Baseball History on June 20

Major League Baseball Events on June 20 | Baseball Almanac

Baseball history on June 20, including a list of every Major League baseball player born on June 20, a list of every Major League baseball player who died on June 20, a list of every Major League baseball player who made their big league debut on June 20, and a list of every Major League baseball player whose final big league game was on June 20.
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Baseball History on June 20

Major League Baseball Events on June 20

1845Ned Cuthbert1890John Weyhing
1857Dude Esterbrook1907Ezra Sutton
1874Win Mercer1909Rudy Kemmler
1879Jim Delahanty1922Charlie Kuhns
1885Ed Hendricks1926Tuffy Stewart
1886Rip Hagerman1938Pat Newnam
1889Ed Warner1947Bob Ewing
1890Charlie Grover1952John Kalahan
1890Ed Wilkinson1957Cy Warmoth
1898Duke Shirey1959Speed Walker
1901Pryor McBee1961Al Bergman
1902Wayland Dean1966Denney Wilie
1908Billy Werber1974Bob Way
1919Bill Clemensen1976Blix Donnelly
1920Red Barbary1976Lou Klein
1925Clem Koshorek1978Bill Dietrich
1928Bob Mahoney1983Gil Britton
1928Art Schult1994Norm Wallen
1929Wally Burnette2001Bob Keegan
1930Rod Graber2006Billy Johnson
1932Cuno Barragan2022Hal Gilson
1941Luis Alcaraz2022Joe Staton
1943Andy Etchebarren
1944Dave Nelson
1945Ray Newman
1953Tony Chevez
1956Larry Monroe
1958Phil Huffman
1958Dickie Thon
1960Doug Gwosdz
1960Larry See
1961Gary Varsho
1970Mike Grace
1972Paul Bako
1972Juan Castro
1973Rickey Cradle
1975Felix Heredia
1976Carlos Lee
1976Rob Mackowiak
1978Kevin Gregg
1978Bobby Seay
1979Scott Patterson
1979Cory Vance
1983Kendrys Morales
1984Cole Gillespie
1985Brooks Brown
1991Rymer Liriano
1991Jaime Schultz
1993Adalberto Mejia
1994Thomas Eshelman
1995Félix Bautista
1996Touki Toussaint
2000Ronny Henriquez
2000Abner Uribe
1878Frank Bliss 1883Frank McIntyre
1878Jake Knowdell 1884Unknown McRemer
1882Charlie Bohn 1888Mike Sullivan
1883Wes Blogg 1888Ezra Sutton
1883Edgar Smith 1888Nick Wise
1884Al Maul 1891Will Calihan
1884Jim McDonald 1892Harry Raymond
1884Unknown McRemer 1893Shorty Howe
1888Jake Beckley 1894Fred Blank
1888Nick Wise 1894Tom Murray
1890Ed O'Neil 1896Frank Shannon
1894Fred Blank 1908Jack Fox
1894Tom Murray 1908Shag Shaughnessy
1895Willie Clark 1911Bill Harper
1895Jim Gardner 1912Harry Gaspar
1904Pete Noonan 1912George Shears
1906Red Morgan 1915Raleigh Aitchison
1910Jack Dalton 1917Bunny Fabrique
1911John Black 1918Jake Hehl
1911Al Clancy 1919Dick Robertson
1911Justin Fitzgerald 1924Willie Ludolph
1911Bill Jones 1926Jim Boyle
1912Joe Boehling 1926Joe Connell
1912Stump Edington 1933Eddie Delker
1912Ernie Shore 1935Ted Petoskey
1912Dutch Sterrett 1936Bill Starr
1912Gil Whitehouse 1939Vic Frazier
1914Guy Morton 1939Gene Schott
1914Pete Schneider 1943Bill Donovan
1916Red Lanning 1943George Jeffcoat
1918Jake Hehl 1954Bill Greason
1918Johnny Mostil 1954Tom Herrin
1924Frank Wilson 1954Bill Werle
1925Ownie Carroll 1960Leo Kiely
1926Jim Boyle 1962Dave Hillman
1929Red Badgro 1963Coot Veal
1930Bill Henderson 1964Dave Bakenhaster
1931Bill Marshall 1966Ed Roebuck
1932Art Evans 1967Jim Owens
1933John Jackson 1970Bob Johnson
1936Art Garibaldi 1971Ken Harrelson
1936Johnny Hudson 1971Bill Zepp
1936Larry Rosenthal 1972Ron Hansen
1937Arnie Moser 1975Bob Locker
1941Al Montgomery 1976Angel Mangual
1943Pinky Woods 1978Steve Staggs
1949Dick Lane 1980Jack Billingham
1951Red Hardy 1980Paul Blair
1954Jim Command 1982Lenny Randle
1954Ron Mrozinski 1982Jim Spencer
1954Billy O'Dell 1984Rick Monday
1954Vito Valentinetti 1987Bob Kearney
1957Dick Brown 1987Randy Niemann
1964Dave Bakenhaster 1988Karl Best
1969Paul Edmondson 1988Juan Eichelberger
1969Don O'Riley 1994Skeeter Barnes
1970Cesar Cedeno 1995Kevin Maas
1971Pete Broberg 1996Dwayne Hosey
1971Stan Perzanowski 1997Erik Plantenberg
1973Eduardo Rodriguez 1999Alex Diaz
1976Jay Kleven 1999Curtis King
1977Jeff Byrd 1999Aaron Scheffer
1978Bob Welch 2001Rusty Meacham
1986Mark Davidson 2002J.J. Trujillo
1989Jaime Navarro 2004Jung Bong
1991Ivan Rodriguez 2007Dan Kolb
1992Buddy Groom 2010Juan Rincon
1993Rod Correia 2010Cory Sullivan
1995Roger Cedeno 2010Lance Zawadzki
1997Aaron Boone 2011Diory Hernandez
1997Jorge Velandia 2013Josh Prince
1998Scott Elarton 2015Seth Rosin
1998Ramon Martinez 2016Jonathan Aro
2000Matt DeWitt 2017Casey Fien
2000Chad Moeller 2023Corey Kluber
2000Brian Tollberg
2003Miguel Cabrera
2004Justin Lehr
2004Mike Tonis
2005Brandon Medders
2006Chris Barnwell
2009Alfredo Figaro
2010Dayan Viciedo
2012Chris Archer
2013Jaff Decker
2014Ryan Buchter
2014Jumbo Diaz
2014Jake Goebbert
2014Juan Jaime
2015Justin Nicolino
2017Michael Brady
2017Cameron Perkins
2018Austin Davis
2018Stevie Wilkerson
2019Adbert Alzolay
2019Humberto Arteaga
2019Zac Gallen
2019Josh Sborz
2022Bligh Madris
2023José Rodríguez

