1991 in baseball
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The following are the baseball events of the year 1991 throughout the world.
Major League Baseball
- World Series: Minnesota Twins over Atlanta Braves (4-3); Jack Morris, MVP
| League Championship Series (ALCS, NLCS) | World Series | ||||||||
| East | Toronto | 1 | |||||||
| West | Minnesota | 4 | |||||||
| AL | Minnesota | 4 | |||||||
| NL | Atlanta | 3 | |||||||
| East | Pittsburgh | 3 | |||||||
| West | Atlanta | 4 | |||||||
- American League Championship Series MVP: Kirby Puckett
- National League Championship Series MVP: Steve Avery
- All-Star Game, July 9 at SkyDome: American League, 4-2; Cal Ripken Jr., MVP
Other champions
- Caribbean World Series: Tigres de Licey (Dominican Republic)
- College World Series: LSU
- Japan Series: Seibu Lions over Hiroshima Toyo Carp (4-3)
- Korean Series: Haitai Tigers over Binggrae Eagles
- Big League World Series: Taipei, Taiwan
- Junior League World Series: Spring, Texas
- Little League World Series: Hsi Nan, Taichung, Taiwan
- Senior League World Series: Pingtung, Taiwan
- Pan American Games: Cuba over Puerto Rico
- Taiwan Series: Uni-President Lions over Wei Chuan Dragons
Awards and honors
- Baseball Hall of Fame
- Most Valuable Player
- Cal Ripken Jr., Baltimore Orioles, SS (AL)
- Terry Pendleton, Atlanta Braves, 3B (NL)
- Cy Young Award
- Roger Clemens, Boston Red Sox (AL)
- Tom Glavine, Atlanta Braves (NL)
- Rookie of the Year
- Chuck Knoblauch, Minnesota Twins, 2B (AL)
- Jeff Bagwell, Houston Astros, 1B (NL)
- Manager of the Year Award
- Tom Kelly, Minnesota Twins (AL)
- Bobby Cox, Atlanta Braves (NL)
- Woman Executive of the Year (major or minor league): Marta Hiczewski, Buffalo Bisons, American Association
- Gold Glove Award
- Don Mattingly (1B) (AL)
- Roberto Alomar (2B) (AL)
- Robin Ventura (3B) (AL)
- Cal Ripken Jr. (SS) (AL)
- Ken Griffey Jr. (OF) (AL)
- Kirby Puckett (OF) (AL)
- Devon White (OF) (AL)
- Tony Peña (C) (AL)
- Mark Langston (P) (AL)
- Will Clark (1B) (NL)
- Ryne Sandberg (2B) (NL)
- Matt Williams (3B) (NL)
- Ozzie Smith (SS) (NL)
- Barry Bonds (OF) (NL)
- Tony Gwynn (OF) (NL)
- Andy Van Slyke (OF) (NL)
- Tom Pagnozzi (C) (NL)
- Greg Maddux (P) (NL)
MLB statistical leaders
| American League | National League | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Name | Stat | Name | Stat |
| AVG | Julio Franco TEX | .341 | Terry Pendleton ATL | .319 |
| HR | Jose Canseco OAK Cecil Fielder DET | 44 | Howard Johnson NYM | 38 |
| RBI | Cecil Fielder DET | 133 | Howard Johnson NYM | 117 |
| Wins | Scott Erickson MIN Bill Gullickson DET | 20 | Tom Glavine ATL John Smiley PIT | 20 |
| ERA | Roger Clemens BOS | 2.62 | Dennis Martínez MON | 2.39 |
Major league baseball final standings
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Managers
American League
| Team | Manager | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Orioles | Frank Robinson | Replaced during the season by Johnny Oates |
| Boston Red Sox | Joe Morgan | |
| California Angels | Doug Rader | Replaced during the season by Buck Rodgers |
| Chicago White Sox | Jeff Torborg | |
| Cleveland Indians | John McNamara | Replaced during the season by Mike Hargrove |
| Detroit Tigers | Sparky Anderson | |
| Kansas City Royals | John Wathan | Replaced during the season by Hal McRae |
| Milwaukee Brewers | Tom Trebelhorn | |
| Minnesota Twins | Tom Kelly | Won the World Series |
| New York Yankees | Stump Merrill | |
| Oakland Athletics | Tony La Russa | |
| Seattle Mariners | Jim Lefebvre | |
| Texas Rangers | Bobby Valentine | |
| Toronto Blue Jays | Cito Gaston | Replaced temporarily by Gene Tenace while undergoing treatment for a herniated disc, Won American League East |
National League
| Team | Manager | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Braves | Bobby Cox | Won National League pennant |
| Chicago Cubs | Don Zimmer | Replaced during the season by Jim Essian |
