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)