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The following are the events that happened world-wide throughout the sport of baseball.

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Sources

1800s[]

  • 1895 - Responding to the complaints of senior citizens like Cap Anson, the National League restricts the size of gloves for all fielders, save catchers and first basemens, to 10 ounces, with a maximum circumference of 14 inches around the palm. In other words, less than 4 1/2 inches across. The NL also rescinds the rule forbidding "intentional discoloring" of the ball, thus allowing players to dirty the baseball to their satisfaction.

1900s[]

  • 1901 - The National League Rules Committee decrees that all foul balls are to count as strike balls, except after two strikes. To cut the cost of lost foul balls, the committee urges that batsmen who foul off good strikes are to be disciplined. The American League will not adopt this rule for several years. Other new rules: catchers must play within 10 feet of the batter; a ball will be called if the pitcher does not throw to a ready and waiting batter within 20 seconds, and players using indecent or improper language will be banished by the umpire. A ball will be called when a batter is hit by a pitch, but, in a mail vote, the owners will rescind this in April, and a HBP will earn a batter first base.
  • 1908:
    • The sacrifice fly rule is adopted. No time at bat is charged if a run scores after the catch of a fly ball. The rule will be repealed in 1931, then reinstated (or changed) several times before gaining permanent acceptance in 1954.
    • In Fullerton, California, Washington Senators pitcher Walter Johnson is operated on for an infection of the mastoid area behind the right ear. The doctors remove a section of the bone, and the recuperation will keep Johnson sidelined until late May.
  • 1909 - The New York Giants release pitcher Joe McGinnity, despite his 11-7 record the previous season. The move ends his 10-year major league career. McGinnity finishes with a 246-142 record and 2.66 ERA. In 1946, McGinnity will win election to the Hall of Fame.

1910s-1920s[]

1930s-1940s[]

  • 1937 - The Negro American League announces the schedule for their inaugural season.

1950s-1970s[]

  • 1962 - An architect offers a proposal to encase Candlestick Park in a plastic screen—"saran cloth"—to shield it from the wind.

1980s-1990[]

  • 1986 - Nine days after being arrested on drug possession charges for the second time in a month, San Diego Padres pitcher LaMarr Hoyt checks into a drug rehabilitation program and will miss most of the Padres' spring training. Hoyt was 16-8 with a 3.47 ERA last season.
  • 1989 - Washington State University first baseman John Olerud, a Toronto Blue Jays selection in the draft, undergoes brain surgery for the removal of an aneurysm. The Washington State University left-handed first baseman had collapsed on January 11 after a workout. As a result of the aneurysm, he will wear a helmet at all times while on the playing field. Olerud will go on to enjoy a successful major league 17-season career with the Blue Jays, Mets, Mariners, Yankees and Red Sox, winning a batting title in 1993 and two All-Star berths.

2000s[]

  • 2002:
    • The sale of the Boston Red Sox to a group headed by John Henry becomes official.
    • The Houston Astros buy back the stadium naming rights to Enron Field from bankrupt Enron for $2.1 million. The stadium will be known as Astros Field, until the rights are resold.

Births[]

  • 1896 - Cy Perkins, catcher (d. 1963)
  • 1904 - Chick Fullis, outfielder (d. 1946)
  • 1907 - Hilton Smith, Hall of Fame Negro Leagues pitcher (d. 1983)
  • 1920 - Connie Ryan, All-Star infielder (d. 1996)
  • 1949 - John Wockenfuss, catcher
  • 1953 - Ron Hassey, catcher
  • 1962 - Greg Cadaret, pitcher
  • 1966 - Pete Smith, pitcher
  • 1968 - Matt Stairs, outfielder
  • 1969 - Willie Banks, pitcher
  • 1974 - Cliff Politte, pitcher
  • 1977 - Craig Monroe, outfielder
  • 1984 - Aníbal Sánchez, pitcher

Deaths[]

  • 1926 - Otis Clymer, outfielder (b. 1876)
  • 1959 - Howie Fitzgerald, outfielder (b. 1902)
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