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November 12
The record for November 12 in baseball history — 53 births and 30 deaths.
No milestones or firsts are on record for November 12 — but the players below were born and lost on it.
Born on this day
b. November 12, 1858 · Shortstop who batted .267 across four clubs, 1882 to 1889.
b. November 12, 1868 · Caught 527 games across thirteen seasons spread over twenty-five years.
b. November 12, 1891 · Won 207 games, and threw the pitch that killed Ray Chapman in 1920.
b. November 12, 1905 · Second baseman across two clubs, 1929 to 1938.
b. November 12, 1911 · Shortstop across seven clubs, 1936 to 1946.
b. November 12, 1922 · Second baseman for the Boston Braves, 1952 to 1952.
b. November 12, 1924 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1944 to 1953.
b. November 12, 1926 · Pitcher across six clubs, 1947 to 1958.
b. November 12, 1936 · Threw sidearm with a heart condition doctors had told him would end his career at eighteen.
b. November 12, 1943 · Pitcher for the New York Mets, 1967 to 1967.
b. November 12, 1950 · First baseman who batted .282 across four clubs, 1974 to 1986.
b. November 12, 1961 · Played shortstop for both Minnesota clubs that won the World Series and hit two inside-the-park home runs in one game.
b. November 12, 1962 · Caught more than a thousand games and had his best power season for Colorado at age thirty-four.
b. November 12, 1964 · Pitcher across four clubs, 1987 to 1994.
b. November 12, 1967 · Center fielder for the Texas Rangers, 1991 to 1993.
b. November 12, 1968 · Three seasons of 60 or more home runs, which nobody else has done, and 609 in all, ninth in the record.
b. November 12, 1978 · Pitcher across three clubs, 2003 to 2011.
b. November 12, 1983 · Pitcher who struck out 2,196 across seven clubs on a career still on record.
b. November 12, 1984 · Pitcher across three clubs, 2006 to 2015.
b. November 12, 1989 · Catcher for the Chicago White Sox, 2014 to 2014.
b. November 12, 1992 · Pitcher across two clubs, 2017 to 2018.
b. November 12, 1995 · Pitcher for the Detroit Tigers, 2022 to 2024.
b. November 12, 1996 · Catcher for the Washington Nationals, 2025 to 2025.
b. November 12, 1999 · Third baseman who batted .229 for the Toronto Blue Jays, 2024 to 2025.
53 players were born on November 12; these are the 24 best known.
Died on this day
d. November 12, 1903 · Shortstop for the Pittsburg Alleghenys, 1890 to 1890.
d. November 12, 1923 · Right fielder for the Indianapolis Hoosiers, 1887 to 1887.
d. November 12, 1931 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1926 to 1927.
d. November 12, 1938 · Pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds, 1913 to 1913.
d. November 12, 1940 · Was born in Sydney, the first Australian to play in the major leagues, and managed the worst club in the game's history.
d. November 12, 1941 · Pitcher for the St. Louis Browns, 1915 to 1919.
d. November 12, 1943 · Third baseman for the Philadelphia Athletics, 1890 to 1890.
d. November 12, 1952 · First baseman across two clubs, 1925 to 1932.
d. November 12, 1962 · Third baseman for the Washington Senators, 1896 to 1896.
d. November 12, 1963 · Catcher for the Boston Red Sox, 1929 to 1932.
d. November 12, 1964 · Won 95 games for Detroit, managed three clubs to the 1961 pennant among them, and has a cancer research center named for him.
d. November 12, 1965 · Pitcher for the Cleveland Naps, 1913 to 1913.
d. November 12, 1966 · Catcher for the Philadelphia Phillies, 1912 to 1912.
d. November 12, 1967 · Right fielder for the Boston Red Sox, 1927 to 1927.
d. November 12, 1968 · Baseball figure for the St. Louis Browns, 1914 to 1914.
d. November 12, 1970 · First baseman for the Baltimore Black Sox, 1934 to 1934.
d. November 12, 1978 · Right fielder who batted .290 across two clubs, 1929 to 1935.
d. November 12, 1978 · Pitcher for the New York Highlanders, 1912 to 1912.
d. November 12, 1982 · Second baseman who batted .262 across four clubs, 1943 to 1954.
d. November 12, 1985 · Pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies, 1927 to 1928.
d. November 12, 1986 · Pitcher who batted .259 across eight clubs, 1922 to 1937.
d. November 12, 1990 · Pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates, 1946 to 1951.
d. November 12, 1993 · A catcher who hit .313 across seventeen seasons in New York while the Yankees won eight World Series.
d. November 12, 1993 · Right fielder for the Philadelphia Phillies, 1939 to 1939.
30 players died on November 12; these are the 24 best known.