2012 in baseball

The following are the baseball events of the year 2012 throughout the world.

Years in baseball

2012 in sports

  • Motorsport
  • Racquetball
  • Sailing
  • Skiing
  • Rugby league‎
See also: 2012 Major League Baseball season and 2012 Nippon Professional Baseball season

Champions

Major League Baseball
Main article: 2012 Major League Baseball season
  • Regular Season Champions
League Eastern Division Champions Central Division Champions Western Division Champions Wild Card Qualifier 1 Wild Card Qualifier 2
American League New York Yankees Detroit Tigers Oakland Athletics Texas Rangers Baltimore Orioles
National League Washington Nationals Cincinnati Reds San Francisco Giants Atlanta Braves St. Louis Cardinals
  • Postseason
  Wild Card Game
(ALWCG, NLWCG)		 Division Series
(ALDS, NLDS)		 League Championship Series
(ALCS, NLCS)		 World Series
                                     
    1 NY Yankees 3  
4 Texas 0     5 Baltimore 2    
  1 NY Yankees 0  
5 Baltimore 1     American League
  3 Detroit 4    
2 Oakland 2
   
  3 Detroit 3  
    AL3 Detroit 0
  NL3 San Francisco 4
    1 Washington 2    
4 Atlanta 0     5 St. Louis 3    
  5 St. Louis 3
5 St. Louis 1     National League
  3 San Francisco 4  
2 Cincinnati 2
   
  3 San Francisco 3  

Other Champions

Awards and honors
  • Woman Executive of the Year (major or minor league): Darlene Giardina, Rochester Red Wings, International League

Major League Baseball

BBWAA awards

Major League Baseball awards

Sporting News Awards

Players Choice Awards

Silver Slugger Awards

American League National League
PlayerTeamPositionPlayerTeam
Billy ButlerKansas City RoyalsDH / PitcherStephen StrasburgWashington Nationals
A. J. PierzynskiChicago White SoxCatcherBuster PoseySan Francisco Giants
Prince FielderDetroit Tigers1st basemanAdam LaRocheWashington Nationals
Robinson CanóNew York Yankees2nd baseman    Aaron HillArizona Diamondbacks
Miguel CabreraDetroit Tigers3rd basemanChase HeadleySan Diego Padres
Derek JeterNew York YankeesShortstopIan DesmondWashington Nationals
Josh HamiltonTexas RangersOutfielderRyan BraunMilwaukee Brewers
Mike TroutLos Angeles AngelsOutfielderJay BruceCincinnati Reds
Josh WillinghamMinnesota TwinsOutfielderAndrew McCutchenPittsburgh Pirates

Gold Glove Awards

American League National League
PlayerTeamPositionPlayerTeam
Hellickson/PeavyTB Rays/CHI White SoxPitcherMark BuehrleMiami Marlins
Matt WietersBaltimore OriolesCatcherYadier MolinaSt. Louis Cardinals
Mark TeixeiraNew York Yankees1st basemanAdam LaRocheWashington Nationals
Robinson CanóNew York Yankees2nd baseman    Darwin BarneyChicago Cubs
Adrián BeltréTexas Rangers3rd basemanChase HeadleySan Diego Padres
J. J. HardyBaltimore OriolesShortstopJimmy RollinsPhiladelphia Phillies
Alex GordonKansas City RoyalsLeft fielderCarlos GonzálezColorado Rockies
Adam JonesBaltimore OriolesCenter fielderAndrew McCutchenPittsburgh Pirates
Josh ReddickOakland AthleticsRight fielderJason HeywardAtlanta Braves

Other Awards

Minor League Baseball

Events

January
  • January 9 – former Cincinnati Reds shortstop Barry Larkin is the only player elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame, getting 86.4 percent of the vote by the Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA). He would later be honored July 22 in Cooperstown, along with the late Ron Santo, who is elected by the Golden Era Committee. The day before the induction ceremony, the Hall presented Toronto Sun baseball writer Bob Elliott, with the BBWAA's J.G. Taylor Spink Award and Tim McCarver with its own Ford C. Frick Award.[1]
  • January 12 – Major League owners vote to approve a contract extension for two years for commissioner Bud Selig through the 2014 season.[2]
  • January 13 – In a cost-efficient effort to bolster the rotation, prized New York Yankees catching prospect Jesús Montero and pitcher Héctor Noesí are traded to the Seattle Mariners in exchange for power-pitching right hander Michael Pineda and minor leaguer José Campos. The Yankees build upon the trade agreement in a matter of hours with the addition of free agent Hiroki Kuroda to a one-year deal worth around 10 million dollars.[3]
  • January 17 – At White House, President Barack Obama dubs the St. Louis Cardinals the "greatest comeback team in the history of baseball" thanks to their thrilling late-season charge into the playoffs and death-defying, seven-game triumph in last November's World Series. Leading off at the event is First Lady Michelle Obama, celebrating her 48th birthday. Two key figures of the championship season are absent: Manager Tony La Russa retired after the series, while star Albert Pujols signed a $240 million contract with the Los Angeles Angels in the offseason.[4]

