Baseball History on August 19

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Baseball history on August 19, including a list of every Major League baseball player born on August 19, a list of every Major League baseball player who died on August 19, a list of every Major League baseball player who made their big league debut on August 19, and a list of every Major League baseball player whose final big league game was on August 19.
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Baseball History on August 19

Major League Baseball Events on August 19

1858Philip Coridan1897Jim McKeever
1863Clarence Stephens1908Doc Bushong
1870Tom Williams1924Bill Keister
1878Billy Milligan1926George Cobb
1884Speed Kelly1937Bunk Congalton
1888Mike Murphy1942Jesse Duryea
1891Al DeVormer1946Bob McKinney
1891Herbert Hill1951Ollie Hanson
1891Ike McAuley1952George McAvoy
1892Rags Faircloth1963Carl Zamloch
1903Estel Crabtree1965Larry Jacobus
1906Tex Carleton1969Alex Carrasquel
1910Atley Donald1969John Hollison
1912Les Rock1974Augie Bergamo
1915Bill Nagel1976Johnny Walker
1928Jim Finigan1977Bob Klinger
1935Bobby Richardson1977Chuck Wortman
1937Jim Lehew1999Dee Fondy
1941Fred Lasher2014Jackie Mayo
1949Paul Mitchell2018Joe Landrum
1950Mike Phillips2019Al Jackson
1951Luis Gomez2021Bill Freehan
1952Tim Blackwell2022John Wockenfuss
1954Reggie Baldwin
1954Ned Yost
1955Terry Harper
1955Silvio Martinez
1956Ron Roenicke
1957Scott Meyer
1958Luis DeLeon
1958Gary Gaetti
1960Ron Darling
1960Sap Randall
1961Mark Ciardi
1966Woody Williams
1967Scott Fredrickson
1969Matt Franco
1969Miguel Jimenez
1970Jeff Tam
1972Jed Hansen
1973Britt Reames
1974Brian Cooper
1975Juan Sosa
1977Matt White
1978Eude Brito
1978Chris Capuano
1979Rocky Cherry
1980Lance Cormier
1982J.J. Hardy
1984Marcos Carvajal
1985Josh Fields
1986Austin Adams
1988Chris Smith
1994Alex De Goti
1997Kris Bubic
1997Travis Swaggerty
1876Johnny Ryan 1876George Bechtel
1882Ed Brown 1876Dan Collins
1884Bob Black 1882Bobby Mitchell
1884John Munce 1882Julius Willigrod
1890Fred Hayner 1884Frank McLaughlin
1891Dan Lally 1887Joe Murphy
1893Sam Gillen 1889Charlie Reynolds
1896William Gallagher 1889Harry Smith
1896Harvey Smith 1890Fred Hayner
1897Doc Amole 1890Jake Wells
1897Kid Nance 1896Carney Flynn
1902C.B. Burns 1897Charlie Abbey
1906Jack Schulte 1897Silver King
1906Eddie Tiemeyer 1902C.B. Burns
1907Sam Lanford 1906Jack Schulte
1907Clyde Milan 1907Tom Asmussen
1907Doc Tonkin 1907Doc Tonkin
1908Tommy McMillan 1909Bob Rhoads
1911Fuller Thompson 1909Charlie Starr
1913Ferdie Schupp 1911Ernie Gust
1914Frank Barron 1911Jack Mills
1914Red Oldham 1914Frank Barron
1915Turner Barber 1914Johnnie Williams
1916Fred Bailey 1916Newt Halliday
1916Newt Halliday 1916Red Killefer
1922Ray Blades 1923Chuck Rowland
1922Myrl Brown 1923Chuck Wolfe
1925Johnny Hodapp 1926Whitey Witt
1926Fred Brickell 1932Les Bartholomew
1927Ben Cantwell 1944Merv Shea
1932Mike Powers 1945Bob Garbark
1934Allen Benson 1947George Dockins
1940Cal Dorsett 1951Jimmy Bloodworth
1943Cass Michaels 1951Eddie Gaedel
1944Bill Zinser 1955Harry Walker
1951Eddie Gaedel 1962Sammy White
1952Loren Babe 1969Bill Heath
1952Sonny Senerchia 1978Enzo Hernandez
1962Verle Tiefenthaler 1986Alan Hargesheimer
1967Dick Nold 1986Dave Tomlin
1974Jim Rice 1992Von Hayes
1974Tom Underwood 1999Benj Sampson
1978Bruce Robinson 2005Jason Dubois
1981Marty Castillo 2006Jermaine Van Buren
1981Terry Francona 2007Yoel Hernandez
1983Karl Best 2008J.R. House
1987Gary Mielke 2012Juan Cruz
1988Norm Charlton 2012Armando Galarraga
1988Terry Taylor 2012Michael Schwimer
1988Shane Turner 2014Vince Belnome
1989Rob Richie 2015Alberto Callaspo
1990Jose Offerman 2016Nick Noonan
1990Anthony Telford 2016Stefen Romero
1992Bret Boone 2017Nick Tepesch
1992Mike Trombley 2017Tony Zych
1997Tom Fordham 2021Aaron Slegers
1999Kevin Barker
1999Ramon Ortiz
2000Shawn Wooten
2001Nick Neugebauer
2006John Hattig
2007Juan Gutierrez
2009Drew Stubbs
2010Eduardo Nunez
2010Matt Reynolds
2014Frank Garces
2016Félix Peña
2016Josh Smoker
2016Brent Suter
2016Rob Zastryzny
2017Mitch Garver
2017Josh Lucas
2018Aristides Aquino
2018Justin Shafer
2020Dane Dunning
2020Ashton Goudeau
2020Casey Mize
2020Johan Oviedo
2020Drew Rasmussen
2022Norge Ruiz
2023Noelvi Marte

