On This Day in Baseball

April 15

25 notable birthdays · 25 in memoriam

Born on April 15

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

01

Dick Redding b. 1890

106-72, 2.88 ERA Atlanta, USA
02

Jeromy Burnitz b. 1969

.253 avg, 315 HR 1993–2006 Westminster, USA
03

Willie Davis b. 1940

.279 avg, 182 HR 1960–1979 Mineral Springs, USA
04

Ed Bailey b. 1931

.256 avg, 155 HR 1953–1966 Strawberry Plains, USA
05

Milton Bradley b. 1978

.271 avg, 125 HR 2000–2011 Harbor City, USA
06

Chaney White b. 1894

.313 avg, 35 HR Longview, USA
07

Hub Collins b. 1864

.284 avg, 11 HR 1886–1892 Louisville, USA
08

Danny Jansen b. 1995

.217 avg, 94 HR 2018– Elmhurst, USA
09

Ed Abbaticchio b. 1877

.254 avg, 11 HR 1897–1910 Latrobe, USA
10

Sam Crawford b. 1892

61-51, 3.98 ERA Dallas, USA
11

Eury Pérez b. 2003

19-23, 3.83 ERA 2023–2023 Santiago, D.R.
12

Tony Santillan b. 1997

9-16, 3.69 ERA 2021– Fort Worth, USA
13

Elmer Sutcliffe b. 1862

.288 avg, 6 HR 1884–1892 Wheaton, USA
14

Dauri Moreta b. 1996

MLB player 2021– Comendador, D.R.
15

Rhylan Thomas b. 2000

.125 avg, 0 HR 2025– Ventura, USA
16

Winston Santos b. 2002

MLB player 2026– Payita, Dominican Republic
17

Mike Diaz b. 1960

.247 avg, 31 HR 1983–1988 San Francisco, USA
18

Reiver Sanmartin b. 1996

9-4, 5.38 ERA 2021– Cartagena, Colombia
19

Trey Wingenter b. 1994

MLB player 2018– Huntsville, USA
20

Barry Cort b. 1956

MLB player 1977–1977 Toronto, CAN
21

Leroy Grant b. 1889

.259 avg, 11 HR Houston, USA
22

Yoel Hernandez b. 1980

MLB player 2007–2007 Ciudad Bolivar, Venezuela
23

Michael Aubrey b. 1982

.259 avg, 6 HR 2008–2009 Shreveport, USA
24

Raúl López b. 1929

2-5, 4.76 ERA Caimito del Guayabal, Cuba
25

Daniel Zamora b. 1993

MLB player 2018–2021 Loma Linda, USA

Remembered on April 15

Baseball figures lost on this date.

01

Whitey Herzog ⭐ HOF 1931–2024

.257 avg, 25 HR 1956–1963
02

Cy Falkenberg 1879–1961

130-123, 2.68 ERA 1903–1917
03

George Scales 1900–1976

.329 avg, 76 HR
04

Ripper Collins 1904–1970

.296 avg, 135 HR 1931–1941
05

Nick Cullop 1887–1961

57-55, 2.73 ERA 1913–1921
06

Mickey Harris 1917–1971

59-71, 4.18 ERA 1940–1952
07

Jack Coombs 1882–1957

158-110, 2.78 ERA 1906–1920
08

Dick Hyde 1928–2020

.093 avg, 0 HR 1955–1961
09

Damaso Garcia 1957–2020

.283 avg, 36 HR 1978–1989
10

Buddy Armour 1915–1974

.281 avg, 3 HR
11

John Hines 1901–1988

.279 avg, 7 HR
12

Bill Sarni 1927–1983

.263 avg, 22 HR 1951–1956
13

Ron Theobald 1943–2016

.248 avg, 2 HR 1971–1972
14

Dutch Schliebner 1891–1975

.271 avg, 4 HR 1923–1923
15

Bernie Snyder 1913–1999

.344 avg, 0 HR 1935–1935
16

Sherwood Brewer 1923–2003

.200 avg, 0 HR
17

Chuck Wilson 1929–1983

.238 avg, 0 HR
18

Win Clark 1875–1959

.188 avg, 0 HR 1897–1897
19

Ed Blake 1925–2009

MLB player 1951–1957
20

George Watkins 1927–1957

.000 avg, 0 HR
21

Jim Holloway 1908–1997

.1000 avg, 0 HR 1929–1929
22

Chip Marshall 1919–2007

MLB player 1941–1941
23

Bob Friedrichs 1906–1997

.000 avg, 0 HR 1932–1932
24

Floyd Newkirk 1908–1976

MLB player 1934–1934
25

Chick Holmes 1896–1954

MLB player 1918–1918