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1996 in baseball

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See also: 1996 Major League Baseball season and 1996 Nippon Professional Baseball season

The following are the baseball events of the year 1996 throughout the world.

Years in baseball
1996 in sports

Champions

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Major League Baseball

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Division Series
(ALDS, NLDS) 		League Championship Series
(ALCS, NLCS) 		World Series
         
East NY Yankees 3
West Texas 1
East NY Yankees 4
American League
WC Baltimore 1
WC Baltimore 3
Central Cleveland 1
AL NY Yankees 4
NL Atlanta 2
East Atlanta 3
WC Los Angeles 0
East Atlanta 4
National League
Central St. Louis 3
West San Diego 0
Central St. Louis 3

Other champions

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Awards and honors

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MLB statistical leaders

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  American League National League
Type Name Stat Name Stat
AVG Alex Rodriguez SEA .358 Tony Gwynn SDP .353
HR Mark McGwire OAK 52 Andrés Galarraga COL 47
RBI Albert Belle CLE 148 Andrés Galarraga COL 150
Wins Andy Pettitte NYY 21 John Smoltz ATL 24
ERA Juan Guzmán TOR 2.93 Kevin Brown FLA 1.89
Ks Roger Clemens BOS 257 John Smoltz ATL 276

Major League Baseball final standings

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  • The asterisk denotes the club that won the wild card for its respective league.

Events

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January–April

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May–August

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September

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October-December

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  • October 24 – In Game 5 of the 1996 World Series, the Atlanta Braves play their final game at Fulton County Stadium vs. the New York Yankees. Andy Pettitte outduels eventual NL Cy Young winner John Smoltz as the Yankees win Game 5 1-0 to take a 3-2 series lead.
  • October 26 – The New York Yankees take their fourth victory in a row from the Atlanta Braves, 3-2, giving them the 1996 World Series and their 23rd World Championship. Starter Jimmy Key gets the win with help from closer John Wetteland, whose four saves earn him the World Series MVP trophy.
  • November 5 - Spectacular New York Yankee newcomer Derek Jeter was named unanimously the American League Rookie of the Year.
  • November 7 - 2 great managers share together being named American League Managers of the year. Joe Torre, who led the Yankees to a World Championship while Johnny Oates led the Texas Rangers to their first ever postseason appearance.
  • November 8 - Bruce Bochy who led the San Diego Padres to their first post season appearance since the 1984 World Series was named National League Manager of the year, just edging out the Montreal Expos' Felipe Alou and the St. Louis Cardinals' Tony LaRussa for the honor.
  • November 12 – Pat Hentgen of the Toronto Blue Jays edges Andy Pettitte of the New York Yankees for the Cy Young Award in the closest American League voting since 1972 when Gaylord Perry tops Wilbur Wood by six points. Hentgen, who posts a 20-10 record with a 3.22 ERA and leads the Major Leagues in complete games (10), outpoints Pettitte (21-8, 3.87) by the narrow margin of 110-104. Yankees reliever Mariano Rivera, who goes 8-3 with a 2.09 ERA and five saves in 61 appearances, finishes third in the ballot and receives one first-place vote.
  • November 26 – Less than three weeks after major league owners vote 18-12 against ratification of baseball's new collective bargaining agreement, owners vote again and this time approve it by a vote of 26-4. The landmark agreement brings interleague play to the regular season for the first time as well as revenue sharing among owners and a payroll tax on players.
  • November 30 – Ken Caminiti of the San Diego Padres is the unanimous choice as National League Most Valuable Player. In 2002, he would be the first player of his era to admit that he uses steroids, specifically during this season, and dies in 2004 at age 41 of a heart attack thought to be drug-related. Mike Piazza is the runner-up for the award.

