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March 6
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Events, births and deaths that occurred on March 6.
[edit] Events
- 1884 - High winds tear off the roof of the Polo Grounds' grandstand.
- 1906 - Rookie owner Charles W. Murphy puts the last pieces of a Chicago Cubs dynasty in place, trading rookie infielder Hans Lobert and pitcher Jake Weimer to the Cincinnati Reds for third baseman Harry Steinfeldt. Not a heavy hitter, Steinfeldt completes the Frank Chance-Johnny Evers-Joe Tinker infield with more than adequate defense.
- 1907 - Philadelphia Phillies owners A.J. Reach and John Rogers are acquitted of damages resulting from the 1903 Baker Bowl disaster. A balcony collapsed at the Broad Street and Lehigh Avenue ballpark, killing 12 and leaving 232 fans injured.
- 1923 - The St. Louis Cardinals announce that their players will wear numerals on their uniforms. The digits will be assigned according to the batting order.
- 1940 - Future Hall of Famer Willie Stargell is born in Earlsboro, Oklahoma. Stargell will make his debut in 1962 with the Pittsburgh Pirates. He will hit 475 home runs during a 21-year major league career, helping the Pirates to World Championships in 1971 and 1979.
- 1945 - Former Philadelphia Athletics catcher Harry O'Neill is killed in combat during the Battle of Iwo Jima. The 27-year-old O'Neill becomes the second former major leaguer to lose his life in the war. Elmer Gedeon, a one-time outfielder with the Washington Senators, was killed in 1944.
- 1948 - The Brooklyn Dodgers send Eddie Stanky to the Boston Braves for Bama Rowell and $60,000.
- 1962 - St. Louis voters approve a bond issue that will fund the improvements necessary to build a new downtown stadium for the Cardinals.
- 1973 - Larry Hisle of the Minnesota Twins becomes the first designated hitter in major league history during an exhibition game against the Pittsburgh Pirates. Hisle makes the new American League rule look good by collecting two home runs and seven runs batted in.
- 1980 - Milwaukee Brewers manager George Bamberger suffers a heart attack at the team's spring training camp in Sun City, Arizona. Bamberger will undergo quintuple bypass surgery, and is replaced on an interim basis by one of the team's coaches, Buck Rodgers.
- 1985 - Enos Slaughter and Arky Vaughan are elected to the Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee. Slaughter, known for his hustling style of play, gained fame for his celebrated "Mad Dash" home during the 1946 World Series. Vaughan batted .318 over a 14-year career with the Pittsburgh Pirates and Brooklyn Dodgers.
- 1987 - Prized free agent Andre Dawson signs a one-year contract with the Chicago Cubs worth $650,000, well below his market value. A former Montreal Expos star, Dawson had previously offered to sign a "blank check" contract with Chicago, because collusion prevents him from signing a contract at the market rate for his services.
- 2001 - Former Pittsburgh Pirates All-Star second baseman Bill Mazeroski and Negro Leagues pitching great Hilton Smith are elected to the Hall of Fame by the Special Veterans Committee. Mazeroski, an eight-time Gold Glove Award winner, hit one of the most memorable home runs ever - a 9th-inning blast in Game Seven of the 1960 World Series.
- 2005 - Suzyn Waldman becomes the first woman to be a full-time color commentator in major league history, making her debut with John Sterling on WCBS-AM 880, the radio flagship of the New York Yankees. The former radio-talk host on WFAN, the first all-sports radio station in United States, was also the first female to broadcast on a national baseball telecast, as well as the first to provide local TV (Yankees) major league play-by-play.
- 2006 - Hall of Fame outfielder Kirby Puckett dies in Scottsdale, Arizona, at age 45, a day after suffering a massive stroke. Puckett, who led the Minnesota Twins to World Series titles in 1987 and 1991, hit .318 with 207 home runs and 1085 RBI over 12 seasons. A 10-time All-Star and six-time Gold Glove winner, Puckett ended his career abruptly due to irreversible retina damage in his right eye.
- 2008 - La Habana hurler Jonder Martínez throws a no-hitter against Ciego de Avila to improve to 12-1 on the season. It is the first no-hitter by a La Habana hurler in their 30 years in the Cuban Serie Nacional. Martínez uses a fastball over 90 mph, excellent curveballs and his change-up for the masterpiece performance.