| Cincinnati Reds | Lou Piniella | |
| Houston Astros | Art Howe | |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | Tommy Lasorda | |
| Montreal Expos | Buck Rodgers | Replaced during the season by Tom Runnels |
| New York Mets | Bud Harrelson | Replaced during the season by Mike Cubbage |
| Philadelphia Phillies | Nick Leyva | Replaced during the season by Jim Fregosi |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | Jim Leyland | Won National League East |
| St. Louis Cardinals | Joe Torre | |
| San Diego Padres | Greg Riddoch | |
| San Francisco Giants | Roger Craig |
Events
January
- January 6 – Alan Wiggins, former leadoff hitter for the San Diego Padres and a key member of their 1984 pennant run, becomes the first baseball player known to die of AIDS. He was 32.
- January 7
- Pete Rose is released from Marion Federal Penitentiary after serving a five-month sentence for tax evasion.
- The Oakland Athletics sign infielder Vance Law.
- January 8 – Rod Carew, Gaylord Perry and Ferguson Jenkins are elected to the Hall of Fame by the Baseball Writers' Association of America, with Carew becoming the 22nd player to be named in his first year of eligibility.
- January 10 – The Baltimore Orioles trade outfielder Steve Finley, and pitchers Pete Harnisch and Curt Schilling to the Houston Astros for power hitting first baseman Glenn Davis. The deal backfires as an injury-prone Davis never plays an entire season over the course of the next three years and Finley, Harnisch, and Schilling all go on to become star players.
- January 22 – The Atlanta Braves sign veteran catcher Mike Heath.
- January 25 – The Texas Rangers sign relief pitcher Goose Gossage.
- January 30 – The Atlanta Braves sign Deion Sanders, making Sanders a two sport athlete. Sanders also played for the Atlanta Falcons of the NFL at the time of his signing with the Braves.
February
- February 4 – The 12 members of the board of directors of the Hall of Fame vote unanimously to ban Pete Rose from the ballot. Now Rose becomes eligible again only if the MLB commissioner reinstates him by December 2005.
- February 15 – The Montreal Expos sign Ron Hassey. Hassey would be the catcher for Denny Martinez's perfect game in July of the 1991 season.
- February 17 – The New York Yankees release pitcher Dave LaPoint.
- February 26 – New York Yankees second baseman Tony Lazzeri and major league owner Bill Veeck are elected to the Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee.
- February 28 – Players win just seven of seventeen in arbitration cases, yet the average award over all seventeen cases, equates to a 104% salary increase. Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Doug Drabek receives a record $3.35 million.
March
- March 11 – Attempting a comeback after seven years retired, 45-year old Jim Palmer starts an exhibition game for the Baltimore Orioles against the Boston Red Sox. Palmer gives up five hits and two runs in two innings of work, and it is revealed he has a torn hamstring after the start. Palmer retires from baseball permanently two days later.
- March 14 – The California Angels trade Dante Bichette to the Milwaukee Brewers for Dave Parker
- March 18 – Bo Jackson is released by the Kansas City Royals.
- March 28 – Fernando Valenzuela is released by the Los Angeles Dodgers.
April
- April 1 – The New York Mets release outfielder Terry Puhl
- April 3 – Bo Jackson is signed as a free agent by the Chicago White Sox.
- April 5 – After spending the previous seven seasons in Japan, Warren Cromartie returns to the states when he signs a contract with the Kansas City Royals.
- April 7
- The Chicago Cubs trade Mitch Williams to the Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Bob Scanlon and Chuck McElroy.
- After being released by the Yankees, Dave LaPoint is signed as a free agent by the Philadelphia Phillies. He is released less than two weeks later.
