16 – Buck Rodgers August 17 – Dick Lines August 27 – Joe McCabe August 28 – Billy Cowan August 28 – Dick LeMay September September 1 – Merlin Nippert September 8 – George Werley September 9 – Jay Ward September 13 – Bob Heffner September 14 – Frank Carpin September 15 – Gaylord Perry September 17 – Bobby Wine September 20 – Tom Tresh September 24 – George Banks September 27 – Alex George September 29 – Mike McCormick October October 2 – Mike de la Hoz October 3 – Patricia Roy October 11 – Bill Roman October 13 – Ron Moeller October 18 – Bobby Knoop October 19 – Vic Roznovsky October 31 – Jim Donohue November November 5 – Ed Olivares November 6 – Mack Jones November 7 – Jake Gibbs November 7 – Jim Kaat November 14 – Johnnie Seale November 17 – Aubrey Gatewood November 18 – Bud Zipfel November 19 – Manny Jiménez November 19 – Ted Turner November 20 – Herm Starrette November 27 – Vern Handrahan November 27 – José Tartabull December December 4 – Billy Bryan December 5 – Al Moran December 5 – Chico Ruiz December 6 – Amado Samuel December 14 – Ken Hunt December 17 – Leo Cárdenas December 18 – Mike White December 22 – Matty Alou December 24 – Bobby Henrich December 25 – Jack Hamilton Deaths January January 1 – Frank Sexton, 65, pitcher for the 1895 Boston Beaneaters of the National League. January 12 – Dupee Shaw, 78, pitcher who played six seasons. Won 30 games and struck out 451 batters in 1884. January 16 – Earl Clark, 30, backup outfielder who hit .291 in 293 games for the Boston Braves and St. Louis Browns from 1927 to 1934. January 16 – Joe Sommer, 79, infielder/outfielder between 1880 and 1890, most prominently for the Baltimore Orioles of the American Association. January 19 – Bill Everitt, 69, infielder who played from 1895 through 1901 for the Chicago Colts/Orphans and the Washington Senators. January 20 – Herb Goodall, 67, pitcher for the 1890 Louisville Colonels of the American Association. January 27 – Larry Battam, 61, third baseman for the 1895 New York Giants of the National League. January 24 – Jim Mutrie, 86, manager who led New York Metropolitans to the American Association title in 1884, then won pennants in 1888–89 after moving to NY's NL