Portal:Baseball/Anniversaries/February 26

Events

• 1907 - The St. Louis Browns trade Pete O'Brien to the Cleveland Naps for Fritz Buelow.
• 1909 - Alfred Reach and John Rogers sell the Philadelphia Phillies to a group headed by Israel Durham.
• 1935 - The New York Yankees release Babe Ruth, freeing him to sign a $20,000 contract with the Boston Braves.
• 1942 - The Philadelphia Phillies hire Bucky Harris as their manager.
• 1950 - The Boston Red Sox sell pitcher Jack Kramer to the New York Giants for $25,000.
• 1956 - The New York Giants trade Hoyt Wilhelm to the St. Louis Cardinals for Whitey Lockman.
• 1969 - The Boston Red Sox sign Carl Yastrzemski to a one-year deal worth $130,000, making him the highest paid player in American League history.
• 1991 - Bill Veeck and Tony Lazzeri are elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee.
• 2001 - The Los Angeles Dodgers trade Devon White to the Milwaukee Brewers for Marquis Grissom.
• 2009 - The San Francisco Giants sign Tim Lincecum to a one-year, $650,000 contract.

Births

• 1857 - Frank Decker, infielder (d. 1940)
• 1887 - Pete Alexander, pitcher; Hall of Famer (d. 1950)
• 1891 - Jack Hammond, infielder (d. 1942)
• 1896 - Rip Collins, pitcher (d. 1968)
• 1898 - Frank Callaway, infielder (d. 1987)
• 1898 - Lee Thompson, pitcher (d. 1963)
• 1911 - Bill Starr, catcher (d. 1991)
• 1915 - Stew Bowers, pitcher
• 1915 - Bill Conroy, catcher
• 1916 - Preacher Roe, pitcher; All-Star (d. 2008)
• 1920 - Danny Gardella, outfielder (d. 2005)
• 1922 - Steve Biras, infielder (d. 1965)
• 1930 - Vic Janowicz, catcher (d. 1996)
• 1930 - Ron Negray, pitcher
• 1933 - Johnny Blanchard, outfielder
• 1934 - Don Lee, pitcher
• 1941 - George Kopacz, infielder
• 1945 - Steve Hertz, infielder
• 1950 - Jack Brohamer, infielder
• 1952 - Dennis Kinney, pitcher
• 1954 - Jeff Yurak, outfielder
• 1958 - Darrell Miller, catcher
• 1962 - Kelly Gruber, infielder; All-Star
• 1967 - David Howard, infielder
• 1967 - Scott Service, pitcher
• 1968 - J. T. Snow, infielder
• 1971 - Matt Luke, outfielder
• 1977 - Josh Towers, pitcher
• 1980 - Gary Majewski, pitcher
• 1983 - José Reyes, catcher

Deaths

• 1873 - Cy Bentley, pitcher (b. 1850)
• 1896 - Pat Sullivan, manager (b. 1854)
• 1938 - Tex Jones, infielder (b. 1885)
• 1940 - Matt Broderick, infielder (b. 1877)
• 1961 - Happy Smith, outfielder (b. 1883)
• 1967 - Tommy Heath, catcher (b. 1913)
• 1967 - George Yantz, catcher (b. 1886)
• 1977 - Harry Welchonce, outfielder (b. 1883)
• 1979 - Forrest Thompson, pitcher (b. 1918)
• 1982 - Bill Miller, pitcher (b. 1910)
• 1984 - Joe Kuhel, infielder, manager (b. 1906)
• 1985 - George Uhle, pitcher (b. 1898)
• 1988 - Tom Oliver, outfielder (b. 1903)
• 1991 - Jimmy Zinn, pitcher (b. 1895)
• 1992 - Jean Yawkey, owner (b. 1909)
• 2006 - Ace Adams, pitcher; All-Star (b. 1912)