On This Day in Baseball

August 17

25 notable birthdays · 20 in memoriam

Born on August 17

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

01

Boog Powell b. 1941

.266 avg, 339 HR 1961–1977 Lakeland, USA
02

Rudy York b. 1913

.275 avg, 277 HR 1934–1948 Ragland, USA
03

Jorge Posada b. 1970

.273 avg, 275 HR 1995–2011 Santurce, P.R.
04

Dustin Pedroia b. 1983

.299 avg, 140 HR 2006–2019 Woodland, USA
05

Yoshinobu Yamamoto b. 1998

32-18, 2.64 ERA 2024– Bizen, Japan
06

Jesse Winker b. 1993

.261 avg, 96 HR 2017– Buffalo, USA
07

Chad Qualls b. 1978

.000 avg, 0 HR 2004–2017 Lomita, USA
08

Bill Keister b. 1871

.312 avg, 18 HR 1896–1903 Baltimore, USA
09

Bill Landrum b. 1957

.080 avg, 0 HR 1986–1993 Columbia, USA
10

Skip Lockwood b. 1946

57-97, 3.55 ERA 1965–1980 Roslindale, USA
11

Butch Hobson b. 1951

.248 avg, 98 HR 1975–1982 Tuscaloosa, USA
12

Jim Davenport b. 1933

.258 avg, 77 HR 1958–1970 Siluria, USA
13

Victor Caratini b. 1993

.241 avg, 65 HR 2017– Coamo, P.R.
14

Kyle Farmer b. 1990

.247 avg, 63 HR 2017– Atlanta, USA
15

Vern Bickford b. 1920

66-57, 3.71 ERA 1948–1954 Hellier, USA
16

Drey Jameson b. 1997

6-2, 3.19 ERA 2022– Greenfield, USA
17

Dick Lines b. 1938

.053 avg, 0 HR 1966–1967 Montreal, CAN
18

Jefry Yan b. 1996

MLB player 2026– San Rafael del Yuma, Dominican Republic
19

Diamond Pipkins b. 1907

10-9, 4.97 ERA Adams County, USA
20

Alex Cole b. 1965

.280 avg, 5 HR 1990–1996 Fayetteville, USA
21

Johnny Watwood b. 1905

.283 avg, 5 HR 1929–1939 Alexander City, USA
22

Ernie Nevel b. 1919

.000 avg, 0 HR 1950–1953 Charleston, USA
23

Hub Walker b. 1906

.263 avg, 5 HR 1931–1945 Gulfport, USA
24

Travis Metcalf b. 1982

.249 avg, 11 HR 2007–2008 Manhattan, USA
25

River Ryan b. 1998

MLB player 2024– Charlotte, USA

Remembered on August 17

Baseball figures lost on this date.

01

Harry Steinfeldt 1875–1914

.267 avg, 27 HR 1898–1911
02

Happy Felsch 1891–1964

.293 avg, 38 HR 1915–1920
03

Ray Chapman 1891–1920

.278 avg, 17 HR 1912–1920
04

Jack Harshman 1927–2013

69-65, 3.50 ERA 1948–1960
05

Bill Keister 1871–1924

.312 avg, 18 HR 1896–1903
06

Doc Crandall 1887–1951

102-62, 2.92 ERA 1908–1918
07

Ray Caldwell 1888–1967

133-120, 3.22 ERA 1910–1921
08

Johnny Barrett 1915–1974

.251 avg, 23 HR 1942–1946
09

Walt Lanfranconi 1916–1986

4-5, 2.96 ERA 1941–1947
10

Davey Williams 1927–2009

.252 avg, 32 HR 1949–1955
11

Johnny Lipon 1922–1998

.259 avg, 10 HR 1942–1954
12

Dee Sanders 1921–2007

MLB player 1945–1945
13

Dick Teed 1926–2014

.000 avg, 0 HR 1953–1953
14

Bock Baker 1878–1940

.143 avg, 0 HR 1901–1901
15

Jack Enright 1895–1975

.000 avg, 0 HR 1917–1917
16

Moxie Meixell 1887–1982

.500 avg, 0 HR 1912–1912
17

Jack Schulte 1881–1975

.000 avg, 0 HR 1906–1906
18

Pit Gilman 1864–1950

.100 avg, 0 HR 1884–1884
19

Harry Maskrey 1861–1930

.000 avg, 0 HR 1882–1882
20

Ren Wylie 1861–1951

.000 avg, 0 HR 1882–1882