Baseball History on April 20

Major League Baseball Events on April 20 | Baseball Almanac

Baseball history on April 20, including a list of every Major League baseball player born on April 20, a list of every Major League baseball player who died on April 20, a list of every Major League baseball player who made their big league debut on April 20, and a list of every Major League baseball player whose final big league game was on April 20.
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Baseball History on April 20

Major League Baseball Events on April 20

1866Pat Hannivan1904Gus McGinnis
1869Tommy Dowd1912Sam Barkley
1869Sam Nicholl1923Jack Lynch
1876Charlie Hemphill1929Bill Kissinger
1880Charlie Smith1938Tim O'Rourke
1881Steamer Flanagan1944Elmer Gedeon
1884Mike Mowrey1949John Murphy
1885Ted Easterly1951Roy Brashear
1891Dave Bancroft1956Sam Brenegan
1896Harland Rowe1958Chet Nourse
1897Lou Vedder1964Eddie Dyer
1898Johnny Werts1970Ed Mensor
1901Frank Wilson1970Jake Mooty
1915Eric Tipton1974Al Eckert
1917Hal Peck1974Elmer Ponder
1923Preston Gomez1978Jack Graney
1924Jim Bilbrey1986Eddie Feinberg
1929Harry Agganis1991Bucky Walters
1938Jim Dickson1992Pat Creeden
1946Tom Hutton1992Orval Grove
1946Chuck Machemehl1996Hank Biasatti
1950Willie Prall2016Harry Perkowski
1950Milt Wilcox2018George Alusik
1952Joe Gilbert2021Tom Robson
1954Doug Clarey
1954Mike O'Berry
1956Floyd Chiffer
1956Tim Tolman
1960Randy Kutcher
1961Don Mattingly
1964Jimmy Jones
1965Masato Yoshii
1966Tony Perezchica
1967Greg Brummett
1969Dan Smith
1973Todd Hollandsworth
1973Scott Winchester
1976Jason Roach
1979Sean Green
1980Chris Duffy
1983Tommy Everidge
1986Donovan Hand
1986Jess Todd
1987Dusty Coleman
1987Ian Thomas
1988Brandon Belt
1990Kyle Higashioka
1991Garin Cecchini
1992Drew Robinson
1876Paul Hines 1889John Weyhing
1884Jack Brennan 1891Fred Dunlap
1884Moxie Hengle 1895Bill Kling
1884Charlie Householder 1905Frank Hershey
1884Bill Krieg 1907Buck Freeman
1884Steve Matthias 1910Louis LeRoy
1884Jumbo Schoeneck 1915Alex Remneas
1884Milt Whitehead 1916Gene Madden
1886Steve Toole 1920Ted Turner
1887Billy Crowell 1923Bill Pertica
1887Jack O'Connor 1923Harry Shriver
1887Mike Shea 1924Wally Dashiell
1887Jim Toy 1924Lum Davenport
1888Dick Buckley 1924Al Hermann
1888Kid Gleason 1924John Kelleher
1888Dummy Hoy 1926Honey Barnes
1888Walt Wilmot 1929Hugh McMullen
1889Jesse Duryea 1931Hal Wiltse
1895Mike McDermott 1932Mel Simons
1895Harry Spies 1938Ted Kleinhans
1898Vic Willis 1941Harry Dean
1898Walt Woods 1944Mike Kosman
1901John Dobbs 1944Al Verdel
1902Jim St.Vrain 1945Carl McNabb
1903Chief Bender 1946John Corriden
1903Danny Hoffman 1946Herb Karpel
1903Oscar Jones 1947Ken Gables
1903George Stone 1947Mike Schultz
1905Frank Hershey 1950Danny Gardella
1907Bob Brush 1951Bob Muncrief
1908Eli Cates 1954Memo Luna
1908Dode Criss 1955Bob Thorpe
1908Harry Krause 1957Bob Powell
1910Elmer Rieger 1958Bobby Morgan
1911Roy Corhan 1969Bob Chance
1911Jimmy Esmond 1970Jim Hicks
1911Ivey Wingo 1978Andy Etchebarren
1912Benny Kauff 1982Kelly Heath
1914Cliff Daringer 1982Gordie Pladson
1914Rankin Johnson 1983Rowland Office
1914George Kaiserling 1984Biff Pocoroba
1916Gene Madden 1986Garry Maddox
1920Chippy Gaw 1987Tom Waddell
1920John Glaiser 1991Dave LaPoint
1920Sammy Hale 1991Tony Scruggs
1920Benn Karr 1993Chito Martinez
1920Ted Turner 1999Jim Dougherty
1921Tex Jeanes 2000Jeff Manto
1921Lefty Stewart 2005Andrew Good
1922Johnny Berger 2005John Webb
1922Heinie Scheer 2007Mike Schultz
1923Nick Dumovich 2008Rico Washington
1923Hinkey Haines 2009Radhames Liz
1923Harvey Hendrick 2010Jesse English
1923Heinie Manush 2011Kanekoa Texeira
1923Fred Wigington 2012Jason Repko
1924Chick Autry 2016Chris Colabello
1924Wally Dashiell 2016Branden Pinder
1924Milt Gaston 2017Grant Green
1924Dick Loftus 2018Danny Farquhar
1925George Blaeholder
1925Chet Falk
1926Honey Barnes
1926Bump Hadley
1926Bill Morrell
1928June Greene
1928Ray Jacobs
1929Billy Rhiel
1930Monk Sherlock
1930Tom Winsett
1931Cliff Bolton
1931Woody Jensen
1932Paul Gregory
1932Bud Tinning
1933Dick Gyselman
1933Jimmy Jordan
1933Frank Pearce
1934Ted Kleinhans
1935Joe Sullivan
1935Ab Wright
1936Max Butcher
1936George Jeffcoat
1936Jimmy Ripple
1937Bobby Doerr
1937Double Joe Dwyer
1937Jimmy Outlaw
1938Mark Christman
1938Max Lanier
1939Joe Gallagher
1939Joe Gantenbein
1939Bill Nagel
1939Ted Williams
1941Alf Anderson
1941Ned Harris
1942Clyde Kluttz
1942Lou Tost
1943Orie Arntzen
1943Irv Hall
1943Jim Tyack
1944Tommy de la Cruz
1944Mike Kosman
1944John McGillen
1944Barney Mussill
1944Charley Schanz
1944Al Verdel
1945Loyd Christopher
1945Al Gettel
1945Ray Hathaway
1945Carl McNabb
1945Johnny Tobin
1945Norm Wallen
1946John Corriden
1946Sherm Lollar
1946Bob Ramazzotti
1947Hub Andrews
1947Don Johnson
1947Steve Nagy
1947Mel Parnell
1947Mike Schultz
1947Gerry Staley
1948Richie Ashburn
1948Neil Berry
1948Roy Campanella
1948Hal Jeffcoat
1948Pete Layden
1948Cliff Mapes
1948Roy Smalley
1948George Vico
1948Rube Walker
1948Preston Ward
1949Cal Abrams
1949Jerry Coleman
1949Gordon Goldsberry
1949Irv Medlinger
1950Tom Poholsky
1951Gil McDougald
1951Wayne McLeland
1951Tom Morgan
1951Bob Schultz
1952Hal Hudson
1952Darrell Johnson
1952Bill Miller
1952Joe Rossi
1953Billy Consolo
1953Sonny Dixon
1954Memo Luna
1954Mickey Micelotta
1954Tim Thompson
1955Luis Arroyo
1955Humberto Robinson
1956Tom Acker
1956Frank Torre
1957Tony Kubek
1957Russ Nixon
1957Don Pavletich
1958Gene Fodge
1958Al Schroll
1958Moe Thacker
1960Elio Chacon
1960Ed Sadowski
1961Russ Heman
1963John Pregenzer
1963Garry Roggenburk
1963Dave Thies
1964Bob Meyer
1964Archie Moore
1965Bob Schroder
1967Clarence Jones
1968Chico Fernandez
1968Danny Walton
1969Alec Distaso
1969Darrell Evans
1969Ken Rudolph
1969Freddie Velazquez
1971Rich Chiles
1976Doug Clarey
1976Mark Fidrych
1979Mike Macha
1979Rick Mahler
1980Freddie Martinez
1980Mike Scioscia
1982Kelly Heath
1984Kelly Gruber
1990Carlos Hernandez
1991Nikco Riesgo
1994Jose Lima
1996Brian Sackinsky
1998Ryan Christenson
1998John Roskos
1999Jamie Arnold
2000Gene Stechschulte
2001Jason Karnuth
2002Josh Pearce
2004Alex Graman
2004Scott Proctor
2005Todd Coffey
2006Rafael Perez
2007Mike Schultz
2008Emmanuel Burriss
2009Hunter Jones
2009Jordan Zimmermann
2010Jon Link
2012Hisashi Iwakuma
2013Hiram Burgos
2014Justin Marks
2014Luis Sardinas
2018Mike Gerber
2018Lourdes Gurriel Jr.
2019Michael Chavis
2019Taylor Clarke
2019Branden Kline
2019Bryan Reynolds
2019Cole Tucker
2021J.B. Bukauskas
2021Sam Hentges
2022Gabriel Arias
2022Mark Kolozsvary
2022Christian Lopes
2022Mickey McDonald
2023Tristan Beck

