April 13 in Baseball History — Milestones, Debuts, Births & Deaths

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The record for April 13 in baseball history — 5 milestones, 40 debuts, 4 final games, 42 births, 38 deaths and 811 games played.

Featured event · 2009

Orlando Hudson Hits for the Cycle, 2009

Orlando Hudson hit for the cycle for the Los Angeles Dodgers against the San Francisco Giants on April 13, 2009.

Apr 13, 2009San Francisco Giants @ Los Angeles Dodgers

Milestones · April 13

1991

Dave Winfield's Three-Home-Run Game, 1991

Dave Winfield hit three home runs for the California Angels against the Minnesota Twins on April 13, 1991.

1998

Lee Stevens's Three-Home-Run Game, 1998

Lee Stevens hit three home runs for the Texas Rangers against the Detroit Tigers on April 13, 1998.

2007

Carlos Lee's Three-Home-Run Game, 2007

Carlos Lee hit three home runs for the Houston Astros against the Philadelphia Phillies on April 13, 2007.

2009

Orlando Hudson Hits for the Cycle, 2009

Orlando Hudson hit for the cycle for the Los Angeles Dodgers against the San Francisco Giants on April 13, 2009.

2022

Vladimir Guerrero's Three-Home-Run Game, 2022

Vladimir Guerrero hit three home runs for the Toronto Blue Jays against the New York Yankees on April 13, 2022.

Major-league debuts · April 13

1909

Bob Groom

Bob Groom made a major-league debut on April 13, 1909.

1912

Jack Fournier

Jack Fournier made a major-league debut on April 13, 1912.

1916

Walter Schmidt

Walter Schmidt made a major-league debut on April 13, 1916.

1917

Hal Carlson

Hal Carlson made a major-league debut on April 13, 1917.

1917

Jimmy Ring

Jimmy Ring made a major-league debut on April 13, 1917.

1917

Dutch Ruether

Dutch Ruether made a major-league debut on April 13, 1917.

1921

Lew Fonseca

Lew Fonseca made a major-league debut on April 13, 1921.

1921

Butch Henline

Butch Henline made a major-league debut on April 13, 1921.

1921

Riggs Stephenson

Riggs Stephenson made a major-league debut on April 13, 1921.

1926

Tony Lazzeri

Tony Lazzeri made a major-league debut on April 13, 1926.

1926

Paul Waner

Paul Waner made a major-league debut on April 13, 1926.

1933

Bill Dietrich

Bill Dietrich made a major-league debut on April 13, 1933.

1933

Jack Knott

Jack Knott made a major-league debut on April 13, 1933.

1953

Bill Bruton

Bill Bruton made a major-league debut on April 13, 1953.

1954

Hank Aaron

Hank Aaron made a major-league debut on April 13, 1954.

1954

Frank Bolling

Frank Bolling made a major-league debut on April 13, 1954.

1954

Alex Grammas

Alex Grammas made a major-league debut on April 13, 1954.

1954

Wally Moon

Wally Moon made a major-league debut on April 13, 1954.

1954

Vic Power

Vic Power made a major-league debut on April 13, 1954.

1954

Curtis Roberts

Curtis Roberts made a major-league debut on April 13, 1954.

1954

Bob Skinner

Bob Skinner made a major-league debut on April 13, 1954.

1954

Bill Skowron

Bill Skowron made a major-league debut on April 13, 1954.

1955

Ted Abernathy

Ted Abernathy made a major-league debut on April 13, 1955.

1955

Gene Freese

Gene Freese made a major-league debut on April 13, 1955.

1955

Román Mejías

Román Mejías made a major-league debut on April 13, 1955.

1962

Dave Giusti

Dave Giusti made a major-league debut on April 13, 1962.

1964

Bobby Knoop

Bobby Knoop made a major-league debut on April 13, 1964.

1965

Davey Johnson

Davey Johnson made a major-league debut on April 13, 1965.

1966

Adrian Garrett

Adrian Garrett made a major-league debut on April 13, 1966.

1967

Tom Seaver

Tom Seaver made a major-league debut on April 13, 1967.

