On This Day in Baseball

May 19

25 notable birthdays · 23 in memoriam

Born on May 19

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

01

Ed Walsh ⭐ HOF b. 1881

195-126, 1.82 ERA 1904–1917 Plains, USA
02

Curt Simmons b. 1929

193-183, 3.54 ERA 1947–1967 Egypt, USA
03

Gil McDougald b. 1928

.276 avg, 112 HR 1951–1960 San Francisco, USA
04

Goose Curry b. 1905

27-39, 5.59 ERA Mexia, USA
05

Dan Ford b. 1952

.270 avg, 121 HR 1975–1985 Los Angeles, USA
06

Ed Whitson b. 1955

126-123, 3.79 ERA 1977–1991 Johnson City, USA
07

Ji-Man Choi b. 1991

.234 avg, 67 HR 2016– Incheon, South Korea
08

Brian Anderson b. 1993

.251 avg, 66 HR 2017– Edmond, USA
09

Newt Allen b. 1901

.286 avg, 22 HR Austin, USA
10

Luis Aquino b. 1964

31-32, 3.68 ERA 1986–1995 Santurce, P.R.
11

Victor Robles b. 1997

.248 avg, 36 HR 2017– Santo Domingo Este, D.R.
12

Connor Wong b. 1996

.244 avg, 27 HR 2021– Houston, USA
13

Angel Genao b. 2004

.236 avg, 2 HR 2026– Castillo, Dominican Republic
14

Theolic Smith b. 1913

17-27, 4.95 ERA Wabbesika, USA
15

Jake Early b. 1915

.241 avg, 32 HR 1939–1949 Kings Mountain, USA
16

Otto Ray b. 1893

.298 avg, 5 HR Lexington, USA
17

Luis Salazar b. 1956

.261 avg, 94 HR 1980–1992 Barcelona, Venezuela
18

Bryce Elder b. 1999

32-32, 4.46 ERA 2022– Decatur, USA
19

Merito Acosta b. 1896

.255 avg, 0 HR 1913–1918 Bauta, Cuba
20

Norbert Kleinke b. 1911

.000 avg, 0 HR 1935–1937 Fond du Lac, USA
21

Pop Williams b. 1874

16-25, 3.17 ERA 1898–1903 Bowdoinham, USA
22

Phillip Brown b. 1906

.000 avg, 0 HR St. Louis, USA
23

Turk Wendell b. 1967

36-33, 3.93 ERA 1993–2004 Pittsfield, USA
24

Joe Paterson b. 1986

MLB player 2011–2014 Oakland, USA
25

Bernard Culloton b. 1896

.000 avg, 0 HR 1925–1926 Kingston, USA

Remembered on May 19

Baseball figures lost on this date.

01

Ray Schalk ⭐ HOF 1892–1970

.253 avg, 11 HR 1912–1929
02

Silver King 1868–1938

203-152, 3.18 ERA 1886–1897
03

Jim Ray Hart 1941–2016

.278 avg, 170 HR 1963–1974
04

Sam Leever 1871–1953

194-100, 2.47 ERA 1898–1910
05

Gene Packard 1887–1959

85-69, 3.01 ERA 1912–1919
06

Oscar Grimes 1915–1993

.256 avg, 18 HR 1938–1946
07

Felix McLaurin 1921–1972

.296 avg, 7 HR
08

Frank Browning 1882–1948

2-2, 2.57 ERA 1910–1910
09

Jim Moore 1903–1973

2-4, 4.52 ERA 1928–1932
10

Jim Tobin 1912–1969

105-112, 3.44 ERA 1937–1945
11

Johnny Berardino 1917–1996

.249 avg, 36 HR 1939–1952
12

Willie Hubert 1913–2000

15-7, 4.46 ERA
13

Dave McDonald 1943–2017

.145 avg, 1 HR 1969–1971
14

Ed Mierkowicz 1924–2017

.175 avg, 1 HR 1945–1950
15

Steve Waterbury 1952–2017

MLB player 1976–1976
16

Tex Hoffman 1893–1947

.154 avg, 0 HR 1915–1915
17

Leo Fishel 1877–1960

.250 avg, 0 HR 1899–1899
18

Fred Frink 1911–1995

MLB player 1934–1934
19

George Winkelman 1865–1960

.200 avg, 0 HR 1886–1886
20

Sammy Curran 1874–1936

.000 avg, 0 HR 1902–1902
21

Bob Reach 1843–1922

.231 avg, 0 HR 1872–1873
22

John Schulze 1866–1941

.000 avg, 0 HR 1891–1891
23

Bob Leadley 1858–1936

MLB player