On This Day in Baseball

May 26

25 notable birthdays · 25 in memoriam

Born on May 26

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

01

Darrell Evans b. 1947

.248 avg, 414 HR 1969–1989 Pasadena, USA
02

Ben Zobrist b. 1981

.266 avg, 167 HR 2006–2019 Eureka, USA
03

Rob Murphy b. 1960

.250 avg, 0 HR 1985–1995 Miami, USA
04

Paul Sewald b. 1990

.000 avg, 0 HR 2017– Las Vegas, USA
05

Travis Lee b. 1975

.256 avg, 115 HR 1998–2006 San Diego, USA
06

Ricky Jordan b. 1965

.281 avg, 55 HR 1988–1996 Richmond, USA
07

Alex Dickerson b. 1990

.255 avg, 40 HR 2015–2022 Poway, USA
08

Sam Haggerty b. 1994

.232 avg, 11 HR 2019– Phoenix, USA
09

Petey Halpin b. 2002

.220 avg, 3 HR 2025– San Mateo, USA
10

Sean Keys b. 2003

.200 avg, 2 HR 2026– Huntington, USA
11

Jonathan Ornelas b. 2000

.203 avg, 0 HR 2023– Glendale, USA
12

Garrett Stubbs b. 1993

.210 avg, 7 HR 2019– San Diego, USA
13

Endy Rodríguez b. 2000

.231 avg, 10 HR 2023–2023 Santiago, D.R.
14

Jim Cohen b. 1918

1-4, 3.83 ERA Evergreen, USA
15

Gene Paulette b. 1891

.269 avg, 2 HR 1911–1920 Centralia, USA
16

Carlos Martinez b. 1982

.000 avg, 0 HR 2006–2009 Villa Vasquez, D.R.
17

Joe Koshansky b. 1982

.180 avg, 3 HR 2007–2008 Shreveport, USA
18

Stacy Jones b. 1967

MLB player 1991–1996 Gadsden, USA
19

Eddie Haas b. 1935

.243 avg, 1 HR 1957–1960 Paducah, USA
20

Dave Pickett b. 1874

.279 avg, 0 HR 1898–1898 Brookline, USA
21

Lance Zawadzki b. 1985

.200 avg, 0 HR 2010–2010 Framingham, USA
22

Roel Ramirez b. 1995

MLB player 2020–2021 Laredo, USA
23

Sean Barker b. 1980

.000 avg, 0 HR 2007–2007 Bakersfield, USA
24

Kevin Kennedy b. 1954

MLB player Los Angeles, USA
25

Ramon Lopez b. 1933

MLB player 1966–1966 Cuba

Remembered on May 26

Baseball figures lost on this date.

01

Ed Walsh ⭐ HOF 1881–1959

195-126, 1.82 ERA 1904–1917
02

Al Simmons ⭐ HOF 1902–1956

.334 avg, 307 HR 1924–1944
03

Jim Bunning ⭐ HOF 1931–2017

224-184, 3.27 ERA 1955–1971
04

Doc Ayers 1891–1968

65-79, 2.84 ERA 1913–1921
05

Bill Sweeney 1886–1948

.272 avg, 11 HR 1907–1914
06

George Winter 1878–1951

83-102, 2.87 ERA 1901–1908
07

Billy O'Brien 1860–1911

.256 avg, 32 HR 1884–1890
08

Mike Sharperson 1961–1996

.280 avg, 10 HR 1987–1995
09

Sadie Houck 1856–1919

.250 avg, 4 HR 1879–1887
10

Chicken Hawks 1896–1973

.316 avg, 7 HR 1921–1925
11

Don Bollweg 1921–1996

.243 avg, 11 HR 1950–1955
12

Ed Gremminger 1874–1942

.251 avg, 7 HR 1895–1904
13

Chico Carrasquel 1926–2005

.258 avg, 55 HR 1950–1959
14

Jim Ray 1944–2005

43-30, 3.60 ERA 1965–1974
15

Dick Strahs 1923–1988

.000 avg, 0 HR 1954–1954
16

Red Treadway 1920–1994

.266 avg, 4 HR 1944–1945
17

William Rumler 1891–1966

.251 avg, 1 HR 1914–1917
18

Herm Merritt 1900–1927

.370 avg, 0 HR 1921–1921
19

Howard Kimbo 1904–1978

.000 avg, 0 HR
20

George Bone 1874–1918

.302 avg, 0 HR 1901–1901
21

Larry Johnson 1950–2013

.192 avg, 0 HR 1972–1978
22

Mike Gordon 1953–2014

.071 avg, 0 HR 1977–1978
23

Harland Rowe 1896–1969

.139 avg, 0 HR 1916–1916
24

Lou Grasmick 1924–2016

.1000 avg, 0 HR 1948–1948
25

Ed MacGamwell 1878–1924

.250 avg, 0 HR 1905–1905