
1891John O'Brien 1953Barney Martin
1891Jim Sullivan 1955Bill Froats
1896Cy Seymour 1955Danny Schell
1897Claude Ritchey 1959Bobby Adams
1897Louis Sockalexis 1959George Bamberger
1898Bill Dinneen 1959Morrie Martin
1898Bill Donovan 1969Alec Distaso
1898Wiley Piatt 1969Charley Smith
1898Harry Steinfeldt 1977Mike Pazik
1898Joe Yeager 1984Lenny Faedo
1899Ira Davis 1989Brian Brady
1901Doc White 1990Rich Thompson
1903Harry Aubrey 1991Rick Reuschel
1903Doc Gessler 1993Sam Militello
1903Rabbit Robinson 1993Ted Wood
1903Lee Tannehill 1994Bob Ojeda
1904Claude Berry 1997Dave Swartzbaugh
1904Howie Camnitz 2000Tarrik Brock
1904Frank Smith 2005Greg Myers
1904Elmer Stricklett 2007Wade Miller
1905Denny Sullivan 2008Brady Clark
1906Harry Eells 2011Jeff Stevens
1910John Flynn 2012Rodrigo Lopez
1911Ping Bodie 2014Pedro Figueroa
1911Dan McGeehan 2014Kevin Kouzmanoff
1912Jim Bagby 2014Charles Leesman
1912Wheezer Dell 2017Stephen Cardullo
1913Al Clauss 2017Zach Putnam
1913Frank Gibson 2019Drew Robinson
1913Fred House
1913Bert Whaling
1914Fritz Coumbe
1914Leo Kavanagh
1914Doc Kerr
1914Ralph Mattis
1914Jim Scott
1916Verne Clemons
1918Bill Sherdel
1918Fred Thomas
1920Hob Hiller
1920Hod Leverette
1922Ike Boone
1922Sam Post
1923Spencer Adams
1923Homer Ezzell
1923Bill Harris
1924Jack Berly
1925Pip Koehler
1925Al Niehaus
1925Heinie Odom
1925Pee-Wee Wanninger
1928Vic Sorrell
1930Glenn Liebhardt
1930Al Mahon
1931Gene Rye
1932Monte Pearson
1932Frankie Pytlak
1933Clarence Pickrel
1934George Darrow
1934Clarence Heise
1934Les Munns
1934Prince Oana
1935Jack Redmond
1936Jake Wade
1937Julio Bonetti
1937John Bottarini
1937Joe Marty
1937Johnny Vander Meer
1938Ed Cole
1939Johnny Berardino
1939Les Fleming
1939Charlie Keller
1939Woody Rich
1939Manny Salvo
1940Harry Brecheen
1940Dick Conger
1940Johnny Gorsica
1940Scat Metha
1941Hal White
1941Lefty Wilkie
1942Phil McCullough
1943Ford Garrison
1943Mickey Haefner
1943Billy Johnson
1943Johnny Lazor
1943Hugh Poland
1943Xavier Rescigno
1943Owen Scheetz
1943Snuffy Stirnweiss
1944George Woodend
1945Glenn Crawford
1945Jack Creel
1945Frank Dasso
1945Bob Rothel
1946Otis Davis
1946Clayton Lambert
1946Eddie Pellagrini
1947Ray Coleman
1948Charlie Bicknell
1948Lou Grasmick
1948Howie Judson
1948Mickey McGowan
1948Al Porto
1948Bob Rush
1948Jerry Scala
1949John Simmons
1949Bill Werle
1950Jay Avrea
1950Bob Borkowski
1950Dale Coogan
1951Doc Daugherty
1951Lou Limmer
1952Harley Grossman
1952Vinegar Bend Mizell
1953Frank Baldwin
1953Carlos Bernier
1953Barney Martin
1953Bob Milliken
1953Jim Willis
1954Billy Gardner
1955Bill Froats
1956Connie Grob
1956Joe Lonnett
1956Bob Trowbridge
1957Al Cicotte
1957John Kennedy
1957Lloyd Merritt
1957Garland Shifflett
1958Bob Smith
1959Gene Leek
1960Lou Clinton
1960Wynn Hawkins
1960Em Lindbeck
1960Ed Rakow
1960Dick Stigman
1961Jack Curtis
1961Lee Thomas
1962Jim Bouton
1962Dave DeBusschere
1962Hal Kolstad
1962Paul Toth
1963Dick Calmus
1967Rickey Clark
1969Billy Grabarkewitz
1969Ron Woods
1977Barry Cort
1978Wayne Cage
1978Bob Reece
1979Mark Esser
1980Jesus Figueroa
1980Mark Souza
1981Steve Balboni
1981Jim Wright
1988Roberto Alomar
1991Mike Magnante
1992Henry Mercedes
1996Andy Sheets
2001R.A. Dickey
2001Bret Prinz
2001Craig Wilson
2003Brandon Webb
2006John Rheinecker
2006Brian Slocum
2007Jamie Vermilyea
2008Brad Harman
2009Derek Holland
2009Tony Sipp
2012Wily Peralta
2012Thad Weber
2013José Cisnero
2013Jonathan Pettibone
2015Matt Grace
2015Arnold Leon
2016Chad Girodo
2017Phillip Ervin
2018Noel Cuevas
2018Gleyber Torres
2021Gregory Santos
2022J.J. Matijevic
2022Tanner Tully

