On This Day in Baseball

March 7

25 notable birthdays · 23 in memoriam

Born on March 7

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

01

Jeff Kent ⭐ HOF b. 1968

.290 avg, 377 HR 1992–2008 Bellflower, USA
02

J. R. Richard b. 1950

107-71, 3.15 ERA 1971–1980 Vienna, USA
03

Jeff Burroughs b. 1951

.261 avg, 240 HR 1970–1985 Long Beach, USA
04

Joe Carter b. 1960

.259 avg, 396 HR 1983–1998 Oklahoma City, USA
05

Pablo Lopez b. 1996

59-53, 3.81 ERA 2018– Cabimas, Venezuela
06

Andy Porter b. 1910

45-33, 4.24 ERA Sweet Home, USA
07

Ed Bouchee b. 1933

.265 avg, 61 HR 1956–1962 Livingston, USA
08

Michael Harris b. 2001

.278 avg, 98 HR 2022– DeKalb, USA
09

Justin Topa b. 1991

.000 avg, 0 HR 2020– Binghamton, USA
10

Sam Bennett b. 1884

.315 avg, 11 HR Austin, USA
11

Greg Jones b. 1998

.100 avg, 1 HR 2024– Cary, USA
12

Red Wilson b. 1929

.258 avg, 24 HR 1951–1960 Milwaukee, USA
13

Skeeter Barnes b. 1957

.259 avg, 14 HR 1983–1994 Cincinnati, USA
14

Joe Gallagher b. 1914

.273 avg, 16 HR 1939–1940 Buffalo, USA
15

Tom Acker b. 1930

19-13, 4.12 ERA 1956–1959 Paterson, USA
16

Harry Davis b. 1908

.264 avg, 7 HR 1932–1937 Shreveport, USA
17

Mauro Gozzo b. 1966

7-7, 5.30 ERA 1989–1994 New Britain, USA
18

Alex Pearson b. 1877

3-8, 3.85 ERA 1902–1903 Greensboro, USA
19

Tex Wisterzil b. 1888

.260 avg, 0 HR 1914–1915 Detroit, USA
20

Scott Munter b. 1980

.1000 avg, 0 HR 2005–2007 Norfolk, USA
21

Buddy Hayes b. 1894

.248 avg, 1 HR Nashville, USA
22

Albert Hall b. 1958

.251 avg, 5 HR 1981–1989 Birmingham, USA
23

Nick Ciuffo b. 1995

.188 avg, 1 HR 2018–2021 Mount Pleasant, USA
24

Tyler Ladendorf b. 1988

.121 avg, 0 HR 2015–2021 Park Ridge, USA
25

Ginger Clark b. 1879

.500 avg, 0 HR 1902–1902 Wooster, USA

Remembered on March 7

Baseball figures lost on this date.

01

Pud Galvin ⭐ HOF 1856–1902

365-310, 2.85 ERA 1875–1892
02

Cool Papa Bell ⭐ HOF 1903–1991

20-15, 4.64 ERA
03

Lady Baldwin 1859–1937

73-41, 2.85 ERA 1884–1890
04

Jack Sanford 1929–2000

137-101, 3.69 ERA 1956–1967
05

Steve Bilko 1928–1978

.249 avg, 76 HR 1949–1962
06

Al Libke 1918–2003

.268 avg, 9 HR 1945–1946
07

LeRoy Taylor 1902–1968

.306 avg, 5 HR
08

Johnie Scott 1913–1967

.263 avg, 4 HR
09

Al Shealy 1900–1967

8-6, 5.71 ERA 1928–1930
10

Jimmy Moore 1903–1986

.254 avg, 4 HR 1930–1931
11

Carl Thomas 1932–2013

.333 avg, 0 HR 1960–1960
12

Jake Striker 1933–2013

.000 avg, 0 HR 1959–1960
13

Ray Martin 1925–2013

.000 avg, 0 HR 1943–1948
14

Fred O'Neill 1865–1892

.308 avg, 0 HR 1887–1887
15

Joe Benes 1901–1975

.167 avg, 0 HR 1931–1931
16

Emil Mailho 1908–2007

.056 avg, 0 HR 1936–1936
17

A. J. Dykes 1900–1935

.500 avg, 0 HR
18

Buzz Wetzel 1894–1941

.1000 avg, 0 HR 1927–1927
19

Joe Brown 1900–1950

MLB player 1927–1927
20

Shorty Des Jardien 1893–1956

MLB player 1916–1916
21

Tom Wilson 1890–1953

.000 avg, 0 HR 1914–1914
22

Fred Donovan 1864–1916

.083 avg, 0 HR 1895–1895
23

Oscar Woehrlin 1871–1934

.333 avg, 0 HR 1895–1895