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1870 Major League Baseball Born this Year

1871 MLB  Born this Year

Batting

Pitchers / Managers Below
Rk Yrs From To ASG WAR/pos G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Birthdate Birthplace
1 King Bailey 1 1895 1895 0 0.1 1 4 4 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 .500 .500 .750 1.250 VA, USA
2 George Bristow 1 1899 1899 0 0.0 3 9 8 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .125 .222 .250 .472 May 13 Paw Paw, IL, USA
3 Stub Brown 3 1893 1897 0 -0.5 13 34 33 4 3 0 0 0 2 1 0 8 .091 .091 .091 .182 Aug 3 Baltimore, MD, USA
4 John Buckley 1 1890 1890 0 -0.3 4 17 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10 .000 .118 .000 .118 Mar 20 Marlborough, MA, USA
5 Scoops Carey 4 1895 1903 0 -0.3 299 1237 1157 114 313 60 20 1 159 5 52 68 .271 .308 .360 .667 Dec 4 Pittsburgh, PA, USA
6 Doc Casey 10 1898 1907 0 11.0 1114 4805 4341 584 1122 137 52 9 354 191 270 239 .258 .310 .320 .630 Mar 15 Lawrence, MA, USA
7 Tom Colcolough 4 1893 1899 0 0.1 53 155 138 21 31 4 4 0 16 1 14 12 .225 .301 .312 .612 Oct 8 Charleston, SC, USA
8 Jimmy Collins HOF 14 1895 1908 0 50.1 1725 7452 6795 1055 1999 352 116 65 983 194 426 266 .294 .343 .409 .752 Jan 16 Buffalo, NY, USA
9 Gus Creely 1 1890 1890 0 -0.3 4 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Jun 6 St. Louis, MO, USA
10 Bill Dahlen 21 1891 1911 0 70.9 2444 10405 9036 1590 2461 413 163 84 1234 548 1064 759 .272 .358 .382 .740 Jan 5 Nelliston, NY, USA
11 George Davis HOF 20 1890 1909 0 80.2 2372 10178 9045 1545 2665 453 163 73 1440 619 874 610 .295 .362 .405 .767 Aug 23 Cohoes, NY, USA
12 Ira Davis 1 1899 1899 0 0.0 6 17 17 3 4 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 .235 .235 .412 .647 Jul 8 Philadelphia, PA, USA
13 Tim Donahue 8 1891 1902 0 1.7 466 1715 1500 196 354 57 12 2 163 54 142 109 .236 .314 .294 .608 Jun 8 Raynham, MA, USA
14 Bill Duzen 1 1890 1890 0 0.1 2 7 4 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 .250 .571 .500 1.071 Feb 21 Buffalo, NY, USA
15 Ben Ellis 1 1896 1896 0 -0.3 4 19 16 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 .063 .211 .063 .273 New York, NY, USA
16 Harry Felix 2 1901 1902 0 -0.3 17 45 38 3 5 0 0 0 2 0 4 10 .132 .214 .132 .346 Brooklyn, NY, USA
17 John Fitzgerald 1 1891 1891 0 -0.2 6 14 14 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 .071 .071 .143 .214 May 30 Natick, MA, USA
18 Charlie Frank 2 1893 1894 0 1.1 120 562 483 81 144 18 10 5 59 22 62 21 .298 .384 .408 .792 May 30 Mobile, AL, USA
19 Charlie Gettig 4 1896 1899 0 0.0 126 414 377 48 91 16 2 0 47 12 28 35 .241 .302 .294 .597 Baltimore, MD, USA
20 Jim Gilman 1 1893 1893 0 0.0 2 7 7 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 .286 .286 .286 .571 Jun 14 Cleveland, OH, USA
21 Jot Goar 2 1896 1898 0 0.0 4 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333 Jan 31 New Lisbon, IN, USA
