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March 25
The record for March 25 in baseball history — 53 births, 36 deaths and 1 games played.
1 regular-season game played on March 25
No milestones or firsts are on record for March 25 — but the players below were born and lost on it.
Born on this day
b. March 25, 1862 · Pitcher for the Washington Nationals, 1884 to 1884.
b. March 25, 1866 · Center fielder who batted .234 across four clubs, 1887 to 1893.
b. March 25, 1868 · Pitcher who won 177 games with a 3.84 ERA across six clubs, 1888 to 1899.
b. March 25, 1874 · Right fielder for the Chicago Cubs, 1904 to 1904.
b. March 25, 1887 · Stole 88 bases in 1912, more than anyone had in the American League, and roomed with Walter Johnson for sixteen years.
b. March 25, 1901 · Left fielder who batted .289 for the Chicago Cubs, 1923 to 1925.
b. March 25, 1909 · Threw a knuckleball for twenty seasons and was one of four knuckleballers in Washington's 1945 rotation.
b. March 25, 1913 · Center fielder who batted .221 for the New York Giants, 1940 to 1946.
b. March 25, 1914 · Pitcher across seven clubs, 1937 to 1941.
b. March 25, 1915 · Catcher for the Brooklyn Dodgers, 1939 to 1939.
b. March 25, 1919 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1949 to 1951.
b. March 25, 1922 · Center fielder for the Chicago White Sox, 1949 to 1949.
b. March 25, 1932 · Shortstop who hit 179 home runs, an unusual total for the position in his era, across fourteen seasons.
b. March 25, 1938 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1963 to 1964.
b. March 25, 1966 · Fourth among left-handers with 305 wins, and the player who spoke for the union through the 1994 strike.
b. March 25, 1967 · Pitcher across three clubs, 1990 to 1994.
b. March 25, 1969 · Catcher who batted .262 across two clubs, 1992 to 2005.
b. March 25, 1969 · Catcher for the Oakland Athletics, 1993 to 1995.
b. March 25, 1969 · Pitcher for the Minnesota Twins, 1994 to 1995.
b. March 25, 1972 · Third baseman across three clubs, 1995 to 1999.
b. March 25, 1975 · Pitcher across two clubs, 2001 to 2004.
b. March 25, 1977 · Pitcher across two clubs, 2001 to 2001.
b. March 25, 1987 · Pitcher across two clubs, 2013 to 2023.
b. March 25, 1990 · Shortstop for the Los Angeles Dodgers, 2014 to 2014.
53 players were born on March 25; these are the 24 best known.
Died on this day
d. March 25, 1897 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1891 to 1893.
d. March 25, 1904 · Pitcher across three clubs, 1875 to 1884.
d. March 25, 1906 · Shortstop who batted .228 for the Washington Senators, 1904 to 1905.
d. March 25, 1928 · Center fielder who batted .290 across two clubs, 1902 to 1906.
d. March 25, 1930 · First baseman who batted .237 across four clubs, 1884 to 1887.
d. March 25, 1936 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1883 to 1884.
d. March 25, 1941 · Third baseman for the Chicago Orphans, 1901 to 1901.
d. March 25, 1946 · Pitcher for the Philadelphia Athletics, 1906 to 1906.
d. March 25, 1949 · Left fielder for the Boston Doves, 1910 to 1910.
d. March 25, 1951 · Played 2,648 games at second base, more than anyone, and was one of the clean players on the 1919 White Sox.
d. March 25, 1951 · Pitcher across three clubs, 1892 to 1897.
d. March 25, 1958 · Catcher across four clubs, 1901 to 1909.
d. March 25, 1966 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1915 to 1920.
d. March 25, 1971 · Pitcher across three clubs, 1941 to 1947.
d. March 25, 1985 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1957 to 1959.
d. March 25, 1986 · Pitcher across three clubs, 1923 to 1931.
d. March 25, 1987 · Pitcher for the Birmingham Black Barons, 1941 to 1946.
d. March 25, 2005 · Catcher for the Baltimore Orioles, 1957 to 1961.
d. March 25, 2015 · Pitcher for the Detroit Tigers, 1972 to 1974.
d. March 25, 2017 · Pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals, 1953 to 1953.
d. March 25, 2019 · Shortstop for the Kansas City Athletics, 1955 to 1955.
d. March 25, 2020 · Pitcher across four clubs, 1964 to 1968.
d. March 25, 2021 · Third baseman who batted .279 for the New York Yankees, 1946 to 1954.
d. March 25, 2021 · Right fielder who batted .291 across three clubs, 1954 to 1966.
36 players died on March 25; these are the 24 best known.