On This Day in Baseball

February 21

25 notable birthdays · 18 in memoriam

Born on February 21

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

01

Alan Trammell ⭐ HOF b. 1958

.285 avg, 185 HR 1977–1996 Garden Grove, USA
02

Tom Yawkey ⭐ HOF b. 1903

MLB player Detroit, USA
03

John Titus b. 1876

.282 avg, 38 HR 1903–1913 St. Clair, USA
04

Jouett Meekin b. 1867

152-133, 4.07 ERA 1891–1900 New Albany, USA
05

Joe Foy b. 1943

.248 avg, 58 HR 1966–1971 New York, USA
06

Sam Hilliard b. 1994

.218 avg, 44 HR 2019– Mansfield, USA
07

Fred Newman b. 1942

33-39, 3.41 ERA 1962–1967 Boston, USA
08

Franklin Gutierrez b. 1983

.257 avg, 97 HR 2005–2017 Caracas, Venezuela
09

Ted Savage b. 1936

.233 avg, 34 HR 1962–1971 Venice, USA
10

Bo Naylor b. 2000

.200 avg, 40 HR 2022– Mississauga, CAN
11

Porter Hodge b. 2001

MLB player 2024– Salt Lake City, USA
12

Dalton Rushing b. 2001

.231 avg, 16 HR 2025– Memphis, USA
13

Bill Slayback b. 1948

6-9, 3.84 ERA 1972–1974 Hollywood, USA
14

Devon Travis b. 1991

.274 avg, 35 HR 2015–2018 West Palm Beach, USA
15

Ty Madden b. 2000

MLB player 2024– Houston, USA
16

Lloyd Hittle b. 1924

7-11, 4.43 ERA 1949–1950 Acampo, USA
17

Harry Ford b. 2003

.185 avg, 3 HR 2025– Atlanta, USA
18

David Sandlin b. 2001

MLB player 2026– Owasso, USA
19

Bill Cash b. 1919

.270 avg, 8 HR Round Oak, USA
20

Tyler Lyons b. 1988

13-12, 4.30 ERA 2013–2020 Lubbock, USA
21

Ryan Merritt b. 1992

3-0, 1.71 ERA 2016–2017 McKinney, USA
22

Rick Lysander b. 1953

9-17, 4.28 ERA 1980–1985 Huntington Park, USA
23

Kodi Whitley b. 1995

MLB player 2020–2022 Clayton, USA
24

Jess Brooks b. 1913

.264 avg, 2 HR Tacoma, USA
25

Jeff Schmidt b. 1971

MLB player 1996–1996 Northfield, USA

Remembered on February 21

Baseball figures lost on this date.

01

Joe Shaute 1899–1970

99-109, 4.15 ERA 1922–1934
02

Albie Pearson 1934–2023

.270 avg, 28 HR 1958–1966
03

Eddie Murphy 1891–1969

.287 avg, 4 HR 1912–1926
04

Paul Radford 1861–1945

.242 avg, 13 HR 1883–1894
05

Charles Earle 1884–1972

14-9, 3.59 ERA
06

Irv Ray 1864–1948

.292 avg, 3 HR 1888–1891
07

Chet Ross 1917–1989

.241 avg, 34 HR 1939–1944
08

Vinegar Bend Mizell 1930–1999

90-88, 3.85 ERA 1952–1962
09

Gilly Campbell 1908–1973

.263 avg, 5 HR 1933–1938
10

George Merritt 1880–1938

.213 avg, 0 HR 1901–1903
11

John Peters 1893–1932

.265 avg, 7 HR 1915–1922
12

Ike Rockenfield 1876–1927

.221 avg, 0 HR 1905–1906
13

Charlie Gorin 1928–2021

.000 avg, 0 HR 1954–1955
14

Hector Maestri 1935–2014

.000 avg, 0 HR 1960–1961
15

Ray Shearer 1929–1982

.500 avg, 0 HR 1957–1957
16

Dennis Driscoll 1862–1901

.158 avg, 0 HR 1885–1885
17

Jim Roxburgh 1858–1934

.250 avg, 0 HR 1884–1887
18

John Fogarty 1864–1918

.125 avg, 0 HR 1885–1885