On This Day in Baseball

January 25

25 notable birthdays · 18 in memoriam

Born on January 25

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

01

Fred Glade b. 1876

52-68, 2.62 ERA 1902–1908 Dubuque, USA
02

Vern Ruhle b. 1951

67-88, 3.73 ERA 1974–1986 Coleman, USA
03

Brian Holman b. 1965

37-45, 3.71 ERA 1988–1991 Denver, USA
04

Derrick Turnbow b. 1978

.000 avg, 0 HR 2000–2008 Union City, USA
05

Lenyn Sosa b. 2000

.241 avg, 38 HR 2022– Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela
06

Walbert Ureña b. 2004

9-10, 2.88 ERA 2026– Mao, Dominican Republic
07

Les Nunamaker b. 1889

.268 avg, 2 HR 1911–1922 Malcolm, USA
08

Eduardo Valencia b. 2000

.320 avg, 6 HR 2026– Valencia, Venezuela
09

Wyatt Mills b. 1995

MLB player 2021–2022 Spokane, USA
10

Ed Head b. 1918

27-23, 3.48 ERA 1940–1946 Selma, USA
11

Ed Goodson b. 1948

.260 avg, 30 HR 1970–1977 Pulaski, USA
12

Hubert Lockhart b. 1899

26-22, 4.33 ERA Flowery Branch, USA
13

Steve Roser b. 1918

6-5, 4.04 ERA 1944–1946 Rome, USA
14

Gary Holman b. 1944

.259 avg, 0 HR 1968–1969 Long Beach, USA
15

Ted Bond b. 1904

.265 avg, 0 HR Kimball, USA
16

Willie Haynes b. 1901

2-6, 6.36 ERA Kaufman, USA
17

Mel Roach b. 1933

.238 avg, 7 HR 1953–1962 Richmond, USA
18

Josh Johnson b. 1914

.339 avg, 1 HR Evergreen, USA
19

Anderson Machado b. 1981

.221 avg, 0 HR 2003–2005 Caracas, Venezuela
20

Francisco Melendez b. 1964

.214 avg, 1 HR 1984–1989 Rio Piedras, P.R.
21

Brian McCall b. 1943

.200 avg, 2 HR 1962–1963 Kentfield, USA
22

Yip Owens b. 1886

.245 avg, 5 HR 1905–1915 Toronto, CAN
23

Danny Richardson b. 1863

7-3, 3.24 ERA 1884–1894 Elmira, USA
24

Phil Stockman b. 1980

MLB player 2006–2008 Oldham, England
25

Shane Lindsay b. 1985

MLB player 2011–2011 Melbourne, Australia

Remembered on January 25

Baseball figures lost on this date.

01

Abner Dalrymple 1857–1939

.288 avg, 43 HR 1878–1891
02

Hoot Evers 1921–1991

.278 avg, 98 HR 1941–1956
03

Bill Monbouquette 1936–2015

114-112, 3.68 ERA 1958–1968
04

David Green 1960–2022

.268 avg, 31 HR 1981–1987
05

Toby Atwell 1924–2003

.260 avg, 9 HR 1952–1956
06

Pat Crawford 1902–1994

.280 avg, 9 HR 1929–1934
07

George Gibson 1880–1967

.236 avg, 15 HR 1905–1918
08

Ron Stillwell 1939–2016

.211 avg, 0 HR 1961–1962
09

Chuck Coles 1931–1996

.182 avg, 0 HR 1958–1958
10

Ed Lyons 1923–2009

.154 avg, 0 HR 1947–1947
11

Glen Clark 1940–2018

.000 avg, 0 HR 1967–1967
12

Bruce Barmes 1929–2014

.200 avg, 0 HR 1953–1953
13

William Davis 1918–2005

.000 avg, 0 HR
14

Charlie Fitzberger 1904–1965

.286 avg, 0 HR 1928–1928
15

Bill Allison 1850–1887

.143 avg, 0 HR 1872–1872
16

Spencer Heath 1893–1930

.000 avg, 0 HR 1920–1920
17

Harvey Grubb 1890–1970

MLB player 1912–1912
18

Nick Wise 1866–1923

.000 avg, 0 HR 1888–1888