February
  • February 6 – Dominican Republic's Leones del Escogido are soundly defeated by Venezuela's Tigres de Aragua, 7–0, but still clinched the 2012 Caribbean Series title when Mexico's Yaquis de Obregón loses to Puerto Rico's Indios de Mayagüez in the early game, 4–3, to play itself out of contention.[5]
  • February 23 – 2011 National League MVP Ryan Braun wins his appeal against a 50-game suspension. The suspension was overturned by baseball arbitrator Shyam Das. The Braun case marks the first time a big leaguer has successfully challenged a drug-related penalty in a grievance. According to ESPN sources, Major League Baseball is weighing the possibility of suing in federal court to reverse the decision.[6]

March
  • March 2 – Major League Baseball expands its playoff format to 10 teams for the 2012 season, adding a second wild card in each league. The decision establishes a new one-game, wild-card round in each league between the teams with the best records.[7]
  • March 16 – Andy Pettitte comes out of retirement to a $2.5 million deal with the New York Yankees.
  • March 28 – At Tokyo Dome, Japanese baseball legend Ichiro Suzuki has four hits and drives in a run, leading the Seattle Mariners to a 3-1 win over the Oakland Athletics in Major League Baseball season opener.[8]
  • March 30 – At the age of 49, Jamie Moyer becomes the oldest starting pitcher ever on an Opening Day roster. Moyer joined the Colorado Rockies on this date, which was the 20th anniversary of his being released by the Chicago Cubs. At that time, he had been released three times in three years. He would turn 50 in November 2012.[9]

