1997 in baseball
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The following are the baseball events of the year 1997 throughout the world.
Major League Baseball
- World Series: Florida Marlins over Cleveland Indians (4-3); Liván Hernández, MVP
| Division Series (ALDS, NLDS) | League Championship Series (ALCS, NLCS) | World Series | ||||||||||||
| Central | Cleveland | 3 | ||||||||||||
| WC | NY Yankees | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Central | Cleveland | 4 | ||||||||||||
| American League | ||||||||||||||
| East | Baltimore | 2 | ||||||||||||
| East | Baltimore | 3 | ||||||||||||
| West | Seattle | 1 | ||||||||||||
| AL | Cleveland | 3 | ||||||||||||
| NL | Florida | 4 | ||||||||||||
| East | Atlanta | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Central | Houston | 0 | ||||||||||||
| East | Atlanta | 2 | ||||||||||||
| National League | ||||||||||||||
| WC | Florida | 4 | ||||||||||||
| West | San Francisco | 0 | ||||||||||||
| WC | Florida | 3 | ||||||||||||
- American League Championship Series MVP: Marquis Grissom
- National League Championship Series MVP: Liván Hernández
- All-Star Game, July 8 at Jacobs Field: American League, 3-1; Sandy Alomar Jr., MVP
Other champions
- Caribbean World Series: Aguilas Cibaeñas (Dominican Republic)
- College World Series: LSU
- Cuban National Series: Pinar del Río over Villa Clara
- Japan Series: Yakult Swallows over Seibu Lions (4-1)
- Korean Series: Haitai Tigers over LG Twins
- Big League World Series: Broward County, Florida
- Junior League World Series: Salem, New Hampshire
- Little League World Series: Linda Vista, Guadalupe, Mexico
- Senior League World Series: San Francisco, Venezuela
- Taiwan Series: Uni-President Lions over China Times Eagles
- Central American Games: Panama
Awards and honors
- Baseball Hall of Fame
- Most Valuable Player
- Ken Griffey Jr., Seattle Mariners, OF (AL)
- Larry Walker, Colorado Rockies, OF (NL)
- Cy Young Award
- Roger Clemens, Toronto Blue Jays (AL)
- Pedro Martínez, Montreal Expos (NL)
- Rookie of the Year
- Nomar Garciaparra, Boston Red Sox, SS (AL)
- Scott Rolen, Philadelphia Phillies, 3B (NL)
- Manager of the Year Award
- Woman Executive of the Year (major or minor league): Dot Cloud, Nashville Sounds, American Association
- Gold Glove Award
- Rafael Palmeiro (1B) (AL)
- Chuck Knoblauch (2B) (AL)
- Matt Williams (3B) (AL)
- Omar Vizquel (SS) (AL)
- Jim Edmonds (OF) (AL)
- Ken Griffey Jr. (OF) (AL)
- Bernie Williams (OF) (AL)
- Iván Rodríguez (C) (AL)
- Mike Mussina (P) (AL)
- J. T. Snow (1B) (NL)
- Craig Biggio (2B) (NL)
- Ken Caminiti (3B) (NL)
- Rey Ordóñez (SS) (NL)
- Barry Bonds (OF) (NL)
- Raúl Mondesí (OF) (NL)
- Larry Walker (OF) (NL)
- Charles Johnson (C) (NL)
- Greg Maddux (P) (NL)
MLB statistical leaders
| American League | National League | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Name | Stat | Name | Stat |
| AVG | Frank Thomas CWS | .347 | Tony Gwynn SD | .372 |
| HR | Ken Griffey Jr. SEA | 56 | Larry Walker COL | 49 |
| RBI | Ken Griffey Jr. SEA | 147 | Andrés Galarraga COL | 140 |
| Wins | Roger Clemens TOR | 21 | Denny Neagle ATL | 20 |
| ERA | Roger Clemens TOR | 2.05 | Pedro Martínez MON | 1.90 |
Major League Baseball final standings
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- The asterisk denotes the club that won the wild card for its respective league.
Events
January–March
- January 5 – Boston Red Sox pitcher Tim Wakefield escapes serious injury when he is hit by a car while out jogging. He is released from the hospital after being treated for bruises.