22 Scott Hardesty 1 1899 1899 0 -0.2 22 76 72 4 16 0 0 0 4 2 1 10 .222 .243 .222 .465 Jan 26 Bellville, OH, USA
23 Burt Hart 1 1901 1901 0 0.3 58 233 206 33 64 3 5 0 23 7 20 22 .311 .383 .374 .756 Jun 28 Lone Tree Lake, MN, USA
24 Charlie Hastings 4 1893 1898 0 0.5 68 195 162 23 35 1 3 1 14 1 30 36 .216 .342 .278 .620 Nov 11 Ironton, OH, USA
25 Bill Hawke 3 1892 1894 0 -0.9 77 249 233 22 49 7 1 2 27 1 10 42 .210 .246 .275 .521 Apr 28 Elsmere, DE, USA
26 Jake Hewitt 1 1895 1895 0 -0.1 4 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .167 .333 Jun 6 Maidsville, WV, USA
27 Bill Hoffer 6 1895 1901 0 0.3 180 618 560 82 128 21 9 1 48 11 34 78 .229 .292 .304 .595 Nov 8 Cedar Rapids, IA, USA
28 John Hollison 1 1892 1892 0 -0.1 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 May 3 Chicago, IL, USA
29 John Houseman 2 1894 1897 0 -0.3 84 338 293 39 74 9 7 0 25 18 33 27 .253 .344 .331 .675 Jan 10 Netherlands
30 Billy Hulen 2 1896 1899 0 0.0 107 482 407 97 100 19 7 0 41 28 65 22 .246 .350 .327 .676 Mar 12 Dixon, CA, USA
31 Bumpus Jones 2 1892 1893 0 0.1 8 21 18 3 4 1 1 0 0 1 3 4 .222 .333 .389 .722 Jan 1 Cedarville, OH, USA
32 George Kelb 1 1898 1898 0 0.0 3 5 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 Jul 17 Toledo, OH, USA
33 Frank Killen 10 1891 1900 0 4.1 335 1148 998 151 241 28 17 11 127 9 131 216 .241 .335 .337 .672 Nov 30 Pittsburgh, PA, USA
34 Rudy Kling 1 1902 1902 0 0.0 4 15 10 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 4 1 .200 .429 .200 .629 Mar 23 St. Louis, MO, USA
35 Candy LaChance 12 1893 1905 0 8.7 1265 5307 4928 681 1380 198 87 39 693 192 219 429 .280 .318 .379 .697 Feb 14 Putnam, CT, USA
36 William Lackey 1 1890 1890 0 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Dec 8 St. Albans, WV, USA
37 Hi Ladd 1 1898 1898 0 0.0 2 5 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 Feb 9 Willimantic, CT, USA
38 Dan Leahy 1 1896 1896 0 0.0 2 7 6 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 .333 .429 .500 .929 Aug 8 Nashville, TN, USA
39 Tom Lipp 1 1897 1897 0 0.1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 Jun 4 Baltimore, MD, USA
40 Abel Lizotte 1 1896 1896 0 -0.4 7 32 29 3 3 0 0 0 3 1 2 2 .103 .161 .103 .265 Apr 13 Lewiston, ME, USA
41 Ernie Mason 1 1894 1894 0 0.0 4 13 12 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .250 .308 .250 .558 New Orleans, LA, USA
42 Pat McCauley 3 1893 1903 0 -0.8 37 130 119 14 23 3 0 3 12 3 7 12 .193 .244 .294 .538 Jun 10 Ware, MA, USA
43 Herm McFarland 5 1896 1903 0 5.1 352 1496 1278 204 340 61 28 13 167 64 175 138 .266 .362 .388 .750 Mar 11 Des Moines, IA, USA
44 Gus McGinnis 1 1893 1893 0 0.1 18 49 40 9 9 1 0 0 8 0 9 4 .225 .367 .250 .617 Barnesville, OH, USA
45 Bob McHale 1 1898 1898 0 -0.2 11 38 33 5 6 2 0 0 7 1 1 4 .182 .270 .242 .513 Feb 7 Sacramento, CA, USA
46 Bill Merritt 8 1891 1899 0 2.1 401 1556 1414 182 384 40 12 8 196 21 110 82 .272 .327 .334 .661 Jul 30 Lowell, MA, USA
