On This Day in Baseball

February 26

25 notable birthdays · 22 in memoriam

Born on February 26

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

01

Pete Alexander ⭐ HOF b. 1887

373-208, 2.56 ERA 1911–1930 Elba, USA
02

J. T. Snow b. 1968

.268 avg, 189 HR 1992–2008 Long Beach, USA
03

Carl Glass b. 1898

46-52, 3.90 ERA Lexington, USA
04

Preacher Roe b. 1916

127-84, 3.43 ERA 1938–1954 Ash Flat, USA
05

Kelly Gruber b. 1962

.259 avg, 117 HR 1984–1993 Houston, USA
06

Hector Rondon b. 1988

.333 avg, 0 HR 2013–2020 Guatire, Venezuela
07

Mark DeRosa b. 1975

.268 avg, 100 HR 1998–2013 Passaic, USA
08

Trevor Larnach b. 1997

.247 avg, 65 HR 2021– Walnut Creek, USA
09

Johnny Blanchard b. 1933

.239 avg, 67 HR 1955–1965 Minneapolis, USA
10

Luis Rengifo b. 1997

.248 avg, 66 HR 2019– Naguanagua, Venezuela
11

Scott Service b. 1967

.059 avg, 0 HR 1988–2004 Cincinnati, USA
12

Trevor McDonald b. 2001

4-7, 4.38 ERA 2024– Mobile, USA
13

Danny Gardella b. 1920

.267 avg, 24 HR 1944–1950 New York, USA
14

Dylan Crews b. 2002

.217 avg, 24 HR 2024– Altamonte Springs, USA
15

Amos Watson b. 1926

10-5, 3.17 ERA Lake Alfred, USA
16

Gary Majewski b. 1980

.000 avg, 0 HR 2004–2010 Houston, USA
17

Don Lee b. 1934

40-44, 3.61 ERA 1957–1966 Globe, USA
18

Alejandro Crespo b. 1915

.307 avg, 5 HR Güira de Melena, Cuba
19

Dustin Ackley b. 1988

.241 avg, 46 HR 2011–2016 Winston-Salem, USA
20

Matt Luke b. 1971

.242 avg, 15 HR 1996–1999 Long Beach, USA
21

Dennis Kinney b. 1952

.071 avg, 0 HR 1978–1982 Toledo, USA
22

Edgar Washington b. 1898

.274 avg, 0 HR Los Angeles, USA
23

Lee Thompson b. 1898

.286 avg, 0 HR 1921–1921 Smithfield, USA
24

Darrell Miller b. 1958

.241 avg, 8 HR 1984–1988 Washington, USA
25

William Binga b. 1869

.244 avg, 1 HR USA

Remembered on February 26

Baseball figures lost on this date.

01

Bud Fowler ⭐ HOF 1858–1913

MLB player
02

George Uhle 1898–1985

200-166, 3.99 ERA 1919–1936
03

Joe Kuhel 1906–1984

.277 avg, 131 HR 1930–1947
04

Garland Braxton 1900–1966

50-53, 4.13 ERA 1921–1933
05

Ford Smith 1919–1983

14-6, 2.37 ERA
06

Ned Garver 1925–2017

129-157, 3.73 ERA 1948–1961
07

Murray Gillispie 1908–1942

8-6, 3.05 ERA
08

Jimmy Zinn 1895–1991

13-16, 4.30 ERA 1919–1929
09

Greg Goossen 1945–2011

.241 avg, 13 HR 1965–1970
10

Eddie Jefferson 1922–1987

2-2, 5.72 ERA
11

Emmett Wilson 1913–1991

.249 avg, 1 HR
12

Tommy Heath 1913–1967

.230 avg, 3 HR 1935–1938
13

Bill Bankston 1893–1970

.139 avg, 1 HR 1915–1915
14

Tex Jones 1885–1938

.194 avg, 0 HR 1911–1911
15

Al Naples 1926–2021

.143 avg, 0 HR 1949–1949
16

Bill Miller 1910–1982

.000 avg, 0 HR 1937–1937
17

George Yantz 1886–1967

.1000 avg, 0 HR 1912–1912
18

Ernie Lush 1885–1937

.000 avg, 0 HR 1910–1910
19

Matt Broderick 1877–1940

.000 avg, 0 HR 1903–1903
20

Mike Drissel 1864–1913

.050 avg, 0 HR 1885–1885
21

Pat Sullivan 1854–1896

MLB player
22

Horace Phillips 1853–1896

MLB player