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February 16
The record for February 16 in baseball history — 52 births and 32 deaths.
No milestones or firsts are on record for February 16 — but the players below were born and lost on it.
Born on this day
b. February 16, 1865 · Pitcher who batted .271 across three clubs, 1888 to 1892.
b. February 16, 1875 · Shortstop for the Washington Senators, 1895 to 1895.
b. February 16, 1880 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1902 to 1909.
b. February 16, 1880 · Center fielder across two clubs, 1906 to 1907.
b. February 16, 1892 · Pitcher for the Chicago Cubs, 1915 to 1915.
b. February 16, 1897 · Pitcher across five clubs, 1918 to 1929.
b. February 16, 1900 · Right-hander who won 85 recorded games for the St. Louis Stars during their pennant years.
b. February 16, 1904 · Pitcher for the Newark Dodgers, 1934 to 1935.
b. February 16, 1918 · Second baseman who batted .263 for the St. Louis Cardinals, 1938 to 1942.
b. February 16, 1934 · Third baseman for the Chicago Cubs, 1959 to 1959.
b. February 16, 1936 · Center fielder who batted .234 across four clubs, 1957 to 1966.
b. February 16, 1943 · Turned from pitching to the outfield and hit 65 home runs across three productive seasons with Minnesota.
b. February 16, 1947 · Appeared in 865 games across fifteen seasons while totaling only 1,518 at bats.
b. February 16, 1949 · Catcher who batted .229 across three clubs, 1969 to 1974.
b. February 16, 1952 · Played fourteen seasons in two White Sox stints separated by Pittsburgh and three years outside the majors.
b. February 16, 1952 · Catcher who batted .230 across four clubs, 1973 to 1982.
b. February 16, 1960 · Third baseman who batted .249 across three clubs, 1986 to 1994.
b. February 16, 1960 · Left fielder across four clubs, 1985 to 1992.
b. February 16, 1962 · Pitcher across six clubs, 1984 to 1995.
b. February 16, 1965 · Pitcher for the California Angels, 1988 to 1988.
b. February 16, 1975 · Catcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers, 1998 to 2001.
b. February 16, 1976 · Left fielder who batted .258 across five clubs, 2000 to 2010.
b. February 16, 1985 · First baseman who batted .257 across three clubs, 2012 to 2016.
b. February 16, 1989 · Pitcher across two clubs, 2011 to 2013.
52 players were born on February 16; these are the 24 best known.
Died on this day
d. February 16, 1902 · Catcher for the Cleveland Spiders, 1895 to 1896.
d. February 16, 1938 · Third baseman who batted .220 for the Chicago White Sox, 1903 to 1912.
d. February 16, 1957 · Catcher for the Philadelphia Phillies, 1938 to 1938.
d. February 16, 1960 · Played first base in the $100,000 infield, hit .307 for nineteen years and won five World Series.
d. February 16, 1960 · First baseman across three clubs, 1922 to 1933.
d. February 16, 1961 · Won nothing in the majors until he was 31, then led the National League in strikeouts seven straight years.
d. February 16, 1970 · Pitcher across three clubs, 1940 to 1943.
d. February 16, 1971 · Left fielder who batted .244 across three clubs, 1922 to 1930.
d. February 16, 1974 · Left fielder for the Philadelphia Athletics, 1916 to 1916.
d. February 16, 1974 · Catcher for the Cincinnati Reds, 1937 to 1937.
d. February 16, 1976 · Second baseman across two clubs, 1911 to 1920.
d. February 16, 1977 · Shortstop across two clubs, 1912 to 1914.
d. February 16, 1983 · Pitcher for the Philadelphia Athletics, 1943 to 1946.
d. February 16, 1988 · Pitcher across three clubs, 1936 to 1940.
d. February 16, 1996 · Pitcher across three clubs, 1941 to 1946.
d. February 16, 2001 · Right-hander who won 166 games for the Milwaukee Braves and Cubs, and holds the record for the worst batting average by a position-qualified hitter.
d. February 16, 2004 · Catcher for the New York Giants, 1942 to 1942.
d. February 16, 2010 · Pitcher who won 111 games with a 3.76 ERA across four clubs, 1972 to 1984.
d. February 16, 2010 · Pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates, 1952 to 1953.
d. February 16, 2012 · A catcher for 2,056 games and 324 home runs, whose two-out single in the tenth inning of Game 6 kept the 1986 Mets alive.
d. February 16, 2021 · Right fielder who batted .245 across two clubs, 1969 to 1976.
d. February 16, 2021 · Pitcher across six clubs, 1961 to 1974.
d. February 16, 2023 · Caught in four decades, finished second in the 1967 Most Valuable Player voting, and then broadcast the game for forty years.
d. February 16, 2023 · Pitcher for the Cleveland Indians, 2002 to 2003.
32 players died on February 16; these are the 24 best known.