- January 6 – Pitcher Phil Niekro is elected to the Hall of Fame by the Baseball Writers' Association of America. Niekro receives 80.34% of the vote. Pitcher Don Sutton falls nine votes short of election.
- January 8 – The San Diego Padres sign pitcher Fernando Valenzuela as a free agent.
- January 9 – The Detroit Tigers sign Vince Coleman as a free agent. Coleman appears in just six games, getting one hit in fifteen plate appearances before announcing his retirement mid-season.
- January 13 – The San Diego Padres purchased the contract of Hideki Irabu from Chiba Lotte of the Japan Pacific League.
- January 27 – Jose Canseco returns to the Oakland A's after he's traded there by the Boston Red Sox in exchange for pitcher John Wasdin and cash considerations.
- February 7 - The Chicago White Sox sign pitcher Danny Darwin as a free agent.
- February 17 – Deion Sanders returns to baseball after signing a free agent contract with the Cincinnati Reds.
- February 20 – The Philadelphia Phillies sign free agent outfielder Danny Tartabull. Tartabull will break his foot on Opening Day and sit out the year before retiring.
- March 5 – Nellie Fox, Tommy Lasorda and Negro leaguer Willie Wells are elected to the Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee.
- March 20 - The Atlanta Braves signed Hensley Meulens, who was attempted to return to the majors after spending the previous two seasons in Japan.
- March 26 – Todd Van Poppel, who had one time been one of baseball's top prospects, is released by the Anaheim Angels. Van Poppel would spend the entire 1997 season out of organized baseball.
- Bob Hamelin, who just a few seasons prior, had been rookie of the year, was released by the Kansas City Royals.
- March 31 - Jim Abbott is released by the Anaheim Angels.
April–May
- April 4 – Bartolo Colón makes his major league debut starting for the Cleveland Indians. Colon gives up six hits in five innings as Cleveland lost to Anaheim 8-6. Colon would go on to pitch 21 years in the major leagues.
- April 5 – Larry Walker hits 3 home runs helping the Colorado Rockies beat Montreal Expos 15–3.
- April 10 – At Wrigley Field, Alex Fernandez of the Florida Marlins has a no-hitter broken up in the ninth inning of a 1-0 victory over the Chicago Cubs. With one out in the inning, Dave Hansen hits a ground ball that goes under Fernandez's glove and off his right leg. Brian McRae and Brant Brown then reach on errors, but José Hernández, pinch-running for Hansen, is thrown out on the latter play. Hernández then strikes out Ryne Sandberg for the final out. The no-hitter would have been the first against the Cubs since Sandy Koufax's perfect game in 1965. The loss also extends the Cubs' season-opening losing streak to eight games, the most to start a season in the franchise's 122-year history; they will extend the losing streak to 14 games before finally winning their first game on April 20 against the New York Mets.
- April 11 – To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the baseball color line, Sharon Robinson, Jackie Robinson's daughter, and Pumpsie Green each throw out the ceremonial first pitch at Fenway Park. In 1959, Green became the first African-American baseball player to appear in a Boston Red Sox uniform, making the Red Sox the last team to integrate in the major leagues.
- April 15 – On the fiftieth anniversary of Jackie Robinson's first game, all Major League baseball games are stopped so that fans across the country may witness a special presentation at Shea Stadium. With then U.S. President Bill Clinton alongside, acting Commissioner Bud Selig announces that Robinson's uniform #42 will be retired from all Major League teams in perpetuity, with exceptions made for players currently wearing #42 in honor of Robinson.
- April 25 – Ken Griffey Jr. hits three home runs helping the Seattle Mariners beat the Toronto Blue Jays, 13–8.
- April 29 – Chili Davis' 300th home run, leading off the 10th inning, snaps a 5–5 tie and gives the Kansas City Royals a 6–5 win over the Toronto Blue Jays.
- May 1 - The Boston Red Sox sell the contract of pitcher Johnny Ruffin to the Kintetsu Buffaloes.
- May 7 – The Montreal Expos score a National League-record 13 runs in the sixth inning of their game against the San Francisco Giants on the way to a 19–3 win. The Expos send 17 batters to the plate. Mike Lansing homers twice in the inning to drive in five runs, becoming the third Expos player to perform the feat, and the first NL second baseman to do so since Bobby Lowe in 1894.
