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

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Sources

1800s[]

  • 1889 - A New York sporting goods house receives an order for bats, balls, and other baseball equipment from Mr. Hiroka of Tokyo, Japan. In his letter he says that baseball "has been played there for several months" and that a baseball association would soon be organized.

1900s[]

1910s[]

  • 1918 - Although the major leagues optimistically keep the schedules at 154 games, the owners agree to halve the spring training time in an attempt to save money, as the St. Louis Cardinals open their camp at Hot Wells, Arkansas.

1920s[]

1930s[]

  • 1934 - Mildred Didrickson (Babe Zaharias), renowned all-around female athlete, pitches the first inning for the Philadelphia Athletics in a spring training exhibition game against the Brooklyn Dodgers. She gives up one walk but no hits. Two days later she pitches again, this time one inning for the St. Louis Cardinals against the Boston Red Sox. Didrickson is less successful this time, giving up four hits and three runs. Bill Hallahan relieves her, as she does not have an at bat in either game. She will also play several games for the House of David this season. Didrickson is the second female to play exhibitions with a major league team. Previously, first baseman Lizzie Murphy played for an American League All-Star team on August 14, 1922.
  • 1937 - The Homestead Grays of the Negro Leagues acquire future Hall of Famers Josh Gibson and Judy Johnson for $2,500 in cash and a pair of journeymen players. The trade is considered the largest transaction in the history of the Negro Leagues.

1940s[]

  • 1943 - Bob Johnson, a longtime Philadelphia Athletics fan favorite, is traded to the Washington Senators in exchange for outfielder Bobby Estalella and infielder Jimmy Pofahl. Johnson has led the Athletics in RBI in each of the last seven seasons – no team has ever traded a slugger with that mark.

1950s[]

  • 1953 - U.S. Senator Edwin C. Johnson offers a bill to give clubs the sole right to ban radio-TV broadcasts of major league games in their own territory. The antitrust division of the Justice Department outlawed this practice in 1949. Johnson believes that it started the decline of baseball in small towns and cities throughout the country. His bill will restore the equity between large communities and the small areas.
  • 1958 - The Philadelphia Phillies acquire veteran first baseman Joe Collins from the New York Yankees. Opting not to report to the Phillies spring training camp, Collins decides to retire, thereby canceling the deal.

1960s[]

1970s[]

  • 1976 - Leo Durocher, hired to manage the Yokohama Taiyo Whales of the Japanese Central League, is sick with hepatitis and asks for a five-week delay in reporting. Durocher receives a telegram from the Taiyo Whales stating: Since the championship starts in twenty days, it's better if you stay home and take care of yourself for the remainder of the season.

1980s[]

  • 1989 - Commissioner Peter Ueberroth announces that he has begun an investigation into the behavior of Cincinnati Reds manager Pete Rose. Ueberroth doesn’t identify the allegations against Rose, but the Reds’ skipper will eventually be banished for his alleged involvement with gambling.

1990s[]

  • 1995 - The Baltimore Orioles cancel the remainder of their spring training games because of the team's refusal to use replacement players.

2000s[]

  • 2000 - The new World Umpires Association agrees to consolidate all umpires as part of an interim agreement with the commissioner's office. The umpires will merge beginning with this season.
  • 2002:
    • The commissioner's office announces MLB will continue the practice that began after the September 11 attacks of singing God Bless America during the seventh-inning stretch in each team's first homestand. In addition, a Flag of the United States patches will be worn on the jackets of all 30 major league teams this season and special logos will be used on Opening Day, Memorial Day weekend and the Fourth of July with Canadian versions designed for the Toronto Blue Jays and Montreal Expos.
    • The Milwaukee Brewers trade catcher Henry Blanco to the Atlanta Braves for catcher Paul Bako and pitcher José Cabrera.
  • 2006:
    • Scoring four runs in the first inning with only one ball hit out of the infield and four more in the ninth without an extra-base hit, Japan defeats Cuba 10–6, to win the first World Baseball Classic. A sellout crowd of 42,696 packed PETCO Park for the finale to the 21⁄2-week tournament that fulfilled expectations of its organizers. Starting pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka, who defeated Cuba in the 2004 Olympics, earned his third victory and was named the most valuable player of the tournament. Mid-March time frame is likely to be repeated in three years.
    • The Boston Red Sox trade pitcher Bronson Arroyo to the Cincinnati Reds in exchange for outfielder Wily Mo Peña. Boston also announces that outfielder Juan González has agreed to a minor league contract.
    • Two-time All-Star pitcher Al Leiter announces his retirement after a 19-season majors career.
    • At spring training, 86-year-old Red Sox special instructor Johnny Pesky is injured when a foul ball broke a bone in his left ankle as he watched a college game.

Births[]

  • 1821 - Bill Cammeyer, manager (d. 1898)
  • 1865 - Mike Griffin, outfielder (d. 1908)
  • 1907 - Vern Kennedy, All-Star pitcher (d. 1993)
  • 1912 - Clyde Shoun, pitcher (b. 1912)
  • 1915 - Stan Spence, All-Star outfielder (d. 1983)
  • 1925 - Al Widmar, pitcher (d. 2005)
  • 1933 - George Altman, All-Star outfielder
  • 1941 - Pat Corrales, catcher/manager
  • 1952 - Rick Langford, pitcher
  • 1954 - Paul Mirabella, pitcher
  • 1954 - Steve McCatty, pitcher
  • 1960 - Mike Young, outfielder
  • 1966 - Blas Minor, pitcher
  • 1971 - Manny Alexander, infielder
  • 1979 - Wilfredo Rodríguez, piitcher

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