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March 3
The record for March 3 in baseball history — 57 births and 36 deaths.
No milestones or firsts are on record for March 3 — but the players below were born and lost on it.
Born on this day
b. March 3, 1860 · The only man in the archive with 2,000 hits and 100 pitching wins, and the lawyer who built baseball's first players' union.
b. March 3, 1872 · Wee Willie stood five foot four and weighed 140 pounds, and only Ichiro Suzuki has strung together more 200-hit seasons in a row.
b. March 3, 1879 · Catcher who batted .251 across five clubs, 1902 to 1913.
b. March 3, 1888 · Second baseman across two clubs, 1913 to 1914.
b. March 3, 1896 · Right fielder who batted .299 across two clubs, 1922 to 1924.
b. March 3, 1910 · Catcher across two clubs, 1932 to 1935.
b. March 3, 1912 · Catcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates, 1935 to 1935.
b. March 3, 1916 · Pitcher for the Philadelphia Athletics, 1937 to 1937.
b. March 3, 1918 · Pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies, 1939 to 1939.
b. March 3, 1919 · Right fielder who batted .255 across three clubs, 1946 to 1955.
b. March 3, 1920 · Shortstop for the Philadelphia Athletics, 1942 to 1942.
b. March 3, 1923 · Pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds, 1953 to 1953.
b. March 3, 1930 · Thirty-one seasons in the National League, and the second umpire elected to the Hall of Fame while still alive to attend.
b. March 3, 1934 · Pitcher across five clubs, 1959 to 1968.
b. March 3, 1942 · Pitcher for the San Francisco Giants, 1962 to 1969.
b. March 3, 1942 · Pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals, 1965 to 1966.
b. March 3, 1943 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1964 to 1966.
b. March 3, 1960 · Pitcher across four clubs, 1985 to 1993.
b. March 3, 1965 · Pitcher across three clubs, 1994 to 1998.
b. March 3, 1965 · Catcher for the Seattle Mariners, 1992 to 1992.
b. March 3, 1968 · Pitcher across four clubs, 1993 to 2001.
b. March 3, 1983 · Third baseman for the Detroit Tigers, 2009 to 2009.
b. March 3, 1986 · Second baseman for the Milwaukee Brewers, 2011 to 2012.
b. March 3, 1994 · Second baseman across three clubs, 2014 to 2020.
57 players were born on March 3; these are the 24 best known.
Died on this day
d. March 3, 1894 · Third baseman who batted .255 across three clubs, 1878 to 1890.
d. March 3, 1901 · Catcher for the Philadelphia Athletics, 1890 to 1890.
d. March 3, 1913 · Pitcher for the Indianapolis Hoosiers, 1889 to 1889.
d. March 3, 1923 · Right fielder across three clubs, 1887 to 1890.
d. March 3, 1923 · Right fielder for the Washington Nationals, 1889 to 1889.
d. March 3, 1932 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1922 to 1931.
d. March 3, 1941 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1893 to 1901.
d. March 3, 1942 · Pitcher for the Louisville Colonels, 1899 to 1899.
d. March 3, 1942 · First baseman for the Louisville Colonels, 1890 to 1890.
d. March 3, 1943 · Center fielder for the St. Louis Browns, 1923 to 1923.
d. March 3, 1946 · Catcher who batted .240 across two clubs, 1912 to 1919.
d. March 3, 1953 · Stole 88 bases in 1912, more than anyone had in the American League, and roomed with Walter Johnson for sixteen years.
d. March 3, 1970 · Catcher for the St. Louis Browns, 1913 to 1913.
d. March 3, 1983 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1936 to 1939.
d. March 3, 1989 · Left-handed pitcher for the Baltimore Elite Giants and Homestead Grays, named to All-Star squads in 1939 and 1943.
d. March 3, 1992 · First baseman who batted .316 across eight clubs, 1927 to 1938.
d. March 3, 1997 · Was shot twice in a Chicago hotel room in 1932 and was back at shortstop in two weeks.
d. March 3, 1997 · First baseman who batted .264 across two clubs, 1932 to 1937.
d. March 3, 2007 · Catcher who batted .246 across six clubs, 1959 to 1969.
d. March 3, 2010 · Pitcher across three clubs, 1964 to 1970.
d. March 3, 2010 · First baseman for the Atlanta Braves, 1978 to 1978.
d. March 3, 2018 · Pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates, 1958 to 1958.
d. March 3, 2024 · Catcher who batted .259 across two clubs, 1974 to 1981.
d. March 3, 2025 · Left fielder for the St. Louis Browns, 1951 to 1951.
36 players died on March 3; these are the 24 best known.