Portal:Baseball/Anniversaries/March 2

Events

• 1901 - Jimmy Collins leaves the Boston Beaneaters National League club to manage the new Boston Somersets of the American League.
• 1973 - Eddie Bane of Arizona State University pitches a perfect game against California State University, Northridge.
• 1976 - The Los Angeles Dodgers trade Willie Crawford to the St. Louis Cardinals for Ted Sizemore.
• 1992 - Ryne Sandberg of the Chicago Cubs signs a four-year contract extension worth 7.1 million dollars per season, making him the highest-paid player.
• 1999 - Orlando Cepeda, Frank Selee, Smokey Joe Williams, and Nestor Chylak are elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee.
• 2005 - Thirty-two years after his death, Jackie Robinson receives the Congressional Gold Medal in the Capitol Rotunda, the highest honor Congress can bestow.
• 2006 - Raúl Ibañez and the Seattle Mariners finalized an $11 million, two-year contract extension that runs through 2008.

Births

• 1851 - Billy Arnold, outfielder (d. 1899)
• 1855 - Jim Ward, catcher (d. 1886)
• 1861 - Horace Fogel, manager (d. 1928)
• 1880 - Danny Hoffman, outfielder (d. 1922)
• 1891 - William Fischer, catcher (d. 1945)
• 1894 - Elmer Myers, pitcher (d. 1976)
• 1898 - Rip Wheeler, pitcher (d. 1968)
• 1899 - George Stueland, pitcher (d. 1964)
• 1902 - Moe Berg, catcher (d. 1972)
• 1906 - Woody English, infielder; All-Star (d. 1997)
• 1906 - Mike Powers, outfielder (d. 1983)
• 1907 - Jack Knott, pitcher (d. 1981)
• 1909 - Mel Ott, outfielder, manager; All-Star, Hall of Famer (d. 1958)
• 1912 - Ace Adams, pitcher; All-Star
• 1913 - Mort Cooper, pitcher; All-Star (d. 1958)
• 1915 - Babe Barna, outfielder (d. 1972)
• 1916 - Mickey Rocco, infielder (d. 1997)
• 1917 - Jim Konstanty, pitcher; All-Star (d. 1976)
• 1918 - Frank Colman, outfielder (d. 1983)
• 1921 - Dick Starr, pitcher
• 1924 - Cal Abrams, outfielder (d. 1997)
• 1926 - Joe Taylor, outfielder
• 1926 - Carlos Santiago, Negro League infielder (d. 2008)
• 1932 - Chico Fernández, infielder
• 1936 - Jim Brady, pitcher
• 1936 - Don Schwall, pitcher; All-Star
• 1947 - Jim Nettles, outfielder
• 1950 - Pete Broberg, pitcher
• 1951 - Mike Johnson, pitcher
• 1953 - Dave Tobik, pitcher
• 1953 - Larry Wolfe, infielder
• 1958 - Jeff Stember, pitcher
• 1960 - Mike Woodard, infielder
• 1962 - Terry Steinbach, catcher; All-Star
• 1964 - Tim Layana, pitcher (d. 1999)
• 1965 - Ron Gant, outfielder; All-Star
• 1966 - Leo Gómez, infielder
• 1974 - Anthony Sanders, outfielder
• 1977 - Jay Gibbons, outfielder
• 1978 - Jared Sandberg, infielder
• 1983 - Glen Perkins, pitcher
• 1985 - Brandon Wood, infielder

Deaths

• 1895 - Kid Camp, pitcher (b. 1869)
• 1896 - Red Connally, outfielder (b. 1863)
• 1905 - Stump Weidman, pitcher (b. 1861)
• 1918 - George Kaiserling, pitcher (b. 1893)
• 1929 - Tom Smith, pitcher (b. 1871)
• 1940 - Matt Kilroy, pitcher (b. 1866)
• 1943 - Earle Gardner, infielder (b. 1884)
• 1947 - Dewey Metivier, pitcher (b. 1898)
• 1951 - Adam Comorosky, outfielder (b. 1905)
• 1956 - Fred Merkle, infielder (b. 1888)
• 1957 - Frank Hafner, pitcher (b. 1867)
• 1960 - Howie Camnitz, pitcher (b. 1881)
• 1971 - Johnny Podgajny, pitcher (b. 1920)
• 1975 - Scat Metha, infielder (b. 1913)
• 1979 - Dale Alexander, infielder (b. 1903)
• 1995 - Ray Moore, pitcher (b. 1926)
• 2000 - Danny Musser, infielder (b. 1905)
• 2000 - Jack Robinson, pitcher (b. 1921)
• 2003 - Joe Decker, pitcher (b. 1947)
• 2004 - Marge Schott, owner (b. 1928)
• 2005 - Rick Mahler, pitcher (b. 1953)
• 2007 - Clem Labine, pitcher; All-Star (b. 1926)