August 3 in Baseball History — Milestones, Debuts, Births & Deaths

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The record for August 3 in baseball history — 10 milestones, 24 debuts, 17 final games, 56 births, 26 deaths and 1,374 games played.

Featured event · 1921

The Black Sox Are Banned for Life

Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis bans the eight Chicago White Sox players implicated in the 1919 World Series fix for life, one day after a Chicago jury acquitted them of criminal conspiracy charges.

Aug 3, 1921

Milestones · August 3

1921

The Black Sox Are Banned for Life

1959

MLB All-Star Game

The 1959 Major League Baseball All-Star Game.

1982

Frank White Hits for the Cycle, 1982

Frank White hit for the cycle for the Kansas City Royals against the Detroit Tigers on August 3, 1982.

1982

Doug DeCinces's Three-Home-Run Game, 1982

Doug DeCinces hit three home runs for the California Angels against the Minnesota Twins on August 3, 1982.

1991

Dave Henderson's Three-Home-Run Game, 1991

Dave Henderson hit three home runs for the Oakland Athletics against the Minnesota Twins on August 3, 1991.

2011

Casey McGehee's Three-Home-Run Game, 2011

Casey McGehee hit three home runs for the Milwaukee Brewers against the St. Louis Cardinals on August 3, 2011.

2015

Adrian Beltré Hits for the Cycle, 2015

Adrian Beltré hit for the cycle for the Texas Rangers against the Houston Astros on August 3, 2015.

2017

Paul Goldschmidt's Three-Home-Run Game, 2017

Paul Goldschmidt hit three home runs for the Arizona Diamondbacks against the Chicago Cubs on August 3, 2017.

2019

Houston Astros Combined No-Hitter, 2019

Aaron Sanchez, Will Harris, Joe Biagini and Chris Devenski threw a combined no-hitter for the Houston Astros against the Seattle Mariners on August 3, 2019, winning 9–0.

2019

Nelson Cruz's Three-Home-Run Game, 2019

Nelson Cruz hit three home runs for the Minnesota Twins against the Kansas City Royals on August 3, 2019.

Major-league debuts · August 3

1882

Cliff Carroll

Cliff Carroll made a major-league debut on August 3, 1882.

1893

Jack McCarthy

Jack McCarthy made a major-league debut on August 3, 1893.

1902

Otto Hess

Otto Hess made a major-league debut on August 3, 1902.

1918

Babe Pinelli

Babe Pinelli made a major-league debut on August 3, 1918.

1930

Roxie Lawson

Roxie Lawson made a major-league debut on August 3, 1930.

1930

Jake Powell

Jake Powell made a major-league debut on August 3, 1930.

1944

Tommy Brown

Tommy Brown made a major-league debut on August 3, 1944.

1953

Gus Triandos

Gus Triandos made a major-league debut on August 3, 1953.

1960

Joe Azcue

Joe Azcue made a major-league debut on August 3, 1960.

1965

Steve Hargan

Steve Hargan made a major-league debut on August 3, 1965.

1975

Pete Vuckovich

Pete Vuckovich made a major-league debut on August 3, 1975.

1979

Mickey Hatcher

Mickey Hatcher made a major-league debut on August 3, 1979.

1986

Chris Bosio

Chris Bosio made a major-league debut on August 3, 1986.

1986

Russ Morman

Russ Morman made a major-league debut on August 3, 1986.

1986

Luis Rivera

Luis Rivera made a major-league debut on August 3, 1986.

1988

Dave Eiland

Dave Eiland made a major-league debut on August 3, 1988.

1991

Dave Wainhouse

Dave Wainhouse made a major-league debut on August 3, 1991.

1992

Doug Linton

Doug Linton made a major-league debut on August 3, 1992.

1999

Matt Herges

Matt Herges made a major-league debut on August 3, 1999.

2001

Felipe López

Felipe López made a major-league debut on August 3, 2001.

2004

Jason Bartlett

Jason Bartlett made a major-league debut on August 3, 2004.

2009

Neftalí Feliz

Neftalí Feliz made a major-league debut on August 3, 2009.

2010

Peter Bourjos

Peter Bourjos made a major-league debut on August 3, 2010.

2011

Manny Piña

Manny Piña made a major-league debut on August 3, 2011.

Final major-league games · August 3

1898

Jack Crooks

Jack Crooks played a final major-league game on August 3, 1898.

1928

Stan Coveleski

Stan Coveleski played a final major-league game on August 3, 1928.

1947

George Case

George Case played a final major-league game on August 3, 1947.

1949

Elmer Riddle

Elmer Riddle played a final major-league game on August 3, 1949.

1952

Stubby Overmire

Stubby Overmire played a final major-league game on August 3, 1952.

1956

Patricio Scantlebury

Patricio Scantlebury played a final major-league game on August 3, 1956.

1966

Roy McMillan

Roy McMillan played a final major-league game on August 3, 1966.

1989

Jim Rice

Jim Rice played a final major-league game on August 3, 1989.

1990

Wallace Johnson

Wallace Johnson played a final major-league game on August 3, 1990.

1995

Jim Gott

Jim Gott played a final major-league game on August 3, 1995.

1998

Kevin Mitchell

Kevin Mitchell played a final major-league game on August 3, 1998.

2010

Jason LaRue

Jason LaRue played a final major-league game on August 3, 2010.

2013

Laynce Nix

Laynce Nix played a final major-league game on August 3, 2013.

2014

Josh Beckett

Josh Beckett played a final major-league game on August 3, 2014.

2018

Luis Valbuena

Luis Valbuena played a final major-league game on August 3, 2018.