47 Kid Mohler 1 1894 1894 0 -0.1 3 11 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .111 .273 .111 .384 Dec 13 Oneida, IL, USA
48 Sam Moran 1 1895 1895 0 -0.1 11 27 26 5 4 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 .154 .185 .346 .531 Sep 16 Rochester, NY, USA
49 Connie Murphy 2 1893 1894 0 -0.3 7 23 21 3 3 1 0 0 2 0 2 3 .143 .217 .190 .408 Nov 1 Northfield, MA, USA
50 George Nicol 3 1890 1894 0 0.5 43 158 147 24 51 8 5 0 26 4 6 6 .347 .381 .469 .850 Oct 17 Barry, IL, USA
51 Tom Niland 1 1896 1896 0 -0.5 18 75 68 3 12 0 1 0 3 0 5 4 .176 .243 .206 .449 Apr 14 Brookfield, MA, USA
52 Charlie Nyce 1 1895 1895 0 0.2 9 40 35 7 8 5 0 2 9 0 4 2 .229 .325 .543 .868 Jul 1 Philadelphia, PA, USA
53 Ed O'Neil 1 1890 1890 0 -0.5 12 43 40 0 5 0 0 0 2 0 3 .125 .186 .125 .311 May 19 Philadelphia, PA, USA
54 Joe Otten 1 1895 1895 0 -0.3 26 93 87 8 21 0 0 0 8 2 5 8 .241 .283 .241 .524 Netherlands
55 Dick Padden 9 1896 1905 0 7.2 874 3545 3157 423 814 113 46 11 334 132 224 164 .258 .326 .333 .660 Sep 17 Wheeling, WV, USA
56 Heinie Peitz 16 1892 1913 0 17.3 1235 4646 4124 532 1117 191 66 16 560 91 0 410 262 .271 .342 .361 .703 Nov 28 St. Louis, MO, USA
57 Ollie Pickering 8 1896 1908 0 7.2 886 3744 3352 500 910 96 39 9 287 194 287 336 .271 .334 .331 .665 Apr 9 Olney, IL, USA
58 Doc Powers 11 1898 1909 0 -4.1 647 2238 2088 183 450 72 13 4 199 27 72 296 .216 .248 .268 .516 Sep 22 Pittsfield, MA, USA
59 Tommy Raub 2 1903 1906 0 0.4 60 175 162 15 41 5 6 0 9 5 9 16 .253 .301 .358 .659 Dec 1 Raubsville, PA, USA
60 Floyd Ritter 1 1890 1890 0 -0.2 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Jun 1 Dorset, OH, USA
61 Bobby Rothermel 1 1899 1899 0 -0.3 10 23 21 1 2 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 .095 .136 .095 .232 Dec 18 Fleetwood, PA, USA
62 Phil Routcliffe 1 1890 1890 0 0.0 1 5 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 .250 .400 .250 .650 Oct 24 Frontenac, ON, CAN
63 Ed Scott 2 1900 1901 0 -0.5 59 180 171 15 29 6 2 2 19 0 2 45 .170 .193 .263 .456 Aug 12 Walbridge, OH, USA
64 Socks Seybold 9 1899 1908 0 22.7 997 4114 3685 478 1085 218 54 51 556 66 293 299 .294 .353 .424 .777 Nov 23 Washingtonville, OH, USA
65 Fred Siefke 1 1890 1890 0 -0.4 16 63 58 1 8 2 0 0 3 2 5 .138 .206 .172 .379 Mar 5 New York, NY, USA
66 Chappie Snodgrass 1 1901 1901 0 -0.3 3 10 10 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 .100 .100 .100 .200 Mar 18 Springfield, OH, USA
67 John Stafford 1 1893 1893 0 -0.1 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Apr 8 Dudley, MA, USA
68 Joe Sugden 13 1893 1912 0 7.3 836 3077 2729 303 696 72 25 3 283 48 0 220 165 .255 .318 .303 .621 Jul 31 Philadelphia, PA, USA
69 Joe Sullivan 4 1893 1896 0 1.1 415 1845 1656 289 495 45 29 11 227 51 117 80 .299 .362 .381 .743 Jan 6 Charlestown, MA, USA
70 Pop Swett 1 1890 1890 0 -0.3 37 112 94 16 18 4 3 1 12 4 16 26 .191 .321 .330 .651 Apr 16 San Francisco, CA, USA
71 Billy Taylor 1 1898 1898 0 0.0 9 27 24 2 6 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 .250 .308 .292 .599 Pittsburgh, PA, USA