- May 8 – At home, the Baltimore Orioles stop Randy Johnson's 16-game win streak with a decisive 13–3 pasting of the Seattle Mariners. Baltimore is led by catcher Chris Hoiles, who collects six RBI on two homers and a double. Johnson strikes out 10 in six innings, but gives up five runs on six hits and two walks in his attempt to become the first AL pitcher since Dave McNally (1968–69) to win 17 straight.
- May 13 – Eddie Murray gets two hits in Anaheim's 8–7 win over the Chicago White Sox. The game is the 3,000th of Murray's career, making him only the sixth player in history to reach that mark, joining Pete Rose, Carl Yastrzemski, Hank Aaron, Ty Cobb and Stan Musial.
- May 21 – Roger Clemens fires the Toronto Blue Jays past the New York Yankees 4–1, for his 8th win of the year against no losses. The Rocket wins his 200th game, the 94th pitcher to reach the 200 victories mark.
- May 25 – The Minnesota Twins retire Kirby Puckett's uniform number 34 in a 90-minute pregame ceremony.
- May 26:
- In the Chicago Cubs' 2–1 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates, Cub Sammy Sosa and Pirate Tony Womack both hit inside-the-park home runs in the sixth inning. It is the first time two inside-the-park homers are hit in the same National League game since Lou Brock and Héctor Cruz of the St. Louis Cardinals did it against the San Diego Padres on June 18, 1976. Greg Gagne of the Twins had two for Minnesota on October 4, 1986.
- In Toronto, Roger Clemens allows one run and four hits in seven innings and strikes out seven to beat the Texas Rangers 8–1. The Rocket is now 9–0, his best start since beginning 1986 at 14–0.
- Andrés Galarraga hits a 469-foot two-run homer and Vinny Castilla adds a solo shot as the Colorado Rockies overcome a six-run deficit to beat the St. Louis Cardinals, 9–7. Galarraga has four RBI, and his moon shot off Mark Petkovsek is the third-longest homer in the three-season history of Coors Field.
- May 27 – Barry Larkin's streak of consecutively reaching base 13 times is stopped by Curt Schilling, who goes all the way to beat Cincinnati 2–1. Larkin singles in the first inning, but flies out in the 3rd to end his streak one shy of Pedro Guerrero's NL record, set in 1985.
- May 30 – Baltimore Orioles pitcher Mike Mussina retires the first 25 Cleveland Indians batters before Sandy Alomar Jr. ruins his no-hit bid with a one-out single in the ninth inning. Mussina then strikes out the final two batters for a 3–0 victory.
- May 31:
- Cal Ripken Jr. snaps a seventh-inning tie with a record-breaking home run as the Baltimore Orioles rally from a four-run deficit to beat the Cleveland Indians, 8–5. Ripken's homer gives him 4,274 total bases with Baltimore, breaking the franchise mark for total bases in a career. Baltimore also places Eric Davis on the disabled list. Davis is suffering from colon cancer and will be operated on in early June.
- In Miami, Andrés Galarraga hits a 529-foot grand slam, the longest home run ever at Pro Player Stadium. His homer gives the Colorado Rockies a 7–0 lead over the Florida Marlins, and they eventually win 8–4. Galarraga has three home runs in the past three games against Florida that traveled 1,435 feet, an average of 478 feet. He hit a 455-foot homer two days before and a 451-foot homer on May 30. The longest previous homer at the stadium was 482 feet by Philadelphia Phillies' Pete Incaviglia off Al Leiter on May 1, 1996.
- Unbeaten Roger Clemens is the first 10-game winner in the majors, as the Toronto Blue Jays romp 13–3 over the Oakland Athletics.
June–July
- June 3 - The Florida Marlins use their first round pick to select pitcher Cliff Lee. However, Lee opts not to sign with Florida.
- June 7 – Switch-hitter Chili Davis strokes home runs from both sides of the plate for the eleventh time in his career, to become the leader in this category. He passes Mickey Mantle and Eddie Murray, who each accomplished the feat ten times in their careers. Nick Swisher, Mark Teixeira and Carlos Beltrán will subsequently pass Davis on the list.[1]
- June 10 – At 3Com Park at Candlestick Point, Kevin Brown of the Florida Marlins no-hits the San Francisco Giants 9-0. He retires 23 consecutive batters before a hit-by-pitch to Marvin Benard costs him a perfect game, the only baserunner Brown will allow.