April

May

June

July
  • July 2:
    • Jarrod Parker allows one run on six hits in ​6 2⁄3 innings of work as the Oakland Athletics pass the Boston Red Sox 6–1 at O.co Coliseum. Parker matches an old record by allowing one run or fewer for the 10th time in 14 career starts, becoming the second pitcher in major league history since Ferdie Schupp to accomplish the feat. Schupp, primarily a reliever, allowed no more than one run in 10 of his first 14 starts for the New York Giants, but he needed five seasons to accomplish it, from 1913 to 1917. Entering the day, Parker had been the second starter since Dwight Gooden to allow no more than one run in nine of his first 13 starts. It is also the seventh time in Parker's past eight starts he has held the opposition to one run or fewer.[66]
    • Billy Hamilton of the High-A Bakersfield Blaze steals his 100th base of the season in just his 78th game of the season. Last year, the Cincinnati Reds minor leaguer became the first player to steal 100 bases in a minor-league season since 2001, ending with 103 in 135 games. According to Baseball America, by this point in the season, only 14 of the 119 full-season minor-league teams (not including Bakersfield) have 100 steals. The record for the most stolen bases at any level of professional baseball is 145, which was set by Vince Coleman in 1983 while playing for the Class-A Macon Redbirds.[67]
  • July 4 – David Ortiz of the Boston Red Sox becomes only the 49th member of the 400 home run club, as he blasts a long line drive over the right-field fence against Oakland Athletics right-hander A. J. Griffin in the fourth inning of a game at the O.co Coliseum. The solo shot ties the game at 1–1 and is Ortiz’ team-leading 22nd homer of the season.[68]
  • July 8 – Detroit Tigers prospect Nick Castellanos has three hits, including a three-run home run during a nine-run sixth inning, while Kansas City Royals minor league outfielder Wil Myers adds three runs batted in to lead the U.S. team to a 17–5 rout of the World team in the All-Star Futures Game at Kauffman Stadium. Billy Hamilton and Manny Machado each drive in two runs for the U.S. team, contributing to a record 22 combined runs during the annual prospect showcase. Castellanos earns MVP honors.[69]
  • July 10 – The National League shuts out the American League, 8–0, in the 83rd All-Star Game played in Kansas City's Kaufmann Stadium. NL starting pitcher Matt Cain of the San Francisco Giants throws two shutout innings for the win, while teammates Pablo Sandoval and Melky Cabrera and Milwaukee Brewers' Ryan Braun contribute most of the offensive firepower. Sandoval hits a bases-loaded triple and scores one run during a five-run first inning off the Detroit Tigers' Justin Verlander, while Braun doubles, triples and makes a fine catch in the outfield. Cabrera belts a two-run home run and scores two times to take home the MVP award. The Atlanta Braves' 40-year-old Chipper Jones singles in his final All-Star at-bat as the NL, under retired manager Tony La Russa, once again claims home-field advantage in the World Series.[70]
  • July 11:
    • Wil Myers drives in one run and scores another to lead the Pacific Coast League to a 3–0 victory over the International League in the Triple-A All-Star Game. Myers is selected Top Star for the PCL team, which snaps a three-game losing streak. It is the second impressive All-Star showing in four days for the 21-year-old Kansas City Royals outfield prospect. Previously, Myers collected three RBIs in the All-Star Futures Game played during the MLB All-Star festivities.[71]
    • Eric Campbell of the Binghamton Mets lashes a two-out RBI single in the bottom of the ninth inning, to lead the Eastern Division to a 5–4 win over the Western Division in the Eastern League All-Star Game held at FirstEnergy Stadium. Campbell, who earns MVP Game honors, hits .341 over the final 10 games of the first half of the season and is batting .378 in July for the Binghamton team.[72]
  • July 17 – O'Koyea Dickson of the Great Lakes Loons puts on a special performance at the Midwest League All-Star Game, leading the East Division to an 18-2 thumping of the West Division at Kane County's Fifth Third Field. Dickson goes 2-for-3 with a two-run home run and two runs scored, and is named Most Valuable Player.[73]
  • July 20 – Alfredo Marte of the Mobile BayBears has two hits, including a double, drives in a run and scores another, to capture Most Valuable Player honors in the Southern League All-Star Game as the South division defeated the North, 6–2, at Smokies Park.[74]
  • July 21:
  • July 22:
  • July 23 – The New York Yankees acquire 10-time All-Star outfielder Ichiro Suzuki from the Seattle Mariners for pitching prospects D. J. Mitchell and Danny Farquhar.[79] In another transaction, the Detroit Tigers obtain second baseman Omar Infante, pitcher Aníbal Sánchez, and compensation draft pick round A from the Miami Marlins in exchange for rookie pitcher Jacob Turner, two minor leaguers, and compensation draft pick round B.[80]
  • July 25 – The Miami Marlins continue their fire sale by sending infielder Hanley Ramírez and reliever Randy Choate to the Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for rookie pitcher Nathan Eovaldi and minor league pitching prospect Scott McGough.[81] The Philadelphia Phillies also make a big move by signing starter Cole Hamels to a contract extension. The deal is for a reported six years and worth $144 million.[82]
  • July 26:
  • July 29:
    • Pedro Ciriaco turns out to be the hero once again, this time punching an RBI single in the top of the 10th inning, and the Boston Red Sox defeat the New York Yankees, 3–2, to take the weekend series. Called up July 6 from Triple-A Pawtucket, Ciriaco has go-ahead hits in all three Red Sox victories over the Yankees in nine meetings this season. He is now 11-for-22 with six RBIs in five games against New York, including a ninth-inning, RBI-triple the previous day in an 8–6 comeback victory.[85]
    • The Houston Astros end their team-record losing streak at 12 games, beating the Pittsburgh Pirates, 9-5, behind a three-run double from Marwin González and a home run from Jordan Schafer, who also drives in three runs. The skid matches the Kansas City Royals (April 11–24) and the Chicago Cubs (May 15–27) for the longest in the major leagues this year. It breaks the previous Astros record of 11, originally set from August 17–28, 1995, and matched from 2009's season end into the start of 2010.[86]
  • July 30 – At Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Kendrys Morales of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim becomes the third player to hit a home run from both sides of the plate in the same inning. His first home run, batting left-handed against Texas Rangers pitcher Roy Oswalt, comes with Albert Pujols on base, the first two runs of a nine-run sixth inning. He concludes the scoring by homering again, this time with the bases loaded against left-hander Robbie Ross. The Angels defeat the Rangers, 15–8. Morales joins Carlos Baerga (1993) and Mark Bellhorn (2002) as players who have homered from both sides of the plate in the same inning.[87]

