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January

• January 9 – Johnny Echols
• January 13 – Stan Wentzel
• January 15 – Johnny Rucker
• January 16 – Bob Ramazzotti
• January 17 – Jocko Thompson
• January 20 – Joe Dobson
• January 22 – Huck Geary
• January 23 – Sam Jethroe
• January 24 – Danny Doyle
• January 24 – Wally Judnich
• January 25 – Carl McNabb
• January 30 – Mickey Harris
• January 30 – Al Veigel

February

• February 1 – Elmer Burkart
• February 1 – Eiji Sawamura
• February 9 – Moon Mullen
• February 10 – Roy Bruner
• February 10 – Allie Reynolds
• February 10 – Eddie Turchin
• February 12 – Dom DiMaggio
• February 14 – Augie Bergamo
• February 17 – Ed Chandler
• February 19 – Chuck Aleno
• February 19 – Tom Earley
• February 20 – Jack Bolling
• February 26 – Johnny Grodzicki
• February 27 – Rube Melton

March

• March 1 – Rankin Johnson
• March 1 – Ike Pearson
• March 2 – Jim Konstanty
• March 4 – Clyde McCullough
• March 5 – Alex Monchak
• March 6 – Walker Cress
• March 6 – Joe Orrell
• March 8 – Bill Salkeld
• March 13 – Joe Walsh
• March 15 – Charlie Bowles
• March 17 – Hank Sauer
• March 18 – Ace Williams
• March 24 – Dave Bartosch
• March 26 – Clayton Lambert
• March 29 – Tommy Holmes

April

• April 1 – Chet Ross
• April 2 – Vedie Himsl
• April 11 – Barney McCosky
• April 11 – Luis Romero Petit
• April 13 – Jim Schelle
• April 14 – Marvin Miller
• April 15 – Elmer Gedeon
• April 17 – Stan Andrews
• April 18 – Ty LaForest
• April 18 – Nick Polly
• April 18 – Vince Ventura
• April 20 – Hal Peck
• April 23 – Tony Lupien
• April 23 – Gene Smith
• April 25 – John Dagenhard
• April 26 – Sal Maglie
• April 26 – Virgil Trucks
• April 29 – Bob Whitcher

May

• May 1 – Johnny Berardino
• May 1 – Tommy Nelson
• May 3 – José Del Vecchio
• May 5 – George Dockins
• May 5 – Lennie Merullo
• May 6 – Mike McCormick
• May 7 – Al Papai
• May 8 – Harry O'Neill
• May 10 – Chet Clemens
• May 11 – Johnny Gerlach
• May 11 – Dave Short
• May 13 – Carden Gillenwater
• May 13 – Lou Stringer
• May 14 – Bob Thurman
• May 16 – George Jumonville
• May 19 – Skippy Roberge
• May 22 – Frankie Austin
• May 25 – Bert Hodges

June

• June 7 – Junior Thompson
• June 10 – Earl Henry
• June 14 – Ray Hoffman
• June 14 – Hal Manders
• June 18 – Jimmy Pofahl
• June 23 – Bubba Floyd
• June 23 – Jack Sanford
• June 24 – Al Gerheauser
• June 27 – Ethel Boyce
• June 30 – Willie Grace

July

• July 3 – Piper Davis
• July 4 – Mike Palagyi
• July 5 – Tommy Warren
• July 6 – Ken Sears
• July 10 – Hugh Alexander
• July 15 – Barney Longest
• July 17 – Lou Boudreau
• July 18 – Leo Wells
• July 21 – Mitch Chetkovich
• July 22 – Phil McCullough
• July 23 – Ray Scarborough
• July 26 – Jimmy Bloodworth
• July 27 – Bill Sayles
• July 29 – Buck Frierson