Movies

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Births

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January

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February

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March

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April

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May

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June

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July

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August

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September

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October

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November

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December

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Deaths

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January

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  • January   3 – Connie Ryan, 75, second baseman for five clubs in span of 12 seasons between 1942 and 1954; 1944 All-Star; spent much of his baseball career with the Braves franchise, as a player in Boston (member of 1948 National League champions), coach in Milwaukee (for 1957 World Series champs), and manager in Atlanta (latter weeks of 1975); also served the Texas Rangers as a coach (1977–1979) and acting manager (1977).
  • January   5 – Elmer Singleton, 77, relief pitcher for the Boston Braves, Chicago Cubs, Pittsburgh Pirates and Washington Senators in all or part of eight MLB seasons spanning 1945–1959; pitched professionally for 23 years.
  • January   8 – Dutch McCall, 75, pitcher for the 1948 Chicago Cubs.
  • January   9 – Roger Freed, 49, outfielder who played from 1970 through 1979 with the Baltimore Orioles, Philadelphia Phillies, Cincinnati Reds, Montreal Expos and St. Louis Cardinals.
  • January   9 – Overton Tremper, 89, outfielder for the Brooklyn Robins in the 1927 and 1928 seasons.
  • January 10 – Joe Schultz, 77, backup catcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates and St. Louis Browns in eight seasons between 1939 and 1948; longtime MLB coach for Browns, St. Louis Cardinals, Kansas City Royals and Detroit Tigers; in 1969, manager for the American League expansion franchise Seattle Pilots in their inaugural and only season; as a coach, member of Cardinals' 1964 and 1967 World Series champions; son of "Germany" Schultz.
  • January 21 – Dan Monzon, 49, middle infielder and third baseman for the Minnesota Twins during the 1972 and 1973 seasons; later a notable scout who covered Latin America.
  • January 22 – Dick Rand, 64, backup catcher who played with the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1953 and 1955 seasons and for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1957.
  • January 25 – Mike Clark, 73, a highly touted pitching prospect in the St. Louis Cardinals minor league system in the 1940s, whose career was interrupted by three years of service during World War II; finally joined the Cardinals as a relief pitcher from 1952 to 1953, going undefeated in three decisions while recording one save in 35 relief appearances.
  • January 25 – Chuck Coles, 64, left fielder who played with the Cincinnati Redlegs in 1958.

February

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  • February   6 – Bob Muncrief, 80, pitcher who won 80 games for five clubs between 1937 and 1951, most notably as St. Louis Brown; won 13 games in 1944, the Browns' only pennant-winning season; member of 1948 World Series champion Cleveland Indians.
  • February   7 – Red Webb, 71, pitcher for the New York Giants in the 1948 and 1949 seasons.
  • February   8 – Del Ennis, 70, three-time All-Star outfielder who finished in the top-20 in hits in the National League eight times with the Philadelphia Phillies from 1946 to 1956, as well in the top-10 in home runs, nine times; led the league with 126 RBI in 1956 while batting .311 and hitting 31 home runs; later played with the St. Louis Cardinals, Cincinnati Reds and Chicago White Sox through mid-1959.
  • February 16 – Hank Gornicki, 86, pitcher who played for the St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubs and Pittsburgh Pirates in a span of four seasons from 1941 to 1946.
  • February 17 – Andy Lapihuska, 73, pitcher who played from 1942 to 1943 for the Philadelphia Phillies.
  • February 19 – Charles O. Finley, 77, controversial and colorful owner of the Athletics between December 1960 and August 1980; moved franchise from Kansas City to Oakland after the 1967 season; functioning as his own general manager after 1966, he led the Athletics to three straight World Series titles from 1972 to 1974; brought innovations to MLB like night World Series games, the designated hitter rule, and brightly-colored uniforms and white spikes for his players.
  • February 20 – Carolyn Morris, 70, All-Star female pitcher who hurled a perfect game and two no-hitters in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.
  • February 23 – Gordon Goldsberry, 68, first baseman with the Chicago White Sox from 1949 through 1951 and St. Louis Browns in 1952; later became a scout and front-office executive.
  • February 27 – Vic Janowicz, 66, backup catcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1953 to 1954.
  • February 28 – Augie Guglielmo, 81, umpire who worked one season, in a full slate of 154 games, in the National League in 1952.
  • February 29 – Ralph Rowe, 71, MLB coach for the Minnesota Twins (1972–1975) and Baltimore Orioles (1981–1984); longtime minor league outfielder, manager and instructor.

