On This Day in Baseball

April 3

25 notable birthdays · 25 in memoriam

Born on April 3

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

01

Guy Hecker b. 1856

175-146, 2.93 ERA 1882–1890 Youngsville, USA
02

Henry McHenry b. 1910

71-57, 4.12 ERA Houston, USA
03

Wally Moon b. 1930

.289 avg, 142 HR 1954–1965 Bay, USA
04

Jay Bruce b. 1987

.244 avg, 319 HR 2008–2021 Beaumont, USA
05

Koji Uehara b. 1975

22-26, 2.66 ERA 2009–2017 Osaka, Japan
06

Chris Bosio b. 1963

94-93, 3.96 ERA 1986–1996 Carmichael, USA
07

Jason Kipnis b. 1987

.260 avg, 126 HR 2011–2020 Northbrook, USA
08

Ryan Doumit b. 1981

.264 avg, 104 HR 2005–2014 Moses Lake, USA
09

Andrew Vaughn b. 1998

.259 avg, 92 HR 2021– Santa Rosa, USA
10

Tim Crews b. 1961

.136 avg, 0 HR 1987–1992 Tampa, USA
11

Connelly Early b. 2002

8-7, 3.24 ERA 2025– Midlothian, USA
12

Jacob Misiorowski b. 2002

19-8, 2.65 ERA 2025– Blue Springs, USA
13

Andy Ibanez b. 1993

.250 avg, 28 HR 2021– Havana, Cuba
14

Quilvio Veras b. 1971

.270 avg, 32 HR 1995–2001 Santo Domingo, D.R.
15

Tom Murphy b. 1991

.239 avg, 49 HR 2015– West Monroe, USA
16

Kevin Herget b. 1991

MLB player 2022– Teaneck, USA
17

Welinton Herrera b. 2004

MLB player 2026– Fantino, Dominican Republic
18

Mike Lansing b. 1968

.271 avg, 84 HR 1993–2001 Rawlins, USA
19

Hayden Senger b. 1997

.172 avg, 1 HR 2025– Hamilton, USA
20

John Frill b. 1879

3-3, 5.85 ERA 1910–1912 Reading, USA
21

Tom Lynch b. 1860

.258 avg, 0 HR 1884–1885 Bennington, USA
22

Mike McClendon b. 1985

.250 avg, 0 HR 2010–2012 Arlington, USA
23

Jacob Nottingham b. 1995

.184 avg, 8 HR 2018–2021 Redlands, USA
24

Steve Soderstrom b. 1972

.000 avg, 0 HR 1996–1996 Turlock, USA
25

Destin Hood b. 1990

.240 avg, 1 HR 2016–2016 Mobile, USA

Remembered on April 3

Baseball figures lost on this date.

01

Roy Sievers 1926–2017

.267 avg, 318 HR 1949–1965
02

Tommy Davis 1939–2022

.294 avg, 153 HR 1959–1976
03

Charlie Sweeney 1863–1902

64-52, 2.87 ERA 1882–1887
04

Jim Pagliaroni 1937–2010

.252 avg, 90 HR 1955–1969
05

Harry Simpson 1925–1979

.268 avg, 76 HR 1951–1959
06

Larry Benton 1897–1953

127-128, 4.03 ERA 1923–1935
07

Candy Jim Taylor 1884–1948

3-6, 5.50 ERA
08

Phenomenal Smith 1864–1952

54-74, 3.89 ERA 1884–1891
09

Bob Trowbridge 1930–1980

13-13, 3.95 ERA 1956–1960
10

Willie Tasby 1933–2022

.250 avg, 46 HR 1958–1963
11

Count Campau 1863–1938

.267 avg, 10 HR 1888–1894
12

General Crowder 1899–1972

167-115, 4.12 ERA 1926–1936
13

John Corkhill 1858–1921

.254 avg, 31 HR 1883–1892
14

Hank Steinbacher 1913–1977

.292 avg, 6 HR 1937–1939
15

George Bechtel 1848–1921

7-20, 3.19 ERA 1871–1876
16

Dick Harley 1872–1952

.262 avg, 10 HR 1897–1903
17

Joe Casey 1900–1987

.250 avg, 0 HR
18

Jack Boyle 1889–1971

.280 avg, 0 HR 1912–1912
19

Roy Nichols 1921–2002

.222 avg, 0 HR 1944–1944
20

Bob Linton 1902–1980

.111 avg, 0 HR 1929–1929
21

Whitey Miller 1915–1991

.000 avg, 0 HR 1944–1944
22

Nat McClinic 1924–2004

.000 avg, 0 HR
23

Clay Roe 1904–1956

MLB player 1923–1923
24

Jim Abbott 1884–1926

.000 avg, 0 HR
25

John Rudderham 1863–1942

.250 avg, 0 HR 1884–1884