Baseball History on October 15

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Baseball history on October 15, including a list of every Major League baseball player born on October 15, a list of every Major League baseball player who died on October 15, a list of every Major League baseball player who made their big league debut on October 15, and a list of every Major League baseball player whose final big league game was on October 15.
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Baseball History on October 15

Major League Baseball Events on October 15

1852Thorny Hawkes1931Oscar Graham
1860Edgar Smith1943Joe Rickert
1863Con Murphy1947Pol Perritt
1866Pat Callaghan1957Neal Ball
1869Jack McMahon1960Jack Wallace
1874Emil Frisk1962Possum Whitted
1875Charley O'Leary1965Fritz Brickell
1876Percy Coleman1975Mickey Grasso
1887Bob Harmon1984Red Cox
1889Chick Evans1986Larry Kopf
1889Bert Hall1989Lou Guisto
1893John Karst1992Jackie Sullivan
1893Gil Whitehouse1996Mike Balas
1896Mule Watson1996Tom Ferrick
1897Dinty Gearin2005Don Rowe
1897Sam Gray2005Al Widmar
1899John Chapman2013Rudy Minarcin
1902Evar Swanson2015Neill Sheridan
1903Mule Haas2018Joe Stanka
1904Bill Lewis
1907Sammy Byrd
1908Hugo Klaerner
1909Mel Harder
1912Nick Tremark
1918Austin Knickerbocker
1926Don Carlsen
1927Bill Henry
1928Jim Command
1928Gail Henley
1930Don Robertson
1931Gail Harris
1936Red Swanson
1939Lou Klimchock
1944Dick Such
1945Jim Palmer
1946Scott Northey
1951Mitchell Page
1951Tommy Toms
1954Glenn Gulliver
1964John Barfield
1967Carlos Garcia
1968Matt Dunbar
1971Chad Mottola
1973David Cortes
1973Mendy Lopez
1973Tim Young
1977Mitch Jones
1978Juan Cruz
1978Josh Rabe
1989Huascar Brazoban
1992Cody Carroll
1992Teoscar Hernández
1995Jack Flaherty
1997Yerry Rodríguez
1998Brandon Pfaadt
1998Gavin Stone
1999Yoendrys Gómez
1884Buck Becannon 1884Marty Barrett
1884Tony Murphy 1884Bob Blakiston
1884Shadow Pyle 1884Billy Colgan
1892Bumpus Jones 1884Ed Dugan
1892Heinie Peitz 1884Bernie Graham
1899Eddie Kolb 1884John Hanna
1884Bill Hawes
1884Charlie Householder
1884Johnny Lavin
1884Mike Mansell
1884Tom Mansell
1884George Meister
1884Tony Murphy
1884Billy Reid
1884Jack Remsen
1884Tony Suck
1884Fleury Sullivan
1884Harry Wheeler
1888Dick Van Zant
1890Bill Greenwood
1890Dan Long
1890Mike O'Rourke
1890Tom Power
1890Ted Scheffler
1890Leo Smith
1890Joe Sommer
1890Pop Tate
1890Cannonball Titcomb
1892Charley Bassett
1892Sun Daly
1892Jake Drauby
1892Buster Hoover
1892Gene Moriarty
1892Charlie Newman
1892Darby O'Brien
1898Art Ball
1898Dad Clarke
1898Fred Frank
1898Mike Griffin
1898Stub Smith
1898Billy Taylor
1899Jim Duncan
1899Eddie Kolb
1899Bill Lange
1899Bid McPhee
1899Bill Merritt
1899Suter Sullivan
1910Ody Abbott
1910Ginger Beaumont
1910John Kane
2007Jeff Cirillo
2008Jeff Kent
2008Pablo Ozuna
2013Andy Dirks

Players Born on, Died on, Debut on, Finished on October 15

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Baseball history on October 15 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 15 in Baseball History...

