On This Day in Baseball

January 19

25 notable birthdays · 19 in memoriam

Born on January 19

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

01

Jon Matlack b. 1950

125-126, 3.18 ERA 1971–1983 West Chester, USA
02

Phil Nevin b. 1971

.270 avg, 208 HR 1995–2006 Fullerton, USA
03

Rip Radcliff b. 1906

.311 avg, 42 HR 1934–1943 Kiowa, USA
04

Chris Sabo b. 1962

.268 avg, 116 HR 1988–1996 Detroit, USA
05

Byung-Hyun Kim b. 1979

54-60, 4.42 ERA 1999–2007 Gwangju, South Korea
06

Chick Gandil b. 1888

.277 avg, 11 HR 1910–1919 St. Paul, USA
07

Arlie Pond b. 1873

35-19, 3.45 ERA 1895–1898 Saugus, USA
08

Ford Smith b. 1919

14-6, 2.37 ERA Phoenix, USA
09

Fred Valentine b. 1935

.247 avg, 36 HR 1959–1968 Clarksdale, USA
10

Chris Stynes b. 1973

.275 avg, 51 HR 1995–2004 Queens, USA
11

Nick Burdi b. 1993

MLB player 2018– Hinsdale, USA
12

Brandon Eisert b. 1998

6-10, 4.79 ERA 2024– Portland, USA
13

Dib Williams b. 1910

.267 avg, 29 HR 1930–1935 Greenbrier, USA
14

Travis Adams b. 2000

MLB player 2025– Palm Springs, USA
15

Ken Frailing b. 1948

10-16, 3.96 ERA 1972–1976 Madison, USA
16

Fernando Seguignol b. 1975

.249 avg, 17 HR 1998–2003 Bocas del Toro, Panama
17

Anthony Young b. 1966

15-48, 3.89 ERA 1991–1996 Houston, USA
18

Willie Hubert b. 1913

15-7, 4.46 ERA Ocala, USA
19

Jim Morris b. 1964

MLB player 1999–2000 Brownwood, USA
20

Ramon de los Santos b. 1949

MLB player 1974–1974 Santo Domingo, D.R.
21

Terry Evans b. 1982

.158 avg, 1 HR 2007–2010 Dublin, USA
22

James Beresford b. 1989

.227 avg, 0 HR 2016–2016 Mount Waverley, Australia
23

Ken Dowell b. 1961

.128 avg, 0 HR 1987–1987 Sacramento, USA
24

Fred Lucas b. 1903

.265 avg, 0 HR 1935–1935 Vineland, USA
25

Brian Mallette b. 1975

MLB player 2002–2002 Dublin, USA

Remembered on January 19

Baseball figures lost on this date.

01

Stan Musial ⭐ HOF 1920–2013

.331 avg, 475 HR 1941–1963
02

Earl Weaver ⭐ HOF 1930–2013

MLB player
03

Frank Sullivan 1930–2016

97-100, 3.60 ERA 1953–1963
04

George Selkirk 1908–1987

.290 avg, 108 HR 1934–1942
05

Tom Williams 1896–1937

57-27, 2.93 ERA
06

Bill Everitt 1868–1938

.317 avg, 11 HR 1895–1901
07

Roy Weatherly 1915–1991

.286 avg, 43 HR 1936–1950
08

Tommy Glaviano 1923–2004

.257 avg, 24 HR 1949–1953
09

Otto Ray 1893–1976

.298 avg, 5 HR
10

Dennis Casey 1858–1909

.273 avg, 6 HR 1884–1885
11

Dutch Meyer 1915–2003

.264 avg, 10 HR 1937–1946
12

Bert Peña 1959–2023

.203 avg, 1 HR 1981–1987
13

Manny Montejo 1935–2000

MLB player 1961–1961
14

Harry Hinchman 1878–1933

.216 avg, 0 HR 1907–1907
15

Walt Streuli 1935–2017

.250 avg, 0 HR 1954–1956
16

John Williams 1922–1973

.135 avg, 0 HR
17

Charlie Enwright 1887–1917

.143 avg, 0 HR 1909–1909
18

Con Starkel 1880–1933

MLB player 1906–1906
19

Bob Keating 1862–1922

.250 avg, 0 HR 1887–1887