Baseball History on August 21

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

Major League Baseball Events on August 21

1847Charlie Gould1903Andy Leonard
1855Charlie Householder1915Blaine Thomas
1866Cannonball Titcomb1919Bob Clark
1875Frank Isbell1928Joe Mulvey
1879Ollie Johns1934Carl Lundgren
1883Chief Wilson1937George Wright
1890Dick Gossett1944Bob Gilks
1891Jim Eschen1944Lew Post
1901Wes Schulmerich1947King Brady
1905Cobe Jones1947Jacob Fox
1905Jim Mosolf1952Jack Ryan
1905Frank Waddey1957Harry Damrau
1911Tom Cafego1960John Kelleher
1912Woody Williams1963Tom Asmussen
1916Murry Dickson1965Bill Harris
1920Ben Cardoni1967Slim McGrew
1920Whitey Platt1972Eddie Kenna
1920Gerry Staley1973Ira Hutchinson
1921Lou Knerr1975Ed McLane
1923Hilly Flitcraft1984Rufus Smith
1925Vern Fear1985Roy Luebbe
1937Jack Damaska1987Frank Callaway
1939Jim Beauchamp1989Ted Wilks
1943Felix Millan1990Bill Lasley
1945Jerry DaVanon1990Bob Uhl
1948John Ellis2000Russ Kerns
1948Craig Robinson2018Dean Stone
1951John Stearns
1952Chip Lang
1954Bruce Berenyi
1956John Henry Johnson
1957Steve Eddy
1957Frank Pastore
1963Ken Jackson
1964Shawn Hillegas
1965Jim Bullinger
1966John Wetteland
1968Mike Misuraca
1968Karl Rhodes
1969Andujar Cedeno
1970Craig Counsell
1971Lou Pote
1972Dean Crow
1973Mike Bovee
1973Lou Collier
1973Ismael Valdez
1976Derrin Ebert
1976Ramon Vazquez
1978Lee Gronkiewicz
1978Jason Marquis
1983Jesse Chavez
1983Jeff Clement
1984Dustin Molleken
1984B.J. Upton
1986Erik Hamren
1987J.D. Martinez
1989Ehire Adrianza
1989Tim Collins
1989Elliot Soto
1990Christian Vázquez
1991Mason Williams
1992Brandon Drury
1993Derek Fisher
1993Luke Weaver
1995Ryan Dorow
1997Ryan Pepiot
1998Amos Willingham
2000Corbin Carroll
1877Live Oak Taylor 1876Oscar Bielaski
1880Jack Leary 1876Frank Whitney
1884Tony Cusick 1884Jim McElroy
1890Bill Delaney 1887Hugh Daily
1890Mike Jordan 1892Jimmy Wolf
1890Mike Trost 1901Gus Weyhing
1891Harry Morelock 1912John Frill
1891Walter Plock 1912Matty McIntyre
1895Harry Truby 1915Charlie Eakle
1902Pat Deisel 1918Tommy Clarke
1902Chick Pedroes 1919Hi Jasper
1906Ben Caffyn 1920George Ellison
1911Bert Hall 1928Guy Sturdy
1913Al Wickland 1928Carl Sumner
1915Al Tesch 1929Ossie Orwoll
1916Hooks Warner 1932Ed Edelen
1920George Ellison 1934Floyd Newkirk
1928Red Dorman 1940Lee Gamble
1931Grant Bowler 1941Pat Tobin
1934Floyd Newkirk 1949Claude Corbitt
1940Bill Fleming 1949Ralph Winegarner
1941Pat Tobin 1960Kent Hadley
1962Dave Tyriver 1962Verle Tiefenthaler
1966Ramon Lopez 1966Don Lee
1974Ramon de los Santos 1967Johnny Romano
1976Wayne Gross 1970Jack Baldschun
1977Dennis Lamp 1972Ron Allen
1979Bobby Clark 1976Carl Morton
1981Pat Tabler 1979George Throop
1983Mike Jeffcoat 1982Rodney Scott
1984Randy Gomez 1985Jerry Koosman
1986Greg Swindell 1991Terry Lee
1989Dean Wilkins 1995Mike Ignasiak
1990Paul Abbott 1997Kerry Lacy
1990Jim Campbell 2001Kevin Foster
1990Ray Lankford 2003Mark Watson
1990Darren Lewis 2004Mickey Callaway
1990Dave Pavlas 2004Ruben Mateo
1990Phil Plantier 2007Bobby Livingston
1991Arthur Rhodes 2008Brian Myrow
1992Tim Salmon 2008Josh Newman
1993Mark Holzemer 2009Andy Green
1993Brian Koelling 2010Bobby Crosby
1995Tavo Alvarez 2010Ron Mahay
1996Jason Dickson 2010Travis Schlichting
1997Jeff Wallace 2011Blake Davis
1999Adam Kennedy 2012Sam Demel
2001Juan Cruz 2013Andres Torres
2001Nick Johnson 2015Rafael Betancourt
2002Ricardo Rodriguez 2020Hunter Pence
2003Mike Wood
2004Ryan Church
2004Roman Colon
2004Chris Snyder
2004Steve Watkins
2005Eude Brito
2005Mike Jacobs
2010Michael Kirkman
2011Steve Edlefsen
2011Michael Schwimer
2012Chris Rusin
2013David Martinez
2015Jerad Eickhoff
2015Travis Jankowski
2015Trea Turner
2016Parker Bridwell
2016Yuli Gurriel
2018Michael Kopech
2018Framber Valdez
2019Jake Fraley
2019Jonathan Hernández
2019Joel Payamps
2019A.J. Puk
2019Eric Yardley
2020Kyle Cody
2020Ryan Mountcastle
2020Cristian Pache
2020JoJo Romero
2020Jesús Sánchez
2021Nick Snyder
2022Jose Butto
2022Tyler Cyr
2022Nate Fisher
2023Parker Meadows
2023Drew Rom

