On This Day in Baseball

February 17

25 notable birthdays · 25 in memoriam

Born on February 17

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

01

Josh Willingham b. 1979

.253 avg, 195 HR 2004–2014 Florence, USA
02

Wally Pipp b. 1893

.281 avg, 90 HR 1913–1928 Chicago, USA
03

Steve Evans b. 1885

.287 avg, 32 HR 1908–1915 Cleveland, USA
04

Scott Williamson b. 1976

28-28, 3.36 ERA 1999–2007 Fort Polk, USA
05

Willie Kirkland b. 1934

.240 avg, 148 HR 1958–1966 Siluria, USA
06

Danny Patterson b. 1971

.000 avg, 0 HR 1996–2004 San Gabriel, USA
07

Ike Boone b. 1897

.321 avg, 26 HR 1922–1932 Samantha, USA
08

Nemo Leibold b. 1892

.266 avg, 3 HR 1913–1925 Butler, USA
09

Ed Brandt b. 1905

121-146, 3.86 ERA 1928–1938 Spokane, USA
10

Danny Farquhar b. 1987

MLB player 2011–2018 Pembroke Pines, USA
11

Jhony Brito b. 1998

10-9, 4.15 ERA 2023– Puerto Plata, D.R.
12

Andrew Brown b. 1981

MLB player 2006–2008 Chardon, USA
13

Jorge Barrosa b. 2001

.181 avg, 3 HR 2024– Puerto Cabello, Venezuela
14

Cody Ransom b. 1976

.213 avg, 30 HR 2001–2013 Mesa, USA
15

Zac Grotz b. 1993

MLB player 2019–2020 San Mateo, USA
16

Henry Merchant b. 1918

.237 avg, 1 HR Birmingham, USA
17

Kevin Cron b. 1993

.170 avg, 6 HR 2019–2020 Placentia, USA
18

Dave Roberts b. 1951

.239 avg, 49 HR 1972–1982 Lebanon, USA
19

Esteban Quiroz b. 1992

.275 avg, 0 HR 2022–2022 Ciudad Obregon, México
20

Deivy Grullon b. 1996

.167 avg, 0 HR 2019–2020 Bonao, D.R.
21

Jim Bowie b. 1965

.214 avg, 0 HR 1994–1994 Tokyo, Japan
22

Lonnie Maclin b. 1967

.077 avg, 0 HR 1993–1993 St. Louis, USA
23

Mike Macha b. 1954

.095 avg, 0 HR 1979–1980 Victoria, USA
24

Dave Wissman b. 1941

.148 avg, 0 HR 1964–1964 Greenfield, USA
25

Charlie Jamison b. 1903

.250 avg, 0 HR Jasper, USA

Remembered on February 17

Baseball figures lost on this date.

01

Red Ruffing ⭐ HOF 1905–1986

273-225, 3.80 ERA 1924–1947
02

Lefty Gomez ⭐ HOF 1908–1989

189-102, 3.34 ERA 1930–1943
03

Nestor Chylak ⭐ HOF 1922–1982

MLB player
04

Kip Selbach 1872–1956

.293 avg, 44 HR 1894–1906
05

Tony Phillips 1959–2016

.266 avg, 160 HR 1982–1999
06

Tom York 1850–1936

.273 avg, 14 HR 1871–1885
07

George Meakim 1865–1923

15-13, 4.03 ERA 1890–1895
08

Jack Dalton 1885–1950

.286 avg, 4 HR 1910–1916
09

Doc Johnston 1887–1961

.263 avg, 14 HR 1909–1922
10

Eddie Fisher 1936–2025

85-70, 3.41 ERA 1959–1973
11

Jim Burns

.305 avg, 5 HR 1888–1891
12

Howie Nunn 1935–2012

.200 avg, 0 HR 1959–1962
13

Lee Thompson 1898–1963

.286 avg, 0 HR 1921–1921
14

Ray Boyd 1887–1920

2-4, 3.09 ERA 1910–1911
15

Larry Gilbert 1891–1965

.230 avg, 5 HR 1914–1915
16

George Washington 1907–1985

.268 avg, 9 HR 1935–1936
17

Phil Williams 1906–1957

.302 avg, 0 HR
18

Brock Pemberton 1953–2016

.167 avg, 0 HR 1974–1975
19

Steve Bechler 1979–2003

MLB player 2002–2002
20

Cecil Tyson 1914–2000

.000 avg, 0 HR 1944–1944
21

Otto Bolden 1879–1930

.091 avg, 0 HR
22

Ramón Couto 1906–1977

MLB player
23

Happy Iott 1876–1941

.200 avg, 0 HR 1903–1903
24

James Graham 1865–1935

.167 avg, 0 HR 1889–1889
25

Harry Little 1850–1927

.133 avg, 0 HR 1877–1877