On This Day in Baseball

December 23

25 notable birthdays · 14 in memoriam

Born on December 23

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

01

Jerry Koosman b. 1942

222-209, 3.36 ERA 1967–1985 Appleton, USA
02

Hanley Ramirez b. 1983

.289 avg, 271 HR 2005–2019 Samana, D.R.
03

Victor Martinez b. 1978

.295 avg, 246 HR 2002–2018 Ciudad Bolivar, Venezuela
04

Sam Leever b. 1871

194-100, 2.47 ERA 1898–1910 Goshen, USA
05

Brad Lidge b. 1976

.286 avg, 0 HR 2002–2012 Sacramento, USA
06

Mike Grady b. 1869

.294 avg, 35 HR 1894–1906 Kennett Square, USA
07

Doc Gessler b. 1880

.280 avg, 14 HR 1903–1911 Greensburg, USA
08

Cody Ross b. 1980

.262 avg, 132 HR 2003–2015 Portales, USA
09

Mitch Haniger b. 1990

.250 avg, 130 HR 2016– Mountain View, USA
10

Danny Taylor b. 1900

.297 avg, 44 HR 1926–1936 Lash, USA
11

Dave May b. 1943

.251 avg, 96 HR 1967–1978 New Castle, USA
12

Rick White b. 1968

42-54, 4.45 ERA 1994–2007 Springfield, USA
13

Vet Barnes b. 1911

14-5, 3.15 ERA Silver Creek, USA
14

Frank Owen b. 1879

82-67, 2.55 ERA 1901–1909 Ypsilanti, USA
15

Jabbo Andrews b. 1907

.303 avg, 25 HR Burnsville, USA
16

Keith Comstock b. 1955

.000 avg, 0 HR 1984–1991 San Francisco, USA
17

Ray Lamb b. 1944

20-23, 3.54 ERA 1969–1973 Glendale, USA
18

Cozy Dolan b. 1882

.252 avg, 6 HR 1909–1922 Oshkosh, USA
19

Fritz Maisel b. 1889

.242 avg, 6 HR 1913–1918 Catonsville, USA
20

Josh Satin b. 1984

.243 avg, 3 HR 2011–2014 Los Angeles, USA
21

Al Schweitzer b. 1882

.238 avg, 3 HR 1908–1911 Cleveland, USA
22

Tim Harkness b. 1937

.235 avg, 14 HR 1961–1964 Lachine, CAN
23

George Whiteman b. 1882

.271 avg, 1 HR 1907–1918 Peoria, USA
24

Jerry Manuel b. 1953

.150 avg, 3 HR 1975–1982 Hahira, USA
25

Max Rosenfeld b. 1902

.298 avg, 2 HR 1931–1933 New York, USA

Remembered on December 23

Baseball figures lost on this date.

01

Wilmer Harris 1924–2004

7-14, 5.82 ERA
02

Marvin Williams 1920–2000

.385 avg, 8 HR
03

Erve Beck 1878–1916

.291 avg, 9 HR 1899–1902
04

Dan Wilson 1915–1986

.271 avg, 3 HR
05

Walt Preston 1868–1937

.279 avg, 1 HR 1895–1895
06

Angelo Dagres 1934–2017

.267 avg, 0 HR 1955–1955
07

Jim Lehew 1937–2016

.000 avg, 0 HR 1961–1962
08

Dee Williams 1884–1911

.190 avg, 0 HR
09

Rae Blaemire 1911–1975

.400 avg, 0 HR 1941–1941
10

George Bullard 1928–2002

.000 avg, 0 HR 1954–1954
11

Sol Carter 1908–2006

MLB player 1931–1931
12

Ted Menze 1897–1969

.000 avg, 0 HR 1918–1918
13

Joe McManus 1887–1955

MLB player 1913–1913
14

Harry Gilbert 1868–1909

.250 avg, 0 HR 1890–1890