On This Day in Baseball

February 6

25 notable birthdays · 22 in memoriam

Born on February 6

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

01

Babe Ruth ⭐ HOF b. 1895

94-46, 2.28 ERA 1914–1935 Baltimore, USA
02

Richie Zisk b. 1949

.287 avg, 207 HR 1971–1983 Brooklyn, USA
03

Smoky Burgess b. 1927

.295 avg, 126 HR 1949–1967 Caroleen, USA
04

Bob Wickman b. 1969

63-61, 3.57 ERA 1992–2007 Green Bay, USA
05

Dale Long b. 1926

.267 avg, 132 HR 1951–1963 Springfield, USA
06

Frank LaPorte b. 1880

.281 avg, 15 HR 1905–1915 Uhrichsville, USA
07

Glenn Wright b. 1901

.294 avg, 94 HR 1924–1935 Archie, USA
08

Pedro Alvarez b. 1987

.236 avg, 162 HR 2010–2018 Santo Domingo, D.R.
09

Adley Rutschman b. 1998

.252 avg, 73 HR 2022– Portland, USA
10

Johnny Davis b. 1917

5-5, 5.48 ERA Ashland, USA
11

Pavin Smith b. 1996

.241 avg, 46 HR 2020– Jupiter, USA
12

Luther McDonald b. 1906

36-26, 4.28 ERA Greene County, USA
13

Riley O'Brien b. 1995

MLB player 2021– Seattle, USA
14

Sam Antonacci b. 2003

.269 avg, 8 HR 2026– Springfield, USA
15

Anthony Maldonado b. 1998

MLB player 2024– Wellington, USA
16

Bill Dawley b. 1958

.214 avg, 0 HR 1983–1989 Norwich, USA
17

Cam Cauley b. 2003

.207 avg, 1 HR 2026– Houston, USA
18

Bobby Mitchell b. 1856

20-23, 3.18 ERA 1877–1882 Cincinnati, USA
19

Parnell Woods b. 1912

.291 avg, 5 HR Cordova, USA
20

John Potts b. 1887

.265 avg, 1 HR 1914–1914 Tipp City, USA
21

Kanekoa Texeira b. 1986

.000 avg, 0 HR 2010–2011 Kula, USA
22

Zack Collins b. 1995

.188 avg, 11 HR 2019– Pembroke Pines, USA
23

Luke Maile b. 1991

.208 avg, 23 HR 2015– Edgewood, USA
24

Sam Calderone b. 1926

.291 avg, 1 HR 1950–1954 Beverly, USA
25

Adam Shabala b. 1978

.200 avg, 0 HR 2005–2005 Streator, USA

Remembered on February 6

Baseball figures lost on this date.

01

Ralph Kiner ⭐ HOF 1922–2014

.279 avg, 369 HR 1946–1955
02

Noodles Hahn 1879–1960

130-94, 2.55 ERA 1899–1906
03

Lew Burdette 1926–2007

203-144, 3.66 ERA 1950–1967
04

Leroy Matlock 1907–1968

53-29, 3.93 ERA
05

Art Fletcher 1885–1950

.277 avg, 32 HR 1909–1922
06

Hardie Henderson 1862–1903

81-121, 3.50 ERA 1883–1888
07

Benny Meyer 1885–1974

.265 avg, 7 HR 1913–1925
08

Jack Lapp 1884–1920

.263 avg, 5 HR 1908–1916
09

Bob Muncrief 1916–1996

80-82, 3.80 ERA 1937–1951
10

Dick Mauney 1920–1970

12-14, 2.99 ERA 1945–1947
11

Red Moore 1916–2016

.282 avg, 3 HR
12

Ned Cuthbert 1845–1905

.254 avg, 8 HR 1871–1884
13

Babe Ganzel 1901–1978

.311 avg, 1 HR 1927–1928
14

Del Paddock 1887–1952

.287 avg, 1 HR 1912–1912
15

Frankie Zak 1922–1972

.269 avg, 0 HR 1944–1946
16

Elmer Burkart 1917–1995

.083 avg, 0 HR 1936–1939
17

Alex McColl 1894–1991

.135 avg, 0 HR 1933–1934
18

Adolphus Grimes 1913–1998

.154 avg, 0 HR
19

Frank Whitman 1924–1994

.045 avg, 0 HR 1946–1948
20

Lyman Drake 1852–1932

.286 avg, 0 HR 1884–1884
21

Bill Schindler 1896–1979

.000 avg, 0 HR 1920–1920
22

Hiram Wright 1864–1940

.667 avg, 0 HR 1887–1887