August

• August 1 – Chet Johnson
• August 3 – Milo Candini
• August 6 – John McGillen
• August 8 – Ken Raffensberger
• August 11 – Lefty Hoerst
• August 13 – Sid Gordon
• August 19 – Jim Honochick
• August 21 – Kay Heim
• August 23 – Jim Prendergast
• August 26 – George Barnicle
• August 26 – Dorothy Damaschke
• August 26 – Mike Naymick
• August 27 – Peanuts Lowrey
• August 30 – Red Embree
• August 31 – Frank Dasso

September

• September 1 – Paul Campbell
• September 3 – Frank Jelincich
• September 7 – Roy Partee
• September 12 – Russ Christopher
• September 14 – John Douglas
• September 17 – Antonio Briñez
• September 17 – Al Gettel
• September 21 – Joe Haynes
• September 22 – Anse Moore
• September 24 – Charlie Cuellar
• September 25 – Phil Rizzuto
• September 25 – Johnny Sain
• September 26 – Thurman Tucker
• September 28 – Roy Lee
• September 28 – Glen Moulder
• September 28 – Mike Ulicny
• September 29 – Eddie Feinberg

October

• October 3 – Frank Kalin
• October 4 – Hal Quick
• October 6 – Paul Calvert
• October 8 – Danny Murtaugh
• October 8 – Hal Toenes
• October 11 – Vince Castino
• October 12 – Ray Murray
• October 17 – Johnny Ostrowski
• October 18 – Loy Hanning
• October 21 – Frank Papish
• October 21 – Bob Prichard
• October 25 – Lee MacPhail
• October 27 – Bob Patrick
• October 28 – Joe Page
• October 30 – Bobby Bragan

November

• November 1 – Pat Mullin
• November 3 – Len Gilmore
• November 3 – Eli Hodkey
• November 3 – Marguerite Jones
• November 6 – Bob Repass
• November 7 – Kathryn Beare
• November 9 – Bob Neighbors
• November 11 – Pat Scantlebury
• November 16 – Ed Busch
• November 20 – Jess Dobernic
• November 20 – Felix Mackiewicz
• November 20 – Mike Schemer
• November 23 – Jake Caulfield
• November 23 – Herman Reich
• November 25 – Len Perme
• November 26 – Pat Cooper
• November 26 – Mike Kosman

December

• December 1 – Marty Marion
• December 9 – George Woodend
• December 10 – Andy Tomasic
• December 12 – Bob Carpenter
• December 12 – Clyde Kluttz
• December 16 – Jim Pruett
• December 18 – Margaret Stefani
• December 19 – Ray Poat
• December 27 – Herb Karpel

January–March

• January 3 – Rynie Wolters, 74, Dutch pitcher and outfielder who hit .318 and posted a 19-23 record with the New York Mutuals, Cleveland Forest Citys and Elizabeth Resolutes between 1871 and 1873.
• January 10 – Jack McFetridge, 47, pitcher who played in 1890 and 1903 with the Philadelphia Phillies of the National League.
• January 13 – Jim Garry, 47, pitcher for the 1893 Boston Beaneaters.
• January 16 – Charlie Geggus, 54, pitcher who posted a 10-9 record and a 2.54 ERA for the 1884 Washington Nationals of the Union Association.
• January 17 – Pat McCauley, 46, backup catcher who played between 1893 and 1903 for the St. Louis Browns, Washington Senators and New York Highlanders.
• January 19 – Charlie Enwright, 29, shortstop who played for the 1909 St. Louis Cardinals.
• January 26 – Jim McGuire, 41, shortstop for the 1901 Cleveland Blues of the American League.
• January 30 – Cyclone Ryan, 51, Irish pitcher and first baseman who played for the 1887 New York Metropolitans and the 1891 Boston Beaneaters.
• January 31 – Pete O'Brien, 39, second baseman for the Cincinnati Reds, St. Louis Browns, Cleveland Naps and Washington Senators between 1901 and 1907.
• February 7 – Tim Murnane, 64, first baseman and center fielder in the early years of professional baseball who became president of the New England League and went on to a distinguished tenure as sports editor of The Boston Globe for over 30 years, serving as one of the sport's leading advocates.
• February 18 – Charlie Fisher, 64, third baseman who played for the Kansas City Cowboys and the Chicago Browns of the Union Association in the 1884 season.
• February 18 – William Kerr, 69, co-owner of the Pittsburgh Pirates (1893–1900).
• February 23 – Art Weaver, 37, catcher and infielder who played with the Cardinals, Pirates, Browns and White Sox between 1902 and 1908.
• February 28 – Parson Nicholson, 53, second baseman who played for the Detroit Wolverines, Toledo Maumees and Washington Senators between 1888 and 1895.
• March 4 – Joe Dowie, 51, backup outfielder for the 1889 Baltimore Orioles of the National League.
• March 9 – Cooney Snyder, 45, Canadian catcher who played for the 1898 Louisville Colonels.
• March 15 – John Munce, 69, outfielder for the 1884 Wilmington Quicksteps of the Union Association.
• March 27 – Willie Jensen, 27, American League pitcher who played for the 1912 Detroit Tigers and the 1914 Philadelphia Athletics.

