Portal:Baseball/Anniversaries/February 18
Events
- 1909 - The Boston Red Sox trade Cy Young to the Cleveland Naps for pitchers Charlie Chech and Jack Ryan plus $12,500.
- 1922 - The Cincinnati Reds trade P Rube Marquard and SS Larry Kopf to Boston for P Jack Scott.
- 1943 - New York lumberman William D. Cox buys the Philadelphia Phillies.
- 1954 - The Washington Senators trade Gil Coan to the Baltimore Orioles for Roy Sievers.
- 1958 - The Cleveland Indians send Jim Hegan and Hank Aguirre to the Detroit Tigers for Jay Porter and Hal Woodeshick.
- 1960 - Walter O'Malley, owner of the Dodgers, completes the purchase of the Chavez Ravine area in Los Angeles by paying $494,000 for property valued at $92,000.
- 1974 - The Houston Astros trade Pat Darcy to the Cincinnati Reds for Denis Menke.
- 1993 - The Boston Red Sox sign free agent Jeff Russell.
- 1998 - The New York Yankees sign Bernie Williams to an $8.5 million, 1-year contract, avoiding salary arbitration.
- 1999 - The New York Yankees acquire Roger Clemens from the Toronto Blue Jays for David Wells, Graeme Lloyd Homer Bush.
- 2009 - Ken Griffey, Jr. signs a one-year contract with the Seattle Mariners.
- 2009 - The last remaining part of Shea Stadium is demolished.
Births
- 1860 - Frank Fennelly, infielder (d. 1920)
- 1864 - John Shaffer, pitcher (d. 1926)
- 1864 - Larry Twitchell, outfielder (d. 1930)
- 1871 - Charlie Knepper, pitcher (d. 1946)
- 1875 - Walter Thornton, outfielder (d. 1960)
- 1879 - Louis Leroy, pitcher (d. 1944)
- 1880 - Dad Hale, pitcher (d. 1946)
- 1891 - Sherry Smith, pitcher (d. 1949)
- 1891 - Zip Zabel, pitcher (d. 1970)
- 1892 - John Gallagher, infielder (d. 1952)
- 1897 - Huck Betts, pitcher (d. 1987)
- 1915 - Joe Gordon, infielder, manager; All-Star; Hall of Famer (d. 1978)
- 1922 - Joe Brovia, pinch hitter (d. 1994)
- 1922 - Joe Tipton, catcher (d. 1994)
- 1925 - Joe Lutz, infielder
- 1927 - Luis Arroyo, pitcher; All-Star
- 1927 - Herm Wehmeier, pitcher (d. 1973)
- 1929 - Cal Neeman, catcher
- 1930 - Frank House, catcher (d. 2005)
- 1938 - Manny Mota, outfielder; All-Star
- 1939 - Jesse Hickman, pitcher
- 1939 - Dal Maxvill, infielder
- 1939 - Bob Miller, pitcher (d. 1993)
- 1941 - Leo Marentette, pitcher
- 1944 - Syd O'Brien, infielder
- 1949 - John Mayberry, infielder; All-Star
- 1949 - Jerry Morales, outfielder; All-Star
- 1950 - Bruce Kison, pitcher
- 1952 - Marc Hill, catcher
- 1958 - Rafael Ramírez, infielder; All-Star
- 1960 - Bob Fallon, pitcher
- 1963 - Jeff McKnight, infielder
- 1964 - Kevin Tapani, pitcher
- 1967 - Matt Turner, pitcher
- 1967 - John Valentin, infielder
- 1968 - Kyle Abbott, pitcher
- 1970 - Tyler Green, pitcher; All-Star
- 1973 - Shawn Estes, pitcher; All-Star
- 1974 - Jamey Carroll, infielder
- 1975 - Chad Moeller, catcher
- 1980 - Walter Young, infielder
- 1981 - Alexis Rios, outfielder; All-Star
- 1981 - Alex Serrano, pitcher
Deaths
- 1905 - Tom Poorman, outfielder (b. 1857)
- 1911 - Buttons Briggs, pitcher (b. 1875)
- 1917 - Charles Fisher, infielder (b. 1852)
- 1925 - Charlie Dougherty, infielder (b. 1862)
- 1935 - Gene DeMontreville, infielder (b. 1874)
- 1941 - Tom Connelly, outfielder (b. 1897)
- 1944 - Hub Pernoll, pitcher (b. 1888)
- 1964 - Bill Stewart, umpire (b. 1895)
- 1966 - Marty McManus, infielder, manager (b. 1900)
- 1967 - Ralph Miller, pitcher (b. 1899)
- 1968 - Ben Egan, catcher (b. 1883)
- 1971 - Chuck Hostetler, outfielder (b. 1903)
- 1977 - George Zackert, pitcher (b. 1884)
- 1978 - Luke Hamlin, pitcher (b. 1904)
- 1980 - George Hesselbacher, pitcher (b. 1895)
- 1980 - Dick Stone, pitcher (b. 1911)
- 1998 - Harry Caray, announcer (b. 1914)
- 2001 - Eddie Mathews, infielder, manager; All-Star, Hall of Famer (b. 1931)
- 2001 - Butch Wensloff, pitcher (b. 1915)
- 2007 - Danny Reynolds, infielder (b. 1919)