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BIRTHDAYS
Honus Wagner (1874-1955) Hall of Fame shortstop (8 x NL batting champion; 5 × NL RBI / stolen base leader; Pittsburgh Pirates), born in Chartiers Borough, Pennsylvania


Eddie Murray 1956 MLB Hall of Fame 1st baseman, 8x All-star, 3x Golden Glove (Baltimore Orioles, 1977-88 & 96; L.A. Dodgers, 1989-91 & 97, and three other teams), born in Los Angeles, California


1963 Matias Carrillo outfielder (Florida Marlins)


1966 Rene Arocha pitcher (St Louis Cardinals)


1970 Wilson Alvarez pitcher (Chicago White Sox)


1974 Mike Lowell player


1977 Bronson Arroyo player

1982 Nick Blackburn player

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FROM MLB's This Day in Baseball History+​

1943 The Texas League, as will most minor leagues, announces the circuit will cease operations for the duration of World War II. The difficulty of traveling and the lack of non-disabled men available to fill team rosters make suspending play necessary.

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1948 The White Sox trade Ed Lopat to the Yankees for Aaron Robinson, Bill Wight, and Fred Bradley. The 29-year-old southpaw, called 'The Junkman' by his teammates, will spend eight seasons with the Bronx Bombers, compiling an impressive 113-59 (.657) record.

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1966 The Braves sign the University of Southern California hurler Tom Seaver, but Commissioner William Eckert nullifies the contract due to rules governing the signing of college players. The right-hander declared ineligible by USC will become available to any team, except Atlanta, willing to match the original contract in a lottery, an offer that only the Indians, Phillies, and Mets will submit bids.

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1977 The A's trade Macon (GA) native Ron Fairly to the Blue Jays for minor leaguer Mike Weathers and cash. The 38-year-old first baseman/outfielder, who played with the Montreal Expos from 1969 to 1974, becomes the first major leaguer to appear with both Canadian teams, compiling a .277 batting average and hitting 105 home runs playing with clubs north of the border for seven seasons.

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1986 Eleven weeks after Padres executives attempt to buy out his contract, only to be thwarted by team owner Joan Kroc, Dick Williams resigns as the Padres manager. The future Hall of Fame skipper, who captured an NL pennant in 1984 and compiled a 337-311 (.520) record during his four seasons in San Diego, will be replaced by Steve Boros.

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1990 Former Red Sox fan favorite Tony Conigliaro dies at 45 of pneumonia and kidney failure. In 1965, the Revere (MA) native became the youngest player ever to lead the American League in home runs when he hit 32 round-trippers as a 20-year-old.

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2003 In the wake of last week's death of 23-year-old Oriole pitcher Steve Belcher, Commissioner Bud Selig bans the use of ephedra in the minor leagues. Players on the current 40-man major league rosters can continue to use the substance because the new collective bargaining agreement's drug-testing rules ban only drugs of abuse and certain illegal steroids.

2010 A Kansas man, who sat six rows behind the third-base dugout, files a lawsuit against the Royals due to being hit in the eye by a hot dog thrown by Sluggerrr, the team's mascot. The suit is seeking $25,000 in damages for injuries caused by the flying frank, which includes a detached retina and the development of cataracts in the left eye.

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On February 24 in Baseball History...

• • 1917 - The Red Sox sell Smokey Joe Wood, his arm dead at 26, to Cleveland for $15,000. He will become an outfielder after one last, losing start on the mound, and play five more years.
    
  • 1926 - Southpaw Eddie Plank, winner of 326 games with a 2.35 career ERA, dies at 50 in his native Gettysburg, Pa.
    
  • 1943 - The Texas League announces it will quit for the duration of World War II. The Cardinals, with 260 farm players in the service, will reduce farm clubs from 22 to six. Only nine minor leagues will start the 1943 season. Advertisements for players appear in The Sporting News.
    
