On This Day in Baseball

October 10

25 notable birthdays · 21 in memoriam

Born on October 10

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

01

Andrew McCutchen b. 1986

.271 avg, 333 HR 2009– Fort Meade, USA
02

Wally Berger b. 1905

.300 avg, 242 HR 1930–1940 Chicago, USA
03

Gene Tenace b. 1946

.241 avg, 201 HR 1969–1983 Russellton, USA
04

Troy Tulowitzki b. 1984

.290 avg, 225 HR 2006–2019 Santa Clara, USA
05

Pat Burrell b. 1976

.253 avg, 292 HR 2000–2011 Eureka Springs, USA
06

Rube Curry b. 1898

84-60, 3.57 ERA Kansas City, USA
07

John Stone b. 1905

.310 avg, 77 HR 1928–1938 Lynchburg, USA
08

David Bednar b. 1994

.000 avg, 0 HR 2019– Pittsburgh, USA
09

Brad Ziegler b. 1979

.143 avg, 0 HR 2008–2018 Pratt, USA
10

Lourdes Gurriel b. 1993

.271 avg, 131 HR 2018– Sancti Spiritus, Cuba
11

Jeurys Familia b. 1989

.400 avg, 0 HR 2012– Santo Domingo, D.R.
12

Vinnie Pasquantino b. 1997

.261 avg, 81 HR 2022– Richmond, USA
13

Placido Polanco b. 1975

.297 avg, 104 HR 1998–2013 Santo Domingo, D.R.
14

Ad Gumbert b. 1867

123-102, 4.27 ERA 1888–1896 Pittsburgh, USA
15

Kolten Wong b. 1990

.256 avg, 86 HR 2013–2023 Hilo, USA
16

Harry Eisenstat b. 1915

25-27, 3.84 ERA 1935–1942 Brooklyn, USA
17

Jimmie Lyons b. 1889

2-6, 5.84 ERA Indianapolis, USA
18

Bobby Tiefenauer b. 1929

.026 avg, 0 HR 1952–1968 Desloge, USA
19

Leo Rivas b. 1997

.201 avg, 2 HR 2024– Maracay, Venezuela
20

Collin Snider b. 1995

MLB player 2022– Nashville, USA
21

Alejandro Osuna b. 2002

.236 avg, 3 HR 2025– Ahome, México
22

William Selden b. 1866

9-0, 2.13 ERA Norfolk, USA
23

Luis Vázquez b. 1999

.145 avg, 1 HR 2024– Orocovis, P.R.
24

Noah Lowry b. 1980

40-31, 4.03 ERA 2003–2007 Ventura, USA
25

Mike Holtz b. 1972

.000 avg, 0 HR 1996–2006 Arlington, USA

Remembered on October 10

Baseball figures lost on this date.

01

Wally Moses 1910–1990

.291 avg, 89 HR 1935–1951
02

Ken Caminiti 1963–2004

.272 avg, 239 HR 1987–2001
03

Larry Jansen 1920–2009

122-89, 3.58 ERA 1947–1956
04

Jim Devlin 1849–1883

72-76, 1.90 ERA 1873–1877
05

Lip Pike 1845–1893

.322 avg, 21 HR 1871–1887
06

Dick Ellsworth 1940–2022

115-137, 3.72 ERA 1958–1971
07

Sid Hudson 1915–2008

104-152, 4.28 ERA 1940–1954
08

Patsy Gharrity 1892–1966

.262 avg, 20 HR 1916–1930
09

George LeClair 1886–1918

7-12, 3.36 ERA 1914–1915
10

Louis LeRoy 1879–1944

3-1, 3.22 ERA 1905–1910
11

Big Bill Smith 1869–1940

.293 avg, 2 HR
12

Hub Hart 1878–1960

.213 avg, 0 HR 1905–1907
13

Bill Jones 1887–1946

.226 avg, 0 HR 1911–1912
14

Gaylen Pitts 1946–2024

.250 avg, 0 HR 1974–1975
15

Joe Wood 1916–2002

.000 avg, 0 HR 1944–1944
16

Strick Shofner 1919–1998

.154 avg, 0 HR 1947–1947
17

John Ware 1920–2012

.000 avg, 0 HR
18

Jim Lyle 1900–1977

MLB player 1925–1925
19

Slim Embry 1901–1947

MLB player 1923–1923
20

Harry Vahrenhorst 1885–1943

.000 avg, 0 HR 1904–1904
21

Joe Kostal 1876–1933

MLB player 1896–1896