On This Day in Baseball

November 9

25 notable birthdays · 24 in memoriam

Born on November 9

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

01

Bob Gibson ⭐ HOF b. 1935

251-174, 2.91 ERA 1959–1975 Omaha, USA
02

Whitey Herzog ⭐ HOF b. 1931

.257 avg, 25 HR 1956–1963 New Athens, USA
03

Adam Dunn b. 1979

.237 avg, 462 HR 2001–2014 Houston, USA
04

Teddy Higuera b. 1957

94-64, 3.61 ERA 1985–1994 Los Mochis, México
05

George Wood b. 1858

.273 avg, 68 HR 1880–1892 Pownal, CAN
06

Harvey Hendrick b. 1897

.308 avg, 48 HR 1923–1934 Mason, USA
07

Jerry Priddy b. 1919

.265 avg, 61 HR 1941–1953 Los Angeles, USA
08

Michael Busch b. 1997

.245 avg, 76 HR 2023– Inver Grove Heights, USA
09

Jerry Benjamin b. 1909

.298 avg, 28 HR Montgomery, USA
10

Bill Bruton b. 1925

.273 avg, 94 HR 1953–1964 Panola, USA
11

Dion James b. 1962

.288 avg, 32 HR 1983–1996 Philadelphia, USA
12

Jack Crooks b. 1865

.241 avg, 21 HR 1889–1898 St. Paul, USA
13

Scott Sauerbeck b. 1971

.000 avg, 0 HR 1999–2006 Cincinnati, USA
14

Jose Rosado b. 1974

37-45, 4.27 ERA 1996–2000 Newark, USA
15

Jon Nunnally b. 1971

.246 avg, 42 HR 1995–2000 Danville, USA
16

Joel Zumaya b. 1984

MLB player 2006–2010 Chula Vista, USA
17

Tony Barnette b. 1983

MLB player 2016–2019 Anchorage, USA
18

Benny McCoy b. 1915

.269 avg, 16 HR 1938–1941 Jenison, USA
19

Rowan Wick b. 1992

MLB player 2018–2022 North Vancouver, CAN
20

Rick Williams b. 1952

5-9, 3.58 ERA 1978–1979 Merced, USA
21

Bill Phillips b. 1868

70-76, 4.09 ERA 1890–1903 Allenport, USA
22

Greg Bird b. 1992

.211 avg, 32 HR 2015–2019 Aurora, USA
23

Alex Kirilloff b. 1997

.248 avg, 27 HR 2021–2024 Pittsburgh, USA
24

Curt Casali b. 1988

.218 avg, 48 HR 2014– Walnut Creek, USA
25

Judge McCredie b. 1876

.324 avg, 0 HR 1903–1903 Manchester, USA

Remembered on November 9

Baseball figures lost on this date.

01

Danny Green 1876–1914

.293 avg, 29 HR 1898–1905
02

Preacher Roe 1916–2008

127-84, 3.43 ERA 1938–1954
03

Ken Howell 1960–2018

38-48, 3.95 ERA 1984–1990
04

Tommy Hanson 1986–2015

49-35, 3.80 ERA 2009–2013
05

Henry Reitz 1867–1914

.292 avg, 11 HR 1893–1899
06

Bob Johnson 1936–2019

.272 avg, 44 HR 1960–1970
07

Benny McCoy 1915–2011

.269 avg, 16 HR 1938–1941
08

Fred Haney 1896–1977

.275 avg, 8 HR 1922–1929
09

Chris Fulmer 1858–1931

.247 avg, 1 HR 1884–1889
10

Jimmie Armstead 1919–2006

.206 avg, 0 HR
11

Russ Nixon 1935–2016

.268 avg, 27 HR 1957–1968
12

Otis Johnson 1883–1915

.234 avg, 3 HR 1911–1911
13

Bernard Culloton 1896–1976

.000 avg, 0 HR 1925–1926
14

Howard Maple 1903–1970

.244 avg, 0 HR 1932–1932
15

Ted Gipson 1907–1977

.217 avg, 0 HR
16

Duane Wilson 1934–2021

.000 avg, 0 HR 1958–1958
17

Memo Luna 1930–2021

MLB player 1954–1954
18

Garton Del Savio 1913–2006

.091 avg, 0 HR 1943–1943
19

Walt Meinert 1890–1958

.375 avg, 0 HR 1913–1913
20

Carl Stimson 1894–1936

.000 avg, 0 HR 1923–1923
21

Fred Worden 1894–1941

.000 avg, 0 HR 1914–1914
22

Lem Hunter 1863–1956

.250 avg, 0 HR 1883–1883
23

Rex DeVogt 1888–1935

.000 avg, 0 HR 1913–1913
24

Bill Stellberger 1865–1936

.000 avg, 0 HR 1885–1885