b. April 4, 1881 · First baseman across two clubs, 1914 to 1915.

b. April 4, 1883 · Collected 352 hits across 1915 and 1916, leading the National League with 16 triples in the second year.

b. April 4, 1885 · Left fielder for the Boston Doves, 1909 to 1909.

b. April 4, 1888 · Center fielder who played so shallow he took throws at second base, and hit 792 doubles, still the record.

b. April 4, 1888 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1915 to 1918.

b. April 4, 1889 · Shortstop for the Boston Red Sox, 1910 to 1910.

b. April 4, 1910 · Led the American League in hits, doubles and triples in 1935 and lost the batting race by a point on the last day.

b. April 4, 1916 · Dropped a third strike that would have ended the 1941 World Series and was chosen for four straight All-Star teams anyway.

b. April 4, 1918 · First baseman for the New York Black Yankees, 1946 to 1946.

b. April 4, 1924 · Brooklyn's first baseman through the borough's best years, elected to the Hall fifty-nine years after his last game.

b. April 4, 1927 · Second baseman for the Philadelphia Phillies, 1945 to 1946.

b. April 4, 1937 · Catcher for the Philadelphia Phillies, 1961 to 1961.

b. April 4, 1941 · Pitcher across three clubs, 1966 to 1975.

b. April 4, 1942 · Was the best player the Angels had for a decade, and was traded for Nolan Ryan.

b. April 4, 1961 · Right fielder who batted .218 across six clubs, 1983 to 1991.

b. April 4, 1969 · Pitcher across five clubs, 1994 to 2003.

b. April 4, 1975 · Won eight Gold Gloves at third base and went from 10.2 percent on his first Hall of Fame ballot to election on his sixth.

b. April 4, 1977 · Left fielder across three clubs, 2001 to 2005.

b. April 4, 1981 · Pitcher across two clubs, 2004 to 2010.

b. April 4, 1987 · Was a top prospect traded twice before he turned twenty-two, then played fifteen seasons for eleven clubs as a role player.

b. April 4, 1991 · Was an All-Star at thirty-one, eleven years after Texas first brought him up at twenty-one.

b. April 4, 1995 · Pitcher across two clubs, 2021 to 2021.

b. April 4, 1995 · Pitcher for the Detroit Tigers, 2019 to 2019.

b. April 4, 2003 · Pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds, 2025 to 2025.

d. April 4, 1924 · Left fielder who batted .273 across six clubs, 1880 to 1892.

d. April 4, 1934 · Center fielder who batted .251 across five clubs, 1884 to 1891.

d. April 4, 1941 · Completed 18 of 24 starts and worked 200 innings across four major-league seasons.

d. April 4, 1945 · Catcher across two clubs, 1911 to 1912.

d. April 4, 1947 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1896 to 1898.

d. April 4, 1949 · Pitcher who batted .204 across three clubs, 1908 to 1915.

d. April 4, 1966 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1923 to 1926.

d. April 4, 1969 · Shortstop who batted .228 across two clubs, 1917 to 1922.

d. April 4, 1969 · Left fielder for the Boston Red Sox, 1911 to 1911.

d. April 4, 1971 · Won 207 games, and threw the pitch that killed Ray Chapman in 1920.

d. April 4, 1974 · Third baseman for the Washington Senators, 1919 to 1919.

d. April 4, 1977 · Center fielder for the Chicago American Giants, 1946 to 1948.

d. April 4, 1982 · Right fielder across two clubs, 1946 to 1947.

d. April 4, 1982 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1942 to 1952.

d. April 4, 1988 · Catcher for the St. Louis Browns, 1912 to 1912.

d. April 4, 1988 · Baseball figure for the New York Giants, 1941 to 1941.

d. April 4, 1991 · Hit .323 with 194 hits for Philadelphia in 1935, and finished his career hitting .307 across ten seasons.

d. April 4, 1999 · He stood one win short of 300 after twenty-two seasons and needed all of a twenty-third, at forty-three, to get it.

d. April 4, 2004 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1951 to 1959.

d. April 4, 2007 · Shortstop for the Philadelphia Stars, 1937 to 1938.

d. April 4, 2008 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1969 to 1970.

d. April 4, 2016 · Catcher across three clubs, 1942 to 1953.

d. April 4, 2024 · Shared the 1976 Rookie of the Year award and was traded for Tom Seaver the following June.

d. April 4, 2026 · Pitcher across four clubs, 1959 to 1967.