On This Day in Baseball

May 11

25 notable birthdays · 24 in memoriam

Born on May 11

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

01

Charlie Gehringer ⭐ HOF b. 1903

.320 avg, 184 HR 1924–1942 Fowlerville, USA
02

Nestor Chylak ⭐ HOF b. 1922

MLB player Olyphant, USA
03

Francisco Cordero b. 1975

.000 avg, 0 HR 1999–2012 Santo Domingo, D.R.
04

Miguel Sano b. 1993

.233 avg, 164 HR 2015– San Pedro de Macoris, D.R.
05

Milt Pappas b. 1939

209-164, 3.40 ERA 1957–1973 Detroit, USA
06

Gene Hermanski b. 1920

.272 avg, 46 HR 1943–1953 Pittsfield, USA
07

Kerry Ligtenberg b. 1971

.000 avg, 0 HR 1997–2005 Rapid City, USA
08

Jerry Martin b. 1949

.251 avg, 85 HR 1974–1984 Columbia, USA
09

Joey Loperfido b. 1999

.240 avg, 9 HR 2024– Philadelphia, USA
10

Floyd Youmans b. 1964

30-34, 3.74 ERA 1985–1989 Tampa, USA
11

Zach Dezenzo b. 2000

.234 avg, 5 HR 2024– Canton, USA
12

Mark Huismann b. 1958

MLB player 1983–1991 Lincoln, USA
13

Jose Azocar b. 1996

.249 avg, 2 HR 2022– Güiria, Venezuela
14

Dane Iorg b. 1950

.276 avg, 14 HR 1977–1986 Eureka, USA
15

Trent Hubbard b. 1964

.257 avg, 16 HR 1994–2003 Chicago, USA
16

Daniel Ortmeier b. 1981

.255 avg, 6 HR 2005–2008 Chattanooga, USA
17

Al Reavis b. 1893

.300 avg, 0 HR Brunswick, USA
18

Alfredo Cabrera b. 1881

.240 avg, 0 HR 1913–1913 Canary Islands, Spain
19

Roy Corcoran b. 1980

.000 avg, 0 HR 2003–2009 Baton Rouge, USA
20

Mike Garcia b. 1968

.333 avg, 0 HR 1999–2000 Riverside, USA
21

Cameron Cairncross b. 1972

MLB player 2000–2000 Cairns, Australia
22

Hector Martinez b. 1939

.267 avg, 1 HR 1962–1963 Cuba
23

Roger Salmon b. 1891

.000 avg, 0 HR 1912–1912 Newark, USA
24

Johnny Gerlach b. 1917

.333 avg, 0 HR 1938–1939 Shullsburg, USA
25

Red Patterson b. 1987

MLB player 2014–2014 McKinney, USA

Remembered on May 11

Baseball figures lost on this date.

01

Samuel Byrd 1907–1981

.274 avg, 38 HR 1929–1936
02

Dave Malarcher 1894–1982

.267 avg, 7 HR
03

Bennie Warren 1912–1994

.219 avg, 33 HR 1939–1947
04

Suds Sutherland 1894–1972

6-2, 4.97 ERA 1921–1921
05

Danny Schell 1927–1972

.281 avg, 7 HR 1954–1955
06

Steve Rachunok 1916–2002

.000 avg, 0 HR 1940–1940
07

Fleet Walker 1856–1924

.263 avg, 0 HR 1884–1884
08

Buzz Murphy 1895–1938

.275 avg, 1 HR 1918–1919
09

Ben Taylor 1927–1999

.231 avg, 3 HR 1951–1955
10

Larry Howard 1945–2019

.236 avg, 6 HR 1970–1973
11

Mel Queen 1942–2011

20-17, 3.14 ERA 1964–1972
12

Earl Reid 1913–1984

MLB player 1946–1946
13

Vince Sherlock 1910–1997

.462 avg, 0 HR 1935–1935
14

Johnny Bero 1922–1985

.201 avg, 5 HR 1948–1951
15

Nick Scharf 1858–1937

.192 avg, 1 HR 1882–1883
16

Larry Gowell 1948–2020

.1000 avg, 0 HR 1972–1972
17

Guy Morton 1930–2014

.000 avg, 0 HR 1954–1954
18

Lee Dunham 1902–1961

.250 avg, 0 HR 1926–1926
19

Johnnie Chambers 1911–1977

MLB player 1937–1937
20

Jeff McCleskey 1891–1971

.000 avg, 0 HR 1913–1913
21

Ed Hug 1880–1953

MLB player 1903–1903
22

Dorsey Riddlemoser 1875–1954

.000 avg, 0 HR 1899–1899
23

John Stedronsky 1850–1924

.083 avg, 0 HR 1879–1879
24

Ben Holmes 1858–1949

.000 avg, 0 HR