- June 12 – The first interleague game took place as the Texas Rangers hosted the San Francisco Giants at The Ballpark in Arlington (now Choctaw Stadium). The Giants won 4-3.
- June 24 – At the Kingdome, Randy Johnson of the Seattle Mariners strikes out 19 Oakland Athletics to tie Steve Carlton's 28-year record for most in one game by a left-handed pitcher, but loses 4-1. One of the Athletics runs comes on a towering home run by Mark McGwire, Johnson's ex-University of Southern California teammate.
- June 28 – New York Yankees pitcher David Wells takes the mound wearing an authentic 1934 Babe Ruth cap he'd purchased for $35,000. Following a scoreless first, Manager Joe Torre makes Wells take it off because it didn't conform to uniform standards. Wells then blew a 3–0 lead, and leaves the game after three innings, having given up five earned runs. He gets a no-decision in the Cleveland Indians' 12–8 victory at Yankee Stadium.
- June 30 – The Toronto Blue Jays host the Montreal Expos in the first game in major league baseball history between Canadian teams. The Expos won 2-1.
- July 8 – The American League defeats the National League by a score of 3-1 in the annual All-Star Game, played at Jacobs Field. Cleveland Indians catcher Sandy Alomar Jr. hits a 2-run home run and is named the game's MVP. Alomar is the first hometown player to homer since Hank Aaron did it in Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium in 1972.
- July 12 – At a sold out Three Rivers Stadium, Francisco Córdova pitched nine innings of a combined 10-inning no-hitter for the Pittsburgh Pirates. Ricardo Rincón pitched the 10th inning. The Pirates won the game on a dramatic three run, pinch hit home run in the bottom of the 10th by Mark Smith.
- July 31 – Mark McGwire is traded by the Oakland Athletics to the St. Louis Cardinals for Eric Ludwick, T.J. Mathews, and Blake Stein.
August–September
- August 8 – For the second time this season, Randy Johnson of the Seattle Mariners records a 19-strikeout performance at the Kingdome, this time against the Chicago White Sox. Unlike his 19-K performance on June 24, Johnson comes out on top, shutting out the White Sox 5-0.
- August 24 – Sammy Sosa hits his 200th career home run helping the Chicago Cubs beat the Montreal Expos 12-3.
- August 31 – Don Mattingly has his number 23 retired by the New York Yankees.
- September 5 – At 3Com Park, Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants becomes a five-time member of the 30–30 club. Batting in the sixth inning of the Giants' 4-1 victory over the Houston Astros, Bonds, who has 32 home runs to this point, reaches first base on pitcher Shane Reynolds' error, then steals second, his 30th stolen base of the season, on a Jeff Kent strikeout. With this steal, Bonds ties his father Bobby for most seasons with both 30 home runs and 30 stolen bases.
- September 10 – Mark McGwire joins Babe Ruth as the only players in major league history with 50 home runs in consecutive seasons by hitting a 446-foot shot off Shawn Estes in the third inning of the St. Louis Cardinals' road game against the San Francisco Giants. McGwire, who hit a major league-leading 52 homers for the Oakland Athletics last season, becomes the first player with back-to-back 50-homer seasons since Ruth did it in 1927 and 1928.
- September 19 – Mark McGwire records his 20th home run of the season with the St. Louis Cardinals. Paired with the 34 home runs he had hit with the Oakland Athletics earlier in the year, he becomes the first player in Major League history to record twenty or more home runs for two different teams in the same season.
- September 21:
- Mike Piazza becomes the first Dodger in history to hit a home run completely out of Dodger Stadium. Willie Stargell of the Pittsburgh Pirates was the only previous player to accomplish this feat.
- After going 2-for-3, Ryne Sandberg is lifted for a pinch runner in the fifth inning of an 11-3 win by the Chicago Cubs over Curt Schilling and his Philadelphia Phillies. It is Sandberg's final Major League game.
