On This Day in Baseball

April 16

25 notable birthdays · 25 in memoriam

Born on April 16

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

01

Paul Waner ⭐ HOF b. 1903

.333 avg, 113 HR 1926–1945 Harrah, USA
02

Nolan Arenado b. 1991

.279 avg, 378 HR 2013– Newport Beach, USA
03

Dutch Leonard b. 1892

139-113, 2.76 ERA 1913–1925 Birmingham, USA
04

Babe Phelps b. 1908

.310 avg, 54 HR 1931–1942 Odenton, USA
05

Rich Rollins b. 1938

.269 avg, 77 HR 1961–1970 Mount Pleasant, USA
06

Travis Shaw b. 1990

.237 avg, 114 HR 2015–2022 Washington Court House, USA
07

Keone Kela b. 1993

MLB player 2015–2021 Los Angeles, USA
08

Richard Bleier b. 1987

MLB player 2016–2023 Davie, USA
09

Antonio Alfonseca b. 1972

.143 avg, 0 HR 1997–2007 La Romana, D.R.
10

Bernie Allen b. 1939

.239 avg, 73 HR 1962–1973 East Liverpool, USA
11

Frank Fernandez b. 1943

.199 avg, 39 HR 1967–1972 Staten Island, USA
12

Braden Montgomery b. 2003

.212 avg, 6 HR 2026– Des Moines, USA
13

Fernando Vina b. 1969

.282 avg, 40 HR 1993–2004 Sacramento, USA
14

Piggy Ward b. 1867

.286 avg, 1 HR 1883–1894 Chambersburg, USA
15

Kahlil Watson b. 2003

.239 avg, 1 HR 2026– Chase City, USA
16

LuJames Groover b. 2002

.167 avg, 1 HR 2026– East Point, USA
17

Paco Rodriguez b. 1991

.000 avg, 0 HR 2012–2015 Miami, USA
18

Matt Mervis b. 1998

.165 avg, 10 HR 2023– Washington, USA
19

Jim Devlin b. 1866

11-10, 3.38 ERA 1886–1889 Lansingburgh, USA
20

Bruce Bochy b. 1955

.239 avg, 26 HR 1978–1987 Landes de Bussac, France
21

John Gibbons b. 1922

.167 avg, 0 HR Millen, USA
22

Bruce Taylor b. 1953

MLB player 1977–1979 Holden, USA
23

Bob Montgomery b. 1944

.258 avg, 23 HR 1970–1979 Nashville, USA
24

Albert Almora b. 1994

.259 avg, 33 HR 2016–2022 Hialeah, USA
25

Ken Takahashi b. 1969

.000 avg, 0 HR 2009–2009 Yokohama, Japan

Remembered on April 16

Baseball figures lost on this date.

01

Effa Manley ⭐ HOF 1897–1981

MLB player
02

Jocko Conlan ⭐ HOF 1899–1989

.263 avg, 0 HR 1934–1935
03

Ron Northey 1920–1971

.276 avg, 108 HR 1942–1957
04

Jim McTamany 1863–1916

.256 avg, 19 HR 1885–1891
05

Ollie Brown 1944–2015

.265 avg, 102 HR 1965–1977
06

Fred Mann 1858–1916

.262 avg, 12 HR 1882–1887
07

Sam Gray 1897–1953

111-115, 4.18 ERA 1924–1933
08

Carl Erskine 1926–2024

122-78, 4.00 ERA 1948–1959
09

Gus Williams 1888–1964

.263 avg, 12 HR 1911–1915
10

Clarence Foster 1878–1944

.281 avg, 10 HR 1898–1901
11

William Hoover 1863–1924

.288 avg, 1 HR 1884–1892
12

George Puccinelli 1907–1956

.283 avg, 19 HR 1930–1936
13

Bill Kienzle 1860–1910

.262 avg, 0 HR 1882–1884
14

Podge Weihe 1862–1914

.254 avg, 4 HR 1883–1884
15

Howard Wakefield 1884–1941

.248 avg, 1 HR 1905–1907
16

Charles Tolson 1898–1965

.284 avg, 4 HR 1925–1930
17

Hardy Peterson 1929–2019

.273 avg, 3 HR 1955–1959
18

Dick Kauffman 1888–1948

.259 avg, 0 HR 1914–1915
19

Sam Wheeler 1923–1989

.111 avg, 0 HR
20

Ken Hottman 1948–2018

.125 avg, 0 HR 1971–1971
21

Gene Vadeboncoeur 1859–1893

.214 avg, 0 HR 1884–1884
22

Louis Graff 1866–1955

.400 avg, 0 HR 1890–1890
23

Frank Wayenberg 1898–1975

.500 avg, 0 HR 1924–1924
24

Al Verdel 1921–1991

MLB player 1944–1944
25

Tom Loftus 1856–1910

.182 avg, 0 HR 1877–1883