August
  • August 3 – Justin Upton and B. J. Upton become the sixth brother combination to each reach the 100-home run milestone in major league history, and the first to do so on the same day. At Citizens Bank Park, Justin of the Arizona Diamondbacks hits his 100th home run off Kyle Kendrick in the second inning of Arizona's 4–2 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies. Meanwhile, at Tropicana Field, his older brother B. J. of the Tampa Bay Rays hits his milestone home run off Tommy Hunter in the fourth inning of the Rays' 2–0 victory over the Baltimore Orioles. The Uptons join Roberto Alomar–Sandy Alomar, Jr. (210-112) Brett Boone–Aaron Boone (252-126), Ken Boyer–Clete Boyer (282-162), Joe DiMaggio–Vince DiMaggio (361-125) and Bob Meusel–Irish Meusel (156-106) as brothers who have each hit 100 career home runs.[88]
  • August 8 – Marco Scutaro hits a grand slam and has a career-high seven runs batted in, leading Ryan Vogelsong and the San Francisco Giants to a 15–0 romp over the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium. Scutaro connects on an RBI single in the third inning, a two-run double in the eighth, and then hits his third career slam in the ninth. At 36 years and 283 days, Scutaro also becomes the oldest player in Giants history with 7 or more RBI in a game. The previous oldest was Phil Weintraub, who had 11 RBI vs. the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 30, 1944 at a younger 36 years old, according to Elias Sports Bureau.[89]
  • August 9 – José Reyes of the Florida Marlins goes 0-for-4 against All-Star knuckleballer R.A. Dickey in a 6–1 loss to the New York Mets at Citi Field, ending his career-high hitting streak at 26 games. It is the longest run by a reigning batting champion since Joe DiMaggio's record 56-game streak in 1941.[90]
  • August 10 – Manny Machado hits two home runs and drives in four runs in his second career MLB game to carry the Baltimore Orioles past the visiting Kansas City Royals, 7–1, at Camden Yards. At 20 years, 35 days old, Machado becomes the youngest player in major league history to have a multiple home run game in either his first or second career game. The previous youngest player to do this was Manny Ramírez (21 years, 96 days old), who belted two homers in his second career game, at Yankee Stadium on September 3, 1993, leading the Cleveland Indians to a 7–3 win. Machado also becomes the youngest player in Orioles franchise history, which includes the St. Louis Browns from 1902 to 1953, to hit two or more homers in a game. The previous youngest was Boog Powell (20 years, 258 days old), who did it on May 2, 1962, at Metropolitan Stadium.[91]
  • August 15:
    • At Safeco Field, Félix Hernández of the Seattle Mariners strikes out 12 batters en route to the 23rd perfect game in Major League history, the third of this season, and the first in franchise history as the Mariners defeat the Tampa Bay Rays 1-0. With Philip Humber having pitched his perfect game against the Mariners at Safeco on April 21 of this season, the Mariners become the first team to be on both ends of a perfect game in one season. Safeco also joins Dodger Stadium, Yankee Stadium and Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum as stadiums with two perfect games pitched in them. The perfect game is the third in four seasons to be pitched against the Rays; they were also on the losing end of Mark Buehrle's perfect game in 2009 and Dallas Braden's perfect game in 2010. The Rays are also no-hit for the fourth time since 2009, having been on the losing end of Edwin Jackson's 2010 no-hitter; no other team has even been no-hit twice during this period. Along with their combined no-hitter on June 8, the Mariners become the first team with two no-hitters on the same season since the 1973 California Angels, Nolan Ryan having pitched both.[92]
    • Melky Cabrera of the San Francisco Giants is suspended for 50 games after testing positive for Testosterone. With 45 games remaining in the Giants' regular season, the suspension ends Cabrera's season and will carry over into the postseason should the Giants qualify. Cabrera finishes the year leading the National League with a .346 batting average, but his 501 plate appearances are one short of what he will need to qualify for the batting title.[93]
  • August 21:
    • Billy Hamilton of the Pensacola Blue Wahoos collects four stolen bases in the first game of a double-header, to eclipse Vince Coleman's 30-year-old record for the most steals in a single season in minor league baseball history. Hamilton, a highly touted prospect of the Cincinnati Reds organization, now has 147 stolen bases in the season. He stole 104 in the first half of the season with Class-A Bakersfield Blaze before being promoted to Double-A Pensacola. The previous record was set by Coleman in 1983, with 145, while playing for Single-A Macon Redbirds. The modern major league record was set by Rickey Henderson with 130 in 1982. Hamilton will eventually end the season with 155 steals.[94]
    • Michael Weiner, who succeeded Donald Fehr as head of the baseball players' union three years before and negotiated a labor deal the prior fall in a seamless transition, undergoes treatment for a brain tumor. The 50-year-old Weiner succeeded Fehr in December 2009 to become just the fourth head of the union since 1966.[95]
  • August 22 – Bartolo Colón of the Oakland Athletics is suspended for 50 games after testing positive for testosterone, joining San Francisco Giants outfielder Melky Cabrera on the suspended list for the rest of the regular season. Major League Baseball makes the announcement regarding the former Cy Young Award winner just a week after All-Star Game MVP Cabrera received his 50-game suspension.[96]
  • August 25:
    • The Boston Red Sox and the Los Angeles Dodgers complete a nine-player blockbuster deal, which is considered the largest player transaction in major league baseball history after the non-waiver trade deadline. Boston sends first baseman Adrián González, pitcher Josh Beckett, outfielder Carl Crawford, infielder Nick Punto, and about $11 million in cash to Los Angeles in the nine-player trade, while the Dodgers absorb approximately a quarter-billion dollars while acquiring the four players. In return, the Red Sox will receive first baseman James Loney, pitcher Allen Webster, infielder Iván DeJesús, Jr. and two players to be named, while shedding more than $250 million in salaries through 2018. Pitcher Rubby De La Rosa and outfielder Jerry Sands are the players to be named later because they did not clear waivers. They will officially change organizations once the regular season concludes.[97]
    • Former Major League pitcher Roger Clemens starts a game for the Sugar Land Skeeters of the independent Atlantic League. The 50-year-old Clemens pitches 3 1/3 innings, striking out two and allowing only one base hit.
  • August 27 – Adrián Beltré of the Texas Rangers is named the American League Player of the Week. Beltré makes history, after hitting .433 with three doubles, one triple, five home runs, nine RBI and seven runs scored in seven games. He belted three home runs in his first three at-bats on August 22 against the Baltimore Orioles, including a pair of two-run blasts as part of a nine-run fourth inning. He also homered against the Minnesota Twins the next day, marking the first time he had homered in back-to-back games this season. A day later, he became the sixth Rangers player to hit for the cycle, going 4-for-4 with three RBI. It was his second career cycle (September 1, 2008, with the Seattle Mariners – also in Rangers Ballpark – was the other), so Beltré became the first player in the modern era to cycle in the same ballpark as a home and visiting player, according to the Elias Sports Bureau. Beltré, who joins Joe DiMaggio (1948) as the only other player in Major League Baseball history to hit for the cycle and hit three homers in the same week, earns his first AL Player of the Week honor after being recognized three times while in the National League with the Los Angeles Dodgers.[98]
  • August 28 – First baseman Mauro Gómez is named International League Most Valuable Player, in a season during which he made four separate trips between Triple-A Pawtucket and the Boston Red Sox. Gómez hit a .310 average in 100 games with Pawtucket, with 59 of his 120 hits going for extra bases. He also tied for second in the International League with 24 home runs, while ranking first in slugging percentage (.589) and fourth both in RBIs (74) and total bases (228). Besides this, Tyler Cloyd of Lehigh Valley IronPigs (Phillies) was voted Most Valuable Pitcher, Scranton/Wilkes Barre Yankees Dave Miley was named Manager of the Year, and first baseman Ernesto Mejía became the third consecutive Gwinnett Braves player to claim the Rookie of the Year distinction, following 1B Freddie Freeman (2010) and P Julio Teherán (2011).[99]
  • August 29 – Little League Baseball announces that Australia will receive an automatic berth in the Little League World Series starting in 2013. Australia, now the fourth-largest country in Little League participation (and the largest outside North America), becomes the fourth country with its own berth (alongside Canada, Japan, and Mexico).[100]
  • August 30 – Jonathan Lucroy hits a grand slam and drove in seven runs for the Milwaukee Brewers in their loss to the Chicago Cubs, 12–11, at Wrigley Field. In a slugfest featuring a combined 31 hits, including 15 extra-bases, Lucroy becomes the first catcher to have two games in a single season with 7 or more RBI since Major League Baseball began officially tracking the RBI statistic in 1920 (he first did it on May 20 against the Minnesota Twins). In addition, Lucroy becomes the first Brewer to collect a pair of seven-RBI games in team history.[101]

