1973
Major League Baseball owners vote in approval of the American League adopting the designated hitter position.
Major League Baseball owners vote in approval of the American League adopting the designated hitter position.
This day in baseball ● On this day
January 11
The record for January 11 in baseball history — 1 milestone, 51 births and 31 deaths.
Milestones · January 11
Born on this day
b. January 11, 1867 · Third baseman for the Pittsburgh Pirates, 1895 to 1895.
b. January 11, 1876 · Struck down at 32 by a stomach ailment that ended a career still at its peak.
b. January 11, 1884 · Catcher across two clubs, 1914 to 1915.
b. January 11, 1890 · Led the National League in stolen bases ten times, the most in its history, and in 1922 stole 51 bases while being caught twice.
b. January 11, 1898 · Pitcher for the Boston Braves, 1922 to 1922.
b. January 11, 1899 · Pitcher who won 167 games with a 4.12 ERA across three clubs, 1926 to 1936.
b. January 11, 1901 · Right fielder for the Washington Senators, 1922 to 1922.
b. January 11, 1910 · Won sixteen games in a row in 1934 and hit better than most infielders.
b. January 11, 1915 · Right fielder for the Cincinnati Reds, 1937 to 1937.
b. January 11, 1918 · First baseman for the New York Giants, 1945 to 1945.
b. January 11, 1918 · Third baseman for the Boston Red Sox, 1946 to 1946.
b. January 11, 1921 · Right fielder for the Washington Senators, 1942 to 1942.
b. January 11, 1923 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1949 to 1953.
b. January 11, 1928 · Right fielder for the Baltimore Orioles, 1957 to 1957.
b. January 11, 1929 · Pitcher who won 101 games with a 3.43 ERA across four clubs, 1954 to 1965.
b. January 11, 1942 · Left fielder for the New York Mets, 1965 to 1966.
b. January 11, 1944 · Left fielder for the Cleveland Indians, 1969 to 1971.
b. January 11, 1955 · Right fielder across two clubs, 1977 to 1982.
b. January 11, 1962 · Pitcher across five clubs, 1988 to 1998.
b. January 11, 1968 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1992 to 1994.
b. January 11, 1971 · Catcher for the Boston Red Sox, 1996 to 1996.
b. January 11, 1974 · Catcher across two clubs, 2002 to 2004.
b. January 11, 1990 · Pitcher for the Cleveland Indians, 2013 to 2019.
b. January 11, 2002 · Shortstop who batted .255 for the Cincinnati Reds, 2023 to 2025.
51 players were born on January 11; these are the 24 best known.
Died on this day
d. January 11, 1902 · Shortstop across two clubs, 1875 to 1875.
d. January 11, 1912 · Right fielder who batted .289 across four clubs, 1886 to 1891.
d. January 11, 1922 · Catcher across four clubs, 1884 to 1891.
d. January 11, 1929 · Pitcher across three clubs, 1875 to 1878.
d. January 11, 1945 · Pitcher for the Cleveland Blues, 1901 to 1901.
d. January 11, 1951 · Catcher across two clubs, 1914 to 1918.
d. January 11, 1953 · First baseman for the Boston Red Sox, 1910 to 1910.
d. January 11, 1965 · Led the American League in home runs twice and lost first base to Lou Gehrig on June 2, 1925.
d. January 11, 1968 · Right fielder for the Brooklyn Superbas, 1909 to 1910.
d. January 11, 1969 · Catcher for the Philadelphia Athletics, 1922 to 1922.
d. January 11, 1973 · Pitcher for the Cleveland Indians, 1922 to 1922.
d. January 11, 1992 · Pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies, 1935 to 1937.
d. January 11, 1993 · Pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, 1949 to 1950.
d. January 11, 1994 · Catcher across two clubs, 1930 to 1933.
d. January 11, 1994 · Pitcher for the Washington Senators, 1922 to 1922.
d. January 11, 1998 · Catcher for the Cleveland Indians, 1936 to 1937.
d. January 11, 1999 · Third baseman who batted .246 across four clubs, 1951 to 1956.
d. January 11, 2000 · Won twenty games in a season seven times, and did not pitch in the major leagues at all until he came home from the Navy at twenty-five.
d. January 11, 2013 · Pitcher across five clubs, 1963 to 1970.
d. January 11, 2014 · Pitcher for the Chicago Cubs, 1968 to 1968.
d. January 11, 2016 · Led his league in runs batted in ten years apart, at twenty-two with Newark and at thirty-two with the Giants.
d. January 11, 2023 · Pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles, 1955 to 1956.
d. January 11, 2025 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1961 to 1964.
d. January 11, 2026 · Threw a palmball, saved 30 games for the 1971 champions, and was a starter until he was thirty.
31 players died on January 11; these are the 24 best known.