March

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  • March   8 – Bill Nicholson, 81, five-time All-Star slugging right fielder for the Chicago Cubs and Philadelphia Phillies, who twice led the National League in home runs and RBI, finished 3rd in the MVP voting in 1943 and 2nd the next year, and collected 20 or more home runs seven times, including a career-high 30 homers in 1944.
  • March 13 – Dick West, 80, backup catcher over all or parts of six seasons from 1938 to 1943 with the Cincinnati Reds.
  • March 20 – Jim Pendleton, 72, Negro American League and Triple-A outfielder, who later enjoyed an eight-year National League career spanning 1953–1962 with the Milwaukee Braves, Pittsburgh Pirates, Cincinnati Reds and Houston Colt .45s; just the second rookie to hit three homers in a major league game
  • March 21 – Ruby Stephens, 71, All-American Girls Professional Baseball League pitcher who posted a 61-53 record in six seasons and hurled a no-hitter in 1950.
  • March 22 – Pete Whisenant, 66, outfielder and utility man who played for six teams in eight seasons spanning 1952–1961, primarily with the Cincinnati Reds/Redlegs.
  • March 24 – Ray Pepper, 90, outfielder who played from 1932 through 1936 for the St. Louis Cardinals and St. Louis Browns.
  • March 24 – Jerry Robertson, 52, pitcher who played with the Montreal Expos in 1969 and Detroit Tigers in 1970.
  • March 28 – Don Ross, 81, versatile infield-outfield utility who played for the Detroit Tigers, Brooklyn Dodgers and Cleveland Indians during eight seasons spanning 1938–1946.

April

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  • April   1 – John McSherry, 51, National League umpire from 1971 until he suffered a fatal heart attack while working at home plate of the NL Opening Day game in Cincinnati; umpired in the World Series in 1977 and 1987, and also officiated in eight NL Championship Series, two NL Division Games, and three All-Star Games.
  • April 14 – Clyde McNeal, 67, shortstop in the Negro leagues.
  • April 17 – Bill Serena, 71, third baseman who played from 1949 through 1954 for the Chicago Cubs.
  • April 20 – Hank Biasatti, 74, Italian–Canadian first baseman for the 1949 Philadelphia Athletics.
  • April 21 – Walker Cress, 79, pitcher who played for the Cincinnati Reds in 1948 and 1949; longtime scout.
  • April 22 – Bob Brady, 73, catcher who played in four total games for the 1946–1947 Boston Braves.
  • April 24 – Gary Geiger, 59, outfielder for the Cleveland Indians, Boston Red Sox, Atlanta Braves and Houston Astros in twelve seasons between 1958 and 1970.
  • April 25 – Tommy Irwin, 83, shortstop for the Cleveland Indians in 1938.
  • April 26 – Milt Gaston, 100, pitcher for five American League clubs in eleven seasons from 1924 through 1934, who had 18 Hall of Fame teammates and managers, more than any player in Major League Baseball history; brother of Alex Gaston.
  • April 28 – Johnny Bucha, 71, backup catcher for the St. Louis Cardinals and Detroit Tigers in part of three seasons spanning 1948–1953.
  • April 28 – Al Hollingsworth, 88, left-handed pitcher with the Cincinnati Reds, Philadelphia Phillies, Brooklyn Dodgers, Washington Senators, St. Louis Browns and the Chicago White Sox between 1935 and 1946; a member of the Browns' AL championship team that faced the Cardinals in the All-St. Louis 1944 World Series; had long post-playing career as coach and scout.

May

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  • May   1 – Jim Gleeson, 84, outfielder for the Cleveland Indians, Chicago Cubs and Cincinnati Reds in five seasons between 1936 and 1942; later managed in the minor leagues, and coached and scouted for the Kansas City Athletics and New York Yankees.
  • May   2 – Pinky Jorgensen, 81, outfielder for the 1937 Cincinnati Reds.
  • May   3 – Alex Kellner, 71, left-handed pitcher who played for the Philadelphia/Kansas City Athletics, Cincinnati Redlegs and St. Louis Cardinals between 1948 and 1959; named to 1949 AL All-Star team; younger brother Walt was briefly a teammate with Philadelphia in 1952–1953.
  • May   4 – Gus Keriazakos, 64, pitcher who played for the Chicago White Sox, Washington Senators and Kansas City Athletics in a span of three seasons from 1950 to 1955.
  • May 10 – Joe Holden, 82, catcher who played from 1934 through 1936 for the Philadelphia Phillies.
  • May 19 – Johnny Berardino, 79, middle infielder and third baseman for the St. Louis Browns, Cleveland Indians and Pittsburgh Pirates in eleven seasons spanning 1939–1952, who later became a prolific actor, being best known for his role of Dr. Steve Hardy on the soap opera General Hospital.
  • May 26 – Don Bollweg, 75, first baseman and member of the 1953 World Series Champion New York Yankees, who also played with the St. Louis Cardinals and for the Philadelphia/Kansas City Athletics.
  • May 26 – Mike Sharperson, 34, versatile infield/outfield utility man mostly used at third base and second, who was selected for the 1992 All-Star Game and won World Series rings with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1988 and for the Atlanta Braves in 1995.