Players Born on, Died on, Debut on, Finished on August 19

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Baseball history on August 19 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 August 19 in Baseball History...

  • 1903 - The Philadelphia Phillies were rained out for the 10th consecutive day, a major league record.
  • 1911 - The Reds finally get to Christy Mathewson after 22 straight losses, beating him for the first time since May, 1908. Matty, after saving the 5-4 opener, starts the nightcap, goes five innings, and loses 7-4.
  • 1913 - The Chicago Cubs tagged Grover Alexander for nine straight hits and six runs in a 10-4 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies.
  • 1917 - Coaching third in a 1-1 game against Washington, Detroit's Ty Cobb gives Tiger base runner George Burns a shove when Burns stops at third on a long hit. Burns keeps going and scores the winning run for the Tigers. Clark Griffith protests, and Ban Johnson upholds him; the rules now ban coaches from touching a runner. The game is replayed, and Washington wins 2-0.
  • 1921 - Ty Cobb gets hit number 3,000 off Boston pitcher Elmer Myers. At 34, he's the youngest ever to do so.
  • 1931 - Lefty Grove wins his 16th consecutive game, tying the American League record set by Walter Johnson and Joe Wood in 1912.
  • 1941 - Umpire Jocko Conlan ejects Pittsburgh Pirates manager Frankie Frisch from the second game of a doubleheader when he appears on the field with an umbrella to protest the playing conditions at Brooklyn's Ebbets Field. The rainy argument is later portrayed in a famous oil painting by artist Norman Rockwell.
  • 1945 - In the second game of a doubleheader against the Reds, 37-year-old slugger Jimmie Foxx pitches the first seven innings for Philadelphia. He leaves with a 4-1 lead, and Andy Karl saves Foxx's only major league decision. His ERA in 10 major league appearances is 1.52.
  • 1951 - In his most interesting promotional stunt, Bill Veeck signs a three-foot, seven-inch midget, Eddie Gaedel, who goes to bat wearing the number 1/8 in the first inning of the nightcap with the Tigers. Lefty Bob Cain laughingly walks him on four pitches. Jim Delsing then pinch runs. Two days later, American League president Will Harridge bars Eddie Gaedel from appearing in any more games.
  • 1957 - New York Giants owner Horace Stoneham announced that the team's board of directors had voted 9-1 in favor of moving to San Francisco.
  • 1965 - Reds pitcher Jim Maloney's second no-hit effort of 1965 is another 0-0 duel through nine innings, until Reds shortstop Leo Cardenas homers off the left field foul pole in the tenth at Wrigley Field. Jim Maloney's sets a no-hit record by allowing ten walks. He also fans twelve in Cincinnati's 1-0 win.
  • 1969 - Ken Holtzman of the Cubs blanked the Atlanta Braves with a 3-0 no-hitter at Wrigley Field. Ron Santo's three-run homer in the first inning provided the Cubs' offense.
  • 1990 - Bobby Thigpen recorded his 40th save as the Chicago White Sox beat the Texas Rangers, 4-2. Thigpen became the eighth ó and fastest ó to accomplish this feat.
  • 1992 - Bret Boone made history when he became part of the first three-generation family to play in major league baseball. Boone is the grandson of Ray Boone, who played from 1948-60, and son of Bob Boone, from 1972-90. Bret, 23, started at second base for the Seattle Mariners against Baltimore.

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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.