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

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Baseball history on August 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 August 21 in Baseball History...

  • 1883 - In the most decisive shutout in major league history, the Philadelphia Quakers rout the Providence Grays 28-0.
  • 1917 - Now with Philadelphia, Chief Bender, 34, pitches his third straight shutout, winning 6-0 over the Cubs. In his last active season, Bender will turn in four shutouts, finishing 8-2 with a 1.67 ERA.
  • 1926 - Ted Lyons of the Chicago White Sox pitched a no-hitter over the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park, winning 6-0 in a quick 1 hour, 7 minutes.
  • 1931 - Babe Ruth hits his 600th home run, off George Blaeholder of the Browns, as the Yankees win 11-7.
  • 1932 - Cleveland's Wes Ferrell becomes the first 20th-century pitcher to win 20 or more games in each of his first four seasons, beating Washington 11-5.
  • 1947 - The first Little League World Series tournament is held in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. The Maynard Midgets of Williamsport, with a tourney batting average of .625, win the World Series 16-7.
  • 1948 - Aaron Robinson homers in the ninth inning off Bob Lemon to help the White Sox beat the Indians 3-2. The run breaks the 47-inning scoreless streak by Indians pitchers. Baltimore will extend the record in 1974 to 54 innings.
  • 1949 - A barrage of bottles from the Philadelphia stands as protest of a decision by umpire George Barr over a trapped line drive by Richie Ashburn results in the first forfeiture in the major leagues in seven years. The Giants are leading 4-2 with one out in the ninth when the forfeit occurs.
  • 1972 - Steve Carlton of Philadelphia had his 15-game winning streak snapped when Phil Niekro and the Atlanta Braves beat the Phillies 2-1 in 11 innings.
  • 1975 - Pitching brothers Rick and Paul Reuschel combine to hurl the Cubs to a 7-0 victory over the Dodgers. This is the first time brothers have collaborated on a shutout.
  • 1982 - Milwaukee's Rollie Fingers records his 300th career save in a 3-2 win at Seattle, becoming the first player to reach that milestone.
  • 1986 - Spike Owen had four hits and became the first major leaguer in 40 years to score six runs in a game as the Boston Red Sox routed the Cleveland Indians 24-5 with a 24-hit attack.
  • 1989 - Cubs rookie outfielder Jerome Walton goes 0-for-4 in a 6-5, ten-inning loss to the Reds, ending his hitting streak at 30 consecutive games.
  • 1997 - Oakland hit six home runs, including a team record four in one inning as the Athletics posted a 13-6 win over the Boston Red Sox. Oakland hit homers off Steve Avery in each of the first three innings and three off reliever Kerry Lacy in the third.

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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.