  • 1912 - On a cold day in Boston, the Giants catch up with Joe Wood's smoke, teeing off for six runs on seven hits before the 32,694 fans have settled down for Game Six. The 11-4 win evens the Series. Tris Speaker turns an unassisted double play in the eighth for Boston, the only one by an outfielder in World Series play.
  • 1917 - The Chicago White Sox won the World Series when the New York Giants left home plate uncovered and Eddie Collins dashed home with third baseman Heinie Zimmerman chasing him in helpless pursuit.
  • 1923 - Babe Ruth hits a first-inning home run in Game Six, but the Giants take a 4-1 lead into the eighth. The Giants walk in two runs before Bob Meusel raps a single that scores the go-ahead runs. Sam Jones holds off the Giants, and the Yankees have their first World Championship.
  • 1925 - Kiki Cuyler's bases-loaded double in the eighth inning gave the Pittsburgh Pirates a 9-7 victory over Walter Johnson and the Washington Senators in Game 7 of the World Series, capping a comeback from a 3-1 deficit.
  • 1946 - Enos Slaughter scored from first on a single to lead the St. Louis Cardinals to a 4-3 victory and the World Series title in the seventh game against the Boston Red Sox.
  • 1964 - St. Louis takes an early lead in Game Seven as Lou Brock's fifth-inning home run triggers a second three-run frame and a 6-0 lead for Bob Gibson. Mickey Mantle, Clete Boyer and Phil Linz homer for New York, but it's not enough, as the Cards win 7-5.
  • 1968 - Roger Nelson is the initial choice of the Royals in the AL expansion draft. Don Mincher is the first choice of the Seattle Pilots.
  • 1970 - For the third time, the Orioles overcome a 3-0 deficit to bury the Reds, 9-3, and win the World Championship in five games. Brooks Robinson easily wins the World Series MVP award for his hitting and unbelievable fielding.
  • 1972 - The A's win 2-1 as Joe Rudi clouts a home run and makes a game-saving catch to back up Catfish Hunter's pitching before a record Cincinnati crowd of 53,224. The A's take a 2-0 World Series advantage as the scene shifts to Oakland.
  • 1974 - The surprise starter for the Dodgers in Game Three is Al Downing, but Catfish Hunter pitches Oakland to a 3-2 win.
  • 1975 - Luis Tiant throws 163 pitches in winning his second game of the World Series against Cincinnati, 5-4, to even the Series after four games.
  • 1977 - The Yankees win 4-2 to take a 3-1 World Series advantage over the Dodgers. Reggie Jackson doubles and homers, and Ron Guidry notches a four-hitter.
  • 1978 - The Yankees pummel the Dodgers with 18 hits in Game Five to win 12-2. Bucky Dent, Mickey Rivers and Brian Doyle have three hits each.
  • 1981 - Dave Righetti, Ron Davis and Goose Gossage combined on a 4-0 shutout of the Oakland A's to give the New York Yankees their 33rd American League pennant.
  • 1982 - Willie McGee has two home runs to drive in four runs and makes a great catch to save another run in Game Three. Joaquin Andujar wins 6-2 despite having to leave the game after being hit by a line drive.
  • 1986 - The Boston Red Sox capped one of the greatest comebacks in history by defeating the California Angels, 8-1, to win the American League pennant after trailing three games to one in the playoffs.
  • 1986 - Ray Knight keyed a three-run ninth to tie the score, and the New York Mets won their third National League pennant by beating the Houston Astros, 7-6, in 16 innings in the longest postseason game.
  • 1988 - With two outs in the bottom of the ninth, Kirk Gibson hit a two-run, pinch-homer to give the Los Angeles Dodgers a 5-4 victory over Oakland in Game 1 of the World Series. Gibson, who did not start because of a strained left knee, limped around the bases as the Dodgers won one of the most dramatic games in Series history.
  • 1997 - Mike Mussina pitches two-hit baseball for eight innings, but the Orioles can't score. Charles Nagy and three Indians relievers strand 14 Baltimore baserunners. Tony Fernandez homers in the 12th inning for the only run of the game as the Indians win the pennant for the second time in three years.

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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.