- April 8:
- Just hours before the first pitch of the baseball season, MLB averts an umpires strike by reaching agreement with the Major League Umpires Association on a new four-year contract.
- Darryl Kile makes his MLB debut, coming on in relief of pitcher Jim Clancy in the Houston Astros 6-2 loss to the Cincinnati Reds.
- April 9 – Chuck Knoblauch makes his MLB debut for the Minnesota Twins, going 0-3 and drawing one walk in the Twins 7-2 loss to Oakland.
- April 11 – Junior Ortiz throws out Rickey Henderson when Henderson attempts to steal second base. Henderson was attempting to break Lou Brock's stolen base record. Henderson later hurts his calf in the game and is forced to leave.
- April 18 – The new Comiskey Park opens across the street from where the original stands in Chicago. A sold-out stadium sees the Detroit Tigers defeat the Chicago White Sox, 16–0.
- April 21 – The Chicago Cubs score five runs in the top of the eleventh inning, but the Pittsburgh Pirates come back with six runs in the bottom of the inning for the victory. It is the greatest extra-innings comeback, in terms of runs, in Major League history.
- April 23 – Nick Leyva is dismissed as manager of the Philadelphia Phillies, becoming the first of several managers fired during the season.
May
- May 1:
- Nolan Ryan of the Texas Rangers records his seventh no-hitter, striking out Roberto Alomar for the final out in a 3-0 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays.
- Rickey Henderson of the Oakland Athletics records his 939th stolen base, eclipsing Lou Brock's all-time record.
- May 9 – Andy Hawkins is released by the New York Yankees.
- May 21 – Don Zimmer is fired as manager of the Chicago Cubs and replaced by Joe Altobelli for one game, then Jim Essian. Zimmer is the second manager fired during the 1991 season.
- May 22 – John Wathan is fired as manager of the Kansas City Royals and replaced by Hal McRae. Wathan is the third manager fired in less than one month.
- May 23 – By stealing second base from pitcher Ron Darling and catcher Rick Cerone of the New York Mets, Andre Dawson of the Chicago Cubs becomes the third player in baseball history to record 300 home runs and 300 stolen bases. As of this date, the only other members of the 300-300 club are Bobby Bonds and Willie Mays. On the same day, Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Tommy Greene throws a no-hitter, and the Baltimore Orioles fire Frank Robinson and replace him with Johnny Oates. Robinson is the fourth manager fired on the season, and the third fired in three days.
June
- June 2 – The Texas Rangers sign Steve Balboni.
- June 3 – Buck Rodgers becomes the fifth managerial casualty of the season, and the third in the National League East. Tom Runnells replaces Rodgers as the new Montreal Expos manager.
- June 10 – The National League votes to choose Miami, Florida, and Denver, Colorado, to form baseball teams for the 1993 season. They beat out Orlando, Florida, St. Petersburg, Florida, Washington, D.C., and Buffalo, New York.
- June 16 – At Stade Olympique Stadium, Otis Nixon of the Atlanta Braves becomes the first player to collect six stolen bases in a single game. Nixon goes 3-for-5 at the plate and steals second and third bases after all three hits in the first, third, and ninth innings. He eventually scores in the former two innings but is stranded on third as the tying run in the ninth, as Ron Gant strikes out for the final out, as the Montreal Expos defeat the Braves 7-6.
- June 17 – Danny Heep is released by the Atlanta Braves.
- June 20 – Ivan Rodriguez cracks the starting line-up for the Texas Rangers and makes his MLB debut, going one for four at the plate, while driving in two runs. Behind the plate, Rodriguez throws out Joey Cora and Warren Newson during their respective attempts to steal second base.
- June 28 – Days after being released by the Milwaukee Brewers, Dave LaPoint signs with the Chicago Cubs, making the Cubs the fourth team that LaPoint had pitched for since spring training.
July
- July 5 – Fernando Valenzuela is released by the California Angels. The Angels had signed Valenzuela as a free agent in spring training. The Angels would re-sign Valenzuela five days later.
- July 6:
- The National League publicly announces its two expansion franchises for 1993: the Colorado Rockies and the Florida Marlins.
