On This Day in Baseball

January 14

25 notable birthdays · 25 in memoriam

Born on January 14

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

01

Chet Brewer b. 1907

69-60, 3.44 ERA Leavenworth, USA
02

Terry Forster b. 1952

54-65, 3.23 ERA 1971–1986 Sioux Falls, USA
03

Sonny Siebert b. 1937

140-114, 3.21 ERA 1964–1975 St. Mary, USA
04

Wayne Gross b. 1952

.233 avg, 121 HR 1976–1986 Riverside, USA
05

Smead Jolley b. 1902

.305 avg, 46 HR 1930–1933 Wesson, USA
06

Stephen Piscotty b. 1991

.255 avg, 93 HR 2015–2022 Pleasanton, USA
07

Curry Foley b. 1856

27-27, 3.54 ERA 1879–1883 Milltown, Ireland
08

Logan Forsythe b. 1987

.244 avg, 71 HR 2011–2020 Memphis, USA
09

Adam Kolarek b. 1989

MLB player 2017– Baltimore, USA
10

Sam Huff b. 1998

.232 avg, 12 HR 2020– Phoenix, USA
11

Tony Brizzolara b. 1957

8-11, 5.06 ERA 1979–1984 Santa Monica, USA
12

Pedro Avila b. 1997

8-4, 3.51 ERA 2019– Caracas, Venezuela
13

Aaron Altherr b. 1991

.219 avg, 37 HR 2014–2019 Landstuhl, Germany
14

Danny Boone b. 1954

.300 avg, 0 HR 1981–1990 Long Beach, USA
15

Dave Marshall b. 1943

.246 avg, 16 HR 1967–1973 Artesia, USA
16

Hank Gornicki b. 1911

15-19, 3.38 ERA 1941–1946 Niagara Falls, USA
17

Todd Allen b. 1885

.275 avg, 1 HR Wheatland, USA
18

Boog Powell b. 1993

.262 avg, 3 HR 2017–2018 Irvine, USA
19

Tim Talton b. 1939

.295 avg, 2 HR 1966–1967 Pikeville, USA
20

Erick Aybar b. 1984

.271 avg, 58 HR 2006–2017 Bani, D.R.
21

Rod Myers b. 1973

.268 avg, 3 HR 1996–1997 Conroe, USA
22

Jeff Keener b. 1959

MLB player 1982–1983 Pana, USA
23

Art Madison b. 1871

.289 avg, 0 HR 1895–1899 Clarksburg, USA
24

Pat Daneker b. 1976

.000 avg, 0 HR 1999–1999 Williamsport, USA
25

Troy Brohawn b. 1973

.500 avg, 0 HR 2001–2003 Cambridge, USA

Remembered on January 14

Baseball figures lost on this date.

01

Hardy Richardson 1855–1931

.299 avg, 73 HR 1879–1892
02

George Carr 1894–1948

.316 avg, 56 HR
03

Les Mann 1893–1962

.282 avg, 44 HR 1913–1928
04

Irv Young 1877–1935

63-95, 3.11 ERA 1905–1911
05

Jesse Hubbard 1895–1982

34-41, 4.79 ERA
06

Bubba Morton 1931–2006

.267 avg, 14 HR 1961–1969
07

John Ganzel 1874–1959

.251 avg, 18 HR 1898–1908
08

Lloyd Brown 1904–1974

91-105, 4.20 ERA 1925–1940
09

Percy Miller 1897–1958

29-39, 5.86 ERA
10

Johnny Murphy 1908–1970

93-53, 3.50 ERA 1932–1947
11

Sam Vico 1923–1994

.250 avg, 12 HR 1948–1949
12

John Ritchey 1923–2003

.319 avg, 0 HR
13

Pep Young 1907–1962

.262 avg, 32 HR 1933–1945
14

Johnny Robinson 1905–1963

.303 avg, 5 HR
15

Ed Silch 1865–1895

.271 avg, 0 HR 1888–1888
16

Mike Derrick 1943–2009

.212 avg, 0 HR 1970–1970
17

Jim Clark 1947–2019

.167 avg, 0 HR 1971–1971
18

Art Benedict 1862–1948

.267 avg, 0 HR 1883–1883
19

Rube Sellers 1881–1952

.156 avg, 0 HR 1910–1910
20

John LaRose 1951–2021

MLB player 1978–1978
21

Charlie Small 1905–1953

.167 avg, 0 HR 1930–1930
22

Joe Zapustas 1907–2001

.200 avg, 0 HR 1933–1933
23

Bill Black 1899–1968

.200 avg, 0 HR 1924–1924
24

Ellis Johnson 1892–1965

.000 avg, 0 HR 1912–1917
25

Sim Bullas 1863–1908

.089 avg, 0 HR 1884–1884