On This Day in Baseball

November 30

25 notable birthdays · 25 in memoriam

Born on November 30

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

01

Bob Tewksbury b. 1960

110-102, 3.92 ERA 1986–1998 Concord, USA
02

Frank Killen b. 1870

164-131, 3.78 ERA 1891–1900 Pittsburgh, USA
03

Ray Durham b. 1971

.277 avg, 192 HR 1995–2008 Charlotte, USA
04

Firpo Marberry b. 1898

148-88, 3.63 ERA 1923–1936 Streetman, USA
05

Matt Lawton b. 1971

.267 avg, 138 HR 1995–2006 Gulfport, USA
06

Steve Hamilton b. 1934

40-31, 3.05 ERA 1961–1972 Columbia, USA
07

Rich Harden b. 1981

59-38, 3.76 ERA 2003–2011 Victoria, CAN
08

Shane Victorino b. 1980

.275 avg, 108 HR 2003–2015 Wailuku, USA
09

Bo Jackson b. 1962

.250 avg, 141 HR 1986–1994 Bessemer, USA
10

Craig Wilson b. 1976

.262 avg, 99 HR 2001–2007 Fountain Valley, USA
11

Craig Swan b. 1950

59-72, 3.74 ERA 1973–1984 Van Nuys, USA
12

Patrick Gillespie b. 1851

.276 avg, 10 HR 1880–1887 Carbondale, USA
13

Daylen Lile b. 2002

.267 avg, 29 HR 2025– Louisville, USA
14

Luis Valbuena b. 1985

.226 avg, 114 HR 2008–2018 Caja Seca, Venezuela
15

Leo Kiely b. 1929

26-27, 3.37 ERA 1951–1960 Hoboken, USA
16

Christian Franklin b. 1999

.147 avg, 0 HR 2026– Overland Park, USA
17

DJ Stewart b. 1993

.212 avg, 42 HR 2018– Gainesville, USA
18

Dave Engle b. 1956

.262 avg, 31 HR 1981–1989 San Diego, USA
19

Myron Grimshaw b. 1875

.256 avg, 4 HR 1905–1907 St. Johnsville, USA
20

Kyle Crick b. 1992

MLB player 2017–2022 Fort Worth, USA
21

Ben Houser b. 1883

.267 avg, 9 HR 1910–1912 Frackville, USA
22

Mikie Mahtook b. 1989

.235 avg, 33 HR 2015–2019 Lafayette, USA
23

Juan Berenguer b. 1954

67-62, 3.90 ERA 1978–1992 Aguadulce, Panama
24

Wally Holborow b. 1913

.333 avg, 0 HR 1944–1948 New York, USA
25

Ed Mayer b. 1931

.286 avg, 0 HR 1957–1958 San Francisco, USA

Remembered on November 30

Baseball figures lost on this date.

01

Wally Berger 1905–1988

.300 avg, 242 HR 1930–1940
02

John Stone 1905–1955

.310 avg, 77 HR 1928–1938
03

Dick Gernert 1928–2017

.254 avg, 103 HR 1952–1962
04

Jack Scott 1892–1959

103-109, 3.85 ERA 1916–1929
05

Steel Arm Davis 1896–1941

5-4, 5.57 ERA
06

Alex Metzler 1903–1973

.285 avg, 9 HR 1925–1930
07

Jimmy Wood 1843–1927

.332 avg, 3 HR 1871–1873
08

Eddie Eayrs 1890–1969

.306 avg, 1 HR 1913–1921
09

Bill Evans 1919–1983

.000 avg, 0 HR 1949–1951
10

R C Stevens 1934–2010

.210 avg, 8 HR 1958–1961
11

Jesse Levan 1926–1998

.286 avg, 1 HR 1947–1955
12

Rogelio Alvarez 1938–2012

.189 avg, 0 HR 1960–1962
13

William Suero 1966–1995

.233 avg, 0 HR 1992–1993
14

Lorencito Fernandez 1939–2020

.111 avg, 0 HR 1968–1968
15

Bernie Creger 1927–1997

.188 avg, 0 HR 1947–1947
16

Bob Dustal 1935–2015

MLB player 1963–1963
17

Ted Petoskey 1911–1996

.167 avg, 0 HR 1934–1935
18

Connie Creeden 1915–1969

.250 avg, 0 HR 1943–1943
19

Red Wright 1928–1973

.000 avg, 0 HR
20

Sam Gordon 1878–1962

.231 avg, 0 HR
21

John Shea 1904–1956

MLB player 1928–1928
22

Scottie Slayback 1901–1979

.000 avg, 0 HR 1926–1926
23

W. P. Young 1896–1968

MLB player
24

Jim Grant 1894–1985

.000 avg, 0 HR 1923–1923
25

John Mickey 1876–1928

.000 avg, 0 HR