Players Born on, Died on, Debut on, Finished on April 22

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Baseball history on April 22 includes a total of Major League baseball players born that day of the year, Major League baseball players who died on that date, baseball players who made their Major League debut on that date, and Major League baseball players who appeared in their final game that date.

On April 22 in Baseball History...

  • 1876 - In the first National League game ever played, Joe Borden of Boston beat the hometown Philadelphia 5-4.
  • 1898 - Ted Breitenstein of the Cincinnati Reds and James Hughes of Baltimore each pitched no-hit ball games. Breitenstein no-hit the Pittsburgh Pirates 11-0 and Hughes no-hit the Boston Braves 8-0.
  • 1906 - A new rule puts the umpire in sole charge of all game balls. The home team manager previously had some say as to when a new ball was introduced.
  • 1914 - At age 19, Babe Ruth's first professional game (as a pitcher) is a six hit 6-0 win for Baltimore (International League) over Buffalo. The second batter he faces is Joe McCarthy, the manager he will play for 17 years later with New York. At the plate, Ruth has two hits.
  • 1915 - Pinstripes first appeared on the Yankees uniforms.
  • 1955 - The Athletics won their major league debut in Kansas City with a 6-2 victory over the Detroit Tigers before a standing-room crowd of 32,147 ó the largest paid crowd for any event in Kansas City.
  • 1957 - John Kennedy becomes the first black to play for the Philadelphia Phillies, making them the last N.L. team to integrate. Kennedy pinch runs for Solly Hemus in the 5-1 loss to Brooklyn. He will play only briefly in five games and goes hitless.
  • 1959 - The Chicago White Sox scored 11 runs with only one hit in the seventh inning of a 20-6 rout of the Kansas City A's. Johnny Callison had the hit ó a single. In the inning, Chicago was the recipients of 10 walks ó five with the bases loaded ó three Kansas City errors and one hit batsman.
  • 1962 - The Pirates win their tenth straight game, matching the major league record to start a season, while the Mets tie a N.L. record by opening 0-9.
  • 1966 - The Braves won their first game in Atlanta by beating the New York Mets 8-4.
  • 1970 - Tom Seaver strikes out 19 Padres, including the last ten in succession, in winning 2-1 for the Mets. To date, only Steve Carlton has struck out this many in a game in the twentieth century. No one had ever struck out ten in a row.
  • 1981 - Dodgers rookie Fernando Valenzuela tosses his third shutout in four starts, strikes out 11, and drives in the game's only run with a single in a 1-0 win over Houston.
  • 1982 - After opening the season with 13 straight wins, the Braves finally lose 2-1 to the Reds.
  • 1991 - Frank Thomas is the first White Sox player to homer at the new Comiskey Park. Chicago is an 8-7 winner over Baltimore.
  • 1993 - Chris Bosio, a $16 million free agent acquisition of the Mariners, pays immediate dividends with a no-hitter against Boston. Bosio fans four and walks two in his 97-pitch gem.
  • 1996 - John Franco becomes the first lefthander to reach the 300-save plateau with a scoreless ninth inning in a 3-2 Mets win over the Expos at foggy Shea Stadium.
  • 1997 - After months of on-again, off-again negotiations, the Yankees and Padres agree on a trade for the rights to Japanese pitcher Hideki Irabu. The Padres had worked out a deal in January for Irabu through his Japanese team, the Chiba Lotte Marines, but Irabu refused to report to the Padres and insisted he would only play for the Yankees. Finally, with minor leaguers Ruben Rivera and Rafael Medina plus $3 million heading to San Diego, Irabu gets his wish.

Did you know that there were baseball players born on every date of the year and baseball players who died on every date of the year? Use the calendar below to select any date in baseball history.
 

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Bill James, on the same page of the same book we used at the top of this page, said, "But as I began to do research on the history of baseball (in order to discuss the players more intelligently) I began to feel that there was a history a baseball that had not been written at that time, a history of good and ordinary players, a history of being a fan, a history of games that meant something at the time but mean nothing now." To that end, I have created Baseball Almanac. A site to worship baseball. A site by a fan who is trying to tell the history of good and ordinary baseball players.