On This Day in Baseball

March 31

25 notable birthdays · 14 in memoriam

Born on March 31

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

01

Mule Suttles ⭐ HOF b. 1901

.339 avg, 188 HR Blocton, USA
02

Jack Stivetts b. 1868

203-132, 3.74 ERA 1889–1899 Ashland, USA
03

Chien-Ming Wang b. 1980

68-34, 4.36 ERA 2005–2016 Tainan City, Taiwan
04

Marv Grissom b. 1918

47-45, 3.41 ERA 1946–1959 Los Molinos, USA
05

Dave Koslo b. 1920

92-107, 3.68 ERA 1941–1955 Menasha, USA
06

Carson Bigbee b. 1895

.287 avg, 17 HR 1916–1926 Lebanon, USA
07

Charles Earle b. 1884

14-9, 3.59 ERA Meriden, USA
08

Ryan Borucki b. 1994

16-13, 4.34 ERA 2018– Mundelein, USA
09

Ty Buttrey b. 1993

MLB player 2018–2020 Matthews, USA
10

Tracy Jones b. 1961

.273 avg, 27 HR 1986–1991 Hawthorne, USA
11

Mason McCoy b. 1995

.181 avg, 0 HR 2023– Peoria, USA
12

George Nash b. 1907

5-10, 3.60 ERA Birmingham, USA
13

Bill Hallman b. 1867

.272 avg, 21 HR 1888–1903 Pittsburgh, USA
14

Fred Kommers b. 1886

.272 avg, 4 HR 1913–1914 Chicago, USA
15

Chick Brandom b. 1887

.148 avg, 0 HR 1908–1915 Coldwater, USA
16

Josmil Pinto b. 1989

.252 avg, 11 HR 2013–2016 Valencia, Venezuela
17

David McKay b. 1995

MLB player 2019–2022 Melbourne, USA
18

Frank McCoy b. 1906

.327 avg, 0 HR Williamsburg, USA
19

Josh Kinney b. 1979

.000 avg, 0 HR 2006–2012 Coudersport, USA
20

Peter Bourjos b. 1987

.237 avg, 43 HR 2010–2019 Park Ridge, USA
21

Tom Hausman b. 1953

15-23, 3.80 ERA 1975–1982 Mobridge, USA
22

Gene Snyder b. 1931

.000 avg, 0 HR 1959–1959 York, USA
23

Jim Brown b. 1891

.250 avg, 1 HR 1915–1916 Laurel, USA
24

Jimmy Boyd b. 1918

.000 avg, 0 HR Winnsboro, USA
25

Maurice Busby b. 1892

.600 avg, 1 HR Benton Harbor, USA

Remembered on March 31

Baseball figures lost on this date.

01

Phil Cockrell 1895–1951

92-67, 4.11 ERA
02

Tom Butters 1938–2016

2-3, 3.10 ERA 1962–1965
03

Bunny Hearn 1904–1974

7-11, 4.38 ERA 1926–1929
04

Orlando Alvarez 1952–2016

.157 avg, 2 HR 1973–1976
05

Jake Jaeckel 1942–2019

.000 avg, 0 HR 1964–1964
06

Riccardo Ingram 1966–2015

.194 avg, 0 HR 1994–1995
07

John Fitzgerald 1870–1921

.071 avg, 0 HR 1891–1891
08

Sam Post 1896–1971

.280 avg, 0 HR 1922–1922
09

Henry Burroughs 1845–1878

.229 avg, 1 HR 1871–1872
10

Johnny Mann 1898–1977

.333 avg, 0 HR 1928–1928
11

Ike Kahdot 1899–1999

.000 avg, 0 HR 1922–1922
12

Roland Howell 1892–1973

MLB player 1912–1912
13

Anton Falch 1860–1936

.111 avg, 0 HR 1884–1884
14

Steve Libby 1853–1935

.000 avg, 0 HR 1879–1879