Baseball History on June 26

Major League Baseball Events on June 26 | Baseball Almanac

Baseball history on June 26, including a list of every Major League baseball player born on June 26, a list of every Major League baseball player who died on June 26, a list of every Major League baseball player who made their big league debut on June 26, and a list of every Major League baseball player whose final big league game was on June 26.
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Baseball History on June 26

Major League Baseball Events on June 26

1858Ren Deagle1925Sam Crane
1858Denny Sullivan1939Tom Murray
1860Al Strueve1940Billy Reid
1872Bob Stafford1940Jimmie Savage
1873Henry Schmidt1946Chris Hartje
1874Topsy Hartsel1948Jimmy Esmond
1891Justin Fitzgerald1954Charlie Pick
1891Al Huenke1957Tom Whelan
1893Elmer Ponder1961Bill Collins
1900Lum Davenport1966Lil Stoner
1900Elmer Yoter1972Mike Kircher
1903Babe Herman1977Jack Berly
1903George Milstead1983Don Rader
1907Debs Garms1985Wes Schulmerich
1910Jim Henry1987Jay Avrea
1913Russ Lyon1991Johnny Johnson
1915Willard Brown1993Roy Campanella
1918Elmer Singleton1996Buck Frierson
1920Jean-Pierre Roy1997Armando Roche
1921Howie Pollet1999Tim Layana
1929Dick Tettelbach2006Jack Urban
1933Joe Albanese2013Justin Miller
1933Gene Green2015Kal Segrist
1941Gil Garrido
1943Bill Robinson
1950Dave Rosello
1952Steve Bowling
1955Manny Seoane
1957Jose Barrios
1957Mike Griffin
1960Pete Dalena
1969Mike Myers
1969Rodney Myers
1971Greg Blosser
1974Derek Jeter
1974Jason Kendall
1975Jason Middlebrook
1979Luis Gonzalez
1980Chris Shelton
1984Elijah Dukes
1984Luis Hernandez
1986Michael Kohn
1986Lou Marson
1990Ray Black
1990Drew Gagnon
1992Ryan Thompson
1992Austin Voth
1994Eli White
1996Riley Adams
1997Justin Bruihl
1998Khalil Lee
1884Dick Lowe 1882Mike McGeary
1886Ned Bligh 1884Dick Lowe
1888Hercules Burnett 1888Woody Wagenhorst
1889Jack Stivetts 1890Lady Baldwin
1891Ed Cassian 1901Dick Braggins
1891Bill Clymer 1901Daff Gammons
1891Ed Spurney 1904Jack White
1897Henry Clarke 1905Andy Bruckmiller
1901Dick Scott 1908Ed McFarland
1904Jack White 1913Pepper Peploski
1905Andy Bruckmiller 1913John Wilson
1914Stan Baumgartner 1914Jay Rogers
1914Doug Neff 1915Joe Gingras
1915Bill Herring 1917Claude Cooper
1917Jakie May 1918George Hale
1921Nemo Gaines 1918Bill Upham
1927Neal Baker 1921Ray Richmond
1940Glen Stewart 1922Bill Bailey
1941Dick Wakefield 1926Bill Vargus
1942Ray Scarborough 1927Tex Jeanes
1957Bob Miller 1930Bill Narleski
1958Lefty Hayden 1930By Speece
1960Ron Santo 1932Tom Jenkins
1968Gary Holman 1932Nap Kloza
1969Steve Hovley 1934Harry Smythe
1969Bobby Pfeil 1936Andy Pilney
1970Rich McKinney 1941Emerson Dickman
1971Doyle Alexander 1949Al Naples
1972Bill Slayback 1951Sid Schacht
1985Bob Sebra 1953Julio Moreno
1988Craig Biggio 1959Larry Doby
1991Wayne Rosenthal 1962Tony Balsamo
1992Dan Peltier 1964Garland Shifflett
1994Riccardo Ingram 1968Billy Rohr
1994Tim Van Egmond 1977Larry Anderson
1999Octavio Dotel 1978Brian Milner
2000Alex Cabrera 1978Greg Thayer
2001Jeff Austin 1979Horace Speed
2003Aaron Heilman 1984Paul Splittorff
2005Ben Johnson 1987Clint Hurdle
2005Kevin Reese 1989Ed Jurak
2005Brian Shackelford 1993Steve Foster
2006Kevin Barry 1993Neal Heaton
2008Chris Davis 1994Kerry Taylor
2008Sergio Romo 1996Brian Givens
2011Eric Fryer 1997Bruce Ruffin
2012Tyler Robertson 1998Mike Robertson
2012Nick Vincent 1999Darron Cox
2013Engel Beltre 2000Orel Hershiser
2014Adam Duvall 2000Alan Newman
2014Jorge Polanco 2002Todd Stottlemyre
2015Alex Meyer 2005Brandon Puffer
2016Chad Kuhl 2008Mike Parisi
2016Brandon Nimmo 2010Josh Banks
2018Ryan Borucki 2011Adam Everett
2019Tony Gonsolin 2012Josh Bell
2021Konner Wade 2012Randy Wells
2021Alex Wells 2016Gerardo Concepcion
2023Jordan Westburg 2016Ryan Webb
2023Jake Wong 2017Preston Claiborne
2019Tony Barnette

Players Born on, Died on, Debut on, Finished on June 26

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Baseball history on June 26 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 26 in Baseball History...

  • 1916 - Cleveland players, in a game with the White Sox, wear numbers on their sleeves, marking the first time players are identified by numbers corresponding to those on the scorecard.
  • 1920 - Lou Gehrig gets his first national mention when, as a high school junior for New York City's School of Commerce, he hits a grand slam in a high school championship game against Lane Tech in Chicago. Scouts sit with open mouths as the ball sails out of the N.L. park (later known as Wrigley Field).
  • 1935 - Lloyd Waner sets a major-league record with 18 putouts in center field in a doubleheader as the Pirates take a pair from the Braves at Boston.
  • 1960 - Hoping to speed up the election process, the Hall of Fame changes its voting procedures. The new rules allow the Special Veterans Committee to vote annually, rather than every other year, and to induct up to two players a year. The BBWAA is authorized to hold a runoff election of the top 30 vote getters if no one is elected in the first ballot.
  • 1968 - The major league Executive Council decides that both the A.L. and N.L. will play 162-game schedules in 1969 and operate two six-team divisions.
  • 1971 - Last year's A.L. batting king, Alex Johnson, is suspended by the Angels following a series of incidents (including five benchings and 29 fines) resulting from failure to hustle.
  • 1994 - Kirby Puckett becomes Minnesota's all-time hits leader by getting three safeties to pass Rod Carew with his 2,088 hit as a Twin.
  • 1997 - Tony Gwynn of the Padres breaks a seventh-inning tie with an inside-the-park grand slam as San Diego beats Los Angeles, 9-7. The opposite-field hit not only puts Gwynn back over the .400 mark, but is also the first N.L. inside-the-park grand slam in six years.

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.