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December 11
The record for December 11 in baseball history — 57 births and 18 deaths.
No milestones or firsts are on record for December 11 — but the players below were born and lost on it.
Born on this day
b. December 11, 1840 · Third baseman for the New York Mutuals, 1871 to 1871.
b. December 11, 1854 · The pitcher who started 73 games in a season and finished all 73, and who spent his last years hidden from view.
b. December 11, 1857 · Left fielder across three clubs, 1884 to 1884.
b. December 11, 1858 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1883 to 1885.
b. December 11, 1862 · Catcher for the Brooklyn Grays, 1885 to 1885.
b. December 11, 1885 · Catcher who batted .261 across seven clubs, 1908 to 1921.
b. December 11, 1891 · Pitcher for the Detroit Tigers, 1913 to 1913.
b. December 11, 1899 · Left-handed pitcher who appeared for fifteen Negro Leagues clubs across sixteen seasons.
b. December 11, 1901 · Pitcher for the Philadelphia Athletics, 1925 to 1925.
b. December 11, 1905 · Baseball figure for the Boston Braves, 1929 to 1929.
b. December 11, 1914 · Led the National League in home runs and runs batted in two years running and lost the 1944 award by one point.
b. December 11, 1925 · Pitcher for the Boston Braves, 1952 to 1952.
b. December 11, 1930 · Pitcher for the Chicago Cubs, 1950 to 1951.
b. December 11, 1930 · Center fielder who batted .236 for the Pittsburgh Pirates, 1953 to 1958.
b. December 11, 1941 · Third baseman for the San Francisco Giants, 1972 to 1974.
b. December 11, 1949 · Pitcher for the Montreal Expos, 1973 to 1973.
b. December 11, 1954 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1977 to 1981.
b. December 11, 1961 · Pitcher across five clubs, 1985 to 1990.
b. December 11, 1965 · Laid down 159 sacrifice bunts, hit 38 home runs in one season, and scored the run that won the 2001 World Series.
b. December 11, 1965 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1987 to 1991.
b. December 11, 1968 · Right fielder who batted .276 across five clubs, 1991 to 2001.
b. December 11, 1972 · Pitcher across four clubs, 1995 to 2001.
b. December 11, 1973 · Third baseman across three clubs, 2000 to 2009.
b. December 11, 1992 · Center fielder for the Toronto Blue Jays, 2014 to 2018.
57 players were born on December 11; these are the 24 best known.
Died on this day
d. December 11, 1902 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1892 to 1894.
d. December 11, 1914 · Pitcher for the St. Louis Browns, 1891 to 1891.
d. December 11, 1924 · Second baseman across three clubs, 1884 to 1885.
d. December 11, 1929 · Pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, 1908 to 1908.
d. December 11, 1931 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1894 to 1896.
d. December 11, 1933 · First baseman for the Philadelphia Phillies, 1899 to 1900.
d. December 11, 1936 · First baseman who batted .256 for the Boston Americans, 1905 to 1907.
d. December 11, 1939 · Second baseman for the Philadelphia Athletics, 1917 to 1917.
d. December 11, 1954 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1919 to 1922.
d. December 11, 1959 · Voted the National League's Most Valuable Player in 1928, when he led it in home runs, runs batted in, and triples.
d. December 11, 1959 · Catcher who batted .210 across six clubs, 1904 to 1909.
d. December 11, 1966 · Pitcher for the St. Louis Browns, 1945 to 1952.
d. December 11, 1974 · Pitcher for the Chicago White Sox, 1943 to 1947.
d. December 11, 1978 · Right fielder for the Cleveland Indians, 1944 to 1945.
d. December 11, 1991 · Pitcher across three clubs, 1964 to 1971.
d. December 11, 1995 · Center fielder for the Philadelphia Athletics, 1943 to 1944.
d. December 11, 2001 · First baseman for the Kansas City Monarchs, 1947 to 1947.
d. December 11, 2002 · Center fielder across two clubs, 1939 to 1940.