Baseball History on August 12

Major League Baseball Events on August 12 | Baseball Almanac

Baseball history on August 12, including a list of every Major League baseball player born on August 12, a list of every Major League baseball player who died on August 12, a list of every Major League baseball player who made their big league debut on August 12, and a list of every Major League baseball player whose final big league game was on August 12.
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Baseball History on August 12

Major League Baseball Events on August 12

1866Tom Dowse1920Elmer Horton
1867Dan Lally1932Jake Boyd
1868Charlie Bell1934Ed Andrews
1868Jerry Harrington1939Jack Darragh
1870Ed Scott1948Billy Graulich
1871Andy Dunning1948Fred Odwell
1879Watty Lee1951Paul McSweeney
1880Christy Mathewson1956Warren Miller
1887Marc Hall1959Johnny Burnett
1887Erv Lange1959Ed Goebel
1889Ted Goulait1959Mike O'Neill
1891Bill Lathrop1960Leo Murphy
1892Ray Schalk1961Harry Colliflower
1893John Michaelson1963Dick Braggins
1894Paul Carpenter1971Shorty Dee
1899Bill Black1975Lew Riggs
1900Spencer Harris1981George Lyons
1905Don Hurst1990Fay Thomas
1909Skinny Graham1991Bill Starr
1912Harlond Clift1997Rex Barney
1918Charlie Gassaway2002Enos Slaughter
1919Fred Hutchinson2006Junior Wooten
1921Lefty Wallace2008George Gick
1928Bob Buhl2011Ernie Johnson
1928Charlie White2014Gordon Mackenzie
1935Ken McBride2017Paul Casanova
1936Ellis Burton
1936Tom McAvoy
1956Bobby Bonner
1958Rusty McNealy
1962Urbano Lugo
1962Dave Pavlas
1963Kent Anderson
1965Barry Manuel
1965Joe Millette
1966Dean Hartgraves
1968Reggie Harris
1968Tony Longmire
1973Gene Stechschulte
1974Matt Clement
1974Shane Monahan
1975Luis Ordaz
1976Lew Ford
1976Ismael Villegas
1978Michel Hernandez
1979D.J. Houlton
1985Zack Cozart
1985Jhonatan Solano
1988Jake Dunning
1988Jhan Marinez
1988Jose Tabata
1989Kyle Lobstein
1990Ryan Weber
1991Chris Owings
1993Hunter Wood
1994Ian Happ
1996Julio Urías
1998Joan Adon
1999Joe Perez
2001Kyle Harrison
1876Dale Williams 1884Edward Santry
1884Dick Johnston 1885John Cassidy
1884Pete Meegan 1889Bill Anderson
1889Bill Anderson 1890Mike Jones
1890Mike Jones 1890Ezra Lincoln
1890Ed Mars 1890Barney McLaughlin
1894George Paynter 1890Edgar Smith
1896Nap Lajoie 1893Billy Gumbert
1899Harry Wilhelm 1894George Paynter
1907Bill Kay 1896Jimmy Bannon
1907Tony Smith 1897Abbie Johnson
1910Ben DeMott 1901Davey Crockett
1910Rube Sellers 1902Bill Clay
1925Freddie Fitzsimmons 1909Ernie Diehl
1928Karl Swanson 1909Mike Kahoe
1934George Selkirk 1911Jack Thoney
1941Moe Franklin 1914Cecil Coombs
1941Hal Manders 1914Skipper Roberts
1943Joe Orrell 1915Jack Warhop
1945Dee Sanders 1917Paddy Driscoll
1952Stu Miller 1918Hank Robinson
1964Mel Stottlemyre 1919Paul Musser
1969Bill Zepp 1926Ray Grimes
1970Charlie Hough 1931Dutch Schesler
1970John Lamb 1940Mike Dejan
1971Lance Clemons 1942Fabian Gaffke
1973Tom Heintzelman 1944Preston Gomez
1978Willie Mueller 1961Chuck Stobbs
1979Craig Chamberlain 1967Barry Latman
1979Alan Knicely 1968Hal Kurtz
1980Mike Armstrong 1970Mike Shannon
1980Craig Stimac 1972J.C. Martin
1981Terry Leach 1977Felix Millan
1981Jeff Schneider 1981Rick Auerbach
1983Mark Smith 1985Jim Lewis
1985Lance McCullers 1995Jeff Bronkey
1988Gordon Dillard 2001Tony Cogan
1989Bobby Rose 2003Bart Miadich
1993Oreste Marrero 2006Chad Harville
1993Andy Tomberlin 2007Tim Harikkala
1995Brian Barber 2008Charlie Zink
1995Brent Cookson 2009Freddy Dolsi
1995Johnny Damon 2012Mike Ekstrom
1995Jim Dedrick 2012Ryota Igarashi
1995Jose Herrera 2013Mickey Storey
1995Matt Murray 2016Alex Rodriguez
1997Kerry Ligtenberg 2016Joe Wieland
2003Neal Cotts 2017Edward Mujica
2003Juan Dominguez 2019Ian Kinsler
2005Jeff Mathis 2020Christian Colón
2006Jason Hirsh 2021Wade LeBlanc
2007Manny Acosta
2008Chris Dickerson
2008Chris Getz
2008Cliff Pennington
2008Charlie Zink
2009Trevor Bell
2010Darwin Barney
2011Justin Sellers
2014Michael Taylor
2016Austin Brice
2016Matt Carasiti
2016Teoscar Hernández
2017Ryan McMahon
2017Chris Rowley
2018Kohl Stewart
2018Patrick Wisdom
2019Brady Lail
2019Josh Rojas
2021Connor Overton
2021Francisco Perez
2021Jacob Robson
2022Wynton Bernard

