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March 19
The record for March 19 in baseball history — 44 births, 32 deaths and 1 games played.
1 regular-season game played on March 19
No milestones or firsts are on record for March 19 — but the players below were born and lost on it.
Born on this day
b. March 19, 1862 · Catcher for the Pittsburg Alleghenys, 1884 to 1884.
b. March 19, 1881 · Third baseman across two clubs, 1912 to 1916.
b. March 19, 1884 · Right fielder across two clubs, 1909 to 1914.
b. March 19, 1884 · First baseman who batted .265 across five clubs, 1909 to 1916.
b. March 19, 1894 · Second baseman who batted .259 across four clubs, 1914 to 1926.
b. March 19, 1897 · Baseball figure for the Washington Senators, 1920 to 1920.
b. March 19, 1902 · Pitcher across four clubs, 1923 to 1927.
b. March 19, 1908 · Detroit outfielder and crowd favourite of the 1930s whose baserunning was as celebrated for its errors as its daring.
b. March 19, 1910 · Catcher who spent his entire Negro Leagues career with the Homestead Grays across their championship years.
b. March 19, 1915 · Pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, 1937 to 1937.
b. March 19, 1927 · Fifteen seasons, 2,574 hits, 29 home runs, and four National League walk titles from the top of the Phillies order.
b. March 19, 1935 · Shortstop across two clubs, 1958 to 1961.
b. March 19, 1947 · Right fielder who batted .245 across two clubs, 1969 to 1976.
b. March 19, 1947 · Pitcher across three clubs, 1971 to 1974.
b. March 19, 1947 · Third baseman across three clubs, 1969 to 1972.
b. March 19, 1955 · Went 22-9 with 24 complete games in 1980, working himself into a burnout that Billy Martin's staff never recovered from.
b. March 19, 1962 · Right fielder who batted .272 across four clubs, 1984 to 1993.
b. March 19, 1963 · Third baseman across two clubs, 1987 to 1994.
b. March 19, 1964 · Third baseman who batted .234 for the Los Angeles Dodgers, 1986 to 1991.
b. March 19, 1971 · First baseman for the Cincinnati Reds, 2000 to 2001.
b. March 19, 1974 · Catcher who batted .231 across three clubs, 1999 to 2010.
b. March 19, 1977 · Was a backup catcher for seven clubs who won a World Series with the 2013 Red Sox and another with the 2016 Cubs, then returned to manage the Cubs four years later.
b. March 19, 1988 · A 2.53 earned run average across eighteen seasons for one club, the lowest of any 300-game starter since 1920.
b. March 19, 1993 · Pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers, 2021 to 2021.
44 players were born on March 19; these are the 24 best known.
Died on this day
d. March 19, 1926 · Pitcher who won 182 games with a 3.59 ERA across four clubs, 1884 to 1897.
d. March 19, 1931 · Pitcher for the St. Louis Browns, 1898 to 1898.
d. March 19, 1934 · Third baseman for the St. Louis Browns, 1910 to 1910.
d. March 19, 1936 · Shortstop for the St. Louis Brown Stockings, 1877 to 1877.
d. March 19, 1937 · Shortstop who batted .203 across three clubs, 1902 to 1906.
d. March 19, 1944 · Catcher for the Brooklyn Superbas, 1908 to 1909.
d. March 19, 1944 · Right fielder for the St. Louis Cardinals, 1907 to 1907.
d. March 19, 1954 · Shortstop who batted .243 across two clubs, 1903 to 1905.
d. March 19, 1954 · Left fielder for the Philadelphia Athletics, 1918 to 1918.
d. March 19, 1955 · Pitcher for the Washington Senators, 1918 to 1919.
d. March 19, 1955 · Pitcher for the Boston Beaneaters, 1894 to 1894.
d. March 19, 1964 · A shortstop who played twenty-six seasons, eighteen of them before any league existed to record them.
d. March 19, 1966 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1928 to 1932.
d. March 19, 1969 · Pitcher for the Cleveland Naps, 1911 to 1913.
d. March 19, 1972 · Catcher for the Boston Red Sox, 1934 to 1934.
d. March 19, 1974 · Pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies, 1928 to 1929.
d. March 19, 1976 · Pitcher across three clubs, 1912 to 1920.
d. March 19, 1978 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1925 to 1927.
d. March 19, 1989 · First baseman for the New York Giants, 1933 to 1935.
d. March 19, 2000 · Catcher across two clubs, 1944 to 1948.
d. March 19, 2003 · Shortstop for the New York Yankees, 1945 to 1945.
d. March 19, 2011 · Pitcher who won 127 games with a 3.65 ERA across three clubs, 1948 to 1960.
d. March 19, 2018 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1961 to 1963.
d. March 19, 2019 · Third baseman who batted .238 across three clubs, 1954 to 1957.
32 players died on March 19; these are the 24 best known.