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March 13
The record for March 13 in baseball history — 59 births and 38 deaths.
No milestones or firsts are on record for March 13 — but the players below were born and lost on it.
Born on this day
b. March 13, 1865 · Pitcher for the Chicago Pirates, 1890 to 1890.
b. March 13, 1868 · Pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles, 1892 to 1892.
b. March 13, 1875 · Pitcher across three clubs, 1902 to 1906.
b. March 13, 1885 · Catcher who batted .232 across three clubs, 1907 to 1914.
b. March 13, 1886 · A third baseman who led the American League in home runs four straight years, then sat out the 1915 season entirely rather than accept Connie Mack's terms.
b. March 13, 1889 · Catcher for the Chicago White Sox, 1916 to 1920.
b. March 13, 1892 · Spent his entire ten-season major-league career with Washington, catching and playing first base.
b. March 13, 1896 · Center fielder who batted .334 across two clubs, 1917 to 1935.
b. March 13, 1915 · Made the 1940 East–West game and led his Negro league in home runs before a brief Boston opportunity.
b. March 13, 1918 · Third baseman who batted .226 across five clubs, 1946 to 1954.
b. March 13, 1921 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1940 to 1942.
b. March 13, 1922 · Right fielder who batted .242 across three clubs, 1948 to 1952.
b. March 13, 1928 · Pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies, 1954 to 1955.
b. March 13, 1931 · Pitcher for the Washington Senators, 1950 to 1950.
b. March 13, 1931 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1955 to 1958.
b. March 13, 1936 · Left fielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers, 1958 to 1958.
b. March 13, 1939 · Right fielder who batted .235 across three clubs, 1961 to 1967.
b. March 13, 1949 · Pitcher for the Chicago White Sox, 1969 to 1973.
b. March 13, 1964 · Batted .303 with a swing people still describe, and hit a home run off Nolan Ryan in his first at-bat.
b. March 13, 1973 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1996 to 1998.
b. March 13, 1979 · Won two Cy Young Awards and a pitching Triple Crown, and was finished at thirty-three.
b. March 13, 1980 · Left fielder for the Kansas City Royals, 2004 to 2004.
b. March 13, 1989 · Caught 523 games across thirteen seasons and hit .310 for Boston in 2016.
b. March 13, 1991 · Pitcher across three clubs, 2014 to 2018.
59 players were born on March 13; these are the 24 best known.
Died on this day
d. March 13, 1885 · First baseman who batted .215 across two clubs, 1872 to 1877.
d. March 13, 1919 · First baseman who batted .211 across two clubs, 1887 to 1890.
d. March 13, 1928 · Shortstop who batted .235 across two clubs, 1887 to 1891.
d. March 13, 1929 · Led the National League in runs batted in four times and knocked out an umpire in 1911.
d. March 13, 1934 · Managed and played center field for the Hitless Wonders, who won the 1906 World Series with the lowest average in the league.
d. March 13, 1940 · Center fielder who batted .290 across four clubs, 1917 to 1930.
d. March 13, 1942 · Shortstop for the Pittsburgh Pirates, 1894 to 1894.
d. March 13, 1943 · Left fielder who batted .272 across three clubs, 1916 to 1922.
d. March 13, 1950 · Baseball figure for the Cleveland Naps, 1913 to 1913.
d. March 13, 1955 · Left fielder for the Philadelphia Athletics, 1914 to 1914.
d. March 13, 1961 · Right fielder who batted .335 across five clubs, 1937 to 1944.
d. March 13, 1977 · Third baseman for the Atlanta Black Crackers, 1938 to 1938.
d. March 13, 1979 · Pitcher across three clubs, 1912 to 1915.
d. March 13, 1983 · Pitcher for the Boston Braves, 1925 to 1925.
d. March 13, 1986 · Third baseman who batted .250 across three clubs, 1925 to 1933.
d. March 13, 1994 · Catcher who batted .261 across four clubs, 1939 to 1951.
d. March 13, 1995 · Elected to the Hall of Fame in 1995, and died that March, having waited fifty years for the call.
d. March 13, 1996 · Catcher for the Cincinnati Reds, 1938 to 1943.
d. March 13, 1999 · Catcher for the Philadelphia Phillies, 1942 to 1942.
d. March 13, 2000 · Third baseman who batted .255 across five clubs, 1958 to 1965.
d. March 13, 2005 · Catcher who batted .248 across three clubs, 1950 to 1961.
d. March 13, 2013 · Third baseman for the Boston Braves, 1942 to 1946.
d. March 13, 2015 · Was the unanimous Most Valuable Player in 1953 and missed the Triple Crown by a point on the last day.
d. March 13, 2025 · First baseman across two clubs, 1969 to 1978.
38 players died on March 13; these are the 24 best known.