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March 26
The record for March 26 in baseball history — 46 births, 23 deaths and 1 games played.
1 regular-season game played on March 26
No milestones or firsts are on record for March 26 — but the players below were born and lost on it.
Born on this day
b. March 26, 1869 · Scored 109 runs with 173 hits for Pittsburgh in 1899, the peak of a twelve-season outfield career.
b. March 26, 1879 · Shortstop who batted .207 across two clubs, 1903 to 1905.
b. March 26, 1889 · Pitcher across four clubs, 1911 to 1919.
b. March 26, 1893 · Right fielder who batted .286 across two clubs, 1920 to 1924.
b. March 26, 1909 · Pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, 1940 to 1940.
b. March 26, 1913 · Pitcher across four clubs, 1936 to 1947.
b. March 26, 1914 · Center fielder across three clubs, 1938 to 1944.
b. March 26, 1917 · Pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds, 1946 to 1947.
b. March 26, 1939 · Pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies, 1960 to 1960.
b. March 26, 1955 · Pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles, 1983 to 1983.
b. March 26, 1958 · Pitcher across three clubs, 1982 to 1990.
b. March 26, 1967 · Right fielder across four clubs, 1991 to 1995.
b. March 26, 1968 · Drove in the winning run of Game 1 of the 2000 Subway Series in the twelfth inning, playing for the Yankees against the club that traded him away that July.
b. March 26, 1968 · Pitcher for the Texas Rangers, 1990 to 1992.
b. March 26, 1971 · Pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers, 1998 to 1998.
b. March 26, 1971 · Center fielder across three clubs, 1994 to 1998.
b. March 26, 1972 · Second baseman across two clubs, 1998 to 2001.
b. March 26, 1979 · Left fielder across two clubs, 2004 to 2005.
b. March 26, 1982 · Shortstop who batted .233 across four clubs, 2007 to 2016.
b. March 26, 1983 · Pitcher across three clubs, 2009 to 2012.
b. March 26, 1991 · Third baseman who batted .250 across four clubs, 2012 to 2021.
b. March 26, 1997 · Pitcher for the Houston Astros, 2020 to 2025.
b. March 26, 1998 · Baseball figure for the Cincinnati Reds, 2024 to 2024.
b. March 26, 2000 · Right fielder for the Baltimore Orioles, 2025 to 2025.
46 players were born on March 26; these are the 24 best known.
Died on this day
d. March 26, 1922 · Center fielder who batted .251 across four clubs, 1872 to 1875.
d. March 26, 1936 · Left fielder across two clubs, 1913 to 1916.
d. March 26, 1936 · Pitcher for the St. Louis Browns, 1911 to 1911.
d. March 26, 1937 · Pitcher across three clubs, 1896 to 1901.
d. March 26, 1942 · Third baseman who batted .244 across six clubs, 1898 to 1905.
d. March 26, 1944 · Catcher for the Cleveland Infants, 1890 to 1890.
d. March 26, 1947 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1914 to 1916.
d. March 26, 1960 · Pitcher for the New York Yankees, 1915 to 1915.
d. March 26, 1967 · Catcher across two clubs, 1911 to 1914.
d. March 26, 1973 · Batted .420 in 1922 for a St. Louis Browns club that finished one game out, and never played in a World Series.
d. March 26, 1974 · Third baseman for the St. Louis Terriers, 1915 to 1915.
d. March 26, 1975 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1908 to 1908.
d. March 26, 1986 · Pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds, 1945 to 1945.
d. March 26, 1987 · Third baseman who batted .235 across two clubs, 1941 to 1948.
d. March 26, 1990 · Right-hander who pitched for more than two decades in the Negro Leagues and later scouted for the Pittsburgh Pirates.
d. March 26, 2002 · Shortstop who batted .232 across three clubs, 1939 to 1947.
d. March 26, 2005 · Pitcher for the New York Yankees, 1939 to 1946.
d. March 26, 2014 · Right fielder across two clubs, 1952 to 1953.
d. March 26, 2017 · Pitcher across four clubs, 1987 to 1996.
d. March 26, 2020 · Was called the Toy Cannon, walked 1,224 times, and got no Hall of Fame votes at all.
d. March 26, 2021 · Third baseman for the Cincinnati Reds, 2000 to 2000.
d. March 26, 2022 · Pitcher for the Kansas City Athletics, 1965 to 1966.
d. March 26, 2026 · Pitcher across three clubs, 1977 to 1981.