On This Day in Baseball

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366 daily snapshots of baseball history. Pick any date below or jump to October 29 (today).

January

  1. 1 50
  2. 2 45
  3. 3 48
  4. 4 50
  5. 5 50
  6. 6 50
  7. 7 47
  8. 8 42
  9. 9 50
  10. 10 36
  11. 11 42
  12. 12 45
  13. 13 50
  14. 14 50
  15. 15 50
  16. 16 44
  17. 17 49
  18. 18 44
  19. 19 44
  20. 20 50
  21. 21 47
  22. 22 47
  23. 23 48
  24. 24 49
  25. 25 43
  26. 26 46
  27. 27 48
  28. 28 45
  29. 29 48
  30. 30 40
  31. 31 50

February

  1. 1 39
  2. 2 41
  3. 3 43
  4. 4 49
  5. 5 50
  6. 6 47
  7. 7 39
  8. 8 50
  9. 9 47
  10. 10 46
  11. 11 48
  12. 12 44
  13. 13 49
  14. 14 44
  15. 15 49
  16. 16 44
  17. 17 50
  18. 18 48
  19. 19 48
  20. 20 48
  21. 21 43
  22. 22 45
  23. 23 44
  24. 24 42
  25. 25 43
  26. 26 47
  27. 27 38
  28. 28 47
  29. 29 13

March

  1. 1 50
  2. 2 46
  3. 3 50
  4. 4 45
  5. 5 33
  6. 6 47
  7. 7 48
  8. 8 44
  9. 9 47
  10. 10 47
  11. 11 50
  12. 12 46
  13. 13 50
  14. 14 42
  15. 15 46
  16. 16 50
  17. 17 47
  18. 18 46
  19. 19 47
  20. 20 45
  21. 21 45
  22. 22 49
  23. 23 41
  24. 24 46
  25. 25 48
  26. 26 44
  27. 27 38
  28. 28 50
  29. 29 47
  30. 30 45
  31. 31 39

April

  1. 1 40
  2. 2 50
  3. 3 50
  4. 4 43
  5. 5 50
  6. 6 42
  7. 7 45
  8. 8 43
  9. 9 50
  10. 10 42
  11. 11 47
  12. 12 49
  13. 13 49
  14. 14 48
  15. 15 50
  16. 16 50
  17. 17 43
  18. 18 46
  19. 19 45
  20. 20 48
  21. 21 41
  22. 22 49
  23. 23 50
  24. 24 37
  25. 25 47
  26. 26 42
  27. 27 50
  28. 28 45
  29. 29 44
  30. 30 42

May

  1. 1 50
  2. 2 42
  3. 3 50
  4. 4 44
  5. 5 49
  6. 6 45
  7. 7 44
  8. 8 43
  9. 9 36
  10. 10 49
  11. 11 49
  12. 12 35
  13. 13 48
  14. 14 45
  15. 15 44
  16. 16 47
  17. 17 44
  18. 18 42
  19. 19 48
  20. 20 50
  21. 21 47
  22. 22 44
  23. 23 43
  24. 24 45
  25. 25 40
  26. 26 50
  27. 27 37
  28. 28 45
  29. 29 39
  30. 30 42
  31. 31 37

June

  1. 1 43
  2. 2 46
  3. 3 43
  4. 4 44
  5. 5 39
  6. 6 41
  7. 7 42
  8. 8 49
  9. 9 41
  10. 10 43
  11. 11 49
  12. 12 47
  13. 13 37
  14. 14 37
  15. 15 50
  16. 16 48
  17. 17 44
  18. 18 43
  19. 19 49
  20. 20 39
  21. 21 38
  22. 22 36
  23. 23 47
  24. 24 37
  25. 25 37
  26. 26 43
  27. 27 47
  28. 28 39
  29. 29 35
  30. 30 48

July

  1. 1 47
  2. 2 48
  3. 3 50
  4. 4 50
  5. 5 38
  6. 6 40
  7. 7 42
  8. 8 40
  9. 9 50
  10. 10 44
  11. 11 42
  12. 12 40
  13. 13 40
  14. 14 41
  15. 15 42
  16. 16 48
  17. 17 43
  18. 18 41
  19. 19 45
  20. 20 39
  21. 21 41
  22. 22 41
  23. 23 42
  24. 24 46
  25. 25 38
  26. 26 43
  27. 27 50
  28. 28 50
  29. 29 45
  30. 30 38
  31. 31 41

