On This Day in Baseball

May 10

25 notable birthdays · 24 in memoriam

Born on May 10

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

01

Ed Barrow ⭐ HOF b. 1868

MLB player Springfield, USA
02

Salvador Perez b. 1990

.262 avg, 322 HR 2011– Valencia, Venezuela
03

Jim Hickman b. 1937

.252 avg, 159 HR 1962–1974 Henning, USA
04

Robby Thompson b. 1962

.257 avg, 119 HR 1986–1996 West Palm Beach, USA
05

Russ Bauers b. 1914

31-30, 3.53 ERA 1936–1950 Townsend, USA
06

Pierce Johnson b. 1991

.000 avg, 0 HR 2017– Denver, USA
07

Nolan Gorman b. 2000

.213 avg, 83 HR 2022– Phoenix, USA
08

Edward Mujica b. 1984

.182 avg, 0 HR 2006–2017 Valencia, Venezuela
09

P. J. Higgins b. 1993

.212 avg, 6 HR 2021–2022 Bridgeport, USA
10

Cody Laweryson b. 1998

MLB player 2025– Bingham, USA
11

Sammy Peralta b. 1998

MLB player 2023– Queens, USA
12

César Prieto b. 1999

.079 avg, 0 HR 2025– Cienfuegos, Cuba
13

Pete Schourek b. 1969

66-77, 4.59 ERA 1991–2001 Austin, USA
14

Ken Berry b. 1941

.255 avg, 58 HR 1962–1975 Kansas City, USA
15

Klondike Douglass b. 1872

.274 avg, 10 HR 1896–1904 Boston, USA
16

George Kottaras b. 1983

.215 avg, 32 HR 2008–2014 Scarborough, CAN
17

Paul Carter b. 1900

21-15, 5.15 ERA Kennett Square, USA
18

Lucas Sims b. 1994

23-21, 4.85 ERA 2017– Lawrenceville, USA
19

Brayan Villarreal b. 1987

MLB player 2011–2013 La Guaira, Venezuela
20

Joey Meyer b. 1962

.251 avg, 18 HR 1988–1989 Honolulu, USA
21

Bob Bowman b. 1931

.249 avg, 17 HR 1955–1959 Laytonville, USA
22

Tim Hosley b. 1947

.215 avg, 12 HR 1970–1981 Spartanburg, USA
23

Kam Mickolio b. 1984

.000 avg, 0 HR 2008–2011 Wolf Point, USA
24

Merritt Ranew b. 1938

.247 avg, 8 HR 1962–1969 Albany, USA
25

Luke Putkonen b. 1986

MLB player 2012–2014 Winfield, USA

Remembered on May 10

Baseball figures lost on this date.

01

Johnny Wright 1916–1990

44-23, 3.24 ERA
02

Jimmy Slagle 1873–1956

.268 avg, 2 HR 1899–1908
03

George McConnell 1877–1964

41-51, 2.60 ERA 1909–1916
04

Ed Stein 1869–1928

109-78, 3.97 ERA 1890–1898
05

Richie Scheinblum 1942–2021

.263 avg, 13 HR 1965–1974
06

Carden Gillenwater 1917–2000

.260 avg, 11 HR 1940–1948
07

Joe Werrick 1861–1943

.250 avg, 10 HR 1884–1888
08

Alex Newkirk 1916–1996

7-12, 5.38 ERA
09

Joe Scotland 1882–1923

.246 avg, 3 HR
10

Larry Napoleon 1922–2002

.000 avg, 0 HR
11

Lefty Willis 1905–1962

.111 avg, 0 HR 1925–1927
12

William Malone 1868–1917

.152 avg, 1 HR
13

Walter Burch 1908–1985

.193 avg, 0 HR
14

Fraley Rogers 1850–1881

.279 avg, 1 HR 1872–1873
15

Albert Stephens 1929–2006

.000 avg, 0 HR
16

Ginger Clark 1879–1943

.500 avg, 0 HR 1902–1902
17

Joe Holden 1913–1996

.083 avg, 0 HR 1934–1936
18

Hiram Tanner 1914–1993

.000 avg, 0 HR
19

Eddie Files 1883–1954

.000 avg, 0 HR 1908–1908
20

Rufus Meadows 1907–1970

.000 avg, 0 HR 1926–1926
21

Charlie Butler 1906–1964

MLB player 1933–1933
22

Harry Swan 1887–1946

MLB player 1914–1914
23

Eddie Edmonson 1889–1971

.000 avg, 0 HR 1913–1913
24

Harry Ely 1868–1925

.000 avg, 0 HR 1892–1892