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January 22
The record for January 22 in baseball history — 41 births and 27 deaths.
No milestones or firsts are on record for January 22 — but the players below were born and lost on it.
Born on this day
b. January 22, 1864 · Shortstop who batted .292 across two clubs, 1888 to 1891.
b. January 22, 1874 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1898 to 1902.
b. January 22, 1880 · Left fielder who batted .243 across three clubs, 1904 to 1906.
b. January 22, 1881 · Catcher who batted .242 across three clubs, 1906 to 1915.
b. January 22, 1889 · Center fielder who played on five World Series winners with the Philadelphia Athletics and Boston Red Sox.
b. January 22, 1892 · First baseman for the St. Louis Cardinals, 1912 to 1912.
b. January 22, 1896 · Left fielder for the Philadelphia Athletics, 1918 to 1918.
b. January 22, 1904 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1928 to 1934.
b. January 22, 1907 · Center fielder across two clubs, 1931 to 1934.
b. January 22, 1917 · Shortstop for the Pittsburgh Pirates, 1942 to 1943.
b. January 22, 1919 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1960 to 1963.
b. January 22, 1925 · Second baseman who batted .249 across five clubs, 1948 to 1958.
b. January 22, 1925 · Catcher across two clubs, 1948 to 1953.
b. January 22, 1929 · Shortstop across three clubs, 1952 to 1957.
b. January 22, 1941 · Pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles, 1967 to 1972.
b. January 22, 1948 · Pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates, 1970 to 1970.
b. January 22, 1957 · Left fielder across two clubs, 1983 to 1987.
b. January 22, 1963 · Left fielder for the Houston Astros, 1990 to 1991.
b. January 22, 1963 · Second baseman who batted .281 across five clubs, 1987 to 1995.
b. January 22, 1976 · Pitcher across four clubs, 1999 to 2004.
b. January 22, 1977 · Pitcher across two clubs, 2004 to 2007.
b. January 22, 1978 · Third baseman who batted .276 across four clubs, 2002 to 2014.
b. January 22, 1979 · Catcher who batted .264 across three clubs, 2006 to 2017.
b. January 22, 1998 · First baseman for the Tampa Bay Rays, 2024 to 2024.
41 players were born on January 22; these are the 24 best known.
Died on this day
d. January 22, 1896 · Right fielder across three clubs, 1871 to 1876.
d. January 22, 1923 · Right fielder for the Cleveland Spiders, 1897 to 1897.
d. January 22, 1932 · Pitcher for the St. Louis Brown Stockings, 1882 to 1882.
d. January 22, 1942 · A catcher who drew crowds for hitting the ball a long way, thirteen of whose seventeen seasons fall outside the counted record.
d. January 22, 1955 · Pitcher and outfielder for the Baltimore Elite Giants and New York Black Yankees who batted .345 in the surviving record.
d. January 22, 1955 · Pitcher across three clubs, 1901 to 1906.
d. January 22, 1956 · Center fielder for the Philadelphia Athletics, 1916 to 1916.
d. January 22, 1957 · Pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies, 1921 to 1923.
d. January 22, 1959 · Had the first 30-home-run, 30-stolen-base season, in 1922, and led the league in both home runs and runs batted in.
d. January 22, 1962 · Pitcher for the Philadelphia Athletics, 1910 to 1912.
d. January 22, 1966 · Pitcher for the Chicago Cubs, 1919 to 1920.
d. January 22, 1973 · Third baseman who batted .239 across two clubs, 1914 to 1918.
d. January 22, 1982 · Pitcher for the Cleveland Indians, 1947 to 1947.
d. January 22, 1989 · A shortstop who led his league in runs four years running and in home runs three times, from the hardest position on the field.
d. January 22, 1996 · Catcher across two clubs, 1953 to 1957.
d. January 22, 1997 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1945 to 1947.
d. January 22, 2001 · Made two catches in one World Series game that saved five runs and won the 1969 title for New York.
d. January 22, 2005 · Shortstop who batted .235 across two clubs, 1967 to 1971.
d. January 22, 2008 · Pitcher across three clubs, 1971 to 1974.
d. January 22, 2009 · Third baseman who batted .271 across five clubs, 1930 to 1942.
d. January 22, 2015 · Catcher across two clubs, 1966 to 1970.
d. January 22, 2017 · Third baseman who batted .218 across three clubs, 2005 to 2014.
d. January 22, 2021 · Passed Babe Ruth's home-run record in 1974, through a year of hate mail and death threats.
d. January 22, 2024 · Left fielder for the St. Louis Cardinals, 1957 to 1957.
27 players died on January 22; these are the 24 best known.