Baseball History on April 26

Major League Baseball Events on April 26 | Baseball Almanac

Baseball history on April 26, including a list of every Major League baseball player born on April 26, a list of every Major League baseball player who died on April 26, a list of every Major League baseball player who made their big league debut on April 26, and a list of every Major League baseball player whose final big league game was on April 26.
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"No matter how your mind works, baseball reaches out to you. If you're an emotional person, baseball asks for your heart. If you are a thinking man or a thinking woman, baseball wants your opinion. Whether you are left-brain or right-brain, Type A or Type Z, whether your mind is bent towards mathematics or toward history or psychology or geometry, whether you are young or old, baseball has its way of asking for you. If you are a reader, there is always something new to read about baseball, and always something old. If you are a sedentary person, a TV watcher, baseball is on TV; if you always have to be going somewhere, baseball is somewhere you can go. If you are a collector, baseball offers you a hundred things that you can collect. If you have children, baseball is something you can do with children; if you have parents and cannot talk to them, baseball is something you can still talk to them about." - Baseball Historian Bill James in The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract (Free Press Publishing, 06/13/2003, "Part 1: The Game", Page 5)

Baseball History on April 26

Major League Baseball Events on April 26

1855Whitey Ritterson1909Mike Dorgan
1869Fritz Clausen1909Doc Powers
1872Jim Cockman1916Skyrocket Smith
1882Irv Higginbotham1924John Grady
1887Jack Barry1924Moxie Manuel
1888Ray Caldwell1927Bill Gannon
1888Olaf Henriksen1928Zeke Wilson
1895Buzz Murphy1930Harry Mace
1897Epp Sell1933Roy Graham
1900Hack Wilson1935John Thornton
1902Steve Slayton1942Al Montgomery
1903Dale Alexander1942Hack Simmons
1913Packy Rogers1943Bob Emslie
1917Sal Maglie1943Gene McCann
1917Virgil Trucks1953Don Brennan
1918Jack Kraus1956Cliff Blankenship
1920Ron Northey1970Yats Wuestling
1921Gene Lambert1971Joe Agler
1922Sam Dente1976Alex Ferguson
1927Granny Hamner1982Mike Kelly
1927Bob Zick1991Nate Andrews
1929Walt Kellner1993Roger Miller
1935Nate Smith1996Milt Gaston
1944Leon McFadden1999Faye Throneberry
1945Al Yates2002John Davis
1947Amos Otis2003Danny Napoleon
1949Bruce Ellingsen2006Russ Swan
1950Tom Norton2011Don Miles
1953Arturo DeFreitas2014Bob Powell
1955Mike Scott2022Luke Allen
1958Bill Lyons
1960Steve Lombardozzi
1961Curtis Wilkerson
1963Lou Thornton
1969Ricky Trlicek
1972Brian Anderson
1972Francisco Cordova
1972Felipe Lira
1973Geoff Blum
1976Scott Strickland
1977Kosuke Fukudome
1977Chris Magruder
1978Joe Crede
1980Mike Wood
1982Alejandro Machado
1984Shawn Kelley
1984Brian Omogrosso
1985Sean Rodriguez
1989Chad Bettis
1990Johnny Davis
1990Joey Wendle
1992Aaron Judge
1993Dairon Blanco
1995Nomar Mazara
1996Evan White
1876Eddie Booth 1884Charlie Daniels
1876John Clapp 1884Levi Meyerle
1876Bill Crowley 1884Emory Nusz
1876Tim Murnane 1884George Patterson
1884James Lehan 1884Charlie Reilly
1884Emory Nusz 1887Mike Shea
1884Joe Quinn 1888Charley Jones
1888Mike Sullivan 1898Lou Mahaffey
1892Brickyard Kennedy 1902Joe Adams
1892Danny Murphy 1902Doc Hazleton
1894Frank Bonner 1903Bill Hanlon
1895Scoops Carey 1904Gene DeMontreville
1895Cozy Dolan 1910Fred Liese
1895Bill Hoffer 1913Buster Brown
1898Lou Mahaffey 1915Jack Harper
1900Togie Pittinger 1924Tom Long
1901John Farrell 1930Bill Bayne
1901Hobe Ferris 1935Art Bramhall
1901Frank Foutz 1935Dolf Luque
1901Jack Hayden 1936Dutch Lieber
1901Jim Jackson 1938Howie Gorman
1901Win Kellum 1940Bob Weiland
1901Larry McLean 1941Al Piechota
1901Frank Owen 1942Vallie Eaves
1901Ed Siever 1942Bert Hodges
1902Joe Adams 1942Gene Lambert
1902Pep Deininger 1942Bob Patrick
1902Addie Joss 1942Bill Peterman
1902Jack Thoney 1945Paul Waner
1905Nig Clarke 1946Slim Emmerich
1907Tex Pruiett 1946Buster Maynard
1909Heinie Heitmuller 1948Les Webber
1909Pryor McElveen 1950Ed Albrecht
1910Walt Dickson 1950Frank Quinn
1910Roxey Roach 1951Ed Samcoff
1911Judge Nagle 1958Dixie Howell
1912Hugh Bedient 1958Jim McDonald
1912Hick Cady 1959Ossie Alvarez
1912Elmer Miller 1959John Easton
1914Mike Prendergast 1960Neil Wilson
1915Ed Schorr 1963Norm Bass
1918Red Causey 1964Harry Fanok
1918Norman Plitt 1964Charlie Maxwell
1919Art Reinhart 1966Ed Bailey
1920Huck Betts 1970Carroll Sembera
1922Hub Pruett 1974Tom Timmermann
1923Jim Bishop 1987Dave Sax
1923Dink O'Brien 1990Jay Aldrich
1923Ed Stauffer 1991Tony Bernazard
1924Tom Long 1991Nikco Riesgo
1926Ernie Nevers 1995John Dettmer
1927Woody English 1995Manuel Lee
1929Liz Funk 1996Cris Carpenter
1929Art Jorgens 1998Joel Adamson
1929Bob Linton 2000Mike Munoz
1935Joe Coscarart 2001Brett Hinchliffe
1937Herb Crompton 2006Adam Hyzdu
1937Lou Fette 2008Jose Capellan
1937Tony Malinosky 2008Matt Morris
1938Pete Coscarart 2009Casey Fossum
1938Jesse Landrum 2009Tony Graffanino
1938Dykes Potter 2012Jeremy Hermida
1938Lloyd Russell 2014Jose Ortega
1939Joe Dobson
1939Junior Thompson
1940Dutch Dietz
1940Lefty Hoerst
1940Johnny Hutchings
1940Lefty Smoll
1942Bill Peterman
1944Al Jurisich
1944Hal Kleine
1944Len Rice
1946George Armstrong
1946Eddie McGah
1947Tommy Fine
1947Ralph Houk
1948Bill Kennedy
1948Forrest Thompson
1949Fred Hancock
1949Marlin Stuart
1953Fred Baczewski
1959Bob Hartman
1959Gene Snyder
1960Georges Maranda
1961Joe Grzenda
1963Pete Lovrich
1963Al Stanek
1964Sonny Siebert
1966Jimy Williams
1969Fred Scherman
1970Sandy Vance
1972Bobby Fenwick
1974Dave Freisleben
1974Mario Mendoza
1974Morris Nettles
1975Tom Hausman
1975Ozzie Osborn
1981Danny Garcia
1982Chico Escarrega
1984Bob Fallon
1986Phil Lombardi
1988Craig Worthington
1991Mark Lewis
1993George Tsamis
1995Edgardo Alfonzo
1995Shane Andrews
1995Jason Bates
1995Allen Battle
1995Jason Christiansen
1995Brad Clontz
1995Marty Cordova
1995Ray Durham
1995Chris Eddy
1995Brook Fordyce
1995Bobby Higginson
1995Mark Johnson
1995Isidro Marquez
1995Jon Nunnally
1995Ricky Otero
1995Rudy Pemberton
1995Troy Percival
1995Jeff Pierce
1995Frankie Rodriguez
1995Ozzie Timmons
1995Michael Tucker
1997Derek Lowe
1999Anthony Sanders
2001Jorge Julio
2001Damian Moss
2002Travis Driskill
2002Brad Lidge
2002Mike Smith
2003Jody Gerut
2003Gary Johnson
2003Claudio Vargas
2003Jerome Williams
2004Valentino Pascucci
2005Colter Bean
2006Angel Guzman
2006Howie Kendrick
2006Reggie Willits
2007Phil Hughes
2007Brandon Wood
2008Bobby Korecky
2008Brent Lillibridge
2008Eider Torres
2009Mark Melancon
2009Graham Taylor
2009Esmerling Vasquez
2010Jon Jay
2011Alexi Amarista
2011Evan Scribner
2014Chris Martin
2015Cody Stanley
2016Pat Light
2017Gift Ngoepe
2018Rosell Herrera
2019Ty France
2019Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
2019Carter Kieboom
2021Trevor Megill
2021Hyeon-Jong Yang
2022René Pinto
2022Beau Sulser
2022Jack Suwinski
2023Tanner Bibee
2023Drew Maggi
2023Luis Medina

