Baseball History on October 5

Major League Baseball Events on October 5 | Baseball Almanac

Baseball history on October 5, including a list of every Major League baseball player born on October 5, a list of every Major League baseball player who died on October 5, a list of every Major League baseball player who made their big league debut on October 5, and a list of every Major League baseball player whose final big league game was on October 5.
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Baseball History on October 5

Major League Baseball Events on October 5

1858John Reilly1898John Richmond
1859Guerdon Whiteley1918Eddie Grant
1871Roger Denzer1926Al Burch
1871Jack Fifield1926Howard Murphy
1873Claude Ritchey1940Crazy Schmit
1875Davey Crockett1953Rags Faircloth
1880Ed Hughes1955Lyman Lamb
1881Tom Raftery1962Jack Cummings
1886Harry Otis1963George Curry
1886Bill Steele1965Wid Matthews
1887Felix Chouinard1966Harry Hanson
1887Clare Patterson1968Hal Bevan
1889Jim Bagby1970Reuben Ewing
1890Rollin Cook1974Ed Grimes
1893Paul Speraw1976Bill Bagwell
1895Norm McMillan1983George Turbeville
1896Charlie Pechous1990Dixie Howell
1896Danny Silva1994Lee Gamble
1901Scottie Slayback1996Joe Walsh
1904Sam West2001Woody Jensen
1906Si Johnson2009Brian Powell
1907Frank Doljack2019Andy Etchebarren
1925Bobby Hofman2022Tommy Boggs
1927Al Heist
1939Dennis Bennett
1941Andy Kosco
1949Danny Fife
1957Onix Concepcion
1958Randy Bush
1958Brent Gaff
1959Rod Allen
1960Randy Bockus
1962Tracy Woodson
1964Terry Mathews
1967Rey Sanchez
1968Alex Diaz
1972Yamil Benitez
1972Aaron Guiel
1973Brett Laxton
1973Luis Lopez
1975Brandon Puffer
1982Mike Hinckley
1983Alexi Ogando
1983Felipe Paulino
1986Jeff Bianchi
1986Tanner Roark
1987Marc Krauss
1994Victor Reyes
1995Zack Littell
1998Buddy Kennedy
1886Ed Harting 1876Art Allison
1886Billy Shindle 1884George Bignell
1886Tom Terrell 1884Jim Powell
1887Bill Collins 1885Fred Corey
1888Sam Nicholl 1885Bill Hughes
1889Pete Weckbecker 1885Charlie Krehmeyer
1891Frank Quinlan 1886Steve Brady
1898Harry Maupin 1886Ed Harting
1901Harry Felix 1886Tom Terrell
1901Germany Schaefer 1888Ed Glenn
1901Gene Wright 1889Jim Conway
1902Otto Williams 1891Sumner Bowman
1907Charlie Fritz 1891Tom Cotter
1909Jack Bushelman 1891John Fitzgerald
1909Ezra Midkiff 1891Jim McTamany
1910Earle Mack 1891Frank Quinlan
1912Homer Thompson 1901Frank Murphy
1913Jake Kafora 1901Joe Rickert
1913Zip Zabel 1905Frank Huelsman
1914Earl Tyree 1906Jack Cameron
1916Gary Fortune 1906Frank Connaughton
1916Bob Gandy 1906Cozy Dolan
1916Jose Rodriguez 1906Aleck Smith
1916Heinie Stafford 1907Emil Batch
1929Leon Chagnon 1907Rudy Bell
1929Ben Sankey 1907Sam Brown
1980Steve Ratzer 1907Doc Casey
1980Ozzie Virgil 1907Bunk Congalton
1991Josias Manzanillo 1907Harry Curtis
1991Eric Wedge 1907Patsy Donovan
2020Shane McClanahan 1907Charlie Fritz
2022Yerry Rodríguez 1907Myron Grimshaw
2022Nash Walters 1907Joe Harris
1907Hub Hart
1907Roy Hitt
1907Izzy Hoffman
1907Bill Kay
1907Ed McLane
1907Bob Peterson
1907Newt Randall
1908Ed Foster
