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March 18
The record for March 18 in baseball history — 56 births, 34 deaths and 1 games played.
1 regular-season game played on March 18
No milestones or firsts are on record for March 18 — but the players below were born and lost on it.
Born on this day
b. March 18, 1870 · Left fielder for the Baltimore Orioles, 1901 to 1901.
b. March 18, 1874 · Pitcher who became an outfielder, threw the first no-hitter in American League history, and managed the Chicago White Sox.
b. March 18, 1888 · Center fielder for the Chicago White Sox, 1914 to 1914.
b. March 18, 1888 · Pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals, 1909 to 1910.
b. March 18, 1898 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1920 to 1921.
b. March 18, 1901 · Pitched and played the outfield across twenty seasons, and hit his first career home run at thirty-eight, in his eighteenth season, then hit his second the next day.
b. March 18, 1911 · Is the only pitcher to have faced both Babe Ruth and Mickey Mantle.
b. March 18, 1916 · First baseman who led the National League in walks and on-base percentage three years running for Pittsburgh in the early 1940s.
b. March 18, 1917 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1940 to 1946.
b. March 18, 1918 · Pitcher across three clubs, 1941 to 1947.
b. March 18, 1926 · Pitcher across 10 clubs, 1950 to 1958.
b. March 18, 1955 · Center fielder who batted .246 across three clubs, 1978 to 1989.
b. March 18, 1957 · Pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals, 1980 to 1980.
b. March 18, 1962 · Pitcher across four clubs, 1985 to 1992.
b. March 18, 1976 · Catcher who batted .193 across five clubs, 2001 to 2013.
b. March 18, 1977 · Saved 327 games for eleven clubs and wore his cap crooked on purpose for all of it.
b. March 18, 1981 · Pitcher for the Colorado Rockies, 2007 to 2007.
b. March 18, 1982 · Pitcher for the San Diego Padres, 2008 to 2008.
b. March 18, 1982 · Pitcher with 128 career saves across three clubs, 2003 to 2010.
b. March 18, 1983 · Pitcher across two clubs, 2007 to 2011.
b. March 18, 1983 · Catcher across two clubs, 2009 to 2011.
b. March 18, 1989 · Catcher across three clubs, 2017 to 2019.
b. March 18, 1996 · Pitcher across four clubs, 2021 to 2025.
b. March 18, 1997 · Pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles, 2023 to 2023.
56 players were born on March 18; these are the 24 best known.
Died on this day
d. March 18, 1905 · Catcher who batted .307 across six clubs, 1871 to 1880.
d. March 18, 1910 · First baseman who batted .261 across two clubs, 1906 to 1909.
d. March 18, 1922 · Pitcher for the Detroit Tigers, 1905 to 1905.
d. March 18, 1938 · Second baseman who batted .239 across two clubs, 1901 to 1909.
d. March 18, 1939 · Center fielder for the Altoona Mountain City, 1884 to 1884.
d. March 18, 1944 · First baseman across two clubs, 1890 to 1894.
d. March 18, 1948 · Third baseman across two clubs, 1914 to 1916.
d. March 18, 1949 · Worked 82 innings for the Federal League's Brooklyn Tip-Tops during a four-season career.
d. March 18, 1960 · Went 8-3 with nine saves for the White Sox in 1955 and also hit .381 that season.
d. March 18, 1962 · Pitcher for the New York Highlanders, 1903 to 1904.
d. March 18, 1966 · Pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, 1927 to 1928.
d. March 18, 1968 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1922 to 1934.
d. March 18, 1969 · Catcher for the Cleveland Indians, 1916 to 1916.
d. March 18, 1970 · Pitcher for the Detroit Tigers, 1905 to 1905.
d. March 18, 1970 · Second baseman for the St. Louis Terriers, 1914 to 1914.
d. March 18, 1972 · Pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, 1927 to 1930.
d. March 18, 1984 · Catcher who batted .255 across five clubs, 1956 to 1967.
d. March 18, 1993 · First baseman who batted .299 across six clubs, 1927 to 1938.
d. March 18, 1993 · Right fielder across four clubs, 1954 to 1959.
d. March 18, 2004 · Pitcher across five clubs, 1947 to 1953.
d. March 18, 2011 · Center fielder across two clubs, 1943 to 1945.
d. March 18, 2013 · Left fielder for the Milwaukee Braves, 1956 to 1956.
d. March 18, 2016 · First baseman for the Chicago Cubs, 1951 to 1951.
d. March 18, 2018 · Right fielder for the Washington Senators, 1955 to 1957.
34 players died on March 18; these are the 24 best known.