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December 24
The record for December 24 in baseball history — 45 births and 28 deaths.
No milestones or firsts are on record for December 24 — but the players below were born and lost on it.
Born on this day
b. December 24, 1877 · First baseman who batted .263 across four clubs, 1905 to 1909.
b. December 24, 1884 · Pitcher for the Chicago Cubs, 1904 to 1904.
b. December 24, 1884 · Pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals, 1911 to 1912.
b. December 24, 1886 · Pitcher for the New York Giants, 1906 to 1907.
b. December 24, 1889 · Center fielder for the New York Highlanders, 1912 to 1912.
b. December 24, 1889 · Pitcher for the Detroit Tigers, 1914 to 1914.
b. December 24, 1899 · Catcher and first baseman who appeared for fourteen Negro Leagues clubs across two decades.
b. December 24, 1912 · Catcher for the Philadelphia Phillies, 1939 to 1939.
b. December 24, 1913 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1936 to 1943.
b. December 24, 1915 · Shortstop for the Washington Senators, 1937 to 1937.
b. December 24, 1916 · First baseman who batted .231 across three clubs, 1946 to 1949.
b. December 24, 1924 · Second baseman for the Baltimore Orioles, 1954 to 1954.
b. December 24, 1930 · Pitcher for the Washington Senators, 1956 to 1957.
b. December 24, 1938 · Shortstop for the Cincinnati Redlegs, 1957 to 1959.
b. December 24, 1943 · Pitcher for the San Francisco Giants, 1963 to 1963.
b. December 24, 1949 · Shortstop who batted .255 across three clubs, 1971 to 1982.
b. December 24, 1964 · Catcher for the Toronto Blue Jays, 1990 to 1990.
b. December 24, 1971 · First baseman for the Arizona Diamondbacks, 2000 to 2000.
b. December 24, 1974 · Lasted nineteen seasons and ten clubs with a losing record every step of the way.
b. December 24, 1974 · Had the best earned run average in the American League in 2005 and finished the season 9-11.
b. December 24, 1983 · Left fielder who batted .255 across four clubs, 2008 to 2018.
b. December 24, 1985 · Shortstop who batted .233 across five clubs, 2010 to 2021.
b. December 24, 1992 · Pitcher for the Miami Marlins, 2022 to 2022.
b. December 24, 1994 · Pitcher for the Minnesota Twins, 2018 to 2019.
45 players were born on December 24; these are the 24 best known.
Died on this day
d. December 24, 1894 · Center fielder who batted .267 across four clubs, 1889 to 1893.
d. December 24, 1913 · Right fielder for the Cleveland Spiders, 1897 to 1899.
d. December 24, 1913 · Shortstop across two clubs, 1873 to 1874.
d. December 24, 1915 · Pitcher for the St. Louis Brown Stockings, 1882 to 1882.
d. December 24, 1927 · Second baseman who batted .245 across five clubs, 1884 to 1891.
d. December 24, 1938 · Third baseman for the Washington Senators, 1909 to 1909.
d. December 24, 1938 · First baseman for the Louisville Colonels, 1894 to 1894.
d. December 24, 1945 · First baseman across two clubs, 1911 to 1915.
d. December 24, 1947 · Baseball figure for the Detroit Tigers, 1918 to 1918.
d. December 24, 1953 · Catcher who batted .237 across two clubs, 1912 to 1921.
d. December 24, 1955 · Pitcher for the Boston Doves, 1907 to 1909.
d. December 24, 1956 · First baseman who batted .263 across four clubs, 1905 to 1909.
d. December 24, 1957 · Left fielder for the Chicago Cubs, 1919 to 1919.
d. December 24, 1958 · Catcher for the New York Giants, 1926 to 1926.
d. December 24, 1959 · Second baseman who batted .245 across two clubs, 1901 to 1903.
d. December 24, 1968 · Catcher who batted .265 across three clubs, 1920 to 1932.
d. December 24, 1978 · Second baseman across three clubs, 1915 to 1916.
d. December 24, 1978 · First baseman who batted .276 across four clubs, 1936 to 1948.
d. December 24, 1980 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1951 to 1953.
d. December 24, 1981 · Catcher for the Philadelphia Phillies, 1939 to 1939.
d. December 24, 1987 · Pitcher across three clubs, 1974 to 1981.
d. December 24, 2004 · Catcher who batted .250 across five clubs, 1970 to 1981.
d. December 24, 2016 · Pitcher for the Texas Rangers, 1989 to 1991.
d. December 24, 2017 · Second baseman who batted .213 across three clubs, 1956 to 1965.
28 players died on December 24; these are the 24 best known.