On This Day in Baseball

October 14

25 notable birthdays · 23 in memoriam

Born on October 14

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

01

Oscar Charleston ⭐ HOF b. 1896

3-6, 4.47 ERA Indianapolis, USA
02

Al Oliver b. 1946

.303 avg, 219 HR 1968–1985 Portsmouth, USA
03

Harry Brecheen b. 1914

133-92, 2.92 ERA 1940–1953 Broken Bow, USA
04

Tommy Harper b. 1940

.257 avg, 146 HR 1962–1976 Oak Grove, USA
05

Joe Start b. 1842

.299 avg, 15 HR 1871–1886 New York, USA
06

Willie Aikens b. 1954

.271 avg, 110 HR 1977–1985 Seneca, USA
07

Merrill Kelly b. 1988

74-66, 3.92 ERA 2019– Houston, USA
08

Kole Calhoun b. 1987

.242 avg, 179 HR 2012–2023 Buckeye, USA
09

Art Shamsky b. 1941

.253 avg, 68 HR 1965–1972 St. Louis, USA
10

Carlos Marmol b. 1982

23-35, 3.57 ERA 2006–2014 Bonao, D.R.
11

Paul Radford b. 1861

.242 avg, 13 HR 1883–1894 Roxbury, USA
12

Ed Figueroa b. 1948

80-67, 3.51 ERA 1974–1981 Ciales, P.R.
13

Ryan Church b. 1978

.264 avg, 56 HR 2004–2010 Santa Barbara, USA
14

Julian Merryweather b. 1991

6-7, 4.72 ERA 2020– Berkeley, USA
15

Hugh Casey b. 1913

75-42, 3.45 ERA 1935–1949 Atlanta, USA
16

Seth Maness b. 1988

.214 avg, 0 HR 2013–2017 Pinehurst, USA
17

Jimmy Ripple b. 1909

.282 avg, 28 HR 1936–1943 Export, USA
18

Charlie Abbey b. 1866

.281 avg, 19 HR 1893–1897 Falls City, USA
19

Alberto Arias b. 1983

.000 avg, 0 HR 2007–2009 Santo Domingo, D.R.
20

Bill Renna b. 1924

.239 avg, 28 HR 1953–1959 Hanford, USA
21

Duaner Sanchez b. 1979

.111 avg, 0 HR 2002–2009 Cotuí, D.R.
22

Brad Wieck b. 1991

.000 avg, 0 HR 2018–2021 Amarillo, USA
23

Midre Cummings b. 1971

.257 avg, 22 HR 1993–2005 Christiansted, U.S. Virgin Islands
24

Billy Sorrell b. 1940

.267 avg, 5 HR 1965–1970 Morehead, USA
25

Willians Astudillo b. 1991

.267 avg, 16 HR 2018–2022 Barcelona, Venezuela

Remembered on October 14

Baseball figures lost on this date.

01

Topsy Hartsel 1874–1944

.276 avg, 31 HR 1898–1911
02

Vic Raschi 1919–1988

132-66, 3.72 ERA 1946–1955
03

Tom Tresh 1938–2008

.245 avg, 153 HR 1961–1969
04

Ossie Bluege 1900–1985

.272 avg, 43 HR 1922–1939
05

Jocko Fields 1864–1950

.272 avg, 12 HR 1887–1892
06

Tom Parker 1912–1964

28-27, 5.68 ERA
07

Rasty Wright 1863–1922

.282 avg, 0 HR 1890–1890
08

Doc Prothro 1893–1971

.318 avg, 0 HR 1920–1926
09

Lynn Brenton 1889–1968

5-12, 3.97 ERA 1913–1921
10

Larry Corcoran 1859–1891

177-89, 2.36 ERA 1880–1887
11

William Binga 1869–1950

.244 avg, 1 HR
12

Jimmy Boyd 1918–1965

.000 avg, 0 HR
13

Abie Hood 1903–1988

.286 avg, 1 HR 1925–1925
14

Ed Olivares 1937–2022

.143 avg, 0 HR 1960–1961
15

Wil Culmer 1957–2003

.105 avg, 0 HR 1983–1983
16

James Cavanagh 1850–1890

.261 avg, 0 HR 1872–1872
17

Fred Tyler 1891–1945

.105 avg, 0 HR 1914–1914
18

Fred Bruckbauer 1938–2007

MLB player 1961–1961
19

Les Cox 1904–1934

.500 avg, 0 HR 1926–1926
20

Bill Swanson 1888–1954

.200 avg, 0 HR 1914–1914
21

Clyde Southwick 1886–1961

.250 avg, 0 HR 1911–1911
22

Jim Banning 1865–1952

.000 avg, 0 HR 1888–1889
23

Henry Zeiher 1862–1951

.000 avg, 0 HR 1886–1886