Portal:Baseball/Anniversaries/February 22

Events

• 1919 - The Boston Braves trade Jimmy Smith to the New York Giants for Walter Holke.
• 1921 - The Cincinnati Reds trade Jimmy Ring and Greasy Neale to the Philadelphia Phillies for lefty Eppa Rixey.
• 1921 - Rabbit Maranville is traded by Brooklyn Dodgers to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Billy Southworth, Fred Nicholson and Walter Barbare.
• 1993 - The Kansas City Royals trade Gregg Jefferies and Ed Gerald to the St. Louis Cardinals for Félix José and Craig Wilson.
• 2005 - San Diego broadcaster Jerry Coleman is selected as the recipient of the Ford C. Frick Award.

Births

• 1854 - Jumbo McGinnis, pitcher (d. 1934)
• 1865 - Ed Silch, outfielder (d. 1895)
• 1868 - George Davies, pitcher (d. 1906)
• 1870 - Pussy Tebeau, outfielder (d. 1950)
• 1874 - Bill Klem, umpire, Hall of Famer (d. 1951)
• 1878 - Charlie Moran, catcher (d. 1949)
• 1884 - Jim Ball, catcher (d. 1963)
• 1891 - Clarence Mitchell, pitcher (d. 1963)
• 1892 - Doc Waldbauer, pitcher (d. 1969)
• 1895 - Ed Monroe, pitcher (d. 1969)
• 1900 - Roy Spencer, catcher (d. 1973)
• 1909 - Art Bramhall, infielder (d. 1985)
• 1911 - Bill Baker, catcher (d. 2006)
• 1918 - Charles Finley, owner (d. 1996)
• 1919 - Johnny Lucadello, infielder (d. 2001)
• 1920 - Karl Drews, pitcher (d. 1963)
• 1922 - Frankie Zak, infielder; All-Star (d. 1972)
• 1925 - Bob Wilson, outfielder (d. 1985)
• 1929 - Ryne Duren, pitcher; All-Star
• 1931 - Chet Nichols, Jr., pitcher (d. 1995)
• 1934 - Sparky Anderson, infielder, manager; Hall of Famer
• 1938 - Steve Barber, pitcher; All-Star (d. 2007)
• 1948 - Bruce Christensen, infielder
• 1948 - Tom Griffin, pitcher
• 1953 - Gerry Davis, umpire
• 1956 - Joe Lefebvre, outfielder
• 1963 - Don Wakamatsu, catcher
• 1965 - Eric Yelding, infielder
• 1968 - Kazuhiro Sasaki, pitcher; All-Star
• 1972 - John Halama, pitcher
• 1973 - Russ Johnson, infielder
• 1977 - J. J. Putz, pitcher; All-Star
• 1979 - Steve Colyer, pitcher
• 1980 - Ramón Nivar, outfielder
• 1982 - Kelly Johnson, outfielder
• 1983 - Casey Kotchman, infielder

Deaths

• 1890 - Bill Blair, pitcher (b. 1863)
• 1892 - Ed Rowen, catcher (b. 1857)
• 1901 - Tom Kinslow, catcher (b. 1866)
• 1933 - Bill Shettsline, manager (b. 1863)
• 1938 - Mert Hackett, catcher (b. 1859)
• 1939 - Frank Morrissey, pitcher (b. 1876)
• 1954 - Chief Wilson, outfielder (b. 1883)
• 1957 - Jim Begley, infielder (b. 1902)
• 1962 - Paul Speraw, infielder (b. 1893)
• 1981 - Andy High, infielder (b. 1897)
• 1991 - Jimmy Pattison, pitcher (b. 1908)
• 2004 - Andy Seminick, catcher; All-Star (b. 1920)