On This Day in Baseball

August 19

25 notable birthdays · 17 in memoriam

Born on August 19

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

01

Gary Gaetti b. 1958

.255 avg, 360 HR 1981–2000 Centralia, USA
02

Tex Carleton b. 1906

100-76, 3.91 ERA 1932–1940 Comanche, USA
03

J. J. Hardy b. 1982

.256 avg, 188 HR 2005–2017 Tucson, USA
04

Josh Fields b. 1985

.000 avg, 0 HR 2013–2018 Athens, USA
05

Luis DeLeon b. 1958

.114 avg, 0 HR 1981–1989 Ponce, P.R.
06

Jeff Tam b. 1970

.500 avg, 0 HR 1998–2003 Fullerton, USA
07

Kris Bubic b. 1997

22-38, 4.14 ERA 2020– Cupertino, USA
08

Hagen Smith b. 2003

MLB player 2026– Bullard, USA
09

Jake Palisch b. 1998

MLB player 2025– Richardson, USA
10

Estel Crabtree b. 1903

.281 avg, 13 HR 1929–1944 Crabtree, USA
11

Yilber Díaz b. 2000

MLB player 2024– Guatire, Venezuela
12

Jim Finigan b. 1928

.264 avg, 19 HR 1954–1959 Quincy, USA
13

Ron Roenicke b. 1956

.238 avg, 17 HR 1981–1988 Covina, USA
14

Terry Harper b. 1955

.253 avg, 36 HR 1980–1987 Douglasville, USA
15

Matt Franco b. 1969

.267 avg, 22 HR 1995–2003 Santa Monica, USA
16

Josh Simpson b. 1997

MLB player 2025– Stafford, USA
17

Gerson Garabito b. 1995

MLB player 2024– San Cristobal, D.R.
18

Brandon Young b. 1998

10-11, 4.38 ERA 2025– Lumberton, USA
19

Ron Darling b. 1960

136-116, 3.87 ERA 1983–1995 Honolulu, USA
20

Lou Louden b. 1919

.277 avg, 3 HR West Point, USA
21

Jed Hansen b. 1972

.256 avg, 4 HR 1997–1999 Tacoma, USA
22

Tom Williams b. 1870

.214 avg, 0 HR 1892–1893 Minersville, USA
23

Clarence Stephens b. 1863

.375 avg, 0 HR 1886–1891 Cincinnati, USA
24

Reggie Baldwin b. 1954

.241 avg, 1 HR 1978–1979 River Rouge, USA
25

Alex De Goti b. 1994

.333 avg, 0 HR 2021–2021 Miami, USA

Remembered on August 19

Baseball figures lost on this date.

01

Bill Freehan 1941–2021

.262 avg, 200 HR 1961–1976
02

John Wockenfuss 1949–2022

.262 avg, 86 HR 1974–1985
03

George Walker 1915–1967

18-11, 2.67 ERA
04

Bob Klinger 1908–1977

66-61, 3.68 ERA 1938–1947
05

Jesse Duryea 1859–1942

59-67, 3.45 ERA 1889–1893
06

Dee Fondy 1924–1999

.286 avg, 69 HR 1951–1958
07

Bunk Congalton 1875–1937

.292 avg, 6 HR 1902–1907
08

Al Jackson 1935–2019

67-99, 3.98 ERA 1959–1969
09

Augie Bergamo 1917–1974

.304 avg, 5 HR 1944–1945
10

Frank Forbes 1891–1983

.297 avg, 4 HR
11

Larry Jacobus 1894–1965

.000 avg, 0 HR 1918–1918
12

Joe Landrum 1928–2018

1-3, 5.64 ERA 1950–1952
13

Phil Meeler 1948–2025

.000 avg, 0 HR 1972–1972
14

Ollie Hanson 1896–1951

.000 avg, 0 HR 1921–1921
15

George McAvoy 1884–1952

.000 avg, 0 HR 1914–1914
16

John Hollison 1870–1969

.000 avg, 0 HR 1892–1892
17

Bob McKinney 1875–1946

.000 avg, 0 HR 1901–1901