  • 1990 - Former Red Sox slugger Tony Conigliaro dies of pneumonia and kidney failure at the age of 45. Conigliaro, the youngest American League player ever to reach 100 career home runs, was nearly blinded by a 1967 beaning.

Baseball Birthdays on February 24...

• • 1873 - Dolan, Joe
  • 1874 - Wagner, Honus
  • 1874 - Lucid, Con
  • 1875 - Beville, Monte
  • 1877 - Osteen, Champ
  • 1881 - Lindsay, Bill
  • 1882 - Raymond, Bugs
  • 1887 - Hilly, Pat
  • 1892 - Cooper, Wilbur
  • 1896 - Bagwell, Bill
  • 1899 - Pittinger, Pinky
  • 1905 - Nelson, Lynn
  • 1907 - Seeds, Bob
  • 1907 - Grace, Earl
  • 1909 - Struss, Steamboat
  • 1910 - Sington, Fred
  • 1911 - Lipscomb, Nig
  • 1911 - Oulliber, Johnny
  • 1919 - Wilber, Del "His biggest game was Aug. 27, 1951, the night his daughter Cynthia was brought home from the hospital. (Del) Wilber hit three home runs in three at-bats in the Phillies' 3-0 victory over Cincinnati." - San Francisco Gate (07-19-2002)
  • 1928 - Phillips, Bubba
  • 1945 - Moore, Gary
  • 1951 - Ortenzio, Frank
  • 1953 - Sember, Mike
  • 1953 - Riccelli, Frank
  • 1954 - Edwards, Dave
  • 1956 - Murray, Eddie
  • 1959 - Kelly, Bryan
  • 1960 - Esasky, Nick
  • 1963 - Carrillo, Matias
  • 1966 - Arocha, Rene
  • 1966 - Brewer, Rod was born on Thursday, February 24, 1966, in Eustis, Florida. Brewer was 24 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 5, 1990, with the St. Louis Cardinals.
  • 1973 - Clapp, Stubby
  • 1974 - Lowell, Mike
  • 1976 - Keisler, Randy
  • 1977 - Arroyo, Bronson "With his boyish face, his long flowing hair and his Q-tip body, one of the last guys in baseball one might slap the tough-guy image on is Bronson Arroyo. What was his mother thinking? She named him Bronson, “Because she liked tough-guy actor Charles Bronson,” said the Cincinnati Reds pitcher, the guy every pitcher in the clubhouse respects and probes for insights. But tough is as tough does and Arroyo displays baseball toughness almost beyond comprehension. Not only had he never missed a scheduled start on the mound during his 11-year major-league career, he never missed a start in six minor-league seasons and, in fact, never missed a start in high school or on the sandlots as a kid. Clearly, his arm is made of synthetic rubber, Body by Goodyear." - McCoy, Hal. Dayton Daily News Sportswriter. Hal: How Can You Question Bronson Arroyo? 3 June 2013
  • 1978 - Wise, Dewayne
  • 1978 - Torrealba, Steve

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BIRTHDAYS

1919 Monty Irvin HOF outfielder (4 x NgL All-Star, NgL World Series 1946 Newark Eagles; MLB All-Star 1952, World Series 1954 NY Giants), born in Haleburg, Alabama (d. 2016)
Monte & Larry Doby


1921 Andy Pafko, Boyceville, Wisconsin, MLB player (Chicago Cubs), (d. 2013)


1940 Ron Santo Hall of Fame third baseman (9 x MLB All Star; 5 x Gold Glove; Chicago Cubs), born in Seattle, Washington (d. 2010)


1951 César Cedeño, Dominican baseball player


1963 Paul O'Neill MLB right fielder (Cincinnati Reds, NY Yankees), born in Columbus, Ohio


1967 Rich Rowland catcher (Detroit Tigers)


1968 David Hulse outfielder (Texas Rangers)

1969 Kerry Dienelt, Australian softball catcher/1st baseman (Olympic bronze 1996)

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