- John McNamara, winner of the 1979 National League West division with the Cincinnati Reds and 1986 American League pennant with the Boston Red Sox, is fired as manager of the Cleveland Indians. He is replaced by Mike Hargrove. The firing is the sixth on the season and occurs just as the first half of the season ends.
- At Royals Stadium, Danny Tartabull of the Kansas City Royals hits three home runs in a 9-7 loss to the Oakland Athletics. The three-home run game is only the fifth in the stadium's history, and the first by a Royal.
- July 7 – Outside a restaurant in Arlington, Texas, American League umpire Steve Palermo is shot and paralyzed from the waist down after aiding a woman who was being mugged. The assailant is later sentenced to 75 years in prison.
- July 9 – Cal Ripken Jr.'s three-run home run lifts the American League to a 4-2 win over the National League in the annual All-Star Game, held at the SkyDome in Toronto. Andre Dawson homers for the NL, who lose for the fourth straight year. Ripken Jr., who also wins the pre-game Home Run Derby, is named the game's MVP.
- July 13 – The Baltimore Orioles throw the second four-man no-hitter in baseball history, as Bob Milacki, Mike Flanagan, Mark Williamson, and Gregg Olson combine for a 2–0 win against the Oakland Athletics. On September 28, 1975, four Oakland Athletics pitchers (Vida Blue, Glenn Abbott, Paul Lindblad, and Rollie Fingers) throw a combined no-hitter against the California Angels.
- July 23 – Jeff Banister appears in a game for the Pittsburgh Pirates, as he pinch hits for pitcher Doug Drabek in the Pirates 12-3 win over the Atlanta Braves. It was Banister's only appearance as a player in the major leagues, though he would manage the Texas Rangers for four seasons.
- July 26 – Montreal Expos pitcher Mark Gardner throws a no-hitter through nine innings, but does not complete it when his team fails to score against Los Angeles Dodgers starter Orel Hershiser and reliever Kip Gross. Gardner loses the no-hitter and the game in the tenth inning when the Dodgers get three hits and score the only run of the game. The Expos only get two hits.
- July 28 – Picking up where Mark Gardner leaves off, Montreal Expos hurler Dennis Martínez throws a perfect game against the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Expos only get four hits, but they do score two runs and give Martínez the thirteenth perfect game in major league history. Ron Hassey, Martínez's catcher, becomes the first player to catch two perfect games, having also caught Len Barker's perfect game ten years earlier.
- July 31 – Two-sport star Deion Sanders helps the Atlanta Braves overcome a 6-2 deficit with a three-run homer in the fifth in an 8-6 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates at Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium. The next day, Sanders reports to the Atlanta Falcons for training camp, as his NFL contract stipulated.
August
- August 11 – In only his second Major League game, and first Major League start, Wilson Álvarez throws a no-hitter as the Chicago White Sox beat the Baltimore Orioles, 7–0. It is the fifth no-hitter of the 1991 season, not including Mark Gardner's nine inning no-hitter that is lost in the tenth on July 26.
- August 14 – California Angels DH Dave Winfield hits his 400th career home run against the Minnesota Twins. Winfield is the 23rd player in major league history to accomplish the feat.
- August 26:
- The sixth no-hitter of 1991 is thrown by two-time Cy Young Award winner Bret Saberhagen. The Kansas City Royals pitcher no-hits the Chicago White Sox, 7–0, for his first career no-hitter.
- The seventh managerial firing of 1991 occurs as the California Angels, who go from first to last in less than one month, fire Doug Rader and replace him with the recently deposed Buck Rodgers.
