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November 17
The record for November 17 in baseball history — 60 births and 30 deaths.
No milestones or firsts are on record for November 17 — but the players below were born and lost on it.
Born on this day
b. November 17, 1853 · Right fielder who batted .254 across two clubs, 1879 to 1884.
b. November 17, 1876 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1904 to 1905.
b. November 17, 1879 · Catcher for the St. Louis Browns, 1905 to 1905.
b. November 17, 1892 · Left fielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates, 1917 to 1917.
b. November 17, 1897 · Shortstop for the Detroit Tigers, 1920 to 1920.
b. November 17, 1901 · Third baseman for the Boston Braves, 1926 to 1926.
b. November 17, 1933 · Lost 20 games in 1963 and was still getting people out twelve years later, at forty-one.
b. November 17, 1933 · Pitcher across six clubs, 1962 to 1970.
b. November 17, 1938 · Pitcher across three clubs, 1963 to 1970.
b. November 17, 1943 · Pitcher for the Houston Astros, 1965 to 1967.
b. November 17, 1944 · The reason the 1969 Mets were credible: 25-7 with a 2.21 ERA for a franchise that had never finished above ninth.
b. November 17, 1945 · Pitcher for the California Angels, 1968 to 1968.
b. November 17, 1952 · Pitcher across three clubs, 1977 to 1982.
b. November 17, 1959 · Pitcher across five clubs, 1981 to 1989.
b. November 17, 1959 · Catcher for the Toronto Blue Jays, 1978 to 1978.
b. November 17, 1966 · Threw sidearm from six feet eight, struck out 829 men in 784 innings, and won four World Series rings.
b. November 17, 1971 · Left fielder who batted .248 across four clubs, 1996 to 2004.
b. November 17, 1973 · Catcher who batted .243 across six clubs, 1997 to 2006.
b. November 17, 1977 · Pitcher for the New York Yankees, 2004 to 2005.
b. November 17, 1978 · Center fielder who batted .250 across six clubs, 2004 to 2013.
b. November 17, 1983 · Right fielder who collected 2,388 hits across fifteen seasons with Baltimore and Atlanta, winning three Gold Gloves.
b. November 17, 1983 · Most Valuable Player in 2011, and in 2013 a 65-game suspension in the Biogenesis case.
b. November 17, 1990 · Catcher who batted .247 across three clubs, 2015 to 2025.
b. November 17, 1996 · Pitcher for the Kansas City Royals, 2021 to 2025.
60 players were born on November 17; these are the 24 best known.
Died on this day
d. November 17, 1934 · Center fielder for the Cincinnati Reds, 1914 to 1914.
d. November 17, 1935 · Pitcher for the Washington Senators, 1911 to 1914.
d. November 17, 1935 · Catcher across two clubs, 1884 to 1885.
d. November 17, 1937 · Catcher who batted .272 across five clubs, 1891 to 1899.
d. November 17, 1937 · Pitcher for the Chicago White Stockings, 1884 to 1884.
d. November 17, 1943 · Shortstop who batted .236 across six clubs, 1910 to 1923.
d. November 17, 1958 · Won 22, 21 and 22 games in three straight seasons with his brother catching him.
d. November 17, 1961 · Center fielder who batted .311 across four clubs, 1912 to 1920.
d. November 17, 1963 · Left fielder across two clubs, 1913 to 1918.
d. November 17, 1968 · Pitcher who won 116 games with a 3.16 ERA across four clubs, 1911 to 1924.
d. November 17, 1977 · Managed the Yankees at twenty-three, was named most valuable player in 1925, and made eight errors in that year's World Series.
d. November 17, 1980 · First baseman for the Pittsburgh Pirates, 1923 to 1924.
d. November 17, 1980 · Center fielder who batted .285 across two clubs, 1937 to 1945.
d. November 17, 1982 · Left fielder who batted .301 for the Newark Eagles, 1941 to 1948.
d. November 17, 1984 · Third baseman for the St. Louis Stars and Philadelphia Stars who batted .291 with 85 home runs in the surviving record.
d. November 17, 1987 · Won 223 games and lost 212, including a season in which he went 7-27.
d. November 17, 1989 · Shortstop across two clubs, 1951 to 1952.
d. November 17, 1998 · Catcher for the Memphis Red Sox, 1943 to 1948.
d. November 17, 2008 · Pitcher across three clubs, 1962 to 1971.
d. November 17, 2012 · Pitcher across three clubs, 1944 to 1947.
d. November 17, 2014 · Won 20 games at twenty-three for a World Series winner and was traded for Orlando Cepeda two years later.
d. November 17, 2016 · Pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies, 1956 to 1958.
d. November 17, 2023 · Right fielder who batted .270 across four clubs, 1956 to 1959.
d. November 17, 2024 · Pitcher for the Cleveland Indians, 1979 to 1979.
30 players died on November 17; these are the 24 best known.