Baseball History on May 11

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Baseball history on May 11, including a list of every Major League baseball player born on May 11, a list of every Major League baseball player who died on May 11, a list of every Major League baseball player who made their big league debut on May 11, and a list of every Major League baseball player whose final big league game was on May 11.
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Baseball History on May 11

Major League Baseball Events on May 11

1863Jim Connor1887John Ake
1871Art Herman1924John Stedronsky
1874Roy Clark1924Fleet Walker
1881Al Cabrera1925Harry Ely
1881Jesse Purnell1937Nick Scharf
1886Monte Pfyl1938Buzz Murphy
1890Jimmy Whelan1953Ed Hug
1891Roger Salmon1954Dorsey Riddlemoser
1903Charlie Gehringer1961Lee Dunham
1907Rip Sewell1968Dan Boone
1912Del Young1971Jeff McCleskey
1914Al Williams1972Lynn King
1917Johnny Gerlach1972Danny Schell
1917Dave Short1972Suds Sutherland
1918Dewey Adkins1977Johnnie Chambers
1919Porter Vaughan1977Oscar Horstmann
1920Gene Hermanski1981Sammy Byrd
1922Monte Kennedy1984Earl Reid
1924Frank Campos1985Johnny Bero
1928Mel Wright1985Bud Teachout
1939Hector Martinez1994Bennie Warren
1939Milt Pappas1997Vince Sherlock
1939Frank Quilici1999Ben Taylor
1940Harry Fanok2002Steve Rachunok
1949Jerry Martin2009Bill Kelso
1950Dane Iorg2009Johnny Schaive
1958Mark Huismann2012Frank Wills
1958Walt Terrell2013Mike Davison
1964Bill Bean2013Len Yochim
1964Jeff Sellers2014Guy Morton
1964Bobby Witt2019Larry Howard
1964Floyd Youmans2020Larry Gowell
1966Trent Hubbard
1968Mike Garcia
1971Kerry Ligtenberg
1972Cameron Cairncross
1975Francisco Cordero
1980Roy Corcoran
1981Daniel Ortmeier
1987Red Patterson
1989David Buchanan
1992Glenn Sparkman
1993Miguel Sanó
1994Jackson Stephens
1995Ryder Ryan
1996José Azocar
1996Griffin Canning
1996Jordan Yamamoto
1882Charlie Sweeney 1882Hal McClure
1883Jersey Bakley 1884Mark Creegan
1883Ed Cramer 1889Jim Banning
1887Bill George 1889Jumbo Schoeneck
1887Tom O'Rourke 1890Dan Phelan
1891George Lohman 1890Jim Powers
1892Frank Genins 1894Jack Horner
1901Chappie Snodgrass 1904Elmer Bliss
1909Butch Schmidt 1908Walter Carlisle
1909Ben Van Dyke 1912Gene Steinbrenner
1910Les Channell 1914Matt Zeiser
1911Sherry Smith 1915Fritz Scheeren
1912Bill Stumpf 1916Rip Hagerman
1913John Taff 1922Sam Post
1923Doc Ozmer 1923Doc Ozmer
1923Chuck Rowland 1930Al Mahon
1923Gus Sandberg 1935Leo Mangum
1927Carlisle Littlejohn 1937Bill Andrus
1929Sammy Byrd 1938Paul Easterling
1929Lyn Lary 1938Gene Hasson
1929Roy Sherid 1938Jesse Landrum
1935Ray Mueller 1939Russ Van Atta
1937Tommy Henrich 1946Norm Brown
1944Bob Gillespie 1946Jean-Pierre Roy
1945Nick Picciuto 1947Lum Harris
1945Red Steiner 1947Joe Kuhel
1946Pat Cooper 1948Oscar Judd
1963Don Wert 1949Jack Robinson
1966Gene Brabender 1950Bob Gillespie
1970Dave LaRoche 1954Neil Berry
1975Tom Kelly 1957Bob Lennon
1975Mike Pazik 1958Von McDaniel
1987Mike Henneman 1959Vito Valentinetti
1991Bruce Walton 1963Bill Tuttle
1993Jerry DiPoto 1964Lou Jackson
1994Jeff Cirillo 1966Dave Roberts
1995Ken Edenfield 1970Sam Parrilla
1996Marc Wilkins 1979Frank Duffy
1997John Thomson 1979Gary Wilson
1998Randy Winn 1982Tom Griffin
1999Pascual Matos 1982Jose Moreno
2000Jason Grilli 1985Doug Loman
2000Joe Strong 1987Mike Fischlin
2001Mark Lukasiewicz 1990Urbano Lugo
2005Scott Munter 1991Jose Escobar
2005Keith Reed 1991Scott Lusader
2005Tim Stauffer 1991Fred Manrique
2008Greg Reynolds 1992Rodney McCray
2013Burch Smith 1996Mike Christopher
2014Chase Anderson 2000Vicente Palacios
2016Pat Dean 2000Mark Whiten
2016Zach Neal 2003Dave Elder
2017Sam Gaviglio 2003Eric Junge
2018Luis Guillorme 2004Franklyn Gracesqui
2019Austin Allen 2004Fernando Vina
2019Shed Long Jr. 2005Ray Sadler
2019Harold Ramírez 2006Dewon Brazelton
2019Nick Ramirez 2006Jared Fernandez
2019Gregory Soto 2006Bill Mueller
2022Yennier Cano 2007Craig Wilson
2022Mark Contreras 2009Osiris Matos
2022Ryan Pepiot 2011Joe Inglett
2022Jake Walsh 2012Josh Spence
2022Joey Wentz 2013Kyle Skipworth
2014Caleb Gindl
2014Miguel Olivo
2014Ian Stewart
2015Buddy Carlyle
2016Scott Carroll
2016Ryan Kalish

Players Born on, Died on, Debut on, Finished on May 11

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Baseball history on May 11 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 May 11 in Baseball History...

  • 1897 - Charles "Duke" Farrell, Washington catcher, sets a major league record by throwing out eight Orioles trying to steal second base. The Senators lose anyway 6-3.
  • 1959 - At Yankee Stadium, Yogi Berra's errorless streak of 148 games comes to an end when he makes an error in a 7-6 loss to the Indians.
  • 1963 - Sandy Koufax returns to the rotation from a circulatory ailment in his left index finger and throws a no-hitter against the visiting first place Giants. The Man With The Golden Arm walked two, fanned four, and improved his record to 4ñ1.
  • 1972 - The Giants trade future Hall of Famer Willie Mays to the Mets for minor league pitcher Charlie Williams and cash.
  • 1977 - With the Braves mired in a 16-game losing streak, owner Ted Turner takes over as field manager. After the Braves lose again 2-1, Turner is relieved of his new job by N.L. president Chub Feeney. A league rule prohibits a manager from owning a financial interest in his club.
  • 1980 - Thirty-nine-year-old Pete Rose steals second, third, and home in one inning for the Phillies. The last National Leaguer to pull this feat was Jackie Robinson in 1954.
  • 1984 - The Tigers improve their record to 26-4 with an 8-2 win over the Angels and establish a new record for the best 30-game start in major league history, eclipsing the 25-5 mark set by the Dodgers in 1955.
  • 1990 - Citing a no-trade clause in his contract, Yankees outfielder Dave Winfield refuses to report to the Angels after being traded for Mike Witt. Winfield will eventually accept the trade on May 16, ending his often stormy relationship with Yankees owner George Steinbrenner.
  • 1996 - Al Leiter pitches the first no-hitter in Marlins history. After two walks and a hit batsman in the first three innings, Leiter retires the last 20 batters in a 6-0 gem.

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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.