- August 29 – The California Angels release pitcher Floyd Bannister.[1]
September
- September 4 – Removing an "asterisk" which is never universally recognized, the Statistical Accuracy Committee decides to put Roger Maris' 61 home run season of 1961 ahead of Babe Ruth's 60 mark of 1927. Regarding the expunging of the asterisk, historian Bill Deane later points out that it is an easy job and the asterisk never exists. Maris' record is, from 1962 until 1991, listed separately from Ruth's and is never actually defined by 'some distinctive mark.' The eight-man panel also re-defines a no-hit game as one which ends after nine or more innings with one team failing to get a hit, thereby removing 50 games from the list that is previously considered hitless, including the 1959 performance of the Pittsburgh Pirates' Harvey Haddix, who pitched 12 perfect innings against the Milwaukee Braves, and the Cincinnati Reds' Jim Maloney's 1965 1–0 loss to the New York Mets in 11 innings. Another casualty is Boston Red Sox reliever Ernie Shore's 27 straight outs on June 23, 1917, a game in which he relieves Babe Ruth after Ruth is ejected for protesting a walk to Ray Morgan, the first Washington Senators batter he faces. Morgan is thrown out trying to steal second, and Shore retires all 26 men he faces in a 4–0 win‚ getting credit in the books for a perfect game.
- September 11 – The Atlanta Braves, on the verge of a pennant, throw a three-man no-hitter at Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium against the San Diego Padres. Kent Mercker, Mark Wohlers, and Alejandro Peña combine to no-hit the San Diego Padres, the seventh no-hitter of 1991. Controversy ensues when Darrin Jackson apparently ends the no-hitter with two outs in the ninth inning but the official scorer rules it an error on Terry Pendleton.[2]
- September 13 – A piece of concrete weighing several tons falls in Montréal's Olympic Stadium, forcing the Montreal Expos to play the remainder of their home games on the road.
- September 14 – Cecil Fielder of the Detroit Tigers hits what is the only home run to ever exit Milwaukee County Stadium during either the Braves' Milwaukee history (1953–1965) or Brewers' park history (1970–2000). The blast comes off Brewer pitcher Dan Plesac (who later joined the MLB Network team) in the fourth inning of a 6–4 Tiger victory.
- September 15 – Smokey Burgess, a former major leaguer and previous holder of the record for most pinch-hits, dies at age 64.
- September 16 – Otis Nixon, the league's leading base stealer and catalyst on the Atlanta Braves' run from last to first, fails a drug test and is suspended for sixty days, consisting of the rest of the 1991 baseball season and the first six weeks of the 1992 season. The Braves lose the first two games without Nixon but rebound to win the National League pennant.
- September 22 – The Pittsburgh Pirates become the first National League East team since the 1976-77-78 Philadelphia Phillies to win consecutive division titles when they beat their in-state rival Phillies, 2–1.
- September 29:
- The Minnesota Twins become the first team to ever go from last place to first over the course of one season when a Chicago White Sox loss to the Seattle Mariners clinches the American League West title. It is the Twins' first division crown since 1987.
- The New York Mets fire manager Bud Harrelson, the eighth managerial firing of the year.[3]
- The Atlanta Braves trade pitchers Yorkis Perez and Turk Wendell to the Chicago Cubs for pitcher Mike Bielecki and catcher Damon Berryhill.
October
- October 2:
- Atlanta Braves pitcher Tom Glavine becomes the first 20-game winner in the majors by beating the Cincinnati Reds. The win assures Glavine of the Cy Young Award when it is given in November.
- The Toronto Blue Jays capture their third American League East title since 1985 by beating the California Angels 6–5 on a walk-off RBI single by Joe Carter. The same day, the Blue Jays become the first team to ever play before more than four million fans in a single season.
- October 3 – Chicago White Sox catcher Carlton Fisk hits two home runs, including a grand slam, to lead the White Sox to a 13–12 victory over the Minnesota Twins. In doing so, just nine months shy of his 44th birthday, Fisk becomes the oldest 20th-century player to collect a two-HR game. His 7th-inning grand slam off Steve Bedrosian also makes him the oldest major leaguer ever to hit a bases-loaded homer. Cap Anson, at 45, hits two home runs on this date in 1897, and is the oldest major league player to hit a pair.
- October 4 – The Seattle Mariners beat the Chicago White Sox 6–4 to clinch their first winning season in franchise history.
- October 5 – The Atlanta Braves become the second team in two weeks to go from last to first when they beat the Houston Astros, 5–2. Moments later, the San Francisco Giants eliminate their arch-rivals, the Los Angeles Dodgers, when Trevor Wilson pitches a 4–0 complete game shutout, handing the National League West division title to the Braves. John Smoltz gets his fourteenth win of the season as the Braves close out with eight consecutive wins after trailing the Dodgers by two with only ten games left to play.
