On This Day in Baseball

July 7

25 notable birthdays · 17 in memoriam

Born on July 7

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

  1. 01
    Satchel Paige ⭐ HOF b. 1906
    143-89, 2.77 ERA 1948–1965 Mobile, USA
  2. 02
    Billy Herman ⭐ HOF b. 1909
    .304 avg, 47 HR 1931–1947 New Albany, USA
  3. 03
    Len Barker b. 1955
    74-76, 4.34 ERA 1976–1987 Fort Knox, USA
  4. 04
    Chuck Knoblauch b. 1968
    .289 avg, 98 HR 1991–2002 Houston, USA
  5. 05
    Bill Melton b. 1945
    .253 avg, 160 HR 1968–1977 Gulfport, USA
  6. 06
    Nathaniel Lowe b. 1995
    .263 avg, 124 HR 2019– Norfolk, USA
  7. 07
    Ted Radcliffe b. 1902
    45-39, 4.13 ERA Mobile, USA
  8. 08
    Dave Burba b. 1966
    115-87, 4.49 ERA 1990–2004 Dayton, USA
  9. 09
    Jeff Shaw b. 1966
    34-54, 3.54 ERA 1990–2001 Washington Court House, USA
  10. 10
    George Suggs b. 1882
    99-91, 3.11 ERA 1908–1915 Kinston, USA
  11. 11
    Tim Teufel b. 1958
    .254 avg, 86 HR 1983–1993 Greenwich, USA
  12. 12
    Brandon McCarthy b. 1983
    69-75, 4.20 ERA 2005–2018 Glendale, USA
  13. 13
    Matt Mantei b. 1973
    .200 avg, 0 HR 1995–2005 Tampa, USA
  14. 14
    Franmil Reyes b. 1995
    .249 avg, 108 HR 2018– Sabana Grande de Palenque, D.R.
  15. 15
    Dan Gladden b. 1957
    .270 avg, 74 HR 1983–1993 San Jose, USA
  16. 16
    Jose Jimenez b. 1973
    24-44, 4.92 ERA 1998–2004 San Pedro de Macoris, D.R.
  17. 17
    John Buck b. 1980
    .234 avg, 134 HR 2004–2014 Kemmerer, USA
  18. 18
    Richard Lovelady b. 1995
    7-17, 5.03 ERA 2019– Hinesville, USA
  19. 19
    Vinny Capra b. 1996
    .133 avg, 1 HR 2022– Melbourne, USA
  20. 20
    Sammy White b. 1927
    .262 avg, 66 HR 1951–1962 Wenatchee, USA
  21. 21
    Jon Huber b. 1981
    MLB player 2006–2007 Sacramento, USA
  22. 22
    Bill Kunkel b. 1936
    .214 avg, 0 HR 1961–1963 Hoboken, USA
  23. 23
    George Moriarty b. 1885
    .251 avg, 5 HR 1903–1916 Chicago, USA
  24. 24
    Mel Clark b. 1924
    .277 avg, 3 HR 1951–1957 Letart, USA
  25. 25
    Ernie Sulik b. 1910
    .287 avg, 6 HR 1936–1936 San Francisco, USA

Remembered on July 7

Baseball figures lost on this date.

  1. 01
    Deacon White ⭐ HOF 1847–1939
    .312 avg, 24 HR 1871–1890
  2. 02
    Dick Williams ⭐ HOF 1929–2011
    .260 avg, 70 HR 1951–1964
  3. 03
    Vic Wertz 1925–1983
    .277 avg, 266 HR 1947–1963
  4. 04
    Ben Chapman 1908–1993
    8-6, 4.40 ERA 1930–1946
  5. 05
    Don Bessent 1931–1990
    .114 avg, 0 HR 1955–1958
  6. 06
    Joe Dugan 1897–1982
    .280 avg, 42 HR 1917–1931
  7. 07
    Al Unser 1912–1995
    .251 avg, 4 HR 1942–1945
  8. 08
    Jack Gilbert 1875–1941
    .240 avg, 0 HR 1898–1904
  9. 09
    George Elder 1921–2022
    .250 avg, 0 HR 1949–1949
  10. 10
    Wally Wolf 1942–2020
    MLB player 1969–1970
  11. 11
    Ted Wieand 1933–2021
    MLB player 1958–1960
  12. 12
    Bill Pounds 1878–1936
    .600 avg, 0 HR 1903–1903
  13. 13
    Jeep McClain 1922–1997
    .000 avg, 0 HR
  14. 14
    Pat Burke 1901–1965
    .000 avg, 0 HR 1924–1924
  15. 15
    John Sullivan 1894–1958
    .000 avg, 0 HR 1919–1919
  16. 16
    C L Taylor 1898–1980
    .000 avg, 0 HR 1925–1925
  17. 17
    Mike DePangher 1858–1915
    .200 avg, 0 HR 1884–1884