Baseball History on October 8

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Baseball history on October 8, including a list of every Major League baseball player born on October 8, a list of every Major League baseball player who died on October 8, a list of every Major League baseball player who made their big league debut on October 8, and a list of every Major League baseball player whose final big league game was on October 8.
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Baseball History on October 8

Major League Baseball Events on October 8

1857John Bergh1905Bill Sullivan
1858Jim Conway1912Heinie Heitmuller
1862Charlie Manlove1913Elmer Cleveland
1863Jimmy Peoples1934Bill Snyder
1870Tom Colcolough1936Red Ames
1884Larry McClure1945Al Klawitter
1885Johnny Lush1948Al Orth
1887Dennis Berran1952Joe Adams
1887Ping Bodie1957Paul Russell
1887Donie Bush1962Ralph Head
1887Doc Crandall1969Willie Ramsdell
1887Larry Pratt1971Murray Wall
1889Jimmy Esmond1973Ray Haley
1890Walter Tappan1976John Bottarini
1891Doug Neff1978Jim Gilliam
1891Monte Peffer1980Lloyd Johnson
1892Harry Baumgartner1981Bill Nagel
1895Ed Wingo1982Bill Meehan
1896Tim Murchison1986Max Surkont
1902Paul Schreiber1988Boob Fowler
1910Wally Moses1991Ed Hanyzewski
1913Lee Rogers2002Jodie Beeler
1916Joe Callahan2004Tony Giuliani
1916Rex Cecil2004Johnny Sturm
1917Danny Murtaugh2005Swede Larsen
1917Hal Toenes2006Ivan Murrell
1919Bob Gillespie2008Les McCrabb
1920Catfish Metkovich2010Dale Roberts
1929Bob Mabe2013Andy Pafko
1934Mickey Harrington2017Don Lock
1942Bill Landis2019Sammy Taylor
1943Don Pepper2020Whitey Ford
1944Ed Kirkpatrick2023Jeff Peterek
1946Ralph Gagliano
1946Paul Splittorff
1946Mike Wegener
1948Rick Stelmaszek
1948Bernie Williams
1949Enos Cabell
1955Jerry Reed
1956Jeff Lahti
1957Mike Chris
1957Bob Skube
1959Jack Hardy
1959Bryan Little
1959Mike Morgan
1965Jimmy Kremers
1966Jay Gainer
1967J.T. Bruett
1970David Doster
1970Sandy Martinez
1970Olmedo Saenz
1971Joe Ayrault
1972Willie Adams
1975Andy Thompson
1978Keith Reed
1983Antoan Richardson
1985Cody Eppley
1986Adron Chambers
1986Erik Davis
1988Manny Barreda
1989Taylor Featherston
1989Albert Suarez
1990Robbie Erlin
1993Travis Bergen
1994Gosuke Katoh
1994Cody Thomas
1995Colin Holderman
1996Tim Herrin
1998Nick Allen
1999Hunter Goodman
2001Joey Estes
1885Jimmy Ryan 1885Walter Hackett
1886Jack Boyle 1887Amos Cross
1886Clarence Stephens 1887Charlie Ferguson
1890George Crawford 1888Dick Conway
1904Butch Rementer 1889Ed Flanagan
1914Katie Keifer 1890Charles Snyder
1914Rinaldo Williams 1898Walter Thornton
1904Monte Beville
1904Pop Dillon
1904Jim Fairbank
1904Phil Geier
1904Dutch Jordan
1904Billy Lush
1904Frank McManus
1904Jesse Purnell
1904Butch Rementer
1905Jimmy Burke
1905Jack Dunleavy
1905Harry Gleason
1905Danny Green
1905Sandy McDougal
1905Ike Van Zandt
1908Mike Donovan
1908Bob Edmondson
1908Jimmy O'Rourke
1908Ollie Pickering
1910Ned Crompton
1910Dutch Lerchen
1910Chris Mahoney
1910Doc Moskiman
1911Ralph Kreitz
1911Chick Lathers
1911Amby McConnell
1911Boss Schmidt
1911Al Schweitzer
1914Al Boucher
1914Charlie Carr
1914Katie Keifer
1914John Misse
1914Austin Walsh
2010Mike Sweeney
2016Angel Pagan
2018Brandon Guyer
2022Yadier Molina
2022Albert Pujols

Players Born on, Died on, Debut on, Finished on October 8

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Baseball history on October 8 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 October 8 in Baseball History...

