On This Day in Baseball

January 17

25 notable birthdays · 24 in memoriam

Born on January 17

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

01

Louis Santop ⭐ HOF b. 1889

.340 avg, 24 HR Fort Worth, USA
02

Chili Davis b. 1960

.274 avg, 350 HR 1981–1999 Kingston, Jamaica
03

Darrell Porter b. 1952

.247 avg, 188 HR 1971–1987 Joplin, USA
04

Kyle Tucker b. 1997

.266 avg, 162 HR 2018– Tampa, USA
05

Trevor Bauer b. 1991

83-69, 3.79 ERA 2012–2021 North Hollywood, USA
06

Hank Leiber b. 1911

.288 avg, 101 HR 1933–1942 Phoenix, USA
07

Brad Fullmer b. 1975

.279 avg, 114 HR 1997–2004 Chatsworth, USA
08

Mark Littell b. 1953

32-31, 3.32 ERA 1973–1982 Cape Girardeau, USA
09

Joe Jimenez b. 1995

MLB player 2017– San Juan, P.R.
10

Blainey Hall b. 1889

.352 avg, 7 HR Baltimore, USA
11

Harry Bay b. 1878

.273 avg, 5 HR 1901–1908 Pontiac, USA
12

Colin Poche b. 1994

MLB player 2019– Flower Mound, USA
13

Jerry Turner b. 1954

.257 avg, 45 HR 1974–1983 Texarkana, USA
14

Randy Dobnak b. 1995

12-16, 4.16 ERA 2019– South Park, USA
15

Dom Nunez b. 1995

.182 avg, 12 HR 2019–2022 Elk Grove, USA
16

Zac Thornton b. 2002

4-5, 3.44 ERA 2026– Winona, USA
17

Tommy Troy b. 2002

.217 avg, 4 HR 2026– San Jose, USA
18

Alec Gamboa b. 1997

MLB player 2026– Madera, USA
19

Jedixson Paez b. 2004

MLB player 2026– Tinaquillo, Venezuela
20

Tyler Houston b. 1971

.265 avg, 63 HR 1996–2003 Las Vegas, USA
21

Pete LaCock b. 1952

.257 avg, 27 HR 1972–1980 Burbank, USA
22

Dick Brown b. 1935

.244 avg, 62 HR 1957–1965 Shinnston, USA
23

Jehosie Heard b. 1920

5-2, 3.50 ERA 1954–1954 Athens, USA
24

Don Zimmer b. 1931

.235 avg, 91 HR 1954–1965 Cincinnati, USA
25

Bob Glenalvin b. 1867

.283 avg, 4 HR 1890–1893 Indianapolis, USA

Remembered on January 17

Baseball figures lost on this date.

01

Harry Brecheen 1914–2004

133-92, 2.92 ERA 1940–1953
02

Hersh Freeman 1928–2004

.143 avg, 1 HR 1952–1958
03

Bud Tinning 1906–1961

22-15, 3.19 ERA 1932–1935
04

Todd Allen 1885–1971

.275 avg, 1 HR
05

Seth Morehead 1934–2006

5-19, 4.81 ERA 1957–1961
06

Ed Kinsella 1880–1976

1-4, 3.49 ERA 1905–1910
07

Jewel Ens 1889–1950

.290 avg, 1 HR 1922–1925
08

Bob Repass 1917–2006

.242 avg, 2 HR 1939–1942
09

Pat McCauley 1870–1917

.193 avg, 3 HR 1893–1903
10

Norman Young 1918–1987

.277 avg, 0 HR
11

Red Durrett 1921–1992

.146 avg, 1 HR 1944–1945
12

Carl Sawyer 1890–1957

.222 avg, 0 HR 1915–1916
13

Nick Polly 1917–1993

.200 avg, 0 HR 1937–1945
14

Rube Ward 1879–1945

.290 avg, 0 HR 1902–1902
15

Fred Bostick 1895–1965

.333 avg, 0 HR
16

Ross Garrison 1867–1932

.174 avg, 0 HR
17

John Hall 1924–1995

MLB player 1948–1948
18

Perry Currin 1928–2011

.000 avg, 0 HR 1947–1947
19

Owen Kahn 1903–1981

MLB player 1930–1930
20

Elbert Hall 1882–1935

.154 avg, 0 HR
21

Mark Stewart 1889–1932

.000 avg, 0 HR 1913–1913
22

Charlie Maloney 1886–1967

MLB player 1908–1908
23

Solly Salisbury 1876–1952

.000 avg, 0 HR 1902–1902
24

Tom Stanton 1874–1957

.000 avg, 0 HR 1904–1904