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November 21
The record for November 21 in baseball history — 58 births and 31 deaths.
No milestones or firsts are on record for November 21 — but the players below were born and lost on it.
Born on this day
b. November 21, 1851 · Pitcher who won 297 games in the sport's earliest professional decades and threw the first pitch in the first professional league game.
b. November 21, 1854 · Caught without a mask for much of his career, retired in 1893, and lost both legs in a train accident that winter.
b. November 21, 1869 · Pitcher for the Pittsburg Alleghenys, 1889 to 1889.
b. November 21, 1869 · Third baseman who batted .245 across seven clubs, 1890 to 1903.
b. November 21, 1894 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1915 to 1920.
b. November 21, 1895 · Catcher who batted .286 across six clubs, 1920 to 1928.
b. November 21, 1897 · Third baseman who batted .284 across five clubs, 1922 to 1934.
b. November 21, 1899 · Baseball figure for the Chicago White Sox, 1922 to 1922.
b. November 21, 1899 · Catcher for the Philadelphia Athletics, 1924 to 1924.
b. November 21, 1905 · A bad hop over his head at third base decided the 1924 World Series, when he was 18, and it has defined him since.
b. November 21, 1908 · Caught for eight seasons, then managed 1,837 games for the White Sox and Orioles.
b. November 21, 1918 · Shortstop for the Indianapolis Clowns, 1948 to 1948.
b. November 21, 1920 · 3,630 hits for one club across 22 seasons, and by the accounts of everyone who played with him, impossible to dislike.
b. November 21, 1943 · Pitcher across four clubs, 1968 to 1974.
b. November 21, 1952 · Played four positions for seven clubs and collected a career-high 160 hits for San Diego in 1977.
b. November 21, 1954 · Pitcher across three clubs, 1980 to 1986.
b. November 21, 1960 · Threw submarine-style and had one of the best rookie relief seasons anyone has had, in 1986.
b. November 21, 1967 · Catcher for the Montreal Expos, 1999 to 1999.
b. November 21, 1969 · Hit 630 home runs, seventh on the career list, and won ten straight Gold Gloves in center field before injuries took four seasons off him.
b. November 21, 1973 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1999 to 2000.
b. November 21, 1975 · Pitcher across five clubs, 1998 to 2006.
b. November 21, 1979 · First baseman for the Atlanta Braves, 2009 to 2009.
b. November 21, 1992 · Pitcher across two clubs, 2015 to 2016.
b. November 21, 1999 · Second baseman who batted .257 for the Milwaukee Brewers, 2023 to 2025.
58 players were born on November 21; these are the 24 best known.
Died on this day
d. November 21, 1898 · Third baseman who batted .237 across three clubs, 1875 to 1879.
d. November 21, 1926 · Pitcher for the New York Metropolitans, 1886 to 1887.
d. November 21, 1934 · Pitcher across three clubs, 1902 to 1908.
d. November 21, 1935 · Second baseman across two clubs, 1911 to 1920.
d. November 21, 1937 · Pitcher for the Cleveland Forest Citys, 1871 to 1872.
d. November 21, 1938 · Right fielder for the Chicago White Sox, 1912 to 1914.
d. November 21, 1957 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1918 to 1921.
d. November 21, 1958 · The first National League player to reach 500 home runs, and a New York Giant from the age of seventeen until he retired.
d. November 21, 1963 · Center fielder across two clubs, 1920 to 1924.
d. November 21, 1966 · Catcher for the Detroit Tigers, 1944 to 1945.
d. November 21, 1971 · Pitcher for the New York Yankees, 1941 to 1942.
d. November 21, 1974 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1935 to 1937.
d. November 21, 1982 · Led the National League in hits three years running, was Most Valuable Player for the 1940 champion Reds, and struck out 189 times in a whole career.
d. November 21, 1982 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1932 to 1938.
d. November 21, 1987 · Right fielder who batted .280 across three clubs, 1930 to 1938.
d. November 21, 1988 · He won 253 games for the Giants and no one else, and threw the screwball so relentlessly that his left arm set permanently palm-out.
d. November 21, 1991 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1947 to 1948.
d. November 21, 1996 · Pitcher for the Detroit Tigers, 1941 to 1941.
d. November 21, 2011 · Left fielder for the Seattle Mariners, 2010 to 2011.
d. November 21, 2013 · Pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles, 1956 to 1956.
d. November 21, 2013 · Pitcher for the Washington Senators, 1939 to 1939.
d. November 21, 2015 · Pitcher who batted .114 across nine clubs, 1958 to 1970.
d. November 21, 2015 · Center fielder across two clubs, 1975 to 1978.
d. November 21, 2024 · Center fielder for the Chicago Cubs, 1965 to 1969.
31 players died on November 21; these are the 24 best known.