Portal:Baseball/Anniversaries/March 1

Events

• 1903 - Major League Baseball rules committee chairman Tom Loftus of the Washington Senators proclaims that the pitcher mound (box) must not be more than 15 inches higher than the baselines or home plate.
• 1967 - Commissioner of Baseball William Eckert approves the Baseball Writers' Association of America plan to select a Cy Young Award recipient from both the National and American Leagues.
• 1969 - New York Yankees legend Mickey Mantle announces his retirement.
• 1993 - New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner is reinstated as general partner of the team. Commissioner Fay Vincent had banned Steinbrenner from day-to-day activities with the Yankees because of his relationship with convicted gambler Howie Spira.
• 1994 - former banker Leonard Coleman is elected National League president, replacing Bill White.

Births

• 1908 - Tadashi Wakabayashi, NPB pitcher and manager; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame (d. 1965)
• 1914 - Harry Caray, announcer (d. 1998)
• 1916 - Bing Devine, general manager (d. 2007)

Deaths

• 1976 - Rube Foster, pitcher (b. 1888)
• 1980 - Emmett Ashford, umpire (b. 1914)