December 7
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Events, births and deaths that occurred on December 7.
- 2005 - The Toronto Blue Jays acquire solid-hitting first baseman Lyle Overbay and right-handed pitching prospect Ty Taubenheim in a trade with the Milwaukee Brewers; going the other way were pitcher David Bush and pitching prospect Zach Jackson, as well as outfielder Gabe Gross.
- 2007:
- The Pittsburgh Pirates deal veteran reliever Salomon Torres (10th on the team's games pitched leaderboard at the time) to the Milwaukee Brewers for Marino Salas and Kevin Roberts, two minor leaguers. Torres, a resident of the Pittsburgh suburbs, says he is considering retirement rather than reporting, but will decide to stay active.
- Barry Bonds pleads not guilty to five charges of perjury and obstruction of justice in federal hearings regarding the BALCO investigation.
[edit] Births
- 1847 - Deacon White, infielder, manager (d. 1939)
- 1849 - Elmer White, outfielder (d. 1872)
- 1863 - Tom Lovett, pitcher (d. 1928)
- 1865 - Charles Yingling, infielder (d. 1897)
- 1874 - Hobe Ferris, infielder (d. 1938)
- 1885 - Ducky Yount, pitcher (d. 1970)
- 1886 - Bobby Schang, catcher (d. 1966)
- 1896 - Bud Davis, pitcher (d. 1967)
- 1899 - Ed Morris, pitcher (d. 1932)
- 1901 - Ralph Judd, pitcher (d. 1957)
- 1906 - Tony Piet, infielder (d. 1981)
- 1911 - Denny Galehouse, pitcher (d. 1998)
- 1911 - Don Johnson, infielder; All-Star (d. 2000)
- 1915 - Johnny Gee, pitcher (d. 1988)
- 1915 - Vinnie Smith, catcher (d. 1979)
- 1916 - Jorge Comellas, pitcher
- 1926 - Armando Roche, pitcher (d. 1997)
- 1927 - Dick Donovan, pitcher; All-Star (d. 1997)
- 1930 - Mark Freeman, pitcher (d. 2006)
- 1930 - Hal Smith, catcher
- 1930 - Ken Beardslee, scout (d. 2007)
- 1935 - Don Cardwell, pitcher (d. 2008)
- 1936 - Bo Belinsky, pitcher (d. 2001)
- 1941 - Rupe Toppin, pitcher
- 1942 - Alex Johnson, outfielder; All-Star
- 1947 - Johnny Bench, catcher; All-Star, Hall of Famer
- 1950 - Rich Coggins, outfielder
- 1951 - Paul Dade, outfielder
- 1955 - Scot Thompson, outfielder
- 1956 - Ozzie Virgil, catcher; All-Star
- 1963 - Jim Austin, pitcher
- 1963 - Billy Bates, infielder
- 1963 - Steve Howard, outfielder
- 1963 - Shane Mack, outfielder
- 1967 - Tino Martinez, infielder; All-Star
- 1972 - Carl Dale, pitcher
- 1973 - Brian Schmack, pitcher
- 1974 - Mike Bell, infielder
- 1976 - Kevin Hooper, infielder/outfielder
- 1977 - Eric Chavez, infielder
- 1979 - Ryan Theriot, infielder
[edit] Deaths
- 1933 - Fred Hoey, manager (b. 1865)
- 1938 - Tom Kearns, infielder (b. 1859)
- 1940 - Harry Eells, pitcher (b. 1881)
- 1945 - Cal Crum, pitcher (b. 1890)
- 1945 - Dan Phelan, infielder (b. 1864)
- 1947 - Jud Smith, infielder (b. 1869)
- 1953 - Slats Jordan, infielder/outfielder (b. 1878)
- 1959 - Tom McGuire, pitcher (b. 1892)
- 1962 - Bobo Newsom, pitcher; All-Star (b. 1907)
- 1964 - Bill Karlon, outfielder (b. 1909)
- 1964 - Bobby Keefe, pitcher (b. 1882)
- 1969 - Lefty O'Doul, outfielder; All-Star (b. 1897)
- 1974 - Red Dorman, outfielder (b. 1905)
- 1976 - Duke Maas, pitcher (b. 1929)
- 1977 - Denny Sothern, outfielder (b. 1904)
- 1980 - Luke Urban, catcher (b. 1898)
- 1984 - Howie Reed, pitcher (b. 1936)
- 1986 - John Bogart, pitcher (b. 1900)
- 1987 - Ken Richardson, infielder (b. 1915)
- 1990 - Lew Flick, outfielder (b. 1915)
- 1994 - Frank Sacka, catcher (b. 1924)
- 1997 - Vic Lombardi, pitcher (b. 1922)
