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February 6
The record for February 6 in baseball history — 47 births and 32 deaths.
No milestones or firsts are on record for February 6 — but the players below were born and lost on it.
Born on this day
b. February 6, 1856 · Pitcher across three clubs, 1877 to 1882.
b. February 6, 1869 · Pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds, 1893 to 1893.
b. February 6, 1873 · Catcher for the Philadelphia Athletics, 1890 to 1890.
b. February 6, 1876 · Pitcher for the Brooklyn Grooms, 1894 to 1894.
b. February 6, 1880 · Second baseman who batted .281 across six clubs, 1905 to 1915.
b. February 6, 1895 · The best left-handed pitcher in the American League before he became the hitter who ended the dead-ball era.
b. February 6, 1901 · Shortstop who batted .294 across four clubs, 1924 to 1935.
b. February 6, 1905 · Third baseman for the Cincinnati Reds, 1933 to 1933.
b. February 6, 1916 · Pitcher for the New York Giants, 1945 to 1945.
b. February 6, 1918 · Left fielder for the Philadelphia Athletics, 1945 to 1945.
b. February 6, 1926 · First baseman who batted .267 across six clubs, 1951 to 1963.
b. February 6, 1927 · Got 145 pinch hits, which was the record, and batted .295 across eighteen seasons.
b. February 6, 1928 · Pitcher for the Milwaukee Braves, 1954 to 1955.
b. February 6, 1932 · Pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates, 1951 to 1951.
b. February 6, 1948 · Left fielder across three clubs, 1972 to 1976.
b. February 6, 1958 · Pitcher across five clubs, 1983 to 1989.
b. February 6, 1969 · Saved 267 games with part of a finger missing from a childhood farm accident.
b. February 6, 1975 · Left fielder who batted .269 across four clubs, 1999 to 2005.
b. February 6, 1978 · Left fielder for the San Francisco Giants, 2005 to 2005.
b. February 6, 1989 · Left fielder for the Cincinnati Reds, 2013 to 2014.
b. February 6, 1991 · Pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays, 2016 to 2016.
b. February 6, 1994 · Pitcher across three clubs, 2016 to 2021.
b. February 6, 1998 · Catcher who batted .254 for the Baltimore Orioles, 2022 to 2025.
b. February 6, 1998 · Pitcher across two clubs, 2024 to 2025.
47 players were born on February 6; these are the 24 best known.
Died on this day
d. February 6, 1881 · Shortstop for the Middletown Mansfields, 1872 to 1872.
d. February 6, 1903 · Pitcher who batted .204 across four clubs, 1883 to 1888.
d. February 6, 1920 · Catcher who batted .263 across two clubs, 1908 to 1916.
d. February 6, 1922 · Left fielder for the Boston Red Stockings, 1871 to 1871.
d. February 6, 1940 · Catcher for the Washington Nationals, 1887 to 1887.
d. February 6, 1946 · Pitcher for the Cleveland Spiders, 1899 to 1899.
d. February 6, 1950 · Shortstop who batted .277 across two clubs, 1909 to 1922.
d. February 6, 1951 · Caught 493 games, then managed 702 games and guided St. Louis to first-place finishes in 1930 and 1931.
d. February 6, 1952 · Third baseman across two clubs, 1912 to 1912.
d. February 6, 1955 · Pitcher across three clubs, 1917 to 1925.
d. February 6, 1970 · Pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies, 1945 to 1947.
d. February 6, 1972 · Shortstop for the Pittsburgh Pirates, 1944 to 1946.
d. February 6, 1974 · Right fielder who batted .265 across four clubs, 1913 to 1925.
d. February 6, 1978 · Center fielder for the Washington Senators, 1927 to 1928.
d. February 6, 1979 · Catcher for the St. Louis Cardinals, 1920 to 1920.
d. February 6, 1981 · Pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds, 1922 to 1923.
d. February 6, 1991 · Pitcher for the Washington Senators, 1933 to 1934.
d. February 6, 1994 · Pitcher for the Chicago White Sox, 1932 to 1932.
d. February 6, 1994 · Shortstop for the Chicago White Sox, 1946 to 1948.
d. February 6, 1995 · Pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies, 1936 to 1939.
d. February 6, 1996 · Right-hander who spent most of his career with the St. Louis Browns and won a World Series with Cleveland in 1948.
d. February 6, 1997 · Pitcher for the Boston Bees, 1936 to 1936.
d. February 6, 2007 · Beat the Yankees three times in the 1957 World Series, twice by shutout.
d. February 6, 2014 · Led or shared the National League home-run title in each of his first seven seasons, for Pittsburgh teams that kept finishing last.
32 players died on February 6; these are the 24 best known.