On This Day in Baseball

January 18

25 notable birthdays · 19 in memoriam

Born on January 18

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

  1. 01
    Bill McGowan ⭐ HOF b. 1896
    MLB player Wilmington, USA
  2. 02
    Max Fried b. 1994
    96-45, 3.01 ERA 2017– Santa Monica, USA
  3. 03
    Brady Anderson b. 1964
    .256 avg, 210 HR 1988–2002 Silver Spring, USA
  4. 04
    Curt Flood b. 1938
    .293 avg, 85 HR 1956–1971 Houston, USA
  5. 05
    Michael Pineda b. 1989
    64-61, 4.06 ERA 2011–2022 Yaguate, D.R.
  6. 06
    Mike Lieberthal b. 1972
    .274 avg, 150 HR 1994–2007 Glendale, USA
  7. 07
    Mike Fornieles b. 1932
    63-64, 3.96 ERA 1952–1963 Havana, Cuba
  8. 08
    Wandy Rodriguez b. 1979
    97-98, 4.10 ERA 2005–2015 Santiago Rodríguez, D.R.
  9. 09
    Diego Castillo b. 1994
    24-18, 3.20 ERA 2018– Cabrera, D.R.
  10. 10
    Cotton Williams b. 1917
    6-10, 4.62 ERA USA
  11. 11
    Brett Lawrie b. 1990
    .261 avg, 71 HR 2011–2016 Langley, CAN
  12. 12
    Len Koenecke b. 1904
    .297 avg, 22 HR 1932–1935 Baraboo, USA
  13. 13
    Billy Grabarkewitz b. 1946
    .236 avg, 28 HR 1969–1975 Lockhart, USA
  14. 14
    Merrill May b. 1911
    .275 avg, 4 HR 1939–1943 Laconia, USA
  15. 15
    Brody Hopkins b. 2002
    MLB player 2026– Summerville, USA
  16. 16
    Eddie Moore b. 1899
    .285 avg, 13 HR 1923–1934 Barlow, USA
  17. 17
    Charlie Eden b. 1855
    .261 avg, 4 HR 1877–1885 Lexington, USA
  18. 18
    Danny Clark b. 1894
    .277 avg, 5 HR 1922–1927 Meridian, USA
  19. 19
    Ralph Caldwell b. 1884
    3-5, 4.20 ERA 1904–1905 Philadelphia, USA
  20. 20
    Dave Geisel b. 1955
    5-5, 4.01 ERA 1978–1985 Windber, USA
  21. 21
    Babe Twombly b. 1896
    .304 avg, 3 HR 1920–1921 Jamaica Plain, USA
  22. 22
    Frank Heifer b. 1854
    .280 avg, 0 HR 1875–1875 Reading, USA
  23. 23
    Lyon Richardson b. 2000
    0-6, 6.48 ERA 2023– Jensen Beach, USA
  24. 24
    Franklin Nunez b. 1977
    MLB player 2004–2005 Nagua, D.R.
  25. 25
    Marv Lane b. 1950
    .207 avg, 3 HR 1971–1976 Sandersville, USA

Remembered on January 18

Baseball figures lost on this date.

  1. 01
    Don Sutton ⭐ HOF 1945–2021
    324-256, 3.26 ERA 1966–1988
  2. 02
    George Crowe 1921–2011
    .275 avg, 86 HR 1952–1961
  3. 03
    Newt Joseph 1896–1953
    .291 avg, 31 HR
  4. 04
    Bus Clarkson 1915–1989
    .310 avg, 25 HR 1952–1952
  5. 05
    Leo Kiely 1929–1984
    26-27, 3.37 ERA 1951–1960
  6. 06
    Cliff Heathcote 1898–1939
    .275 avg, 42 HR 1918–1932
  7. 07
    Fergy Malone 1844–1905
    .274 avg, 1 HR 1871–1884
  8. 08
    Justin Fitzgerald 1891–1945
    .288 avg, 0 HR 1911–1918
  9. 09
    Goose Tatum 1918–1967
    .273 avg, 3 HR
  10. 10
    Dave Wright 1875–1946
    .250 avg, 0 HR 1895–1897
  11. 11
    Charlie Lewis 1907–1972
    .297 avg, 0 HR
  12. 12
    Quincy Smith 1918–2002
    .229 avg, 0 HR
  13. 13
    Al Montreuil 1943–2008
    .091 avg, 0 HR 1972–1972
  14. 14
    Herb Harris 1913–1991
    .000 avg, 0 HR 1936–1936
  15. 15
    Phil Morrison 1894–1955
    MLB player 1921–1921
  16. 16
    Ray Kennedy 1895–1969
    .000 avg, 0 HR 1916–1916
  17. 17
    Reeve McKay 1881–1946
    MLB player 1915–1915
  18. 18
    John Russ 1858–1912
    .333 avg, 0 HR 1882–1882
  19. 19
    Billy Arnold 1851–1899
    .143 avg, 0 HR 1872–1872