On This Day in Baseball

August 8

25 notable birthdays · 24 in memoriam

Born on August 8

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

01

Toad Ramsey b. 1864

113-124, 3.29 ERA 1885–1890 Indianapolis, USA
02

Frank Howard b. 1936

.273 avg, 382 HR 1958–1973 Columbus, USA
03

Anthony Rizzo b. 1989

.261 avg, 303 HR 2011– Fort Lauderdale, USA
04

Jose Cruz b. 1947

.284 avg, 165 HR 1970–1988 Arroyo, P.R.
05

Cupid Childs b. 1867

.306 avg, 20 HR 1888–1901 Calvert County, USA
06

Ken Raffensberger b. 1917

119-154, 3.60 ERA 1939–1954 York, USA
07

Yandy Diaz b. 1991

.292 avg, 122 HR 2017– Sagua La Grande, Cuba
08

Cecil Travis b. 1913

.314 avg, 27 HR 1933–1947 Riverdale, USA
09

John Milligan b. 1861

.286 avg, 49 HR 1884–1893 Philadelphia, USA
10

Mike Ivie b. 1952

.269 avg, 81 HR 1971–1983 Atlanta, USA
11

Johnny Temple b. 1927

.284 avg, 22 HR 1952–1964 Lexington, USA
12

Ed Steele b. 1915

.355 avg, 9 HR Dallas County, USA
13

Tot Pressnell b. 1906

32-30, 3.80 ERA 1938–1942 Findlay, USA
14

Al Woods b. 1953

.271 avg, 35 HR 1977–1986 Oakland, USA
15

Jimmy Esmond b. 1889

.264 avg, 9 HR 1911–1915 Albany, USA
16

Garrett Stallings b. 1997

MLB player 2026– Chesapeake, USA
17

Blake Wood b. 1985

.000 avg, 0 HR 2010–2018 Atlanta, USA
18

Craig Breslow b. 1980

.000 avg, 0 HR 2005–2017 New Haven, USA
19

George Jefferson b. 1922

5-5, 2.92 ERA Boley, USA
20

Greg Garcia b. 1989

.245 avg, 14 HR 2014–2020 El Cajon, USA
21

Bob Jordan b. 1867

.307 avg, 3 HR Carlisle, USA
22

Ray Fontenot b. 1957

25-26, 4.03 ERA 1983–1986 Lake Charles, USA
23

Ron Karkovice b. 1963

.221 avg, 96 HR 1986–1997 Union, USA
24

Brett Gideon b. 1963

.1000 avg, 0 HR 1987–1990 Ozona, USA
25

Cliff Speck b. 1956

.000 avg, 0 HR 1986–1986 Portland, USA

Remembered on August 8

Baseball figures lost on this date.

01

Wilbert Robinson ⭐ HOF 1864–1934

.273 avg, 18 HR 1886–1902
02

Howie Pollet 1921–1974

131-116, 3.51 ERA 1941–1956
03

Harry Walker 1918–1999

.296 avg, 10 HR 1940–1955
04

Billy Gilbert 1876–1927

.247 avg, 4 HR 1901–1909
05

Red Wilson 1929–2014

.258 avg, 24 HR 1951–1960
06

Dino Restelli 1924–2006

.241 avg, 13 HR 1949–1951
07

Ches Buchanan 1906–1964

15-23, 4.88 ERA
08

Felix Torres 1932–2025

.254 avg, 27 HR 1962–1964
09

Henry Blackmon 1891–1924

.272 avg, 14 HR
10

Oad Swigart 1915–1997

1-3, 4.44 ERA 1939–1940
11

Fred Winchell 1882–1958

.200 avg, 0 HR 1909–1909
12

Henry Henderson 1905–1980

.293 avg, 2 HR
13

Otto Mitchell 1898–1938

.291 avg, 1 HR
14

Red Applegate 1922–1965

MLB player
15

Dan Minnehan 1865–1929

.382 avg, 0 HR 1895–1895
16

Bob Neighbors 1917–1952

.182 avg, 1 HR 1939–1939
17

Arthur Thomas 1864–1895

.455 avg, 0 HR
18

Tod Dennehey 1899–1977

.292 avg, 0 HR 1923–1923
19

Wayne Redmond 1945–2020

.000 avg, 0 HR 1965–1969
20

Bert Hamric 1928–1984

.111 avg, 0 HR 1955–1958
21

Cal Ermer 1923–2009

.000 avg, 0 HR 1947–1947
22

Willie Young 1912–2002

.000 avg, 0 HR
23

George Crable 1885–1965

.000 avg, 0 HR 1910–1910
24

John Gaffney 1855–1913

MLB player