On This Day in Baseball

January 27

25 notable birthdays · 23 in memoriam

Born on January 27

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

01

Bryan Reynolds b. 1995

.271 avg, 155 HR 2019– Baltimore, USA
02

Bibb Falk b. 1899

.314 avg, 69 HR 1920–1931 Austin, USA
03

John Lowenstein b. 1947

.253 avg, 116 HR 1970–1985 Wolf Point, USA
04

Willie Jefferson b. 1904

22-24, 3.94 ERA Clearview, USA
05

Al Wickland b. 1888

.270 avg, 12 HR 1913–1919 Chicago, USA
06

Phil Plantier b. 1969

.243 avg, 91 HR 1990–1997 Manchester, USA
07

Charlie Duffee b. 1866

.267 avg, 35 HR 1889–1893 Mobile, USA
08

Esmerlyn Valdez b. 2004

.232 avg, 17 HR 2026– San Juan La Maguana, Dominican Republic
09

David Villar b. 1997

.200 avg, 15 HR 2022– Atlanta, USA
10

Hyeseong Kim b. 1999

.271 avg, 4 HR 2025– Goyang, South Korea
11

Christian Koss b. 1998

.247 avg, 7 HR 2025– Riverside, USA
12

Tyler Tolbert b. 1998

.292 avg, 4 HR 2025– Birmingham, USA
13

Tim Beckham b. 1990

.246 avg, 63 HR 2013–2022 Griffin, USA
14

Angel Martínez b. 2002

.234 avg, 29 HR 2024– Santo Domingo, D.R.
15

Drew Cavanaugh b. 2002

.242 avg, 1 HR 2026– Troy, USA
16

Lucas Spence b. 2003

.162 avg, 0 HR 2026– Chicago Heights, USA
17

Otis Clymer b. 1876

.267 avg, 2 HR 1905–1913 Pine Grove, USA
18

Rusty Meacham b. 1968

23-17, 4.43 ERA 1991–2001 Stuart, USA
19

Fred Heimach b. 1901

62-69, 4.46 ERA 1920–1933 Camden, USA
20

Bill Burns b. 1880

30-52, 2.72 ERA 1908–1912 San Saba, USA
21

Bob Emslie b. 1859

44-44, 3.19 ERA 1883–1885 Guelph, CAN
22

Bert Inks b. 1871

27-46, 5.52 ERA 1891–1896 Ligonier, USA
23

Eric Wedge b. 1968

.233 avg, 5 HR 1991–1994 Fort Wayne, USA
24

Matt Foster b. 1995

MLB player 2020– Valley, USA
25

Elijah Jones b. 1882

.125 avg, 0 HR 1907–1909 Oxford, USA

Remembered on January 27

Baseball figures lost on this date.

01

Joe Vosmik 1910–1962

.307 avg, 65 HR 1930–1944
02

Dale Long 1926–1991

.267 avg, 132 HR 1951–1963
03

Chuck Hinton 1934–2013

.264 avg, 113 HR 1961–1971
04

Emil Frisk 1874–1922

8-10, 4.15 ERA 1899–1907
05

Bob Steele 1894–1962

16-38, 3.05 ERA 1916–1919
06

Gene Clines 1946–2022

.277 avg, 5 HR 1970–1979
07

Bob Bowman 1931–2017

.249 avg, 17 HR 1955–1959
08

Matt Turner 1967–2019

.000 avg, 0 HR 1993–1994
09

Al Schweitzer 1882–1969

.238 avg, 3 HR 1908–1911
10

Ramon Aviles 1952–2020

.268 avg, 2 HR 1977–1981
11

Bob Kammeyer 1950–2003

MLB player 1978–1979
12

Reggie Sanders 1949–2002

.273 avg, 3 HR 1974–1974
13

Art Madison 1871–1933

.289 avg, 0 HR 1895–1899
14

Butch McCord 1925–2011

.260 avg, 0 HR
15

John Fitzgerald 1924–1998

.214 avg, 0 HR
16

Lonnie Blair 1929–1992

MLB player
17

Bing Devine 1916–2007

MLB player
18

Squire Potter 1902–1983

MLB player 1923–1923
19

Larry Battam 1876–1938

.250 avg, 0 HR 1895–1895
20

John Coleman 1860–1915

MLB player 1890–1890
21

Bill McCauley 1869–1926

.000 avg, 0 HR 1895–1895
22

Ambrose Davis 1863–1909

.000 avg, 0 HR
23

John Mullin 1856–1909

.000 avg, 0 HR 1876–1876