On This Day in Baseball

July 26

25 notable birthdays · 18 in memoriam

Born on July 26

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

01

Hoyt Wilhelm ⭐ HOF b. 1922

143-122, 2.52 ERA 1952–1972 Huntersville, USA
02

Norm Siebern b. 1933

.272 avg, 132 HR 1956–1968 St. Louis, USA
03

Ellis Kinder b. 1914

102-71, 3.43 ERA 1946–1957 Atkins, USA
04

Pete Ward b. 1937

.254 avg, 98 HR 1962–1970 Montreal, CAN
05

Joaquin Benoit b. 1977

58-49, 3.83 ERA 2001–2017 Santiago, D.R.
06

Brandon Morrow b. 1984

51-43, 3.96 ERA 2007–2018 Santa Rosa, USA
07

Ryan O'Hearn b. 1993

.254 avg, 102 HR 2018– Dunedin, USA
08

Greg Colbrunn b. 1969

.289 avg, 98 HR 1992–2004 Fontana, USA
09

Sam Leslie b. 1905

.304 avg, 36 HR 1929–1938 Moss Point, USA
10

Marty Bystrom b. 1958

29-26, 4.26 ERA 1980–1985 Coral Gables, USA
11

Ryne Stanek b. 1991

23-25, 3.89 ERA 2017– St. Louis, USA
12

Gavin Williams b. 1999

31-28, 3.62 ERA 2023– Fayetteville, USA
13

Braydon Fisher b. 2000

10-4, 3.01 ERA 2025– League City, USA
14

Alex Radcliff b. 1905

.296 avg, 20 HR Mobile, USA
15

Kevin Jepsen b. 1984

MLB player 2008–2018 Anaheim, USA
16

Jody Reed b. 1962

.270 avg, 27 HR 1987–1997 Tampa, USA
17

Spencer Miles b. 2000

6-2, 2.71 ERA 2026– Columbia, USA
18

Kyle Karros b. 2002

.250 avg, 12 HR 2025– Los Angeles, USA
19

Tsung-Che Cheng b. 2001

.217 avg, 0 HR 2025– Jiuru, Taiwan
20

Tyler Black b. 2000

.250 avg, 0 HR 2024– Toronto, CAN
21

Paul Fry b. 1992

MLB player 2018–2022 Pontiac, USA
22

Harry Kincannon b. 1909

16-26, 5.56 ERA North Fork, USA
23

Ji Hwan Bae b. 1999

.225 avg, 2 HR 2022– Daegu, South Korea
24

Kevin Olsen b. 1976

0-5, 5.12 ERA 2001–2003 Covina, USA
25

Bill Hassamaer b. 1864

.289 avg, 7 HR 1894–1896 St. Louis, USA

Remembered on July 26

Baseball figures lost on this date.

01

George Cuppy 1869–1922

163-98, 3.48 ERA 1892–1901
02

John Radcliff 1848–1911

.282 avg, 2 HR 1871–1875
03

Les Howe 1895–1976

.125 avg, 0 HR 1923–1924
04

Clyde Nelson 1921–1949

.252 avg, 4 HR
05

Will McMurray 1882–1945

.155 avg, 1 HR
06

Harry Smith 1889–1964

.000 avg, 0 HR 1912–1912
07

Al Flair 1916–1988

.200 avg, 0 HR 1941–1941
08

Dad Clark 1873–1956

.186 avg, 0 HR 1902–1902
09

Jake Jacobs 1937–2010

.200 avg, 0 HR 1960–1961
10

Tom Harrison 1945–2023

MLB player 1965–1965
11

Tommy Madden 1883–1930

.250 avg, 0 HR 1906–1910
12

Bill DeKoning 1918–1979

.000 avg, 0 HR 1945–1945
13

Walter Bernhardt 1893–1958

MLB player 1918–1918
14

Webb Schultz 1898–1986

MLB player 1924–1924
15

Homer Davidson 1884–1948

.000 avg, 0 HR 1908–1908
16

Ben Ellis 1870–1931

.062 avg, 0 HR 1896–1896
17

Charlie Reising 1861–1915

.000 avg, 0 HR 1884–1884
18

William Nusz 1859–1903

.000 avg, 0 HR 1884–1884