On This Day in Baseball

November 21

25 notable birthdays · 24 in memoriam

Born on November 21

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

01

Stan Musial ⭐ HOF b. 1920

.331 avg, 475 HR 1941–1963 Donora, USA
02

Ken Griffey ⭐ HOF b. 1969

.284 avg, 630 HR 1989–2010 Donora, USA
03

Freddie Lindstrom ⭐ HOF b. 1905

.311 avg, 103 HR 1924–1936 Chicago, USA
04

Bobby Mathews b. 1851

297-248, 2.86 ERA 1871–1887 Baltimore, USA
05

Mark Eichhorn b. 1960

48-43, 3.00 ERA 1982–1996 San Jose, USA
06

Charlie Bennett b. 1854

.256 avg, 55 HR 1878–1893 New Castle, USA
07

Hank Blalock b. 1980

.269 avg, 153 HR 2002–2010 San Diego, USA
08

Andy High b. 1897

.284 avg, 44 HR 1922–1934 Ava, USA
09

Brice Turang b. 1999

.259 avg, 50 HR 2023– Corona, USA
10

Tommy McCraw b. 1940

.246 avg, 75 HR 1963–1975 Malvern, USA
11

Robert Stock b. 1989

3-7, 5.20 ERA 2018–2021 Bellevue, USA
12

Scott Terry b. 1959

24-28, 3.73 ERA 1986–1991 Hobbs, USA
13

Nick Davila b. 1998

MLB player 2026– Hialeah, USA
14

Rick Peters b. 1955

.277 avg, 2 HR 1979–1986 Lynwood, USA
15

Lewis Woolfolk b. 1896

6-5, 5.08 ERA Henderson, USA
16

Bill Johnson b. 1895

.286 avg, 8 HR Sparta, USA
17

Jose Pirela b. 1989

.257 avg, 17 HR 2014–2019 Valera, Venezuela
18

Tony Balsamo b. 1937

.200 avg, 0 HR 1962–1962 Brooklyn, USA
19

Alan Hargesheimer b. 1954

5-9, 4.72 ERA 1980–1986 Chicago, USA
20

Les Mallon b. 1905

.283 avg, 8 HR 1931–1935 Sweetwater, USA
21

Ryan LaMarre b. 1988

.232 avg, 6 HR 2015–2021 Royal Oak, USA
22

Quintin Berry b. 1984

.262 avg, 3 HR 2012–2017 San Diego, USA
23

Bill Morrisette b. 1894

.125 avg, 0 HR 1915–1920 Baltimore, USA
24

Darron Cox b. 1967

.240 avg, 1 HR 1999–1999 Oklahoma City, USA
25

Elier Hernandez b. 1994

.182 avg, 0 HR 2022–2022 San Cristobal, D.R.

Remembered on November 21

Baseball figures lost on this date.

01

Mel Ott ⭐ HOF 1909–1958

.304 avg, 511 HR 1926–1947
02

Carl Hubbell ⭐ HOF 1903–1988

253-154, 2.98 ERA 1928–1943
03

Frank McCormick 1911–1982

.299 avg, 128 HR 1934–1948
04

Socks Seybold 1870–1921

.294 avg, 51 HR 1899–1908
05

Ken Johnson 1933–2015

91-106, 3.46 ERA 1958–1970
06

Fred Glade 1876–1934

52-68, 2.62 ERA 1902–1908
07

Dusty Cooke 1907–1987

.280 avg, 24 HR 1930–1938
08

Bill Kindle 1891–1952

.303 avg, 2 HR
09

Don Young 1945–2024

.218 avg, 7 HR 1965–1969
10

Slow Joe Doyle 1881–1947

22-21, 2.85 ERA 1906–1910
11

Len Sowders 1861–1888

.263 avg, 0 HR 1886–1886
12

Armando Cabañas 1878–1959

.294 avg, 0 HR
13

Hack Miller 1913–1966

.444 avg, 1 HR 1944–1945
14

Kerry Dineen 1952–2015

.324 avg, 0 HR 1975–1978
15

Fred Goliah 1888–1935

.275 avg, 0 HR
16

Z. H. Taylor 1850–1917

.250 avg, 0 HR 1874–1874
17

Polly Wolfe 1888–1938

.207 avg, 0 HR 1912–1914
18

Tom Fisher 1942–2016

MLB player 1967–1967
19

George Werley 1938–2013

MLB player 1956–1956
20

Steve Kuczek 1924–2010

.1000 avg, 0 HR 1949–1949
21

Uel Eubanks 1903–1954

.1000 avg, 0 HR 1922–1922
22

Mike Palagyi 1917–2013

MLB player 1939–1939
23

Earl Cook 1908–1996

MLB player 1941–1941
24

Ed Hock 1899–1963

.100 avg, 0 HR 1920–1924