Baseball History on March 5

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

Major League Baseball Events on March 5

1855John Richmond1897Dave Foutz
1860Sam Thompson1901Alexander Skinner
1882Rabbit Robinson1912Harry Keener
1888Jake Northrop1915Jim Donnelly
1888Jeff Tesreau1920Alex Farmer
1891Walt Alexander1928Mart McQuaid
1896Bernie Hungling1929Lou Hardie
1897Virgil Barnes1942Dutch Wetzel
1897Lu Blue1950Effie Norton
1898Bill Grevell1956Joe Berger
1903Chick Autry1956Bruce Ogrodowski
1904Lou Rosenberg1963Lefty Lorenzen
1911Earl Browne1965Pepper Martin
1912Dick Errickson1980Les Fleming
1912Jim Gleeson1995Roy Hughes
1915Vic Bradford2001Leo Thomas
1915Stan Ferens2002Clay Smith
1915Harry Shuman2020Don Pavletich
1917Alex Monchak2021Don Gile
1919Don Savage
1921Elmer Valo
1924Ramon Garcia
1930Del Crandall
1936Jacke Davis
1938Larry Elliot
1941Phil Roof
1945Dave Bakenhaster
1946Les Rohr
1947Kent Tekulve
1950Doug Bird
1952Mike Squires
1955Steve Burke
1957Jerry Ujdur
1959Andy Rincon
1961Steve Ontiveros
1966Kevin Brown
1971Chad Fonville
1971Jeffrey Hammonds
1971Brian Hunter
1971Brian Lesher
1971Jose Mercedes
1973Felipe Crespo
1973Ryan Franklin
1976Doug Clark
1976Paul Konerko
1977Mike MacDougal
1978Mike Hessman
1979Erik Bedard
1981Francisley Bueno
1985Brad Mills
1988Joe Benson
1988Hector Gomez
1989Mauricio Robles
1990L.J. Hoes
1992Ben Lively
1993Sam Howard
1993Kyle Schwarber
1994John Schreiber
1996Lucas Gilbreath
1997Nick Madrigal
1998Bo Bichette
1999Tanner Bibee
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Players Born on, Died on, Debut on, Finished on March 5

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Baseball history on March 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 March 5 in Baseball History...

  • 1936 - The St. Louis Cardinals ó without the Dean brothers, who are once again holdouts ó visit Cuba and are beaten by the Cuban all-stars. Luis Tiant, Sr., whose son will win 229 ML games, is the starting pitcher for the Cubans.
  • 1964 - Atlanta Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr., says he has a verbal commitment from a major league baseball club to move there if a stadium is ready by 1965. Funding for a $15M stadium is approved the next day by the city Board of Aldermen.
  • 1966 - Player representatives elect Marvin Miller, assistant to the president of the United Steelworkers, as Executive Director of the Major League Players Association.
  • 1973 - Yankees teammates Fritz Peterson and Mike Kekich arrive at spring training and announce they have swapped their wives and families. Even the family dogs were traded.
  • 1982 - Needing just three wins to reach 300 for his career, Gaylord Perry signs a one-year contract with the Seattle Mariners.
  • 1996 - Fiery manager Earl Weaver, who had a .583 winning percentage in 17 seasons as manager of the Orioles, and Jim Bunning, who won 100 games and pitched no-hitters in both leagues, are elected into the Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee. Also chosen are turn-of-the-century manager Ned Hanlon and Negro Leagues pitcher Bill Foster.

Did you know that there were baseball players born on every date of the year and baseball players who died on every date of the year? Use the calendar below to select any date in baseball 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.