Welcome to Today In Baseball History for Thursday, May 15, 2008.

Major League baseball players who died on this date...

• 1900 - Traffley, John
• 1918 - Tebeau, Patsy
• 1924 - Swartwood, Ed
• 1941 - Lackey, Bill
• 1942 - Milton, Larry
• 1946 - Mayer, Ed
• 1961 - Taff, John
• 1964 - Boss, Harley
• 1968 - Drescher, Bill
• 1969 - Shaughnessy, Shag
• 1970 - Gerner, Ed
• 1971 - Goslin, Goose
• 1972 - Parker, Dixie
• 1972 - Milligan, John
• 1974 - North, Lou
• 1975 - Gooch, Johnny
• 1979 - Akers, Jerry
• 1984 - Goulish, Nick
• 1991 - Jones, Ken
• 1994 - Fisher, Showboat
• 1998 - Rogers, Packy