1968

Elrod Hendricks

Elrod Hendricks made a major-league debut on April 13, 1968.

1971

Rick Auerbach

Rick Auerbach made a major-league debut on April 13, 1971.

1973

Larry Christenson

Larry Christenson made a major-league debut on April 13, 1973.

1975

Pete Falcone

Pete Falcone made a major-league debut on April 13, 1975.

1976

Joel Youngblood

Joel Youngblood made a major-league debut on April 13, 1976.

1986

Kurt Stillwell

Kurt Stillwell made a major-league debut on April 13, 1986.

1990

Craig Grebeck

Craig Grebeck made a major-league debut on April 13, 1990.

1993

Ricky Gutiérrez

Ricky Gutiérrez made a major-league debut on April 13, 1993.

1999

Jeff Zimmerman

Jeff Zimmerman made a major-league debut on April 13, 1999.

2017

Joe Jiménez

Joe Jiménez made a major-league debut on April 13, 2017.

Final major-league games · April 13

1906

Hugh Duffy

Hugh Duffy played a final major-league game on April 13, 1906.

1991

Mike Scott

Mike Scott played a final major-league game on April 13, 1991.

1996

Alejandro Peña

Alejandro Peña played a final major-league game on April 13, 1996.

2014

Maicer Izturis

Maicer Izturis played a final major-league game on April 13, 2014.

811 regular-season games played on April 13

2025

Atlanta Braves at Tampa Bay Rays

Atlanta Braves 3, Tampa Bay Rays 8.

2025

Texas Rangers at Seattle Mariners

Texas Rangers 1, Seattle Mariners 3.

2025

San Francisco Giants at New York Yankees

San Francisco Giants 5, New York Yankees 4.

2025

Detroit Tigers at Minnesota Twins

Detroit Tigers 1, Minnesota Twins 5.

2025

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim at Houston Astros

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 3, Houston Astros 7.

2025

Kansas City Royals at Cleveland Guardians

Kansas City Royals 4, Cleveland Guardians 2.

2025

Boston Red Sox at Chicago White Sox

Boston Red Sox 3, Chicago White Sox 1.

2025

Toronto Blue Jays at Baltimore Orioles

Toronto Blue Jays 7, Baltimore Orioles 6.

2025

New York Mets at Athletics

New York Mets 8, Athletics 0.

2025

Philadelphia Phillies at St. Louis Cardinals

Philadelphia Phillies 0, St. Louis Cardinals 7.

2025

Colorado Rockies at San Diego Padres

Colorado Rockies 0, San Diego Padres 6.

2025

Washington Nationals at Miami Marlins

Washington Nationals 4, Miami Marlins 11.

These are the 12 most recent of 811 games played on this date. The sections above lead with what made the day matter.

Born on this day

Bill Barnes

b. April 13, 1858 · Center fielder for the St. Paul White Caps, 1884 to 1884.

Charlie Sweeney

b. April 13, 1863 · Pitcher who batted .251 across three clubs, 1882 to 1887.

Herman Long

b. April 13, 1866 · Made 1,096 errors, more than any player in the game's history, and was regarded as a great shortstop anyway.

Kid Elberfeld

b. April 13, 1875 · Shortstop known as the Tabasco Kid whose combativeness was as noted as his hitting.

Jake Stahl

b. April 13, 1879 · First baseman who batted .261 across four clubs, 1903 to 1913.

Vean Gregg

b. April 13, 1885 · Won 23, 20 and 20 games in his first three seasons, and 29 more in the eight years that followed.

Claude Hendrix

b. April 13, 1889 · Pitcher who won 144 games with a 2.65 ERA across four clubs, 1911 to 1920.

Al Platte

b. April 13, 1890 · Left fielder for the Detroit Tigers, 1913 to 1913.

George Shears

b. April 13, 1890 · Pitcher for the New York Highlanders, 1912 to 1912.

Ben Cantwell

b. April 13, 1902 · Pitcher who batted .231 across four clubs, 1927 to 1937.

Ken Jones

b. April 13, 1903 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1924 to 1930.

Biff Wysong

b. April 13, 1905 · Pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds, 1930 to 1932.

