On This Day in Baseball

April 13

25 notable birthdays · 24 in memoriam

Born on April 13

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

01

Claude Hendrix b. 1889

144-116, 2.65 ERA 1911–1920 Olathe, USA
02

Hunter Pence b. 1983

.279 avg, 244 HR 2007–2020 Fort Worth, USA
03

Herman Long b. 1866

.277 avg, 91 HR 1889–1904 Chicago, USA
04

Kid Elberfeld b. 1875

.271 avg, 10 HR 1898–1914 Pomeroy, USA
05

Dewey Creacy b. 1900

.291 avg, 85 HR Dallas, USA
06

Jake Stahl b. 1879

.261 avg, 31 HR 1903–1913 Elkhart, USA
07

Charlie Sweeney b. 1863

64-52, 2.87 ERA 1882–1887 San Francisco, USA
08

Lorenzo Cain b. 1986

.283 avg, 87 HR 2010–2022 Valdosta, USA
09

Ricardo Rincon b. 1970

.000 avg, 0 HR 1997–2008 Cuitlahuac, México
10

Steve Pearce b. 1983

.254 avg, 91 HR 2007–2019 Lakeland, USA
11

Vean Gregg b. 1885

92-63, 2.70 ERA 1911–1925 Chehalis, USA
12

Oscar Grimes b. 1915

.256 avg, 18 HR 1938–1946 Minerva, USA
13

Ike Brown b. 1942

.256 avg, 20 HR 1969–1974 Memphis, USA
14

Cam Devanney b. 1997

.139 avg, 0 HR 2025– Nashua, USA
15

Wes Chamberlain b. 1966

.255 avg, 43 HR 1990–1995 Chicago, USA
16

Ben Cantwell b. 1902

76-108, 3.91 ERA 1927–1937 Milan, USA
17

Red Killefer b. 1885

.248 avg, 3 HR 1907–1916 Bloomingdale, USA
18

Edward Cabrera b. 1998

30-34, 4.31 ERA 2021– Santiago, D.R.
19

Koda Glover b. 1993

MLB player 2016–2018 Monroe, USA
20

Ken Jones b. 1903

.200 avg, 0 HR 1924–1930 Dover, USA
21

Ed Amelung b. 1959

.193 avg, 0 HR 1984–1986 Fullerton, USA
22

Jeff DeWillis b. 1965

.120 avg, 1 HR 1987–1987 Houston, USA
23

Rufe Clarke b. 1900

.000 avg, 0 HR 1923–1924 Estill, USA
24

Jose Diaz b. 1980

MLB player 2006–2008 San Pedro de Macoris, D.R.
25

Kevin Ohme b. 1971

.1000 avg, 0 HR 2003–2003 Palm Beach, USA

Remembered on April 13

Baseball figures lost on this date.

01

Cliff Bell 1896–1952

46-69, 4.13 ERA
02

Frank Kitson 1869–1930

129-118, 3.17 ERA 1898–1907
03

Tommy Griffith 1889–1967

.280 avg, 52 HR 1913–1925
04

Mark Fidrych 1954–2009

29-19, 3.10 ERA 1976–1980
05

Hal Peck 1917–1995

.279 avg, 15 HR 1943–1949
06

Joe Schultz 1893–1941

.285 avg, 15 HR 1912–1925
07

Frenchy Bordagaray 1910–2000

.283 avg, 14 HR 1934–1945
08

Mike McCormick 1917–1976

.275 avg, 14 HR 1940–1951
09

Jack Bolling 1917–1998

.313 avg, 4 HR 1939–1944
10

Bill Baker 1911–2006

.247 avg, 2 HR 1940–1949
11

Don Leppert 1931–2023

.229 avg, 15 HR 1961–1964
12

Steve Shemo 1915–1992

.260 avg, 0 HR 1944–1945
13

Clyde McNeal 1928–1996

.239 avg, 1 HR
14

Fred Cone 1848–1909

.260 avg, 0 HR 1871–1871
15

Herb Welch 1898–1967

.289 avg, 0 HR 1925–1925
16

Randy Brown 1943–1998

.138 avg, 0 HR 1969–1970
17

Dutch Fehring 1912–2006

.000 avg, 0 HR 1934–1934
18

Harry Rosenberg 1908–1997

.000 avg, 0 HR 1930–1930
19

Troy Puckett 1889–1971

MLB player 1911–1911
20

Bill Dugan 1862–1906

.088 avg, 0 HR 1884–1884
21

John Castle 1879–1929

.250 avg, 0 HR 1910–1910
22

Charles Yingling 1865–1897

.250 avg, 0 HR 1894–1894
23

Honest John Kelly 1859–1908

MLB player 1879–1884
24

Tommy Johns 1851–1927

.000 avg, 0 HR 1873–1873