b. April 2, 1869 · Hit by 287 pitches, more than any other player in this archive, and by 51 in 1896, the most in any single season.

b. April 2, 1889 · Pitcher for the Cleveland Naps, 1910 to 1911.

b. April 2, 1889 · Pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds, 1912 to 1912.

b. April 2, 1902 · Shortstop who batted .259 across seven clubs, 1927 to 1936.

b. April 2, 1906 · Second baseman for the Chicago White Sox, 1927 to 1927.

b. April 2, 1907 · Twenty seasons at shortstop for a club that never finished higher than third, and still the White Sox record for games played.

b. April 2, 1911 · Pitcher across three clubs, 1936 to 1940.

b. April 2, 1915 · Reached the National League at twenty-five and worked in it for twenty-eight seasons across thirty-one years, with two lost to the war.

b. April 2, 1924 · Second baseman who batted .281 across four clubs, 1949 to 1959.

b. April 2, 1927 · Won 211 games and finished 193 of them, and got five votes on his first Hall of Fame ballot.

b. April 2, 1930 · Pitcher across three clubs, 1955 to 1960.

b. April 2, 1938 · Second baseman who batted .219 across two clubs, 1962 to 1971.

b. April 2, 1945 · He made 756 starts, third-most in history, and won 324 games without ever taking a Cy Young Award.

b. April 2, 1945 · Seven All-Star teams, 314 home runs, a Gold Glove in center field, and three votes on his only ballot.

b. April 2, 1955 · Left fielder who batted .272 across three clubs, 1978 to 1986.

b. April 2, 1959 · Pitcher across three clubs, 1983 to 1990.

b. April 2, 1968 · Pitcher across four clubs, 1993 to 2004.

b. April 2, 1970 · Went 20-6 for the Cubs in 2001 and walked 41 men in 232 innings doing it.

b. April 2, 1981 · Third baseman across three clubs, 2007 to 2010.

b. April 2, 1987 · Right fielder for the Toronto Blue Jays, 2014 to 2014.

b. April 2, 1996 · Pitcher across two clubs, 2020 to 2024.

b. April 2, 1997 · Third baseman who batted .270 for the Atlanta Braves, 2019 to 2025.

b. April 2, 1998 · Pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds, 2023 to 2024.

b. April 2, 1999 · Pitcher for the Miami Marlins, 2025 to 2025.

d. April 2, 1897 · Center fielder for the Louisville Colonels, 1889 to 1889.

d. April 2, 1910 · First baseman who batted .256 for the Pittsburgh Pirates, 1906 to 1907.

d. April 2, 1932 · Played and managed for Boston's National League club through most of its first fifteen years, from 1876 to 1890.

d. April 2, 1932 · Pitcher for the Washington Senators, 1893 to 1893.

d. April 2, 1933 · Right fielder for the Louisville Colonels, 1888 to 1888.

d. April 2, 1935 · Pitcher across four clubs, 1911 to 1919.

d. April 2, 1947 · Center fielder who batted .233 across four clubs, 1901 to 1908.

d. April 2, 1948 · Shortstop who batted .244 across 12 clubs, 1911 to 1932.

d. April 2, 1950 · Pitcher for the New York Giants, 1899 to 1899.

d. April 2, 1969 · Pitcher for the Boston Braves, 1943 to 1945.

d. April 2, 1969 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1921 to 1929.

d. April 2, 1970 · Pitcher for the Philadelphia Athletics, 1915 to 1916.

d. April 2, 1970 · Right fielder who batted .286 across four clubs, 1942 to 1954.

d. April 2, 1972 · Brooklyn's first baseman through the borough's best years, elected to the Hall fifty-nine years after his last game.

d. April 2, 1978 · Third baseman who batted .264 across two clubs, 1932 to 1943.

d. April 2, 1981 · First baseman for the Philadelphia Athletics, 1914 to 1914.

d. April 2, 1982 · Catcher across four clubs, 1929 to 1943.

d. April 2, 1984 · Shortstop who batted .235 across two clubs, 1919 to 1925.

d. April 2, 1992 · Second baseman who batted .267 across two clubs, 1930 to 1935.

d. April 2, 1994 · Pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals, 1925 to 1925.

d. April 2, 1997 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1935 to 1936.

d. April 2, 2003 · Pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies, 1942 to 1942.

d. April 2, 2010 · Won the 1969 Cy Young Award, going 185-130 with a 3.14 ERA across five clubs.

d. April 2, 2012 · Right fielder who batted .262 across four clubs, 1947 to 1953.