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December 1
The record for December 1 in baseball history — 61 births and 29 deaths.
No milestones or firsts are on record for December 1 — but the players below were born and lost on it.
Born on this day
b. December 1, 1863 · Catcher across two clubs, 1890 to 1891.
b. December 1, 1870 · Pitcher for the New York Giants, 1896 to 1899.
b. December 1, 1884 · Shortstop for the Chicago Cubs, 1912 to 1912.
b. December 1, 1892 · Catcher for the Philadelphia Athletics, 1914 to 1914.
b. December 1, 1898 · Right fielder for the Philadelphia Athletics, 1919 to 1920.
b. December 1, 1905 · Second baseman for the Washington Senators, 1927 to 1927.
b. December 1, 1911 · One major-league game, one at-bat, no hits, and then twenty-three seasons managing the Dodgers on one-year contracts.
b. December 1, 1912 · Third baseman who batted .269 across two clubs, 1934 to 1947.
b. December 1, 1920 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1944 to 1946.
b. December 1, 1921 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1942 to 1949.
b. December 1, 1925 · Was named Calvin Coolidge Julius Caesar Tuskahoma McLish and won 19 games at thirty-three.
b. December 1, 1940 · Pitcher for the New York Yankees, 1967 to 1967.
b. December 1, 1948 · Left fielder who won the 1977 MVP award, hitting 348 home runs across four clubs.
b. December 1, 1952 · Pitcher across three clubs, 1975 to 1978.
b. December 1, 1954 · Pitched fifteen years for nine clubs and could hit well enough to be used as a pinch hitter.
b. December 1, 1966 · His Hall of Fame case took ten years to survive the altitude in Denver, and cleared by six votes.
b. December 1, 1967 · Hit 305 home runs and stole 304 bases, which seven other men have done.
b. December 1, 1986 · Pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds, 2016 to 2016.
b. December 1, 1988 · Pitcher across six clubs, 2012 to 2019.
b. December 1, 1992 · Pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, 2018 to 2019.
b. December 1, 1995 · Pitcher across two clubs, 2022 to 2024.
b. December 1, 1995 · Third baseman across three clubs, 2021 to 2023.
b. December 1, 1997 · Pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals, 2021 to 2022.
b. December 1, 1999 · First baseman for the Cincinnati Reds, 2023 to 2025.
61 players were born on December 1; these are the 24 best known.
Died on this day
d. December 1, 1899 · Catcher across two clubs, 1884 to 1885.
d. December 1, 1902 · Second baseman who batted .292 across six clubs, 1880 to 1891.
d. December 1, 1922 · Shortstop for the Brooklyn Eckfords, 1872 to 1872.
d. December 1, 1924 · Shortstop across three clubs, 1909 to 1912.
d. December 1, 1924 · Center fielder for the Philadelphia Phillies, 1892 to 1892.
d. December 1, 1927 · Played 1,667 games at shortstop on his glove alone, hitting .243 the whole time.
d. December 1, 1927 · Shortstop who batted .240 across three clubs, 1901 to 1907.
d. December 1, 1942 · Shortstop who batted .283 across two clubs, 1894 to 1906.
d. December 1, 1949 · Pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds, 1912 to 1912.
d. December 1, 1950 · Third baseman across three clubs, 1904 to 1905.
d. December 1, 1954 · Right fielder for the Boston Beaneaters, 1904 to 1904.
d. December 1, 1973 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1924 to 1929.
d. December 1, 1975 · Had the lowest earned run average in the National League in 1949 and won the first game of the 1951 World Series.
d. December 1, 1975 · In nineteen seasons and 9,232 at-bats he struck out 216 times, and 2,161 of his 2,663 hits were singles.
d. December 1, 1976 · Pitcher who won 127 games with a 4.38 ERA across four clubs, 1928 to 1936.
d. December 1, 1979 · Infielder who played for the Hilldale Club, Philadelphia Stars and Pittsburgh Crawfords across the 1930s.
d. December 1, 1991 · Center fielder who batted .287 across six clubs, 1934 to 1946.
d. December 1, 1992 · Second baseman who batted .226 across two clubs, 1935 to 1942.
d. December 1, 1992 · Pitcher for the Philadelphia Athletics, 1942 to 1943.
d. December 1, 1999 · Second baseman who batted .263 across three clubs, 1948 to 1961.
d. December 1, 2002 · Pitcher who won 184 games with a 3.24 ERA across two clubs, 1962 to 1975.
d. December 1, 2017 · Second baseman across two clubs, 1962 to 1966.
d. December 1, 2020 · Shortstop who batted .250 across four clubs, 1962 to 1974.
d. December 1, 2022 · Everybody believed he threw a spitball and he did nothing to discourage them: 314 wins, and the first Cy Young Awards won in both leagues.
29 players died on December 1; these are the 24 best known.