On This Day in Baseball

September 22

25 notable birthdays · 23 in memoriam

Born on September 22

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

01

Bob Lemon ⭐ HOF b. 1920

207-128, 3.23 ERA 1941–1958 San Bernardino, USA
02

Tom Lasorda ⭐ HOF b. 1927

0-4, 6.48 ERA 1954–1956 Norristown, USA
03

Bill Joyce b. 1867

.293 avg, 70 HR 1890–1898 St. Louis, USA
04

Carlos Correa b. 1994

.275 avg, 203 HR 2015– Ponce, P.R.
05

Urban Shocker b. 1890

187-117, 3.17 ERA 1916–1928 Cleveland, USA
06

Larry Dierker b. 1946

139-123, 3.31 ERA 1964–1977 Hollywood, USA
07

Ira Flagstead b. 1893

.290 avg, 40 HR 1917–1930 Montague, USA
08

Mark Guthrie b. 1965

51-54, 4.05 ERA 1989–2003 Buffalo, USA
09

Jeffrey Leonard b. 1955

.266 avg, 144 HR 1977–1990 Philadelphia, USA
10

Hooks Dauss b. 1889

222-182, 3.30 ERA 1912–1926 Indianapolis, USA
11

Jeremy Peña b. 1997

.270 avg, 81 HR 2022– Santo Domingo, D.R.
12

Austin McHenry b. 1895

.302 avg, 34 HR 1918–1922 Wrightsville, USA
13

James Karinchak b. 1995

MLB player 2019– Walden, USA
14

Harry Walker b. 1918

.296 avg, 10 HR 1940–1955 Pascagoula, USA
15

Lou Johnson b. 1934

.258 avg, 48 HR 1960–1969 Lexington, USA
16

Calvin Faucher b. 1995

MLB player 2022– Chula Vista, USA
17

Alexei Ramirez b. 1981

.270 avg, 115 HR 2008–2016 Pinar del Río, Cuba
18

Frank Blake b. 1910

8-5, 2.26 ERA Boston, USA
19

Wally Backman b. 1959

.275 avg, 10 HR 1980–1993 Hillsboro, USA
20

Jose Fernandez b. 2003

.262 avg, 3 HR 2026– Cumana, Venezuela
21

Pelayo Chacón b. 1888

.269 avg, 6 HR Havana, Cuba
22

Carlos Jorge b. 2003

.118 avg, 0 HR 2026– Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic
23

Harry Bright b. 1929

.255 avg, 32 HR 1958–1965 Kansas City, USA
24

Mauricio Cabrera b. 1993

MLB player 2016–2016 Las Matas de Farfan, D.R.
25

Larry Bettencourt b. 1905

.258 avg, 8 HR 1928–1932 Newark, USA

Remembered on September 22

Baseball figures lost on this date.

01

Yogi Berra ⭐ HOF 1925–2015

.285 avg, 358 HR 1946–1965
02

Biz Mackey ⭐ HOF 1897–1965

.329 avg, 64 HR
03

Jesse Tannehill 1874–1956

197-117, 2.80 ERA 1894–1911
04

Ice Box Chamberlain 1867–1929

157-120, 3.57 ERA 1886–1896
05

George Davies 1868–1906

18-24, 3.32 ERA 1891–1893
06

Tom Johnson 1889–1926

53-32, 3.36 ERA
07

Louis Drucke 1888–1955

18-15, 2.90 ERA 1909–1912
08

Hughie Hearne 1873–1932

.283 avg, 0 HR 1901–1903
09

Don Carlsen 1926–2002

2-4, 6.00 ERA 1948–1952
10

Tommy Neill 1919–1980

.255 avg, 0 HR 1946–1947
11

Cy Block 1919–2004

.302 avg, 0 HR 1942–1946
12

Mike Ulicny 1917–2005

.389 avg, 1 HR 1945–1945
13

Wiley Davis 1875–1942

.000 avg, 0 HR 1896–1896
14

Tom Carroll 1936–2021

.300 avg, 0 HR 1955–1959
15

Mike Overy 1951–2021

MLB player 1976–1976
16

Matty Fitzgerald 1880–1949

.286 avg, 0 HR 1906–1907
17

John Fallings 1926–1983

MLB player
18

Eddie Sawyer 1910–1997

MLB player
19

Harry Sullivan 1888–1919

.000 avg, 0 HR 1909–1909
20

Joe Bernard 1882–1960

MLB player 1909–1909
21

Larry Hesterfer 1878–1943

.000 avg, 0 HR 1901–1901
22

Tom Messitt 1874–1934

.091 avg, 0 HR 1899–1899
23

Dave Beadle 1864–1925

.000 avg, 0 HR 1884–1884