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January 6
The record for January 6 in baseball history — 59 births and 37 deaths.
No milestones or firsts are on record for January 6 — but the players below were born and lost on it.
Born on this day
b. January 6, 1864 · First baseman for the Philadelphia Athletics, 1890 to 1890.
b. January 6, 1886 · Third baseman who batted .227 across three clubs, 1908 to 1914.
b. January 6, 1895 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1915 to 1921.
b. January 6, 1897 · Catcher who batted .262 for the Chicago White Sox, 1923 to 1930.
b. January 6, 1897 · Pitcher across three clubs, 1924 to 1930.
b. January 6, 1900 · Second baseman who batted .232 across two clubs, 1926 to 1931.
b. January 6, 1902 · Pitcher for the Chicago White Sox, 1924 to 1924.
b. January 6, 1915 · Right fielder who batted .242 across three clubs, 1938 to 1946.
b. January 6, 1920 · He stood one win short of 300 after twenty-two seasons and needed all of a twenty-third, at forty-three, to get it.
b. January 6, 1928 · Pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals, 1951 to 1951.
b. January 6, 1931 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1953 to 1959.
b. January 6, 1935 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1960 to 1964.
b. January 6, 1940 · Left fielder for the New York Yankees, 1964 to 1964.
b. January 6, 1951 · Pitcher who won 109 games with a 3.11 ERA across two clubs, 1970 to 1978.
b. January 6, 1952 · First baseman for the Detroit Tigers, 1977 to 1977.
b. January 6, 1955 · First baseman for the Pittsburgh Pirates, 1978 to 1981.
b. January 6, 1963 · Pitcher for the New York Yankees, 1989 to 1989.
b. January 6, 1969 · Pitcher across four clubs, 1996 to 1999.
b. January 6, 1970 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1996 to 1999.
b. January 6, 1978 · Pitcher across five clubs, 2001 to 2009.
b. January 6, 1982 · Pitcher across three clubs, 2008 to 2010.
b. January 6, 1984 · Pitcher for the Minnesota Twins, 2010 to 2011.
b. January 6, 1988 · Pitcher across two clubs, 2015 to 2016.
b. January 6, 2003 · Pitcher for the Washington Nationals, 2025 to 2025.
59 players were born on January 6; these are the 24 best known.
Died on this day
d. January 6, 1919 · Center fielder who batted .338 across six clubs, 1890 to 1899.
d. January 6, 1921 · Shortstop across three clubs, 1873 to 1875.
d. January 6, 1951 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1909 to 1911.
d. January 6, 1952 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1906 to 1910.
d. January 6, 1957 · Second baseman who batted .254 across four clubs, 1897 to 1910.
d. January 6, 1957 · Shortstop for the Boston Braves, 1922 to 1922.
d. January 6, 1967 · Pitcher who batted .213 across two clubs, 1939 to 1952.
d. January 6, 1967 · Catcher for the New York Highlanders, 1910 to 1911.
d. January 6, 1969 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1915 to 1921.
d. January 6, 1969 · Pitcher for the Boston Americans, 1905 to 1905.
d. January 6, 1969 · Second baseman who batted .273 for the Pittsburgh Pirates, 1912 to 1916.
d. January 6, 1979 · Left fielder across three clubs, 1940 to 1945.
d. January 6, 1981 · Pitcher for the St. Louis Browns, 1929 to 1931.
d. January 6, 1982 · Hit 40 home runs in 1955 for a Cincinnati club that hit 221 the next year.
d. January 6, 1984 · Center fielder for the St. Louis Browns, 1915 to 1916.
d. January 6, 1991 · Reached career highs of 151 hits and 60 runs batted in for the Philadelphia Athletics in 1944.
d. January 6, 1991 · Second baseman who batted .259 across two clubs, 1981 to 1987.
d. January 6, 1997 · Won 20 games for Cleveland in 1962 and hit 15 home runs, which for a pitcher of that era is a great many.
d. January 6, 1999 · Pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates, 1952 to 1952.
d. January 6, 2002 · First baseman for the Washington Senators, 1950 to 1952.
d. January 6, 2003 · Center fielder for the California Angels, 1968 to 1970.
d. January 6, 2011 · Pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles, 1991 to 1991.
d. January 6, 2017 · Second baseman across four clubs, 1960 to 1963.
d. January 6, 2023 · Went 17-5 with 20 saves in relief in 1976 and became the first relief pitcher to be signed as a free agent for real money.
37 players died on January 6; these are the 24 best known.