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March 1
The record for March 1 in baseball history — 59 births and 39 deaths.
No milestones or firsts are on record for March 1 — but the players below were born and lost on it.
Born on this day
b. March 1, 1853 · Second baseman across three clubs, 1875 to 1876.
b. March 1, 1855 · Won the game's first Triple Crown in 1878 and may have made its first unassisted triple play.
b. March 1, 1864 · Catcher who batted .274 across six clubs, 1886 to 1899.
b. March 1, 1864 · Catcher for the Pittsburg Alleghenys, 1888 to 1888.
b. March 1, 1871 · Pitcher for the Louisville Colonels, 1891 to 1891.
b. March 1, 1881 · Center fielder who batted .281 across three clubs, 1907 to 1915.
b. March 1, 1883 · Pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals, 1910 to 1910.
b. March 1, 1885 · Pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates, 1910 to 1910.
b. March 1, 1888 · Third baseman across three clubs, 1912 to 1915.
b. March 1, 1897 · Left fielder for the St. Louis Cardinals, 1921 to 1921.
b. March 1, 1899 · Third baseman who batted .266 across two clubs, 1923 to 1927.
b. March 1, 1918 · Pitcher across three clubs, 1942 to 1951.
b. March 1, 1921 · Pitcher for the New York Giants, 1944 to 1944.
b. March 1, 1921 · Pitcher across three clubs, 1944 to 1954.
b. March 1, 1923 · Second baseman across two clubs, 1945 to 1948.
b. March 1, 1925 · Left fielder who batted .235 across four clubs, 1946 to 1957.
b. March 1, 1928 · Baseball figure across two clubs, 1955 to 1958.
b. March 1, 1932 · Pitcher across three clubs, 1958 to 1966.
b. March 1, 1952 · Catcher who batted .197 across three clubs, 1973 to 1981.
b. March 1, 1969 · Pitcher across seven clubs, 1995 to 2005.
b. March 1, 1979 · Shortstop for the Milwaukee Brewers, 2006 to 2006.
b. March 1, 1983 · Pitcher across two clubs, 2009 to 2011.
b. March 1, 1995 · Pitcher for the Chicago Cubs, 2019 to 2024.
b. March 1, 1999 · Second baseman who batted .228 for the San Francisco Giants, 2023 to 2025.
59 players were born on March 1; these are the 24 best known.
Died on this day
d. March 1, 1881 · Pitcher for the Elizabeth Resolutes, 1873 to 1873.
d. March 1, 1919 · Second baseman for the Philadelphia Athletics, 1876 to 1876.
d. March 1, 1919 · Right fielder for the Boston Red Caps, 1882 to 1882.
d. March 1, 1920 · Pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates, 1894 to 1895.
d. March 1, 1929 · Pitcher for the Cleveland Naps, 1908 to 1908.
d. March 1, 1937 · Catcher for the Brooklyn Superbas, 1902 to 1902.
d. March 1, 1941 · Caught 1,233 games across seventeen seasons, spending the last thirteen of them with Cincinnati.
d. March 1, 1942 · Second baseman for the Cleveland Spiders, 1890 to 1890.
d. March 1, 1956 · Pitcher across four clubs, 1935 to 1948.
d. March 1, 1961 · Pitcher for the St. Louis Browns, 1910 to 1910.
d. March 1, 1962 · Left-handed pitcher who appeared for fifteen Negro Leagues clubs across sixteen seasons.
d. March 1, 1962 · Shortstop who batted .232 across four clubs, 1911 to 1922.
d. March 1, 1962 · Left fielder across two clubs, 1910 to 1921.
d. March 1, 1967 · Pitcher across three clubs, 1924 to 1928.
d. March 1, 1974 · Said it was great to be young and a Giant, and was named the National League's most valuable player in 1912.
d. March 1, 1975 · Left fielder who batted .352 across three clubs, 1914 to 1925.
d. March 1, 1980 · Catcher who batted .238 for the New York Yankees, 1929 to 1939.
d. March 1, 1980 · The first Black umpire in the major leagues, at fifty-one, after fourteen years working his way up through the minors.
d. March 1, 1985 · Third baseman across two clubs, 1962 to 1966.
d. March 1, 1990 · Second baseman who batted .263 for the St. Louis Cardinals, 1938 to 1942.
d. March 1, 2005 · Baseball figure for the Detroit Tigers, 1949 to 1949.
d. March 1, 2009 · First baseman for the Philadelphia Phillies, 1969 to 1969.
d. March 1, 2015 · The first Black player in White Sox history, and for a decade the American League batter nobody could drive off the plate.
d. March 1, 2023 · Pitcher across three clubs, 1968 to 1972.
39 players died on March 1; these are the 24 best known.