7 – Travis Smith November 10 – Shawn Green November 10 – Greg LaRocca November 11 – Danny Rios November 12 – Homer Bush November 15 – Darwin Cubillán November 22 – Luis Andújar November 22 – Jay Payton November 25 – Ramón Fermín November 28 – Geraldo Guzmán November 28 – José Parra December December 5 – Cliff Floyd December 5 – Mike Mahoney December 6 – Rick Short December 6 – Neil Weber December 7 – Chris Dale December 8 – Jolbert Cabrera December 11 – Frank Rodriguez December 14 – Marcus Jensen December 16 – Charles Gipson December 18 – Chris Seelbach December 21 – LaTroy Hawkins December 21 – Dustin Hermanson December 25 – Erik Hiljus December 27 – Mike Busby December 28 – Einar Díaz December 29 – Jim Brower Deaths January January 2 – Glenn Crawford, 58, outfielder for the St. Louis Cardinals and Philadelphia Phillies in the 1940s. January 15 – William Benswanger, 79, executive; son-in-law of Barney Dreyfuss who served as president and chief executive of the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1932 until the Dreyfuss family sold the team in August 1946. January 19 – Joe Goodrich, 78, third baseman who played for the Washington Potomacs of the Eastern Colored League in 1923 and 1924. January 21 – Dick Loftus, 70, outfielder for the Brooklyn Robins from 1924–1925, playing in 97 total games. January 23 – Fred Nicholson, 77, outfielder/pinch hitter who batted .311 over 303 career games for the 1917 Detroit Tigers, 1919–1920 Pittsburgh Pirates and 1921–1922 Boston Braves. February February 2 – Dick Burrus, 74, first baseman and .291 lifetime hitter who played in 560 games for the 1919–1920 Philadelphia Athletics and 1925–1928 Boston Braves; made 200 hits in 1925. February 4 – Joe Green, 74, pinch hitter who had a single professional at bat for the Philadelphia Athletics, on July 2, 1924. February 6 – Frankie Zak, 49, shortstop and second baseman who played only 123 MLB games for wartime Pittsburgh Pirates (1944–1946), yet was selected to 1944 National League All-Star team. February 9 – Chico Ruiz, 33, utility infielder who played in 565 games between 1964 and 1971 for the Cincinnati Reds and California Angels; on Kansas City Royals' winter roster at the time of his death. February 12 – Jim Sullivan, 77, pitcher who hurled in 25 games for the Philadelphia Athletics (1921–1922) and Cleveland Indians (1923). February