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February 7
The record for February 7 in baseball history — 62 births and 29 deaths.
No milestones or firsts are on record for February 7 — but the players below were born and lost on it.
Born on this day
b. February 7, 1856 · Catcher who batted .222 across two clubs, 1883 to 1887.
b. February 7, 1862 · Second baseman for the Altoona Mountain City, 1884 to 1884.
b. February 7, 1866 · Started as a catcher, became a second baseman, and stole 385 bases in seventeen seasons.
b. February 7, 1884 · Second baseman for the Chicago White Sox, 1909 to 1909.
b. February 7, 1891 · Third baseman for the St. Louis Browns, 1915 to 1915.
b. February 7, 1893 · Left fielder who batted .303 for Cleveland across fourteen seasons and won a World Series in 1920.
b. February 7, 1894 · Left fielder across two clubs, 1915 to 1917.
b. February 7, 1899 · Won 218 games with a 4.36 earned run average and shut out the Giants in the 1933 World Series.
b. February 7, 1900 · Shortstop who batted .296 across six clubs, 1920 to 1935.
b. February 7, 1904 · Third baseman who batted .281 for the New York Giants, 1927 to 1930.
b. February 7, 1905 · Pitcher across three clubs, 1929 to 1934.
b. February 7, 1906 · Pitcher for the Brooklyn Dodgers, 1932 to 1932.
b. February 7, 1907 · Catcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates, 1931 to 1931.
b. February 7, 1927 · Shortstop for the Boston Red Sox, 1951 to 1953.
b. February 7, 1928 · Right fielder who batted .273 with 168 home runs across three clubs, twice an All-Star.
b. February 7, 1937 · Won 19 games for the 1964 White Sox and pitched eighteen seasons for eight clubs.
b. February 7, 1950 · Threw a no-hitter in his fourth major-league start, with a knuckle curve nobody else could throw.
b. February 7, 1951 · Designated hitter who batted .251 across four clubs, 1974 to 1985.
b. February 7, 1955 · Pitcher across three clubs, 1981 to 1989.
b. February 7, 1957 · Had the best average in the American League in 1981 and was traded away that winter.
b. February 7, 1959 · First baseman for the Milwaukee Brewers, 1985 to 1985.
b. February 7, 1964 · Shortstop for the St. Louis Cardinals, 1992 to 1992.
b. February 7, 1974 · Center fielder who batted .258 across four clubs, 1997 to 2006.
b. February 7, 1980 · Pitcher for the San Francisco Giants, 2004 to 2008.
62 players were born on February 7; these are the 24 best known.
Died on this day
d. February 7, 1900 · Pitcher who won 120 games with a 4.22 ERA across four clubs, 1891 to 1899.
d. February 7, 1924 · Pitcher for the Cleveland Naps, 1910 to 1914.
d. February 7, 1936 · Pitcher for the Philadelphia Athletics, 1905 to 1910.
d. February 7, 1937 · Pitcher across three clubs, 1889 to 1891.
d. February 7, 1937 · Second baseman for the New York Giants, 1901 to 1901.
d. February 7, 1942 · Pitcher for the New York Giants, 1926 to 1926.
d. February 7, 1959 · Cleveland renamed itself the Naps for him, and his .426 in 1901 is the best single season since 1900.
d. February 7, 1965 · Second baseman who batted .231 for the St. Louis Cardinals, 1914 to 1918.
d. February 7, 1967 · Pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates, 1944 to 1945.
d. February 7, 1968 · Second baseman for the Boston Red Sox, 1931 to 1931.
d. February 7, 1979 · Ran the Cincinnati club for fifteen years and then the National League for eighteen, and was elected to the Hall of Fame in the year he died.
d. February 7, 1991 · Third baseman for the Cleveland Indians, 1930 to 1931.
d. February 7, 1992 · Right fielder for the New York Cubans, 1945 to 1947.
d. February 7, 1993 · Pitcher for the Cleveland Indians, 1939 to 1939.
d. February 7, 1995 · Pitcher across five clubs, 1966 to 1975.
d. February 7, 1997 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1934 to 1939.
d. February 7, 1997 · Pitcher across four clubs, 1939 to 1943.
d. February 7, 2009 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1959 to 1961.
d. February 7, 2010 · Pitcher across four clubs, 1951 to 1957.
d. February 7, 2012 · Left fielder across two clubs, 1997 to 1999.
d. February 7, 2018 · Pitcher for the Washington Senators, 1957 to 1959.
d. February 7, 2019 · The only player named Most Valuable Player in both leagues, and the first Black manager in the major leagues.
d. February 7, 2020 · Right fielder who batted .280 across three clubs, 1996 to 2002.
d. February 7, 2026 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1959 to 1959.
29 players died on February 7; these are the 24 best known.