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February 10
The record for February 10 in baseball history — 69 births and 32 deaths.
No milestones or firsts are on record for February 10 — but the players below were born and lost on it.
Born on this day
b. February 10, 1853 · Shortstop for the Worcester Ruby Legs, 1881 to 1881.
b. February 10, 1863 · Left fielder across two clubs, 1884 to 1884.
b. February 10, 1879 · Left fielder for the Cleveland Naps, 1906 to 1906.
b. February 10, 1882 · Catcher for the Philadelphia Phillies, 1906 to 1906.
b. February 10, 1884 · Hired by the American League at twenty-two, the youngest umpire it ever took, and later a general manager and a league president.
b. February 10, 1893 · Pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates, 1916 to 1919.
b. February 10, 1894 · A left-hander Philadelphia gave up on at twenty-one, he won 240 games, 162 of them for the Yankees, and pitched for four of their championship teams.
b. February 10, 1894 · Second baseman who batted .296 across four clubs, 1920 to 1925.
b. February 10, 1900 · Shortstop for the Hilldale Club and Homestead Grays, regarded as one of the best defensive infielders of the 1920s.
b. February 10, 1910 · Pitcher across five clubs, 1935 to 1945.
b. February 10, 1917 · Pitcher who won 182 games with a 3.30 ERA across two clubs, 1942 to 1954.
b. February 10, 1933 · Pitcher who won 105 games with a 3.29 ERA across five clubs, 1954 to 1967.
b. February 10, 1946 · First baseman for the Chicago White Sox, 1969 to 1971.
b. February 10, 1959 · Pitcher for the Chicago White Sox, 1983 to 1985.
b. February 10, 1970 · Catcher who batted .220 across eight clubs, 1995 to 2007.
b. February 10, 1970 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1993 to 2002.
b. February 10, 1976 · Batted .293 with 366 home runs and 1,201 walks, and was called Big Puma because he chose the name himself.
b. February 10, 1978 · Pitcher across two clubs, 2008 to 2010.
b. February 10, 1980 · Shortstop who batted .254 across nine clubs, 2001 to 2013.
b. February 10, 1984 · Left fielder who batted .257 for the Kansas City Royals, 2007 to 2020.
b. February 10, 1989 · Was a failed starting pitcher, became the best closer in the American League, and pitched again five months after a lymphoma diagnosis.
b. February 10, 1990 · Pitcher across three clubs, 2013 to 2019.
b. February 10, 1993 · Pitcher for the Milwaukee Brewers, 2017 to 2025.
b. February 10, 1995 · Pitcher across six clubs, 2019 to 2025.
69 players were born on February 10; these are the 24 best known.
Died on this day
d. February 10, 1885 · Center fielder across two clubs, 1879 to 1880.
d. February 10, 1892 · Left fielder who batted .202 across four clubs, 1884 to 1888.
d. February 10, 1925 · Right fielder for the Hartford Dark Blues, 1877 to 1877.
d. February 10, 1926 · Center fielder across three clubs, 1884 to 1885.
d. February 10, 1947 · Pitcher across three clubs, 1894 to 1896.
d. February 10, 1947 · Left fielder across three clubs, 1907 to 1918.
d. February 10, 1948 · First baseman for the Pittsburgh Pirates, 1905 to 1905.
d. February 10, 1950 · Pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies, 1906 to 1906.
d. February 10, 1954 · Pitcher for the Cleveland Naps, 1907 to 1910.
d. February 10, 1955 · Second baseman for the Boston Beaneaters, 1905 to 1906.
d. February 10, 1955 · Left fielder for the Chicago White Sox, 1909 to 1912.
d. February 10, 1958 · Pitcher across five clubs, 1914 to 1927.
d. February 10, 1971 · Shortstop who batted .220 across 11 clubs, 1929 to 1948.
d. February 10, 1976 · Second baseman who batted .285 across five clubs, 1923 to 1934.
d. February 10, 2000 · Second baseman for the Cleveland Indians, 1937 to 1946.
d. February 10, 2000 · Pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies, 1941 to 1942.
d. February 10, 2002 · Won two Gold Gloves at first base and drove in eight runs in a game twice in the same season.
d. February 10, 2002 · Left fielder across two clubs, 1939 to 1944.
d. February 10, 2003 · Third baseman for the Cincinnati Reds, 1941 to 1944.
d. February 10, 2008 · Second baseman who batted .260 across two clubs, 1938 to 1946.
d. February 10, 2013 · Pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates, 1954 to 1955.
d. February 10, 2015 · Pitcher across six clubs, 1947 to 1958.
d. February 10, 2020 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1963 to 1964.
d. February 10, 2021 · Center fielder who batted .256 across three clubs, 1969 to 1973.
32 players died on February 10; these are the 24 best known.