June

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  • June   2 – Gene Snyder, 65, left-handed pitcher in 11 games for the 1959 Los Angeles Dodgers.
  • June   7 – Buddy Blair, 85, third baseman for the Philadelphia Athletics during the 1942 season.
  • June   8 – C. Arnholt Smith, 97, California banker and the founding principal owner of the San Diego Padres of the National League from 1968 until he sold the team to Ray Kroc in 1974.
  • June 13 – Al Piechota, 82, pitcher who played from 1940 to 1941 for the Boston Bees and Braves.
  • June 16 – Mel Allen, 83, legendary broadcaster who spent over 35 years with the New York Yankees, still promoted as having been The Voice of the Yankees, while in his later years he gained a second professional life as the first host of the syndicated TV series This Week in Baseball.
  • June 26 – Buck Frierson, 78, outfielder for the 1941 Cleveland Indians.
  • June 30 – Jerry May, 52, catcher who played from 1964 through 1973 for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Kansas City Royals and New York Mets.

July

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  • July   8 – Jim Baumer, 65, second baseman who played briefly with the Chicago White Sox in 1949 and Cincinnati Reds in 1961; later a scout and front-office executive, serving as general manager of the Milwaukee Brewers from 1975 to 1977.
  • July   8 – Jim Busby, 69, All-Star and speedy center fielder who played from 1950 through 1962 for the Chicago White Sox, Washington Senators, Cleveland Indians, Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox and Houston Colt .45s; ranked among the top five in stolen bases four times and led the American League in putouts twice, while recording three of the top 20 single-season outfield putout totals in major league history; later a longtime coach for four MLB clubs, notably the Atlanta Braves.
  • July 14 – Hank Camelli, 81, backup catcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Boston Braves in part of three seasons from 1943 to 1947; spent 16 seasons in the minor leagues as a player and playing/manager.
  • July 19 – Dan Lewandowski, 68, pitcher who played for the 1951 St. Louis Cardinals.
  • July 21 – Walt Moryn, 70, corner outfielder who played from 1954 through 1961 for the Brooklyn Dodgers, Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals and Pittsburgh Pirates; member of the 1955 World Series Champion Dodgers; 1958 NL All-Star.
  • July 23 – Clara Cook, 75, All-American Girls Professional Baseball League pitcher, member of the 1944 Milwaukee Chicks champion team.
  • July 23 – Red Munger, 77, three time All-Star pitcher who played for the St. Louis Cardinals and Pittsburgh Pirates during ten seasons spanning 1943–1956; helped the Cardinals clinch two National League pennants and the 1946 World Series.
  • July 23 – Ed Wineapple, 90, pitcher for the 1929 Washington Senators.
  • July 29 – Bill Jackowski, 81, National League umpire (1952–1968) who officiated in 2,519 NL games, plus three World Series and three All-Star contests.
  • July 31 – Howie Goss, 61, center fielder who played in 222 total games with the Pittsburgh Pirates and Houston Colt .45s in 1962 and 1963.

August

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  • August   4 – Willard Brown, 81, Hall of Fame Negro leagues outfielder, one of the greatest power hitters of his generation, who later became the first African American ballplayer to hit a home run in the American League, while playing for the St. Louis Browns in 1947.
  • August 13 – Ray Shore, 75, pitcher for the St. Louis Browns in a span of three seasons between 1946 and 1949, who later became one of the most respected scouts in baseball for the Cincinnati Reds and Philadelphia Phillies; combined duties of an advance scout analyzing upcoming opponents and as a special assignment scout who evaluated playing talent at the Major League level for potential acquisition in trades.
  • August 24 – Ethel Boyce, 79, Canadian ballplayer who performed in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.
  • August 28 – Al Zarilla, 77, All-Star right fielder who played for the St. Louis Browns, Boston Red Sox and Chicago White Sox in all or part of ten seasons from 1943 to 1953, being also a member of the Browns team that won the 1944 American League pennant.
  • August 31 – Gil English, 87, third baseman who played for the New York Giants, Detroit Tigers, Boston Bees and Brooklyn Dodgers during six seasons spanning 1931–1944.

