On This Day in Baseball

November 22

25 notable birthdays · 21 in memoriam

Born on November 22

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

01

Greg Luzinski b. 1950

.276 avg, 307 HR 1970–1984 Chicago, USA
02

Joe Nathan b. 1974

64-34, 2.87 ERA 1999–2016 Houston, USA
03

Lew Burdette b. 1926

203-144, 3.66 ERA 1950–1967 Nitro, USA
04

Adam Ottavino b. 1985

.083 avg, 0 HR 2010– New York, USA
05

Dick Bartell b. 1907

.284 avg, 79 HR 1927–1946 Chicago, USA
06

Jonny Gomes b. 1980

.242 avg, 162 HR 2003–2015 Petaluma, USA
07

Harry Rice b. 1901

.299 avg, 48 HR 1923–1933 Ware Station, USA
08

Griffin Jax b. 1994

30-41, 4.03 ERA 2021– Phoenix, USA
09

Drew Pomeranz b. 1988

52-63, 3.87 ERA 2011–2021 Memphis, USA
10

Lyman Bostock b. 1950

.311 avg, 23 HR 1975–1978 Birmingham, USA
11

Jay Payton b. 1972

.279 avg, 119 HR 1998–2010 Zanesville, USA
12

Yusmeiro Petit b. 1984

50-44, 3.93 ERA 2006–2021 Maracaibo, Venezuela
13

Ricky Ledee b. 1973

.243 avg, 63 HR 1998–2007 Ponce, P.R.
14

Gene Walter b. 1960

.167 avg, 0 HR 1985–1988 Chicago, USA
15

Joe Gaines b. 1936

.241 avg, 21 HR 1960–1966 Bryan, USA
16

Kumar Rocker b. 1999

9-18, 4.86 ERA 2024– Watkinsville, USA
17

Stone Garrett b. 1995

.276 avg, 14 HR 2022– Sugar Land, USA
18

Charlie Hamburg b. 1866

.272 avg, 3 HR 1890–1890 Louisville, USA
19

Parker Mushinski b. 1995

MLB player 2022– Arlington, USA
20

Colin Ward b. 1960

.000 avg, 0 HR 1985–1985 Los Angeles, USA
21

Cy Acosta b. 1946

.000 avg, 0 HR 1972–1975 El Sabino, México
22

Rich Chiles b. 1949

.254 avg, 6 HR 1971–1978 Sacramento, USA
23

Chris Dominguez b. 1986

.175 avg, 2 HR 2014–2015 Los Angeles, USA
24

Kevin Rhomberg b. 1955

.383 avg, 1 HR 1982–1984 Dubuque, USA
25

Fred Bankhead b. 1912

.260 avg, 2 HR Sulligent, USA

Remembered on November 22

Baseball figures lost on this date.

01

Doug Jones 1957–2021

.143 avg, 0 HR 1982–2000
02

Danny Murphy 1876–1955

.289 avg, 44 HR 1900–1915
03

Willis Flournoy 1895–1964

46-54, 4.07 ERA
04

Pat Dobson 1942–2006

122-129, 3.54 ERA 1967–1977
05

Tom Underwood 1953–2010

86-87, 3.89 ERA 1974–1984
06

Roy Carlyle 1900–1956

.318 avg, 9 HR 1925–1926
07

Ken Wood 1924–2007

.224 avg, 34 HR 1948–1953
08

Roy Zimmerman 1913–1991

.276 avg, 5 HR 1945–1945
09

Ken Rowe 1933–2012

.167 avg, 0 HR 1963–1965
10

Don Grate 1923–2014

.000 avg, 0 HR 1945–1946
11

Pop Swett 1870–1934

.198 avg, 1 HR 1890–1890
12

Joe Just 1916–2003

.156 avg, 0 HR 1944–1945
13

Tom Cotter 1866–1906

.250 avg, 0 HR 1891–1891
14

Judge Owens 1916–2001

.176 avg, 0 HR
15

Marcellus Thomas 1917–1982

.105 avg, 0 HR
16

Dave Short 1917–1983

.091 avg, 0 HR 1940–1941
17

Bob Emmerich 1891–1948

.083 avg, 0 HR 1923–1923
18

Art Smith 1906–1995

.000 avg, 0 HR 1932–1932
19

Dick Carroll 1884–1945

.500 avg, 0 HR 1909–1909
20

Ed Cermak 1881–1911

.000 avg, 0 HR 1901–1901
21

Charlie Gibson 1879–1954

.000 avg, 0 HR 1905–1905