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December 3
The record for December 3 in baseball history — 60 births and 31 deaths.
No milestones or firsts are on record for December 3 — but the players below were born and lost on it.
Born on this day
b. December 3, 1873 · Shortstop across two clubs, 1892 to 1896.
b. December 3, 1886 · Pitcher for the St. Louis Browns, 1910 to 1910.
b. December 3, 1886 · Center fielder who batted .263 across two clubs, 1911 to 1915.
b. December 3, 1896 · Right fielder who batted .321 across eight clubs, 1921 to 1933.
b. December 3, 1898 · Left fielder who batted .256 across five clubs, 1921 to 1932.
b. December 3, 1901 · Catcher who batted .279 across four clubs, 1924 to 1934.
b. December 3, 1902 · Catcher who batted .259 across two clubs, 1928 to 1935.
b. December 3, 1912 · Pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, 1938 to 1946.
b. December 3, 1915 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1943 to 1948.
b. December 3, 1924 · First baseman for the Washington Senators, 1950 to 1952.
b. December 3, 1926 · Pitcher for the New York Giants, 1951 to 1955.
b. December 3, 1936 · Catcher who batted .233 across two clubs, 1960 to 1971.
b. December 3, 1936 · Pitcher across three clubs, 1964 to 1967.
b. December 3, 1939 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1964 to 1967.
b. December 3, 1940 · Second baseman who batted .249 across two clubs, 1964 to 1972.
b. December 3, 1953 · Right fielder for the Montreal Expos, 1980 to 1981.
b. December 3, 1963 · Catcher who batted .240 across five clubs, 1987 to 1997.
b. December 3, 1964 · Center fielder who batted .291 across five clubs, 1988 to 2001.
b. December 3, 1970 · Won 109 games with an old-fashioned windmill windup and no fastball worth the name.
b. December 3, 1976 · Pitcher across seven clubs, 1999 to 2008.
b. December 3, 1977 · Shifted from starting to relief and made a career-high 76 appearances for Atlanta in 2012.
b. December 3, 1979 · Pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers, 2007 to 2007.
b. December 3, 1981 · Right fielder across four clubs, 2002 to 2008.
b. December 3, 1987 · Pitcher for the Detroit Tigers, 2010 to 2011.
60 players were born on December 3; these are the 24 best known.
Died on this day
d. December 3, 1930 · Pitcher for the Detroit Tigers, 1920 to 1920.
d. December 3, 1938 · Pitcher who won 175 games with a 2.93 ERA across three clubs, 1882 to 1890.
d. December 3, 1942 · Pitcher across three clubs, 1929 to 1936.
d. December 3, 1945 · Right fielder for the Washington Senators, 1907 to 1907.
d. December 3, 1948 · Pitcher for the Washington Senators, 1895 to 1895.
d. December 3, 1948 · Pitcher for the Washington Senators, 1920 to 1920.
d. December 3, 1957 · First baseman across two clubs, 1911 to 1916.
d. December 3, 1962 · Pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals, 1920 to 1920.
d. December 3, 1973 · Right-hander who threw 148 recorded complete games across twenty-two seasons, most of them for the New York Black Yankees.
d. December 3, 1974 · Pitcher for the Chicago White Sox, 1921 to 1921.
d. December 3, 1976 · Pitcher for the Boston Braves, 1920 to 1921.
d. December 3, 1977 · Pitcher for the Cleveland Indians, 1944 to 1944.
d. December 3, 1981 · Versatile infielder who batted .316 across two decades and played every infield position for a dozen Negro Leagues clubs.
d. December 3, 1986 · Pitcher for the New York Mets, 1962 to 1965.
d. December 3, 1990 · Left fielder who batted .303 across 12 clubs, 1920 to 1938.
d. December 3, 1993 · Catcher across two clubs, 1937 to 1948.
d. December 3, 1994 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1940 to 1951.
d. December 3, 1994 · Shortstop for the Homestead Grays, 1948 to 1948.
d. December 3, 1996 · Catcher who batted .230 across four clubs, 1963 to 1972.
d. December 3, 2002 · Pitcher for the Washington Senators, 1944 to 1944.
d. December 3, 2003 · Second baseman for the Washington Senators, 1948 to 1949.
d. December 3, 2005 · Pitcher across four clubs, 1955 to 1962.
d. December 3, 2006 · Shortstop who batted .249 across six clubs, 1952 to 1963.
d. December 3, 2006 · Right fielder for the Washington Senators, 1955 to 1956.
31 players died on December 3; these are the 24 best known.