May 11 - Rafael Palmeiro hit his 500th career home run off Cleveland Indians pitcher David Elder , becoming only the 19th player in major leagues history to hit 500 or more home runs.
June 13 - Yankees' pitcher Roger Clemens becomes the 21st pitcher in MLB history to win 300 games and only the 3rd pitcher to record 4,000 career strikeouts as he defeats the St. Louis Cardinals 5-2.
March 19 - Joe Buzas , 84, who spent more than 60 years in baseball as a player for the New York Yankees, managing in minor leagues, and who at the time of his death, had operated 82 minor league franchises in his 47 years as a owner.
July 27 - Bob Hope, 100, made a name in comedy and the movies, but he also had a connection to baseball as a part-owner of the Cleveland Indians, and performing in 1993 his signature song Thanks for the Memories, as the Indians ended 60 years of games at Municipal Stadium.
August 30 - Claude Passeau , 94, a former major league pitcher who posted a 162-150 record with a 3.32 ERA in a 13-year career with the Pittsburgh Pirates, Philadelphia Phillies and Chicago Cubs, and who playing for the Cubs, pitched a one-hit shutout in Game 3 of the 1945 World Series against the Detroit Tigers.
September 25 - George Plimpton, 76, an author who prior to the second 1960 All-Star Game pitched against the National League (he retired Willie Mays), later wrote a book about the experience, Out of My League, and in 1985 wrote a fictitious story for Sports Illustrated on Sidd Finch; a baseball pitching prospect with a 168 mph fastball.
November 5 - Dernell Stenson , 25, a promising young outfielder who played with the Cincinnati Reds, was found dead in Chandler, Arizona had been shot and apparently run over.
November 15 - Earl Battey, 68, a four-time All-Star and twice Gold Glove winner, who major league lasted 13 seasons as a catcher for the Chicago White Sox, Washington Senators and Minnesota Twins.
