On This Day in Baseball

November 6

25 notable birthdays · 23 in memoriam

Born on November 6

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

01

Walter Johnson ⭐ HOF b. 1887

417-279, 2.17 ERA 1907–1927 Humboldt, USA
02

John Candelaria b. 1953

177-122, 3.33 ERA 1975–1993 New York, USA
03

Adam LaRoche b. 1979

.260 avg, 255 HR 2004–2015 Orange County, USA
04

James Paxton b. 1988

73-41, 3.77 ERA 2013–2024 Ladner, CAN
05

Mack Jones b. 1938

.252 avg, 133 HR 1961–1971 Atlanta, USA
06

Danny Green b. 1876

.293 avg, 29 HR 1898–1905 Burlington, USA
07

Alejandro Kirk b. 1998

.270 avg, 61 HR 2020– Tijuana, México
08

Chad Curtis b. 1968

.264 avg, 101 HR 1992–2001 Marion, USA
09

Bubba Trammell b. 1971

.261 avg, 82 HR 1997–2003 Knoxville, USA
10

Gus Varland b. 1996

MLB player 2023– Maplewood, USA
11

Matthew Liberatore b. 1999

21-38, 4.90 ERA 2022– Peoria, USA
12

Matt Shaw b. 2001

.229 avg, 18 HR 2025– Springfield, USA
13

Jim Jarvis b. 2000

.207 avg, 1 HR 2026– San Diego, USA
14

Fraser Ellard b. 1997

MLB player 2024– Roswell, USA
15

Dave Altizer b. 1876

.250 avg, 4 HR 1906–1911 Pearl, USA
16

Justin Maxwell b. 1983

.220 avg, 41 HR 2007–2015 Olney, USA
17

Willie Ferrell b. 1913

14-13, 4.50 ERA Empire, USA
18

Bill Wilson b. 1928

.222 avg, 32 HR 1950–1955 Central City, USA
19

Jim Gosger b. 1942

.226 avg, 30 HR 1963–1974 Port Huron, USA
20

Carlos Almanzar b. 1973

.000 avg, 0 HR 1997–2005 Santiago, D.R.
21

Tim Shinnick b. 1867

.239 avg, 2 HR 1890–1891 Exeter, USA
22

Charles Tolson b. 1898

.284 avg, 4 HR 1925–1930 Washington, USA
23

Chet Covington b. 1910

.000 avg, 0 HR 1944–1944 Cairo, USA
24

Bob Addis b. 1925

.281 avg, 2 HR 1950–1953 Mineral, USA
25

Joe Munson b. 1899

.287 avg, 3 HR 1925–1926 Renovo, USA

Remembered on November 6

Baseball figures lost on this date.

01

Jack Chesbro ⭐ HOF 1874–1931

198-132, 2.68 ERA 1899–1909
02

Morgan Bulkeley ⭐ HOF 1837–1922

MLB player
03

Roy Hartzell 1881–1961

.252 avg, 12 HR 1906–1916
04

Earl Gurley 1898–1968

8-17, 5.22 ERA
05

Spider Jorgensen 1919–2003

.266 avg, 9 HR 1947–1951
06

Leroy Morney 1909–1980

.280 avg, 8 HR
07

Erv Dusak 1920–1994

.243 avg, 24 HR 1941–1952
08

Agustín Bejerano 1909–1972

.301 avg, 1 HR
09

Martin Glendon 1878–1950

.000 avg, 0 HR 1902–1903
10

Les Rohr 1946–2020

.000 avg, 0 HR 1967–1969
11

Billy Sunday 1862–1935

.248 avg, 12 HR 1883–1890
12

Rick Stelmaszek 1948–2017

.170 avg, 1 HR 1971–1974
13

Bill Richardson 1878–1949

.212 avg, 2 HR 1901–1901
14

Tom Dougherty 1881–1953

.000 avg, 0 HR 1904–1904
15

Ernie Diehl 1877–1958

.255 avg, 0 HR 1903–1909
16

Bob Roselli 1931–2009

.219 avg, 2 HR 1955–1962
17

Bill Cooney 1883–1928

.273 avg, 0 HR 1909–1910
18

Carl Husta 1902–1951

.136 avg, 0 HR 1925–1925
19

Tommy Reis 1914–2009

.000 avg, 0 HR 1938–1938
20

Jay Van Noy 1928–2010

.000 avg, 0 HR 1951–1951
21

Al Baker 1906–1982

.000 avg, 0 HR 1938–1938
22

Bob Lawrence 1899–1983

MLB player 1924–1924
23

Emil Leber 1881–1924

.000 avg, 0 HR 1905–1905