72 Pussy Tebeau 1 1895 1895 0 0.1 2 8 6 3 3 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 .500 .625 .500 1.125 Feb 22 Worcester, MA, USA
73 Will Thompson 1 1892 1892 0 0.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 Aug 30 Pittsburgh, PA, USA
74 Deacon Van Buren 1 1904 1904 0 0.0 13 49 44 2 11 2 0 0 3 2 3 2 .250 .298 .295 .593 Dec 14 LaSalle County, IL, USA
75 Bill Whitrock 4 1890 1896 0 -0.7 46 146 139 22 28 5 1 0 15 2 5 7 .201 .240 .252 .492 Mar 4 Cincinnati, OH, USA
76 Gus Williams 1 1890 1890 0 0.1 2 4 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 New York, NY, USA
77 Tom Williams 2 1892 1893 0 0.0 11 32 28 6 6 0 0 0 2 2 4 6 .214 .313 .214 .527 Aug 19 Minersville, OH, USA
78 Ad Yale 1 1905 1905 0 -0.2 4 14 13 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 .077 .143 .077 .220 Apr 17 Bristol, CT, USA
79 Fred Zahner 2 1894 1895 0 -0.7 35 108 98 14 21 1 2 0 10 2 9 10 .214 .287 .265 .552 Jun 5 Louisville, KY, USA
Totals 280 1890 1913 0 286 18168 73784 65995 9663 17918 2757 1013 428 8440 2649 0 5510 5048 .272 .335 .363 .699

Pitching

Batters Above / Managers Below
Rk Yrs From To ASG WAR W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF Birthdate Birthplace
1 King Bailey 1 1895 1895 0 -0.1 1 0 1.000 5.63 1 1 0 1 0 0 8.0 13 8 5 0 0 0 1 0 1 37 VA, USA
2 Stub Brown 3 1893 1897 0 0.7 4 1 .800 4.90 13 7 5 4 0 0 71.2 89 55 39 4 37 10 2 0 3 335 Aug 3 Baltimore, MD, USA
3 John Buckley 1 1890 1890 0 -0.2 1 3 .250 7.68 4 4 0 4 0 0 34.0 49 32 29 5 16 4 0 0 0 167 Mar 20 Marlborough, MA, USA
4 Tom Colcolough 4 1893 1899 0 -0.1 14 11 .560 5.89 49 31 17 22 0 2 319.1 397 275 209 10 166 66 13 0 16 1497 Oct 8 Charleston, SC, USA
5 George Davis HOF 20 1890 1909 0 -0.4 0 1 .000 15.75 3 0 3 0 0 1 4.0 8 8 7 0 3 4 0 0 0 23 Aug 23 Cohoes, NY, USA
6 Bill Duzen 1 1890 1890 0 -0.6 0 2 .000 13.85 2 2 0 2 0 0 13.0 20 24 20 2 14 5 0 0 3 73 Feb 21 Buffalo, NY, USA
7 Harry Felix 2 1901 1902 0 -0.9 1 3 .250 5.36 10 5 5 3 0 0 47.0 64 37 28 1 11 10 0 0 0 209 Brooklyn, NY, USA
8 John Fitzgerald 1 1891 1891 0 -0.8 1 1 .500 5.63 6 3 3 2 0 1 32.0 49 32 20 2 11 16 2 0 2 157 May 30 Natick, MA, USA
9 Charlie Frank 2 1893 1894 0 -0.1 0 0 15.00 2 0 2 0 0 0 3.0 6 5 5 1 7 1 0 0 0 22 May 30 Mobile, AL, USA
10 Charlie Gettig 4 1896 1899 0 -1.8 15 12 .556 4.50 42 26 15 22 0 1 276.0 345 214 138 4 110 51 16 0 7 1260 Baltimore, MD, USA
11 Jot Goar 2 1896 1898 0 -1.1 0 1 .000 15.85 4 0 4 0 0 0 15.1 40 36 27 1 9 3 1 0 2 94 Jan 31 New Lisbon, IN, USA
12 Charlie Hastings 4 1893 1898 0 1.3 18 29 .383 4.55 67 45 20 36 0 2 451.1 534 327 228 11 176 115 29 1 25 2043 Nov 11 Ironton, OH, USA
13 Bill Hawke 3 1892 1894 0 3.6 32 31 .508 4.98 76 66 10 49 2 3 533.2 629 417 295 19 234 193 29 0 19 2459 Apr 28 Elsmere, DE, USA
14 Jake Hewitt 1 1895 1895 0 0.4 1 0 1.000 4.15 4 2 2 1 0 2 13.0 13 6 6 0 2 4 1 0 0 54 Jun 6 Maidsville, WV, USA
