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November 19
The record for November 19 in baseball history — 57 births and 26 deaths.
No milestones or firsts are on record for November 19 — but the players below were born and lost on it.
Born on this day
b. November 19, 1847 · Pitcher for the Cleveland Forest Citys, 1871 to 1872.
b. November 19, 1855 · Pitcher across three clubs, 1880 to 1884.
b. November 19, 1862 · Right fielder who batted .248 across three clubs, 1883 to 1890.
b. November 19, 1873 · Third baseman for the Washington Senators, 1899 to 1899.
b. November 19, 1881 · Third baseman for the New York Highlanders, 1911 to 1911.
b. November 19, 1892 · Shortstop who batted .249 across five clubs, 1914 to 1926.
b. November 19, 1895 · Left fielder who batted .267 across two clubs, 1919 to 1929.
b. November 19, 1904 · Negro Leagues pitcher who worked for more than a dozen clubs across two decades and was known for doctoring the baseball.
b. November 19, 1904 · Pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates, 1928 to 1928.
b. November 19, 1914 · Right fielder across two clubs, 1936 to 1937.
b. November 19, 1921 · Three Most Valuable Player awards in ten Brooklyn seasons, eight in the Negro Leagues before them, and a car crash that ended it.
b. November 19, 1926 · Right fielder across two clubs, 1951 to 1953.
b. November 19, 1943 · Pitcher across five clubs, 1963 to 1973.
b. November 19, 1945 · Stole 57 bases in 1970 to lead the National League, missed all of 1971 with a torn Achilles tendon, and came back to hit .283.
b. November 19, 1947 · Caught 2,225 games, which was the record, and is the middle of the only three-generation family of All-Stars.
b. November 19, 1956 · Pitcher across six clubs, 1979 to 1990.
b. November 19, 1971 · Third baseman who batted .216 across five clubs, 1996 to 2002.
b. November 19, 1975 · Pitcher across two clubs, 2002 to 2009.
b. November 19, 1979 · Most Valuable Player in 2006, a year after Rookie of the Year, with more home runs in that season than any other Phillie has hit.
b. November 19, 1985 · Second baseman for the Philadelphia Phillies, 2008 to 2008.
b. November 19, 1987 · Catcher who batted .236 across six clubs, 2012 to 2021.
b. November 19, 1993 · Pitcher for the Houston Astros, 2018 to 2025.
b. November 19, 1998 · Center fielder who batted .181 across five clubs, 2020 to 2024.
b. November 19, 2001 · Catcher who batted .230 for the New York Mets, 2022 to 2025.
57 players were born on November 19; these are the 24 best known.
Died on this day
d. November 19, 1891 · Pitcher for the Kansas City Cowboys, 1884 to 1884.
d. November 19, 1917 · Pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds, 1895 to 1895.
d. November 19, 1930 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1917 to 1922.
d. November 19, 1937 · Second baseman who batted .239 across eight clubs, 1882 to 1893.
d. November 19, 1939 · Pitcher who batted .220 across six clubs, 1880 to 1886.
d. November 19, 1941 · Pitcher across three clubs, 1897 to 1904.
d. November 19, 1944 · Pitcher for the Detroit Wolverines, 1884 to 1884.
d. November 19, 1951 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1901 to 1902.
d. November 19, 1951 · Pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, 1928 to 1928.
d. November 19, 1953 · Pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies, 1931 to 1931.
d. November 19, 1953 · Second baseman for the Cleveland Indians, 1926 to 1926.
d. November 19, 1955 · Catcher for the Chicago White Sox, 1918 to 1918.
d. November 19, 1957 · Pitcher who won 96 games across nineteen seasons and appeared in four different major leagues.
d. November 19, 1964 · Catcher who batted .247 across two clubs, 1919 to 1928.
d. November 19, 1976 · First baseman across four clubs, 1953 to 1956.
d. November 19, 1980 · Pitcher for the St. Louis Browns, 1909 to 1910.
d. November 19, 1987 · Pitcher for the Boston Braves, 1943 to 1943.
d. November 19, 1988 · Third baseman who batted .293 across four clubs, 1921 to 1930.
d. November 19, 1989 · Third baseman for the New York Cubans, 1940 to 1941.
d. November 19, 1995 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1945 to 1952.
d. November 19, 2004 · First baseman for the Los Angeles Dodgers, 1990 to 1990.
d. November 19, 2013 · Pitcher across three clubs, 1955 to 1958.
d. November 19, 2015 · Pitcher for the Detroit Tigers, 1957 to 1959.
d. November 19, 2021 · Right fielder for the Seattle Mariners, 1983 to 1986.
26 players died on November 19; these are the 24 best known.