December 6
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Events, births and deaths that occurred on December 6.
- 1877 - William Hulbert is reelected president of the National League. The Hartford Dark Blues are dropped from the league.
- 1882 - Abraham Mills is elected president of the NL. The league replaces the Troy Trojans and Worcester Ruby Legs with the Philadelphia Quakers and New York Gothams.
- 1913 - Exhibition teams made up of members of the Chicago White Sox and New York Giants play at Keio University Stadium in Tokyo, Japan. The next day they play against the University's team.
- 1914 - In a vision of things to come an indoor baseball game is played in Chicago, IL to raise money for the family of recently deceased Chicago Cubs third basemen Jim Doyle.
- 1921 - The Cincinnati Reds trade Heinie Groh to the New York Giants for George Burns, Mike Gonzalez and cash.
- 2005 - The Toronto Blue Jays awards a 5-year, $55 million contract to highly coveted starting pitcher A.J. Burnett, formerly of the Florida Marlins.
- 2007:
- The Rule V Draft is held. Tim Lahey goes first to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, followed by Evan Meek to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Brian Barton, expected to go first, slips to #10. Former major leaguers taken include R.A. Dickey, Travis Blackley and Jose Capellan.
- The Los Angeles Dodgers sign free agent outfielder Andruw Jones for $36 million over two years. Jones had led the 2005 NL with 51 home runs but was coming off a disappointing 88 OPS+ in 2007.
- Jose Guillen and Jay Gibbons are suspended by Major League Baseball for steroid use following the results of George Mitchell's investigation. No penalty is given to Troy Glaus, Scott Schoeneweis, Rick Ankiel and Gary Matthews Jr., who also had been found to be users by the Mitchell investigation.
[edit] Births
- 1852 - Trick McSorley, infielder (d. 1936)
- 1865 - Pat Whitaker, pitcher (d. 1902)
- 1867 - Tun Berger, infielder (d. 1907)
- 1873 - Harry Wolverton, infielder, manager (d. 1937)
- 1882 - Dave Rowan, infielder (d. 1955)
- 1885 - Jack Stansbury, infielder (d. 1970)
- 1886 - Hap Morse, infielder (d. 1974)
- 1893 - Hack Eibel, outfielder (d. 1945)
- 1894 - Bruno Betzel, infielder (d. 1965)
- 1894 - Walter Mueller, outfielder (d. 1971)
- 1896 - Bob Larmore, infielder (d. 1964)
- 1896 - Frank Luce, outfielder (d. 1942)
- 1899 - Jocko Conlan, outfielder; Hall of Famer (d. 1989)
- 1903 - Tony Lazzeri, infielder; All-Star, Hall of Famer (d. 1946)
- 1909 - Stan Hack, infielder, manager; All-Star (d. 1979)
- 1913 - Bill Kerksieck, pitcher (d. 1970)
- 1914 - Turkey Tyson, pinch hitter (d. 2000)
- 1920 - Gus Niarhos, catcher (d. 2004)
- 1925 - Rance Pless, infielder
- 1927 - Tommy Brown, infielder
- 1934 - Dan Dobbek, outfielder
- 1937 - Freddie Velazquez, catcher
- 1938 - Amado Samuel, infielder
- 1942 - Arnold Umbach, pitcher
- 1944 - Tony Horton, infielder
- 1945 - Larry Bowa, infielder, manager; All-Star
- 1945 - Jay Dahl, pitcher (d. 1965)
- 1952 - Chuck Baker, infielder
- 1952 - Jeff Schneider, pitcher
- 1953 - Gary Ward, outfielder; All-Star
- 1954 - Mike Parrott, pitcher
- 1955 - Luis Rosado, infielder
- 1957 - Steve Bedrosian, pitcher; All-Star
- 1959 - Larry Sheets, designated hitter
- 1963 - Lance Blankenship, infielder
- 1964 - Kevin Campbell, pitcher
- 1966 - Terry McDaniel, outfielder
- 1967 - Kevin Appier, pitcher; All-Star
- 1971 - Jose Contreras, pitcher; All-Star
- 1971 - Adam Hyzdu, outfielder
- 1971 - Tony Runion, minor league player
- 1972 - Rick Short, infielder
- 1972 - Neil Weber, pitcher
- 1977 - Kevin Cash, catcher
- 1978 - Jason Bulger, pitcher
- 1978 - Chris Basak, infielder
- 1980 - Ehren Wassermann, pitcher
- 1980 - Jason Cooper, minor league player
- 1985 - Jason Rodriguez, minor league infielder
- 1986 - Ryan Tucker, pitcher
- 1990 - Victor Cadette, minor league player
[edit] Deaths
- 1905 - Jack Leary, infielder (b. 1857)
- 1911 - Ed Glenn, infielder (b. 1875)
- 1911 - John Hamill, pitcher (b. 1860)
- 1942 - Amos Rusie, pitcher; Hall of Famer (b. 1871)
- 1943 - Charley Hall, pitcher (b. 1885)
- 1943 - George Magoon, infielder (b. 1875)
- 1948 - Bill Dammann, pitcher (b. 1872)
- 1950 - Jing Johnson, pitcher (b. 1894)
- 1952 - Don Hurst, infielder (b. 1905)
- 1955 - Honus Wagner, infielder, manager; Hall of Famer (b. 1874)
- 1959 - Wid Conroy, infielder (b. 1877)
- 1962 - Dutch Hoffman, outfielder (b. 1904)
- 1965 - Frank Crossin, catcher (b. 1891)
- 1975 - Jim Stroner, infielder (b. 1901)
- 1977 - John Pomorski, pitcher (b. 1905)
- 1985 - Burleigh Grimes, pitcher, manager; Hall of Famer (b. 1893)
- 1987 - Jim Johnson, pitcher (b. 1945)
- 1989 - Art Parks, outfielder (b. 1911)
- 1993 - Ray Thomas, catcher (b. 1910)
- 1997 - Lou Clinton, outfielder (b. 1937)
- 1999 - Roy Talcott, pitcher (b. 1920)
- 2002 - Clarence Beers, pitcher (b. 1918)
- 2002 - Randy Burden, minor league pitcher (b. 1979)
