On This Day in Baseball

May 5

25 notable birthdays · 24 in memoriam

Born on May 5

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

01

Charles Bender ⭐ HOF b. 1884

212-127, 2.46 ERA 1903–1925 Crow Wing County, USA
02

Logan Gilbert b. 1997

59-45, 3.60 ERA 2021– Winter Park, USA
03

Larry Hisle b. 1947

.273 avg, 166 HR 1968–1982 Portsmouth, USA
04

Charles Nagy b. 1967

129-105, 4.51 ERA 1990–2003 Bridgeport, USA
05

Bob Cerv b. 1925

.276 avg, 105 HR 1951–1962 Weston, USA
06

Jimmy Bannon b. 1871

.320 avg, 19 HR 1893–1896 Amesbury, USA
07

Chris Duncan b. 1981

.257 avg, 55 HR 2005–2009 Tucson, USA
08

Don Buddin b. 1934

.241 avg, 41 HR 1956–1962 Turbeville, USA
09

Lee Richmond b. 1857

75-100, 3.06 ERA 1879–1886 Sheffield, USA
10

Joel Peguero b. 1997

MLB player 2025– Santo Domingo, D.R.
11

Austin Adams b. 1991

.000 avg, 0 HR 2017– Tampa, USA
12

Philip Abner b. 2002

MLB player 2025– Charlotte, USA
13

James Pazos b. 1991

MLB player 2015–2020 Gilbert, USA
14

Dave Gumpert b. 1958

.000 avg, 0 HR 1982–1987 South Haven, USA
15

Keith Ginter b. 1976

.243 avg, 38 HR 2000–2005 Norwalk, USA
16

Brian Serven b. 1995

.190 avg, 11 HR 2022– Palm Desert, USA
17

Ron Oester b. 1956

.265 avg, 42 HR 1978–1990 Cincinnati, USA
18

George Dockins b. 1917

8-6, 3.55 ERA 1945–1947 Clyde, USA
19

Eduardo Salazar b. 1998

MLB player 2023– Cumana, Venezuela
20

Tyler Cyr b. 1993

MLB player 2022–2023 Fremont, USA
21

Ramon Peña b. 1962

MLB player 1989–1989 Santiago, D.R.
22

John Donaldson b. 1943

.238 avg, 4 HR 1966–1974 Charlotte, USA
23

Pat Paige b. 1882

.143 avg, 0 HR 1911–1911 Paw Paw, USA
24

Henri Rondeau b. 1887

.206 avg, 1 HR 1913–1916 Danielson, USA
25

Tom Gregorio b. 1977

.158 avg, 0 HR 2003–2003 Brooklyn, USA

Remembered on May 5

Baseball figures lost on this date.

01

Eddie Cicotte 1884–1969

209-149, 2.38 ERA 1905–1920
02

George Harney 1890–1959

46-36, 3.32 ERA
03

Del Crandall 1930–2021

.254 avg, 179 HR 1949–1966
04

Vito Tamulis 1911–1974

40-28, 3.97 ERA 1934–1941
05

Bill Wise 1861–1940

24-21, 3.07 ERA 1882–1886
06

Frank McAllister 1918–1987

14-17, 4.30 ERA
07

Verne Clemons 1891–1959

.286 avg, 5 HR 1916–1924
08

Ashby Dunbar 1879–1925

.309 avg, 1 HR
09

Lou Sylvester 1855–1936

.243 avg, 6 HR 1884–1887
10

Bert Griffith 1896–1973

.299 avg, 4 HR 1922–1924
11

Ray Newman 1945–2023

.143 avg, 0 HR 1971–1973
12

Joe Batchelder 1898–1989

.000 avg, 0 HR 1923–1925
13

Peter Connell 1862–1892

.200 avg, 0 HR 1886–1890
14

Tony DePhillips 1912–1994

.100 avg, 0 HR 1943–1943
15

Don Leshnock 1946–2012

MLB player 1972–1972
16

Gerry Schoen 1947–2021

.000 avg, 0 HR 1968–1968
17

Steve Dunn 1858–1933

.250 avg, 0 HR 1884–1884
18

Cal Howe 1924–2008

MLB player 1952–1952
19

Roy Wright 1933–2018

.000 avg, 0 HR 1956–1956
20

Bill Marshall 1911–1977

.125 avg, 0 HR 1931–1934
21

Otis Francis 1891–1940

.500 avg, 0 HR
22

Tom McNamara 1895–1974

.000 avg, 0 HR 1922–1922
23

Bill Anderson 1865–1936

.333 avg, 0 HR 1889–1889
24

Felix Moses 1853–1889

MLB player