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December 13
The record for December 13 in baseball history — 56 births and 22 deaths.
No milestones or firsts are on record for December 13 — but the players below were born and lost on it.
Born on this day
b. December 13, 1868 · Third baseman who batted .317 across three clubs, 1895 to 1901.
b. December 13, 1877 · Pitcher for the Boston Beaneaters, 1905 to 1905.
b. December 13, 1889 · Pitcher across four clubs, 1914 to 1921.
b. December 13, 1891 · Pitcher for the Chicago Cubs, 1915 to 1915.
b. December 13, 1898 · Infielder and catcher who appeared for at least eighteen Negro Leagues clubs across a quarter-century.
b. December 13, 1899 · Pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates, 1924 to 1924.
b. December 13, 1903 · Pitcher for the New York Giants, 1926 to 1926.
b. December 13, 1904 · First baseman for the Pittsburgh Pirates, 1928 to 1929.
b. December 13, 1909 · Pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, 1941 to 1943.
b. December 13, 1913 · Second baseman for the Detroit Tigers, 1940 to 1940.
b. December 13, 1916 · Drove in 120 runs for the 1948 Athletics, playing third base at a level that kept him employed for thirteen seasons across seven clubs.
b. December 13, 1923 · The first Black player in the American League, signed straight out of the Newark Eagles less than three months after Jackie Robinson's debut.
b. December 13, 1926 · Pitcher who won 122 games with a 4.00 ERA across two clubs, 1948 to 1959.
b. December 13, 1929 · Pitcher across three clubs, 1950 to 1961.
b. December 13, 1931 · Right fielder who batted .267 across three clubs, 1961 to 1969.
b. December 13, 1931 · Pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies, 1958 to 1958.
b. December 13, 1935 · Reliever who pitched twenty-one seasons and 987 games, and led his league in saves three times across two decades.
b. December 13, 1947 · Pitcher across four clubs, 1972 to 1980.
b. December 13, 1956 · Shortstop who batted .236 across three clubs, 1977 to 1987.
b. December 13, 1969 · Second baseman for the New York Mets, 1993 to 1993.
b. December 13, 1987 · Pitcher for the Houston Astros, 2011 to 2012.
b. December 13, 1992 · Center fielder who batted .248 across five clubs, 2017 to 2025.
b. December 13, 1992 · Pitcher across two clubs, 2020 to 2024.
b. December 13, 1993 · Pitcher across five clubs, 2016 to 2025.
56 players were born on December 13; these are the 24 best known.
Died on this day
d. December 13, 1904 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1890 to 1890.
d. December 13, 1910 · First baseman who batted .284 across seven clubs, 1896 to 1908.
d. December 13, 1918 · Pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, 1908 to 1910.
d. December 13, 1934 · Shortstop for the St. Louis Browns, 1912 to 1912.
d. December 13, 1944 · Second baseman for the Boston Braves, 1919 to 1922.
d. December 13, 1944 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1898 to 1899.
d. December 13, 1949 · Center fielder across two clubs, 1904 to 1909.
d. December 13, 1958 · Second baseman for the Buffalo Bisons, 1885 to 1885.
d. December 13, 1963 · Pitcher for the Chicago Cubs, 1920 to 1920.
d. December 13, 1964 · Catcher for the Cincinnati Reds, 1935 to 1935.
d. December 13, 1969 · Third baseman for the Cleveland Naps, 1912 to 1912.
d. December 13, 1970 · First baseman who batted .277 across three clubs, 1910 to 1919.
d. December 13, 1970 · Pitcher for the St. Louis Browns, 1912 to 1916.
d. December 13, 1971 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1935 to 1946.
d. December 13, 1981 · Catcher for the Brooklyn Robins, 1917 to 1917.
d. December 13, 1990 · First baseman who batted .287 across three clubs, 1941 to 1948.
d. December 13, 1993 · Catcher across three clubs, 1954 to 1960.
d. December 13, 2000 · First baseman who batted .229 across two clubs, 1941 to 1948.
d. December 13, 2004 · Shortstop who batted .249 across four clubs, 1957 to 1967.
d. December 13, 2020 · Pitcher across three clubs, 1955 to 1965.
d. December 13, 2022 · Won 193 games with a 3.54 ERA across two decades and four clubs, three times an All-Star.
d. December 13, 2024 · Pitcher for the New York Mets, 1964 to 1964.