Baseball History on July 6

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Baseball history on July 6, including a list of every Major League baseball player born on July 6, a list of every Major League baseball player who died on July 6, a list of every Major League baseball player who made their big league debut on July 6, and a list of every Major League baseball player whose final big league game was on July 6.
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Baseball History on July 6

Major League Baseball Events on July 6

1843Wes Fisler1934Ray Francis
1856Fred Robinson1941Jack Theis
1857George Derby1949Ike Caveney
1861Jake Aydelott1951Ted Easterly
1865Mike Jones1965Jimmy Ring
1871George Paynter1966Sam Jones
1879Ed Holly1967Jim Asbell
1881Walter Carlisle1967Cotton Knaupp
1881Roy Hartzell1968Chief Youngblood
1890Lefty Gervais1973Wickey McAvoy
1891Steve O'Neill1980Walt Craddock
1893Shovel Hodge1982Bob Johnson
1899Lenny Metz1986Eddie Yuhas
1908Cy Blanton1998Ed Sanicki
1916Bill Donovan2003Ed Chandler
1917Ken Sears2005Al Porto
1918Harry Marnie2017Dom Zanni
1919Hardin Cathey2022Ed Bauta
1920Jay Avrea
1924Frank Kellert
1930Angelo LiPetri
1930Karl Olson
1938John Boozer
1938Barry Shetrone
1947Nestor Chavez
1947Lance Clemons
1952Cardell Camper
1954Willie Randolph
1954Jason Thompson
1957Rich Murray
1960German Rivera
1963Todd Burns
1963Lance Johnson
1966Jeremy Hernandez
1966Darrin Winston
1967Omar Olivares
1969Jeff Darwin
1972Greg Norton
1977Mike Ryan
1990Preston Tucker
1991Nick Goody
1992Manny Machado
1994Andrew Benintendi
1994Brandon Lowe
1996Jonathan Hernández
1882Tom Brown 1880Andy Leonard
1883Ed Cushman 1883Doc Kennedy
1886Billy Smith 1886Red Connolly
1888Phil Knell 1892John Healy
1896Ted Lewis 1894Harrison Peppers
1897George Blackburn 1895Fred Donovan
1901Farmer Burns 1896Bill Hassamaer
1903Ed Hug 1898Arlie Pond
1909Doc Martell 1901Farmer Burns
1909Larry Pape 1901Chauncey Fisher
1912Walt Johnson 1903Scoops Carey
1914Vern Hughes 1903Ed Hug
1915Rollin Cook 1903Jack Morrissey
1915Bill Dalrymple 1912Bill Otis
1916Michael Driscoll 1915Ernie Walker
1916Walt Whittaker 1916Michael Driscoll
1920Joe Lucey 1916Walt Whittaker
1920Paddy Smith 1924Ray Steineder
1921Walter Zink 1929June Greene
1922Joe Shaute 1944Mike Naymick
1932Art Scharein 1944Jackie Sullivan
1934Jocko Conlan 1945Ernie Rudolph
1944Jackie Sullivan 1953Marty Marion
1945Don Grate 1958Lefty Hayden
1945Earl Jones 1968Bobby Trevino
1953Al Worthington 1969Don Bosch
1957Claude Osteen 1970Jose Santiago
1957Jerry Walker 1973Otis Thornton
1960Ed Bauta 1976Jim Cox
1963Larry Brown 1976Fred Scherman
1969Dave Roberts 1980Willie McCovey
1973Otis Thornton 1984Luis Aponte
1974Orlando Ramirez 1988Jeff Shaver
1975Mike Miley 1990Rusty Richards
1976John Verhoeven 1991Sil Campusano
1982Don Slaught 1991Kevin Hickey
1985Scotti Madison 1991Andy McGaffigan
1988Jeff Shaver 1992Mike Walker
1988Gary Varsho 1996Rob Lukachyk
1992Kent Bottenfield 2000Dave Stevens
1992Mike Butcher 2000Ed Yarnall
1993Albie Lopez 2000Tim Young
1993Marc Newfield 2003Donaldo Mendez
1994Russ Davis 2004Nick Bierbrodt
1994Steve Pegues 2006Esteban Yan
1995Brian Bark 2008Mike Hollimon
1995Ramon Morel 2009Walter Silva
1996Tony Rodriguez 2010Niuman Romero
1997Roberto Duran 2011Mark Hamilton
1999Gil Meche 2011Marcus Thames
2000Geraldo Guzman 2015Nick Hagadone
2001Scott Podsednik 2016Will Venable
2003Bryan Hebson 2017Dayan Diaz
2003Jason Stanford 2017Paul Janish
2004Brendan Harris 2017Scott Van Slyke
2004Josh Willingham
2005Bobby Jenks
2007Jeff Bailey
2008Chris Volstad
2009Aaron Bates
2011Héctor Santiago
2014Brooks Brown
2014Tyler Holt
2016Jose Leclerc
2019Pedro Payano
2021Stuart Fairchild
2021Jake Reed
2022Brayan Bello

Players Born on, Died on, Debut on, Finished on July 6

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Baseball history on July 6 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 July 6 in Baseball History...

  • 1919 - William Veeck, former sportswriter, replaces Fred Mitchell as Cubs president, but Mitchell remains manager for Chicago.
  • 1932 - Cubs shortstop Billy Jurges is shot twice in his Chicago hotel room by a spurned girlfriend, Violet Popovich Valli. In a scuffle for the gun, Jurges is hit in the shoulder and hand. Jurges fails to prosecute, and Valli will be signed to a 22-week contract to sing in local nightclubs.
  • 1933 - The first major-league All-Star Game is played at Comiskey Park, and Babe Ruth is the star. His two-run home run is the margin of victory in the American League's 4-2 win. John McGraw comes out of retirement to manage the National League.
  • 1942 - First-inning home runs by Lou Boudreau and Rudy York off Mort Cooper lead the A.L. to a 3-1 triumph over the N.L. in the All-Star Game at the Polo Grounds. Mickey Owen's pinch home-run is the N.L.'s only score. He does not hit a single home run during the regular schedule.
  • 1956 - Ford Frick inaugurates the Cy Young Award, to honor one outstanding pitcher each year. The Baseball Writers Association will do the voting. Only one pitcher will be honored each year until 1967, when a pitcher in each league will be selected.
  • 1980 - Steve Carlton (14-4) becomes the all-time lefthanded strikeout king, fanning seven Cardinals in an 8-3 Phillies win to bring his major-league career total to 2,836. Mickey Lolich had held the record with 2,832.
  • 1983 - In the 50th anniversary All-Star Game at Chicago's Comiskey Park, the A.L. routs the N.L. 13-3 for its first win since 1971. The A.L. breaks the game open with seven runs in the fourth inning, highlighted by Fred Lynn grand slam - the first ever in All-Star competition. It is Lynn's fourth All-Star homer, tying him with Ted Williams for the A.L. record.
  • 1986 - Bob Horner becomes the 11th player to hit four home runs in a game, but it isn't enough as the Braves fall to the Expos 11-8. Horner is the second player to hit four home runs in a losing cause, joining Ed Delahanty.
  • 1989 - Despite having retired May 29, Mike Schmidt is elected to start at third base for the N.L. in the All-Star Game. A's outfielder Jose Canseco, who has not played all season because of a wrist injury, is picked to start for the A.L.. Neither will play in the game.

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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.