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December 30
The record for December 30 in baseball history — 47 births and 31 deaths.
No milestones or firsts are on record for December 30 — but the players below were born and lost on it.
Born on this day
b. December 30, 1851 · Shortstop who batted .228 across four clubs, 1879 to 1886.
b. December 30, 1877 · Baseball figure for the Baltimore Terrapins, 1915 to 1915.
b. December 30, 1878 · Pitcher across three clubs, 1902 to 1903.
b. December 30, 1897 · Second baseman who batted .235 across five clubs, 1920 to 1932.
b. December 30, 1901 · Right fielder who batted .308 across two clubs, 1929 to 1934.
b. December 30, 1928 · Pitcher for the Newark Eagles, 1948 to 1948.
b. December 30, 1929 · Left fielder across two clubs, 1954 to 1958.
b. December 30, 1931 · First baseman who batted .273 across two clubs, 1956 to 1963.
b. December 30, 1935 · Four no-hitters and three Cy Young Awards in six seasons, then retired at 30 with an arthritic elbow.
b. December 30, 1944 · Second baseman for the San Francisco Giants, 1965 to 1968.
b. December 30, 1967 · Pitcher across three clubs, 1991 to 1999.
b. December 30, 1970 · Pitcher for the Kansas City Royals, 1998 to 1998.
b. December 30, 1970 · Pitcher for the Detroit Tigers, 1995 to 1995.
b. December 30, 1976 · Caught 1,936 games across nineteen seasons and was the most disliked man in the game for most of them.
b. December 30, 1976 · Pitcher for the Kansas City Royals, 2001 to 2003.
b. December 30, 1977 · Came from Sydney, had four operations before he was thirty, and saved 38 games at thirty-five.
b. December 30, 1982 · Pitcher across two clubs, 2006 to 2011.
b. December 30, 1988 · Left fielder for the Boston Red Sox, 2014 to 2016.
b. December 30, 1988 · Pitcher across two clubs, 2015 to 2015.
b. December 30, 1988 · Pitcher across four clubs, 2014 to 2023.
b. December 30, 1989 · Pitcher across two clubs, 2013 to 2016.
b. December 30, 1991 · Pitcher for the San Diego Padres, 2016 to 2016.
b. December 30, 1995 · Center fielder who batted .229 across six clubs, 2020 to 2025.
b. December 30, 1998 · Right fielder who batted .234 for the Kansas City Royals, 2022 to 2025.
47 players were born on December 30; these are the 24 best known.
Died on this day
d. December 30, 1894 · First baseman for the New York Giants, 1892 to 1893.
d. December 30, 1896 · Right fielder for the Boston Red Stockings, 1871 to 1873.
d. December 30, 1898 · Pitcher across four clubs, 1871 to 1875.
d. December 30, 1903 · Shortstop for the Philadelphia Phillies, 1896 to 1896.
d. December 30, 1906 · Pitcher who batted .184 across three clubs, 1884 to 1889.
d. December 30, 1913 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1886 to 1891.
d. December 30, 1916 · Second baseman who batted .254 across two clubs, 1885 to 1890.
d. December 30, 1934 · Right fielder for the Cincinnati Reds, 1893 to 1893.
d. December 30, 1940 · Pitcher for the Louisville Colonels, 1895 to 1895.
d. December 30, 1946 · Pitcher for the Detroit Tigers, 1912 to 1912.
d. December 30, 1949 · Pitcher across three clubs, 1913 to 1915.
d. December 30, 1951 · Left fielder for the New York Giants, 1919 to 1920.
d. December 30, 1958 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1928 to 1933.
d. December 30, 1958 · Center fielder who batted .217 across two clubs, 1915 to 1919.
d. December 30, 1959 · First baseman who batted .244 across four clubs, 1890 to 1893.
d. December 30, 1962 · Shortstop who batted .269 across two clubs, 1927 to 1932.
d. December 30, 1968 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1951 to 1956.
d. December 30, 1974 · Center fielder who batted .281 across three clubs, 1907 to 1915.
d. December 30, 1978 · Shortstop who batted .222 across seven clubs, 1918 to 1934.
d. December 30, 1981 · Catcher across three clubs, 1913 to 1923.
d. December 30, 1998 · First baseman who batted .231 across three clubs, 1946 to 1949.
d. December 30, 2005 · Shortstop for the Philadelphia Phillies, 1931 to 1931.
d. December 30, 2023 · First baseman who batted .238 across two clubs, 1965 to 1971.
d. December 30, 2024 · Right fielder across two clubs, 1981 to 1983.
31 players died on December 30; these are the 24 best known.