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The record for March 6 in baseball history — 46 births and 34 deaths.

No milestones or firsts are on record for March 6 — but the players below were born and lost on it.

Born on this day

b. March 6, 1878 · Pitcher across four clubs, 1900 to 1902.
b. March 6, 1886 · Third baseman who batted .272 across four clubs, 1907 to 1914.
b. March 6, 1891 · Pitcher for the Cleveland Indians, 1915 to 1915.
b. March 6, 1891 · Baseball figure for the Philadelphia Phillies, 1914 to 1914.
b. March 6, 1892 · Center fielder across two clubs, 1914 to 1926.
b. March 6, 1897 · Second baseman for the Boston Red Sox, 1920 to 1920.
b. March 6, 1900 · Won exactly 300 games against 141 losses, the best mark of any 300-game winner, and led his league in strikeouts seven years running.
b. March 6, 1915 · Catcher who batted .231 across three clubs, 1940 to 1953.
b. March 6, 1924 · Pitcher across four clubs, 1949 to 1959.
b. March 6, 1924 · Left fielder across two clubs, 1945 to 1950.
b. March 6, 1933 · Saved 31 games in 1965, more than anyone had, throwing underhand with a rebuilt shoulder.
b. March 6, 1939 · Played six positions in one season, including a game as a pitcher, and was an All-Star at second base five times.
b. March 6, 1940 · He gave Pittsburgh twenty-one seasons, more than any other Pirate, and 475 home runs, and his teammates called him Pops.
b. March 6, 1952 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1973 to 1979.
b. March 6, 1966 · Pitcher across three clubs, 1990 to 2002.
b. March 6, 1979 · Shortstop who batted .245 across four clubs, 2003 to 2015.
b. March 6, 1982 · Pitcher across two clubs, 2009 to 2013.
b. March 6, 1986 · Was given up on by Baltimore at twenty-seven and won the Cy Young Award two years later.
b. March 6, 1986 · Left-hander taken sixth overall in 2007 who pitched sixteen seasons for eleven clubs, mostly in relief.
b. March 6, 1986 · Catcher who batted .268 across four clubs, 2008 to 2020.
b. March 6, 1994 · Pitcher for the Oakland Athletics, 2021 to 2023.
b. March 6, 1995 · Pitcher for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, 2017 to 2018.
b. March 6, 1996 · Third baseman who batted .258 across two clubs, 2018 to 2025.
b. March 6, 1996 · Left fielder who batted .254 across three clubs, 2020 to 2024.

46 players were born on March 6; these are the 24 best known.

Died on this day

d. March 6, 1899 · Shortstop for the Detroit Wolverines, 1884 to 1884.
d. March 6, 1919 · Pitcher for the Chicago Colts, 1890 to 1890.
d. March 6, 1927 · Left fielder across three clubs, 1882 to 1884.
d. March 6, 1940 · Right fielder for the Indianapolis Hoosiers, 1884 to 1884.
d. March 6, 1943 · He changed how third base is played, managed the first World Series winner, and finished one hit short of 2,000.
d. March 6, 1945 · Catcher for the Philadelphia Athletics, 1939 to 1939.
d. March 6, 1946 · Pitcher for the Washington Senators, 1916 to 1916.
d. March 6, 1956 · Second baseman for the Chicago White Sox, 1913 to 1914.
d. March 6, 1965 · Played third base for eighteen seasons and remained with the St. Louis Browns through three late-career returns.
d. March 6, 1965 · Caught World Series winners for three different clubs and drew 849 walks doing it.
d. March 6, 1970 · Pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies, 1931 to 1932.
d. March 6, 1976 · Third baseman across six clubs, 1932 to 1945.
d. March 6, 1979 · Catcher for the Boston Bees, 1937 to 1937.
d. March 6, 1988 · Pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals, 1959 to 1959.
d. March 6, 1988 · Catcher across two clubs, 1929 to 1935.
d. March 6, 1990 · He struck out 114 times in 7,132 career at-bats, and he reached the majors only because the man whose job he took had been killed by a pitch.
d. March 6, 1993 · Right fielder across two clubs, 1931 to 1936.
d. March 6, 1998 · Pitcher across four clubs, 1939 to 1950.
d. March 6, 2001 · First baseman who batted .250 across two clubs, 1943 to 1948.
d. March 6, 2005 · Left fielder who batted .267 across two clubs, 1944 to 1950.
d. March 6, 2006 · Glaucoma ended his career after twelve seasons, 2,304 hits, and a .318 average; he was thirty-five in his last game.
d. March 6, 2008 · Pitcher for the Philadelphia Blue Jays, 1943 to 1944.
d. March 6, 2009 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1973 to 1979.
d. March 6, 2010 · Pitcher across four clubs, 1962 to 1972.

34 players died on March 6; these are the 24 best known.