November 14 in Baseball History — Milestones, Debuts, Births & Deaths

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The record for November 14 in baseball history — 1 milestone, 41 births and 36 deaths.

Milestones · November 14

1920

Pesäpallo, the Finnish version of baseball developed by Lauri Pihkala, is played for the first time at Kaisaniemi Park…

Pesäpallo, the Finnish version of baseball developed by Lauri Pihkala, is played for the first time at Kaisaniemi Park in Helsinki.

Born on this day

Harry Howell

b. November 14, 1876 · Pitcher who won 131 games with a 2.74 ERA across five clubs, 1898 to 1910.

Fred Carisch

b. November 14, 1881 · Caught 202 games across eight seasons spread from 1903 through 1923.

Jim Wallace

b. November 14, 1881 · Right fielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates, 1905 to 1905.

Gene Cocreham

b. November 14, 1884 · Pitcher for the Boston Braves, 1913 to 1915.

Jack Lelivelt

b. November 14, 1885 · Left fielder who batted .301 across four clubs, 1909 to 1914.

Claude Willoughby

b. November 14, 1898 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1925 to 1931.

Gil Paulsen

b. November 14, 1902 · Pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals, 1925 to 1925.

Felix Manning

b. November 14, 1909 · First baseman across two clubs, 1932 to 1944.

Jim Piersall

b. November 14, 1929 · Had a breakdown in his first full season, wrote a book about it, and played fifteen more years.

Darrell Sutherland

b. November 14, 1941 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1964 to 1968.

Danny Lazar

b. November 14, 1943 · Pitcher for the Chicago White Sox, 1968 to 1969.

Willie Hernández

b. November 14, 1954 · Pitched 80 games in relief for Detroit in 1984 and won the Cy Young Award and Most Valuable Player in the same season.

Curt Schilling

b. November 14, 1966 · Reached 71 percent of the writers' vote, asked to come off the ballot, and finished at 59.

Xavier Nady

b. November 14, 1978 · Hit 20 home runs for a Pittsburgh club in 2008 and was traded to the Yankees at the deadline for two of their best pitching prospects.

Ángel Castro

b. November 14, 1982 · Pitcher for the Oakland Athletics, 2015 to 2015.

Fu-Te Ni

b. November 14, 1982 · Pitcher for the Detroit Tigers, 2009 to 2010.

Clete Thomas

b. November 14, 1983 · Right fielder who batted .233 across two clubs, 2008 to 2013.

Guillermo Moscoso

b. November 14, 1983 · Pitcher across four clubs, 2009 to 2013.

Freddy Galvis

b. November 14, 1989 · Shortstop who batted .246 across five clubs, 2012 to 2021.

Joely Rodríguez

b. November 14, 1991 · Pitcher across seven clubs, 2016 to 2024.

Akeel Morris

b. November 14, 1992 · Pitcher across three clubs, 2015 to 2018.

Daniel Castro

b. November 14, 1992 · Shortstop across two clubs, 2015 to 2018.

Francisco Lindor

b. November 14, 1993 · Shortstop who batted .273 across two clubs, 2015 to 2025.

J. J. Matijevic

b. November 14, 1995 · Designated hitter for the Houston Astros, 2022 to 2022.

41 players were born on November 14; these are the 24 best known.

Died on this day

Art McGovern

d. November 14, 1915 · Catcher for the Boston Americans, 1905 to 1905.

Doc Oberlander

d. November 14, 1922 · Pitcher for the Cleveland Blues, 1888 to 1888.

Joe Quest

d. November 14, 1924 · Played mainly at second base across nine recognized major-league seasons after a brief National Association debut.

Herb Juul

d. November 14, 1928 · Pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds, 1911 to 1911.

Joe McGinnity

d. November 14, 1929 · The Iron Man: 246 wins in ten seasons, 3,441 innings, and five days on which he started both games of a doubleheader.

Boss Schmidt

d. November 14, 1932 · Catcher who batted .243 for the Detroit Tigers, 1906 to 1911.

George Clark

d. November 14, 1940 · Pitcher for the New York Yankees, 1913 to 1913.

Jack Hoey

d. November 14, 1947 · Left fielder across two clubs, 1906 to 1908.

Artie Clarke

d. November 14, 1949 · Catcher who batted .214 for the New York Giants, 1890 to 1891.

Ed Hilley

d. November 14, 1956 · Third baseman for the Philadelphia Athletics, 1903 to 1903.

Jack Owens

d. November 14, 1958 · Catcher for the Philadelphia Athletics, 1935 to 1935.

Dick Hoblitzell

d. November 14, 1962 · First baseman who batted .278 across two clubs, 1908 to 1918.

George Collins

d. November 14, 1962 · Pitcher across three clubs, 1923 to 1948.

Dixie Walker

d. November 14, 1965 · Pitcher for the Washington Senators, 1909 to 1912.

Bill Sherdel

d. November 14, 1968 · Won 153 games for the Cardinals with a slow curve and a slower one, and lost two World Series games to the same club twice.

Curtis Roberts

d. November 14, 1969 · Second baseman who batted .238 across two clubs, 1947 to 1956.

Gene Bailey

d. November 14, 1973 · Left fielder who batted .246 across four clubs, 1917 to 1924.

Garland Buckeye

d. November 14, 1975 · Pitcher across three clubs, 1918 to 1928.

Fred Baczewski

d. November 14, 1976 · Pitcher across three clubs, 1953 to 1955.

Horace Lisenbee

d. November 14, 1987 · Went 18-9 and led the American League with four shutouts as a Washington rookie in 1927.

Pete Suder

d. November 14, 2006 · Second baseman for the Philadelphia Athletics who turned a record number of double plays in 1949.

Hal Bamberger

d. November 14, 2010 · Right fielder for the New York Giants, 1948 to 1948.

Gail Harris

d. November 14, 2012 · First baseman who batted .240 across two clubs, 1955 to 1960.

Lindy McDaniel

d. November 14, 2020 · Reliever who pitched twenty-one seasons and 987 games, and led his league in saves three times across two decades.

36 players died on November 14; these are the 24 best known.