On This Day in Baseball

April 27

25 notable birthdays · 25 in memoriam

Born on April 27

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

01

Rogers Hornsby ⭐ HOF b. 1896

.358 avg, 301 HR 1915–1937 Winters, USA
02

Enos Slaughter ⭐ HOF b. 1916

.300 avg, 169 HR 1938–1959 Roxboro, USA
03

Chris Carpenter b. 1975

144-94, 3.76 ERA 1997–2012 Exeter, USA
04

Corey Seager b. 1994

.285 avg, 239 HR 2015– Charlotte, USA
05

Willie Upshaw b. 1957

.262 avg, 123 HR 1978–1988 Blanco, USA
06

Frank Catalanotto b. 1974

.291 avg, 84 HR 1997–2010 Smithtown, USA
07

J. D. Davis b. 1993

.257 avg, 72 HR 2017– Elk Grove, USA
08

Hi Myers b. 1889

.281 avg, 32 HR 1909–1925 East Liverpool, USA
09

George Winter b. 1878

83-102, 2.87 ERA 1901–1908 New Providence, USA
10

Orber Moreno b. 1977

.000 avg, 0 HR 1999–2004 Caracas, Venezuela
11

Chad Zerbe b. 1972

.150 avg, 0 HR 2000–2003 Findlay, USA
12

Tony Eusebio b. 1967

.275 avg, 30 HR 1991–2001 Los Llanos, D.R.
13

Michael Rucker b. 1994

.000 avg, 0 HR 2021– Columbus, USA
14

Bob Ayrault b. 1966

.000 avg, 0 HR 1992–1993 South Lake Tahoe, USA
15

Johnny Hayes b. 1910

.255 avg, 12 HR Independence, USA
16

Buddy Armour b. 1915

.281 avg, 3 HR Madison, USA
17

Kite Thomas b. 1923

.233 avg, 7 HR 1952–1953 Kansas City, USA
18

Pedro Feliz b. 1975

.250 avg, 140 HR 2000–2010 Azua, D.R.
19

George Archie b. 1914

.273 avg, 3 HR 1938–1946 Nashville, USA
20

Pat Lennon b. 1968

.265 avg, 2 HR 1991–1999 Whiteville, USA
21

Frank Gilmore b. 1864

12-33, 4.26 ERA 1886–1888 Webster, USA
22

Willie Green b. 1894

.271 avg, 0 HR Chicago, USA
23

Jim Eppard b. 1960

.281 avg, 0 HR 1987–1990 South Bend, USA
24

Paul Miller b. 1965

.000 avg, 0 HR 1991–1993 Burlington, USA
25

Jose Fernandez b. 1988

.267 avg, 2 HR 2018–2018 Cuba

Remembered on April 27

Baseball figures lost on this date.

01

Harlond Clift 1912–1992

.272 avg, 178 HR 1934–1945
02

Bill Skowron 1930–2012

.282 avg, 211 HR 1954–1967
03

Dick Groat 1930–2023

.286 avg, 39 HR 1952–1967
04

Charlie Abbey 1866–1926

.281 avg, 19 HR 1893–1897
05

Gene Stephens 1933–2019

.240 avg, 37 HR 1952–1964
06

Art Johnson 1919–2008

7-16, 3.68 ERA 1940–1942
07

Chauncey Fisher 1872–1939

21-26, 5.44 ERA 1893–1901
08

Truck Hannah 1889–1982

.235 avg, 5 HR 1918–1920
09

John Burrows 1913–1987

.500 avg, 0 HR 1943–1944
10

Hal Mauck 1869–1921

8-10, 4.41 ERA 1893–1893
11

Brad Lesley 1958–2013

.333 avg, 0 HR 1982–1985
12

Danny Morejon 1930–2009

.192 avg, 0 HR 1958–1958
13

Ernie Neitzke 1894–1977

.240 avg, 0 HR 1921–1921
14

Bill Eagle 1877–1951

.308 avg, 0 HR 1898–1898
15

Ralph McLeod 1916–2007

.286 avg, 0 HR 1938–1938
16

John Kennedy 1926–1998

.000 avg, 0 HR 1957–1957
17

Marty Karow 1904–1986

.200 avg, 0 HR 1927–1927
18

Harry Taylor 1907–1969

.125 avg, 0 HR 1932–1932
19

Paul Kardow 1915–1968

MLB player 1936–1936
20

Lou Manske 1884–1963

.000 avg, 0 HR 1906–1906
21

Mule Armstrong 1885–1954

.125 avg, 0 HR
22

John McGraw 1890–1967

MLB player 1914–1914
23

Ad Yale 1870–1948

.077 avg, 0 HR 1905–1905
24

Bobby Cargo 1868–1904

.250 avg, 0 HR 1892–1892
25

Herb Worth 1847–1914

.200 avg, 0 HR 1872–1872