Baseball History on May 16

Major League Baseball Events on May 16 | Baseball Almanac

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

Major League Baseball Events on May 16

1858Alex Voss1903Jimmy Wolf
1859Steve Dignan1919Germany Schaefer
1866Billy Hart1924Candy Cummings
1872John O'Connell1927Pat Murphy
1875George Barclay1935Mark McGrillis
1886Clarence Lehr1935Pete Weckbecker
1894Paddy Smith1939Hal Kime
1895Colonel Snover1941Art Williams
1896Red Ostergard1952Sal Campfield
1902Watty Clark1952Spec Harkness
1902Howie Fitzgerald1953Jim Wallace
1904Abe White1961Dick Harley
1917George Jumonville1963Don Hankins
1919Stubby Overmire1963Larry Woodall
1920Dave Philley1964Buzz Arlett
1926Rube Walker1968Bill Brandt
1928Billy Martin1970Dutch Ruether
1931Ben Johnson1978Mike Wilson
1933Bob Bruce1980Cap Peterson
1949Rick Reuschel1981Jim Finigan
1951Mike Potter1981Tommy Mee
1953Rick Rhoden1983Mel Wright
1955Jack Morris1985Johnny Broaca
1955Tack Wilson1990Pretzel Pezzullo
1957Mark Funderburk1998Rufino Linares
1959Bob Patterson2012Kevin Hickey
1959Mitch Webster2012Thad Tillotson
1967Doug Brocail2013Frankie Libran
1967Frank Seminara
1969Mike Heathcott
1970Jim Mecir
1974Jerrod Riggan
1977Ivanon Coffie
1978Nick Bierbrodt
1982Eugenio Velez
1983Steven Register
1984Jensen Lewis
1984Brandon Mann
1984Rafael Martin
1987Tyler Cloyd
1989Drew Maggi
1991Dietrich Enns
1992Williams Jerez
1993Jake Jewell
1993Luis Sardinas
1994Heath Fillmyer
1995Freddy Fermin
1995Gabe Klobosits
1996Sean Bouchard
1996Donny Sands
1997Richie Palacios
2000Luis García
1876Fred Treacey 1882John Dwyer
1882John Dwyer 1884Hezekiah Allen
1882Chappy Lane 1884Pete Fries
1883Frank McIntyre 1888Frank Hafner
1884Hezekiah Allen 1891George Rooks
1884Joe Knight 1901Chappie Snodgrass
1884Jimmy Woulfe 1903Alex Jones
1888Doc Oberlander 1908Hunky Shaw
1895Hunkey Hines 1912Lou Lowdermilk
1899Lefty Herring 1913Al Cabrera
1901Dick Braggins 1915Pete Shields
1905Ed Reulbach 1917Buck Thrasher
1908Hunky Shaw 1921Jack Sheehan
1908Ed Sweeney 1922Joe Berry
1910Frank Lange 1927Jim Walkup
1910Jiggs Parson 1930Hal Carlson
1913Al Cabrera 1932Stew Bolen
1913George Clark 1938Bill Phebus
1914Harry Heilmann 1946Ernie Andres
1916Patsy Gharrity 1948Don Johnson
1924Ernie Maun 1951Earl Mossor
1927Cleo Carlyle 1953Russ Sullivan
1931Allyn Stout 1954Dick Rozek
1933Cecil Travis 1956Owen Friend
1938Sam Chapman 1960Wayne Terwilliger
1943Leon Culberson 1969Jose Vidal
1947Walter Brown 1970Harvey Shank
1948Dick Welteroth 1973Coco Laboy
1951Paul Hinrichs 1974Rich Troedson
1970Harvey Shank 1976Larry Hardy
1971Ross Grimsley 1978Marty Perez
1971Ray Newman 1979Orlando Ramirez
1984Steve Farr 1981Dave Roberts
1987Bryan Harvey 1987Alejandro Sanchez
1987Jeff Innis 1989Chris Brown
1989Mark Gardner 1989Gordon Dillard
1989Marty Pevey 1990Mark Clear
1992Kurt Knudsen 1993Curtis Wilkerson
1993John Roper 1994Edwin Nunez
1994Rusty Greer 1994Willie Wilson
1994Greg O'Halloran 1997Mike Mimbs
1994Bob Wells 1998Kevin Ritz
1996Amaury Telemaco 1999Dave Silvestri
1997Adrian Brown 2001Michael Coleman
1997Ken Ramos 2002Justin Kaye
1999Ryan Glynn 2005Frank Brooks
2001Brian Reith 2005Chris Prieto
2002Alex Pelaez 2005Paul Wilson
2002Kevin Pickford 2006Mike Holtz
2002Ty Wigginton 2006Matt Lawton
2003Jason Gilfillan 2009Carlos Martinez
2006Erick Aybar 2010Scott Schoeneweis
2007Julio de Paula 2011Chin-lung Hu
2007Kevin Mahar 2012D.J. Carrasco
2007A.J. Murray 2016Dustin Antolin
2007Mark Reynolds 2016Layne Somsen
2008Chris Perez 2023Eric Hosmer
2009Greg Burke
2010Danny Worth
2011Andy Dirks
2013Evan Reed
2014Kyle Crockett
2014Cole Figueroa
2016Dustin Antolin
2016Chad Green
2016Alen Hanson
2016Taylor Motter
2016Conor Mullee
2017Bradley Zimmer
2023Brayan Rocchio
2023Josh Walker
2023Brandon Williamson

