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December 12
The record for December 12 in baseball history — 50 births and 36 deaths.
No milestones or firsts are on record for December 12 — but the players below were born and lost on it.
Born on this day
b. December 12, 1854 · Left fielder across two clubs, 1876 to 1884.
b. December 12, 1860 · Pitcher across four clubs, 1884 to 1886.
b. December 12, 1872 · Catcher for the Cleveland Spiders, 1895 to 1896.
b. December 12, 1887 · Pitcher for the Cleveland Naps, 1911 to 1911.
b. December 12, 1894 · Center fielder who batted .318 across six clubs, 1916 to 1928.
b. December 12, 1898 · Catcher across two clubs, 1925 to 1931.
b. December 12, 1899 · Second baseman for the Washington Senators, 1920 to 1920.
b. December 12, 1901 · Catcher for the Boston Red Sox, 1926 to 1927.
b. December 12, 1908 · Third baseman for the Detroit Tigers, 1934 to 1937.
b. December 12, 1913 · Pitcher for the Philadelphia Blue Jays, 1943 to 1943.
b. December 12, 1917 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1940 to 1947.
b. December 12, 1921 · Center fielder who batted .274 across three clubs, 1949 to 1952.
b. December 12, 1941 · Left fielder across two clubs, 1967 to 1973.
b. December 12, 1943 · Third baseman for the Los Angeles Dodgers, 1963 to 1966.
b. December 12, 1950 · Center fielder who batted .225 across three clubs, 1973 to 1986.
b. December 12, 1964 · Left fielder across two clubs, 1987 to 1991.
b. December 12, 1975 · Second baseman across two clubs, 1999 to 2000.
b. December 12, 1979 · Third baseman who batted .285 across two clubs, 2003 to 2010.
b. December 12, 1982 · Threw a no-hitter in 2011 while giving up a run, and won 16 games at thirty-four.
b. December 12, 1992 · First baseman who batted .241 for the Pittsburgh Pirates, 2017 to 2020.
b. December 12, 1995 · Center fielder across two clubs, 2021 to 2021.
b. December 12, 1996 · Pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies, 2021 to 2025.
b. December 12, 1996 · Pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles, 2025 to 2025.
b. December 12, 1997 · Pitcher across two clubs, 2022 to 2025.
50 players were born on December 12; these are the 24 best known.
Died on this day
d. December 12, 1895 · Third baseman for the St. Louis Browns, 1891 to 1891.
d. December 12, 1912 · Third baseman for the Washington Nationals, 1884 to 1884.
d. December 12, 1926 · Catcher for the Philadelphia Quakers, 1884 to 1884.
d. December 12, 1929 · Catcher who batted .245 across four clubs, 1888 to 1895.
d. December 12, 1937 · Testified to the grand jury about the fixed 1919 World Series and was thrown out of the National League for what came out.
d. December 12, 1944 · Pitcher for the Philadelphia Athletics, 1903 to 1903.
d. December 12, 1956 · Pitcher for the New York Giants, 1908 to 1908.
d. December 12, 1957 · Pitcher for the New York Giants, 1909 to 1909.
d. December 12, 1966 · Third baseman for the Boston Rustlers, 1911 to 1911.
d. December 12, 1970 · Right fielder who batted .263 across three clubs, 1928 to 1932.
d. December 12, 1971 · First baseman for the Cincinnati Reds, 1914 to 1914.
d. December 12, 1971 · Shortstop for the Cleveland Naps, 1913 to 1914.
d. December 12, 1972 · Pitcher across three clubs, 1928 to 1932.
d. December 12, 1974 · Pitcher for the Kansas City Monarchs, 1941 to 1945.
d. December 12, 1984 · Center fielder for the New York Yankees, 1915 to 1915.
d. December 12, 1996 · Shortstop for the Philadelphia Phillies, 1940 to 1941.
d. December 12, 1998 · Started the one-game playoff that decided the 1948 pennant, and lost it.
d. December 12, 2006 · Second baseman who batted .261 for the Philadelphia Athletics, 1943 to 1946.
d. December 12, 2013 · Pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, 1975 to 1977.
d. December 12, 2014 · Second baseman who batted .262 across two clubs, 1956 to 1959.
d. December 12, 2018 · Pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, 1962 to 1962.
d. December 12, 2020 · Baseball figure for the Cincinnati Redlegs, 1954 to 1954.
d. December 12, 2023 · Pitcher for the Cleveland Indians, 1961 to 1967.
d. December 12, 2025 · Pitcher for the Minnesota Twins, 1978 to 1978.
36 players died on December 12; these are the 24 best known.