- October 6:
- New York Mets pitcher David Cone ties a National League record by striking out 19 Philadelphia Phillies in a 7–0 Mets win over their rivals.
- The Detroit Tigers beat the Baltimore Orioles 7–1 in the last Orioles game ever played at Baltimore Memorial Stadium.
- October 7:
- Leo Durocher, who is credited with the phrase 'nice guys finish last', dies at the age of 86.
- The New York Yankees fire Stump Merrill, the ninth major league manager fired in 1991.
- October 8 – Despite finishing in second, their lowest finish in his 3+1⁄2 years as manager, the Boston Red Sox dismiss Joe Morgan and replace him with Butch Hobson. Morgan is the tenth manager fired in 1991.
- October 9 – Tom Trebelhorn becomes the eleventh managerial casualty of 1991 despite a record of 40-19 and a finish over .500 with the Milwaukee Brewers.
- October 10:
- The New York Mets hire Jeff Torborg as their new manager, replacing Bud Harrelson.
- The Seattle Mariners fire Jim Lefebvre, the twelfth firing of 1991.
- October 18 – Jim Essian, who replaced Don Zimmer in May, is fired as manager of the Chicago Cubs, the thirteenth and last firing of a manager in 1991. The thirteen firings in a season set a major league record that still stands.
- October 27 – The Minnesota Twins become the 1991 World Series champions with a 1–0 victory behind Jack Morris' masterful 10-inning shutout. Gene Larkin's single off Atlanta Braves reliever Alejandro Peña scores Dan Gladden with the game's only run. The game is the first Game Seven to go into extra innings since the 1924 World Series between the Washington Senators and New York Giants. Morris is named the Series MVP for the Twins, who wins all four games at home while losing all three in Atlanta. Four of the seven games are decided on the final pitch, while five are decided by a single run, and three in extra innings. All are Series records.
- October 29 - The New York Yankees announce that Buck Showalter has been promoted to replace Stump Merrill as manager.
November
- November 15 – Gary Carter returns to the Montreal Expos when they claim him off waivers from the Los Angeles Dodgers.
- November 18 – Bobby Bonilla leaves the Pittsburgh Pirates for the New York Mets and becomes the first five-million dollar a year player in Major League Baseball history.
- November 19 – Baltimore Orioles' Cal Ripken Jr. was named the American League MVP, thus became the first player to win the All-Star Home Run Derby, the All-Star Game MVP and the AL MVP in the same season.
- November 20:
- Mike Scott of the Houston Astros announces his retirement from baseball.
- Terry Pendelton who led the Atlanta Braves to a World Series appearance was named the National League MVP.
- November 25 – The Montreal Expos trade first baseman Andrés Galarraga to the St. Louis Cardinals for starting pitcher Ken Hill. Galarraga struggles for St. Louis before enjoying a career renaissance with the Colorado Rockies in 1993.
December
- December 1 – The Major League Baseball Players Association announces that the average player salary is $851,492, a 42.5% increase from 1990.
- December 19:
- Steve Howe of the New York Yankees is arrested near his Montana home for felony cocaine possession. The charge was later amended to misdemeanor attempted possession of a dangerous drug, and he pled not guilty in February 1992.
- Dave Winfield signs with the Toronto Blue Jays as a free agent.
Movies
Births
January
- January 4 – Daniel Stumpf
- January 6 – Kevin Gausman
- January 6 – Keyvius Sampson
- January 7 – Tucker Barnhart
- January 8 – Carlos Contreras
- January 9 – Tayron Guerrero
- January 10 – Drew Steckenrider
- January 12 – Alex Wood
- January 13 – Hoby Milner
- January 14 – Aaron Altherr
- January 14 – Stephen Piscotty
- January 14 – Todd Van Steensel
- January 15 – Matt Duffy
- January 15 – Mitch Garver
- January 17 – Trevor Bauer
- January 18 – Kyle Martin
- January 18 – Alex Mejia
- January 23 – Daniel Fields
- January 24 – Tony Renda
- January 24 – Enny Romero
- January 24 – Tyler Wagner
- January 27 – Julio Teherán
- January 31 – Guillermo Heredia
- January 31 – Tyler Kinley
February
- February 1 – Darnell Sweeney
- February 2 – Matt Boyd
- February 6 – Chad Girodo
- February 6 – Luke Maile
- February 9 – Aly González
- February 11 – Luis Santos
- February 12 – Reymond Fuentes
- February 13 – Luke Voit
- February 20 – Buck Farmer
- February 21 – Devon Travis
- February 22 – Tim Peterson
- February 24 – Yefri Pérez
- February 26 – Kevin Plawecki
March
- March 1 – Joe Mantiply
- March 1 – Robert Suárez
- March 2 – Nick Franklin
- March 7 – Justin Topa
- March 13 – Manny Banuelos
- March 13 – Eddie Butler
- March 13 – Mark Leiter Jr.
