On This Day in Baseball

November 1

25 notable birthdays · 17 in memoriam

Born on November 1

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

01

Bid McPhee ⭐ HOF b. 1859

.272 avg, 53 HR 1882–1899 Massena, USA
02

Fernando Valenzuela b. 1960

173-153, 3.54 ERA 1980–1997 Navojoa, México
03

Larry French b. 1907

197-171, 3.44 ERA 1929–1942 Visalia, USA
04

Brent Rooker b. 1994

.254 avg, 119 HR 2020– Germantown, USA
05

Masahiro Tanaka b. 1988

78-46, 3.74 ERA 2014–2020 Itami, Japan
06

Army Cooper b. 1899

32-16, 4.36 ERA Kansas City, USA
07

Pat Mullin b. 1917

.271 avg, 87 HR 1940–1953 Trotter, USA
08

Vic Power b. 1927

.284 avg, 126 HR 1954–1965 Arecibo, P.R.
09

Gary Redus b. 1956

.252 avg, 90 HR 1982–1994 Tanner, USA
10

Trent Grisham b. 1996

.217 avg, 122 HR 2019– Fort Worth, USA
11

Jason Foley b. 1995

MLB player 2021– Manhasset, USA
12

Coco Crisp b. 1979

.265 avg, 130 HR 2002–2016 Los Angeles, USA
13

Jeremiah Estrada b. 1998

MLB player 2022– Indio, USA
14

Anthony Misiewicz b. 1994

MLB player 2020– Detroit, USA
15

Bill Handy b. 1888

.273 avg, 14 HR New Orleans, USA
16

Stephen Vogt b. 1984

.239 avg, 82 HR 2012–2022 Visalia, USA
17

Grover Gilmore b. 1888

.286 avg, 2 HR 1914–1915 Chicago, USA
18

Ham Hyatt b. 1884

.267 avg, 10 HR 1909–1918 Buncombe County, USA
19

Payton Tolle b. 2002

9-7, 3.33 ERA 2025– Stillwater, USA
20

Johnny Burnett b. 1904

.284 avg, 9 HR 1927–1935 Bartow, USA
21

Eddie Williams b. 1964

.252 avg, 39 HR 1986–1998 Shreveport, USA
22

Mason Englert b. 1999

5-7, 4.78 ERA 2023– Forney, USA
23

Anthony Bass b. 1987

16-28, 3.91 ERA 2011– Dearborn, USA
24

Bobby Brooks b. 1945

.231 avg, 5 HR 1969–1973 Los Angeles, USA
25

Earl Blackburn b. 1892

.262 avg, 0 HR 1912–1917 Leesville, USA

Remembered on November 1

Baseball figures lost on this date.

01

Pascual Perez 1957–2012

67-68, 3.44 ERA 1980–1991
02

Tom Hughes 1884–1961

56-39, 2.56 ERA 1906–1918
03

Benny Frey 1906–1937

57-82, 4.50 ERA 1929–1936
04

John Orsino 1938–2016

.249 avg, 40 HR 1961–1967
05

Steve Brady 1851–1917

.261 avg, 4 HR 1874–1886
06

Ed Scott 1870–1933

23-26, 4.01 ERA 1900–1901
07

Al Robinson

.287 avg, 4 HR
08

Bob Pettit 1861–1910

.240 avg, 7 HR 1887–1891
09

George Winn 1897–1969

.300 avg, 0 HR 1919–1923
10

Wally Clement 1881–1952

.253 avg, 0 HR 1908–1909
11

Weedy Edwards 1925–2017

.000 avg, 0 HR
12

Joe Mellana 1905–1969

.286 avg, 0 HR 1927–1927
13

Tommy Smith 1948–2024

.232 avg, 4 HR 1973–1977
14

Jim O'Rourke 1937–2021

.000 avg, 0 HR 1959–1959
15

Charlie Caldwell 1901–1957

.000 avg, 0 HR 1925–1925
16

Fred Mollenkamp 1890–1948

.125 avg, 0 HR 1914–1914
17

George Hale 1894–1945

.175 avg, 0 HR 1914–1918