1908Joe McGinnity
1909Clare Patterson
1909Si Pauxtis
1910Doc Reisling
1911Wid Conroy
1912Jack Boyle
1912Bert Brenner
1912Ben Houser
1912Tommy McMillan
1912Hub Northen
1912Klondike Smith
1912Carl Thompson
1912Homer Thompson
1913John Dodge
1913Eddie Edmonson
1913Billy Kelly
1913Bill McAllester
1913Buddy Ryan
1914Clarence Berger
1914Everett Booe
1914Bill Collins
1914Bert Daniels
1914Claud Derrick
1914Norm Glockson
1914Tiny Graham
1914Bill Kellogg
1914Art LaVigne
1914Chuck Miller
1914Ken Nash
1914Bill Sweeney
1914Earl Tyree
1914Carl Vandagrift
1916Ed Appleton
1916Joe Connolly
1916Dick Egan
1916Bob Gandy
1916Brad Kocher
1916Billy Maharg
1916Fred Snodgrass
1916Heinie Stafford
1916Bud Weiser
1929Grady Adkins
1929Otis Brannan
1929Johnny Butler
1929Jerry Byrne
1929Ed Carroll
1929Andy Cohen
1929Mike Cvengros
1929Sam Dailey
1929Rube Ehrhardt
1929Bevo LeBourveau
1929Walt Lerian
1929Luther Roy
1929Max West
1980Rick Anderson
1980Doug Ault
1980Glenn Borgmann
1980Ralph Botting
1980Chris Bourjos
1980Joe Cannon
1980Dave Cash
1980Gary Cooper
1980Paul Dade
1980Odie Davis
1980Tom Donohue
1980Hal Dues
1980Jesus Figueroa
1980Orlando Gonzalez
1980Bud Harrelson
1980Vic Harris
1980Paul Hodgson
1980Roger Holt
1980Willie Horton
1980Orlando Isales
1980Don Kainer
1980Chris Knapp
1980Gil Kubski
1980Pete LaCock
1980Jim Lentine
1980Dennis Littlejohn
1980Keith Macwhorter
1980Tim McCarver
1980Minnie Minoso
1980Jim Norris
1980John Poff
1980Dave Rader
1980Win Remmerswaal
1980Luis Rosado
1980Manny Sanguillen
1980Keith Smith
1980Eric Soderholm
1980Charlie Spikes
1980John Tamargo
1980Jerry Terrell
1980Ted Wilborn
1980Larry Wolfe
1981Greg Keatley
1981Dave Rosello
1985Ricky Adams
1985Bobby Brown
1985Al Bumbry
1985Rick Camp
1985Rod Carew
1985Marty Castillo
1985Doug Flynn
1985Mark Funderburk
1985Bruce Kison
1985Al Oliver
1985Mario Ramirez
1985Dave Shipanoff
1985Keith Smith
1985Dan Spillner
1985Derrel Thomas
1985Dave Tobik
1985Curt Wardle
1985Matt Williams
1986Randy Asadoor
1986Bruce Bochte
1986Juan Espino
1986Balvino Galvez
1986Randy Hunt
1986Rondin Johnson
1986Ricky Jones
1986Dave Kingman
1986Bryan Little
1986Tim Lollar
1986Omar Moreno
1986Ben Oglivie
1986Tony Perez
1986Tim Pyznarski
1986Billy Sample
1986Ron Shepherd
1986Dave Stapleton
1986La Schelle Tarver
1986Gorman Thomas
1986Chris Welsh
1986Jim Wohlford
1986George Wright
1991George Canale
1991John Cerutti
1991John Costello
1991Steve Crawford
1991Tom Drees
1991Dan Gakeler
1991Chris Gardner
1991Chris George
1991Brad Komminsk
1991Jim Lewis
1991Jim Olander
1991Dan Petry
1991John Ramos
1991Mark Salas
1991Pat Sheridan
1991Garry Templeton
1991Don Wakamatsu
2001Benito Baez
2001Ricky Bones
2001Todd Erdos
2001Kris Foster
2001Gus Gandarillas
2001Ryan Kohlmeier
2001James Lofton
2001Alan Mills
2001Scott Radinsky
2001Luis Saturria
2001Wascar Serrano
2001Scott Sheldon
2001Jeff Tabaka
2001Devon White
2004Adam Riggs
2007Bronson Sardinha
2008Ray Durham
2012Chipper Jones
2016James Loney
2022Robinson Chirinos
2022David Phelps
2022Chad Pinder
2022Craig Stammen
2022Stephen Vogt

