Portal:Baseball/Anniversaries/February 12
Events
[edit]- 1912 - The Boston Braves send Mike Donlin to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Vin Campbell.
- 1940 - The Brooklyn Dodgers purchase outfielder Joe Vosmik from the Boston Red Sox.
- 1944 - Bob Coleman is named as manager of the Boston Braves.
- 1988 - The San Diego Padres trade Rich Gossage to the Chicago Cubs for infielder Keith Moreland.
Births
[edit]- 1851 - Chick Fulmer, infielder (d. 1940)
- 1851 - Mike McGeary, infielder (deceased)
- 1864 - Jim Fogarty, outfielder, manager (d. 1891)
- 1879 - Harry Arndt, infielder (d. 1921)
- 1879 - Pants Rowland, manager (d. 1969)
- 1888 - Ray Miller, infielder (d. 1927)
- 1889 - George Cochran, infielder (d. 1960)
- 1889 - Art Thomason, outfielder (d. 1944)
- 1892 - Tom Rogers, pitcher (d. 1936)
- 1893 - Earl Sheely, infielder (d. 1952)
- 1895 - Sweetbreads Bailey, pitcher (d. 1939)
- 1901 - Virgil Cheeves, pitcher (d. 1979)
- 1902 - Kiddo Davis, outfielder (d. 1983)
- 1903 - Chick Hafey, outfielder; All-Star, Hall of Famer (d. 1973)
- 1917 - Dom DiMaggio, outfielder; All-Star
- 1918 - Monk Dubiel, pitcher (d. 1969)
- 1921 - Don Bollweg, infielder (d. 1996)
- 1926 - Joe Garagiola, Sr., catcher
- 1939 - Jim Lawrence, catcher
- 1939 - Jerry Walker, pitcher; All-Star
- 1941 - Mike Joyce, pitcher
- 1942 - Pat Dobson, pitcher; All-Star (d. 2006)
- 1943 - Paul Edmondson, pitcher (d. 1970)
- 1945 - Don Wilson, pitcher; All-Star (d. 1975)
- 1948 - Frank Estrada, catcher
- 1949 - Enzo Hernández, infielder
- 1949 - Len Randle, infielder
- 1951 - Don Stanhouse, pitcher; All-Star
- 1952 - Cam Bonifay, general manager
- 1953 - Dave Revering, infielder
- 1955 - Juan Bonilla, infielder
- 1955 - Gene Krug, pinch hitter
- 1955 - Chet Lemon, outfielder; All-Star
- 1955 - Steve Mura, pitcher
- 1956 - Brian Denman, pitcher
- 1957 - Steve Brown, pitcher
- 1958 - Ken Smith, infielder
- 1964 - Cameron Drew, outfielder
- 1965 - Rubén Amaro, Jr., outfielder
- 1965 - Stan Fansler, pitcher
- 1965 - Dennis Springer, pitcher
- 1966 - Jeff Pico, pitcher
- 1977 - Gary Knotts, pitcher
- 1978 - Tim Redding, pitcher
- 1981 - Chris Snyder, catcher
Deaths
[edit]- 1885 - Nealy Phelps, outfielder (b. 1840)
- 1934 - Rowdy Elliott, catcher (b. 1890)
- 1939 - George Fair, infielder (b. 1856)
- 1943 - Bart Cantz, catcher (b. 1860)
- 1946 - Woody Wagenhorst, infielder (b. 1863)
- 1952 - Charlie Manlove, catcher (b. 1862)
- 1959 - Dode Paskert, outfielder (b. 1881)
- 1964 - Al Pierotti, pitcher (b. 1895)
- 1967 - Bob Rhoads, pitcher (b. 1879)
- 1982 - Dale Alderson, pitcher (b. 1918)
- 1985 - Van Mungo, pitcher; All-Star (b. 1911)
- 1997 - Francis Healy, catcher (b. 1910)
- 2003 - Wally Burnette, pitcher (b. 1929)
- 2003 - Haywood Sullivan, catcher, manager (b. 1930)
- 2003 - Dick Whitman, outfielder (b. 1920)