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December 7

The record for December 7 in baseball history — 53 births and 29 deaths.

No milestones or firsts are on record for December 7 — but the players below were born and lost on it.

Born on this day

b. December 7, 1849 · Right fielder for the Cleveland Forest Citys, 1871 to 1871.
b. December 7, 1865 · Shortstop for the Philadelphia Phillies, 1894 to 1894.
b. December 7, 1885 · Pitcher for the Baltimore Terrapins, 1914 to 1914.
b. December 7, 1886 · Catcher across three clubs, 1914 to 1927.
b. December 7, 1895 · Pitcher for the Philadelphia Athletics, 1915 to 1915.
b. December 7, 1899 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1922 to 1931.
b. December 7, 1902 · Catcher across three clubs, 1922 to 1926.
b. December 7, 1911 · Started the one-game playoff that decided the 1948 pennant, and lost it.
b. December 7, 1911 · Second baseman who batted .273 for the Chicago Cubs, 1943 to 1948.
b. December 7, 1926 · Pitcher for the Washington Senators, 1945 to 1945.
b. December 7, 1927 · Won 20 games for Cleveland in 1962 and hit 15 home runs, which for a pitcher of that era is a great many.
b. December 7, 1930 · Catcher who batted .267 across five clubs, 1955 to 1964.
b. December 7, 1935 · Pitcher who won 102 games with a 3.92 ERA across five clubs, 1957 to 1970.
b. December 7, 1936 · Pitcher across five clubs, 1962 to 1970.
b. December 7, 1942 · Left fielder who batted .288 across eight clubs, 1964 to 1976.
b. December 7, 1947 · The catcher who made one-handed receiving standard: ten straight Gold Gloves, two Most Valuable Player awards, and 389 home runs, all for Cincinnati.
b. December 7, 1963 · Second baseman across two clubs, 1989 to 1990.
b. December 7, 1967 · Replaced Don Mattingly at first base for the Yankees and won four World Series in five years.
b. December 7, 1972 · Pitcher for the Milwaukee Brewers, 1999 to 1999.
b. December 7, 1973 · Pitcher for the Detroit Tigers, 2003 to 2003.
b. December 7, 1977 · Won six straight Gold Gloves at third base and was never chosen for an All-Star team.
b. December 7, 1990 · Pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, 2015 to 2019.
b. December 7, 1994 · Mets first baseman with 264 home runs on the record so far, five times an All-Star.
b. December 7, 2000 · Center fielder for the San Francisco Giants, 2024 to 2025.

53 players were born on December 7; these are the 24 best known.

Died on this day

d. December 7, 1893 · Center fielder for the St. Louis Browns, 1884 to 1884.
d. December 7, 1918 · Right fielder for the Hartford Dark Blues, 1874 to 1874.
d. December 7, 1928 · Pitcher across four clubs, 1889 to 1894.
d. December 7, 1940 · Pitcher for the Cleveland Naps, 1906 to 1906.
d. December 7, 1947 · Right fielder across four clubs, 1893 to 1901.
d. December 7, 1962 · Signed with the Washington Senators five separate times and lost twenty games in three different seasons.
d. December 7, 1964 · Left fielder for the New York Yankees, 1930 to 1930.
d. December 7, 1969 · Hit .398 with 254 hits in 1929, finished at .349 for his career, and then took the game to Japan.
d. December 7, 1974 · Center fielder for the Cleveland Indians, 1928 to 1928.
d. December 7, 1976 · Pitcher across three clubs, 1955 to 1961.
d. December 7, 1977 · Center fielder who batted .280 across three clubs, 1926 to 1931.
d. December 7, 1980 · First baseman who batted .293 across three clubs, 1937 to 1948.
d. December 7, 1980 · Catcher for the Boston Braves, 1927 to 1928.
d. December 7, 1984 · Pitcher across five clubs, 1958 to 1971.
d. December 7, 1986 · Pitcher for the Detroit Tigers, 1920 to 1920.
d. December 7, 1987 · Left fielder across two clubs, 1942 to 1946.
d. December 7, 1990 · Right fielder for the Philadelphia Athletics, 1943 to 1944.
d. December 7, 1991 · Pitcher across four clubs, 1923 to 1931.
d. December 7, 1994 · Catcher for the Washington Senators, 1951 to 1953.
d. December 7, 2010 · First baseman who batted .244 for the Philadelphia Phillies, 1940 to 1940.
d. December 7, 2010 · Pitcher for the Cleveland Indians, 1977 to 1977.
d. December 7, 2020 · A hitter the Hall of Fame took forty-eight years to elect, twice leaving him one vote short.
d. December 7, 2024 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1969 to 1970.
d. December 7, 2024 · Right fielder who batted .271 across four clubs, 1968 to 1980.

29 players died on December 7; these are the 24 best known.