On This Day in Baseball

August 25

25 notable birthdays · 22 in memoriam

Born on August 25

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

01

Rollie Fingers ⭐ HOF b. 1946

114-118, 2.90 ERA 1968–1985 Steubenville, USA
02

Albert Belle b. 1966

.295 avg, 381 HR 1989–2000 Shreveport, USA
03

Justin Upton b. 1987

.261 avg, 325 HR 2007–2022 Norfolk, USA
04

Dick Rudolph b. 1887

121-108, 2.66 ERA 1910–1927 New York, USA
05

Max Muncy b. 1990

.232 avg, 242 HR 2015– Midland, USA
06

Logan Morrison b. 1987

.238 avg, 140 HR 2010–2020 Kansas City, USA
07

Pedro Feliciano b. 1976

.000 avg, 0 HR 2002–2013 Rio Piedras, P.R.
08

Gary Matthews b. 1974

.257 avg, 108 HR 1999–2010 San Francisco, USA
09

Tony Boeckel b. 1892

.282 avg, 27 HR 1917–1923 Los Angeles, USA
10

Oddibe McDowell b. 1962

.253 avg, 74 HR 1985–1994 Hollywood, USA
11

Adam Warren b. 1987

30-24, 3.53 ERA 2012–2019 Birmingham, USA
12

Max Muncy b. 2002

.224 avg, 18 HR 2025– Camarillo, USA
13

Dave Heaverlo b. 1950

.231 avg, 0 HR 1975–1981 Ellensburg, USA
14

Edwin Arroyo b. 2003

.223 avg, 0 HR 2026– Arecibo, Puerto Rico
15

Ethan Pecko b. 2002

MLB player 2026– Darby, USA
16

Rube Kroh b. 1886

14-9, 2.20 ERA 1906–1912 Friendship, USA
17

Dooley Womack b. 1939

.226 avg, 0 HR 1966–1970 Columbia, USA
18

Hank Simon b. 1862

.267 avg, 2 HR 1887–1890 Hawkinsville, USA
19

Stan Perzanowski b. 1950

5-11, 5.11 ERA 1971–1978 East Chicago, USA
20

Eguy Rosario b. 1999

.245 avg, 5 HR 2022– Juan Baron, D.R.
21

Joe Gantenbein b. 1915

.272 avg, 8 HR 1939–1940 San Francisco, USA
22

Connie McGeehan b. 1882

.000 avg, 0 HR 1903–1903 Jeddo, USA
23

Dante Powell b. 1973

.270 avg, 2 HR 1997–2001 Long Beach, USA
24

Ralph Mauriello b. 1934

.000 avg, 0 HR 1958–1958 Brooklyn, USA
25

Ray Roberts b. 1895

.250 avg, 0 HR 1919–1919 Cruger, USA

Remembered on August 25

Baseball figures lost on this date.

01

Waite Hoyt ⭐ HOF 1899–1984

237-182, 3.59 ERA 1918–1938
02

William Robinson 1859–1894

.241 avg, 16 HR 1882–1892
03

Red Donahue 1873–1913

164-175, 3.61 ERA 1893–1906
04

Don Wert 1938–2024

.242 avg, 77 HR 1963–1971
05

Sam Zoldak 1918–1966

43-53, 3.54 ERA 1944–1952
06

Ken Frailing 1948–2022

10-16, 3.96 ERA 1972–1976
07

Harry Maupin 1872–1952

0-5, 9.63 ERA 1898–1899
08

Emmett Nelson 1905–1967

5-4, 4.07 ERA 1935–1936
09

Jack Crouch 1903–1972

.125 avg, 1 HR 1930–1933
10

Hal Epps 1914–2004

.253 avg, 1 HR 1938–1944
11

Jimmy Hudgens 1902–1955

.282 avg, 0 HR 1923–1926
12

Skeeter Scalzi 1913–1984

.333 avg, 0 HR 1939–1939
13

Mike White 1938–2025

.264 avg, 0 HR 1963–1965
14

Lou Galvin 1863–1916

.222 avg, 0 HR 1884–1884
15

Leo Moon 1899–1970

.500 avg, 0 HR 1932–1932
16

Cecil Bolton 1904–1993

.154 avg, 0 HR 1928–1928
17

Ray Rolling 1886–1966

.200 avg, 0 HR 1912–1912
18

Jim Dee 1864–1897

.125 avg, 0 HR 1884–1884
19

Irving Vincent 1909–1977

MLB player
20

Harry Cheek 1879–1927

.500 avg, 0 HR 1910–1910
21

Charlie Maisel 1894–1953

.000 avg, 0 HR 1915–1915
22

Moonlight Graham 1877–1965

MLB player 1905–1905