On This Day in Baseball

January 24

25 notable birthdays · 24 in memoriam

Born on January 24

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

01

Jose Quintana b. 1989

115-113, 3.79 ERA 2012– Arjona, Colombia
02

Rob Dibble b. 1964

.120 avg, 0 HR 1988–1995 Bridgeport, USA
03

Wally Judnich b. 1916

.281 avg, 90 HR 1940–1949 San Francisco, USA
04

Scott Kazmir b. 1984

108-97, 4.02 ERA 2004–2021 Houston, USA
05

Atlee Hammaker b. 1958

59-67, 3.66 ERA 1981–1995 Carmel, USA
06

Whit Merrifield b. 1989

.280 avg, 94 HR 2016–2024 Florence, USA
07

Neil Allen b. 1958

58-70, 3.88 ERA 1979–1989 Kansas City, USA
08

Jared Koenig b. 1994

16-8, 3.61 ERA 2022– Aptos, USA
09

Dave Brain b. 1879

.252 avg, 27 HR 1901–1908 Hereford, England
10

Tyler Flowers b. 1986

.237 avg, 86 HR 2009–2020 Roswell, USA
11

Cliff Heathcote b. 1898

.275 avg, 42 HR 1918–1932 Glen Rock, USA
12

Bunk Congalton b. 1875

.292 avg, 6 HR 1902–1907 Guelph, CAN
13

Cory Bailey b. 1971

.500 avg, 0 HR 1993–2002 Herrin, USA
14

Andy Dirks b. 1986

.276 avg, 24 HR 2011–2013 Hutchinson, USA
15

Tim Stoddard b. 1953

.100 avg, 1 HR 1975–1989 East Chicago, USA
16

Johnny Dickshot b. 1910

.276 avg, 7 HR 1936–1945 Waukegan, USA
17

Enny Romero b. 1991

.500 avg, 0 HR 2013–2018 Santo Domingo, D.R.
18

Hank Gehring b. 1881

3-8, 3.91 ERA 1907–1908 St. Paul, USA
19

Timothy Jones b. 1954

.000 avg, 0 HR 1977–1977 Sacramento, USA
20

Ron Dunn b. 1950

.241 avg, 3 HR 1974–1975 Oklahoma City, USA
21

Tyler Wagner b. 1991

.000 avg, 0 HR 2015–2016 Las Vegas, USA
22

Stu Clarke b. 1906

.273 avg, 2 HR 1929–1930 San Francisco, USA
23

Ashur Tolliver b. 1988

MLB player 2016–2017 Little Rock, USA
24

Nat Pollard b. 1915

.182 avg, 0 HR Alabama City, USA
25

Bill Richardson b. 1878

.212 avg, 2 HR 1901–1901 Salem, USA

Remembered on January 24

Baseball figures lost on this date.

01

Ben Taylor ⭐ HOF 1888–1953

16-7, 3.29 ERA 1912–1936
02

Tommy Bond 1856–1941

234-163, 2.14 ERA 1874–1884
03

Russ Ford 1883–1960

99-71, 2.59 ERA 1909–1915
04

Tom Zachary 1896–1969

186-191, 3.73 ERA 1918–1936
05

Doc Dudley 1894–1975

.303 avg, 12 HR
06

Bill Perkins 1906–1958

.279 avg, 27 HR
07

Tommy Sampson 1912–2002

.304 avg, 2 HR
08

Admiral Schlei 1878–1958

.237 avg, 6 HR 1904–1911
09

Ralph Young 1888–1965

.247 avg, 4 HR 1913–1922
10

Ray Rohwer 1895–1988

.284 avg, 3 HR 1921–1922
11

Johnny Reed 1916–1988

.241 avg, 0 HR
12

Charlie Hautz 1852–1929

.280 avg, 0 HR 1875–1884
13

Len Perme 1917–2009

.333 avg, 0 HR 1942–1946
14

Buck Etchison 1915–1980

.220 avg, 8 HR 1943–1944
15

Orinthal Anderson 1920–1977

.304 avg, 1 HR
16

Angel Aragon 1890–1952

.118 avg, 0 HR 1914–1917
17

Earl Jones 1919–1989

.200 avg, 1 HR 1945–1945
18

Harry Taylor 1935–2013

.250 avg, 0 HR 1957–1957
19

Herb Karpel 1917–1995

MLB player 1946–1946
20

Pete Turgeon 1897–1977

.167 avg, 0 HR 1923–1923
21

Bill Moore 1902–1984

MLB player 1925–1925
22

Dick Wright 1889–1952

.000 avg, 0 HR 1915–1915
23

Mike Gaule 1869–1918

.000 avg, 0 HR 1889–1889
24

Jim Mutrie 1851–1938

MLB player