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March 7

The record for March 7 in baseball history — 54 births and 34 deaths.

No milestones or firsts are on record for March 7 — but the players below were born and lost on it.

Born on this day

b. March 7, 1881 · Baseball figure for the New York Highlanders, 1905 to 1905.
b. March 7, 1881 · Pitcher across three clubs, 1903 to 1911.
b. March 7, 1884 · Pitcher who won 102 games with a 3.08 ERA across two clubs, 1906 to 1915.
b. March 7, 1888 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1912 to 1918.
b. March 7, 1890 · Threw an emery ball nobody could hit, got banned for it, and was one of seventeen pitchers grandfathered to keep throwing spitballs after 1920.
b. March 7, 1894 · Second baseman who batted .224 across seven clubs, 1916 to 1929.
b. March 7, 1894 · Left fielder for the New York Yankees, 1919 to 1920.
b. March 7, 1895 · Right fielder across two clubs, 1923 to 1925.
b. March 7, 1900 · Baseball figure for the Cleveland Elites, 1926 to 1926.
b. March 7, 1901 · Right fielder for the Brooklyn Robins, 1924 to 1925.
b. March 7, 1910 · Pitcher across six clubs, 1932 to 1948.
b. March 7, 1910 · Pitcher for the Philadelphia Athletics, 1936 to 1937.
b. March 7, 1931 · Catcher across two clubs, 1953 to 1957.
b. March 7, 1933 · First baseman who batted .265 across three clubs, 1956 to 1962.
b. March 7, 1936 · Pitcher across three clubs, 1961 to 1969.
b. March 7, 1951 · Was the American League's Most Valuable Player at twenty-three and hit 41 home runs three years later.
b. March 7, 1958 · Center fielder who batted .251 across two clubs, 1981 to 1989.
b. March 7, 1960 · Right fielder who hit the 1993 World Series-winning home run, driving in 1,445 runs across six clubs.
b. March 7, 1962 · Pitcher for the Minnesota Twins, 1988 to 1989.
b. March 7, 1968 · Hit 377 home runs, more than any other second baseman, and waited until a 2026 committee vote to reach the Hall of Fame.
b. March 7, 1968 · Pitcher across three clubs, 1991 to 1994.
b. March 7, 1983 · Left fielder for the San Diego Padres, 2007 to 2009.
b. March 7, 1998 · Right fielder across two clubs, 2024 to 2025.
b. March 7, 2001 · Center fielder who won National League Rookie of the Year for Atlanta in 2022 and signed an eight-year contract before the season ended.

54 players were born on March 7; these are the 24 best known.

Died on this day

d. March 7, 1892 · Right fielder for the New York Metropolitans, 1887 to 1887.
d. March 7, 1902 · The first pitcher to win 300 games. Only Cy Young has thrown more innings or finished more of his own starts.
d. March 7, 1905 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1884 to 1884.
d. March 7, 1916 · Catcher for the Cleveland Spiders, 1895 to 1895.
d. March 7, 1932 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1898 to 1902.
d. March 7, 1934 · Shortstop for the Washington Senators, 1895 to 1895.
d. March 7, 1937 · Pitcher across four clubs, 1884 to 1890.
d. March 7, 1940 · Left fielder for the St. Louis Browns, 1913 to 1913.
d. March 7, 1941 · Pitcher for the Philadelphia Athletics, 1927 to 1927.
d. March 7, 1950 · Pitcher for the Chicago White Sox, 1927 to 1927.
d. March 7, 1959 · Pitcher for the Detroit Tigers, 1920 to 1920.
d. March 7, 1967 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1928 to 1930.
d. March 7, 1967 · Left fielder who batted .263 across two clubs, 1944 to 1948.
d. March 7, 1968 · Right fielder who batted .306 across seven clubs, 1925 to 1936.
d. March 7, 1975 · Shortstop for the St. Louis Cardinals, 1931 to 1931.
d. March 7, 1976 · Catcher across three clubs, 1930 to 1945.
d. March 7, 1986 · Left fielder across two clubs, 1930 to 1931.
d. March 7, 1991 · Eight stolen-base titles, as many as Lou Brock, in a career the box scores recorded only in part.
d. March 7, 2000 · Won sixteen games in a row in 1962 and started three games of that World Series.
d. March 7, 2002 · Shortstop who batted .272 across three clubs, 1933 to 1938.
d. March 7, 2003 · Right fielder who batted .268 for the Cincinnati Reds, 1945 to 1946.
d. March 7, 2007 · Left fielder for the Philadelphia Athletics, 1936 to 1936.
d. March 7, 2013 · Pitcher for the Cleveland Indians, 1960 to 1960.
d. March 7, 2013 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1959 to 1960.

34 players died on March 7; these are the 24 best known.