15 Bill Hoffer 6 1895 1901 0 18.1 92 46 .667 3.75 161 142 18 125 10 3 1254.1 1333 712 523 22 453 314 60 1 22 5453 Nov 8 Cedar Rapids, IA, USA
16 John Hollison 1 1892 1892 0 0.2 0 0 2.25 1 0 1 0 0 0 4.0 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 13 May 3 Chicago, IL, USA
17 Bumpus Jones 2 1892 1893 0 -0.5 2 4 .333 7.99 8 7 1 3 0 0 41.2 42 43 37 1 37 10 6 0 3 209 Jan 1 Cedarville, OH, USA
18 George Kelb 1 1898 1898 0 -0.5 0 1 .000 4.41 3 1 2 1 0 0 16.1 23 17 8 0 1 8 4 0 0 75 Jul 17 Toledo, OH, USA
19 Frank Killen 10 1891 1900 0 26.8 164 131 .556 3.78 321 300 17 253 13 0 2511.1 2730 1571 1054 55 822 725 85 3 64 10951 Nov 30 Pittsburgh, PA, USA
20 William Lackey 1 1890 1890 0 -0.2 0 0 9.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 1 4 2 0 3 1 0 0 0 10 Dec 8 St. Albans, WV, USA
21 Tom Lipp 1 1897 1897 0 -0.2 0 1 .000 15.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 8 5 5 0 2 1 0 0 0 19 Jun 4 Baltimore, MD, USA
22 Ernie Mason 1 1894 1894 0 -0.4 0 3 .000 7.15 4 2 1 2 0 0 22.2 34 29 18 1 10 3 0 0 0 109 New Orleans, LA, USA
23 Gus McGinnis 1 1893 1893 0 0.3 3 8 .273 4.99 18 9 7 7 1 0 104.2 124 87 58 2 48 25 5 0 5 486 Barnesville, OH, USA
24 Sam Moran 1 1895 1895 0 -0.8 2 4 .333 7.47 10 6 4 6 0 0 62.2 78 63 52 2 51 19 3 0 7 314 Sep 16 Rochester, NY, USA
25 George Nicol 3 1890 1894 0 -1.1 5 7 .417 7.19 17 12 4 7 0 0 91.1 118 106 73 7 84 45 9 0 4 476 Oct 17 Barry, IL, USA
26 Ed O'Neil 1 1890 1890 0 -2.3 0 8 .000 9.26 8 8 0 8 0 0 68.0 111 95 70 0 45 19 7 0 13 364 May 19 Philadelphia, PA, USA
27 Heinie Peitz 16 1892 1913 0 -0.3 0 1 .000 7.31 4 1 3 1 0 0 16.0 22 18 13 0 7 3 3 0 0 78 Nov 28 St. Louis, MO, USA
28 Ed Scott 2 1900 1901 0 2.3 23 26 .469 4.01 59 51 8 42 0 2 439.2 519 274 196 12 103 110 21 0 12 1900 Aug 12 Walbridge, OH, USA
29 John Stafford 1 1893 1893 0 -0.5 0 1 .000 14.14 2 0 1 0 0 0 7.0 12 15 11 1 7 4 0 0 0 40 Apr 8 Dudley, MA, USA
30 Joe Sugden 13 1893 1912 0 0.1 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Jul 31 Philadelphia, PA, USA
31 Will Thompson 1 1892 1892 0 -0.2 0 1 .000 3.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 3 5 1 0 5 0 1 0 0 18 Aug 30 Pittsburgh, PA, USA
32 Bill Whitrock 4 1890 1896 0 0.0 9 19 .321 5.35 38 30 8 25 0 1 244.0 307 216 145 12 110 58 19 0 17 1151 Mar 4 Cincinnati, OH, USA
33 Gus Williams 1 1890 1890 0 -0.4 0 1 .000 7.50 2 2 0 1 0 0 12.0 13 15 10 0 12 2 0 0 0 61 New York, NY, USA
34 Tom Williams 2 1892 1893 0 0.4 2 1 .667 4.36 7 3 4 3 0 0 33.0 42 22 16 2 11 9 1 0 3 152 Aug 19 Minersville, OH, USA
Totals 118 1890 1913 0 40.7 390 358 .521 4.46 950 768 167 630 26 18 6759.0 7778 4774 3349 178 2607 1840 318 5 228 30313

Managers

Batting / Pitchers Above
Rk Mgr Yrs From To G W L W-L% G>.500 BestFin WrstFin AvRk Birthdate Birthplace
1 Jimmy Collins HOF 6 1901 1906 842 455 376 .548 79 1 8 3.0
2 Bill Dahlen 4 1910 1913 615 251 355 .414 -104 6 7 6.5
3 George Davis HOF 3 1895 1901 252 107 139 .435 -32 7 9 7.6
Totals 13 1895 1913 1709 813 870 .483 -57 1 9 4.9


1871 MLB  Born this Year