2021

Josh Reddick

Josh Reddick played a final major-league game on August 3, 2021.

2022

Didi Gregorius

Didi Gregorius played a final major-league game on August 3, 2022.

1,374 regular-season games played on August 3

2025

Kansas City Royals at Toronto Blue Jays

Kansas City Royals 7, Toronto Blue Jays 4.

2025

Los Angeles Dodgers at Tampa Bay Rays

Los Angeles Dodgers 3, Tampa Bay Rays 0.

2025

Texas Rangers at Seattle Mariners

Texas Rangers 4, Seattle Mariners 5.

2025

Minnesota Twins at Cleveland Guardians

Minnesota Twins 5, Cleveland Guardians 4.

2025

Houston Astros at Boston Red Sox

Houston Astros 1, Boston Red Sox 6.

2025

Arizona Diamondbacks at Athletics

Arizona Diamondbacks 6, Athletics 4.

2025

Chicago White Sox at Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim

Chicago White Sox 5, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 8.

2025

Milwaukee Brewers at Washington Nationals

Milwaukee Brewers 14, Washington Nationals 3.

2025

St. Louis Cardinals at San Diego Padres

St. Louis Cardinals 3, San Diego Padres 7.

2025

Detroit Tigers at Philadelphia Phillies

Detroit Tigers 0, Philadelphia Phillies 2.

2025

San Francisco Giants at New York Mets

San Francisco Giants 12, New York Mets 4.

2025

New York Yankees at Miami Marlins

New York Yankees 3, Miami Marlins 7.

These are the 12 most recent of 1,374 games played on this date. The sections above lead with what made the day matter.

Born on this day

Charlie Snow

b. August 3, 1849 · Center fielder for the Brooklyn Atlantics, 1874 to 1874.

Silver Flint

b. August 3, 1855 · Bare-handed catcher for the Chicago White Stockings dynasty of the 1880s.

Doc Ralston

b. August 3, 1885 · Left fielder for the Washington Senators, 1910 to 1910.

Al Kaiser

b. August 3, 1886 · Center fielder across four clubs, 1911 to 1914.

Harry Heilmann

b. August 3, 1894 · Four times he batted over .390, and every one of those seasons fell in an odd-numbered year, a pattern nobody has ever accounted for.

George Hale

b. August 3, 1894 · Catcher for the St. Louis Browns, 1914 to 1918.

Bailey McCauley

b. August 3, 1896 · Pitcher for the Nashville Elite Giants, 1930 to 1930.

Doug Taitt

b. August 3, 1902 · Right fielder who batted .263 across three clubs, 1928 to 1932.

George Meyer

b. August 3, 1909 · Second baseman for the Chicago White Sox, 1938 to 1938.

Art Evans

b. August 3, 1911 · Pitcher for the Chicago White Sox, 1932 to 1932.

Elbert Eatmon

b. August 3, 1914 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1937 to 1939.

Jim Hegan

b. August 3, 1920 · Cleveland catcher for 12 seasons, batting .228 with 1,087 hits, five times an All-Star.

Dick Welteroth

b. August 3, 1927 · Pitcher for the Washington Senators, 1948 to 1950.

Cliff Ross

b. August 3, 1928 · Pitcher for the Cincinnati Redlegs, 1954 to 1954.

Dick Hyde

b. August 3, 1928 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1955 to 1961.

Dan Meyer

b. August 3, 1952 · First baseman who batted .253 across three clubs, 1974 to 1985.

Kevin Elster

b. August 3, 1964 · Missed most of two seasons to shoulder surgery, then hit 24 home runs and won the Comeback Player of the Year award in 1996.

Chris Sexton

b. August 3, 1971 · Second baseman across two clubs, 1999 to 2000.

Blake Stein

b. August 3, 1973 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1998 to 2002.

Félix Sánchez

b. August 3, 1981 · Pitcher for the Chicago Cubs, 2003 to 2003.

Germán Durán

b. August 3, 1984 · Third baseman for the Texas Rangers, 2008 to 2008.

Bubba Starling

b. August 3, 1992 · Center fielder for the Kansas City Royals, 2019 to 2020.

Alec Bohm

b. August 3, 1996 · Third baseman who batted .279 for the Philadelphia Phillies, 2020 to 2025.

Darell Hernaiz

b. August 3, 2001 · Third baseman across two clubs, 2024 to 2025.

56 players were born on August 3; these are the 24 best known.

Died on this day

Mike Lawlor

d. August 3, 1918 · Catcher across two clubs, 1880 to 1884.

Charlie Hastings

d. August 3, 1934 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1893 to 1898.

Jack Hayden

d. August 3, 1942 · Left fielder who batted .251 across three clubs, 1901 to 1908.

Jack Sutthoff

d. August 3, 1942 · Pitcher across four clubs, 1898 to 1905.

Vic Willis

d. August 3, 1947 · He lost 29 games in 1905, still the most any pitcher has lost in a season since 1901, and waited until 1995 to reach the Hall of Fame.

Al Tesch

d. August 3, 1947 · Second baseman for the Brooklyn Tip-Tops, 1915 to 1915.

Curtis Harris

d. August 3, 1947 · First baseman who batted .287 across four clubs, 1931 to 1940.

Art Hoelskoetter

d. August 3, 1954 · Second baseman who batted .236 for the St. Louis Cardinals, 1905 to 1908.

Mule Shirley

d. August 3, 1955 · First baseman for the Washington Senators, 1924 to 1925.

Tom Downey

d. August 3, 1961 · Shortstop who batted .240 across five clubs, 1909 to 1915.

War Sanders

d. August 3, 1962 · Pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals, 1903 to 1904.