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November 18
The record for November 18 in baseball history — 81 births and 25 deaths.
No milestones or firsts are on record for November 18 — but the players below were born and lost on it.
Born on this day
b. November 18, 1863 · Caught in twenty-six major-league seasons across four decades, from 1884 to 1912.
b. November 18, 1882 · Right-hander who won 31 games and threw 13 shutouts for the 1910 Philadelphia Athletics, then coached at Duke for two decades.
b. November 18, 1891 · Center fielder for the Cleveland Naps, 1912 to 1912.
b. November 18, 1896 · Pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates, 1921 to 1921.
b. November 18, 1910 · Returned after fourteen seasons outside the majors to play for Philadelphia in 1945.
b. November 18, 1926 · Led the American League in home runs and runs batted in for a club that lost 99 games.
b. November 18, 1933 · Pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates, 1958 to 1958.
b. November 18, 1938 · First baseman for the Washington Senators, 1961 to 1962.
b. November 18, 1940 · Pitcher across three clubs, 1962 to 1971.
b. November 18, 1952 · First baseman who batted .195 across five clubs, 1975 to 1982.
b. November 18, 1954 · Catcher for the San Diego Padres, 1980 to 1981.
b. November 18, 1958 · Third baseman for the Kansas City Royals, 1983 to 1983.
b. November 18, 1962 · Won 269 games across twenty-five seasons throwing a fastball that averaged under 80 miles an hour.
b. November 18, 1965 · Pitcher across three clubs, 1993 to 1995.
b. November 18, 1967 · Started 203 games, saved 158, and had a Stephen King novel named after him.
b. November 18, 1968 · Hit 509 home runs across eight clubs and 22 seasons, nine times an All-Star.
b. November 18, 1968 · Third baseman across two clubs, 1999 to 2002.
b. November 18, 1970 · Pitcher across six clubs, 1993 to 2000.
b. November 18, 1975 · Minnesota let him go at twenty-seven; he hit 483 home runs for Boston afterward.
b. November 18, 1980 · Pitcher across two clubs, 2005 to 2015.
b. November 18, 1982 · Pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers, 2009 to 2009.
b. November 18, 1985 · Pitcher across three clubs, 2011 to 2014.
b. November 18, 1998 · Pitcher for the Detroit Tigers, 2023 to 2023.
b. November 18, 2000 · Center fielder for the Tampa Bay Rays, 2025 to 2025.
81 players were born on November 18; these are the 24 best known.
Died on this day
d. November 18, 1922 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1873 to 1875.
d. November 18, 1928 · Catcher for the Washington Nationals, 1875 to 1875.
d. November 18, 1933 · Catcher for the Louisville Eclipse, 1882 to 1882.
d. November 18, 1939 · Pitcher for the Philadelphia Athletics, 1890 to 1890.
d. November 18, 1941 · Right fielder for the Washington Nationals, 1884 to 1884.
d. November 18, 1945 · Third baseman who batted .254 across four clubs, 1909 to 1920.
d. November 18, 1946 · First baseman who batted .254 across two clubs, 1904 to 1910.
d. November 18, 1948 · Right fielder for the New York Giants, 1898 to 1898.
d. November 18, 1951 · Catcher across three clubs, 1911 to 1919.
d. November 18, 1953 · Third baseman for the Brooklyn Superbas, 1904 to 1904.
d. November 18, 1959 · Catcher for the St. Louis Browns, 1909 to 1909.
d. November 18, 1962 · Pitcher for the Washington Senators, 1910 to 1910.
d. November 18, 1967 · Pitcher across four clubs, 1914 to 1919.
d. November 18, 1972 · Second baseman for the Homestead Grays through nine of their nine consecutive pennants.
d. November 18, 1979 · Went 16-2 at thirty-eight, throwing a knuckle curve with his back to the hitter.
d. November 18, 1983 · Led his league in strikeouts five years running, and spent most of them relieving Satchel Paige after the crowd had seen him.
d. November 18, 1996 · Second baseman who batted .259 across four clubs, 1956 to 1963.
d. November 18, 1996 · Pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, 1932 to 1932.
d. November 18, 1999 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1946 to 1954.
d. November 18, 2001 · Pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, 1946 to 1946.
d. November 18, 2003 · Pitched in the World Series at nineteen, younger than anyone before or since, and hit ten home runs.
d. November 18, 2004 · Catcher for the Cincinnati Reds, 1953 to 1953.
d. November 18, 2017 · Center fielder who batted .251 across four clubs, 1950 to 1955.
d. November 18, 2025 · Lost 22 games one year and won the Cy Young Award two years later, striking out almost nobody either time.
25 players died on November 18; these are the 24 best known.