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February 8
The record for February 8 in baseball history — 48 births and 41 deaths.
No milestones or firsts are on record for February 8 — but the players below were born and lost on it.
Born on this day
b. February 8, 1854 · First baseman who batted .250 across two clubs, 1882 to 1884.
b. February 8, 1860 · Catcher for the Louisville Colonels, 1885 to 1887.
b. February 8, 1867 · Center fielder who batted .312 across two clubs, 1889 to 1898.
b. February 8, 1888 · Pitcher for the Cleveland Naps, 1910 to 1914.
b. February 8, 1889 · Right fielder for the New York Highlanders, 1911 to 1911.
b. February 8, 1906 · Right fielder across two clubs, 1928 to 1932.
b. February 8, 1911 · Second baseman who batted .241 across four clubs, 1934 to 1944.
b. February 8, 1914 · Made the 1947 National League All-Star team after hitting .286 with 138 hits for Cincinnati.
b. February 8, 1918 · Pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates, 1943 to 1945.
b. February 8, 1918 · Left fielder who batted .256 for the Boston Braves, 1943 to 1945.
b. February 8, 1920 · Second baseman who batted .247 across three clubs, 1942 to 1949.
b. February 8, 1921 · Center fielder who batted .278 with 1,055 hits across five clubs, twice an All-Star.
b. February 8, 1924 · Pitched nine years in the Negro Leagues, then won the Rookie of the Year award at twenty-eight and became the first Black pitcher to win a World Series game.
b. February 8, 1942 · First baseman across two clubs, 1964 to 1965.
b. February 8, 1942 · Pitcher who won 133 games with a 3.30 ERA across three clubs, 1966 to 1976.
b. February 8, 1943 · First baseman who batted .256 across five clubs, 1965 to 1975.
b. February 8, 1964 · Shortstop for the Milwaukee Brewers, 1986 to 1990.
b. February 8, 1976 · Left fielder who batted .248 across two clubs, 2000 to 2003.
b. February 8, 1979 · Pitcher across two clubs, 2002 to 2012.
b. February 8, 1983 · Pitcher across five clubs, 2008 to 2015.
b. February 8, 1983 · Pitcher for the New York Yankees, 2007 to 2007.
b. February 8, 1985 · Left fielder who batted .246 across three clubs, 2007 to 2013.
b. February 8, 1990 · Pitcher for the Atlanta Braves, 2015 to 2015.
b. February 8, 2004 · Shortstop for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, 2025 to 2025.
48 players were born on February 8; these are the 24 best known.
Died on this day
d. February 8, 1897 · Pitcher for the Pittsburg Alleghenys, 1884 to 1884.
d. February 8, 1910 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1902 to 1902.
d. February 8, 1910 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1876 to 1877.
d. February 8, 1941 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1884 to 1884.
d. February 8, 1943 · Pitcher who batted .162 across four clubs, 1884 to 1890.
d. February 8, 1949 · Pitcher for the New York Giants, 1946 to 1946.
d. February 8, 1951 · Pitcher across three clubs, 1905 to 1911.
d. February 8, 1956 · Caught 610 games in the 1880s and 1890s, then spent half a century in a suit in the dugout, owning the club he managed.
d. February 8, 1961 · Baseball figure for the Philadelphia Phillies, 1919 to 1919.
d. February 8, 1961 · Left fielder who batted .296 across 10 clubs, 1909 to 1932.
d. February 8, 1962 · Center fielder for the New York Yankees, 1914 to 1914.
d. February 8, 1965 · Led his league in wins six times, as often as Walter Johnson and Bob Feller, and hit well enough to play 213 games in the outfield.
d. February 8, 1966 · First baseman who batted .269 across four clubs, 1911 to 1920.
d. February 8, 1968 · Pitcher for the Boston Braves, 1922 to 1922.
d. February 8, 1971 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1927 to 1937.
d. February 8, 1977 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1911 to 1915.
d. February 8, 1979 · Catcher who batted .218 across two clubs, 1920 to 1929.
d. February 8, 1982 · Third baseman for the Cleveland Indians, 1943 to 1943.
d. February 8, 1992 · Right fielder across two clubs, 1936 to 1942.
d. February 8, 1996 · Left fielder with 2,063 hits across four clubs, 1946 to 1959.
d. February 8, 1997 · Left fielder for the St. Louis Browns, 1935 to 1935.
d. February 8, 1999 · Left fielder for the Boston Red Sox, 1928 to 1928.
d. February 8, 2011 · Catcher for the Brooklyn Dodgers, 1942 to 1942.
d. February 8, 2022 · Left fielder who batted .255 across six clubs, 1992 to 2005.
41 players died on February 8; these are the 24 best known.