On This Day in Baseball

September 12

25 notable birthdays · 24 in memoriam

Born on September 12

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

01

Freddie Freeman b. 1989

.299 avg, 383 HR 2010– Fountain Valley, USA
02

Mickey Lolich b. 1940

217-191, 3.44 ERA 1963–1979 Portland, USA
03

Charlie Keller b. 1916

.286 avg, 189 HR 1939–1952 Middletown, USA
04

Spud Chandler b. 1907

109-43, 2.84 ERA 1937–1947 Commerce, USA
05

Fred Luderus b. 1885

.277 avg, 84 HR 1909–1920 Milwaukee, USA
06

Andy Seminick b. 1920

.243 avg, 164 HR 1943–1957 Pierce, USA
07

Stan Lopata b. 1925

.254 avg, 116 HR 1948–1960 Delray, USA
08

Kyle Bradish b. 1996

26-29, 3.67 ERA 2022– Peoria, USA
09

Bob Groom b. 1884

119-150, 3.10 ERA 1909–1918 Belleville, USA
10

Albie Pearson b. 1934

.270 avg, 28 HR 1958–1966 Alhambra, USA
11

Walter Ball b. 1877

32-27, 2.65 ERA Detroit, USA
12

Russ Christopher b. 1917

54-64, 3.37 ERA 1942–1948 Richmond, USA
13

Luis Castillo b. 1975

.290 avg, 28 HR 1996–2010 San Pedro de Macoris, D.R.
14

Leroy Sutton b. 1920

7-8, 2.77 ERA Cairo, USA
15

Cal Stevenson b. 1996

.178 avg, 0 HR 2022– Fremont, USA
16

Maicer Izturis b. 1980

.269 avg, 39 HR 2004–2014 Barquisimeto, Venezuela
17

Masao Kida b. 1968

.250 avg, 0 HR 1999–2005 Tokyo, Japan
18

Al Libke b. 1918

.268 avg, 9 HR 1945–1946 Tacoma, USA
19

Ollie Bejma b. 1907

.245 avg, 14 HR 1934–1939 South Bend, USA
20

Konnor Pilkington b. 1997

3-2, 3.97 ERA 2022– Pascagoula, USA
21

George Freese b. 1926

.257 avg, 3 HR 1953–1961 Wheeling, USA
22

Floyd Wicker b. 1943

.159 avg, 1 HR 1968–1971 Burlington, USA
23

Len Dondero b. 1903

.194 avg, 1 HR 1929–1929 Newark, USA
24

Albert Stephens b. 1929

.000 avg, 0 HR Joplin, USA
25

George Bradshaw b. 1924

.217 avg, 0 HR 1952–1952 Salisbury, USA

Remembered on September 12

Baseball figures lost on this date.

01

Billy O'Dell 1933–2018

105-100, 3.29 ERA 1954–1967
02

Sherry Smith 1891–1949

114-118, 3.32 ERA 1911–1927
03

Spottswood Poles 1887–1962

.311 avg, 3 HR 1912–
04

Granny Hamner 1927–1993

.262 avg, 104 HR 1944–1962
05

Bill Cash 1919–2011

.270 avg, 8 HR
06

Omer Newsome 1900–1933

16-20, 5.93 ERA
07

Ed Beecher 1859–1935

.273 avg, 7 HR 1887–1891
08

Tod Sloan 1890–1956

.234 avg, 2 HR 1913–1919
09

Hal Haydel 1944–2018

.500 avg, 1 HR 1970–1971
10

Chub Sullivan 1856–1881

.258 avg, 0 HR 1877–1880
11

Frank Dillon 1873–1931

.252 avg, 1 HR 1899–1904
12

Jim Shilling 1914–1986

.282 avg, 0 HR 1939–1939
13

Bo Briggery 1908–1971

.273 avg, 0 HR
14

Jim Romano 1927–1990

.000 avg, 0 HR 1950–1950
15

Clarence Struss 1909–1985

.333 avg, 0 HR 1934–1934
16

Billy Taylor 1870–1905

.250 avg, 0 HR 1898–1898
17

Alex Monchak 1917–2015

.143 avg, 0 HR 1940–1940
18

Dick Adkins 1920–1955

.143 avg, 0 HR 1942–1942
19

Ed Schorr 1892–1969

.500 avg, 0 HR 1915–1915
20

Hunter Lane 1900–1994

.067 avg, 0 HR 1924–1924
21

Charles Conway 1886–1968

.333 avg, 0 HR 1911–1911
22

Bill Summers 1895–1966

MLB player
23

Homer Thompson 1891–1957

MLB player 1912–1912
24

Ormond Butler 1854–1915

MLB player