1948
Cool Papa Bell
Cool Papa Bell played a final major-league game on November 7, 1948.
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November 7
The record for November 7 in baseball history — 1 final game, 58 births and 30 deaths.
Final major-league games · November 7
Born on this day
b. November 7, 1872 · Pitcher for the Boston Beaneaters, 1899 to 1899.
b. November 7, 1873 · Shortstop for the Louisville Colonels, 1896 to 1896.
b. November 7, 1885 · Center fielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates, 1912 to 1914.
b. November 7, 1889 · Pitcher for the New York Highlanders, 1912 to 1912.
b. November 7, 1906 · Shortstop who batted .223 across two clubs, 1934 to 1942.
b. November 7, 1910 · Third baseman who batted .264 across two clubs, 1932 to 1943.
b. November 7, 1932 · First baseman who batted .264 across six clubs, 1958 to 1969.
b. November 7, 1933 · First baseman who batted .273 across three clubs, 1955 to 1961.
b. November 7, 1938 · Won a Gold Glove in sixteen straight seasons, a streak only Brooks Robinson has matched, and pitched twenty-five years.
b. November 7, 1940 · Right fielder for the Chicago Cubs, 1967 to 1968.
b. November 7, 1944 · Knuckleball pitcher who won 221 games over twenty-two seasons, and whose combined total with brother Phil is the most by any pair of brothers.
b. November 7, 1945 · Pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies, 1964 to 1964.
b. November 7, 1947 · Pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, 1972 to 1974.
b. November 7, 1948 · Caught more than a thousand games across seventeen seasons, then managed Toronto in 2001 and 2002.
b. November 7, 1966 · Left fielder across five clubs, 1993 to 1998.
b. November 7, 1966 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1991 to 1994.
b. November 7, 1967 · Pitcher across five clubs, 1991 to 2000.
b. November 7, 1968 · Pitched in 740 games across eighteen seasons, sustaining a relief career that reached ten organizations.
b. November 7, 1969 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1991 to 1995.
b. November 7, 1981 · Right fielder for the Milwaukee Brewers, 2004 to 2005.
b. November 7, 1982 · Left fielder for the San Francisco Giants, 2008 to 2008.
b. November 7, 1983 · Pitcher across two clubs, 2009 to 2012.
b. November 7, 1988 · Right fielder for the Baltimore Orioles, 2015 to 2016.
b. November 7, 1990 · Center fielder who batted .255 across four clubs, 2014 to 2021.
58 players were born on November 7; these are the 24 best known.
Died on this day
d. November 7, 1904 · Catcher who batted .284 across four clubs, 1884 to 1891.
d. November 7, 1918 · Right fielder who batted .311 for the New York Giants, 1887 to 1899.
d. November 7, 1922 · Drove in 1,308 runs in only 1,410 games, a higher rate than Lou Gehrig's and the best of anyone with a career that long.
d. November 7, 1927 · Pitcher for the Philadelphia Athletics, 1886 to 1886.
d. November 7, 1930 · Catcher across two clubs, 1884 to 1884.
d. November 7, 1943 · Pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies, 1902 to 1902.
d. November 7, 1947 · Shortstop for the Chicago White Sox, 1916 to 1916.
d. November 7, 1948 · Pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies, 1911 to 1911.
d. November 7, 1954 · Second baseman across two clubs, 1913 to 1914.
d. November 7, 1954 · Center fielder across two clubs, 1899 to 1900.
d. November 7, 1966 · Went 10-4 with a 1.77 earned run average at nineteen, lost his arm, and came back as a .301 hitter.
d. November 7, 1969 · Shortstop who batted .264 across two clubs, 1919 to 1928.
d. November 7, 1970 · Second baseman who batted .242 across three clubs, 1936 to 1945.
d. November 7, 1970 · Pitcher for the Washington Senators, 1929 to 1929.
d. November 7, 1982 · Pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies, 1935 to 1935.
d. November 7, 1984 · Left fielder across five clubs, 1921 to 1932.
d. November 7, 1996 · Left fielder who batted .236 for the Cincinnati Reds, 1941 to 1947.
d. November 7, 2006 · Shortstop who batted .249 across two clubs, 1943 to 1951.
d. November 7, 2006 · Pitcher who won 139 games with a 3.49 ERA across three clubs, 1942 to 1955.
d. November 7, 2009 · Third baseman who batted .306 across four clubs, 1946 to 1951.
d. November 7, 2010 · Pitcher for the Boston Braves, 1951 to 1951.
d. November 7, 2014 · Pitcher across three clubs, 1978 to 1982.
d. November 7, 2015 · Pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles, 1956 to 1956.
d. November 7, 2017 · Won the Cy Young Award in both leagues and finished 67 of his starts in an era that had nearly stopped asking anyone to.
30 players died on November 7; these are the 24 best known.