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December 2
The record for December 2 in baseball history — 42 births and 27 deaths.
No milestones or firsts are on record for December 2 — but the players below were born and lost on it.
Born on this day
b. December 2, 1847 · Caught bare-handed in the 1870s, played on the opening day of the first professional league, and entered the Hall of Fame 74 years after his death.
b. December 2, 1887 · Left fielder for the Detroit Tigers, 1912 to 1912.
b. December 2, 1889 · Third baseman who batted .265 for the Detroit Tigers, 1917 to 1925.
b. December 2, 1889 · Pitcher for the Philadelphia Athletics, 1911 to 1911.
b. December 2, 1892 · Pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds, 1913 to 1913.
b. December 2, 1895 · Left fielder across three clubs, 1925 to 1928.
b. December 2, 1896 · Second baseman for the Cleveland Indians, 1925 to 1925.
b. December 2, 1898 · Shortstop for the Chicago Cubs, 1920 to 1920.
b. December 2, 1903 · Pitcher across three clubs, 1933 to 1937.
b. December 2, 1913 · Shortstop across two clubs, 1945 to 1946.
b. December 2, 1927 · Third baseman for the New York Black Yankees, 1945 to 1945.
b. December 2, 1934 · Shortstop who batted .249 across four clubs, 1957 to 1967.
b. December 2, 1935 · Pitcher for the Kansas City Athletics, 1957 to 1957.
b. December 2, 1950 · Pitcher for the New York Yankees, 1978 to 1979.
b. December 2, 1951 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1973 to 1980.
b. December 2, 1964 · Designated hitter who batted .277 across two clubs, 1989 to 1997.
b. December 2, 1968 · Pitcher who won 133 games with a 4.12 ERA across three clubs, 1991 to 2002.
b. December 2, 1975 · Played seventeen seasons in center field for seven clubs and manages one of them now.
b. December 2, 1976 · Second baseman for the Colorado Rockies, 2005 to 2005.
b. December 2, 1980 · Center fielder for the Florida Marlins, 2006 to 2007.
b. December 2, 1988 · Left fielder across four clubs, 2016 to 2020.
b. December 2, 1992 · Left fielder for the Chicago White Sox, 2016 to 2019.
b. December 2, 1992 · Catcher who batted .224 across six clubs, 2015 to 2025.
b. December 2, 1994 · Pitcher across three clubs, 2021 to 2025.
42 players were born on December 2; these are the 24 best known.
Died on this day
d. December 2, 1893 · Pitcher for the Cleveland Infants, 1890 to 1890.
d. December 2, 1926 · Pitcher for the Detroit Tigers, 1910 to 1910.
d. December 2, 1928 · First baseman across two clubs, 1884 to 1885.
d. December 2, 1937 · Pitcher for the Philadelphia Athletics, 1887 to 1887.
d. December 2, 1948 · Left fielder who batted .323 across six clubs, 1912 to 1937.
d. December 2, 1962 · Left fielder across two clubs, 1915 to 1919.
d. December 2, 1967 · Right fielder across two clubs, 1921 to 1930.
d. December 2, 1968 · Pitcher for the St. Louis Browns, 1915 to 1915.
d. December 2, 1976 · Second baseman who batted .254 across four clubs, 1941 to 1951.
d. December 2, 1979 · Pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies, 1929 to 1929.
d. December 2, 1981 · Right fielder who batted .302 across seven clubs, 1923 to 1945.
d. December 2, 1983 · Right fielder for the Cleveland Indians, 1932 to 1933.
d. December 2, 1990 · Third baseman who batted .281 across three clubs, 1942 to 1948.
d. December 2, 1990 · Catcher for the Boston Red Sox, 1920 to 1920.
d. December 2, 1995 · Right-hander whose major league career spanned eighteen years despite six of them being spent entirely in the minors.
d. December 2, 1998 · Right fielder across two clubs, 1946 to 1950.
d. December 2, 1998 · Shortstop for the Washington Senators, 1943 to 1943.
d. December 2, 1999 · Pitcher for the New York Giants, 1946 to 1947.
d. December 2, 2002 · Pitcher across four clubs, 1948 to 1955.
d. December 2, 2002 · Pitcher for the Kansas City Monarchs, 1937 to 1942.
d. December 2, 2003 · Catcher for the New York Giants, 1936 to 1936.
d. December 2, 2015 · Right fielder for the Kansas City Athletics, 1957 to 1959.
d. December 2, 2020 · Pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, 1964 to 1964.
d. December 2, 2023 · Center fielder across three clubs, 1959 to 1963.
27 players died on December 2; these are the 24 best known.