On This Day in Baseball

June 21

25 notable birthdays · 13 in memoriam

Born on June 21

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

01

Matt Kilroy b. 1866

141-133, 3.47 ERA 1886–1898 Philadelphia, USA
02

Eddie Lopat b. 1918

166-112, 3.21 ERA 1944–1955 New York, USA
03

Garrett Crochet b. 1999

30-27, 3.17 ERA 2020– Ocean Springs, USA
04

Garrett Jones b. 1981

.251 avg, 122 HR 2007–2015 Harvey, USA
05

Rick Sutcliffe b. 1956

171-139, 4.08 ERA 1976–1994 Independence, USA
06

Valentín Dreke b. 1898

.327 avg, 15 HR Unión de Reyes, Cuba
07

Oliver Marcell b. 1895

.305 avg, 16 HR Thibodaux, USA
08

Donovan Osborne b. 1969

49-46, 4.03 ERA 1992–2004 Roseville, USA
09

Jeff Baker b. 1981

.264 avg, 54 HR 2005–2015 Bad Kissingen, West Germany
10

Chris Roycroft b. 1997

MLB player 2024– Dundee, USA
11

Brandan Bidois b. 2001

MLB player 2026– Brisbane, Australia
12

Kade Morris b. 2002

MLB player 2026– Modesto, USA
13

Deyvison De Los Santos b. 2003

.267 avg, 0 HR 2026– Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
14

Brian Keller b. 1994

MLB player 2026– Germantown, USA
15

Randy Moore b. 1906

.278 avg, 27 HR 1927–1937 Naples, USA
16

Billy Gilbert b. 1876

.247 avg, 4 HR 1901–1909 Tullytown, USA
17

Charlie Moore b. 1953

.261 avg, 36 HR 1973–1987 Birmingham, USA
18

Dae-ho Lee b. 1982

.253 avg, 14 HR 2016–2016 Busan, South Korea
19

Jefry Marte b. 1991

.222 avg, 30 HR 2015–2018 La Romana, D.R.
20

Tom Jones b. 1874

.251 avg, 4 HR 1902–1910 Honesdale, USA
21

Grant Anderson b. 1997

MLB player 2023– Port Arthur, USA
22

Jackie Collum b. 1927

32-28, 4.15 ERA 1951–1962 Victor, USA
23

Roger Deago b. 1977

.000 avg, 0 HR 2003–2003 Monagrillo, Panama
24

Shang Johnson b. 1899

3-2, 4.18 ERA Eufaula, USA
25

Dave Downs b. 1952

.250 avg, 0 HR 1972–1972 Logan, USA

Remembered on June 21

Baseball figures lost on this date.

01

Phil Weintraub 1907–1987

.295 avg, 32 HR 1933–1945
02

Darryl Hamilton 1964–2015

.291 avg, 51 HR 1988–2001
03

Bud Stewart 1916–2000

.268 avg, 32 HR 1941–1954
04

Sandy Thompson 1895–1965

.306 avg, 7 HR
05

Chet Chadbourne 1884–1943

.255 avg, 2 HR 1906–1918
06

Davy Force 1849–1918

.249 avg, 1 HR 1871–1886
07

Kit Carson 1912–1983

.250 avg, 0 HR 1934–1935
08

Joe Jenkins 1890–1974

.133 avg, 0 HR 1914–1919
09

Jay Dahl 1945–1965

MLB player 1963–1963
10

Al Campanis 1916–1998

.100 avg, 0 HR 1943–1943
11

Al Bergman 1889–1961

.214 avg, 0 HR 1916–1916
12

Harry Wilke 1900–1991

.000 avg, 0 HR 1927–1927
13

Rex Smith 1861–1895

.125 avg, 0 HR 1886–1886