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December 10
The record for December 10 in baseball history — 72 births and 38 deaths.
No milestones or firsts are on record for December 10 — but the players below were born and lost on it.
Born on this day
b. December 10, 1854 · Second baseman across three clubs, 1884 to 1885.
b. December 10, 1862 · Pitcher for the Kansas City Cowboys, 1884 to 1884.
b. December 10, 1879 · Pitcher across three clubs, 1902 to 1907.
b. December 10, 1882 · Pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds, 1907 to 1907.
b. December 10, 1889 · Played four infield and outfield positions for Brooklyn's back-to-back pennant winners and hit .294 across thirteen seasons.
b. December 10, 1898 · Pitcher across seven clubs, 1923 to 1934.
b. December 10, 1906 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1929 to 1933.
b. December 10, 1917 · Pitcher for the New York Giants, 1949 to 1949.
b. December 10, 1931 · Catcher across two clubs, 1955 to 1962.
b. December 10, 1936 · Catcher who batted .238 across four clubs, 1962 to 1970.
b. December 10, 1939 · Pitcher across six clubs, 1962 to 1971.
b. December 10, 1943 · Second baseman who batted .235 across three clubs, 1964 to 1972.
b. December 10, 1944 · Was a college quarterback drafted by the Raiders and won 134 games instead.
b. December 10, 1946 · Second baseman across two clubs, 1972 to 1973.
b. December 10, 1956 · Second baseman for the Oakland Athletics, 1978 to 1978.
b. December 10, 1977 · Pitcher across six clubs, 1999 to 2012.
b. December 10, 1983 · Left fielder for the Atlanta Braves, 2007 to 2009.
b. December 10, 1990 · Was Rookie of the Year in half a season and never had another year as good as the promise.
b. December 10, 1990 · Catcher who batted .239 across six clubs, 2018 to 2025.
b. December 10, 1992 · Pitcher across three clubs, 2015 to 2025.
b. December 10, 1992 · Left fielder across two clubs, 2021 to 2022.
b. December 10, 1993 · Left fielder who batted .225 for the Detroit Tigers, 2018 to 2020.
b. December 10, 1996 · Pitcher for the Oakland Athletics, 2022 to 2023.
b. December 10, 2001 · First baseman for the Baltimore Orioles, 2024 to 2025.
72 players were born on December 10; these are the 24 best known.
Died on this day
d. December 10, 1918 · Center fielder for the New Haven Elm Citys, 1875 to 1875.
d. December 10, 1937 · Hit .300 with 85 hits and 46 runs batted in for St. Louis in the National League's inaugural season.
d. December 10, 1946 · 417 wins and 110 shutouts for a club that was usually bad, with the fastest arm anyone had seen.
d. December 10, 1953 · Center fielder for the Philadelphia Athletics, 1906 to 1906.
d. December 10, 1957 · Pitcher for the Cleveland Indians, 1944 to 1945.
d. December 10, 1958 · Third baseman who batted .252 across six clubs, 1909 to 1922.
d. December 10, 1959 · Hit .317 across ten seasons and played in the 1925 World Series for Washington at thirty-four.
d. December 10, 1961 · Pitcher across four clubs, 1906 to 1914.
d. December 10, 1963 · Pitcher across five clubs, 1930 to 1937.
d. December 10, 1969 · Right fielder who batted .309 across four clubs, 1914 to 1927.
d. December 10, 1970 · Center fielder who batted .301 for the Chicago White Sox, 1918 to 1929.
d. December 10, 1973 · Left fielder who batted .240 across four clubs, 1911 to 1919.
d. December 10, 1976 · Shortstop who batted .248 across two clubs, 1970 to 1976.
d. December 10, 1980 · Won 17 games for the 1922 Giants and worked as both a starter and reliever across ten seasons.
d. December 10, 1981 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1939 to 1946.
d. December 10, 1981 · Center fielder who batted .307 across three clubs, 1923 to 1932.
d. December 10, 1982 · Pitcher for the Detroit Tigers, 1912 to 1912.
d. December 10, 1991 · First baseman for the Philadelphia Phillies, 1942 to 1942.
d. December 10, 1992 · Catcher who batted .310 across four clubs, 1931 to 1942.
d. December 10, 2002 · Pitcher for the Cleveland Indians, 1944 to 1945.
d. December 10, 2002 · Pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies, 1947 to 1947.
d. December 10, 2003 · Catcher for the Chicago White Sox, 1949 to 1949.
d. December 10, 2013 · Right fielder who batted .240 across three clubs, 1945 to 1954.
d. December 10, 2020 · Shortstop across two clubs, 1948 to 1951.
38 players died on December 10; these are the 24 best known.