- 2009 - Jin-young Lee hits a grand slam in the 1st inning to cap a 6-run South Korean charge against Chen-Chang Lee and Taiwan in the 2009 World Baseball Classic. South Korea goes on to a 9 - 0 rout, with Hyun-jin Ryu getting the win and Keun-woo Jeong adding a 2-run homer for insurance.
- 2012:
- Pinar del Rio hurler Reinier Verano has a no-hitter going with two outs in the 6th when 43-year-old Metropolitanos DH Enrique Esteban Díaz singles. It is his 2,356 hit in Cuba, tying Antonio Pacheco's all-time record.
- Marlins Park in Miami, FL is host to its first game, an exhibition contest won by the Marlins, 7 - 6, over the University of Miami. Newly signed Mark Buehrle starts for the Fish, Hanley Ramirez hits the first-ever homer in the new ballpark off Alex Fernandez Jr., son of former Marlin Alex Fernandez, and Terry Tiffee ends the game with a game-winning single in the bottom of the 9th.
- 2013:
- In the final game of Pool A in the 2013 World Baseball Classic, Cuba defeats Japan, 6 - 3. Both teams start the game unbeaten and assured of moving to the next round, with the final result of little consequence. Cuba builds a 6 - 0 lead on the strength of homers by Yasmani Tomás and Alfredo Despaigne. Japan scores three runs againt Cuba's bullpen in the 9th, but it's not enough to negate the Cubans' big lead.
- The seemingly cursed Yankees get more bad news when they learn that 1B Mark Teixeira 's wrist injury is more serious than thought and that he will be out until mid-May, with no obvious back-up plan in place. At least, SS Derek Jeter and reliever Mariano Rivera seem to be doing well in their bid to come back from season-ending injuries, but the Yanks' spring training complex is starting to look like a field hospital, with GM Brian Cashman addressing reporters on crutches resulting from a sky-diving accident.
[edit] Births
- 1863 - John Coleman, outfielder (d. 1922)
- 1869 - Hal Mauck, pitcher (d. 1921)
- 1871 - Frank Gatins, infielder (d. 1911)
- 1878 - Bert Husting, pitcher (d. 1948)
- 1878 - John McMakin, pitcher (d. 1956)
- 1885 - Ring Lardner, writer (d. 1933)
- 1886 - Bill Sweeney, infielder (d. 1948)
- 1891 - Frank Fletcher, pinch hitter (d. 1974)
- 1891 - Clarence Garrett, pitcher (d. 1977)
- 1892 - Chick Davies, pitcher (d. 1973)
- 1892 - George Mohart, pitcher (d. 1970)
- 1897 - Cliff Brady, infielder (d. 1974)
- 1898 - Roy Hansen, pitcher (d. 1977)
- 1900 - Lefty Grove, pitcher; All-Star, Hall of Famer (d. 1975)
- 1904 - Rev Cannady, Negro League infielder and manager (d. 1981)
- 1915 - Pete Gray, outfielder (d. 2002)
- 1915 - Bob Swift, catcher, manager (d. 1966)
- 1917 - Walker Cress, pitcher (d. 1996)
- 1917 - Joe Orrell, pitcher (d. 1993)
- 1920 - Yukio Muramatsu, NPB pitcher (d. 1944)
- 1921 - Joe Richardson, minor league outfielder and manager (d. 2012)
- 1924 - Ed Mierkowicz, outfielder
- 1924 - Bud Podbielan, pitcher (d. 1982)
- 1933 - Ted Abernathy, pitcher (d. 2004)
- 1939 - Cookie Rojas, infielder, manager; All-Star
- 1940 - Willie Stargell, outfielder; All-Star, Hall of Famer (d. 2001)
- 1947 - Roberto Méndez, minor league infielder; Salon de la Fama
- 1952 - Eduardo Rodriguez, pitcher (d. 2009)
- 1953 - Gerry Hannahs, pitcher
- 1954 - Dave Bialas, coach
- 1958 - Doc Brummer, minor league catcher
