Portal:Baseball/Anniversaries/February 7
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Events
- 1881 - The Providence Grays sign pitcher Charley Radbourn.
- 1908 - The St. Louis Browns purchase Rube Waddell from the Philadelphia Athletics.
- 1916 - The Federal League's year-old suit charging antitrust violations by organized baseball is dismissed by mutual consent in U.S. District Court in Chicago by Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis.
- 1926 - The Cincinnati Reds acquire catcher Val Picinich from the Boston Red Sox for cash.
- 1942 - The Cincinnati Reds sell Ernie Lombardi to the Boston Braves.
- 1949 - Joe DiMaggio signs a one-year contract worth $100,000, becoming the first player to earn a six-figure deal in major league history.
- 1958 - The Dodgers officially become the Los Angeles Dodgers, Inc.
- 1961 - Boston Red Sox outfielder Jackie Jensen makes a return to the major leagues by signing a $40,000 contract. Jensen had retired in 1960 due to a fear of flying.
- 1987 - For only the second time in major league history, a player is forced to take a pay cut due to salary arbitration, when the Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Orel Hershiser signs for $800,000, which is a twenty percent reduction from his 1986 salary.
- 1996 - Dave Winfield announces his retirement.
- 1999 - Veteran pitcher Dennis Martínez announces his retirement.
- 2005 - The Detroit Tigers sign All-Star right fielder Magglio Ordóñez for five-years for a reported $75 million.
Births
- 1850 - Mike Hooper, outfielder (d. 1917)
- 1856 - Charlie Reipschlager, catcher (d. 1910)
- 1859 - John Fox, pitcher (d. 1893)
- 1862 - Charlie Dougherty, infielder (d. 1925)
- 1863 - Mike Jordan, outfielder (d. 1940)
- 1865 - Ted Kennedy, pitcher (d. 1907)
- 1866 - Tom Daly, infielder (d. 1938)
- 1876 - Pat Moran, catcher, manager (d. 1924)
- 1878 - Spike Shannon, outfielder (d. 1940)
- 1881 - Dave Williams, pitcher (d. 1918)
- 1893 - Charlie Jamieson, outfielder (d. 1969)
- 1894 - Charlie Jackson, outfielder (d. 1968)
- 1899 - Earl Whitehill, pitcher (d. 1954)
- 1905 - Cy Moore, pitcher (d. 1972)
- 1906 - Art Jones, pitcher (d. 1980)
- 1907 - Bill Steinecke, catcher (d. 1986)
- 1913 - Mel Almada, outfielder (d. 1988)
- 1924 - Paul Owens, manager (d. 2003)
- 1927 - Joe Lonnett, catcher
- 1927 - Al Richter, infielder
- 1928 - Al Smith, outfielder; All-Star (d. 2002)
- 1930 - Felipe Montemayor, outfielder
- 1936 - Frank Leja, infielder (d. 1991)
- 1937 - Juan Pizarro, pitcher; All-Star
- 1938 - Johnny Werhas, infielder
- 1939 - Frank Kreutzer, pitcher
- 1947 - Ted Ford, outfielder
- 1950 - Burt Hooton, pitcher; All-Star
- 1951 - Benny Ayala, outfielder
- 1953 - Dan Quisenberry, pitcher; All-Star (d. 1998)
- 1955 - Dámaso García, infielder; All-Star
- 1955 - Charlie Puleo, pitcher
- 1957 - Carney Lansford, infielder; All-Star
- 1958 - Ralph Citarella, pitcher
- 1959 - Carlos Ponce, infielder
- 1966 - Stu Cole, infielder
- 1974 - Adrian Brown, outfielder
- 1977 - Dave Borkowski, pitcher
- 1978 - Endy Chávez, outfielder
- 1979 - Eliézer Alfonzo, catcher
- 1979 - Humberto Cota, catcher
- 1979 - Jon Leicester, pitcher
- 1980 - Brad Hennessey, pitcher
- 1981 - Seth McClung, pitcher
- 1983 - Scott Feldman, pitcher
Deaths
- 1900 - Jack Taylor, pitcher (b. 1873)
- 1917 - Tim Murnane, infielder, manager (b. 1851)
- 1924 - George Kahler, pitcher (b. 1889)
- 1937 - Charlie Bell, pitcher (b. 1868)
- 1937 - Jim Miller, infielder (b. 1880)
- 1943 - Floyd Ritter, catcher (b. 1870)
- 1959 - Nap Lajoie, infielder, manager; Hall of Famer (b. 1874)
- 1965 - Bruno Betzel, infielder (b. 1894)
- 1965 - Rube Peters, pitcher (b. 1885)
- 1967 - Joe Vitelli, pitcher (b. 1908)
- 1968 - Ollie Marquardt, infielder (b. 1902)
- 1991 - George Detore, infielder (b. 1906)
- 1993 - Floyd Stromme, pitcher (b. 1916)
- 1995 - Cecil Upshaw, pitcher (b. 1942)
- 1997 - Manny Salvo, pitcher (b. 1913)
It uses material from the BR Bullpen article "February 7".