Players Born on, Died on, Debut on, Finished on October 5

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Baseball history on October 5 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 October 5 in Baseball History...

  • 1921 - In the first one-city World Series since 1906, the Polo Grounds is the site for all nine games. Carl Mays (27-9) needs 86 pitches to set the Giants down on five hits -- four of them by Frank Frisch. Babe Ruth drives in the first run of the Series in the opening inning of the 3-0 Yankees win.
  • 1928 - Lou Gehrig unloads a three-run home run in the first inning of Game Two. Grover Cleveland Alexander, the hero of the 1926 Series between the Yankees and Cardinals, is driven from the game in the third inning as New York cruises, 9-3, to take a 2-1 Series lead.
  • 1929 - Mel Ott and Chuck Klein go into a head-to-head doubleheader tied at 42 home runs apiece. In the opener, Klein homers for the Phillies off Carl Hubbell in his first at-bat to take the home run lead. In the nightcap, Phillies pitchers intentionally walk Ott five times rather than give him a chance to tie Klein. The last walk comes with the bases loaded. Lefty O'Doul of the Phillies has six hits on the day for an NL record of 254 hits.
  • 1939 - Yankees pitcher Monte Pearson does not allow a base hit until one out in the eighth as he shuts out the Reds, 4-0. Babe Dahlgren hits a home run and double as the Yanks take a 2-0 Series lead.
  • 1941 - With two outs in the ninth inning of Game Four, Dodgers catcher Mickey Owen drops a third strike on Tommy Henrich, which would have given Brooklyn a 4-3 victory over New York. The Yankees then rally for a 7-4 win to take a 3-1 World Series lead.
  • 1941 - Brooklyn catcher Mickey Owen dropped a third strike on Tommy Henrich of what would have been the final out of a Dodgers victory against the New York Yankees. Given the second chance, the Yankees scored four runs for a 7-4 victory and a 3-1 lead in the World Series, which they ended up winning.
  • 1942 - Whitey Kurowski's two-run home run in the ninth inning of Game Five gives St. Louis a 4-2 win to capture the World Series over the Yankees.
  • 1945 - Claude Passeau of the Cubs pitches a one-hitter, beating the Detroit Tigers 3-0 in Game Three of the World Series.
  • 1947 - Al Gionfriddo's catch in left field robbed Joe DiMaggio of a game-tying home run in Game 6 of the World Series. The Dodgers beat the Yankees, 8-6.
  • 1952 - Brooklyn wins 6-5 in 11 innings when Duke Snider doubles home Billy Cox. Carl Erskine goes all the way for the win to give the Dodgers a 3-2 Series lead heading back to Ebbets Field.
  • 1953 - The Yanks end the World Series in six games when Billy Martin's 12th Series hit, a single to center field in the bottom of the ninth, gives the Yankees their fifth world championship in a row. Carl Furillo had tied it up in the ninth with a two-run home run.
  • 1960 - In a portent of things to come, Bill Mazeroski's two-run fifth-inning home run off Jim Coates is the difference as Pittsburgh beats New York 6-4 in its first World Series win since 1925.
  • 1966 - With first-inning home runs by Frank Robinson and Brooks Robinson and 11 strikeouts from relief pitcher Moe Drabowsky, the Orioles win their first World Series game, 5-2.
  • 1967 - Jim Lonborg of the Boston Red Sox pitched a one-hit, 5-0 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals to tie the World Series, 1-1. Carl Yastrzemski hit two home runs.
  • 1968 - Tim McCarver and Orlando Cepeda each hit three-run home runs to lead St. Louis to a 7-3 win over Detroit. The Cardinals take a 2-1 World Series lead.
  • 1971 - The Orioles overcome two Reggie Jackson home runs to complete a sweep of Oakland in the ALCS with a 5-3 victory.
  • 1979 - The Pirates complete a sweep of the NLCS, beating the Reds, 7-1. Willie Stargell, who homers, is named series MVP.
  • 1980 - Capping an improbable comeback, the Dodgers beat the Astros for the third day in a row to force a one-game playoff for the NL West title. Los Angeles trailed Houston by three games with three games left in the season, and won each game by a single run.
  • 1984 - Milt Wilcox and Willie Hernandez combine on a three-hitter to give the Tigers a 1-0 win and a sweep of the Royals in the ALCS.
  • 1986 - Pete Incaviglia of Texas hit his 30th home run of the season, against the California Angels, becoming the 16th rookie in major league history to reach that mark. The homer came off Don Sutton as the Rangers beat the Angels, 7-4.
  • 1991 - After 11 lead changes or ties in the closing weeks of the NL West race, the Braves finally clinch the division on the second-to-last day of the season.
  • 1996 - Bernie Williams homered from each side of the plate and Cecil Fielder broke a tie with a seventh-inning single as the New York Yankees beat Texas, 6-4, to win the AL division series, 3-1, and advance to the ALCS.
  • 1997 - Mike Mussina beats Seattle and Randy Johnson for the second time and gives the Orioles their second straight trip to the ALCS. Mussina pitches a two-hitter for seven innings to win the game, and the series, by a 3-1 margin.

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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.