  • 1908 - Later admitting he had nothing on the ball, Christy Mathewson loses to the Cubs 4-2 in the playoff replay of the disputed game on September 23. Three Finger Brown, relieving Jack Pfiester in the first, gets the win.
  • 1915 - The Phillies win their first-ever World Series game behind Grover Cleveland Alexander, 3-1. Red Sox rookie Babe Ruth grounds out as a pinch hitter in the ninth inning of the opener and will sit out the rest of the Series.
  • 1919 - Ed Cicotte pitches Game Seven, and the White Sox play like they mean it. Joe Jackson and Happy Felsch drive in two runs each for a 4-1 win to cut the Reds' lead to four games to three in the best-of-nine Series.
  • 1924 - Giants rookie third baseman Fred Lindstrom is 4-for-5 with two RBI against Walter Johnson, and New York hurler Jack Bentley (16-5) clouts a two-run homer and earns the 6-2 win. The Giants hold a 3-2 World Series edge heading back to Washington.
  • 1927 - Facing elimination at Yankee Stadium, the Pirates are tied with the Yankees 3-3 in the last of the ninth. Reliever Johnny Miljus strikes out Lou Gehrig and Bob Meusel with the bases loaded, but a two-strike wild pitch to Tony Lazzeri allows Earle Combs to score the winning run and capture the World Series.
  • 1929 - Howard Ehmke, a surprise starter for the Philadelphia Athletics, struck out 13 Chicago Cubs to win the opening game of the World Series 3-1.
  • 1930 - George Earnshaw finishes off the Cardinals 7-1 to win the World Series for the Athletics. He is clearly the pitching star of the World Series with two wins and a 0.72 ERA.
  • 1940 - With only one day's rest, Bobo Newsom comes back for the Tigers and nearly has enough to win Game Seven. Cincinnati's Paul Derringer gives up seven hits in the first six innings but sets the Tigers down in order in the final three frames for the 2-1 win, giving the Reds the Series.
  • 1945 - Stan Hack's double takes a tricky bounce over left fielder Hank Greenberg's shoulder with two outs in the 12th inning to score runner Bill Schuster and give the Chicago Cubs an 8-7 win in Game Six to even the World Series with Detroit.
  • 1956 - Don Larsen of the New York Yankees pitched the only perfect game in World Series history for a 2-0 triumph over the Brooklyn Dodgers. Sal Maglie, the opposing pitcher, gave up five hits.
  • 1958 - The Yankees win the World Series on Moose Skowron's three-run home run off Lew Burdette in the eighth inning of Game Seven that puts the game on ice, 6-2. Eddie Mathews strikes out for the 11th time, a record that will stand until l980 when it is broken by Willie Wilson of Kansas City. This is Casey Stengel's seventh championship, tying him with Joe McCarthy.
  • 1959 - The Los Angeles Dodgers win 9-3 to take the World Series over the White Sox. Larry Sherry wins in relief of Johnny Podres in Game Six.
  • 1961 - The Yankees' Whitey Ford set a World Series record for consecutive scoreless innings by extending his streak to 32 innings in a 7-0 triumph over the Cincinnati Reds in Game 4.
  • 1973 - Rusty Staub's two home runs powered the New York Mets to a 9-2 victory over the Cincinnati Reds and a 2-1 lead in the NLCS. Pete Rose of the Reds and Bud Harrelson of the Mets scuffled at second base in the fifth inning after Rose slid hard into the base.
  • 1986 - Mike Scott equaled a playoff record with 14 strikeouts and threw a five-hitter as the Houston Astros defeated the New York Mets 1-0 in the first game of the NLCS. Glenn Davis opened the second inning with a home run off Dwight Gooden.
  • 1988 - Dodgers ace reliever Jay Howell is ejected in the eighth inning of Game Three of the NLCS for having pine tar on his glove and the Mets go on to score five times in the inning on the way to an 8-4 win. Howell will be suspended for three days by the NL.
  • 1989 - Oakland beats Toronto 4-3 in Game Five to advance to the World Series for the second straight year. Rickey Henderson, who hit .400 with eight stolen bases, is named Series MVP.
  • 1995 - Edgar Martinez drives home the tying and winning runs with a double to left field to rally the Mariners to a 6-5 win in the bottom of the 11th inning to win the Division Series. Martinez bats .571 with 10 RBI against the Yankees in the five-game series. Ken Griffey, Jr., who beats the relay throw home to score the winning run, hits five home runs in the series.

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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.