Baseball History on January 16

Major League Baseball Events on January 16 | Baseball Almanac

Baseball history on January 16, including a list of every Major League baseball player born on January 16, a list of every Major League baseball player who died on January 16, a list of every Major League baseball player who made their big league debut on January 16, and a list of every Major League baseball player whose final big league game was on January 16.
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Baseball History on January 16

Major League Baseball Events on January 16

1855Jimmy Macullar1907Jake Evans
1858Art Whitney1913Tom Dolan
1863Lem Hunter1917Charlie Geggus
1870Jimmy Collins1925George Bignell
1873Tom Hess1928Claude Rossman
1877Lou Bruce1934Wiley Dunham
1878Jim Murray1938Earl Clark
1885Joe Kutina1938Joe Sommer
1886Allie Moulton1950Rudy Hulswitt
1888Brad Kocher1951Pid Purdy
1889Ray Jansen1954Fred Payne
1890Erskine Mayer1963Carl Thompson
1891Marv Goodwin1964Howard Baker
1891Ferdie Schupp1965Jimmy Williams
1892Fred Bratschi1968Liz Funk
1894Moxie Divis1976Chick Autry
1895Lou Guisto1977Baby Doll Jacobson
1899Showboat Fisher1985Ken Chase
1900Joe Rabbitt1988Dutch Kemner
1902Joe Connell1989Frank Trechock
1902Pip Koehler1990Earl Naylor
1904Jo-Jo Morrissey2003Phil McCullough
1907Buck Jordan2006Bob Repass
1908Johnny Watson2006Willie Smith
1910Dizzy Dean2009Craig Stimac
1911Hank McDonald2019Tom Hausman
1917Bob Ramazzotti2022Ethan Blackaby
1920Ray Poole2022Gale Wade
1920Roy Talcott2023Frank Thomas
1923Dick Sipek
1924Junior Wooten
1934Jim Owens
1937Moe Morhardt
1938Ron Herbel
1940Bob Baird
1940Rod Miller
1941Joe Bonikowski
1944Gene Stone
1953Dennis DeBarr
1954Dave Stapleton
1957Steve Balboni
1957Marty Castillo
1959Kevin Buckley
1966Jack McDowell
1970Ron Villone
1975Lee Gardner
1977Colter Bean
1978Alfredo Amezaga
1980Brooks Conrad
1980Albert Pujols
1981Mitch Stetter
1983Eider Torres
1984Matt Maloney
1985Junior Guerra
1985Jeff Manship
1986Reid Brignac
1986Mark Trumbo
1987Zelous Wheeler
1990Warwick Saupold
1992Daniel Ponce de Leon
1994Austin Allen
1996Garrett Hill
1997Brendan Donovan
1997T.J. Hopkins
1997Thaddeus Ward
1999Andrés Muñoz
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Players Born on, Died on, Debut on, Finished on January 16

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Baseball history on January 16 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 January 16 in Baseball History...

  • 1952 - The U.S. Standardization Board clears the way for Stan Musial to get a salary increase to $85,000. Prior to this relaxation of the rules, there was a wage freeze in effect due to the Korean War. Under the new rules, a team is free to raise individual salaries, as long as they do not exceed a complicated formula, based on total team salaries for any one year, from 1946-1950, plus 10 percent.
  • 1964 - A.L. owners vote 9-1 against Charlie Finley's proposal to move the A's to Louisville. Finley is given an ultimatum to sign a lease in Kansas City or lose his franchise.
  • 1970 - Gold Glove outfielder Curt Flood files a civil lawsuit challenging baseball's reserve clause, a suit that will have historic implications. Flood refused to report to the Phillies after he was traded by the Cardinals, contending the baseball rule violates federal antitrust laws.
  • 1974 - The BBWAA elects former Yankees teammates Mickey Mantle and Whitey Ford to the Hall of Fame. Mantle becomes only the seventh player to make it in his first try. His 536 home runs with the Yankees ranked second only to Babe Ruth and he played in more games (2,401) than any other pinstriper, including Lou Gehrig. Ford was arguably the greatest Yankees pitcher of all time, retiring with more wins (236), more innings (3,171), more strikeouts (1,956), and more shutouts (45) than anyone in club 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.