- September 22 – At Cinergy Field, Jeff Bagwell of the Houston Astros becomes the first full-time first baseman to join the 30–30 club. After doubling off the Cincinnati Reds' Mike Remlinger to score Craig Biggio in the first inning, Bagwell, who has 42 home runs at this point, steals third base for his 30th steal of the season. He will steal another base in the game, which the Astros win 6-3. Bagwell will also join the 30–30 club in 1999.
- September 23 – The Florida Marlins clinch the National League wild card. It is the franchise's first-ever post-season appearance.
- September 25 – Pedro Martínez records his 300th strikeout of the season, becoming the first player since 1972 (Steve Carlton) to record 300 or more strikeouts while maintaining a sub-2.00 ERA.
- September 28 – Tony Gwynn of the San Diego Padres ties Honus Wagner's record by winning his eighth National League batting title. Gwynn finishes at .372, becoming the first player to win four consecutive NL batting titles since Rogers Hornsby won six straight between 1920 and 1925.
- September 30 – Tim Raines, Derek Jeter, and Paul O'Neill become the first trio to hit back-to-back-to-back home runs in a single postseason game as their New York Yankees defeat the Cleveland Indians, 8-6, in the first game of the 1997 American League Division Series.
October–December
- October 11 – Mike Mussina sets record for most strikeouts in a postseason game for the losing team (15) as the Baltimore Orioles lose to the Cleveland Indians 2-1.
- October 14 – The Florida Marlins become the fastest expansion team to reach the World Series with a 7-4 win over the Atlanta Braves in Game 6 of the National League Championship Series.
- October 15 – The Cleveland Indians defeat the Baltimore Orioles 1-0 in 11 innings in Game 6 of the American League Championship Series to reach their 2nd World Series in 3 seasons.
- October 26 – The Florida Marlins defeat the Cleveland Indians in Game 7 to win the World Series in just their 5th season of existence.
- October 27 – The Detroit Tigers break ground on their new ballpark.
- November 6 – The Milwaukee Brewers switch leagues, joining the National League Central Division, after the Kansas City Royals reject the invitation. With the 1998 addition of the Arizona Diamondbacks (NL) and Tampa Bay Devil Rays (AL), the move will maintain an even number of teams in each league.
- November 12 – Ken Griffey Jr. of the Seattle Mariners becomes the ninth unanimous pick for the American League MVP Award. Griffey hit .304 for Seattle, led the AL with 56 home runs, and led the Majors with 147 RBI. He receives all 28 first-place votes and 392 points in balloting to become the first unanimous AL pick since Frank Thomas in 1993, and the 13th unanimous selection overall.
- November 18 – The expansion draft starts with several transactions. Two pitchers who appeared in the World Series a month earlier, Tony Saunders (Florida Marlins) and Brian Anderson (Cleveland Indians), are the first players taken. Saunders, the first player chosen overall, heads a list of new Tampa Bay Devil Rays team members that includes Quinton McCracken, Bubba Trammell, Albie López and Terrell Wade. Tampa Bay also obtains John Flaherty from the San Diego Padres in exchange for Brian Boehringer and Andy Sheets; Kevin Stocker from the Philadelphia Phillies for Bobby Abreu; Fred McGriff from the Atlanta Braves in exchange for a player to be named, and signs free agent Roberto Hernández. The Arizona Diamondbacks, meanwhile, who signed free agent Jay Bell to a five-year contract the day before, selects Jeff Suppan, Jorge Fábregas and Karim García, and acquire Travis Fryman from the Detroit Tigers in exchange for Joe Randa, Gabe Alvarez and a minor leaguer. They also obtain Devon White from the Florida Marlins for a prospect.
