On This Day in Baseball

July 3

25 notable birthdays · 25 in memoriam

Born on July 3

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

01

Moises Alou b. 1966

.303 avg, 332 HR 1990–2008 Atlanta, USA
02

Greg Vaughn b. 1965

.242 avg, 355 HR 1989–2003 Sacramento, USA
03

George Cuppy b. 1869

163-98, 3.48 ERA 1892–1901 Washington Township Preble County, USA
04

Frank Tanana b. 1953

240-236, 3.66 ERA 1973–1993 Detroit, USA
05

Curt Walker b. 1896

.304 avg, 64 HR 1919–1930 Beeville, USA
06

Art Fowler b. 1922

54-51, 4.03 ERA 1954–1964 Converse, USA
07

Cesar Tovar b. 1940

.278 avg, 46 HR 1965–1976 Caracas, Venezuela
08

Juan Rivera b. 1978

.274 avg, 132 HR 2001–2012 Guarenas, Venezuela
09

Luke Hamlin b. 1904

73-76, 3.77 ERA 1933–1944 Ferris Center, USA
10

Codi Heuer b. 1996

MLB player 2020–2021 Missoula, USA
11

Jack Dalton b. 1885

.286 avg, 4 HR 1910–1916 Henderson, USA
12

Yangervis Solarte b. 1987

.258 avg, 75 HR 2014–2019 Valencia, Venezuela
13

Carter Jensen b. 2003

.239 avg, 27 HR 2025– Kansas City, USA
14

Michel Otañez b. 1997

MLB player 2024– Villa La Mata, D.R.
15

Warren Newson b. 1964

.250 avg, 34 HR 1991–1998 Newnan, USA
16

Piper Davis b. 1917

.312 avg, 8 HR Piper, USA
17

Mitch Bratt b. 2003

1-3, 4.70 ERA 2026– Newmarket, Canada
18

Zach Putnam b. 1987

MLB player 2011–2017 Rochester, USA
19

Trenton Brooks b. 1995

.136 avg, 1 HR 2024– Alpine, USA
20

Fred Olmstead b. 1881

19-20, 2.74 ERA 1908–1911 Grand Rapids, USA
21

Danny Heep b. 1957

.257 avg, 30 HR 1979–1991 San Antonio, USA
22

Buddy Rosar b. 1914

.261 avg, 18 HR 1939–1951 Buffalo, USA
23

Al Pilarcik b. 1930

.256 avg, 22 HR 1956–1961 Whiting, USA
24

Jack Daugherty b. 1960

.256 avg, 10 HR 1987–1993 Hialeah, USA
25

Larry Whisenton b. 1956

.234 avg, 4 HR 1977–1982 St. Louis, USA

Remembered on July 3

Baseball figures lost on this date.

01

Don Drysdale ⭐ HOF 1936–1993

209-166, 2.95 ERA 1956–1969
02

Dolf Luque 1890–1957

194-179, 3.24 ERA 1914–1935
03

Fred Tenney 1871–1952

.294 avg, 22 HR 1894–1911
04

Tom McCreery 1874–1941

3-2, 6.32 ERA 1895–1903
05

Earl Francis 1935–2002

16-23, 3.77 ERA 1960–1965
06

Hank Robinson 1887–1965

42-37, 2.53 ERA 1911–1918
07

Hugh Casey 1913–1951

75-42, 3.45 ERA 1935–1949
08

Bill McClellan 1856–1929

.242 avg, 6 HR 1878–1888
09

Jimmy Walsh 1887–1962

.232 avg, 6 HR 1912–1917
10

Red Barnes 1903–1959

.269 avg, 8 HR 1927–1930
11

George Staller 1916–1992

.271 avg, 3 HR 1943–1943
12

Slim Vaughan 1910–1992

4-3, 8.02 ERA
13

Harry Spratt 1888–1969

.247 avg, 5 HR 1911–1912
14

Ed Householder 1869–1924

.209 avg, 0 HR 1903–1903
15

Ed Donalds 1883–1950

.000 avg, 0 HR 1912–1912
16

Charlie Reynolds 1865–1944

.217 avg, 0 HR 1889–1889
17

Paul Smith 1888–1958

.227 avg, 0 HR 1916–1916
18

Tyson Brummett 1984–2020

MLB player 2012–2012
19

Ed Johnson 1899–1975

.231 avg, 0 HR 1920–1920
20

Gary Kolb 1940–2019

.209 avg, 6 HR 1960–1969
21

Bill Niles 1867–1936

.216 avg, 0 HR 1895–1895
22

George Knothe 1898–1981

.083 avg, 0 HR 1932–1932
23

Eugene Barton 1880–1922

.143 avg, 0 HR
24

John Stafford 1870–1940

.000 avg, 0 HR 1893–1893
25

Hunky Shaw 1884–1969

.000 avg, 0 HR 1908–1908