September

October

November

December

Deaths

January
  • January 2 – Howie Koplitz, 73, pitcher for the Tigers and Senators in parts of five seasons spanning 1961–1966, who also was named Southern Association MVP and TSN Minor League Player of the Year in 1961.
  • January 8 – Glenn Cox, 80, pitcher for the Kansas City Athletics from 1955 to 1958.
  • January 17 – Marty Springstead, 74, former American League umpire from 1966 to 1985, who at the age of 36 in 1973 became the youngest umpire crew chief in World Series history, and also worked in three Series, three All-Star Games and five AL championship series.[131]
  • January 21 – Cliff Chambers, 90, pitcher for the Cubs, Pirates and Cardinals from 1948 to 1953.
  • January 21 – Troy Herriage, 81, pitcher for the 1956 Kansas City Athletics.
  • January 22 – Andy Musser, 74, play-by-play broadcaster for the Philadelphia Phillies during 26 seasons from 1976 through 2001.
  • January 26 – Bud Byerly, 91, pitcher who played for the Cardinals, Reds, Senators, Red Sox and Giants for parts of 11 seasons spanning 1943–1960.
  • January 31 – Rick Behenna, 51, pitcher for the Atlanta Braves and Cleveland Indians in parts of three seasons from 1983 through 1985.

February
  • February 1 – Herb Adams, 83, backup outfielder who played from 1948 to 1950 with the Chicago White Sox.
  • February 7 – Danny Clyburn, 37, outfielder who played parts of three seasons with the Baltimore Orioles and Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the late 1990s.
  • February 11 – Gene Crumling, 89, catcher for the 1945 St. Louis Cardinals, one of many ballplayers who only appeared in the majors during World War II.
  • February 16 – Gary Carter, 57, Hall of Fame catcher, principally with the Montreal Expos and New York Mets, whose two-out, tenth-inning single for the Mets in Game 6 of the 1986 World Series started one of the most improbable rallies in postseason history.
  • February 17 – Howie Nunn, 76, relief pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals and Cincinnati Reds in parts of three seasons from 1959 to 1962.
  • February 19 – Dick Smith, 72, outfielder and first baseman who played from 1963 through 1965 for the New York Mets and Los Angeles Dodgers.
  • February 24 – Agnes Allen, 81, All-American Girls Professional Baseball League pitcher.
  • February 24 – Terry Mathews, 47, relief pitcher for the Florida Marlins, Baltimore Orioles, Texas Rangers and Kansas City Royals in part of eight seasons spanning 1991–1999.
  • February 24 – Jay Ward, 73, pitcher for the Minnesota Twins and Cincinnati Reds during three seasons between 1963 and 1970, who later managed several successful minor league teams.
  • February 25 – Dave Cheadle, 60, relief pitcher for the 1973 Atlanta Braves.

