On This Day in Baseball

April 30

25 notable birthdays · 17 in memoriam

Born on April 30

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

01

Charley Jones b. 1852

.298 avg, 56 HR 1875–1888 Alamance County, USA
02

Chet Laabs b. 1912

.262 avg, 117 HR 1937–1947 Milwaukee, USA
03

Phil Garner b. 1949

.260 avg, 109 HR 1973–1988 Jefferson City, USA
04

Bill Pierce b. 1890

.317 avg, 18 HR Hanover, USA
05

Edouard Julien b. 1999

.226 avg, 30 HR 2023– Quebec, CAN
06

Dave Eggler b. 1849

.274 avg, 0 HR 1871–1885 Brooklyn, USA
07

Jumbo Brown b. 1907

33-31, 4.07 ERA 1925–1941 Greene, USA
08

Cade Winquest b. 2000

MLB player 2026– Fort Worth, USA
09

Lorenzo Cabrera b. 1920

.307 avg, 6 HR Cienfuegos, Cuba
10

Ken Retzer b. 1934

.264 avg, 14 HR 1961–1964 Wood River, USA
11

Mark Saccomanno b. 1980

.200 avg, 1 HR 2008–2008 Houston, USA
12

Canaan Smith-Njigba b. 1999

.135 avg, 0 HR 2022– Dallas, USA
13

Lamb Barbee b. 1916

.222 avg, 0 HR Durham, USA
14

Leonardo Chapman b. 1922

.184 avg, 0 HR Puerta de Tierra, P.R.
15

Jim Clark b. 1947

.167 avg, 0 HR 1971–1971 Kansas City, USA
16

Tony Mack b. 1961

MLB player 1985–1985 Lexington, USA
17

Ray Miller b. 1945

MLB player Takoma Park, USA
18

Tony Murray b. 1904

.250 avg, 0 HR 1923–1923 Chicago, USA
19

Paul Wachtel b. 1888

.333 avg, 0 HR 1917–1917 Myersville, USA
20

Babe Danzig b. 1887

.154 avg, 0 HR 1909–1909 Binghamton, USA
21

Walt Walsh b. 1897

MLB player 1920–1920 Newark, USA
22

Ed Forsyth b. 1887

.000 avg, 0 HR 1915–1915 Kingston, USA
23

Seth Sigsby b. 1874

.000 avg, 0 HR 1893–1893 Cobleskill, USA
24

Shorty Gallagher b. 1872

.000 avg, 0 HR 1901–1901 Detroit, USA
25

Jack Sheridan b. 1862

MLB player Decatur, USA

Remembered on April 30

Baseball figures lost on this date.

01

Patsy Dougherty 1876–1940

.284 avg, 17 HR 1902–1911
02

Al Demaree 1884–1962

80-72, 2.77 ERA 1912–1919
03

Oscar Owens 1893–1960

7-6, 5.59 ERA
04

Dude Esterbrook 1857–1901

.261 avg, 6 HR 1880–1891
05

Herman Pillette 1895–1960

34-32, 3.45 ERA 1917–1924
06

Frank Ernaga 1930–2018

.279 avg, 2 HR 1957–1958
07

Sun Daly 1865–1938

.250 avg, 0 HR 1892–1892
08

Mike Krsnich 1931–2011

.190 avg, 0 HR 1960–1962
09

Bill Higdon 1924–1986

.304 avg, 0 HR 1949–1949
10

Chick Gagnon 1897–1970

.222 avg, 0 HR 1922–1924
11

Bill Lynn 1921–2000

MLB player
12

Frank Madden 1891–1952

.500 avg, 0 HR 1914–1914
13

Colonel Snover 1895–1969

.000 avg, 0 HR 1919–1919
14

Wally Kopf 1899–1979

.333 avg, 0 HR 1921–1921
15

Frank Stewart 1906–2001

.000 avg, 0 HR 1927–1927
16

Dan Jessee 1901–1970

MLB player 1929–1929
17

Slim Harrell 1890–1971

.000 avg, 0 HR 1912–1912