- March 15 – Richie Shaffer
- March 15 – Max Stassi
- March 15 – Trayce Thompson
- March 16 – Spencer Kieboom
- March 16 – Cory Spangenberg
- March 18 – Leury García
- March 18 – J. T. Realmuto
- March 19 – Tommy Nance
- March 25 – Mike Zunino
- March 26 – Matt Davidson
- March 26 – Hernán Pérez
- March 26 – Rob Refsnyder
- March 26 – Michael Taylor
- March 28 – Christian Walker
- March 29 – Pat Light
- March 30 – Jake Marisnick
April
- April 1 – César Puello
- April 2 – Dakota Bacus
- April 3 – Kevin Herget
- April 3 – Tom Murphy
- April 3 – Daniel Wright
- April 4 – Martín Pérez
- April 5 – Seth Mejias-Brean
- April 16 – Nolan Arenado
- April 16 – Paco Rodriguez
- April 19 – Bryan Mitchell
- April 20 – Garin Cecchini
- April 24 – Tyler Naquin
- April 24 – Carlos Ramírez
- April 29 – Jacob Hannemann
May
- May 1 – Marcus Stroman
- May 1 – Zach Vincej
- May 2 – Jonathan Villar
- May 3 – Mike Morin
- May 5 – Austin Adams
- May 5 – James Pazos
- May 7 – Emilio Pagan
- May 8 – Cody Ege
- May 9 – Oswaldo Arcia
- May 9 – Ian Krol
- May 10 – Pierce Johnson
- May 13 – Austin Maddox
- May 13 – John Ryan Murphy
- May 15 – Rafael Ortega
- May 16 – Dietrich Enns
- May 18 – Giovanni Soto
- May 19 – Ji-man Choi
- May 21 – Joe Hudson
- May 21 – Williams Pérez
- May 21 – Joey Rickard
- May 21 – Jacob Turner
- May 24 – Chad Green
- May 24 – Damien Magnifico
- May 24 – Mitch Nilsson
- May 27 – Jairo Díaz
- May 29 – Steven Matz
- May 29 – Nick Wittgren
- May 31 – Matt Bowman
June
- June 3 – Yordano Ventura
- June 5 – Andrew Heaney
- June 6 – Nolan Fontana
- June 7 – Luke Farrell
- June 8 – R. J. Alvarez
- June 8 – Terrance Gore
- June 12 – Avisail García
- June 14 – R. J. Alaniz
- June 15 – Travis Jankowski
- June 16 – Justin Haley
- June 17 – Yusei Kikuchi
- June 18 – Tomas Telis
- June 19 – Tyler Heineman
- June 19 – Christian Villanueva
- June 20 – Rymer Liriano
- June 20 – Jaime Schultz
- June 21 – Jefry Marté
July
- July 1 – Tyler Smith
- July 1 – Michael Wacha
- July 2 – Troy Scribner
- July 5 – Felipe Vázquez
- July 6 – Nick Goody
- July 9 – Steven Okert
- July 13 – Tyler Skaggs
- July 15 – Mark Appel
- July 15 – Elvis Araújo
- July 16 – Tommy Joseph
- July 16 – Ildemaro Vargas
- July 18 – Eugenio Suárez
- July 19 – David Holmberg
- July 21 – Taylor Williams
- July 22 – Jake Barrett
- July 23 – Matt Carasiti
- July 26 – Cristhian Adames
- July 26 – Brandon Brennan
- July 26 – Ryne Stanek
- July 27 – Wandy Peralta
- July 28 – Caleb Smith
August
- August 2 – Parker Bridwell
- August 4 – Jason Adam
- August 4 – Domingo Tapia
- August 5 – Andrew Bellatti
- August 5 – Ben Heller
- August 6 – Wilmer Flores
- August 7 – Mike Trout
- August 8 – Yandy Díaz
- August 9 – Steven Moya
- August 11 – Wilfredo Tovar
- August 12 – Chris Owings
- August 13 – Randal Grichuk
- August 14 – Dylan Covey
- August 14 – Giovanny Gallegos
- August 15 – Jon Moscot
- August 17 – Dillon Overton
- August 21 – Mason Williams
- August 22 – Hunter Dozier
- August 24 – Enrique Hernández[4]
- August 24 – Luke Jackson
- August 27 – Patrick Wisdom
- August 30 – Shane Carle
- August 31 – Erik González
September
- September 2 – Christian Bethancourt
- September 3 – Carl Edwards Jr.