March
  • March 3 – Lloyd Hittle, 88, pitcher for the Washington Senators from 1949 to 1950.
  • March 3 – Jim Obradovich, 62, first baseman who played briefly for the Houston Astros in 1978.
  • March 4 – Don Mincher, 73, two-time All-Star first baseman and member of the 1972 Oakland Athletics World Series champions, who also has the distinction of being the only major leaguer to play with the Washington Senators franchise that became the Minnesota Twins, and then play with a second incarnation of the Senators which became the Texas Rangers.
  • March 6 – Helen Walulik, 82, All-American Girls Professional Baseball League pitcher and outfield/infield utility.
  • March 9 – Harry Wendelstedt, 73, National League umpire who worked five World Series and four All-Star games during his 33-year career from 1966 through 1998.
  • March 11 – Hub Andrews, 89, relief pitcher for the New York Giants from 1947 to 1948.
  • March 15 – Dave Philley, 91, outfielder and pinch-hitting specialist for eight different teams between 1941 and 1962, who still holds the major league records for most consecutive pinch-hits in a season (nine, 1958) and for most at-bats in an 18-inning double-header (13, 1951), while also holding an American League record for the most pinch-hits in a season (24, 1961).[132]
  • March 18 – Furman Bisher, 93, sportswriter who authored several books, including co-writing an autobiography of Hank Aaron.
  • March 20 – Mel Parnell, 89, two-time All-Star pitcher and the winningest left-hander in Boston Red Sox history with 123 wins from 1947 to 1956, who also posted a 25-7 record in 1949 and hurled a no-hitter in 1956.
  • March 24 – Dennis Bennett, 72, pitcher for the Phillies, Red Sox, Mets and Angels between 1962 and 1968.
  • March 29 – Ray Narleski, 83, two-time All-Star reliever with the Cleveland Indians, and part of a brilliant bullpen that featured Don Mossi and Hal Newhouser, during the historic 1954 season.
  • March 30 – Janet Anderson, 90, Canadian pitcher for the Kenosha Comets of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.
  • March 31 – Jerry Lynch, 82, Pirates and Reds outfielder, whose 116 career pinch-hits is the 10th-most in Major League Baseball history.

April
  • April 2 – Allie Clark, 88, outfielder who played from 1947 through 1953 for the New York Yankees, Cleveland Indians, Philadelphia Athletics and Chicago White Sox.
  • April 8 – Al Veigel, 95, pitcher for the 1939 Boston Bees.
  • April 10 – Andy Replogle, 58, pitcher for the Milwaukee Brewers from 1978 to 1979.
  • April 17 – Stan Johnson, 75, backup outfielder who played for the Chicago White Sox and Kansas City Athletics between 1960 and 1961.
  • April 18 – John O'Neil, 92, backup shortstop for the 1946 Philadelphia Phillies, who spent more than 45 years spanning 1939–1986 as player, player/manager, manager, general manager and scout.
  • April 24 – Fred Bradley, 91, pitcher for the Chicago White Sox from 1948 to 1949.
  • April 26 – Bill Skowron, 81, eight-time All-Star first baseman and part of five World Series champion teams.
  • April 29 – Daisy Junor, 92, Canadian outfielder who played from 1946 through 1949 in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.

May
  • May 5 – Don Leshnock, 65, relief pitcher for the 1972 Detroit Tigers.
  • May 8 – Jerry McMorris, 71, principal owner of the Colorado Rockies from 1992 through 2005.
  • May 9 – Carl Beane, 59, public address announcer for the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park since the 2003 season.
  • May 11 – Frank Wills, 53, pitcher for the Royals, Mariners, Indians and Blue Jays from 1983 through 1991, who won the American League pennant-winning game for Toronto in the 1989 season.
  • May 16 – Kevin Hickey. 56, pitcher for the White Sox and Orioles in part of six seasons spanning 1981–1991.
  • May 16 – Thad Tillotson, 71, relief pitcher for the New York Yankees from 1967 to 1968, who also pitched for the Nankai Hawks in Japan during the 1971 season.
  • May 28 – Harry Parker, 64, a spot starting pitcher who was an integral contributor for the 1973 New York Mets National League champions.[133]

