On This Day in Baseball

May 2

25 notable birthdays · 17 in memoriam

Born on May 2

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

01

Eddie Collins ⭐ HOF b. 1887

.333 avg, 47 HR 1906–1930 Millerton, USA
02

Clay Carroll b. 1941

96-73, 2.94 ERA 1964–1978 Clanton, USA
03

Edgar Wesley b. 1891

.320 avg, 87 HR Waco, USA
04

Keith Moreland b. 1954

.279 avg, 121 HR 1978–1989 Dallas, USA
05

Gates Brown b. 1939

.257 avg, 84 HR 1963–1975 Crestline, USA
06

Eddie Bressoud b. 1932

.252 avg, 94 HR 1956–1967 Los Angeles, USA
07

Felix Jose b. 1965

.280 avg, 54 HR 1988–2003 Santo Domingo, D.R.
08

George Giles b. 1909

.316 avg, 11 HR Junction City, USA
09

Reddy Mack b. 1866

.254 avg, 6 HR 1885–1890 Ireland
10

Jarrod Saltalamacchia b. 1985

.232 avg, 110 HR 2007–2018 West Palm Beach, USA
11

Jonathan Villar b. 1991

.255 avg, 101 HR 2013–2022 La Vega, D.R.
12

Ian Anderson b. 1998

22-14, 4.22 ERA 2020–2022 Rexford, USA
13

Penn Murfee b. 1994

MLB player 2022– Nashville, USA
14

Eric Cerantola b. 2000

MLB player 2026– Montreal, Canada
15

Luis Torrens b. 1996

.230 avg, 36 HR 2017– Valencia, Venezuela
16

Larry Cheney b. 1886

116-100, 2.70 ERA 1911–1919 Belleville, USA
17

Neftali Feliz b. 1988

21-20, 3.55 ERA 2009–2021 Azua, D.R.
18

Ollie Beard b. 1862

.270 avg, 4 HR 1889–1891 Lexington, USA
19

Ralph Brickner b. 1925

.250 avg, 0 HR 1952–1952 Cincinnati, USA
20

Sam Hill b. 1926

.295 avg, 2 HR New Castle, USA
21

Walter Burch b. 1908

.193 avg, 0 HR Atlanta, USA
22

Jack Morrissey b. 1876

.258 avg, 0 HR 1902–1903 Lansing, USA
23

Brent Bowers b. 1971

.308 avg, 0 HR 1996–1996 Bridgeview, USA
24

Blake Rutherford b. 1997

.171 avg, 0 HR 2023–2023 Simi Valley, USA
25

Jose Ascanio b. 1985

.000 avg, 0 HR 2007–2011 Maracay, Venezuela

Remembered on May 2

Baseball figures lost on this date.

01

Jack Smith 1895–1972

.287 avg, 40 HR 1915–1929
02

Joe Corbett 1875–1945

32-18, 3.42 ERA 1895–1904
03

Dan Bankhead 1920–1976

26-10, 4.55 ERA 1947–1951
04

Joe Scott 1906–1947

.319 avg, 2 HR
05

Sensation Clark 1902–1964

6-6, 5.56 ERA
06

Bob Schmidt 1933–2015

.243 avg, 39 HR 1958–1965
07

Cannonball Berry 1911–1992

.125 avg, 0 HR
08

Leo Callahan 1890–1982

.221 avg, 1 HR 1913–1919
09

Wally Hood 1895–1965

.238 avg, 1 HR 1920–1922
10

Charlie Thomason 1918–1998

.205 avg, 0 HR
11

Pinky Jorgensen 1914–1996

.286 avg, 0 HR 1937–1937
12

Steve Larkin 1910–1969

.333 avg, 0 HR 1934–1934
13

Gordie Sundin 1937–2016

MLB player 1956–1956
14

Tom Cox 1896–1966

.000 avg, 0 HR
15

Lou Raymond 1894–1979

.500 avg, 0 HR 1919–1919
16

Odie Porter 1877–1903

.000 avg, 0 HR 1902–1902
17

Ossie France 1858–1947

.000 avg, 0 HR 1890–1890