Births
- January 11 – Harry McIntire
- January 12 – Hank Olmsted
- January 12 – Gary Wilson
- January 24 – Dave Brain
- February 14 – Tim Jordan
- February 18 – Louis Leroy
- March 13 – Mal Eason
- March 27 – Miller Huggins
- April 9 – Doc White
- April 13 – Jake Stahl
- April 29 – Noodles Hahn
- May 20 – Jake Thielman
- June 1 - John Castle
- June 11 – Roger Bresnahan
- June 12 – Red Dooin
- June 20 – Jim Delahanty
- July 14 – Fred Burchell
- July 29 – Earl Moore
- July 31 – Lee Fyfe
- September 7 – Hooks Wiltse
- September 17 – Rube Foster
- October 4 – Bob Rhoads
- October 16 – Art Devlin
- October 28 – Frank Smith
- November 22 – Bob Hart
- December 8 – Jimmy Austin
- December 8 – Jack Thoney
- December 12 – Mike Mitchell
- December 20 – Doc Moskiman
- December 23 – Frank Owen
- December 31 – Fred Beebe
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“As the births of living creatures, at first, are ill-shapen: so are all Innovations, which are the births of time.”
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