On This Day in Baseball

January 7

25 notable birthdays · 22 in memoriam

Born on January 7

Most accomplished baseball figures with this birthday, ranked by career impact.

01

Johnny Mize ⭐ HOF b. 1913

.312 avg, 359 HR 1936–1953 Demorest, USA
02

Edwin Encarnacion b. 1983

.260 avg, 424 HR 2005–2020 La Romana, D.R.
03

Jon Lester b. 1984

200-117, 3.66 ERA 2006–2021 Tacoma, USA
04

Alfonso Soriano b. 1976

.270 avg, 412 HR 1999–2014 San Pedro de Macoris, D.R.
05

Francisco Rodriguez b. 1982

.500 avg, 0 HR 2002–2017 Caracas, Venezuela
06

Eric Gagne b. 1976

33-26, 3.47 ERA 1999–2008 Montreal, CAN
07

Tony Conigliaro b. 1945

.264 avg, 166 HR 1964–1975 Revere, USA
08

Jeff Montgomery b. 1962

.000 avg, 0 HR 1987–1999 Wellston, USA
09

Ozzie Albies b. 1997

.263 avg, 178 HR 2017– Willemstad, Curaçao
10

Al Dark b. 1922

.289 avg, 126 HR 1946–1960 Comanche, USA
11

Dad Clarke b. 1865

44-51, 4.16 ERA 1888–1898 Oswego, USA
12

Fred Whitfield b. 1938

.253 avg, 108 HR 1962–1970 Vandiver, USA
13

Heinie Berger b. 1882

32-29, 2.60 ERA 1907–1910 LaSalle, USA
14

Kitty Bransfield b. 1875

.270 avg, 13 HR 1898–1911 Worcester, USA
15

Jim Lefebvre b. 1942

.251 avg, 74 HR 1965–1972 Inglewood, USA
16

Topper Rigney b. 1897

.288 avg, 13 HR 1922–1927 Groveton, USA
17

Carlos Diaz b. 1958

.000 avg, 0 HR 1982–1986 Kaneohe, USA
18

Kevin Mench b. 1978

.268 avg, 89 HR 2002–2010 Wilmington, USA
19

Dixie Howell b. 1920

.243 avg, 5 HR 1940–1958 Harold, USA
20

Shane Drohan b. 1999

7-5, 4.35 ERA 2026– Fort Lauderdale, USA
21

Frank Menechino b. 1971

.240 avg, 36 HR 1999–2005 Staten Island, USA
22

Blake Sabol b. 1998

.237 avg, 13 HR 2023– Aliso Viejo, USA
23

Billy Cook b. 1999

.208 avg, 3 HR 2024– Layton, USA
24

Tucker Barnhart b. 1991

.241 avg, 53 HR 2014– Indianapolis, USA
25

Johnny McCarthy b. 1910

.277 avg, 25 HR 1934–1948 Chicago, USA

Remembered on January 7

Baseball figures lost on this date.

01

Tom Lasorda ⭐ HOF 1927–2021

0-4, 6.48 ERA 1954–1956
02

George Burns 1893–1978

.307 avg, 72 HR 1914–1929
03

George Mullin 1880–1944

228-196, 2.82 ERA 1902–1915
04

Ad Brennan 1887–1962

37-36, 3.11 ERA 1910–1918
05

Kite Thomas 1923–1995

.233 avg, 7 HR 1952–1953
06

Harl Maggert 1883–1963

.250 avg, 1 HR 1907–1912
07

Admiral Walker 1898–2001

4-6, 5.32 ERA
08

Shag Thompson 1893–1990

.203 avg, 0 HR 1914–1916
09

Douglas Rhone 1917–1978

.250 avg, 1 HR
10

Al Kenders 1937–2013

.174 avg, 0 HR 1961–1961
11

George Gerberman 1942–2022

.000 avg, 0 HR 1962–1962
12

Haywood Rose 1870–1947

.188 avg, 0 HR
13

Taft Newman 1908–1985

.400 avg, 0 HR
14

Joe Burns 1900–1986

.105 avg, 0 HR 1924–1924
15

Red Schillings 1900–1954

.000 avg, 0 HR 1922–1922
16

Irv Stein 1911–1981

.000 avg, 0 HR 1932–1932
17

Davey Claire 1897–1956

.143 avg, 0 HR 1920–1920
18

Horace Stoneham 1903–1990

MLB player
19

Ted Welch 1892–1943

.000 avg, 0 HR 1914–1914
20

Dutch Lerchen 1889–1962

.000 avg, 0 HR 1910–1910
21

Ches Crist 1882–1957

.000 avg, 0 HR 1906–1906
22

Bert Weeden 1882–1939

.000 avg, 0 HR 1911–1911