August

  1. 1 45
  2. 2 44
  3. 3 41
  4. 4 50
  5. 5 41
  6. 6 42
  7. 7 45
  8. 8 49
  9. 9 46
  10. 10 40
  11. 11 43
  12. 12 45
  13. 13 37
  14. 14 46
  15. 15 44
  16. 16 42
  17. 17 45
  18. 18 34
  19. 19 42
  20. 20 37
  21. 21 47
  22. 22 41
  23. 23 41
  24. 24 43
  25. 25 47
  26. 26 38
  27. 27 40
  28. 28 41
  29. 29 44
  30. 30 38
  31. 31 40

September

  1. 1 47
  2. 2 42
  3. 3 47
  4. 4 49
  5. 5 46
  6. 6 48
  7. 7 42
  8. 8 41
  9. 9 50
  10. 10 39
  11. 11 41
  12. 12 49
  13. 13 42
  14. 14 43
  15. 15 50
  16. 16 48
  17. 17 40
  18. 18 47
  19. 19 42
  20. 20 48
  21. 21 43
  22. 22 48
  23. 23 49
  24. 24 40
  25. 25 40
  26. 26 50
  27. 27 45
  28. 28 43
  29. 29 43
  30. 30 44

October

  1. 1 46
  2. 2 50
  3. 3 40
  4. 4 50
  5. 5 40
  6. 6 40
  7. 7 41
  8. 8 46
  9. 9 45
  10. 10 46
  11. 11 50
  12. 12 40
  13. 13 45
  14. 14 48
  15. 15 38
  16. 16 45
  17. 17 41
  18. 18 38
  19. 19 45
  20. 20 47
  21. 21 44
  22. 22 42
  23. 23 49
  24. 24 42
  25. 25 41
  26. 26 46
  27. 27 43
  28. 28 41
  29. 29 49
  30. 30 49
  31. 31 44

November

  1. 1 42
  2. 2 49
  3. 3 49
  4. 4 50
  5. 5 49
  6. 6 48
  7. 7 45
  8. 8 50
  9. 9 49
  10. 10 49
  11. 11 40
  12. 12 41
  13. 13 48
  14. 14 46
  15. 15 50
  16. 16 48
  17. 17 47
  18. 18 42
  19. 19 40
  20. 20 49
  21. 21 49
  22. 22 46
  23. 23 48
  24. 24 46
  25. 25 42
  26. 26 41
  27. 27 47
  28. 28 43
  29. 29 49
  30. 30 50

December

  1. 1 46
  2. 2 50
  3. 3 45
  4. 4 50
  5. 5 50
  6. 6 44
  7. 7 45
  8. 8 49
  9. 9 50
  10. 10 50
  11. 11 38
  12. 12 48
  13. 13 42
  14. 14 48
  15. 15 50
  16. 16 43
  17. 17 50
  18. 18 47
  19. 19 45
  20. 20 49
  21. 21 47
  22. 22 50
  23. 23 39
  24. 24 41
  25. 25 50
  26. 26 50
  27. 27 50
  28. 28 41
  29. 29 50
  30. 30 42
  31. 31 50

How the date pages work

There is one page for each of the 366 dates of the year, including February 29. The number on each tile is how many notable baseball figures that page lists, births and deaths together. The fullest dates carry 50 names, as on January 1. The quietest is February 29, with 13.

Each date page ranks its players by a career-impact score, shows a one-line career summary and span for each, and marks Hall of Fame members. Birthdays and deaths come from the player records in the Lahman database and the live MLB feed, so a date's list changes only when those records do. Use the previous and next links on any date page to move through the calendar. Each list is capped, which is why the busiest dates stop at 50. February 29 has the shortest list because only players born or lost in leap years can appear on it. Months run left to right from January, and today's date is highlighted so it can be opened directly. A date page lists births first and deaths second, each with the player's career span beside the name. Tiles with small numbers are not errors: some dates simply have fewer recorded births and deaths among notable players.