On This Day in Baseball

October 12

25 notable birthdays · 15 in memoriam

Born on October 12

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

01

Joe Cronin ⭐ HOF b. 1906

.301 avg, 170 HR 1926–1945 San Francisco, USA
02

Pete Hill ⭐ HOF b. 1882

.332 avg, 48 HR Buena, USA
03

Rick Ferrell ⭐ HOF b. 1905

.281 avg, 28 HR 1929–1947 Durham, USA
04

Sid Fernandez b. 1962

114-96, 3.36 ERA 1983–1997 Honolulu, USA
05

Ketel Marte b. 1993

.278 avg, 193 HR 2015– Nizao, D.R.
06

Jose Valentin b. 1969

.243 avg, 249 HR 1992–2007 Manati, P.R.
07

Phil Weintraub b. 1907

.295 avg, 32 HR 1933–1945 Chicago, USA
08

Casey McGehee b. 1982

.258 avg, 67 HR 2008–2016 Santa Cruz, USA
09

Nolan Reimold b. 1983

.246 avg, 56 HR 2009–2016 Greenville, USA
10

Glenn Beckert b. 1940

.283 avg, 22 HR 1965–1975 Pittsburgh, USA
11

Lou Novikoff b. 1915

.282 avg, 15 HR 1941–1946 Glendale, USA
12

Trevor Bell b. 1986

4-8, 5.57 ERA 2009–2014 North Hollywood, USA
13

Ivan Howard b. 1882

.233 avg, 2 HR 1914–1917 Kenney, USA
14

Al Smith b. 1907

99-101, 3.72 ERA 1934–1945 Belleville, USA
15

Pop Smith b. 1856

.222 avg, 24 HR 1880–1891 Digby, CAN
16

Jandel Gustave b. 1992

.000 avg, 0 HR 2016–2022 Pimentel, D.R.
17

Ray Neil b. 1920

.288 avg, 2 HR Apopka, USA
18

Al Unser b. 1912

.251 avg, 4 HR 1942–1945 Morrisonville, USA
19

Max Schrock b. 1994

.256 avg, 4 HR 2020–2022 Tacoma, USA
20

Dutch Holland b. 1903

.273 avg, 3 HR 1932–1934 Middlesex, USA
21

Steve Shirley b. 1956

.1000 avg, 0 HR 1982–1982 San Francisco, USA
22

Tony Kubek b. 1935

.266 avg, 57 HR 1957–1965 Milwaukee, USA
23

Dick Cotter b. 1889

.280 avg, 0 HR 1911–1912 Manchester, USA
24

Derrick White b. 1969

.181 avg, 3 HR 1993–1998 San Rafael, USA
25

Jack Crouch b. 1903

.125 avg, 1 HR 1930–1933 Cooleemee, USA

Remembered on October 12

Baseball figures lost on this date.

01

Johnny Callison 1939–2006

.264 avg, 226 HR 1958–1973
02

Curt Davis 1903–1965

158-131, 3.42 ERA 1934–1946
03

Joe Foy 1943–1989

.248 avg, 58 HR 1966–1971
04

Walter Holke 1892–1954

.287 avg, 24 HR 1914–1925
05

Ernie Burch 1856–1892

.260 avg, 4 HR 1884–1887
06

Oscar Boone 1911–1958

.343 avg, 0 HR
07

Pug Griffin 1896–1951

.207 avg, 1 HR 1917–1920
08

Glen Richardson 1927–2017

.222 avg, 0 HR
09

Ray Treadaway 1907–1935

.211 avg, 0 HR 1930–1930
10

Juan Jimenez 1949–2008

MLB player 1974–1974
11

Harry Glenn 1890–1918

.312 avg, 0 HR 1915–1915
12

George Mundinger 1854–1910

.250 avg, 0 HR 1884–1884
13

Bill Clay 1874–1917

.250 avg, 0 HR 1902–1902
14

Tom Burr 1893–1918

MLB player 1914–1914
15

Henry Oxley 1858–1945

.000 avg, 0 HR 1884–1884