On This Day in Baseball

July 29

25 notable birthdays · 20 in memoriam

Born on July 29

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

01

Chad Billingsley b. 1984

83-64, 3.72 ERA 2006–2015 Defiance, USA
02

Dan Driessen b. 1951

.267 avg, 153 HR 1973–1987 Hilton Head Island, USA
03

Jim LaMarque b. 1920

35-17, 3.46 ERA Potosi, USA
04

Mike Adams b. 1978

.000 avg, 0 HR 2004–2014 Corpus Christi, USA
05

Jack Meyers b. 1880

.291 avg, 14 HR 1909–1917 Riverside, USA
06

Greg Minton b. 1951

59-65, 3.10 ERA 1975–1990 Lubbock, USA
07

Emmet Heidrick b. 1876

.300 avg, 16 HR 1898–1908 Queenstown, USA
08

Felix Mantilla b. 1934

.261 avg, 89 HR 1956–1966 Isabella, P.R.
09

Gary Thomasson b. 1951

.249 avg, 61 HR 1972–1980 San Diego, USA
10

Roy Foster b. 1945

.253 avg, 45 HR 1970–1972 Bixby, USA
11

Don Wert b. 1938

.242 avg, 77 HR 1963–1971 Strasburg, USA
12

Sam Dungan b. 1866

.301 avg, 3 HR 1892–1901 Ferndale, USA
13

Jack Suwinski b. 1998

.199 avg, 57 HR 2022– Chicago, USA
14

Dave LaPoint b. 1959

80-86, 4.02 ERA 1980–1991 Glens Falls, USA
15

Cole Young b. 2003

.237 avg, 21 HR 2025– Pittsburgh, USA
16

Will Wagner b. 1998

.256 avg, 2 HR 2024– Houston, USA
17

Joe Rock b. 2000

MLB player 2025– Sewickley, USA
18

Luis Alicea b. 1965

.260 avg, 47 HR 1988–2002 Santurce, P.R.
19

George Cutshaw b. 1886

.265 avg, 25 HR 1912–1923 Wilmington, USA
20

Erv Dusak b. 1920

.243 avg, 24 HR 1941–1952 Chicago, USA
21

Mike Williams b. 1968

32-54, 4.45 ERA 1992–2003 Radford, USA
22

Johnny Ruffin b. 1971

.176 avg, 0 HR 1993–2001 Butler, USA
23

Tyson Miller b. 1995

MLB player 2020– Fairfield, USA
24

Sixto Sanchez b. 1998

3-5, 4.70 ERA 2020– San Cristobal, D.R.
25

Roy Henshaw b. 1911

33-40, 4.16 ERA 1933–1944 Chicago, USA

Remembered on July 29

Baseball figures lost on this date.

01

Lee May 1943–2017

.267 avg, 354 HR 1965–1982
02

Burt Shotton 1884–1962

.271 avg, 9 HR 1909–1923
03

Bill Robinson 1943–2007

.258 avg, 166 HR 1966–1983
04

Vean Gregg 1885–1964

92-63, 2.70 ERA 1911–1925
05

Babe Borton 1888–1954

.270 avg, 4 HR 1912–1916
06

Ray Kolp 1894–1967

79-95, 4.08 ERA 1921–1934
07

Johnny Lewis 1939–2018

.227 avg, 22 HR 1964–1967
08

Arnie Stone 1892–1948

.125 avg, 0 HR 1923–1924
09

Judge McCredie 1876–1934

.324 avg, 0 HR 1903–1903
10

Lee Wheat 1929–2008

.125 avg, 0 HR 1954–1955
11

Steve Matthias 1860–1891

.275 avg, 0 HR 1884–1884
12

Doug Sydnor 1919–1969

.152 avg, 1 HR
13

Conny Doyle 1862–1931

.254 avg, 0 HR 1883–1884
14

Dan Phelan 1861–1934

.250 avg, 0 HR 1890–1890
15

Jim Pruett 1917–2003

.231 avg, 0 HR 1944–1945
16

Charley Moore 1884–1970

.222 avg, 0 HR 1912–1912
17

Benny Brown 1911–1933

.167 avg, 0 HR
18

Don Fisher 1916–1973

.143 avg, 0 HR 1945–1945
19

Jesse Baker 1895–1976

MLB player 1919–1919
20

Charlie Bold 1894–1978

.000 avg, 0 HR 1914–1914