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November 24
The record for November 24 in baseball history — 55 births and 30 deaths.
No milestones or firsts are on record for November 24 — but the players below were born and lost on it.
Born on this day
b. November 24, 1857 · Catcher for the Pittsburg Alleghenys, 1884 to 1884.
b. November 24, 1861 · Pitcher for the St. Louis Maroons, 1884 to 1884.
b. November 24, 1873 · Pitcher who batted .197 across two clubs, 1895 to 1903.
b. November 24, 1888 · First baseman across two clubs, 1912 to 1918.
b. November 24, 1889 · Led the National League in runs five times and in walks five times, batting leadoff for John McGraw.
b. November 24, 1902 · Catcher for the Philadelphia Athletics, 1929 to 1929.
b. November 24, 1904 · Drove in 100 runs from shortstop for the 1934 pennant winner, then served thirty-eight years on the Detroit city council.
b. November 24, 1911 · The last National League batter to win the Triple Crown, and the holder of the league's single-season doubles record.
b. November 24, 1915 · Catcher for the Cincinnati Reds, 1938 to 1943.
b. November 24, 1930 · Had the best earned run average in the National League in 1955 for a club that finished last.
b. November 24, 1931 · First baseman who batted .229 across two clubs, 1962 to 1966.
b. November 24, 1942 · Pitcher across three clubs, 1968 to 1975.
b. November 24, 1943 · Second baseman across two clubs, 1968 to 1969.
b. November 24, 1948 · Was impaled in the throat by a broken bat in the on-deck circle in 1976 and invented the throat guard catchers now wear because of it.
b. November 24, 1962 · Made an unassisted triple play in 2000, the first by a second baseman in eighty years.
b. November 24, 1964 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1987 to 1990.
b. November 24, 1967 · Went 11-2 with a 1.79 earned run average as a rookie and never had a season like it again.
b. November 24, 1967 · Left fielder who batted .276 across four clubs, 1992 to 2003.
b. November 24, 1967 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1989 to 1997.
b. November 24, 1968 · Appeared in 1,230 games across fifteen seasons despite totaling only 1,793 at bats.
b. November 24, 1976 · Pitcher across four clubs, 2001 to 2004.
b. November 24, 1986 · Shortstop across two clubs, 2014 to 2015.
b. November 24, 1987 · Catcher who batted .205 across four clubs, 2012 to 2019.
b. November 24, 1995 · Pitcher for the Houston Astros, 2017 to 2017.
55 players were born on November 24; these are the 24 best known.
Died on this day
d. November 24, 1931 · Played five seasons, then managed 349 games for Boston's American and National League clubs.
d. November 24, 1932 · Left fielder across two clubs, 1876 to 1884.
d. November 24, 1941 · Catcher who batted .207 across two clubs, 1910 to 1918.
d. November 24, 1942 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1901 to 1909.
d. November 24, 1960 · Second baseman for the Louisville Colonels, 1896 to 1897.
d. November 24, 1960 · Pitcher for the Pittsburgh Rebels, 1915 to 1915.
d. November 24, 1961 · Left fielder for the Detroit Tigers, 1922 to 1922.
d. November 24, 1965 · Pitcher for the Boston Doves, 1910 to 1910.
d. November 24, 1969 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1931 to 1934.
d. November 24, 1970 · Pitcher across four clubs, 1931 to 1938.
d. November 24, 1971 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1931 to 1933.
d. November 24, 1974 · Left fielder for the Houston Colt .45's, 1962 to 1964.
d. November 24, 1977 · Left fielder for the Philadelphia Athletics, 1945 to 1945.
d. November 24, 1983 · Second baseman across two clubs, 1939 to 1942.
d. November 24, 1987 · Left fielder who batted .267 across three clubs, 1942 to 1951.
d. November 24, 1991 · Left-handed hitting catcher and pinch hitter who later ran the Texas League for two decades.
d. November 24, 1991 · Shortstop for the Indianapolis Clowns, 1948 to 1948.
d. November 24, 1996 · Pitcher for the New York Giants, 1945 to 1945.
d. November 24, 2003 · Won 363 games, more than any left-hander, and did not win the first of them until he was 25.
d. November 24, 2005 · Pitcher for the Washington Senators, 1947 to 1949.
d. November 24, 2012 · Shortstop who batted .237 across four clubs, 1963 to 1973.
d. November 24, 2013 · Pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies, 1948 to 1949.
d. November 24, 2015 · Center fielder who batted .243 across five clubs, 1957 to 1965.
d. November 24, 2016 · Pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, 1945 to 1950.
30 players died on November 24; these are the 24 best known.