1951 – F.B.I. director J. Edgar Hoover reports that he has declined the post of baseball commissioner. California Governor Earl Warren had earlier turned down the post.
1959 – Dorothy Comiskey Rigney, granddaughter of Charles Comiskey, sells her 54 percent ownership in the White Sox to Bill Veeck’s syndicate for $2.7 million and Comiskey control of the franchise ends after 60 years.
1963 – Rookie Pete Rose plays his first spring training game.
1982 – New York Giants shortstop Travis Jackson and baseball’s second commissioner Happy Chandler are elected to the Hall of Fame by the Special Veterans Committee.
1983 – Dodgers manager Walter Alston, and George Kell are elected to the Hall of Fame by the Special Veterans Committee.
1986 – Former National League MVP Ernie Lombardi and nine-time All-Star Bobby Doerr are elected to the Hall of Fame by the Special Veterans Committee.
1993 – The San Francisco Giants hire Sherry Davis, the first female public address announcer.
1995 – Michael Jordan retires from baseball.