Movies
Births
January
- January 4 – Clayton Andrews
- January 4 – Davis Martin
- January 7 – Ozzie Albies
- January 8 – Nic Enright
- January 10 – Nick Sandlin
- January 14 – Pedro Ávila
- January 15 – Daz Cameron
- January 16 – Brendan Donovan
- January 16 – T. J. Hopkins
- January 16 – Thaddeus Ward
- January 17 – Kyle Tucker
- January 20 – Ali Sánchez
- January 23 – Daniel Schneemann
- January 24 – Carlos Sanabria
- January 27 – Jon Heasley
- January 27 – David Villar
- January 28 – Ke'Bryan Hayes
- January 28 – John Rooney
February
- February 5 – Grant Koch
- February 7 – Ty Adcock
- February 11 – Austin Kitchen
- February 13 – Ángel De Jesús
- February 14 – Ryan McKenna
- February 14 – Ethan Small
- February 15 – Meibrys Viloria
- February 18 – Jake Irvin
- February 18 – Nick Maton
- February 18 – Ryan Mountcastle
- February 22 – José Espada
- February 24 – José Herrera
- February 25 – Josh Stowers
- February 26 – Peyton Burdick
- February 26 – Trevor Larnach
- February 26 – Luis Rengifo
- February 27 – Alexander Wells
March
- March 2 – Junior Fernández
- March 3 – Kyle Isbel
- March 3 – Humberto Mejía
- March 5 – Nick Madrigal
- March 10 – Luken Baker
- March 10 – Yariel Rodríguez
- March 11 – Carlos Hernández
- March 14 – Brandon Lockridge
- March 18 – Chris Vallimont
- March 20 – Elvis Peguero
- March 26 – Cristian Javier
- March 28 – Austin Cox
April
- April 2 – Austin Riley
- April 3 – Hayden Senger
- April 6 – Jake Alu
- April 9 – Luis Arráez
- April 11 – Jayden Murray
- April 11 – Ricardo Sánchez
- April 13 – Cam Devanney
- April 15 – Luís Madero
- April 15 – Tony Santillan
- April 16 – Nivaldo Rodríguez
- April 17 – Logan Gillaspie
- April 18 – Stephen Kolek
- April 18 – Peter Lambert
- April 22 – Bryan Abreu
- April 22 – Noah Davis
- April 23 – Evan Sisk
- April 24 – Willi Castro
- April 24 – Bailey Falter
- April 24 – Jovani Morán
- April 28 – Shane McClanahan
May
- May 1 – Casey Mize
- May 2 – Blake Rutherford
- May 3 – Trey Cabbage
- May 3 – Edwar Colina
- May 3 – Joey Gerber
- May 5 – Logan Gilbert
- May 5 – Joel Peguero
- May 7 – Sean Hjelle
- May 8 – Bryan Hudson
- May 12 – Jonathan Stiever
- May 12 – Terrin Vavra
- May 13 – Nico Hoerner
- May 13 – DaShawn Keirsey Jr.
- May 14 – Tristin English
- May 14 – Blair Henley
- May 14 – James Outman
- May 16 – Richie Palacios
- May 18 – Nash Walters
- May 19 – Conner Capel
- May 19 – Víctor Robles
- May 23 – Logan Allen
- May 23 – Davis Wendzel
- May 28 – Noah Song
- May 29 – Tyler Nevin
- May 30 – Andruw Monasterio
June
- June 2 – Caleb Kilian
- June 3 – Ryan Jeffers
- June 3 – Luis Urías
- June 4 – Kyle Leahy
- June 5 – Hunter Feduccia
- June 6 – Alex Carrillo
- June 10 – Jared Solomon
- June 11 – Davis Daniel
- June 11 – Max Schuemann
- June 14 – Yohel Pozo
- June 16 – Zach Penrod
- June 17 – Blaine Crim
- June 18 – Evan Lee
- June 19 – Casey Legumina
- June 21 – Grant Anderson
- June 21 – Chris Roycroft
- June 22 – Troy Johnston
- June 22 – Josh Naylor
- June 24 – Payton Henry
- June 24 – Cade Marlowe
- June 26 – Justin Bruihl
- June 26 – Dugan Darnell
- June 26 – Eli Villalobos
- June 27 – Yordan Alvarez
- June 30 – Carlos Cortes
July
- July 2 – Lucius Fox
- July 3 – Michel Otañez
- July 4 – Camilo Doval
- July 4 – Ethan Roberts
- July 8 – Tommy Romero
- July 8 – Chavez Young
- July 11 – Griffin Conine
- July 11 – Ryan Rolison
- July 15 – Landon Knack
- July 17 – Cole Sands
- July 20 – Francisco Pérez
- July 21 – Max Kranick
- July 22 – Isaac Collins
- July 24 – Aaron Schunk
- July 25 – Nick Avila
