On This Day in Baseball

November 16

25 notable birthdays · 23 in memoriam

Born on November 16

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

01

Cristóbal Torriente ⭐ HOF b. 1893

22-17, 3.96 ERA 1913– Cienfuegos, Cuba
02

Dwight Gooden b. 1964

194-112, 3.51 ERA 1984–2000 Tampa, USA
03

Clay Bryant b. 1911

32-20, 3.73 ERA 1935–1940 Madison Heights, USA
04

Jordan Walden b. 1987

MLB player 2010–2015 Fort Worth, USA
05

Grayson Rodriguez b. 1999

24-15, 4.64 ERA 2023– Houston, USA
06

Henry Spearman b. 1909

.303 avg, 27 HR Arkadelphia, USA
07

Tim Scott b. 1966

.067 avg, 0 HR 1991–1997 Hanford, USA
08

Morrie Arnovich b. 1910

.287 avg, 22 HR 1936–1946 Superior, USA
09

Frank Bolling b. 1931

.254 avg, 106 HR 1954–1966 Mobile, USA
10

Bradgley Rodriguez b. 2003

MLB player 2025– Petare, Venezuela
11

Brandon Cumpton b. 1988

5-5, 4.05 ERA 2013–2018 Augusta, USA
12

Julio Lugo b. 1975

.269 avg, 80 HR 2000–2011 Barahona, D.R.
13

Sebastian Rivero b. 1998

.197 avg, 0 HR 2021–2022 Maracay, Venezuela
14

Victor Gonzalez b. 1995

MLB player 2020– Tuxpan, México
15

Joe Scott b. 1906

.319 avg, 2 HR Ohio County, USA
16

Mike McGeary b. 1850

.276 avg, 0 HR 1871–1882 Philadelphia, USA
17

Ab Wright b. 1906

.248 avg, 9 HR 1935–1944 Terlton, USA
18

Harry Chiti b. 1932

.238 avg, 41 HR 1950–1962 Kincaid, USA
19

Bill Deegan b. 1874

.000 avg, 0 HR 1901–1901 Bronx, USA
20

Juan Centeno b. 1989

.223 avg, 6 HR 2013–2019 Arecibo, P.R.
21

Drew Denson b. 1965

.244 avg, 0 HR 1989–1993 Cincinnati, USA
22

Pete Rose b. 1969

.143 avg, 0 HR 1997–1997 Cincinnati, USA
23

Mike Raczka b. 1962

MLB player 1992–1992 New Britain, USA
24

Jake Munch b. 1890

.267 avg, 0 HR 1918–1918 Morton, USA
25

Blas Monaco b. 1915

.154 avg, 0 HR 1937–1946 San Antonio, USA

Remembered on November 16

Baseball figures lost on this date.

01

Jim Brewer 1937–1987

69-65, 3.07 ERA 1960–1976
02

Sandy Consuegra 1920–2005

51-32, 3.37 ERA 1950–1957
03

Vin Campbell 1888–1969

.310 avg, 15 HR 1908–1915
04

Russ Meyer 1923–1997

94-73, 3.99 ERA 1946–1959
05

Gene Schott 1913–1992

28-41, 3.72 ERA 1935–1939
06

Cliff Carter 1898–1979

31-28, 4.79 ERA
07

Hugh High 1887–1962

.250 avg, 3 HR 1913–1918
08

Pearl Webster 1889–1918

.310 avg, 5 HR
09

Johnny Hayes 1910–1988

.255 avg, 12 HR
10

Floyd Baker 1916–2004

.251 avg, 1 HR 1943–1955
11

Joe Gonzales 1915–1996

.000 avg, 0 HR 1937–1937
12

Jake Northrop 1888–1945

6-6, 2.91 ERA 1918–1919
13

Harry Matuzak 1910–1978

.111 avg, 0 HR 1934–1936
14

Yam Yaryan 1892–1964

.260 avg, 2 HR 1921–1922
15

Bucky Williams 1906–2009

.192 avg, 0 HR
16

Rusty Cobb 1910–1976

.333 avg, 0 HR
17

Pep Rambert 1916–1974

.000 avg, 0 HR 1939–1940
18

Nick Testa 1928–2018

MLB player 1958–1958
19

Allen Benson 1905–1999

.000 avg, 0 HR 1934–1934
20

George Holcomb 1900–1983

.000 avg, 0 HR
21

Elton Gladney 1909–1984

.000 avg, 0 HR
22

Ed Sherling 1897–1965

.500 avg, 0 HR 1924–1924
23

Frank McPartlin 1872–1943

.000 avg, 0 HR 1899–1899