- 1959 - Karl Best, pitcher
- 1960 - Rick Behenna, pitcher (d. 2012)
- 1963 - Mario Monico, minor league outfielder
- 1964 - Peter van Dalen, scout
- 1966 - Joe Hall, outfielder
- 1966 - Anthony Telford, pitcher
- 1966 - Omer Muñoz, minor league player and manager
- 1968 - Joe Urbon, agent
- 1969 - Marco Vizcarra, minor league infielder
- 1970 - Victor Oren, minor league pitcher
- 1970 - Scott Stahoviak, infielder
- 1971 - Roger Salkeld, pitcher
- 1971 - Peter Schöön, Swedish national team pitcher-infielder
- 1972 - Scott Franzke, announcer
- 1973 - Terry Adams, pitcher
- 1973 - Roberto Duran, pitcher
- 1974 - Gabe Alvarez, infielder
- 1974 - James Lofton, infielder
- 1975 - Edgar Ramos, pitcher
- 1976 - Richard Negrette, minor league pitcher
- 1977 - Marcus Thames, outfielder
- 1979 - Clint Barmes, infielder
- 1980 - Francisco Trejo, minor league pitcher
- 1982 - Cristhian Martinez, pitcher
- 1983 - Cy Donald, minor league infielder
- 1984 - Justin Cicatello, minor league pitcher
- 1984 - Esequier Pie, minor league pitcher
- 1985 - Samantha Ostrom, Women's Baseball World Cup pitcher
- 1986 - Jake Arrieta, pitcher
- 1986 - Francisco Cervelli, catcher
- 1986 - Ross Detwiler, pitcher
- 1986 - Keisuke Ueno, minor league pitcher
- 1987 - Khatanbaatar Batbold, Mongolian national team pitcher
- 1988 - Viktor Dovgalenko, Ukrainian national team pitcher
- 1988 - Leonys Martín, outfielder
- 1991 - Leighton Pangilinan, minor league infielder
[edit] Deaths
- 1899 - Edward Santry, infielder
- 1910 - Morrie Critchley, pitcher (b. 1850)
- 1912 - Pembroke Finlayson, pitcher (b. 1888)
- 1919 - Fred Demarais, pitcher (b. 1866)
- 1923 - Ducky Hemp, outfielder (b. 1862)
- 1927 - John Tilley, outfielder (b. 1854)
- 1936 - Watty Lee, outfielder (b. 1879)
- 1938 - Rube Lutzke, infielder (b. 1897)
- 1940 - Marshall Locke, outfielder (b. 1857)
- 1943 - Jimmy Collins, infielder, manager; Hall of Famer (b. 1870)
- 1945 - Harry O'Neill, catcher (b. 1917)
- 1946 - Claude Thomas, pitcher (b. 1890)
- 1950 - Bill Guthrie, umpire (b. ????)
- 1965 - Jimmy Austin, infielder, manager (b. 1879)
- 1965 - Wally Schang, catcher (b. 1889)
- 1967 - Vince Castino, catcher (b. 1917)
- 1970 - Bob Adams, pitcher (b. 1907)
- 1972 - Stan Jok, infielder (b. 1926)
- 1979 - Link Wasem, catcher (b. 1911)
- 1980 - Teiyu Amano, amateur executive; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame (b. 1884)
- 1981 - Wade Lefler, outfielder (b. 1896)
- 1988 - Lou Legett, catcher (b. 1901)
- 1988 - Dick Ricketts, pitcher (b. 1933)
- 1990 - Joe Sewell, infielder; Hall of Famer (b. 1898)
- 1992 - Larry Barton, minor league infielder and manager (b. 1912)
- 1993 - George Stumpf, outfielder (b. 1910)
- 1996 - Neal Russo, writer (b. 1920)
- 1998 - Frank Barrett, pitcher (b. 1913)
- 2000 - Pete Beiden, college coach (b. 1908)
- 2001 - Doc Dennis, Negro League infielder (b. 1918)
- 2003 - Mickey Kreitner, catcher (b. 1922)
- 2004 - John Henry Williams, minor league player (b. 1968)
- 2005 - Danny Gardella, outfielder (b. 1920)
- 2005 - Chuck Thompson, announcer (b. 1921)
- 2006 - Kirby Puckett, outfielder (b. 1960)
- 2006 - Carlos Tovar Bracho, announcer (b. 1933)
- 2008 - Deacon Donahue, pitcher (b. 1920)
- 2009 - Eduardo Rodriguez, pitcher (b. 1952)
- 2010 - Jim Roland, pitcher (b. 1942)
