On This Day in Baseball

June 8

25 notable birthdays · 24 in memoriam

Born on June 8

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

01

Del Ennis b. 1925

.284 avg, 288 HR 1946–1959 Philadelphia, USA
02

Van Mungo b. 1911

120-115, 3.47 ERA 1931–1945 Pageland, USA
03

Bill Drake b. 1895

79-70, 3.69 ERA Sedalia, USA
04

Don Robinson b. 1957

109-106, 3.79 ERA 1978–1992 Ashland, USA
05

Britt Burns b. 1959

70-60, 3.66 ERA 1978–1985 Houston, USA
06

Kevin Gross b. 1961

142-158, 4.11 ERA 1983–1997 Downey, USA
07

Connor Norby b. 2000

.241 avg, 24 HR 2024– Brooklyn Park, USA
08

T. J. McFarland b. 1989

.067 avg, 0 HR 2013– Palos Hills, USA
09

Carmelo Castillo b. 1958

.252 avg, 55 HR 1982–1991 San Pedro de Macoris, D.R.
10

Vibert Clarke b. 1928

11-6, 3.76 ERA 1955–1955 Colon, Panama
11

Joe Grzenda b. 1937

.067 avg, 0 HR 1961–1972 Scranton, USA
12

Scott Ruskin b. 1963

.154 avg, 0 HR 1990–1993 Jacksonville, USA
13

José Pereira b. 1927

2-1, 4.78 ERA Fajardo, P.R.
14

Kenji Johjima b. 1976

.268 avg, 48 HR 2006–2009 Nagasaki, Japan
15

Victor Mederos b. 2001

.1000 avg, 0 HR 2023– Santa Clara, Cuba
16

Blade Tidwell b. 2001

1-3, 5.84 ERA 2025– Columbia, USA
17

Matt Whisenant b. 1971

MLB player 1997–2000 Los Angeles, USA
18

Del Paddock b. 1887

.287 avg, 1 HR 1912–1912 Volga, USA
19

Phil Paine b. 1930

.214 avg, 0 HR 1951–1958 Chepachet, USA
20

John Gibbons b. 1962

.220 avg, 1 HR 1984–1986 Great Falls, USA
21

Earl Reid b. 1913

MLB player 1946–1946 Bangor, USA
22

Terrance Gore b. 1991

.216 avg, 0 HR 2014–2022 Macon, USA
23

Kevin Mahar b. 1981

.167 avg, 0 HR 2007–2007 Pontiac, USA
24

Jack Lind b. 1946

.135 avg, 0 HR 1974–1975 Denver, USA
25

Angel Salome b. 1986

.000 avg, 0 HR 2008–2008 Santo Domingo, D.R.

Remembered on June 8

Baseball figures lost on this date.

01

Satchel Paige ⭐ HOF 1906–1982

143-89, 2.77 ERA 1948–1965
02

Ed Rile 1900–1971

52-36, 3.59 ERA
03

Jim Northrup 1939–2011

.267 avg, 153 HR 1964–1975
04

Bibb Falk 1899–1989

.314 avg, 69 HR 1920–1931
05

Mack Jones 1938–2004

.252 avg, 133 HR 1961–1971
06

Earl Smith 1897–1963

.303 avg, 46 HR 1919–1930
07

Robert Poindexter 1897–1930

35-50, 4.37 ERA
08

Billy McCool 1944–2014

32-42, 3.59 ERA 1964–1970
09

Ken Hunt 1934–1997

.226 avg, 33 HR 1959–1964
10

Henry Williams 1891–1944

.292 avg, 17 HR
11

Fred Wiley 1895–1974

6-3, 5.94 ERA
12

Roy Henshaw 1911–1993

33-40, 4.16 ERA 1933–1944
13

Harry Clark 1883–1965

.308 avg, 0 HR 1903–1903
14

Pat Paige 1882–1939

.143 avg, 0 HR 1911–1911
15

Bill Kemmer 1873–1945

.184 avg, 1 HR 1895–1895
16

Walt Chipple 1918–1988

.136 avg, 0 HR 1945–1945
17

Jake Munch 1890–1966

.267 avg, 0 HR 1918–1918
18

Neb Stewart 1918–1990

.129 avg, 0 HR 1940–1940
19

Frank Lucchesi 1926–2019

MLB player
20

Beverly Boanes 1922–2005

MLB player
21

Art Jacobs 1902–1967

MLB player 1939–1939
22

Bill Collins 1863–1893

.143 avg, 0 HR 1887–1892
23

Jay Parker 1874–1935

MLB player 1899–1899
24

Ed Ford 1862–1931

.000 avg, 0 HR 1884–1884