On This Day in Baseball

October 29

25 notable birthdays · 24 in memoriam

Born on October 29

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

01

Jesse Barfield b. 1959

.256 avg, 241 HR 1981–1992 Joliet, USA
02

Solly Hofman b. 1882

.269 avg, 19 HR 1903–1916 St. Louis, USA
03

Pete Richert b. 1939

80-73, 3.19 ERA 1962–1974 Floral Park, USA
04

Jim Bibby b. 1944

111-101, 3.76 ERA 1972–1984 Franklinton, USA
05

Will Venable b. 1982

.249 avg, 81 HR 2008–2016 Greenbrae, USA
06

Jose Mijares b. 1984

.000 avg, 0 HR 2008–2013 Caracas, Venezuela
07

Mark Baldwin b. 1863

154-165, 3.37 ERA 1887–1893 Pittsburgh, USA
08

Ender Inciarte b. 1990

.280 avg, 42 HR 2014–2022 Maracaibo, Venezuela
09

Maximo Acosta b. 2002

.204 avg, 3 HR 2025– Caracas, Venezuela
10

Karim Garcia b. 1975

.241 avg, 66 HR 1995–2004 Ciudad Obregon, México
11

Tyler White b. 1990

.236 avg, 26 HR 2016–2019 Mooresboro, USA
12

Scott Randall b. 1975

.250 avg, 0 HR 2003–2003 Fullerton, USA
13

Frank Browning b. 1882

2-2, 2.57 ERA 1910–1910 Falmouth, USA
14

Willie Nixon b. 1916

.264 avg, 3 HR York, USA
15

George Stablein b. 1957

.000 avg, 0 HR 1980–1980 Inglewood, USA
16

Earl Yingling b. 1888

25-34, 3.22 ERA 1911–1918 Chillicothe, USA
17

Raudy Read b. 1993

.182 avg, 0 HR 2017–2019 San Jose de Ocoa, D.R.
18

Andy Kyle b. 1889

.333 avg, 0 HR 1912–1912 Toronto, CAN
19

Gary Johnson b. 1975

.375 avg, 0 HR 2003–2003 Palo Alto, USA
20

Narciso Elvira b. 1967

MLB player 1990–1990 Tlalixcoyan, México
21

Richie Barker b. 1972

MLB player 1999–1999 Revere, USA
22

Kerwin Moore b. 1970

.062 avg, 0 HR 1996–1996 Detroit, USA
23

Hal Bamberger b. 1924

.083 avg, 0 HR 1948–1948 Lebanon, USA
24

Ty Pickup b. 1897

.1000 avg, 0 HR 1918–1918 Philadelphia, USA
25

Charlie Ebbets b. 1859

MLB player New York, USA

Remembered on October 29

Baseball figures lost on this date.

01

Bill McKechnie ⭐ HOF 1886–1965

.251 avg, 8 HR 1907–1920
02

Jimmy Ryan 1863–1923

6-1, 3.62 ERA 1885–1903
03

Ewell Blackwell 1922–1996

82-78, 3.30 ERA 1942–1955
04

Tom Daly 1866–1938

.278 avg, 49 HR 1884–1903
05

Harvey Hendrick 1897–1941

.308 avg, 48 HR 1923–1934
06

Charlie Mason 1894–1974

.311 avg, 39 HR
07

Andy Sarvis 1907–1976

7-7, 4.40 ERA
08

Dave Fultz 1875–1959

.271 avg, 3 HR 1898–1905
09

Al Grabowski 1901–1966

9-6, 4.07 ERA 1929–1930
10

Robert Dean 1915–1970

5-4, 4.34 ERA
11

William Sumrall 1916–1964

.083 avg, 0 HR
12

Andy Cohen 1904–1988

.281 avg, 14 HR 1926–1929
13

Jim Hicks 1939–2020

.163 avg, 5 HR 1964–1970
14

Babe Towne 1880–1938

.278 avg, 0 HR 1906–1906
15

Frank Fuller 1894–1965

.175 avg, 0 HR 1915–1923
16

Wilbur Murdoch 1875–1941

.258 avg, 0 HR 1908–1908
17

Bill Hohman 1903–1968

.278 avg, 0 HR 1927–1927
18

Al Richter 1927–2017

.091 avg, 0 HR 1951–1953
19

Charlie Watt 1900–1985

.264 avg, 0 HR
20

Si Simmons 1895–2006

.000 avg, 0 HR
21

Tom Cafego 1911–1961

.000 avg, 0 HR 1937–1937
22

Orie Kerlin 1891–1974

.000 avg, 0 HR 1915–1915
23

George Beck 1890–1973

MLB player 1914–1914
24

John Lyston 1867–1909

.000 avg, 0 HR 1891–1894