Jim Schelle

b. April 13, 1917 · Pitcher for the Philadelphia Athletics, 1939 to 1939.

John Stephenson

b. April 13, 1941 · Catcher who batted .216 across four clubs, 1964 to 1973.

Ike Brown

b. April 13, 1942 · Second baseman who batted .256 for the Detroit Tigers, 1969 to 1974.

Ed Amelung

b. April 13, 1959 · Right fielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers, 1984 to 1986.

Jeff Bittiger

b. April 13, 1962 · Pitcher across three clubs, 1986 to 1989.

Doug Strange

b. April 13, 1964 · Third baseman who batted .233 across six clubs, 1989 to 1998.

Jeff DeWillis

b. April 13, 1965 · Catcher for the Toronto Blue Jays, 1987 to 1987.

Jose Díaz

b. April 13, 1980 · Pitcher across two clubs, 2006 to 2008.

Hunter Pence

b. April 13, 1983 · Right fielder who batted .279 across four clubs, 2007 to 2020.

Anthony Castro

b. April 13, 1995 · Pitcher across three clubs, 2020 to 2022.

Cam Devanney

b. April 13, 1997 · Third baseman for the Pittsburgh Pirates, 2025 to 2025.

Edward Cabrera

b. April 13, 1998 · Pitcher for the Miami Marlins, 2021 to 2025.

42 players were born on April 13; these are the 24 best known.

Died on this day

Charles Yingling

d. April 13, 1897 · Shortstop for the Philadelphia Phillies, 1894 to 1894.

Charlie McCullough

d. April 13, 1898 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1890 to 1890.

Fred Cone

d. April 13, 1909 · Left fielder for the Boston Red Stockings, 1871 to 1871.

Gene Krapp

d. April 13, 1923 · Pitcher across three clubs, 1911 to 1915.

John Castle

d. April 13, 1929 · Left fielder for the Philadelphia Phillies, 1910 to 1910.

Joe Schultz

d. April 13, 1941 · Right fielder who batted .285 across seven clubs, 1912 to 1925.

Billy Gumbert

d. April 13, 1946 · Pitcher across three clubs, 1890 to 1893.

Cliff Bell

d. April 13, 1952 · Pitcher across four clubs, 1921 to 1931.

Ed Pipgras

d. April 13, 1964 · Pitcher for the Brooklyn Dodgers, 1932 to 1932.

Herb Welch

d. April 13, 1967 · Shortstop for the Boston Red Sox, 1925 to 1925.

Bill Yancey

d. April 13, 1971 · Shortstop who batted .259 across seven clubs, 1927 to 1936.

Frankie Kelleher

d. April 13, 1979 · Left fielder for the Cincinnati Reds, 1942 to 1943.

Earl Brown

d. April 13, 1980 · Pitcher for the New York Lincoln Giants, 1924 to 1924.

Cocaína García

d. April 13, 1995 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1927 to 1935.

Hal Peck

d. April 13, 1995 · Right fielder who batted .279 across three clubs, 1943 to 1949.

Harry Rosenberg

d. April 13, 1997 · Center fielder for the New York Giants, 1930 to 1930.

Jack Bolling

d. April 13, 1998 · First baseman across two clubs, 1939 to 1944.

Frenchy Bordagaray

d. April 13, 2000 · Third baseman who batted .283 across five clubs, 1934 to 1945.

Don Blasingame

d. April 13, 2005 · Second baseman who batted .258 across five clubs, 1955 to 1966.

Bill Baker

d. April 13, 2006 · Catcher who batted .247 across three clubs, 1940 to 1949.

Dutch Fehring

d. April 13, 2006 · Catcher for the Chicago White Sox, 1934 to 1934.

Mark Fidrych

d. April 13, 2009 · Went 19-9 with a 2.34 earned run average as the 1976 American League Rookie of the Year.

Don Leppert

d. April 13, 2023 · Catcher who batted .229 across two clubs, 1961 to 1964.

Tommy Helms

d. April 13, 2025 · Was Rookie of the Year in 1966, won two Gold Gloves, and was traded for Joe Morgan.

38 players died on April 13; these are the 24 best known.