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December 19
The record for December 19 in baseball history — 66 births and 30 deaths.
No milestones or firsts are on record for December 19 — but the players below were born and lost on it.
Born on this day
b. December 19, 1875 · Shortstop for the Louisville Colonels, 1899 to 1899.
b. December 19, 1886 · Pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, 1908 to 1908.
b. December 19, 1892 · Third baseman who batted .225 across three clubs, 1918 to 1920.
b. December 19, 1894 · A sportswriter who became National League president and then commissioner, and is remembered for a footnote he may never have asked for.
b. December 19, 1915 · Left fielder across two clubs, 1937 to 1939.
b. December 19, 1918 · Catcher for the New York Giants, 1945 to 1945.
b. December 19, 1924 · Baseball figure for the St. Louis Cardinals, 1952 to 1952.
b. December 19, 1933 · Left fielder across four clubs, 1959 to 1962.
b. December 19, 1934 · Reached 3,007 hits and 399 home runs in twenty-two Detroit seasons without once exceeding 200 hits or 29 home runs in a year.
b. December 19, 1935 · Played nineteen seasons and 2,195 games, most of them for Phillies clubs that finished last.
b. December 19, 1945 · Catcher across four clubs, 1970 to 1978.
b. December 19, 1945 · Pitcher who won 111 games with a 3.74 ERA across four clubs, 1973 to 1985.
b. December 19, 1962 · Pitcher for the Milwaukee Brewers, 1985 to 1995.
b. December 19, 1962 · Pitcher across three clubs, 1987 to 1992.
b. December 19, 1964 · Reliever who saved 100 games and was known for a violent head-turn in his delivery.
b. December 19, 1965 · Right fielder for the Baltimore Orioles, 1991 to 1993.
b. December 19, 1967 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1995 to 1999.
b. December 19, 1978 · Shortstop across two clubs, 2006 to 2008.
b. December 19, 1979 · Center fielder across three clubs, 2005 to 2008.
b. December 19, 1984 · Won 21 games in 2011 and saved 30 eight years later.
b. December 19, 1987 · Pitcher across six clubs, 2012 to 2023.
b. December 19, 1992 · Pitcher for the Washington Nationals, 2018 to 2019.
b. December 19, 1992 · Pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies, 2016 to 2019.
b. December 19, 1996 · Pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds, 2024 to 2024.
66 players were born on December 19; these are the 24 best known.
Died on this day
d. December 19, 1906 · Third baseman for the Chicago White Stockings, 1871 to 1871.
d. December 19, 1916 · Catcher who batted .271 across eight clubs, 1871 to 1883.
d. December 19, 1916 · Catcher across three clubs, 1876 to 1884.
d. December 19, 1938 · First baseman who batted .277 across four clubs, 1909 to 1918.
d. December 19, 1943 · Catcher who batted .170 across three clubs, 1901 to 1911.
d. December 19, 1951 · Right fielder for the Philadelphia Athletics, 1901 to 1901.
d. December 19, 1954 · Pitcher across four clubs, 1905 to 1911.
d. December 19, 1955 · Left fielder for the Philadelphia Athletics, 1916 to 1916.
d. December 19, 1965 · Third baseman who batted .239 across five clubs, 1905 to 1913.
d. December 19, 1970 · Shortstop across two clubs, 1931 to 1935.
d. December 19, 1970 · Pitcher who won 134 games with a 2.42 ERA across three clubs, 1907 to 1916.
d. December 19, 1979 · Right fielder for the Chicago White Sox, 1942 to 1942.
d. December 19, 1984 · Catcher across two clubs, 1921 to 1926.
d. December 19, 1986 · Catcher for the Boston Red Sox, 1925 to 1926.
d. December 19, 1991 · Right fielder across two clubs, 1926 to 1933.
d. December 19, 1998 · First baseman for the Boston Braves, 1945 to 1945.
d. December 19, 2000 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1932 to 1944.
d. December 19, 2000 · Pitcher for the Washington Senators, 1939 to 1940.
d. December 19, 2002 · Catcher for the Philadelphia Athletics, 1950 to 1950.
d. December 19, 2002 · Pitcher for the Brooklyn Dodgers, 1944 to 1945.
d. December 19, 2003 · Right fielder across four clubs, 1948 to 1953.
d. December 19, 2008 · Pitcher who won 138 games with a 3.46 ERA across five clubs, 1968 to 1979.
d. December 19, 2012 · Pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates, 1954 to 1954.
d. December 19, 2025 · Left fielder who batted .236 across seven clubs, 1965 to 1974.
30 players died on December 19; these are the 24 best known.