April–June

• April 5 – Frank McLaughlin, 60, utility infielder and outfielder who played from 1882 through 1884 for five teams in three different leagues.
• April 9 – Charlie Gould, 69, first baseman for the original Cincinnati Red Stockings of 1869 and 1870, the first team consisting entirely of professional players.
• May 19 – Pat McManus, 54, who pitched for the Indianapolis Hoosiers (1889) and Philadelphia Phillies (1894) of the National League.
• May 25 – Willie Sudhoff, 42, pitcher for six different teams from 1897 to 1906, who became the first to play for all St. Louis clubs both in the National and American leagues.
• May 27 – Tom Ford, 50, American Association pitcher and shortstop for the Columbus Solons and the Brooklyn Gladiators during the 1890 season.
• June 10 – Jack Fanning, 54, pitcher for the 1889 Indianapolis Hoosiers and 1894 Philadelphia Phillies.

July–September

• July 1 – Al Buckenberger, 56, manager for four teams between 1889 and 1904, mainly for the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Boston Beaneaters of the National League.
• July 1 – Henry Mathewson, 30, pitcher for the National League New York Giants in the 1906 and 1907 seasons.
• July 16 – Dick Butler, 47, backup catcher for the 1897 Louisville Colonels and the 1899 Washington Senators.
• July 27 – John Schappert, [?], who pitched for the St. Louis Brown Stockings of the American Association in the 1882 season.
• July 28 – Whitey Ritterson, 62, catcher for the 1876 Philadelphia Athletics.
• August 7 – Bill Loughran, 55, catcher for the 1884 New York Gothams of the National League.
• August 24 – Al McCauley, 54, first baseman and pitcher for the Indianapolis Hoosiers, Philadelphia Phillies and Washington Statesmen between the 1884 and 1891 seasons.
• August 27 – Cy Alberts, 35, pitcher for the 1910 St. Louis Cardinals.
• September 13 – Gene Derby, 57, catcher for the 1885 Baltimore Orioles of the American Association.

October–December

• October 12 – Bill Clay, 42, backup outfielder for the 1902 Philadelphia Phillies.
• November 1 – Steve Brady, 66, outfielder who played between 1874 and 1886 for the Hartford Dark Blues, Washington Nationals and New York Metropolitans.
• November 19 – King Bailey, 47, pitcher for the 1895 Cincinnati Reds.
• December 2 – Mike Hooper, 67, National Association outfielder for the Baltimore Marylands between 1868 and 1873, who led his team in runs scored from 1868 to 1870.
• December 17 – Frank Burlingame, 64, National League and Union Association umpire
• December 20 – Will Calihan, 48, American Association pitcher who played from 1890 to 1891 with the Rochester Broncos and Philadelphia Athletics.