Players Born on, Died on, Debut on, Finished on April 20

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Baseball history on April 20 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 April 20 in Baseball History...

  • 1910 - Addie Joss of Cleveland pitched the second no-hitter of his career, a 1-0 win over the White Sox in Chicago.
  • 1912 - Fenway Park was opened in Boston and the Red Sox defeated the visiting New York Yankees, 7-6, in 11 innings. Tiger Stadium in Detroit also opens its doors as the Tigers defeated the Cleveland Indians, 6-5.
  • 1916 - The Chicago Cubs played their first game at Weeghman Park ó renamed Wrigley Field in 1926 ó defeating the Cincinnati Reds, 7-6, in 11 innings.
  • 1920 - Manager Gavvy Cravath of the Philadelphia Phillies inserted himself as a pinch hitter and beat the New York Giants with a three-run homer, 3-0. It was his last in the majors.
  • 1939 - In his first major league game, Ted Williams hit a 400-foot double in four at-bats as the Boston Red Sox lost, 2-0, to New York at Yankee Stadium.
  • 1967 - Tom Seaver of the New York Mets recorded his first major-league victory with a 6-1 triumph over the Chicago Cubs. Seaver went 7 2/3 innings and gave up eight hits and one run.
  • 1982 - The Atlanta Braves recorded their 12th consecutive victory from the beginning of the season ó a 4-2 decision over Cincinnati in Atlanta ó and eclipsed the major-league record set a year earlier by the Oakland A's.
  • 1988 - The Baltimore Orioles set a major-league record with their 14th straight defeat at the start of the season, losing to the Milwaukee Brewers, 8-6.
  • 1990 - Seattle's Brian Holman lost his bid for baseball's 13th perfect game with two outs in the ninth inning on Ken Phelps' pinch-hit home run in the Mariners' 6-1 victory over Oakland.

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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.