On This Day in Baseball

December 29

25 notable birthdays · 25 in memoriam

Born on December 29

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

01

Richie Sexson b. 1974

.261 avg, 306 HR 1997–2008 Portland, USA
02

Julio Rodriguez b. 2000

.268 avg, 133 HR 2022– Loma de Cabrera, D.R.
03

Devon White b. 1962

.263 avg, 208 HR 1985–2001 Kingston, Jamaica
04

Clyde Barnhart b. 1895

.295 avg, 27 HR 1920–1928 Buck Valley, USA
05

Odubel Herrera b. 1991

.271 avg, 78 HR 2015–2022 San Jose, Venezuela
06

Sean Guenther b. 1995

MLB player 2021– Atlanta, USA
07

Emil Brown b. 1974

.258 avg, 59 HR 1997–2009 Chicago, USA
08

Kaelen Culpepper b. 2002

.283 avg, 3 HR 2026– Memphis, USA
09

Brian Navarreto b. 1994

.185 avg, 2 HR 2020–2020 Bayamon, P.R.
10

Mike Brown b. 1959

.265 avg, 23 HR 1983–1988 San Francisco, USA
11

Bill Knickerbocker b. 1911

.276 avg, 28 HR 1933–1942 Los Angeles, USA
12

Craig Grebeck b. 1964

.261 avg, 19 HR 1990–2001 Johnstown, USA
13

Jaret Wright b. 1975

68-60, 5.09 ERA 1997–2007 Anaheim, USA
14

Joe Flynn b. 1861

.246 avg, 4 HR 1884–1884 Providence, USA
15

Dennis Werth b. 1952

.209 avg, 3 HR 1979–1982 Lincoln, USA
16

Lou Fiene b. 1884

3-8, 3.85 ERA 1906–1909 Fort Dodge, USA
17

Jim Wilson b. 1960

.227 avg, 0 HR 1985–1989 Corvallis, USA
18

Jimmy Journell b. 1977

MLB player 2003–2005 Springfield, USA
19

Chris Okey b. 1994

.143 avg, 0 HR 2022– Altamonte Springs, USA
20

Enderson Franco b. 1992

MLB player 2019–2019 Anaco, Venezuela
21

William Woods b. 1998

MLB player 2022–2022 Trenton, USA
22

Thomas Jacquez b. 1975

MLB player 2000–2000 Stockton, USA
23

John Upham b. 1940

.308 avg, 0 HR 1967–1968 Windsor, CAN
24

Jason Pearson b. 1975

MLB player 2002–2003 Freeport, USA
25

Joe Smith b. 1893

.156 avg, 0 HR 1913–1913 New York, USA

Remembered on December 29

Baseball figures lost on this date.

01

Frank Malzone 1930–2015

.274 avg, 133 HR 1955–1966
02

Harley Payne 1868–1935

30-36, 4.04 ERA 1896–1899
03

Willie Spearman 1899–1937

19-27, 5.07 ERA
04

Steve Boros 1936–2010

.245 avg, 26 HR 1957–1965
05

Hiram Bithorn 1916–1951

34-31, 3.16 ERA 1942–1947
06

Gus Niarhos 1920–2004

.252 avg, 1 HR 1946–1955
07

Lenny Randle 1949–2024

.257 avg, 27 HR 1971–1982
08

Jimmy Brown 1910–1977

.279 avg, 9 HR 1937–1946
09

Asa Brainard 1841–1888

24-53, 4.40 ERA 1871–1874
10

Ed Mayer 1931–2015

.286 avg, 0 HR 1957–1958
11

Ed Albrecht 1929–1979

.000 avg, 0 HR 1949–1950
12

William Sublette 1880–1955

.000 avg, 0 HR
13

Ginger Shinault 1892–1930

.295 avg, 0 HR 1921–1922
14

Larry Hoffman 1878–1948

.318 avg, 0 HR 1901–1901
15

Neal Watlington 1922–2019

.159 avg, 0 HR 1953–1953
16

Jim Campbell 1943–2024

.231 avg, 0 HR 1970–1970
17

Sandy Piez 1889–1930

.375 avg, 0 HR 1914–1914
18

Earl Mossor 1925–1988

.1000 avg, 0 HR 1951–1951
19

Don Plarski 1929–1981

.091 avg, 0 HR 1955–1955
20

Richard King 1904–1966

.222 avg, 0 HR
21

Bill White 1860–1924

.240 avg, 6 HR 1883–1888
22

Felton Morrison 1916–1981

.000 avg, 0 HR
23

Art Reinholz 1903–1980

.333 avg, 0 HR 1928–1928
24

George Stutz 1889–1930

.000 avg, 0 HR 1926–1926
25

Bob Meinke 1887–1952

.000 avg, 0 HR 1910–1910