On This Day in Baseball

August 16

25 notable birthdays · 17 in memoriam

Born on August 16

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

  1. 01
    Yu Darvish b. 1986
    115-93, 3.65 ERA 2012– Osaka, Japan
  2. 02
    Gene Woodling b. 1922
    .284 avg, 147 HR 1943–1962 Akron, USA
  3. 03
    Baby Doll Jacobson b. 1890
    .311 avg, 83 HR 1915–1927 Cable, USA
  4. 04
    George Scales b. 1900
    .329 avg, 76 HR Talladega, USA
  5. 05
    Willie Jones b. 1925
    .258 avg, 190 HR 1947–1961 Dillon, USA
  6. 06
    Bob Fothergill b. 1897
    .325 avg, 36 HR 1922–1933 Massillon, USA
  7. 07
    Rick Reed b. 1964
    93-76, 4.03 ERA 1988–2003 Huntington, USA
  8. 08
    Al Holland b. 1952
    34-30, 2.98 ERA 1977–1987 Roanoke, USA
  9. 09
    Mike Jorgensen b. 1948
    .243 avg, 95 HR 1968–1985 Passaic, USA
  10. 10
    Tiny Bonham b. 1913
    103-72, 3.06 ERA 1940–1949 Ione, USA
  11. 11
    Xavier Hernandez b. 1965
    40-35, 3.90 ERA 1989–1998 Port Arthur, USA
  12. 12
    Tyler Stephenson b. 1996
    .259 avg, 78 HR 2020– Atlanta, USA
  13. 13
    Hank Robinson b. 1887
    42-37, 2.53 ERA 1911–1918 Floyd, USA
  14. 14
    Connor Joe b. 1992
    .238 avg, 36 HR 2019– San Diego, USA
  15. 15
    Dominic Canzone b. 1997
    .251 avg, 47 HR 2023– Cleveland, USA
  16. 16
    Daric Barton b. 1985
    .247 avg, 30 HR 2007–2014 Springfield, USA
  17. 17
    Michael Toglia b. 1998
    .198 avg, 42 HR 2022– Phoenix, USA
  18. 18
    Akil Baddoo b. 1998
    .224 avg, 28 HR 2021– Silver Spring, USA
  19. 19
    Willie Clark b. 1870
    .286 avg, 2 HR 1895–1899 Pittsburgh, USA
  20. 20
    Steve Foster b. 1966
    .200 avg, 0 HR 1991–1993 Dallas, USA
  21. 21
    Bret Barberie b. 1967
    .271 avg, 16 HR 1991–1996 Long Beach, USA
  22. 22
    Terry Shumpert b. 1966
    .252 avg, 49 HR 1990–2003 Paducah, USA
  23. 23
    Hick Carpenter b. 1855
    .259 avg, 18 HR 1879–1892 Grafton, USA
  24. 24
    Ryan Hanigan b. 1980
    .251 avg, 30 HR 2007–2017 Washington, USA
  25. 25
    Hub Northen b. 1886
    .272 avg, 3 HR 1910–1912 Atlanta, USA

Remembered on August 16

Baseball figures lost on this date.

  1. 01
    Babe Ruth ⭐ HOF 1895–1948
    94-46, 2.28 ERA 1914–1935
  2. 02
    Earl Averill ⭐ HOF 1902–1983
    .318 avg, 238 HR 1929–1941
  3. 03
    Bobby Thomson 1923–2010
    .270 avg, 264 HR 1946–1960
  4. 04
    Ed McKean 1864–1919
    .302 avg, 67 HR 1887–1899
  5. 05
    Beals Becker 1886–1943
    .276 avg, 45 HR 1908–1915
  6. 06
    John Roseboro 1933–2002
    .249 avg, 104 HR 1957–1970
  7. 07
    Jerry Denny 1859–1927
    .260 avg, 74 HR 1881–1894
  8. 08
    Al Javery 1918–1977
    53-74, 3.80 ERA 1940–1946
  9. 09
    Tom Carey 1846–1906
    .270 avg, 5 HR 1871–1879
  10. 10
    Bama Rowell 1916–1993
    .275 avg, 19 HR 1939–1948
  11. 11
    Wyman Smith 1898–1953
    .320 avg, 5 HR
  12. 12
    Billy Rhiel 1900–1946
    .266 avg, 7 HR 1929–1933
  13. 13
    George Aiton 1890–1976
    .235 avg, 0 HR 1912–1912
  14. 14
    Kurt Krieger 1926–1970
    MLB player 1949–1951
  15. 15
    Fred Hahn 1929–1984
    MLB player 1952–1952
  16. 16
    Tom Sullivan 1906–1944
    .000 avg, 0 HR 1925–1925
  17. 17
    Jim Scoggins 1891–1923
    MLB player 1913–1913