On This Day in Baseball

April 9

25 notable birthdays · 25 in memoriam

Born on April 9

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

01

Claude Passeau b. 1909

162-150, 3.32 ERA 1935–1947 Waynesboro, USA
02

Doc White b. 1879

189-156, 2.39 ERA 1901–1913 Washington, USA
03

Hippo Vaughn b. 1888

178-137, 2.49 ERA 1908–1921 Weatherford, USA
04

David Robertson b. 1985

.000 avg, 0 HR 2008– Birmingham, USA
05

Nate Colbert b. 1946

.243 avg, 173 HR 1966–1976 St. Louis, USA
06

Hal Morris b. 1965

.304 avg, 76 HR 1988–2000 Fort Rucker, USA
07

Luis Arraez b. 1997

.316 avg, 42 HR 2019– San Felipe, Venezuela
08

Wade Johnston b. 1898

4-6, 4.00 ERA Middleport, USA
09

Hunter Gaddis b. 1998

14-11, 3.24 ERA 2022– Canton, USA
10

Graeme Lloyd b. 1967

.000 avg, 0 HR 1993–2003 Geelong, Australia
11

Ollie Pickering b. 1870

.271 avg, 9 HR 1896–1908 Olney, USA
12

Jose Guzman b. 1963

80-74, 4.05 ERA 1985–1994 Santa Isabel, P.R.
13

A. J. Ellis b. 1981

.239 avg, 44 HR 2008–2018 Cape Girardeau, USA
14

Tanner McDougal b. 2003

MLB player 2026– Henderson, USA
15

Kyle Peterson b. 1976

5-9, 4.71 ERA 1999–2001 Elkhorn, USA
16

Kirk McCaskill b. 1961

106-108, 4.12 ERA 1985–1996 Kapuskasing, CAN
17

Tommy Medica b. 1988

.246 avg, 12 HR 2013–2014 San Jose, USA
18

Caleb Baragar b. 1994

.000 avg, 0 HR 2020–2021 Jenison, USA
19

Jerry Hinsley b. 1945

.000 avg, 0 HR 1964–1967 Hugo, USA
20

Ryan McBroom b. 1992

.268 avg, 6 HR 2019–2021 Fredericksburg, USA
21

Sam Ewing b. 1949

.255 avg, 6 HR 1973–1978 Lewisburg, USA
22

Oscar Robles b. 1976

.260 avg, 5 HR 2005–2007 Tijuana, México
23

Ryan O'Malley b. 1980

.000 avg, 0 HR 2006–2006 Springfield, USA
24

Hal Jones b. 1936

.216 avg, 2 HR 1961–1962 Louisiana, USA
25

Chad Reineke b. 1982

2-2, 5.76 ERA 2008–2011 Defiance, USA

Remembered on April 9

Baseball figures lost on this date.

01

Willie Stargell ⭐ HOF 1940–2001

.282 avg, 475 HR 1962–1982
02

Will Harridge ⭐ HOF 1881–1971

MLB player
03

Bob Allison 1934–1995

.255 avg, 256 HR 1958–1970
04

Ed Morgan 1904–1980

.313 avg, 52 HR 1928–1934
05

Clay Bryant 1911–1999

32-20, 3.73 ERA 1935–1940
06

Willie Hutchinson 1915–1984

18-21, 4.01 ERA
07

Dick Kokos 1928–1986

.263 avg, 59 HR 1948–1954
08

Mike Moynahan 1856–1899

.294 avg, 1 HR 1880–1884
09

Bob Addy 1842–1910

.277 avg, 1 HR 1871–1877
10

Jimmy Outlaw 1913–2006

.268 avg, 6 HR 1937–1949
11

Syd Cohen 1906–1988

.152 avg, 0 HR 1934–1937
12

Les Pearson 1909–1986

.321 avg, 2 HR
13

Charlie Gould 1847–1917

.257 avg, 2 HR 1871–1877
14

Ted Cather 1889–1945

.252 avg, 2 HR 1912–1915
15

Johnny Hundley 1914–1986

.270 avg, 0 HR
16

Earl Richardson 1924–2003

.227 avg, 0 HR
17

Otto Huber 1914–1989

.273 avg, 0 HR 1939–1939
18

Ed Wilkinson 1890–1918

.231 avg, 0 HR 1911–1911
19

Paul Hinrichs 1925–2023

MLB player 1951–1951
20

Bill Moisan 1925–2010

MLB player 1953–1953
21

Hank Hulvey 1897–1982

.500 avg, 0 HR 1923–1923
22

John McDonald 1883–1950

.333 avg, 0 HR 1907–1907
23

Jake Freeze 1900–1983

.000 avg, 0 HR 1925–1925
24

Phil Ketter 1884–1965

.333 avg, 0 HR 1912–1912
25

Mose Eggert 1902–1971

.000 avg, 0 HR 1927–1927