On This Day in Baseball

March 23

25 notable birthdays · 16 in memoriam

Born on March 23

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

01

Elmer Smith b. 1868

75-57, 3.35 ERA 1886–1901 Pittsburgh, USA
02

Gavvy Cravath b. 1881

.287 avg, 119 HR 1908–1920 Poway, USA
03

Lee May b. 1943

.267 avg, 354 HR 1965–1982 Birmingham, USA
04

George Scott b. 1944

.268 avg, 271 HR 1966–1979 Greenville, USA
05

Mark Buehrle b. 1979

214-160, 3.81 ERA 2000–2015 St. Charles, USA
06

Dellin Betances b. 1988

.000 avg, 0 HR 2011–2021 New York, USA
07

Jim Lemon b. 1928

.262 avg, 164 HR 1950–1963 Covington, USA
08

Johnny Moore b. 1902

.307 avg, 73 HR 1928–1945 Waterville, USA
09

Mike Remlinger b. 1966

53-55, 3.90 ERA 1991–2006 Middletown, USA
10

Homer Smoot b. 1878

.290 avg, 15 HR 1902–1906 Galestown, USA
11

Johnny Logan b. 1926

.268 avg, 93 HR 1951–1963 Endicott, USA
12

Joel Peralta b. 1976

.143 avg, 0 HR 2005–2016 Bonao, D.R.
13

Austin Martin b. 1999

.253 avg, 5 HR 2024– DeLand, USA
14

Louis Dula b. 1912

14-10, 3.45 ERA Lenoir, USA
15

Bo Diaz b. 1953

.255 avg, 87 HR 1977–1989 Cua, Venezuela
16

Danny Moeller b. 1885

.243 avg, 15 HR 1907–1916 DeWitt, USA
17

Bill Harvey b. 1908

24-38, 5.21 ERA Clarksdale, USA
18

Jack Meyer b. 1932

24-34, 3.92 ERA 1955–1961 Philadelphia, USA
19

Tommy Johnson b. 1915

11-20, 4.79 ERA Elmwood, USA
20

Ray Kremer b. 1895

143-85, 3.76 ERA 1924–1933 Oakland, USA
21

Danny Coombs b. 1942

19-27, 4.08 ERA 1963–1971 Lincoln, USA
22

Peaches Graham b. 1877

.265 avg, 1 HR 1902–1912 Aledo, USA
23

Farmer Weaver b. 1865

.278 avg, 9 HR 1888–1894 Parkersburg, USA
24

Sam Bowens b. 1938

.223 avg, 45 HR 1963–1969 Wilmington, USA
25

Isiah Kiner-Falefa b. 1995

.262 avg, 38 HR 2018– Honolulu, USA

Remembered on March 23

Baseball figures lost on this date.

01

Virgil Trucks 1917–2013

177-135, 3.39 ERA 1941–1958
02

Ed Bailey 1931–2007

.256 avg, 155 HR 1953–1966
03

Wilson Redus 1905–1979

.303 avg, 89 HR
04

Gentry Jessup 1914–1998

24-29, 3.40 ERA
05

Tim Crews 1961–1993

.136 avg, 0 HR 1987–1992
06

Joe Garagiola 1926–2016

.257 avg, 42 HR 1946–1954
07

Roger Wolff 1911–1994

52-69, 3.41 ERA 1941–1947
08

Oris Hockett 1909–1969

.276 avg, 13 HR 1938–1945
09

Hal King 1944–2019

.214 avg, 24 HR 1967–1974
10

Fred Long 1896–1966

.312 avg, 7 HR
11

John Flynn 1883–1935

.249 avg, 6 HR 1910–1912
12

Dutch Meier 1879–1948

.256 avg, 0 HR 1906–1906
13

Lefty Mellix 1896–1985

.500 avg, 0 HR
14

Jake Kafora 1888–1928

.125 avg, 0 HR 1913–1914
15

Walter Murphy 1907–1976

MLB player 1931–1931
16

Red Bird 1890–1972

.000 avg, 0 HR 1921–1921