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January 7
The record for January 7 in baseball history — 61 births and 32 deaths.
No milestones or firsts are on record for January 7 — but the players below were born and lost on it.
Born on this day
b. January 7, 1900 · Third baseman for the Philadelphia Phillies, 1923 to 1923.
b. January 7, 1902 · Catcher who batted .276 across four clubs, 1932 to 1943.
b. January 7, 1904 · Pitcher for the Washington Senators, 1923 to 1923.
b. January 7, 1910 · Drove in 65 runs for the Giants in 1937 and collected a career-high 128 hits the following year.
b. January 7, 1913 · Hit 51 home runs in 1947 and struck out 42 times, and had six three-home-run games, a total nobody has passed.
b. January 7, 1920 · Went 8-3 with nine saves for the White Sox in 1955 and also hit .381 that season.
b. January 7, 1922 · Was Rookie of the Year in 1948, led off the 1951 pennant-winning rally, and managed two clubs to pennants.
b. January 7, 1924 · Played one recorded Negro American League season before appearing in 444 National League games.
b. January 7, 1931 · Pitcher for the Washington Senators, 1952 to 1956.
b. January 7, 1935 · Played three infield positions across nineteen consecutive seasons for seven organizations.
b. January 7, 1952 · Left fielder for the Minnesota Twins, 1977 to 1977.
b. January 7, 1958 · Pitcher across three clubs, 1982 to 1986.
b. January 7, 1964 · Pitcher for the Minnesota Twins, 1986 to 1991.
b. January 7, 1969 · Left fielder for the Kansas City Royals, 1998 to 1998.
b. January 7, 1976 · Led the American League in hits, runs and stolen bases in the same season, from second base.
b. January 7, 1976 · Converted eighty-four save chances in a row and won the Cy Young Award unanimously in 2003.
b. January 7, 1982 · Reliever who saved 437 games with a 2.86 ERA across six clubs and 15 seasons.
b. January 7, 1982 · Catcher who batted .259 across five clubs, 2005 to 2016.
b. January 7, 1983 · Designated hitter who hit 424 home runs across six clubs, three times an All-Star.
b. January 7, 1984 · Was treated for lymphoma at twenty-two and won the last game of the World Series a year later.
b. January 7, 1984 · Catcher who batted .218 across three clubs, 2009 to 2015.
b. January 7, 1987 · Catcher for the Seattle Mariners, 2013 to 2013.
b. January 7, 1998 · Catcher across two clubs, 2023 to 2025.
b. January 7, 1999 · First baseman for the Pittsburgh Pirates, 2024 to 2025.
61 players were born on January 7; these are the 24 best known.
Died on this day
d. January 7, 1939 · Baseball figure for the Boston Rustlers, 1911 to 1911.
d. January 7, 1944 · Pitcher who won 228 games with a 2.82 ERA across four clubs, 1902 to 1915.
d. January 7, 1956 · Shortstop for the Detroit Tigers, 1920 to 1920.
d. January 7, 1957 · Catcher for the Philadelphia Phillies, 1906 to 1906.
d. January 7, 1962 · Pitcher across five clubs, 1910 to 1918.
d. January 7, 1962 · Shortstop for the Boston Red Sox, 1910 to 1910.
d. January 7, 1963 · Left fielder across two clubs, 1907 to 1912.
d. January 7, 1965 · Pitcher across four clubs, 1916 to 1923.
d. January 7, 1971 · Shortstop who batted .223 across two clubs, 1920 to 1926.
d. January 7, 1971 · Shortstop who batted .250 across three clubs, 1926 to 1933.
d. January 7, 1978 · Hit 64 doubles in 1926, a total only one man has ever beaten, and was named the American League's most valuable player for it.
d. January 7, 1981 · Pitcher for the Philadelphia Athletics, 1932 to 1932.
d. January 7, 1982 · Pitcher for the St. Louis Browns, 1925 to 1927.
d. January 7, 1998 · Pitcher for the Boston Bees, 1938 to 1939.
d. January 7, 2002 · Second baseman for the Philadelphia Phillies, 1940 to 1942.
d. January 7, 2003 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1941 to 1946.
d. January 7, 2005 · Pitcher for the Chicago White Sox, 1938 to 1939.
d. January 7, 2013 · Catcher for the Philadelphia Phillies, 1961 to 1961.
d. January 7, 2013 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1966 to 1970.
d. January 7, 2017 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1969 to 1976.
d. January 7, 2017 · Right fielder for the Washington Senators, 1951 to 1951.
d. January 7, 2018 · Second baseman for the Philadelphia Phillies, 1951 to 1952.
d. January 7, 2021 · Pitched 26 major-league games without winning one, then managed the Dodgers for twenty-one seasons.
d. January 7, 2022 · Pitcher for the Chicago Cubs, 1962 to 1962.
32 players died on January 7; these are the 24 best known.