1876
The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs of Major League Baseball is formed.
The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs of Major League Baseball is formed.
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February 2
The record for February 2 in baseball history — 1 milestone, 59 births and 19 deaths.
Milestones · February 2
Born on this day
b. February 2, 1860 · Pitcher for the Philadelphia Athletics, 1882 to 1882.
b. February 2, 1862 · Pitcher for the St. Louis Brown Stockings, 1882 to 1882.
b. February 2, 1872 · Center fielder across two clubs, 1896 to 1901.
b. February 2, 1874 · Center fielder across two clubs, 1899 to 1900.
b. February 2, 1878 · Third baseman for the Cincinnati Reds, 1901 to 1909.
b. February 2, 1883 · Second baseman who batted .242 across two clubs, 1906 to 1910.
b. February 2, 1889 · Pitcher for the Cleveland Naps, 1912 to 1912.
b. February 2, 1893 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1916 to 1923.
b. February 2, 1900 · Pitcher for the Chicago White Sox, 1922 to 1925.
b. February 2, 1908 · Hit 38 home runs, more than any pitcher has, and is not in the Hall of Fame that took his brother.
b. February 2, 1908 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1933 to 1943.
b. February 2, 1923 · Second baseman on two World Series winners, who came back to play four more seasons after tuberculosis took part of a lung and most of 1959.
b. February 2, 1927 · Pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates, 1955 to 1956.
b. February 2, 1937 · Third baseman who batted .264 across two clubs, 1963 to 1972.
b. February 2, 1950 · Pitcher across six clubs, 1974 to 1985.
b. February 2, 1957 · Pitcher for the Kansas City Royals, 1979 to 1980.
b. February 2, 1960 · Shortstop who batted .205 across two clubs, 1982 to 1987.
b. February 2, 1968 · Went 20-8 for the 1991 champions at twenty-three and threw a no-hitter three years later.
b. February 2, 1983 · Finished 99-99 across fifteen seasons and tied for the most wins in the American League in 2017.
b. February 2, 1984 · Shortstop across two clubs, 2007 to 2011.
b. February 2, 1988 · Pitcher across three clubs, 2011 to 2021.
b. February 2, 1990 · Pitcher across two clubs, 2015 to 2021.
b. February 2, 1993 · Pitcher across four clubs, 2015 to 2025.
b. February 2, 2000 · Pitcher across two clubs, 2025 to 2025.
59 players were born on February 2; these are the 24 best known.
Died on this day
d. February 2, 1918 · Second baseman who batted .241 across four clubs, 1889 to 1898.
d. February 2, 1920 · Center fielder for the Chicago Orphans, 1899 to 1899.
d. February 2, 1929 · Second baseman across two clubs, 1879 to 1884.
d. February 2, 1941 · Shortstop for the Louisville Colonels, 1895 to 1895.
d. February 2, 1950 · Catcher across three clubs, 1901 to 1907.
d. February 2, 1951 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1888 to 1890.
d. February 2, 1953 · Left fielder for the Cincinnati Reds, 1940 to 1940.
d. February 2, 1961 · First baseman for the Philadelphia Athletics, 1925 to 1925.
d. February 2, 1963 · Pitcher for the New York Giants, 1931 to 1931.
d. February 2, 1972 · First baseman who batted .291 across two clubs, 1919 to 1928.
d. February 2, 1978 · Pitcher for the Chicago White Sox, 1932 to 1932.
d. February 2, 1980 · Center fielder who batted .276 across four clubs, 1925 to 1937.
d. February 2, 1981 · Left fielder across two clubs, 1928 to 1932.
d. February 2, 1997 · Baseball figure for the Pittsburgh Pirates, 1922 to 1922.
d. February 2, 2002 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1944 to 1953.
d. February 2, 2015 · Played seventeen seasons as a first baseman and outfielder, with nine years in Detroit his longest stay.
d. February 2, 2021 · Left-handed reliever who was the winning pitcher in Game 7 of the 1979 World Series for Pittsburgh.
d. February 2, 2022 · Pitcher across six clubs, 1960 to 1969.
d. February 2, 2023 · Second baseman for the Chicago Cubs, 1964 to 1966.