Portal:Baseball/Anniversaries/March 4

Events

 * 1886 - The National League meets and adopts the stolen base and the four foot by seven foot pitcher's box, but the NL retains seven balls for a walk and rejects the American Association rule giving a batter first base on a hit by a pitch.
 * 1912 - Ground is broken on Ebbets Field.
 * 1913 - The New York Yankees become the first major league team to conduct spring training outside of the United States, when they begin the spring in Bermuda.
 * 1919 - The New York Giants sell Slim Sallee to the Cincinnati Reds.
 * 1921 - The Boston Red Sox trade Harry Hooper to the Chicago White Sox for Nemo Leibold and Shano Collins.
 * 1941 - Grace Comiskey, widow of J. Louis Comiskey, is elected president of the Chicago White Sox.
 * 1944 - The Philadelphia Phillies announce their new nickname, the Blue Jays.
 * 1948 - Stan Musial ends his holdout with the St. Louis Cardinals and signs a one-year contract for $31,000.
 * 1972 - The Texas Rangers trade Denny McLain to the Oakland Athletics for two minor league pitchers.
 * 1976 - The San Francisco Giants are sold to businessmen Bob Lurie and Bud Herseth for an estimated $8 million.
 * 1984 - Pee Wee Reese and Rick Ferrell, are elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee.
 * 1994 - Michael Jordan comes to bat for the first time in a Chicago White Sox uniform, playing in a spring training game.
 * 2009 - The Los Angeles Dodgers sign Manny Ramirez to a two-year, $45 million contract.

Births

 * 1856 - Clarence Cross, infielder (d. 1931)
 * 1861 - Abe Wolstenholme, catcher (d. 1916)
 * 1863 - Bill Delaney, infielder (d. 1942)
 * 1865 - Ed Herr, infielder (d. 1933)
 * 1874 - Jim Korwan, pitcher (d. 1899)
 * 1876 - Charlie Hickman, infielder (d. 1934)
 * 1883 - Chet Spencer, outfielder (d. 1938)
 * 1884 - Red Murray, outfielder (d. 1958)
 * 1888 - Jeff Pfeffer, pitcher (d. 1972)
 * 1890 - Johnny Enzmann, pitcher (d. 1984)
 * 1890 - Earl Tyree, catcher (d. 1954)
 * 1891 - José Acosta, pitcher (d. 1977)
 * 1891 - Dazzy Vance, pitcher; Hall of Famer (d. 1961)
 * 1895 - Jesse Baker, infielder (d. 1976)
 * 1897 - Neal Brady, pitcher (d. 1947)
 * 1897 - Lefty O'Doul, outfielder; All-Star (d. 1969)
 * 1902 - Emmett McCann, infielder (d. 1937)
 * 1906 - Buck Canel, announcer (d. 1980)
 * 1913 - Bill Hart, infielder (d. 1968)
 * 1917 - Clyde McCullough, catcher; All-Star (d. 1982)
 * 1918 - Mel Queen, pitcher (d. 1982)
 * 1919 - Les Mueller, pitcher
 * 1924 - Jack Brittin, pitcher (d. 1994)
 * 1926 - Cass Michaels, infielder; All-Star (d. 1982)
 * 1933 - John Easton, pinch hitter (d. 2001)
 * 1936 - Bob Johnson, infielder
 * 1939 - Jack Fisher, pitcher
 * 1946 - Danny Frisella, pitcher (d. 1977)
 * 1947 - Bruce Miller, infielder
 * 1948 - Tom Grieve, outfielder
 * 1948 - Leron Lee, outfielder
 * 1951 - Sam Perlozzo, infielder, manager
 * 1954 - Mark Wagner, infielder
 * 1958 - Lorenzo Gray, infielder
 * 1960 - Jeff Dedmon, pitcher
 * 1964 - Tom Lampkin, catcher
 * 1966 - Andy Mota, infielder
 * 1968 - Giovanni Carrara, pitcher
 * 1968 - Brian Hunter, infielder
 * 1969 - Ed Giovanola, infielder
 * 1969 - Lee Tinsley, outfielder
 * 1970 - Dave Stevens, pitcher
 * 1971 - Nerio Rodríguez, pitcher
 * 1972 - Bruce Aven, outfielder
 * 1972 - Mark Wegner, umpire
 * 1973 - Brian Barber, pitcher
 * 1974 - Tommy Phelps, pitcher
 * 1976 - Hiram Bocachica, outfielder
 * 1980 - Jack Hannahan, infielder
 * 1983 - Sergio Romo, pitcher

Deaths

 * 1886 - Tom Lee, pitcher (b. 1862)
 * 1916 - Abe Wolstenholme, catcher (b. 1861)
 * 1918 - Lon Ury, infielder (b. 1877)
 * 1925 - John Montgomery Ward, infielder, manager; Hall of Famer (b. 1860)
 * 1927 - Horace Wilson, Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame member (b. 1843)
 * 1938 - Jack Taylor, pitcher (b. 1874)
 * 1942 - Jack Hammond, infielder (b. 1891)
 * 1955 - Doc Reisling, pitcher (b. 1874)
 * 1962 - George Mogridge, pitcher (b. 1889)
 * 1967 - Bullet Rogan, Negro League pitcher-outfielder and manager; Hall of Fame (b. 1893)
 * 1968 - Duke Reilley, outfielder (b. 1884)
 * 1972 - Watty Clark, pitcher (b. 1902)
 * 1974 - Les Sweetland, pitcher (b. 1901)
 * 1983 - Kiddo Davis, outfielder (b. 1902)
 * 1992 - Larry Rosenthal, outfielder (b. 1910)
 * 1993 - Bill Antonello, outfielder (b. 1927)
 * 1994 - Louis Brower, infielder (b. 1900)