June
  • June 4 – Pedro Borbón, 65, Dominican reliever for the Cincinnati Reds during 10 seasons, and a key member on the bullpen of the Big Red Machine that won back-to-back World Series titles in 1975 and 1976.
  • June 5 – Hal Keller, 84, backup catcher for the Washington Senators between 1949 and 1952, and later a front office executive for the Texas Rangers and Seattle Mariners in a 25-year career from 1961 through 1985.
  • June 9 – Hawk Taylor, 73, backup catcher for the Milwaukee Braves, New York Mets, California Angels and Kansas City Royals in parts of 11 seasons spanning 1959–1970.
  • June 10 – Warner Fusselle, 68, broadcaster particularly remembered for his groundbreaking contribution to This Week in Baseball.
  • June 11 – Dave Boswell, 67, pitcher who posted a 68-56 record and a 3.52 ERA for the Twins, Tigers and Orioles from 1964 through 1971, while leading the American League with a .706 winning percentage in 1966.
  • June 14 – Al Brancato, 93, shortstop for the Philadelphia Athletics in part of four seasons spanning 1939–45.
  • June 17 – Patricia Brown, 81, pitcher for the Chicago Colleens and the Battle Creek Belles of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.
  • June 24 – Darrel Akerfelds, 50, pitcher for the Athletics, Indians, Rangers and Phillies from 1986 through 1991, and later a bullpen coach for the San Diego Padres from 2001 to 2011.
  • June 28 – Doris Sams, 85, All-American Girls Professional Baseball League outfielder/pitcher; a five-time All-Star and two-time Player of the Year Award winner, who won a batting crown and one home run title, while throwing a perfect game and one no-hitter in a career that spanned from 1946 through 1953.

July
  • July 1 – Mike Hershberger, 72, Kansas City Athletics right fielder, who led all American League outfielders in assists both in 1965 and 1967.
  • July 2 – Ed Stroud, 72, outfielder for the Chicago White Sox and the Washington Senators from 1966 to 1971.
  • July 7 – Doris Neal, 83, All-American Girls Professional Baseball League infielder/outfielder from 1948 to 1949.
  • July 8 – Chick King, 81, backup outfielder for the Tigers, Cubs and Cardinals in five seasons between 1954 and 1959.
  • July 11 – Art Ceccarelli, 82, pitcher for the Kansas City A's, Cubs and Orioles in part of five seasons spanning 1955-60.
  • July 18 – Robert W. Creamer, 90, one of the original Sports Illustrated writers, who also wrote biographies of Babe Ruth and Casey Stengel.
  • July 21 – Marie Kruckel, 88, outfielder and pitcher in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.
  • July 22 – Ed Stevens, 87, first baseman who played from 1945 through 1950 for the Brooklyn Dodgers and Pittsburgh Pirates, and also gained induction into the International League Hall of Fame in 2009.
  • July 23 – Louise Nippert, 100, owner of the Cincinnati Reds during the Big Red Machine era.
  • July 24 – Nancy Mudge Cato, 82, All-Star infielder who played for five different teams of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.

August
  • August 1 – Don Erickson, 80, relief pitcher for the 1958 Philadelphia Phillies.
  • August 13 – Johnny Pesky, 92, a 61-year member of the Boston Red Sox spanning 1940–2012, while serving them as a player, manager, coach, broadcaster, and well-esteemed team ambassador.
  • August 22 – Bob Myrick, 59, relief pitcher who played from 1976 through 1978 for the New York Mets.
  • August 29 – Les Moss, 87, catcher who played from 1946 through 1958 for the St. Louis Browns, Boston Red Sox, Baltimore Orioles and Chicago White Sox, and later managed in the minor leagues in 11 seasons spanning 1963–1980.

September
  • September 8 – Bob Hale, 78, first baseman who played from 1955 through 1961 with the Baltimore Orioles, Cleveland Indians and New York Yankees.
  • September 10 – Tom Saffell, 91, backup outfielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Kansas City Athletics in parts of four seasons spanning 1949–1955, who later served as President of the Gulf Coast League from 1979 to 2009.
  • September 11 – Bruce Von Hoff, 68, relief pitcher for the Houston Astros in the 1965 and 1967 seasons.
  • September 13 – Bob DiPietro, 85, backup outfielder for the 1951 Boston Red Sox.
  • September 13 – Jack Pierce, 64, first baseman for the Atlanta Braves and Detroit Tigers in parts of three seasons spanning 1973-75, who also played in Japan with the 1977 Nankai Hawks.
  • September 17 – Pauline Dennert, 86, All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player.
  • September 18 – Jack Kralick, 77, All-Star pitcher and one of the original Minnesota Twins, who posted a 67-65 record and a 3.56 ERA in eight seasons which included stints with the Washington Senators and the Cleveland Indians, while hurling a no-hitter against the Kansas City Athletics in 1962.
  • September 21 – Tom Umphlett, 82, outfielder for the Boston Red Sox and Washington Senators from 1953 through 1955, and later a minor league manager from 1967 to 1970.
  • September 23 – Roberto Muñoz Rodríguez, 70, Venezuelan pitcher who played for the Kansas City/Oakland Athletics, San Diego Padres and Chicago Cubs between the 1967 and 1970 seasons.
  • September 25 – Audrey Deemer, 81, All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player.

