On This Day in Baseball

August 4

25 notable birthdays · 25 in memoriam

Born on August 4

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

  1. 01
    Roger Clemens b. 1962
    354-184, 3.12 ERA 1984–2007 Dayton, USA
  2. 02
    Jake Beckley ⭐ HOF b. 1867
    .308 avg, 87 HR 1888–1907 Hannibal, USA
  3. 03
    Dolf Luque b. 1890
    194-179, 3.24 ERA 1914–1935 Havana, Cuba
  4. 04
    Johnny Grubb b. 1948
    .278 avg, 99 HR 1972–1987 Richmond, USA
  5. 05
    Cleon Jones b. 1942
    .281 avg, 93 HR 1963–1976 Plateau, USA
  6. 06
    B. J. Surhoff b. 1964
    .282 avg, 188 HR 1987–2005 Bronx, USA
  7. 07
    Bill Hallahan b. 1902
    102-94, 4.03 ERA 1925–1938 Binghamton, USA
  8. 08
    Luke Easter b. 1915
    .276 avg, 104 HR 1949–1954 Jonestown, USA
  9. 09
    Bob Howry b. 1973
    .200 avg, 0 HR 1998–2010 Phoenix, USA
  10. 10
    Brady Singer b. 1996
    56-70, 4.40 ERA 2020– Leesburg, USA
  11. 11
    Joe Strong b. 1902
    77-72, 4.13 ERA Jackson, USA
  12. 12
    Jason Adam b. 1991
    MLB player 2018– Omaha, USA
  13. 13
    Troy O'Leary b. 1969
    .274 avg, 127 HR 1993–2003 Compton, USA
  14. 14
    Scott Linebrink b. 1976
    42-31, 3.51 ERA 2000–2011 Austin, USA
  15. 15
    Mike Soroka b. 1997
    28-31, 3.79 ERA 2018– Calgary, CAN
  16. 16
    Cliff Lee b. 1896
    .300 avg, 38 HR 1919–1926 Lexington, USA
  17. 17
    Jahmai Jones b. 1997
    .232 avg, 13 HR 2020– Roswell, USA
  18. 18
    Brock Burke b. 1996
    27-17, 3.58 ERA 2019– Chicago, USA
  19. 19
    Henry Bolte b. 2003
    .275 avg, 10 HR 2026– San Francisco, USA
  20. 20
    Zach Cole b. 2000
    .204 avg, 7 HR 2025– Ozark, USA
  21. 21
    Jonah Cox b. 2001
    .279 avg, 4 HR 2026– Louisville, USA
  22. 22
    Dallas Green b. 1934
    20-22, 4.26 ERA 1960–1967 Newport, USA
  23. 23
    Paxton Crawford b. 1977
    5-1, 4.15 ERA 2000–2001 Little Rock, USA
  24. 24
    Orlando Arcia b. 1994
    .240 avg, 91 HR 2016– Anaco, Venezuela
  25. 25
    Kevin Newman b. 1993
    .259 avg, 28 HR 2018– Poway, USA

Remembered on August 4

Baseball figures lost on this date.

  1. 01
    Willard Brown ⭐ HOF 1915–1996
    .354 avg, 63 HR 1947–1949
  2. 02
    J. R. Richard 1950–2021
    107-71, 3.15 ERA 1971–1980
  3. 03
    Dick Bartell 1907–1995
    .284 avg, 79 HR 1927–1946
  4. 04
    Frank Fennelly 1860–1920
    .257 avg, 34 HR 1884–1890
  5. 05
    Harry Coveleski 1886–1950
    81-55, 2.39 ERA 1907–1918
  6. 06
    Hal Wagner 1915–1979
    .248 avg, 15 HR 1937–1949
  7. 07
    Bob Fisher 1886–1963
    .276 avg, 11 HR 1912–1919
  8. 08
    Sammy White 1927–1991
    .262 avg, 66 HR 1951–1962
  9. 09
    Pop Williams 1874–1959
    16-25, 3.17 ERA 1898–1903
  10. 10
    George Dixon 1896–1940
    .249 avg, 7 HR
  11. 11
    Jerry Standaert 1901–1964
    .318 avg, 0 HR 1925–1929
  12. 12
    Bob Maier 1915–1993
    .263 avg, 1 HR 1945–1945
  13. 13
    John Burke 1877–1950
    .154 avg, 0 HR 1902–1902
  14. 14
    Leo Sanders 1914–1999
    .239 avg, 0 HR
  15. 15
    Camp Skinner 1897–1944
    .196 avg, 0 HR 1922–1923
  16. 16
    Myron White 1957–2018
    .500 avg, 0 HR 1978–1978
  17. 17
    Mike Payne 1961–2002
    .000 avg, 0 HR 1984–1984
  18. 18
    Tony Tonneman 1881–1951
    .200 avg, 0 HR 1911–1911
  19. 19
    Paul Stanley 1913–1984
    .667 avg, 0 HR
  20. 20
    Forest Maddox 1896–1929
    .188 avg, 0 HR
  21. 21
    Frank Lamanske 1906–1971
    .000 avg, 0 HR 1935–1935
  22. 22
    Milton Smith 1906–1936
    .000 avg, 0 HR
  23. 23
    Charles Jamerson 1900–1980
    MLB player 1924–1924
  24. 24
    George Batten 1891–1972
    .000 avg, 0 HR 1912–1912
  25. 25
    Bob Gamble 1866–1958
    .333 avg, 0 HR 1888–1888