Portal:Baseball/Anniversaries/March 15

Events

• 1901 - Jimmy Collins jumps from the National League to the American League, signing a guaranteed $4,000 contract with the Boston Somersets.
• 1944 - Due to World War II travel restrictions, the Boston Red Sox open training camp at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts.
• 1945 - With World War II travel restrictions still in effect, the Brooklyn Dodgers open spring training at Bear Mountain, New York.
• 1975 - The Los Angeles Dodgers sign Juan Marichal.
• 1977 - The Pittsburgh Pirates trade Tony Armas, Doug Bair, Dave Giusti, Rick Langford, Doc Medich, and Mitchell Page to the Oakland Athletics for Phil Garner, Tommy Helms, and Chris Batton.
• 1978 - The Oakland Athletics trade Vida Blue to the San Francisco Giants for Gary Alexander, Mario Guerrero, Gary Thomasson, Dave Heaverlo, Phil Huffman, John Henry Johnson, Alan Wirth and nearly $400,000 in cash.
• 1991 - The Kansas City Royals release Bo Jackson, who had injured his hip playing football for the Los Angeles Raiders.

Births

• 1860 - Arlie Latham, infielder, manager (d. 1952)
• 1861 - Bill Wise, pitcher (d. 1940)
• 1870 - Doc Casey, infielder (d. 1936)
• 1872 - Mike Flynn, catcher (d. 1941)
• 1873 - Ralph Miller, pitcher, oldest living player (d. 1973)
• 1876 - Bill Hallman, outfielder (d. 1950)
• 1885 - Rube Peters, pitcher (d. 1965)
• 1888 - Fred Lieb, writer (d. 1980)
• 1889 - Charlie Mullen, infielder (d. 1963)
• 1898 - Rosy Ryan, pitcher (d. 1980)
• 1900 - Tom Dunn, umpire (d. 1976)
• 1902 - Fred Bennett, outfielder (d. 1957)
• 1907 - Lou Fette, pitcher; All-Star (d. 1981)
• 1910 - Jimmie Crutchfield, Negro League outfielder (d. 1993)
• 1915 - Don Lang, infielder
• 1919 - Ray Noble, catcher (d. 1998)
• 1919 - Whitey Wietelmann, infielder (d. 2002)
• 1928 - Nellie King, pitcher
• 1938 - Bob Locker, pitcher
• 1944 - Wayne Granger, pitcher
• 1944 - Dave Watkins, catcher
• 1946 - Bobby Bonds, outfielder; All-Star (d. 2003)
• 1949 - Jim Kern, pitcher; All-Star
• 1952 - Steve Stroughter, designated hitter
• 1955 - Mickey Hatcher, outfielder
• 1957 - Alfredo Martinez, pitcher
• 1959 - Harold Baines, designated hitter; All-Star
• 1960 - Mike Pagliarulo, infielder
• 1967 - Bobby Rose, infielder
• 1968 - Kim Batiste, infielder
• 1975 - Vladimir Núñez, pitcher
• 1975 - Dan Perkins, pitcher
• 1979 - Kevin Youkilis, infielder; All-Star
• 1980 - Freddie Bynum, infielder

Deaths

• 1905 - Pete Meegan, pitcher (b. 1862)
• 1923 - Goat Anderson, outfielder (b. 1880)
• 1923 - Pete Wood, pitcher (b. 1867)
• 1930 - George Townsend, catcher (b. 1867)
• 1949 - Bill Cissell, infielder (b. 1904)
• 1966 - Chappie Geygan, infielder (b. 1903)
• 1982 - Eddie Mulligan, infielder (b. 1894)
• 1984 - Buckshot May, pitcher (b. 1899)
• 1993 - Pat Cooper, pitcher/infielder (b. 1917)
• 2004 - Vedie Himsl, manager (b. 1917)
• 2007 - Bowie Kuhn, executive; Hall of Fame (b. 1926)
• 2008 - Rene Valdez, pitcher (b. 1929)