On This Day in Baseball

December 17

25 notable birthdays · 25 in memoriam

Born on December 17

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

01

Chase Utley b. 1978

.275 avg, 259 HR 2003–2018 Pasadena, USA
02

Bill Hutchison b. 1859

182-163, 3.59 ERA 1884–1897 New Haven, USA
03

Ted Trent b. 1903

86-66, 3.63 ERA Jacksonville, USA
04

Cy Falkenberg b. 1879

130-123, 2.68 ERA 1903–1917 Chicago, USA
05

Taylor Rogers b. 1990

MLB player 2016– Littleton, USA
06

Tyler Rogers b. 1990

MLB player 2019– Littleton, USA
07

Bob Ojeda b. 1957

115-98, 3.65 ERA 1980–1994 Los Angeles, USA
08

Leo Cardenas b. 1938

.257 avg, 118 HR 1960–1975 Matanzas, Cuba
09

Roy Patterson b. 1876

81-72, 2.75 ERA 1901–1907 Stoddard, USA
10

Rebel Oakes b. 1883

.279 avg, 15 HR 1909–1915 Lisbon, USA
11

Donovan Solano b. 1987

.277 avg, 43 HR 2012– Barranquilla, Colombia
12

Ray Jablonski b. 1926

.268 avg, 83 HR 1953–1960 Chicago, USA
13

Dan Vogelbach b. 1992

.219 avg, 81 HR 2016–2024 Orlando, USA
14

Josh Sborz b. 1993

.000 avg, 0 HR 2019– Washington, USA
15

Alex Hoppe b. 1998

MLB player 2026– Davenport, USA
16

Brent Headrick b. 1997

MLB player 2023– Braidwood, USA
17

Dale Thayer b. 1980

.000 avg, 0 HR 2009–2015 Fountain Valley, USA
18

Darwinzon Hernandez b. 1996

MLB player 2019–2022 Ciudad Bolivar, Venezuela
19

Curtis Pride b. 1968

.250 avg, 20 HR 1993–2006 Washington, USA
20

Mike Cather b. 1970

.000 avg, 0 HR 1997–1999 San Diego, USA
21

Richard Fitts b. 1999

2-5, 3.97 ERA 2024– Helena, USA
22

Kent Hadley b. 1934

.242 avg, 14 HR 1958–1960 Pocatello, USA
23

Charlie Sands b. 1947

.214 avg, 6 HR 1967–1975 Newport News, USA
24

Alex Cintron b. 1978

.275 avg, 33 HR 2001–2009 Humacao, P.R.
25

Josh Edgin b. 1986

.000 avg, 0 HR 2012–2017 Lewistown, USA

Remembered on December 17

Baseball figures lost on this date.

01

Dave Smith 1955–2008

.068 avg, 0 HR 1980–1992
02

Hal Brown 1924–2015

85-92, 3.81 ERA 1951–1964
03

Walt Dropo 1923–2010

.270 avg, 152 HR 1949–1961
04

Ping Bodie 1887–1961

.275 avg, 43 HR 1911–1921
05

Rufus Lewis 1919–1999

20-14, 2.99 ERA
06

Frank Pastore 1957–2012

48-58, 4.29 ERA 1979–1986
07

Hank Severeid 1891–1968

.289 avg, 17 HR 1911–1926
08

Jesse Flores 1914–1991

44-59, 3.18 ERA 1942–1950
09

Ken O'Dea 1913–1985

.255 avg, 40 HR 1935–1946
10

Fritz Ostermueller 1907–1957

114-115, 3.99 ERA 1934–1948
11

Lee Viau 1866–1947

83-77, 3.33 ERA 1888–1892
12

Larry Sherry 1935–2006

53-44, 3.67 ERA 1958–1968
13

Cliff Blackmon 1914–1995

5-13, 6.28 ERA
14

Mel Mazzera 1914–1997

.268 avg, 10 HR 1935–1940
15

Del Young 1885–1959

.265 avg, 4 HR 1909–1915
16

George Carey 1870–1916

.271 avg, 1 HR 1895–1903
17

Fred Bankhead 1912–1972

.260 avg, 2 HR
18

Henry Baylis 1923–1980

.429 avg, 0 HR
19

Rube DeGroff 1879–1955

.233 avg, 0 HR 1905–1906
20

Bob Raudman 1942–2020

.200 avg, 0 HR 1966–1967
21

Charlie DeArmond 1877–1933

.282 avg, 0 HR 1903–1903
22

Lefty Richburg 1922–2001

.333 avg, 0 HR
23

Ona Dodd 1886–1956

.000 avg, 0 HR 1912–1912
24

Red Proctor 1900–1954

MLB player 1923–1923
25

Elmer Bowman 1897–1985

.000 avg, 0 HR 1920–1920