September

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  • September   2 – Wes Livengood, 88, pitcher for the 1939 Cincinnati Reds and longtime scout.
  • September   4 – Babe Dahlgren, 84, All-Star and slick fielding first baseman who played for eight teams in a 12-year career from 1935 to 1946, best remembered for replacing Lou Gehrig in the New York Yankees lineup in 1939, ending his 14-year consecutive games streak at 2,130.
  • September   6 – Barney McCosky, 79, outfielder who posted a .312 average for four teams in an 11-season career, leading the American League with 200 hits and 19 triples while helping the Detroit Tigers to the 1940 pennant.
  • September   7 – Willy Miranda, 70, Cuban-born shortstop and slick fielder who played from 1951 through 1959 for the Washington Senators, Chicago White Sox, St. Louis Browns and Baltimore Orioles.
  • September   9 – Harry Hanebrink, 68, backup second baseman and left fielder who played for the Milwaukee Braves and Philadelphia Phillies in four seasons spanning 1953–1959, also a member of the Braves team that lost the 1958 World Series to the New York Yankees in seven games.
  • September   9 – Johnny Pramesa, 71, catcher who played from 1949 to 1952 for the Chicago Cubs and Cincinnati Reds.
  • September 15 – Andy Pilney, 83, who made three appearances as a pinch hitter for the Boston Bees in 1936.
  • September 17 – Billy Bowers, 74, outfielder for the 1949 Chicago White Sox.
  • September 19 – Nanny Fernandez, 77, third baseman who played with the Boston Braves in 1942 and for the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1946 to 1947.
  • September 22 – Joanne Winter, 71, All-American Girls Professional Baseball League All-Star pitcher and later a master teacher of golf for 30 years.
  • September 24 – Red Embree, 79, pitcher for the Cleveland Indians, New York Yankees and St. Louis Browns in a span of eight seasons from 1941 to 1949.
  • September 27 – Bruce Konopka, 77, first baseman who played for the Philadelphia Athletics over part of three seasons from 1942 to 1946.
  • September 27 – Garland Lawing, 78, outfielder and pinch hitter who got into ten games for the Cincinnati Reds and New York Giants in 1946.

October

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  • October   2 – Tom Hafey, 83, third baseman who played with the New York Giants in the 1939 season and for the St. Louis Browns in 1944.
  • October   2 – Les Tietje, 86, pitcher who played with the Chicago White Sox and St. Louis Browns in six seasons between 1933 and 1938.
  • October   4 – Joe Hoerner, 59, All-Star left handed reliever who played for seven teams in a span of 14 seasons from 1963 to 1977, most prominently for the 1967 World Series Champion St. Louis Cardinals.
  • October   5 – Joe Walsh, 79, backup infielder for the 1938 Boston Bees.
  • October 15 – Mike Balas, 86, pitcher who played for the Boston Bees in the 1938 season.
  • October 15 – Tom Ferrick, 81, relief pitcher who played for five clubs in a span of nine seasons from 1941 to 1952; member of the New York Yankees team that won the World Series championship in 1950; longtime pitching coach and scout.
  • October 17 – Bob Adams, 95, pitcher for the 1925 Boston Red Sox.
  • October 18 – Elmer Klumpp, 90, catcher who played with the Washington Senators in 1934 and for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1937.
  • October 23 – Bob Grim, 66, All-Star pitcher who played for five teams in eight seasons from 1954 to 1962, the last American League rookie to win 20 games, after going 20–6 with a 3.26 ERA for the New York Yankees en route to winning the 1954 AL Rookie of the Year Award; also a member of the 1956 World Series champion Yankees, as well as earning a save after retiring the final out of the 1957 MLB All-Star Game, with the American League leading 6–5, and getting pinch-hitter Gil Hodges on a game-ending fly out to left field.
  • October 25 – Harry Shuman, 81, pitcher who played from 1942 through 1944 for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Philadelphia Phillies.
  • October 28 – Joe Samuels, 91, pitcher for the 1930 Detroit Tigers.
  • October 29 – Ewell Blackwell, 74, six-time All-Star with the Cincinnati Reds and the starting pitcher for the National League in the 1947 MLB All-Star Game; that season, he posted a 22–8 record with a National League-high 193 strikeouts and 2.47 ERA, won 16 consecutive games and threw a no-hitter against the Boston Braves on June 18 — coming within two outs of throwing consecutive no-hitters to match Johnny Vander Meer's 1938 feat of back-to-back no-no's.
  • October 30 – Bob Thorpe, 69, right fielder who played with the Boston Braves in 1951 and for the Milwaukee Braves from 1952 to 1953.

