On This Day in Baseball

April 1

25 notable birthdays · 15 in memoriam

Born on April 1

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

01

Phil Niekro ⭐ HOF b. 1939

318-274, 3.35 ERA 1964–1987 Blaine, USA
02

Rusty Staub b. 1944

.279 avg, 292 HR 1963–1985 New Orleans, USA
03

Jeff Heath b. 1915

.293 avg, 194 HR 1936–1949 Fort William, CAN
04

Daniel Murphy b. 1985

.296 avg, 138 HR 2008–2020 Jacksonville, USA
05

Ron Perranoski b. 1936

.096 avg, 0 HR 1961–1973 Paterson, USA
06

Willie Montanez b. 1948

.275 avg, 139 HR 1966–1982 Catano, P.R.
07

Matt Herges b. 1970

.167 avg, 0 HR 1999–2009 Champaign, USA
08

John Axford b. 1983

.000 avg, 0 HR 2009–2021 Simcoe, CAN
09

Fred Mann b. 1858

.262 avg, 12 HR 1882–1887 Sutton, USA
10

Frank Castillo b. 1969

82-104, 4.56 ERA 1991–2005 El Paso, USA
11

Keegan Akin b. 1995

16-23, 4.55 ERA 2020– Alma, USA
12

David Dahl b. 1994

.268 avg, 46 HR 2016–2024 Birmingham, USA
13

Claude Cooper b. 1892

.260 avg, 4 HR 1913–1917 Troup, USA
14

Pedro Ramírez b. 2004

.258 avg, 6 HR 2026– Temblador, Venezuela
15

Chet Ross b. 1917

.241 avg, 34 HR 1939–1944 Buffalo, USA
16

Jack Cummings b. 1904

.341 avg, 4 HR 1926–1929 Pittsburgh, USA
17

Tom Qualters b. 1935

.000 avg, 0 HR 1953–1958 McKeesport, USA
18

Johnny Reed b. 1916

.241 avg, 0 HR Little Rock, USA
19

George Staller b. 1916

.271 avg, 3 HR 1943–1943 Rutherford Heights, USA
20

Cesar Puello b. 1991

.246 avg, 4 HR 2017–2020 La Romana, D.R.
21

Red Murff b. 1921

.091 avg, 0 HR 1956–1957 Burlington, USA
22

John McMullin b. 1849

14-15, 5.43 ERA 1871–1875 Philadelphia, USA
23

Norman Robinson b. 1913

.272 avg, 0 HR Oklahoma City, USA
24

Moe Franklin b. 1914

.262 avg, 2 HR 1941–1942 Chicago, USA
25

Jake Jaeckel b. 1942

.000 avg, 0 HR 1964–1964 East Los Angeles, USA

Remembered on April 1

Baseball figures lost on this date.

01

Rube Waddell ⭐ HOF 1876–1914

193-143, 2.16 ERA 1897–1910
02

Jerry Lynch 1930–2012

.277 avg, 115 HR 1954–1966
03

Jo-Jo Moore 1908–2001

.298 avg, 79 HR 1930–1941
04

Frankie Gustine 1920–1991

.265 avg, 38 HR 1939–1950
05

Halley Harding 1904–1967

.298 avg, 4 HR
06

John Sullivan 1890–1966

.309 avg, 5 HR 1920–1921
07

John Bissant 1914–2006

.279 avg, 3 HR
08

Ernie Walker 1890–1965

.256 avg, 1 HR 1913–1915
09

Ladd White 1917–1963

.250 avg, 0 HR
10

Russell Awkard 1917–2002

.284 avg, 2 HR
11

Al Martin 1847–1926

.164 avg, 0 HR 1872–1875
12

John McSherry 1944–1996

MLB player
13

Sam Taylor 1898–1966

.333 avg, 0 HR
14

Ivan Bigler 1892–1975

MLB player 1917–1917
15

Henry Stein 1869–1927

MLB player 1900–1900