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January 10
The record for January 10 in baseball history — 64 births and 30 deaths.
No milestones or firsts are on record for January 10 — but the players below were born and lost on it.
Born on this day
b. January 10, 1835 · His counted career line is 0 for 7, because everything he did as a player happened in a league the record book does not count.
b. January 10, 1873 · Center fielder who batted .305 across two clubs, 1897 to 1906.
b. January 10, 1878 · First baseman for the Brooklyn Superbas, 1905 to 1905.
b. January 10, 1879 · Pitcher for the Boston Beaneaters, 1904 to 1904.
b. January 10, 1888 · Second baseman who batted .292 across four clubs, 1912 to 1924.
b. January 10, 1888 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1912 to 1917.
b. January 10, 1894 · Left fielder who batted .303 across two clubs, 1920 to 1923.
b. January 10, 1898 · Outfielder who batted .338 in the Negro Leagues while simultaneously captaining one of the leading professional basketball teams of the era.
b. January 10, 1898 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1923 to 1925.
b. January 10, 1900 · Shortstop and third baseman who batted .350 with prodigious power in the Negro Leagues of the 1920s.
b. January 10, 1918 · Shortstop for the Philadelphia Athletics, 1939 to 1940.
b. January 10, 1922 · Pitcher across three clubs, 1948 to 1953.
b. January 10, 1938 · 521 home runs, a total he shares with Ted Williams and Frank Thomas, and a line drive in 1962 that is remembered for being caught.
b. January 10, 1940 · Pitcher for the Cincinnati Redlegs, 1957 to 1957.
b. January 10, 1944 · Pitcher across three clubs, 1966 to 1975.
b. January 10, 1946 · Pitcher for the Detroit Tigers, 1966 to 1967.
b. January 10, 1951 · Left fielder for the Kansas City Royals, 1975 to 1975.
b. January 10, 1956 · Second baseman across two clubs, 1983 to 1986.
b. January 10, 1960 · Center fielder who batted .242 across two clubs, 1986 to 1989.
b. January 10, 1973 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1998 to 1999.
b. January 10, 1976 · Second baseman who batted .272 across seven clubs, 1999 to 2012.
b. January 10, 1987 · Catcher for the St. Louis Cardinals, 2016 to 2017.
b. January 10, 1989 · Pitcher across two clubs, 2016 to 2018.
b. January 10, 1991 · Pitcher across two clubs, 2017 to 2022.
64 players were born on January 10; these are the 24 best known.
Died on this day
d. January 10, 1895 · Pitcher for the Kansas City Cowboys, 1889 to 1889.
d. January 10, 1907 · Shortstop for the Louisville Colonels, 1899 to 1899.
d. January 10, 1917 · Pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies, 1890 to 1903.
d. January 10, 1952 · Was the shortstop for Connie Mack's Athletics in the American League's first season, 1901, at thirty-seven.
d. January 10, 1952 · Pitcher across three clubs, 1923 to 1924.
d. January 10, 1956 · Center fielder who batted .292 across three clubs, 1896 to 1901.
d. January 10, 1960 · Shortstop for the Brooklyn Robins, 1916 to 1917.
d. January 10, 1962 · Left fielder across two clubs, 1921 to 1927.
d. January 10, 1966 · Third baseman who batted .281 for the New York Giants, 1927 to 1930.
d. January 10, 1970 · Pitcher for the Philadelphia Athletics, 1921 to 1921.
d. January 10, 1980 · Second baseman who batted .268 across two clubs, 1924 to 1935.
d. January 10, 1983 · Left fielder for the Memphis Red Sox, 1927 to 1928.
d. January 10, 1983 · Shortstop who batted .252 for the Washington Senators, 1940 to 1946.
d. January 10, 1986 · Pitcher for the Philadelphia Athletics, 1918 to 1918.
d. January 10, 1987 · Pitcher for the New York Yankees, 1937 to 1937.
d. January 10, 1996 · Catcher across two clubs, 1939 to 1948.
d. January 10, 1997 · Third baseman for the Philadelphia Phillies, 1945 to 1945.
d. January 10, 1997 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1940 to 1950.
d. January 10, 2004 · Pitcher across four clubs, 1939 to 1945.
d. January 10, 2016 · Pitcher for the Washington Senators, 1951 to 1951.
d. January 10, 2019 · Pitcher across three clubs, 1945 to 1954.
d. January 10, 2020 · Pitcher across four clubs, 1968 to 1976.
d. January 10, 2021 · First baseman who batted .244 across two clubs, 1963 to 1967.
d. January 10, 2025 · Second baseman who batted .261 across four clubs, 1956 to 1966.
30 players died on January 10; these are the 24 best known.