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February 18
The record for February 18 in baseball history — 65 births and 35 deaths.
No milestones or firsts are on record for February 18 — but the players below were born and lost on it.
Born on this day
b. February 18, 1860 · Shortstop who batted .257 across four clubs, 1884 to 1890.
b. February 18, 1871 · Pitcher for the Cleveland Spiders, 1899 to 1899.
b. February 18, 1878 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1898 to 1903.
b. February 18, 1878 · Right fielder for the New York Giants, 1900 to 1901.
b. February 18, 1887 · Third baseman for the New York Highlanders, 1912 to 1912.
b. February 18, 1889 · Threw the first no-hitter in Yankees history and beat the Giants in the 1924 World Series.
b. February 18, 1891 · Lost a fourteen-inning World Series game to Babe Ruth in 1916 and pitched eleven more years.
b. February 18, 1897 · Right-hander who pitched for Philadelphia in the early 1920s, spent six years in the minors, and returned to win thirty games for Boston.
b. February 18, 1915 · A second baseman with 253 home runs and nine All-Star selections in eleven seasons, elected to the Hall of Fame thirty-one years after his death.
b. February 18, 1929 · Catcher who batted .224 across five clubs, 1957 to 1963.
b. February 18, 1930 · Catcher who batted .248 across three clubs, 1950 to 1961.
b. February 18, 1938 · Retired with more pinch hits than anyone in the game's history, a record that stood for two decades.
b. February 18, 1939 · Pitcher across 10 clubs, 1957 to 1974.
b. February 18, 1939 · Shortstop who batted .217 across three clubs, 1962 to 1975.
b. February 18, 1949 · Drove in 91 runs for the 1975 Cubs and was an All-Star at twenty-eight.
b. February 18, 1949 · Drew 881 walks, led the American League twice, and finished second in the 1975 Most Valuable Player voting.
b. February 18, 1950 · Pitched six and a third hitless innings in the first World Series night game, as a rookie, and hit 68 batters in his career.
b. February 18, 1960 · Pitcher for the Chicago White Sox, 1984 to 1985.
b. February 18, 1975 · Catcher who batted .226 across seven clubs, 2000 to 2010.
b. February 18, 1981 · Right fielder who batted .277 across four clubs, 2004 to 2015.
b. February 18, 1981 · Pitcher for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, 2008 to 2008.
b. February 18, 1984 · Right fielder who batted .238 across three clubs, 2010 to 2015.
b. February 18, 1990 · Shortstop who batted .257 across four clubs, 2012 to 2022.
b. February 18, 1998 · Pitcher for the Miami Marlins, 2025 to 2025.
65 players were born on February 18; these are the 24 best known.
Died on this day
d. February 18, 1906 · Catcher for the Baltimore Orioles, 1883 to 1883.
d. February 18, 1911 · Pitcher across three clubs, 1896 to 1905.
d. February 18, 1917 · Third baseman across two clubs, 1884 to 1884.
d. February 18, 1925 · Second baseman for the Altoona Mountain City, 1884 to 1884.
d. February 18, 1935 · Shortstop who batted .303 across seven clubs, 1894 to 1904.
d. February 18, 1944 · Pitcher for the Detroit Tigers, 1910 to 1912.
d. February 18, 1960 · Pitcher for the Washington Senators, 1923 to 1923.
d. February 18, 1966 · Drove in 109 runs at twenty-two, led the American League in doubles and in stolen bases in different decades, and managed the Red Sox.
d. February 18, 1968 · Catcher across three clubs, 1908 to 1915.
d. February 18, 1971 · Right fielder for the Detroit Tigers, 1944 to 1945.
d. February 18, 1977 · Pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals, 1911 to 1912.
d. February 18, 1980 · Pitcher for the Washington Senators, 1945 to 1945.
d. February 18, 1980 · Pitcher for the Philadelphia Athletics, 1916 to 1916.
d. February 18, 1994 · Pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates, 1939 to 1946.
d. February 18, 1997 · Right fielder for the Philadelphia Athletics, 1947 to 1947.
d. February 18, 2001 · The only man who played for the Braves in Boston, Milwaukee, and Atlanta, and he hit 512 home runs, more than any third baseman before him.
d. February 18, 2001 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1943 to 1948.
d. February 18, 2007 · Shortstop for the Chicago White Sox, 1945 to 1945.
d. February 18, 2009 · Pitcher across four clubs, 1951 to 1956.
d. February 18, 2010 · Pitcher across five clubs, 1951 to 1957.
d. February 18, 2011 · Had 210 hits at twenty, then flew transport planes over Burma and lost three and a half seasons.
d. February 18, 2014 · Designated hitter for the Detroit Tigers, 1979 to 1979.
d. February 18, 2015 · Right fielder for the Chicago Cubs, 1962 to 1964.
d. February 18, 2021 · Won 19 games for the 1964 White Sox and pitched eighteen seasons for eight clubs.
35 players died on February 18; these are the 24 best known.