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November 11
The record for November 11 in baseball history — 56 births and 27 deaths.
No milestones or firsts are on record for November 11 — but the players below were born and lost on it.
Born on this day
b. November 11, 1866 · Left fielder who batted .285 across three clubs, 1893 to 1896.
b. November 11, 1870 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1893 to 1898.
b. November 11, 1884 · Right fielder for the Cincinnati Reds, 1906 to 1906.
b. November 11, 1887 · Pitcher across three clubs, 1912 to 1915.
b. November 11, 1891 · A shortstop of five feet five who played twenty-three seasons and finished with more games at the position than any man before him.
b. November 11, 1892 · Pitcher for the Washington Senators, 1919 to 1921.
b. November 11, 1895 · Pitcher for the Boston Braves, 1921 to 1922.
b. November 11, 1898 · Drove in 1,273 runs while hitting 58 home runs in his whole career, and played all seventeen of his seasons for Pittsburgh.
b. November 11, 1899 · Pitcher for the Boston Braves, 1925 to 1926.
b. November 11, 1900 · Shortstop across two clubs, 1923 to 1926.
b. November 11, 1906 · Third baseman for the Cleveland Indians, 1930 to 1931.
b. November 11, 1912 · Second baseman for the Boston Braves, 1933 to 1933.
b. November 11, 1915 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1938 to 1944.
b. November 11, 1915 · Right fielder who batted .282 across two clubs, 1937 to 1947.
b. November 11, 1919 · Pitcher for the Boston Braves, 1947 to 1949.
b. November 11, 1937 · Pitcher for the Kansas City Athletics, 1957 to 1957.
b. November 11, 1954 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1981 to 1985.
b. November 11, 1962 · Right fielder who batted .247 across five clubs, 1986 to 1994.
b. November 11, 1964 · Saved 326 games for ten clubs across seventeen seasons and got no Hall of Fame votes at all.
b. November 11, 1966 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1993 to 1998.
b. November 11, 1969 · Hit 27 home runs and drove in 100 from second base in 1998 for a club that lost 97 games.
b. November 11, 1972 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1997 to 1998.
b. November 11, 1976 · Was a first-round pick who did not become a closer until he was thirty-six, and then saved 33 games.
b. November 11, 1997 · Pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds, 2023 to 2025.
56 players were born on November 11; these are the 24 best known.
Died on this day
d. November 11, 1912 · Third baseman across two clubs, 1887 to 1890.
d. November 11, 1922 · Catcher for the Cincinnati Reds, 1876 to 1876.
d. November 11, 1938 · Third baseman who batted .278 across five clubs, 1894 to 1902.
d. November 11, 1939 · Shortstop for the Troy Haymakers, 1871 to 1871.
d. November 11, 1946 · Pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals, 1919 to 1928.
d. November 11, 1951 · Pitcher for the Cleveland Naps, 1912 to 1912.
d. November 11, 1960 · Pitcher across three clubs, 1918 to 1922.
d. November 11, 1964 · Caught 1,074 games and spent thirteen of his fourteen major-league seasons with Detroit.
d. November 11, 1965 · Second baseman who batted .277 across five clubs, 1924 to 1927.
d. November 11, 1969 · Right fielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates, 1912 to 1912.
d. November 11, 1976 · Center fielder for the New York Giants, 1923 to 1924.
d. November 11, 1976 · First baseman for the Baltimore Terrapins, 1915 to 1915.
d. November 11, 1985 · Pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, 1930 to 1930.
d. November 11, 1985 · Pitcher for the New York Giants, 1945 to 1945.
d. November 11, 1991 · Center fielder across three clubs, 1943 to 1946.
d. November 11, 1991 · First baseman across two clubs, 1943 to 1947.
d. November 11, 1994 · Catcher across three clubs, 1932 to 1937.
d. November 11, 1996 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1941 to 1947.
d. November 11, 2008 · Struck out 245 as a rookie and 263 the year after, then took a line drive in the eye at twenty-three.
d. November 11, 2011 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1980 to 1988.
d. November 11, 2011 · Pitcher across four clubs, 1940 to 1948.
d. November 11, 2017 · First baseman for the Kansas City Athletics, 1956 to 1956.
d. November 11, 2023 · Pitcher for the Washington Senators, 1962 to 1964.
d. November 11, 2025 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1963 to 1966.
27 players died on November 11; these are the 24 best known.