On This Day in Baseball

March 17

25 notable birthdays · 22 in memoriam

Born on March 17

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

01

Charlie Root b. 1899

201-160, 3.59 ERA 1923–1941 Middletown, USA
02

Hank Sauer b. 1917

.266 avg, 288 HR 1941–1959 Pittsburgh, USA
03

John Smiley b. 1965

126-103, 3.80 ERA 1986–1997 Phoenixville, USA
04

Rhys Hoskins b. 1993

.233 avg, 199 HR 2017– Sacramento, USA
05

Chris Davis b. 1986

.233 avg, 295 HR 2008–2020 Longview, USA
06

Pete Reiser b. 1919

.295 avg, 58 HR 1940–1952 St. Louis, USA
07

Jimmie Hall b. 1938

.254 avg, 121 HR 1963–1970 Mount Holly, USA
08

Bill Mueller b. 1971

.291 avg, 85 HR 1996–2006 Maryland Heights, USA
09

Fred Pfeffer b. 1860

.256 avg, 94 HR 1882–1897 Louisville, USA
10

Scott Downs b. 1976

38-40, 3.56 ERA 2000–2014 Louisville, USA
11

Jean Segura b. 1990

.281 avg, 110 HR 2012–2023 San Juan, D.R.
12

Andrew Kittredge b. 1990

30-18, 3.47 ERA 2017– Spokane, USA
13

Pat Seerey b. 1923

.224 avg, 86 HR 1943–1949 Wilburton, USA
14

Cito Gaston b. 1944

.256 avg, 91 HR 1967–1978 San Antonio, USA
15

Gordon Graceffo b. 2000

MLB player 2024– Wayne, USA
16

Rod Scurry b. 1956

19-32, 3.24 ERA 1980–1988 Sacramento, USA
17

Stuart Fairchild b. 1996

.221 avg, 18 HR 2021– Seattle, USA
18

Cameron Foster b. 1999

MLB player 2026– Houston, USA
19

Ed Klepfer b. 1888

22-17, 2.81 ERA 1911–1919 Summerville, USA
20

Blanch Moody b. 1912

4-3, 4.73 ERA Boyce, USA
21

Rynie Wolters b. 1844

19-23, 3.90 ERA 1871–1873 Schantz, Netherlands
22

Robb Quinlan b. 1977

.276 avg, 25 HR 2003–2010 St. Paul, USA
23

Larry Murphy b. 1857

.265 avg, 1 HR 1891–1891 Toronto, CAN
24

Jesse Hoffmeister b. 1877

.309 avg, 3 HR 1897–1897 Toledo, USA
25

Cesar Valdez b. 1985

5-6, 6.11 ERA 2010–2022 Santo Domingo, D.R.

Remembered on March 17

Baseball figures lost on this date.

01

Paul Dean 1912–1981

50-34, 3.72 ERA 1934–1943
02

Whitey Lockman 1926–2009

.279 avg, 114 HR 1945–1960
03

Poindexter Williams 1897–1969

.304 avg, 21 HR
04

Diamond Pipkins 1907–1975

10-9, 4.97 ERA
05

Mortimer Hogan 1862–1923

.207 avg, 0 HR 1884–1888
06

Rube Kroh 1886–1944

14-9, 2.20 ERA 1906–1912
07

Van Fletcher 1924–2010

MLB player 1955–1955
08

Ed Armbrister 1948–2021

.245 avg, 4 HR 1973–1977
09

Milo Candini 1917–1998

26-21, 3.92 ERA 1943–1951
10

Bob Blewett 1877–1958

.000 avg, 0 HR 1902–1902
11

Lunie Danage 1895–1982

.258 avg, 1 HR
12

Ed Finney 1924–1998

.278 avg, 1 HR
13

Joe Abreu 1913–1993

.214 avg, 1 HR 1942–1942
14

Grant Thatcher 1877–1936

.200 avg, 0 HR 1903–1904
15

Jim Mains 1922–1969

.000 avg, 0 HR 1943–1943
16

Bob Thorpe 1935–1960

MLB player 1955–1955
17

George Orme 1891–1962

.333 avg, 0 HR 1920–1920
18

Roman Bertrand 1909–2002

MLB player 1936–1936
19

Joe Giebel 1891–1981

.333 avg, 0 HR 1913–1913
20

Jimmy Uchrinscko 1900–1995

.000 avg, 0 HR 1926–1926
21

Mike Ledwith 1851–1914

.250 avg, 0 HR 1874–1874
22

Billy Murray 1864–1937

MLB player