- September 4 – Kyle Finnegan
- September 5 – Michael Peoples
- September 6 – Tyler Austin
- September 6 – Nick Rumbelow
- September 12 – José Ureña
- September 13 – Zach Lee
- September 13 – Kyle Zimmer
- September 14 – Gregory Polanco
- September 15 – Wander Suero
- September 18 – Jon Singleton
- September 21 – Carlos Martínez
- September 24 – Michael Ynoa
- September 25 – Kyle Ryan
- September 25 – Eric Stamets
- September 26 – Miguel Aguilar
- September 28 – Eddie Rosario
- September 29 – Branden Kline
October
- October 1 – Robbie Ray
- October 1 – Connor Sadzeck
- October 1 – Lou Trivino
- October 2 – Cam Bedrosian
- October 2 – Noel Cuevas
- October 2 – Jason Hursh
- October 3 – Adam Plutko
- October 3 – Brock Stewart
- October 4 – Alec Asher
- October 6 – Raynel Espinal
- October 6 – Matt Wotherspoon
- October 7 – Mike Foltynewicz
- October 7 – Adrian Sampson
- October 9 – Ryan Brett
- October 11 – Gio Urshela
- October 12 – J. T. Riddle
- October 14 – Willians Astudillo
- October 14 – Julian Merryweather
- October 14 – Brad Wieck
- October 16 – Edgar Santana
- October 16 – Jonathan Schoop
- October 18 – Kevin McGowan
- October 19 – Jimmy Cordero
- October 22 – Barrett Astin
- October 22 – Jesse Biddle
- October 24 – Tanner Banks
- October 26 – Dominic Leone
- October 28 – Daniel Palka
- October 29 – Arismendy Alcántara
- October 31 – Tony Kemp
November
- November 2 – Carlos Asuaje
- November 4 – Chad Wallach
- November 5 – Jon Gray
- November 8 – Nick Kingham
- November 9 – Andrew Knapp
- November 12 – Matt Strahm
- November 13 – Logan Wade
- November 14 – Joely Rodríguez
- November 15 – Trevor Brown
- November 16 – Phillips Valdez
- November 18 – Jameson Taillon
- November 22 – Justin Nicolino
- November 23 – Hotaka Yamakawa
- November 24 – Kendry Flores
- November 26 – Corey Knebel
- November 26 – Yoshi Tsutsugo
- November 26 – Kyle Waldrop
- November 27 – Kyle McGowin
- November 30 – Alec Mills
December
- December 1 – Yhonathan Barrios
- December 3 – Konner Wade
- December 5 – Christian Yelich
- December 6 – Mike Mayers
- December 7 – Mark Payton
- December 9 – Adam Engel
- December 14 – Adam Frazier
- December 15 – Kyle Crockett
- December 15 – Ryan Eades
- December 26 – Kōhei Morihara
- December 27 – Jimmie Sherfy
- December 27 – Stuart Turner
- December 28 – Myles Jaye
- December 29 – Odubel Herrera
- December 30 – César Vargas
- December 31 – Kevin Kaczmarski
- December 31 – Ryan Yarbrough