November

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  • November   7 – Eddie Lukon, 76, outfielder who played for the Cincinnati Reds during four seasons between 1941 and 1947.
  • November 11 – Luman Harris, 81, pitcher for the Philadelphia Athletics and Washington Senators in all or part of six seasons spanning 1941–1947; coached for the Chicago White Sox, Baltimore Orioles and Houston Colt .45s (1951–1964); interim manager of Orioles from September 1, 1961 to the end of season, then skipper of Colt .45s/Astros (September 19, 1964, through 1965) and Atlanta Braves (1968 through August 6, 1972); in 1969, led Braves to the postseason for the first time in club's Atlanta history.
  • November 13 – Roger McCardell, 64. catcher for the 1959 San Francisco Giants.
  • November 14 – Jim Baxes, 68, third baseman who spent the 1959 season with the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Cleveland Indians.
  • November 16 – Joe Gonzales, 81, pitcher for the 1937 Boston Red Sox.
  • November 16 – Charlie Neal, 65, three-time All-Star and Gold Glove Award winner at second base, who appeared in 970 career games with the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Mets and Cincinnati Reds from 1956 through 1963; hit .370 for the Dodgers in their 1959 World Series victory over the Chicago White Sox, and drove in the first Met run in their inaugural season of 1962.
  • November 18 – John Michaels, 89, pitcher for the Boston Red Sox in the 1932 season.
  • November 20 – Bill Sayles, 79, pitcher who played with the Boston Red Sox in the 1939 season, and for the New York Giants and Brooklyn Dodgers in 1943.
  • November 21 – Earl Cook, 87, Canadian pitcher who played for the 1941 Detroit Tigers.
  • November 24 – Loren Bain, 74, pitcher for the 1945 New York Giants.
  • November 30 – Ted Petoskey, 85, three-sport All-American athlete and coach at the University of Michigan, who also played in the majors as an outfielder for the Cincinnati Reds from 1934 to 1935.

December

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  • December   2 – Bill Crowley, 77, broadcaster who was part of the New York Yankees' (1950–1951) and Boston Red Sox' (1957–1960) announcing teams, then worked as Bosox' public relations director from 1961 to 1981.
  • December   3 – John Bateman, 56, catcher for the Houston Colt .45s/Astros, Montreal Expos and Philadelphia Phillies from 1963 to 1972; as a rookie in 1963, caught the first no-hitter in Houston franchise history, a 4–1 gem by Don Nottebart over the Phillies.
  • December   5 – Cliff Mapes, 74, outfielder who played from 1948 through 1952 for the New York Yankees, St. Louis Browns and Detroit Tigers, while winning World Series rings with the Yankees in 1949 and 1950.
  • December   9 – Dottie Schroeder, 68, amazing shortstop, and the only girl to play in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League for its twelve full seasons.
  • December 12 – George Jumonville, 79, shortstop for the Philadelphia Phillies from 1940 to 1941.
  • December 22 – Fred Green, 63, southpaw pitcher who hurled in 88 games for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Washington Senators (1959–1962 and 1964); member of the 1960 Pirates World Series champions; father of Gary Green.
  • December 27 – Gene Brabender, 55, pitcher who played from 1966 through 1970 for the Baltimore Orioles and Seattle Pilots/Milwaukee Brewers, winning a World Series with the 1966 Orioles; earned 13 victories for the 1969 Pilots in their inaugural and only season.
  • December 31 – Sam Narron, 83, catcher for the St. Louis Cardinals over part of three seasons spanning 1935–1943, including the 1942 World Series champions; longtime coach (1951–1964) with Pittsburgh Pirates (including the 1960 World Series champs); uncle of Jerry and Johnny Narron, and grandfather of pitcher Sam Narron.

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