Players Born on, Died on, Debut on, Finished on August 12

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Baseball history on August 12 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 August 12 in Baseball History...

  • 1887 - At the Metropolitans' grounds on Staten Island, Athletic batter Gus Weyhing hits an apparent triple that right fielder Eddie Hogan kicks onto the stage of the play The Fall of Babylon. Since the ground rules at the park call for a double on hits into the theatrical set, the American Association umpire orders Weyhing back to second. After a futile argument, the Athletics leave and forfeit the game.
  • 1921 - Philadelphia's George Smith gave up 12 hits and still pitched a shutout as the Phillies beat the Boston Braves 4-0.
  • 1934 - Making a farewell appearance in Boston, Babe Ruth draws a record 46,766 fans, with an estimated 20,000 turned away, at Fenway Park, the place where he began his career as a pitcher twenty years earlier. Ruth leaves the field to standing cheers in the eighth inning of the second game of the doubleheader.
  • 1936 - The largest crowd ever to watch a baseball game, between 90,000 and 125,000, sees a demonstration game at the Berlin Olympics. The world amateurs beat the U.S. amateurs 6-5.
  • 1948 - The Cleveland Indians beat the St. Louis Browns 26-3 with a 29-hit barrage. The Indians set a major league record as 14 different players had hits.
  • 1954 - Eddie Yost of the Senators draws his 100th walk for the fifth year in a row.
  • 1963 - Stan Musial announces he will retire at the end of the year.
  • 1964 - Mickey Mantle homers from each side of the plate in the same game for the tenth and final time, a major league record, as New York beats Chicago 7-3 at Yankee Stadium.
  • 1966 - Art Shamsky of the Cincinnati Reds hit three home runs in a 14-11, 13-inning loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates at Crosley Field. Two of the homers came in the 10th and 11th innings. The game featured 11 homers by both clubs. Shamsky entered the game in the eighth inning for defensive purposes. In the bottom of the eighth, Shamsky hit a two-run homer to put the Reds ahead 8-7. Shamsky hit a solo shot to tie the game 9-9 in the 10th. He came back the in 11th inning with a two-run homer to tie the game again, 11-11. The Pirates scored three runs in the 13th to win.
  • 1970 - Curt Flood loses his $4.1 million antitrust suit against baseball, as Federal Judge Irving Ben Cooper upholds the legality of the sport's reserve clause. Cooper does recommend changes in the reserve system, to be achieved through negotiation between players and owners. In fewer than six years, this recommendation would become a reality.
  • 1974 - Nolan Ryan strikes out 19 and walks only two as the Angels top the Red Sox 4-2.
  • 1977 - For the second straight day, Oakland's Manny Sanguillen foils a no-hit bid. Today's single is off the Orioles' Jim Palmer, who settles for a two-hit 6-0 victory. Yesterday's hit was off Mike Torrez, who finished with a 3-0 two-hitter for the Yankees.
  • 1984 - Harmon Killebrew, Rick Ferrell, Don Drysdale, Pee Wee Reese, and Luis Aparicio are inducted into the Hall of Fame at Cooperstown, New York.
  • 1986 - Don Baylor of the Boston Red Sox set an American League record when he was hit by a pitch for the 25th time for the season, breaking the record he had shared with Bill Freehan (1968) and Kid Elberfeld (1911). Kansas City's Bud Black was the pitcher as the Royals completed a doubleheader sweep with a 6-5 victory.
  • 1987 - The Braves send veteran pitcher Doyle Alexander to the Tigers in exchange for minor leaguer John Smoltz. Alexander will help lead the Tigers to the American League East title by posting a perfect 9-0 record.
  • 1988 - The Red Sox beat the Tigers 9-4 for their 23rd consecutive win at home, breaking the American League record held by the 1931 A's. Boston has not lost at Fenway Park since June 24.
  • 1994 - The players went on strike for the sport's eighth work stoppage since 1972.

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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.