This day in baseball ● On this day
December 28
The record for December 28 in baseball history — 44 births and 24 deaths.
No milestones or firsts are on record for December 28 — but the players below were born and lost on it.
Born on this day
b. December 28, 1847 · Center fielder for the Philadelphia Athletics, 1871 to 1874.
b. December 28, 1860 · Catcher across six clubs, 1883 to 1888.
b. December 28, 1864 · Right fielder for the Washington Nationals, 1884 to 1884.
b. December 28, 1875 · Pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles, 1901 to 1901.
b. December 28, 1898 · First baseman across two clubs, 1920 to 1928.
b. December 28, 1900 · Twenty-one seasons and 260 wins for one club, nearly all of it spent out of contention, and a late career pitching mostly on Sundays.
b. December 28, 1905 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1927 to 1935.
b. December 28, 1906 · Won 194 games with a 3.57 ERA for Detroit across 16 seasons, six times an All-Star.
b. December 28, 1923 · Left fielder across two clubs, 1949 to 1954.
b. December 28, 1946 · Pitcher who won 119 games with a 3.62 ERA across two clubs, 1969 to 1982.
b. December 28, 1947 · Took the 1976 Gold Glove at third base, ending Brooks Robinson's run of sixteen in a row.
b. December 28, 1952 · Scored the winning run in the sixth game of the 1986 World Series and homered to win the seventh.
b. December 28, 1960 · Pitcher across four clubs, 1984 to 1995.
b. December 28, 1971 · Left fielder who batted .274 across three clubs, 1998 to 2002.
b. December 28, 1972 · Catcher who batted .254 across five clubs, 1996 to 2006.
b. December 28, 1975 · Pitcher with 117 career saves across three clubs, 1999 to 2009.
b. December 28, 1979 · Third baseman who batted .248 across six clubs, 2002 to 2012.
b. December 28, 1984 · Pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals, 2012 to 2012.
b. December 28, 1989 · Catcher who batted .223 for the Los Angeles Dodgers, 2015 to 2025.
b. December 28, 1989 · Catcher who batted .247 across three clubs, 2019 to 2025.
b. December 28, 1992 · Pitcher with 124 career saves across four clubs, 2016 to 2025.
b. December 28, 1994 · Pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates, 2019 to 2019.
b. December 28, 1995 · Pitcher across three clubs, 2019 to 2025.
b. December 28, 1995 · Pitcher across two clubs, 2019 to 2025.
44 players were born on December 28; these are the 24 best known.
Died on this day
d. December 28, 1901 · Left fielder for the Chicago Colts, 1896 to 1896.
d. December 28, 1920 · Baseball figure across two clubs, 1871 to 1872.
d. December 28, 1935 · Catcher for the Brooklyn Atlantics, 1884 to 1884.
d. December 28, 1941 · Pitcher for the Cleveland Naps, 1904 to 1904.
d. December 28, 1943 · Right fielder who batted .287 across four clubs, 1908 to 1915.
d. December 28, 1944 · Catcher for the Chicago Colts, 1891 to 1891.
d. December 28, 1952 · Pitcher for the Detroit Tigers, 1916 to 1918.
d. December 28, 1963 · Pitcher across three clubs, 1912 to 1919.
d. December 28, 1967 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1918 to 1923.
d. December 28, 1968 · Negro Leagues pitcher who worked for more than a dozen clubs across two decades and was known for doctoring the baseball.
d. December 28, 1970 · Pitcher for the Philadelphia Athletics, 1923 to 1923.
d. December 28, 1974 · Pitcher across four clubs, 1933 to 1945.
d. December 28, 1979 · Left fielder for the Cleveland Naps, 1911 to 1912.
d. December 28, 1979 · Right fielder across two clubs, 1929 to 1933.
d. December 28, 1979 · Right fielder for the New York Giants, 1940 to 1940.
d. December 28, 1981 · Catcher across two clubs, 1925 to 1926.
d. December 28, 1986 · Catcher across three clubs, 1932 to 1940.
d. December 28, 1992 · Pitcher who won 119 games with a 3.15 ERA across five clubs, 1945 to 1958.
d. December 28, 1993 · Played all 154 games in 1935 without hitting into a double play, which nobody else has done.
d. December 28, 1995 · Baseball figure for the Atlanta Black Crackers, 1932 to 1932.
d. December 28, 2017 · Right fielder who batted .235 across three clubs, 1961 to 1967.
d. December 28, 2017 · Third baseman for the Boston Red Sox, 1967 to 1967.
d. December 28, 2023 · Right fielder who batted .227 across five clubs, 1965 to 1972.
d. December 28, 2023 · Pitcher for the Minnesota Twins, 1994 to 2004.