- July 28 – Brendon Davis
- July 29 – Tommy Henry
- July 30 – Javier Assad
- July 30 – Jake McCarthy
August
- August 2 – Triston McKenzie
- August 3 – Luis Robert
- August 4 – Jahmai Jones
- August 4 – Mike Soroka
- August 5 – Braxton Garrett
- August 7 – Josh Smith
- August 9 – Nolan Hoffman
- August 10 – Peyton Battenfield
- August 13 – Kolby Allard
- August 14 – Eric Wagaman
- August 15 – Isaiah Campbell
- August 15 – Karl Kauffmann
- August 16 – Dominic Canzone
- August 17 – Drey Jameson
- August 18 – Andrew Saalfrank
- August 19 – Kris Bubic
- August 19 – Josh Simpson
- August 19 – Travis Swaggerty
- August 21 – Eric Orze
- August 21 – Ryan Pepiot
- August 21 – Alan Rangel
- August 25 – Grae Kessinger
- August 30 – Ángel Felipe
September
- September 1 – Anthony Veneziano
- September 2 – Kerry Carpenter
- September 2 – Oliver Dunn
- September 2 – Dominic Fletcher
- September 3 – Carter Kieboom
- September 5 – Steven Kwan
- September 6 – Dustin May
- September 8 – Lars Nootbaar
- September 9 – Nick Sogard
- September 12 – Konnor Pilkington
- September 13 – Taylor Trammell
- September 15 – Tyler Fitzgerald
- September 15 – Justin Slaten
- September 15 – Forrest Whitley
- September 17 – Kade Strowd
- September 18 – Ricky Karcher
- September 20 – Gustavo Campero
- September 22 – Frank German
- September 22 – Jeremy Peña
- September 24 – Declan Cronin
- September 24 – Patrick Monteverde
- September 25 – Ben Rortvedt
- September 29 – David Hamilton
- September 30 – Jesús Luzardo
October
- October 6 – Bryson Stott
- October 6 – Joey Wentz
- October 7 – Kyle Muller
- October 7 – Jesús Sánchez
- October 8 – Brady Basso
- October 8 – Shinnosuke Ogasawara
- October 9 – Colton Welker
- October 10 – Vinnie Pasquantino
- October 10 – Leo Rivas
- October 15 – Yerry Rodríguez
- October 22 – Jerar Encarnación
- October 24 – Colin Selby
- October 25 – Claire Eccles
- October 26 – Tanner Gordon
- October 27 – Tyler Phillips
- October 27 – Matt Pushard
- October 28 – Diego Castillo
- October 28 – Zack Thompson
- October 31 – Erik Sabrowski
November
- November 3 – Logan Driscoll
- November 4 – Brett de Geus
- November 4 – Gavin Hollowell
- November 6 – Fraser Ellard
- November 6 – Riley Pint
- November 7 – Jonathan Pintaro
- November 9 – Michael Busch
- November 9 – Alex Kirilloff
- November 10 – J. J. Bleday
- November 10 – Connor Gillispie
- November 11 – Carson Spiers
- November 12 – Ryan Kreidler
- November 13 – Michael Darrell-Hicks
- November 13 – Trevor Rogers
- November 14 – Spencer Horwitz
- November 15 – Ryan Watson
- November 18 – Shea Langeliers
- November 19 – Braden Shewmake
- November 23 – Gavin Lux
- November 25 – Estevan Florial
- November 28 – Kevin Kelly
December
- December 1 – Angel Rondón
- December 2 – Kyle McCann
- December 4 – Levi Stoudt
- December 5 – Hayden Wesneski
- December 7 – Spencer Steer
- December 8 – Zac Kristofak
- December 9 – Louis Varland
- December 11 – Jacob Hurtubise
- December 12 – Yerry De Los Santos
- December 12 – Sawyer Gipson-Long
- December 12 – Cole Ragans
- December 12 – Matt Wallner
- December 17 – Brent Headrick
- December 18 – Ronald Acuña Jr.
- December 18 – Grant Hartwig
- December 18 – Brandon Marsh
- December 19 – Rony García
- December 20 – Bryse Wilson
- December 21 – Josiah Gray
- December 22 – Matt Gorski
- December 24 – William Contreras
- December 26 – Logan Davidson
- December 26 – Bryce Jarvis
- December 26 – Easton McGee
- December 26 – Will Robertson
- December 30 – John Rave
- December 31 – José Hernández
