2019
Ichiro Suzuki
Ichiro Suzuki played a final major-league game on March 21, 2019.
This day in baseball ● On this day
March 21
The record for March 21 in baseball history — 1 final game, 50 births, 25 deaths and 2 games played.
Final major-league games · March 21
2 regular-season games played on March 21
2019
Seattle Mariners at Oakland Athletics
Seattle Mariners 5, Oakland Athletics 4.
2024
San Diego Padres at Los Angeles Dodgers
San Diego Padres 15, Los Angeles Dodgers 11.
Born on this day
b. March 21, 1867 · Right fielder for the Boston Beaneaters, 1885 to 1885.
b. March 21, 1874 · Third baseman for the St. Louis Browns, 1895 to 1895.
b. March 21, 1892 · Shortstop across two clubs, 1912 to 1913.
b. March 21, 1897 · Left fielder who batted .310 across four clubs, 1917 to 1927.
b. March 21, 1904 · Shortstop across four clubs, 1926 to 1931.
b. March 21, 1913 · Pitcher for the Washington Senators, 1937 to 1940.
b. March 21, 1914 · Shortstop for the Detroit Tigers, 1941 to 1941.
b. March 21, 1915 · Pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates, 1941 to 1943.
b. March 21, 1918 · Pitcher across four clubs, 1943 to 1950.
b. March 21, 1927 · Shortstop for the St. Louis Cardinals, 1947 to 1947.
b. March 21, 1937 · Pitcher for the Kansas City Athletics, 1963 to 1963.
b. March 21, 1939 · Drove in 153 runs in 1962, which nobody in the National League has matched since.
b. March 21, 1946 · Pitcher across three clubs, 1969 to 1978.
b. March 21, 1947 · Catcher who batted .188 across three clubs, 1968 to 1978.
b. March 21, 1949 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1972 to 1973.
b. March 21, 1963 · Was the first player taken in the 1982 draft and had a sign in the Wrigley bleachers counting his assists.
b. March 21, 1978 · Shortstop who batted .271 across three clubs, 1999 to 2010.
b. March 21, 1982 · Second baseman who batted .266 across five clubs, 2005 to 2017.
b. March 21, 1986 · Pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers, 2010 to 2010.
b. March 21, 1987 · Was diagnosed with leukemia in June 2019 and pitched again that September.
b. March 21, 1992 · Pitcher across three clubs, 2017 to 2020.
b. March 21, 1993 · Pitcher across six clubs, 2015 to 2025.
b. March 21, 1995 · Pitcher across three clubs, 2019 to 2023.
b. March 21, 1995 · Catcher across three clubs, 2020 to 2025.
50 players were born on March 21; these are the 24 best known.
Died on this day
d. March 21, 1897 · First baseman for the Brooklyn Eckfords, 1872 to 1872.
d. March 21, 1921 · Pitcher across three clubs, 1890 to 1893.
d. March 21, 1925 · Third baseman who batted .235 across three clubs, 1888 to 1892.
d. March 21, 1930 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1887 to 1888.
d. March 21, 1933 · Pitcher for the Kansas City Cowboys, 1884 to 1884.
d. March 21, 1934 · Pitcher across three clubs, 1924 to 1931.
d. March 21, 1943 · Catcher across three clubs, 1890 to 1892.
d. March 21, 1953 · Second baseman across two clubs, 1895 to 1896.
d. March 21, 1960 · Pitcher for the Chicago Cubs, 1944 to 1945.
d. March 21, 1967 · Right fielder for the St. Louis Browns, 1915 to 1915.
d. March 21, 1969 · Third baseman who batted .292 with 140 home runs across three clubs, three times an All-Star.
d. March 21, 1969 · Center fielder across three clubs, 1913 to 1914.
d. March 21, 1975 · The last National League batter to win the Triple Crown, and the holder of the league's single-season doubles record.
d. March 21, 1976 · Second baseman for the Philadelphia Athletics, 1922 to 1923.
d. March 21, 1978 · Pitcher across four clubs, 1914 to 1921.
d. March 21, 1982 · Third baseman for the St. Louis Browns, 1928 to 1928.
d. March 21, 1984 · Third baseman for the Cleveland Indians, 1945 to 1945.
d. March 21, 1988 · The center fielder of the 1919 Reds, a Federal League jumper, and a holdout who gave away a whole season.
d. March 21, 1989 · Center fielder across two clubs, 1937 to 1938.
d. March 21, 2003 · Pitcher across three clubs, 1935 to 1942.
d. March 21, 2007 · Pitcher for the Philadelphia Stars, 1940 to 1940.
d. March 21, 2008 · Left fielder who batted .253 for the Cleveland Indians, 1970 to 1972.
d. March 21, 2017 · Center fielder for the Washington Senators, 1945 to 1945.
d. March 21, 2018 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1964 to 1966.
25 players died on March 21; these are the 24 best known.