October
  • October   6 – Irene DeLaby, 90, All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player.
  • October 11 – Champ Summers, 66, outfielder who played 10 seasons in the majors for six different teams, mainly for the Detroit Tigers from 1979 to 1981, and also a hitting coach for the New York Yankees.
  • October 12 – Jim Kremmel, 63, relief pitcher who played from 1973 to 1974 for the Texas Rangers and Chicago Cubs.
  • October 16 – Eddie Yost, 86, All-Star third baseman who led the American League in walks six times during an 18-year career, 14 of them with the Washington Senators spanning 1944–1958.
  • October 20 – Dave May, 68, All-Star outfielder who spent 12 seasons in the majors with the Baltimore Orioles, Milwaukee Brewers, Atlanta Braves, Texas Rangers and Pittsburgh Pirates from 1967–78, and also the player that was sent by Milwaukee to Atlanta in exchange for Hank Aaron.
  • October 25 – Les Mueller, 93, starting pitcher for the Detroit Tigers 1945 World Series championship team, who hurled 19 2/3 innings in a regular game against the Philadelphia Athletics, which remains the longest outing since 1929 when another Tigers pitcher, George Uhle, logged 20 innings against the Chicago White Sox.[134]

November
  • November 1 – Pascual Pérez, 55, Dominican All-Star pitcher who compiled a lifetime record of 67-68 and a 3.44 ERA with the Braves, Pirates, Expos and Yankees over an 11-season span from 1980–1991.[135]
  • November 2 – Joe Ginsberg, 86, catcher for the original 1962 New York Mets, who also had stops with the Indians, Kansas City A's, Orioles and White Sox during a 13-year career.
  • November 9 – Harold Gould, 88, Minor league pitcher who had a seven-season career between 1942 and 1949, most prominently for the Negro League Philadelphia Stars in 1946 and 1948.
  • November 9 – Lee MacPhail, 95, longtime Major League Baseball executive and the oldest living Hall of Fame member, who also was part of the only father-son duo in the hall along with his father, Larry MacPhail, the man credited with bringing night games to the majors in 1935.
  • November 14 – Gail Harris, 81, first baseman for the New York Giants and Detroit Tigers from 1955–1960, who holds the distinction of being the last player to hit a home run for the Giants before they moved to San Francisco.
  • November 17 – Freddy Schmidt, 96, pitcher who played 15 seasons of professional ball, four of them for the St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies and Chicago Cubs spanning 1944-47, also a member of the World Champion Cardinals in 1946 and the Phillies' oldest alumnus.
  • November 22 – Ken Rowe, 78, who pitched professionally for 15 seasons, appearing in the majors from 1963 through 1965 with the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Baltimore Orioles, and later working during 21 years in the Cleveland Indians organization at virtually every level of the Indians’ minor-league system.
  • November 23 – Chuck Diering, 89, outfielder in part of nine seasons from 1947-56 for the St. Louis Cardinals, New York Giants and Baltimore Orioles, who was named Orioles Most Valuable Player in their first year in Baltimore after the St. Louis Browns moved there.
  • November 23 – Hal Trosky, 76, who pitched briefly for the Chicago White Sox during the 1958 season.
  • November 24 – Jimmy Stewart, 73, utility man who played every position except pitcher in parts of ten seasons spanning 1963-73, which included stints with the Cubs, Reds, Astros and White Sox.
  • November 27 – Marvin Miller, 95, executive director of the MLB Players Association from 1966 to 1982, who turned the union into one of the most powerful in the country, after negotiating the first collective bargaining agreement in sports history in 1968.
  • November 30 – Rogelio Álvarez, 74, Cuban-born American first baseman for the Cincinnati Reds in parts of the 1960 and 1962 seasons.

December
  • December 17 – Frank Pastore, 55, middle reliever who posted a 48-58 record with a 4.29 ERA and six saves in 220 games for the Reds and Twins from 1979 to 1986.
  • December 19 – George O'Donnell, 83, pitcher for the 1954 Pittsburgh Pirates.
  • December 21 – Boyd Bartley, 92, shortstop for the 1943 Brooklyn Dodgers.
  • December 22 – Ryan Freel, 36, outfielder/infielder who played with five different teams in a span of eight seasons, most prominently for the Cincinnati Reds from 2003 through 2008.
  • December 24 – Brad Corbett, 75, who owned the Texas Rangers from 1974 to 1980.

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