Baseball History on June 21

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Baseball history on June 21, including a list of every Major League baseball player born on June 21, a list of every Major League baseball player who died on June 21, a list of every Major League baseball player who made their big league debut on June 21, and a list of every Major League baseball player whose final big league game was on June 21.
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Baseball History on June 21

Major League Baseball Events on June 21

1860Charlie Levis1895Rex Smith
1866Matt Kilroy1918Davy Force
1874Tom Jones1923Claude Elliott
1876Billy Gilbert1923Bill Grevell
1877Ed Watkins1934Monte Cross
1879Hunter Hill1936Ambrose Puttmann
1884Ray Tift1943Chet Chadbourne
1891Bert Adams1944Harry Swacina
1898Spencer Adams1952Andy Dunning
1900Red Barron1965Jay Dahl
1906Randy Moore1974Homer Blankenship
1906Art Smith1974Joe Jenkins
1906Russ Van Atta1983Kit Carson
1918Ed Lopat1986Arnie Portocarrero
1927Jackie Collum1987Phil Weintraub
1950Mike Beard1988Ed Linke
1952Dave Downs1991Harry Wilke
1953Charlie Moore1998Al Campanis
1953Gene Pentz2000Bud Stewart
1956Rick Sutcliffe2015Darryl Hamilton
1957Jay Pettibone
1963Jeff Musselman
1964Brad Moore
1969Donovan Osborne
1974Sean Runyan
1977Roger Deago
1978Luis Rivera
1980Sandy Rleal
1981Jeff Baker
1981Garrett Jones
1982Dae-Ho Lee
1982Arnie Munoz
1991Jefry Marte
1993Sam Clay
1997Grant Anderson
1999Garrett Crochet
1879Bill White 1877Paddy Quinn
1884Al McCauley 1879George Adams
1884Deacon McGuire 1879Bill White
1886Joe Neale 1884Mike Moynahan
1888Billy Klusman 1884Chris Rickley
1895Frank Sexton 1896Frank Eustace
1904Mike Lynch 1896George Treadway
1910Charlie Pickett 1901Cowboy Jones
1911Ensign Cottrell 1901Doc Parker
1911Bill Lindsay 1902Wiley Dunham
1911John Shovlin 1903Ed Walker
1912Walt Alexander 1908Fred Glade
1912Hardin Barry 1912Slim Harrell
1912Slim Harrell 1922Dick McCabe
1912Eppa Rixey 1927John Churry
1915Owen Conway 1927Tommy Sewell
1917Scrappy Moore 1928Luke Urban
1917Tim Murchison 1930Myles Thomas
1918Dutch Distel 1931Roy Sherid
1919Norm McNeil 1932Clarence Mitchell
1921Reuben Ewing 1947Ted Sepkowski
1924Tony Rego 1950Jack Banta
1926Howie Carter 1951Bill Evans
1927Hank Grampp 1951Paul Hinrichs
1927Marty Karow 1963Ken Aspromonte
1927Tommy Sewell 1963Dean Stone
1928Ed Crowley 1964Jack Smith
1929Elmer Miller 1964Tom Sturdivant
1935Ed Moriarty 1968Tony Pierce
1936Ted Olson 1969Johnny Podres
1936Eddie Wilson 1972Denny Lemaster
1939Bill Kerksieck 1974Matty Alou
1944Clyde King 1976Jimmy Rosario
1945Izzy Leon 1980Steve Ontiveros
1955Tom Gastall 1983Pat Underwood
1955Jose Valdivielso 1985Rick Behenna
1956Felix Mantilla 1987Joe Johnson
1958Bob Giallombardo 1987Bob Shirley
1964Larry Miller 1987Dave Von Ohlen
1967Charlie Sands 1989Kevin Batiste
1968Danny Lazar 1989Al Pedrique
1969Lowell Palmer 1990Jim Dwyer
1970Rick Austin 1994Quinn Mack
1977Paul Moskau 1996Steve Howe
1978Dave Machemer 1996Joe Magrane
1982Steve Shirley 1998Andy Tomberlin
1987Todd Benzinger 2000Charlie O'Brien
1988Jack Armstrong 2001Matt Blank
1988Jeff Gray 2001Joe Slusarski
1991Chris Haney 2002Todd Dunwoody
1991Terry Mathews 2002Donzell McDonald
1993Jeromy Burnitz 2004Raul Gonzalez
1995Steve Parris 2005Chad Bentz
1996Rod Myers 2007Alberto Castillo
1997Hanley Frias 2014Rafael Furcal
1998Will Brunson 2014Eli Whiteside
1998Bob Howry 2015Jose De Paula
1998Paul Lo Duca 2015Corey Hart
1998Travis Smith 2015Matt West
1999Brett Laxton 2016Wilfredo Boscan
2001Jesus Colome 2016Jorge Rondon
2001Victor Zambrano 2017Josh Rutledge
2003Rodrigo Rosario
2003Carlos Valderrama
2004Ramon Castro
2005Jonah Bayliss
2005Justin Huber
2006Joe Inglett
2006Edward Mujica
2008Chris Smith
2008Daryl Thompson
2010Colin Curtis
2012Derek Norris
2013Marc Krauss
2013Zeke Spruill
2014Jake Buchanan
2014Carlos Contreras
2015Cody Anderson
2015Danny Burawa
2015Jose De Paula
2015Adam Morgan
2016Gerardo Concepcion
2018Yency Almonte
2021Domingo Acevedo
2021Jake Cousins
2021Zach Reks
2023David Hamilton
2023Gavin Williams

Players Born on, Died on, Debut on, Finished on June 21

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Baseball history on June 21 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 21 in Baseball History...

  • 1939 - The New York Yankees announce Lou Gehrig's retirement, based on the report that he has amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. The 36-year-old star will remain with the team as captain.
  • 1950 - Joe DiMaggio gets his 2,000th hit, a seventh-inning single off the Indians Chick Pieretti, as the Yanks win 8-2. DiMaggio joins Luke Appling and Wally Moses as the only active players with 2,000 or more hits.
  • 1964 - On Father's Day at Shea Stadium, Jim Bunning pitches the first perfect game (excluding Don Larsen's 1956 World Series effort and Harvey Haddix's 1959 extra-inning loss) since Charlie Robertson's on April 30, 1922. He also becomes the first pitcher to win no-hitters in both leagues and drives in 2 runs as Philadelphia beats the Mets 6-0. Gus Triandos becomes the first catcher to catch a no-hitter in each league. The Mets don't fare much better in the nightcap as rookie Rick Wise wins his first game and gives up just 3 hits for an 8-2 win.
  • 1970 - Detroit's Cesar Gutierrez goes seven-for-seven to tie a record set in 1892 in a 12-inning, 9-8 win over Cleveland. Mickey Stanley's home run wins it for the Tigers. Gutierrez will collect just seven hits in all of 1971, and 128 hits for his career.
  • 1971 - Indians slugger Ken Harrelson announces his retirement from baseball to join the pro golf tour.
  • 1986 - Bo Jackson, college football's Heisman Trophy winner in 1985 and the first pick (by Tampa Bay) in the NFL draft, stuns observers nationwide by signing with the Kansas City Royals instead.
  • 1989 - The Yankees trade outfielder Rickey Henderson back to the A's for journeymen pitchers Eric Plunk and Greg Cadaret and outfielder Luis Polonia.

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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.