On This Day in Baseball

June 19

25 notable birthdays · 24 in memoriam

Born on June 19

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

01

Lou Gehrig ⭐ HOF b. 1903

.340 avg, 493 HR 1923–1939 New York, USA
02

Jacob deGrom b. 1988

106-74, 2.68 ERA 2014– DeLand, USA
03

Eddie Cicotte b. 1884

209-149, 2.38 ERA 1905–1920 Springwells, USA
04

Jerry Reuss b. 1949

220-191, 3.64 ERA 1969–1990 St. Louis, USA
05

Bill Swift b. 1908

95-82, 3.58 ERA 1932–1943 Glen Lyon, USA
06

Collin McHugh b. 1987

71-47, 3.72 ERA 2012–2023 Covington, USA
07

Doug Mientkiewicz b. 1974

.271 avg, 66 HR 1998–2009 Toledo, USA
08

Blake Parker b. 1985

.000 avg, 0 HR 2012–2021 Fayetteville, USA
09

Don Ferrarese b. 1929

19-36, 4.00 ERA 1955–1962 Oakland, USA
10

Devin Mesoraco b. 1988

.232 avg, 58 HR 2011–2018 DuBois, USA
11

Tyler Heineman b. 1991

.222 avg, 5 HR 2019– Pacific Palisades, USA
12

Dustan Mohr b. 1976

.249 avg, 49 HR 2001–2007 Hattiesburg, USA
13

Jonah Tong b. 2003

4-4, 5.45 ERA 2025– Markham, CAN
14

Miguel Ullola b. 2002

MLB player 2026– Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic
15

Larry Miller b. 1937

5-14, 4.71 ERA 1964–1966 Topeka, USA
16

Bob Aspromonte b. 1938

.252 avg, 60 HR 1956–1971 Brooklyn, USA
17

Archie Ware b. 1918

.287 avg, 4 HR Greenville, USA
18

Casey Legumina b. 1997

7-8, 5.02 ERA 2023– Dallas, USA
19

Charlie Parks b. 1917

.268 avg, 6 HR Chester, USA
20

Cody Bolton b. 1998

MLB player 2023– Richmond, USA
21

Christian Villanueva b. 1991

.245 avg, 24 HR 2017–2018 Guadalajara, México
22

Luis Aloma b. 1923

.167 avg, 0 HR 1950–1953 Havana, Cuba
23

Red Hale b. 1913

.259 avg, 3 HR Little Rock, USA
24

Don Gutteridge b. 1912

.256 avg, 39 HR 1936–1948 Pittsburg, USA
25

Tomás Quiñones b. 1920

.091 avg, 0 HR Yauco, P.R.

Remembered on June 19

Baseball figures lost on this date.

01

Pretzels Getzien 1864–1932

145-139, 3.46 ERA 1884–1892
02

Eugene Bremer 1916–1971

37-24, 3.57 ERA
03

Gene Freese 1934–2013

.254 avg, 115 HR 1955–1966
04

George Frazier 1954–2023

.143 avg, 0 HR 1978–1987
05

Lew McCarty 1888–1930

.266 avg, 5 HR 1913–1921
06

Eli Juran 1902–1955

0-6, 5.06 ERA
07

Danger Talbert 1878–1914

.261 avg, 0 HR
08

Tom Jones 1874–1923

.251 avg, 4 HR 1902–1910
09

Jake Weimer 1873–1928

97-69, 2.23 ERA 1903–1909
10

John Monroe 1897–1956

.266 avg, 2 HR 1921–1921
11

Alex Hooks 1906–1993

.227 avg, 0 HR 1935–1935
12

Ed Pabst 1867–1940

.308 avg, 0 HR 1890–1890
13

Bert Graham 1886–1971

.115 avg, 0 HR 1910–1910
14

Samuel Burris 1919–1982

.333 avg, 0 HR
15

Walt Kellner 1929–2006

.000 avg, 0 HR 1952–1953
16

Pete Rambo 1906–1991

.1000 avg, 0 HR 1926–1926
17

Len Matarazzo 1928–2015

MLB player 1952–1952
18

Ollie Smith 1918–1986

.500 avg, 0 HR
19

Jack White 1905–1971

.000 avg, 0 HR 1927–1928
20

Bob Gandy 1893–1945

.000 avg, 0 HR 1916–1916
21

Hap Morse 1886–1974

.000 avg, 0 HR 1911–1911
22

Eddie Quick 1881–1913

.000 avg, 0 HR 1903–1903
23

Art Goodwin 1876–1943

MLB player 1905–1905
24

Alonzo Breitenstein 1857–1932

.000 avg, 0 HR 1883–1883