On This Day in Baseball

November 4

25 notable birthdays · 25 in memoriam

Born on November 4

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

01

Bobby Wallace ⭐ HOF b. 1873

24-22, 3.87 ERA 1894–1918 Pittsburgh, USA
02

Tommy Leach b. 1877

.269 avg, 63 HR 1898–1918 French Creek, USA
03

Eric Karros b. 1967

.268 avg, 284 HR 1991–2004 Hackensack, USA
04

Tito Francona b. 1933

.272 avg, 125 HR 1956–1970 Aliquippa, USA
05

Carlos Baerga b. 1968

.291 avg, 134 HR 1990–2005 Santurce, P.R.
06

Dick Groat b. 1930

.286 avg, 39 HR 1952–1967 Wilkinsburg, USA
07

Carl Sawatski b. 1927

.242 avg, 58 HR 1948–1963 Shickshinny, USA
08

Dick Selma b. 1943

42-54, 3.62 ERA 1965–1974 Santa Ana, USA
09

Doug Corbett b. 1952

MLB player 1980–1987 Sarasota, USA
10

Jack Winkler b. 1998

.250 avg, 0 HR 2025– Littleton, USA
11

Joe Beggs b. 1910

48-35, 2.96 ERA 1938–1948 Rankin, USA
12

Johnathan Rodríguez b. 1999

.177 avg, 2 HR 2024– Bayamon, P.R.
13

Bert Johnson b. 1905

.300 avg, 12 HR Round Rock, USA
14

Chad Wallach b. 1991

.198 avg, 11 HR 2017– Yorba Linda, USA
15

Ryan Thompson b. 1967

.243 avg, 52 HR 1992–2002 Chestertown, USA
16

Larry Bigbie b. 1977

.267 avg, 31 HR 2001–2006 Hobart, USA
17

Mark Bailey b. 1961

.220 avg, 24 HR 1984–1992 Springfield, USA
18

Brett de Geus b. 1997

MLB player 2021– Pleasanton, USA
19

Willie Calhoun b. 1994

.241 avg, 42 HR 2017– Vallejo, USA
20

Chris Resop b. 1982

.000 avg, 0 HR 2005–2013 Naples, USA
21

Gavin Hollowell b. 1997

MLB player 2022– Somerset, USA
22

Joe Sherman b. 1890

.333 avg, 0 HR 1915–1915 Yarmouth, USA
23

Steven Duggar b. 1993

.236 avg, 14 HR 2018–2022 Spartanburg, USA
24

Lefty Willis b. 1905

.111 avg, 0 HR 1925–1927 Leetown, USA
25

Jon Shave b. 1967

.288 avg, 1 HR 1993–1999 Waycross, USA

Remembered on November 4

Baseball figures lost on this date.

01

Cy Young ⭐ HOF 1867–1955

511-315, 2.63 ERA 1890–1911
02

Pete Alexander ⭐ HOF 1887–1950

373-208, 2.56 ERA 1911–1930
03

Sparky Anderson ⭐ HOF 1934–2010

.218 avg, 0 HR 1959–1959
04

Vern Stephens 1920–1968

.286 avg, 247 HR 1941–1955
05

Eggie Hensley 1900–1971

85-45, 4.17 ERA
06

Levi Meyerle 1849–1921

.356 avg, 10 HR 1871–1884
07

Lefty Williams 1893–1959

82-48, 3.13 ERA 1913–1920
08

Pancho Coimbre 1909–1989

.335 avg, 6 HR
09

Don Ferrarese 1929–2024

19-36, 4.00 ERA 1955–1962
10

Johnny Dickshot 1910–1997

.276 avg, 7 HR 1936–1945
11

Clarence Pickrel 1911–1983

.000 avg, 0 HR 1933–1934
12

Jake Powell 1908–1948

.271 avg, 22 HR 1930–1945
13

Eddie Carnett 1916–2016

.268 avg, 1 HR 1941–1945
14

Charley Justice 1913–1974

.262 avg, 1 HR
15

Charlie King 1912–1969

.143 avg, 0 HR
16

Larry Douglas 1890–1949

MLB player 1915–1915
17

George Bradshaw 1924–1994

.217 avg, 0 HR 1952–1952
18

Jack Thornton 1909–2002

.364 avg, 0 HR
19

Johnny Priest 1891–1979

.174 avg, 0 HR 1911–1912
20

Dink O'Brien 1894–1971

.333 avg, 0 HR 1923–1923
21

Andy Varga 1930–1992

MLB player 1950–1951
22

Tom Lanning 1907–1967

.1000 avg, 0 HR 1938–1938
23

Ed Kelly 1888–1928

.000 avg, 0 HR 1914–1914
24

Frank Freund 1875–1933

.200 avg, 0 HR 1896–1896
25

Kid Mohler 1870–1961

.111 avg, 0 HR 1894–1894