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February 19
The record for February 19 in baseball history — 49 births and 26 deaths.
No milestones or firsts are on record for February 19 — but the players below were born and lost on it.
Born on this day
b. February 19, 1853 · Catcher across two clubs, 1877 to 1884.
b. February 19, 1855 · Played and managed for Boston's National League club through most of its first fifteen years, from 1876 to 1890.
b. February 19, 1864 · Catcher for the Louisville Colonels, 1894 to 1895.
b. February 19, 1883 · Catcher for the New York Giants, 1907 to 1907.
b. February 19, 1894 · Pitcher for the Chicago White Sox, 1922 to 1922.
b. February 19, 1898 · First baseman for the Cleveland Indians, 1922 to 1922.
b. February 19, 1912 · First baseman who batted .282 across three clubs, 1932 to 1945.
b. February 19, 1915 · Catcher who batted .277 across four clubs, 1938 to 1946.
b. February 19, 1917 · Third baseman for the Cincinnati Reds, 1941 to 1944.
b. February 19, 1932 · Left fielder across three clubs, 1958 to 1962.
b. February 19, 1938 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1963 to 1966.
b. February 19, 1940 · Pitcher across three clubs, 1964 to 1968.
b. February 19, 1943 · First baseman who batted .266 across three clubs, 1968 to 1974.
b. February 19, 1944 · Pitcher across six clubs, 1963 to 1973.
b. February 19, 1952 · Pitcher for the Atlanta Braves, 1973 to 1973.
b. February 19, 1957 · Won 20 games in four straight seasons and never won a Cy Young Award.
b. February 19, 1962 · Shortstop who batted .254 across five clubs, 1984 to 1997.
b. February 19, 1971 · Published a novel and a book of poetry while pitching, and won 102 games in eighteen seasons.
b. February 19, 1982 · Catcher who batted .230 across eight clubs, 2006 to 2018.
b. February 19, 1983 · Pitcher for the Oakland Athletics, 2009 to 2010.
b. February 19, 1985 · Pitcher across three clubs, 2012 to 2019.
b. February 19, 1989 · Pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers, 2017 to 2017.
b. February 19, 1993 · Pitcher across two clubs, 2016 to 2022.
b. February 19, 1999 · Pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates, 2023 to 2025.
49 players were born on February 19; these are the 24 best known.
Died on this day
d. February 19, 1915 · Catcher for the Chicago White Stockings, 1886 to 1886.
d. February 19, 1915 · Pitcher for the Cincinnati Kelly's Killers, 1891 to 1891.
d. February 19, 1927 · Pitcher for the Indianapolis Hoosiers, 1914 to 1914.
d. February 19, 1947 · Third baseman across two clubs, 1916 to 1921.
d. February 19, 1948 · Pitcher who won 119 games with a 3.10 ERA across four clubs, 1909 to 1918.
d. February 19, 1956 · Right fielder who batted .257 across four clubs, 1909 to 1919.
d. February 19, 1957 · Catcher for the Philadelphia Phillies, 1905 to 1905.
d. February 19, 1961 · Pitcher for the Detroit Tigers, 1910 to 1910.
d. February 19, 1961 · Pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals, 1922 to 1923.
d. February 19, 1966 · First baseman who batted .276 across four clubs, 1935 to 1942.
d. February 19, 1969 · Pitcher who won 189 games with a 2.39 ERA across two clubs, 1901 to 1913.
d. February 19, 1972 · Pitcher for the Boston Rustlers, 1911 to 1911.
d. February 19, 1977 · Caught 868 games across seventeen seasons and later managed portions of two Cardinals seasons.
d. February 19, 1978 · Center fielder for the Philadelphia Athletics, 1921 to 1921.
d. February 19, 1978 · Pitcher across three clubs, 1951 to 1958.
d. February 19, 1983 · Right fielder who batted .228 across two clubs, 1942 to 1947.
d. February 19, 1984 · Pitcher across three clubs, 1928 to 1936.
d. February 19, 1997 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1936 to 1945.
d. February 19, 2006 · Pitcher for the Cleveland Indians, 1952 to 1952.
d. February 19, 2010 · Left fielder for the Brooklyn Dodgers, 1937 to 1937.
d. February 19, 2012 · First baseman across two clubs, 1963 to 1965.
d. February 19, 2015 · Left fielder who batted .243 across four clubs, 1976 to 1985.
d. February 19, 2017 · Pitcher for the Boston Braves, 1944 to 1944.
d. February 19, 2019 · The first Black pitcher to start a World Series game, and one of two men to win Rookie of the Year, an MVP and a Cy Young Award.
26 players died on February 19; these are the 24 best known.