On This Day in Baseball

March 29

25 notable birthdays · 22 in memoriam

Born on March 29

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

01

Cy Young ⭐ HOF b. 1867

511-315, 2.63 ERA 1890–1911 Gilmore, USA
02

Matt Olson b. 1994

.256 avg, 327 HR 2016– Atlanta, USA
03

Tommy Holmes b. 1917

.302 avg, 88 HR 1942–1952 Brooklyn, USA
04

Ferris Fain b. 1921

.290 avg, 48 HR 1947–1955 San Antonio, USA
05

Brian Jordan b. 1967

.282 avg, 184 HR 1992–2006 Baltimore, USA
06

Duff Cooley b. 1873

.294 avg, 26 HR 1893–1905 Leavenworth, USA
07

George Hall b. 1849

.322 avg, 13 HR 1871–1877 Stepney, England
08

Alex Ochoa b. 1972

.279 avg, 46 HR 1995–2002 Miami Lakes, USA
09

Scott Atchison b. 1976

.000 avg, 0 HR 2004–2015 Denton, USA
10

Geronimo Pena b. 1967

.262 avg, 30 HR 1990–1996 Los Alcarrizos, D.R.
11

Danny Kolb b. 1975

.000 avg, 0 HR 1999–2007 Sterling, USA
12

Bill Castro b. 1952

31-26, 3.33 ERA 1974–1983 Santiago, D.R.
13

Tom Hume b. 1953

57-71, 3.85 ERA 1977–1987 Cincinnati, USA
14

Hank Gastright b. 1865

72-63, 4.20 ERA 1889–1896 Covington, USA
15

José Fermín b. 1999

.233 avg, 7 HR 2023– Puerto Plata, D.R.
16

Gibby Brack b. 1908

.279 avg, 16 HR 1937–1939 Chicago, USA
17

Alex Cook b. 2001

MLB player 2026– Lawrenceville, USA
18

Mike Kingery b. 1961

.268 avg, 30 HR 1986–1996 St. James, USA
19

Bob Steele b. 1894

16-38, 3.05 ERA 1916–1919 Cassburn, CAN
20

Allen Bryant b. 1918

2-2, 4.98 ERA Chicago, USA
21

Chad Pinder b. 1992

.242 avg, 62 HR 2016–2022 Richmond, USA
22

Gorham Leverett b. 1894

29-34, 4.51 ERA 1922–1929 Georgetown, USA
23

Bill Harbridge b. 1855

.247 avg, 2 HR 1875–1884 Philadelphia, USA
24

Kila Ka'aihue b. 1984

.221 avg, 15 HR 2008–2012 Kailua, USA
25

Karl Pagel b. 1955

.232 avg, 1 HR 1978–1983 Madison, USA

Remembered on March 29

Baseball figures lost on this date.

01

Rusty Staub 1944–2018

.279 avg, 292 HR 1963–1985
02

Ted Kluszewski 1924–1988

.298 avg, 279 HR 1947–1961
03

Johnny Allen 1904–1959

142-75, 3.75 ERA 1932–1944
04

Luke Easter 1915–1979

.276 avg, 104 HR 1949–1954
05

Terry Moore 1912–1995

.280 avg, 80 HR 1935–1948
06

Phil Masi 1916–1990

.264 avg, 47 HR 1939–1952
07

Harry Salisbury 1855–1933

24-24, 2.55 ERA 1879–1882
08

Wilcy Moore 1897–1963

51-44, 3.70 ERA 1927–1933
09

Cozy Dolan 1872–1907

11-13, 4.44 ERA 1895–1906
10

Buddy Napier 1889–1968

5-6, 3.92 ERA 1912–1921
11

Wayne Schurr 1937–2024

.000 avg, 0 HR 1964–1964
12

Jim Holt 1944–2019

.265 avg, 19 HR 1968–1976
13

Jim Hughey 1869–1945

29-80, 4.87 ERA 1891–1900
14

Ray Tift 1884–1945

.000 avg, 0 HR 1907–1907
15

Dick Phillips 1931–1998

.229 avg, 12 HR 1962–1966
16

Jimmy Archer 1883–1958

.249 avg, 16 HR 1904–1918
17

Ed Samcoff 1924–2018

.000 avg, 0 HR 1951–1951
18

Ted Waters 1902–1966

.200 avg, 0 HR
19

Hank Miklos 1910–2000

.000 avg, 0 HR 1944–1944
20

Ed Watkins 1877–1933

.000 avg, 0 HR 1902–1902
21

Bill White 1860–1937

.250 avg, 0 HR 1879–1879
22

Tony Hellman 1861–1898

.000 avg, 0 HR 1886–1886