Players Born on, Died on, Debut on, Finished on May 16

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Baseball history on May 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 May 16 in Baseball History...

  • 1902 - Two deaf-mutes face each other for the first time when Dummy Hoy leads off for the Reds against Dummy Taylor of the Giants. The Reds win 5-3 with a five-run rally in the ninth. Hoy goes 2-for-4.
  • 1932 - The Yankees score their fourth straight shutout to equal the record set by Cleveland (1903) and Boston (1906). Johnny Allen, George Pipgras, Red Ruffing, and Lefty Gomez are the hurlers.
  • 1939 - The first A.L. night game is played at Shibe Park, with Cleveland beating the host Philadelphia Athletics 8-3 in ten innings.
  • 1954 - Ted Williams returns to action after breaking his collarbone in spring training and goes 8-for-9 with two home runs and seven RBI in a doubleheader against the Tigers. Williams has three hits in game one, a 7-6 loss. He goes five-for-five in the nightcap, including two home runs, but Boston loses 9-8 in 14 innings.
  • 1957 - The Yankees celebrate Billy Martin's 29th birthday in a raucous fashion. An ensuing fight at Manhattan's Copacabana Club leads to $5,500 in fines and the eventual trade of Billy to Kansas City. Hank Bauer allegedly starts the fight by hitting a patron, although Bauer denies it.
  • 1967 - Philadelphia voters approve a $13 million bond issue to build a new stadium.
  • 1979 - N.L. owners approve the sale of the Astros from the Ford Motor Credit Company to John J. McMullen for a reported $19 million.
  • 1984 - The Twins sell 51,863 tickets to their 8-7 loss to the Blue Jays, but only 6,346 fans show up for the game. The skewed numbers are the result of a massive ticket buyout plan organized by Minneapolis businessman Harvey Mackay to keep the Twins in Minnesota; if the club does not sell 2.41 million tickets this season it can break its lease with the Metrodome. Taking advantage of reduced prices on the Family Day promotion, Mackay pays $218,718 for 44,166 tickets.
  • 1987 - After starting off with an 18-2 record, the 1987 Milwaukee Brewers drop their tenth in a row, losing 13-0 to Kansas City, and earning the nickname Team Streak. The Brew Crew's only hit off Charlie Leibrandt is a bunt single.
  • 1997 - Jim Leyland returns to Pittsburgh for the first time wearing a uniform other than that of the Pirates. Leyland, who spent 11 seasons as skipper in Pittsburgh, sees his new team, the Marlins, beat the Pirates, 3-1. Two days later he leaves town with Florida's first-ever sweep in Pittsburgh.

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.