Players Born on, Died on, Debut on, Finished on June 20

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Baseball history on June 20 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 June 20 in Baseball History...

  • 1932 - Roger Cramer of the A's has six hits in consecutive times at bat in a nine-inning game. Cramer will do this again in 1935, the only A.L. player to repeat the feat.
  • 1948 - Cleveland draws 82,781 for a doubleheader, a major league record for a regular season game that will be broken by the same club in 1954. The Indians will attract 2.6 million for the season.
  • 1956 - At Detroit's Briggs Stadium, Mickey Mantle poles two Billy Hoeft pitches into the right center field bleachers, something no other player had done since the bleachers were built in the late 1930s. New York wins 7-4.
  • 1973 - Bobby Bonds leads off with a home run, but the Giants lose 7-5 to the Reds. It is Bonds's 22nd leadoff home run, breaking Lou Brock's N.L. record.
  • 1973 - Chicago's Cy Acosta becomes the first A.L. pitcher to bat since the DH rule went into effect. Acosta strikes out in the eighth inning, but is credited with an 8-3 victory over California.
  • 1982 - Pete Rose plays in his 3,000th major league game (a 3-1 loss to the Pirates), joining Ty Cobb, Stan Musial, Hank Aaron, and Carl Yastrzemski as the only players to reach that plateau.
  • 1986 - After leading the club to a 26-38 record, Tony LaRussa is fired as manager of the White Sox and replaced by Jim Fregosi. LaRussa will be hired to manage the A's early next month.
  • 1991 - The Reds lose the MVP of the 1990 World Series when Jose Rijo breaks his ankle in a steal attempt. Cincinnati also loses the game to Montreal 1-0.

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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.