b. April 8, 1857 · Right fielder who batted .263 across seven clubs, 1875 to 1885.

b. April 8, 1860 · Catcher for the Baltimore Orioles, 1883 to 1883.

b. April 8, 1874 · Third baseman who batted .253 across three clubs, 1896 to 1900.

b. April 8, 1881 · Second baseman for the Philadelphia Athletics, 1903 to 1903.

b. April 8, 1887 · Center fielder across two clubs, 1911 to 1912.

b. April 8, 1901 · Center fielder for the Washington Senators, 1923 to 1924.

b. April 8, 1902 · Shortstop for the Philadelphia Athletics, 1925 to 1925.

b. April 8, 1908 · Third baseman for the Cincinnati Reds, 1944 to 1944.

b. April 8, 1910 · Third baseman across three clubs, 1932 to 1937.

b. April 8, 1914 · Pitcher across four clubs, 1943 to 1947.

b. April 8, 1918 · Baseball figure for the Detroit Tigers, 1949 to 1949.

b. April 8, 1927 · Hit so many home runs on Sundays in Detroit that the habit became his name.

b. April 8, 1943 · Had a heart attack at twenty-seven and set the saves record two years later.

b. April 8, 1946 · A perfect game at twenty-two, twenty wins in five straight seasons, and an arbitration ruling that showed owners the price of an open market.

b. April 8, 1954 · A catcher for 2,056 games and 324 home runs, whose two-out single in the tenth inning of Game 6 kept the 1986 Mets alive.

b. April 8, 1966 · Pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays, 1989 to 1989.

b. April 8, 1973 · Shortstop who batted .243 across six clubs, 1994 to 2006.

b. April 8, 1981 · Pitcher across three clubs, 2006 to 2011.

b. April 8, 1983 · Catcher who batted .203 across six clubs, 2008 to 2019.

b. April 8, 1983 · Catcher who batted .230 across four clubs, 2006 to 2019.

b. April 8, 1986 · Drew 1,330 walks, batted .241, and won a Gold Glove at thirty-eight.

b. April 8, 1986 · Won the Cy Young Award with a 13-12 record, and pitched fifteen seasons for one club without reaching the postseason.

b. April 8, 1987 · Was Rookie of the Year in 2011 with a 2.95 earned run average and won a Gold Glove the year after.

b. April 8, 1992 · Pitcher across two clubs, 2017 to 2020.

d. April 8, 1916 · Catcher across two clubs, 1892 to 1895.

d. April 8, 1924 · Shortstop who batted .207 across three clubs, 1879 to 1886.

d. April 8, 1940 · Second baseman who batted .242 across two clubs, 1906 to 1910.

d. April 8, 1940 · Shortstop for the Boston Beaneaters, 1905 to 1905.

d. April 8, 1961 · Left fielder who batted .281 across two clubs, 1926 to 1933.

d. April 8, 1964 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1959 to 1963.

d. April 8, 1968 · Pitcher for the Philadelphia Athletics, 1915 to 1915.

d. April 8, 1970 · Third baseman who batted .269 across three clubs, 1936 to 1947.

d. April 8, 1972 · Catcher across two clubs, 1911 to 1912.

d. April 8, 1975 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1931 to 1937.

d. April 8, 1978 · A sportswriter who became National League president and then commissioner, and is remembered for a footnote he may never have asked for.

d. April 8, 1982 · Right-hander for the Cleveland Buckeyes who pitched and later managed in the Negro American League.

d. April 8, 1985 · Pitcher across four clubs, 1935 to 1941.

d. April 8, 1989 · Pitcher across four clubs, 1943 to 1947.

d. April 8, 1990 · First baseman across two clubs, 1920 to 1928.

d. April 8, 1997 · Pitcher across three clubs, 1949 to 1954.

d. April 8, 1997 · Left fielder across three clubs, 1927 to 1934.

d. April 8, 2005 · Played four positions across fourteen seasons and collected a career-high 145 hits for the 1953 Cubs.

d. April 8, 2005 · Pitcher across six clubs, 1945 to 1955.

d. April 8, 2008 · Pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals, 1941 to 1941.

d. April 8, 2012 · Pitcher for the Boston Bees, 1939 to 1939.

d. April 8, 2022 · Left fielder for the San Francisco Giants, 1962 to 1962.

d. April 8, 2025 · Pitched for thirteen clubs, won a World Series at thirty-seven, and died when a nightclub roof fell in.

d. April 8, 2026 · Second baseman who stole 557 bases across four clubs, four times an All-Star.