On This Day in Baseball

December 5

25 notable birthdays · 25 in memoriam

Born on December 5

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

01

Christian Yelich b. 1991

.282 avg, 244 HR 2013– Thousand Oaks, USA
02

Cliff Floyd b. 1972

.278 avg, 233 HR 1993–2009 Chicago, USA
03

Pink Hawley b. 1872

167-179, 3.96 ERA 1892–1901 Beaver Dam, USA
04

AJ Pollock b. 1987

.273 avg, 145 HR 2012– Hebron, USA
05

Gary Roenicke b. 1954

.247 avg, 121 HR 1976–1988 Covina, USA
06

Justin Smoak b. 1986

.229 avg, 196 HR 2010–2020 Goose Creek, USA
07

Trevor Megill b. 1993

MLB player 2021– Long Beach, USA
08

Don Padgett b. 1911

.288 avg, 37 HR 1937–1948 Caroleen, USA
09

Tejay Antone b. 1993

4-5, 2.85 ERA 2020– Mansfield, USA
10

Dave Ferriss b. 1921

65-30, 3.64 ERA 1945–1950 Shaw, USA
11

Patsy Tebeau b. 1864

.279 avg, 27 HR 1887–1900 St. Louis, USA
12

Billy Shindle b. 1860

.269 avg, 31 HR 1886–1898 Gloucester, USA
13

Ed Summers b. 1884

68-45, 2.42 ERA 1908–1912 Ladoga, USA
14

Julian Fernandez b. 1995

MLB player 2021–2021 Boca Chica, D.R.
15

Antoine Kelly b. 1999

MLB player 2026– Chicago, USA
16

Gus Mancuso b. 1905

.265 avg, 53 HR 1928–1945 Galveston, USA
17

Nick Nelson b. 1995

MLB player 2020– Panama City, USA
18

German Jimenez b. 1962

1-6, 5.01 ERA 1988–1988 Santiago Ixcuintia, México
19

Steve Rachunok b. 1916

.000 avg, 0 HR 1940–1940 Rittman, USA
20

Raleigh Aitchison b. 1887

12-12, 3.01 ERA 1911–1915 Tyndall, USA
21

Steve Shea b. 1942

.000 avg, 0 HR 1968–1969 Worcester, USA
22

Carey Selph b. 1901

.277 avg, 0 HR 1929–1932 Donaldson, USA
23

Roy Tyler b. 1899

.301 avg, 0 HR Olmstead, USA
24

Oliverio Ortiz b. 1919

.167 avg, 0 HR 1944–1944 Camagüey, Cuba
25

Ryan Garton b. 1989

MLB player 2016–2019 Clearwater, USA

Remembered on December 5

Baseball figures lost on this date.

01

Shoeless Joe Jackson 1887–1951

.356 avg, 54 HR 1908–1920
02

Bill Dahlen 1870–1950

.272 avg, 84 HR 1891–1911
03

Bill Melton 1945–2024

.253 avg, 160 HR 1968–1977
04

Bill Bruton 1925–1995

.273 avg, 94 HR 1953–1964
05

Russ Christopher 1917–1954

54-64, 3.37 ERA 1942–1948
06

Ted Lepcio 1929–2019

.245 avg, 69 HR 1952–1961
07

Cliff Mapes 1922–1996

.242 avg, 38 HR 1948–1952
08

Val Picinich 1896–1942

.258 avg, 26 HR 1916–1933
09

Jack Lively 1885–1967

7-5, 4.59 ERA 1911–1911
10

Henry McCall 1907–1998

.310 avg, 2 HR
11

Freddie Shepard 1916–1999

.282 avg, 1 HR
12

Paul Busby 1918–2003

.268 avg, 0 HR 1941–1943
13

Bobby Trevino 1945–2018

.225 avg, 0 HR 1968–1968
14

Buford Nunley 1912–1979

.231 avg, 0 HR
15

Brennan King 1916–1978

.333 avg, 0 HR
16

Sylvester Carlisle 1926–1970

.143 avg, 0 HR
17

Rod Graber 1930–2014

.125 avg, 0 HR 1958–1958
18

Joe Wyatt 1900–1970

.167 avg, 0 HR 1924–1924
19

Jim Oliver 1919–1971

.200 avg, 0 HR
20

Ed Wingo 1895–1964

.250 avg, 0 HR 1920–1920
21

George Abrams 1897–1986

.1000 avg, 0 HR 1923–1923
22

Joe Rabbitt 1900–1969

.333 avg, 0 HR 1922–1922
23

John Lovett 1877–1937

.333 avg, 0 HR 1903–1903
24

Jim Duggan 1885–1951

.000 avg, 0 HR 1911–1911
25

Spencer Pumpelly 1893–1973

MLB player 1925–1925