2005 in baseball

Deaths

January-March

• January 10 - Tommy Fine, 90, who played for the Boston Red Sox and St. Louis Browns and the only pitcher ever to hurl a no-hitter in Caribbean World Series history.
• January 22 - César Gutiérrez, 61, former San Francisco Giants and Detroit Tigers shortstop, and just one of three players in Major League Baseball history with a 7-for-7 game.
• January 31 - Bill Voiselle, 86, who pitched for the Boston Braves in the 1948 World Series and the last rookie pitcher ever to have pitched more than 300 innings in his initial season.
• February 4 - Luis Sánchez, 51, former Angels closer.
• February 13 - Nelson Briles, 61, pitcher who helped Pittsburgh and St. Louis to World Series titles.
• March 2 - Rick Mahler, 51, pitcher who won 96 games during a 13-year major league career spent mostly with the Atlanta Braves.
• March 6 - Chuck Thompson, 83, former baseball broadcaster.
• March 13:
• Danny Gardella, 85, the first major league player who challenged baseball's reserve clause.
• Frank House, 75, a MLB catcher who played with the Detroit Tigers, Kansas City Athletics and Cincinnati Reds.
• March 16 - Dick Radatz, 67, Red Sox relief pitcher in the 1960s.
• March 26 - Marius Russo, 90, pitcher who helped the Yankees win the World Series in 1941 and 1943.
• March 27 - Bob Casey, 79, the Minnesota Twins public announcer for the first 44 years of their history in Minnesota.

April-June

• April 7 - Bob Kennedy, 84, former MLB player and manager, who hit the first grand slam in Baltimore Orioles history and was the Oakland Athletics first manager.
• April 13 - Don Blasingame, 73, a MLB All-Star, who also managed two of Japan's professional baseball teams.
• April 23 - Earl Wilson, 70, a leading pitcher for the 1968 World Series champion Detroit Tigers and the first black pitcher to throw a no-hitter in Major League Baseball.
• May 6 - Lee Stine, 91, a Chicago White Sox pitcher in the 1930s, who surrendered the pitch that gave Lou Gehrig his 14th career grand slam.
• May 26 - Chico Carrasquel, 77, Venezuelan shortstop, the first Latin American player to appear in a MLB All-Star Game.
• May 30 - Juan Pedro Villamán, 46, the Spanish-language Red Sox broadcaster since 1995.
• June 28 - Dick Dietz, 63, an All-Star catcher who played for the Giants, Dodgers and Braves from 1966-73.

July-August

• July 13 - Mickey Owen, 89, a catcher who was a four-time All-Star and the third National League catcher to ever record an unassisted double play.
• July 30 - Ray Cunningham, 100, recognized as the oldest living former MLB player.
• August 8 - Gene Mauch, 79, a manager who won 1,901 games in the major leagues.
• August 11 - Ted Radcliffe, 103, an All-Star pitcher and catcher of the Negro Leagues, who played for more than 15 teams between the late 1920s and the early 1950s.

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• September 17 - Donn Clendenon, 70, a power-hitting first baseman who was the MVP in the New York Mets' 1969 World Series victory.

October

• October 2 - Pat Kelly, 61, an All-Star outfielder who played for the Twins, Royals, White Sox, Orioles and Indians during a 15-year major league career.