This Date in Baseball - Derek Jeter gets his 2,674th hit as a SS, most all-time for that position

1920 — Shortstop Ray Chapman of the Cleveland Indians was hit in the head with a pitch in the fifth inning by New York’s Carl Mays. Chapman suffered a fractured skull and died the next day. It is the only field fatality in major league history.

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