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January 30
The record for January 30 in baseball history — 48 births and 22 deaths.
No milestones or firsts are on record for January 30 — but the players below were born and lost on it.
Born on this day
b. January 30, 1867 · Right fielder for the Louisville Colonels, 1892 to 1892.
b. January 30, 1872 · Pitcher for the Pittsburg Alleghenys, 1890 to 1890.
b. January 30, 1885 · Pitcher across three clubs, 1913 to 1915.
b. January 30, 1887 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1913 to 1915.
b. January 30, 1889 · Shortstop for the St. Louis Browns, 1912 to 1912.
b. January 30, 1911 · Pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds, 1944 to 1944.
b. January 30, 1917 · Pitcher for the Boston Bees, 1939 to 1939.
b. January 30, 1923 · First baseman whose 144-RBI rookie season for the 1950 Red Sox was never approached again in a twelve-year career.
b. January 30, 1925 · Pitcher across three clubs, 1954 to 1960.
b. January 30, 1929 · Pitcher for the Cleveland Indians, 1952 to 1952.
b. January 30, 1931 · Second baseman who batted .259 across four clubs, 1956 to 1963.
b. January 30, 1943 · Second baseman who batted .261 across four clubs, 1965 to 1978.
b. January 30, 1948 · Center fielder for the Texas Rangers, 1974 to 1976.
b. January 30, 1954 · Center fielder across three clubs, 1978 to 1984.
b. January 30, 1956 · Pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals, 1986 to 1986.
b. January 30, 1964 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1986 to 1988.
b. January 30, 1973 · Catcher for the Montreal Expos, 1998 to 1998.
b. January 30, 1990 · Pitcher for the Tampa Bay Rays, 2014 to 2015.
b. January 30, 1990 · Third baseman across three clubs, 2020 to 2024.
b. January 30, 1993 · Pitcher for the Miami Marlins, 2018 to 2018.
b. January 30, 1993 · Pitcher for the Miami Marlins, 2018 to 2018.
b. January 30, 1996 · Pitcher across two clubs, 2018 to 2020.
b. January 30, 1999 · Pitcher for the Chicago Cubs, 2020 to 2020.
b. January 30, 2000 · Pitcher for the Seattle Mariners, 2023 to 2025.
48 players were born on January 30; these are the 24 best known.
Died on this day
d. January 30, 1910 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1875 to 1878.
d. January 30, 1917 · First baseman across two clubs, 1887 to 1891.
d. January 30, 1917 · Third baseman who batted .233 across two clubs, 1882 to 1886.
d. January 30, 1922 · Pitcher who won 113 games with a 3.48 ERA across three clubs, 1890 to 1899.
d. January 30, 1929 · Pitcher for the St. Louis Browns, 1896 to 1896.
d. January 30, 1930 · Pitcher across three clubs, 1909 to 1916.
d. January 30, 1934 · First baseman for the Washington Senators, 1925 to 1925.
d. January 30, 1944 · Left fielder for the St. Louis Cardinals, 1924 to 1926.
d. January 30, 1948 · A left-hander Philadelphia gave up on at twenty-one, he won 240 games, 162 of them for the Yankees, and pitched for four of their championship teams.
d. January 30, 1959 · Pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies, 1911 to 1912.
d. January 30, 1961 · Second baseman who batted .268 across three clubs, 1917 to 1928.
d. January 30, 1962 · Pitcher for the Philadelphia Athletics, 1919 to 1919.
d. January 30, 1969 · Center fielder who batted .315 across five clubs, 1910 to 1925.
d. January 30, 1973 · Third baseman for the Chicago White Sox, 1914 to 1914.
d. January 30, 1981 · Pitcher across three clubs, 1945 to 1950.
d. January 30, 1992 · Left fielder who batted .256 across four clubs, 1938 to 1945.
d. January 30, 1992 · Third baseman for the Boston Braves, 1926 to 1926.
d. January 30, 1997 · Catcher who batted .258 across two clubs, 1965 to 1972.
d. January 30, 2007 · Had the best earned run average in the National League in 1943, then jumped to Mexico and was banned for five years.
d. January 30, 2013 · Pitcher across three clubs, 1957 to 1962.
d. January 30, 2022 · Pitcher for the New York Mets, 1987 to 1993.
d. January 30, 2025 · Pitcher for the Chicago White Sox, 1969 to 1970.