Contributed by Ryan Campbell

Events

1923 – The Cardinals announce that their players will numbers on their uniforms corresponding with their place in the batting order

2005 – Suzy Waldman becomes the first female full-time color commentator in MLB history when she joins WCBS-AM (880), the Yankees flagship radio station

Deaths

1943 – Hall of Fame third baseman Jimmy Collins, who was inducted posthumously by the Older Timers Committee in 1945

1990 – Hall of Fame infielder Joe Sewell, who is the all-time leader in AB per So at 62.6

2006 – Hall of Famer Kirby Pucket, who retired in 1996 after losing the vision in his right eye to glaucoma

Births

1900 – Hall of Fame pitcher Lefty Grove, who led the AL in ERA in nine of his seventeen seasons

1940 – Hall of Famer Willie Stargell, a seven time All-Star and NL MVP at the age of 39