On This Day in Baseball

July 9

25 notable birthdays · 25 in memoriam

Born on July 9

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

01

Jack Powell b. 1874

245-255, 2.97 ERA 1897–1912 Bloomington, USA
02

Wally Post b. 1929

.266 avg, 210 HR 1949–1964 St. Wendelin, USA
03

Miguel Montero b. 1983

.256 avg, 126 HR 2006–2018 Caracas, Venezuela
04

Mike Andrews b. 1943

.258 avg, 66 HR 1966–1973 Los Angeles, USA
05

Buck Herzog b. 1885

.259 avg, 20 HR 1908–1920 Baltimore, USA
06

Willie Wilson b. 1955

.285 avg, 41 HR 1976–1994 Montgomery, USA
07

Steven Okert b. 1991

24-15, 3.41 ERA 2016– Riverside, USA
08

Glenn Myatt b. 1897

.270 avg, 38 HR 1920–1936 Argenta, USA
09

Jared Young b. 1995

.250 avg, 15 HR 2022– Prince George, CAN
10

Ned Harris b. 1916

.259 avg, 16 HR 1941–1946 Ames, USA
11

Jace Fry b. 1993

MLB player 2017–2021 Beaverton, USA
12

Turner Barber b. 1893

.289 avg, 2 HR 1915–1923 Lavinia, USA
13

Johnny Vergez b. 1906

.255 avg, 52 HR 1931–1936 Oakland, USA
14

Fred Tenney b. 1859

3-3, 2.82 ERA 1884–1884 Marlborough, USA
15

Tex Clevenger b. 1932

36-37, 4.18 ERA 1954–1962 Visalia, USA
16

Guy Hoffman b. 1956

17-17, 4.25 ERA 1979–1988 Ottawa, USA
17

Hal Haydel b. 1944

.500 avg, 1 HR 1970–1971 Houma, USA
18

Tom Evans b. 1974

.255 avg, 1 HR 1997–2000 Kirkland, USA
19

Biddy Dolan b. 1881

.223 avg, 1 HR 1914–1914 Onalaska, USA
20

Jimmy Shevlin b. 1909

.247 avg, 0 HR 1930–1934 Cincinnati, USA
21

Oscar Hernandez b. 1993

.196 avg, 1 HR 2015–2020 Punto Fijo, Venezuela
22

James Bourque b. 1993

MLB player 2019–2020 Ann Arbor, USA
23

Tommy Hottovy b. 1981

MLB player 2011–2012 Kansas City, USA
24

Jack Boyle b. 1889

.280 avg, 0 HR 1912–1912 Morris, USA
25

Gordon MacKenzie b. 1937

.125 avg, 0 HR 1961–1961 St. Petersburg, USA

Remembered on July 9

Baseball figures lost on this date.

01

Harry Heilmann ⭐ HOF 1894–1951

.342 avg, 183 HR 1914–1932
02

Mule Suttles ⭐ HOF 1901–1966

.339 avg, 188 HR
03

Tom Yawkey ⭐ HOF 1903–1976

MLB player
04

Red Lucas 1902–1986

157-135, 3.72 ERA 1923–1938
05

Don Lenhardt 1922–2014

.271 avg, 61 HR 1950–1954
06

Harry McCormick 1881–1962

.285 avg, 6 HR 1904–1913
07

Tony Lupien 1917–2004

.268 avg, 18 HR 1940–1948
08

Ossee Schrecongost 1875–1914

.271 avg, 9 HR 1897–1908
09

Leo Mangum 1896–1974

11-10, 5.37 ERA 1924–1935
10

Buddy Ryan 1885–1956

.282 avg, 1 HR 1912–1913
11

Louis English 1902–1976

.245 avg, 3 HR
12

Chick King 1930–2012

.237 avg, 0 HR 1954–1959
13

Bill McCloskey 1852–1924

.143 avg, 0 HR 1875–1884
14

Charlie Uhlir 1912–1984

.148 avg, 0 HR 1934–1934
15

Charlie Grant 1877–1932

.205 avg, 2 HR
16

Jessie Hollins 1970–2009

MLB player 1992–1992
17

Glenn Mickens 1930–2019

.000 avg, 0 HR 1953–1953
18

Don Eaddy 1934–2008

.000 avg, 0 HR 1959–1959
19

Frank Verdi 1926–2010

MLB player 1953–1953
20

Mike Konnick 1889–1971

.250 avg, 0 HR 1909–1910
21

Giovanni Beale 1922–1970

.000 avg, 0 HR
22

Charlie Hancock 1902–1974

.000 avg, 0 HR
23

Huck Wallace 1882–1951

MLB player 1912–1912
24

George Dickerson 1892–1938

MLB player 1917–1917
25

Sy Studley 1841–1901

.095 avg, 0 HR 1872–1872