Players Born on, Died on, Debut on, Finished on April 26

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Baseball history on April 26 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 26 in Baseball History...

  • 1905 - Jack McCarthy becomes the second outfielder to complete three double plays in one game when he throws out three Pirates at home, preserving the 2-1 Chicago Cubs victory.
  • 1941 - The Chicago Cubs are the first team to install an organ, with Roy Nelson manning the keyboard. But the Cubs hit sour notes, losing 6-2 to the St. Louis Cardinals.
  • 1961 - Roger Maris hits his first home run of 1961 (off Paul Foytack) and Mickey Mantle adds home runs from both sides of the plate (for the eighth time) as New York wins 13-10 at Tiger Stadium.
  • 1980 - Steve Carlton of the Phillies sets the modern N.L. record with his sixth career one-hitter, a 7-0 shutout of his former team, the Cardinals.
  • 1986 - The game between the Angels and Twins is delayed for nine minutes when strong winds tear a hole in the Metrodome roof, causing suspended lights and speakers to sag toward the field. The roof is reinflated and California rallies for six runs in the ninth to win 7-6.
  • 1990 - Nolan Ryan tied Bob Feller's major league record of 12 one-hitters as the Texas Rangers beat the Chicago White Sox 1-0. Ryan struck out 16 batters as he allowed only Ron Kittle's check-swing single to right field in the second inning.
  • 1995 - Coors Field, the N.L.'s first baseball-only stadium in 23 years, opens in dramatic fashion in Denver. Dante Bichette hits a three-run home run in the 14th inning for an 11-9 win over the Mets.
  • 1997 - Ryne Sandberg breaks Joe Morgan's major league record for home runs by a second baseman with his 267th career blast at the position in a 7-6 Cubs' victory over the Pirates. Sandberg hit the first five home runs of his career as a third baseman before he moved over to second.

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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.