Portal:Baseball/Anniversaries/March 9

Events

• 1981 - The Chicago White Sox sign free agent Carlton Fisk.
• 1995 - MLB owners unanimously approve two expansion teams, the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, to begin play in 1998.

Births

• 1861 - Al Atkinson, pitcher (d. 1952)
• 1869 - John McPherson, pitcher (d. 1941)
• 1872 - Tom Delahanty, infielder (d. 1951)
• 1875 - Elmer Bliss, pitcher/outfielder (d. 1962)
• 1877 - Alex Pearson, pitcher (d. 1966)
• 1890 - George Davis, pitcher (d. 1961)
• 1893 - Billy Southworth, outfielder, manager (d. 1969)
• 1893 - Lefty Williams, pitcher (d. 1959)
• 1895 - Frank Kane, outfielder (d. 1962)
• 1896 - Rube Yarrison, pitcher (d. 1977)
• 1897 - Joe Dawson, pitcher (d. 1978)
• 1900 - Bill Narleski, infielder (d. 1964)
• 1908 - Myril Hoag, outfielder; All-Star (d. 1971)
• 1909 - Phil Seghi, general manager (d. 1987)
• 1912 - Arky Vaughan, infielder; All-Star, Hall of Famer (d. 1952)
• 1916 - Woody Rich, pitcher (d. 1983)
• 1918 - Dale Alderson, pitcher (d. 1982)
• 1927 - Jackie Jensen, outfielder; All-Star (d. 1982)
• 1930 - Larry Raines, infielder (d. 1978)
• 1932 - Ron Kline, pitcher (d. 2002)
• 1934 - Jim Landis, outfielder; All-Star
• 1942 - Bert Campaneris, infielder; All-Star
• 1944 - Ed Acosta, pitcher
• 1948 - John Curtis, pitcher
• 1950 - Doug Ault, infielder (d. 2004)
• 1959 - Shooty Babitt, infielder
• 1963 - Terry Mulholland, pitcher; All-Star
• 1965 - Benito Santiago, catcher; All-Star
• 1967 - Vince Horsman, pitcher
• 1973 - Aaron Boone, infielder; All-Star
• 1973 - C. J. Nitkowski, pitcher
• 1974 - Wayne Franklin, pitcher
• 1974 - Francisco Santos, outfielder
• 1975 - Rob Sasser, pinch hitter
• 1978 - Mike Neu, pitcher
• 1979 - Koyie Hill, catcher
• 1981 - Clay Rapada, pitcher
• 1983 - Willy Aybar, infielder
• 1984 - Elliot Johnson, infielder
• 1985 - Brian Bocock, infielder
• 1985 - Jesse Litsch, pitcher

Deaths

• 1899 - Bill McGunnigle, outfielder, manager (b. 1855)
• 1959 - Don Flinn, outfielder (b. 1892)
• 1959 - Fin Wilson, pitcher (b. 1889)
• 1965 - Frank Graham, writer (b. ????)
• 1966 - Aaron Robinson, catcher; All-Star (b. 1915)
• 1966 - Elmer Steele, pitcher (b. 1886)
• 1967 - Jack Meyer, pitcher (b. 1932)
• 1968 - Jim Callahan, outfielder (b. 1879)
• 1977 - Spike Merena, pitcher (b. 1909)
• 1978 - Bill Doran, infielder (b. 1898)
• 1980 - Tom Baker, pitcher (b. 1934)
• 1987 - Zeke Bonura, infielder (b. 1908)
• 1991 - Jim Hardin, pitcher (b. 1943)
• 1994 - Elbie Fletcher, infielder; All-Star (b. 1916)