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November 25
The record for November 25 in baseball history — 63 births and 27 deaths.
No milestones or firsts are on record for November 25 — but the players below were born and lost on it.
Born on this day
b. November 25, 1846 · Baseball figure across two clubs, 1871 to 1872.
b. November 25, 1865 · Completed 287 of his 311 starts and won 28 games at thirty-two after four years out of the major leagues.
b. November 25, 1880 · Pitcher across three clubs, 1904 to 1910.
b. November 25, 1882 · Third baseman for the Philadelphia Athletics, 1906 to 1906.
b. November 25, 1889 · Pitcher for the Boston Braves, 1914 to 1915.
b. November 25, 1895 · Pitched fourteen years for second-division clubs and finished 72-95 with a 3.88 earned run average.
b. November 25, 1896 · Left fielder who batted .303 across 12 clubs, 1920 to 1938.
b. November 25, 1914 · Hit in 56 straight games in 1941, a record no one has approached, and won nine World Series in thirteen seasons.
b. November 25, 1914 · Center fielder for the Birmingham Black Barons, 1940 to 1940.
b. November 25, 1915 · Catcher for the Philadelphia Blue Jays, 1943 to 1944.
b. November 25, 1916 · Right fielder who batted .277 across five clubs, 1938 to 1947.
b. November 25, 1922 · Pitcher across four clubs, 1948 to 1955.
b. November 25, 1923 · Right fielder across three clubs, 1951 to 1952.
b. November 25, 1933 · Pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates, 1956 to 1956.
b. November 25, 1940 · Pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals, 1965 to 1966.
b. November 25, 1942 · Third baseman for the San Francisco Giants, 1967 to 1969.
b. November 25, 1946 · Pitcher for the Detroit Tigers, 1972 to 1972.
b. November 25, 1951 · Shortstop who batted .247 across four clubs, 1973 to 1984.
b. November 25, 1956 · Third baseman for the Toronto Blue Jays, 1982 to 1982.
b. November 25, 1957 · Left fielder who batted .246 across four clubs, 1980 to 1993.
b. November 25, 1973 · Pitched for thirteen clubs, won a World Series at thirty-seven, and died when a nightclub roof fell in.
b. November 25, 1997 · Center fielder across two clubs, 2020 to 2024.
b. November 25, 1998 · Left fielder who batted .268 for the St. Louis Cardinals, 2022 to 2025.
b. November 25, 1999 · Pitcher for the Texas Rangers, 2024 to 2025.
63 players were born on November 25; these are the 24 best known.
Died on this day
d. November 25, 1903 · Pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles, 1885 to 1885.
d. November 25, 1918 · Third baseman for the Washington Nationals, 1884 to 1884.
d. November 25, 1919 · Right fielder who batted .286 for the Kansas City Packers, 1914 to 1915.
d. November 25, 1932 · Collected 154 hits and drove in 79 runs for Detroit in 1903, then returned eight years after his prior season.
d. November 25, 1937 · Shortstop for the Philadelphia Athletics, 1890 to 1890.
d. November 25, 1944 · The first Commissioner of Baseball, from 1920 until his death in 1944, and the whole of his tenure was played under the color line.
d. November 25, 1945 · First baseman across two clubs, 1909 to 1909.
d. November 25, 1974 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1909 to 1912.
d. November 25, 1974 · Left fielder across three clubs, 1924 to 1928.
d. November 25, 1974 · Pitcher for the Chicago Cubs, 1924 to 1925.
d. November 25, 1975 · Center fielder for the Chicago White Sox, 1914 to 1914.
d. November 25, 1976 · Pitcher for the Chicago Cubs, 1955 to 1955.
d. November 25, 1977 · Second baseman across two clubs, 1929 to 1938.
d. November 25, 1979 · Pitcher for the Philadelphia Athletics, 1925 to 1925.
d. November 25, 1980 · Pitcher for the Brooklyn Dodgers, 1932 to 1932.
d. November 25, 1984 · Right fielder who batted .281 across two clubs, 1935 to 1944.
d. November 25, 1993 · Second baseman who batted .266 across three clubs, 1933 to 1946.
d. November 25, 2000 · Right fielder for the Cleveland Indians, 1937 to 1937.
d. November 25, 2004 · Pitcher for the Baltimore Elite Giants, 1946 to 1948.
d. November 25, 2005 · Pitcher for the Brooklyn Dodgers, 1950 to 1950.
d. November 25, 2008 · Won 15 games for Chicago in 1951 and gave up the pitch Mickey Mantle hit for one of the longest home runs ever measured.
d. November 25, 2013 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1947 to 1953.
d. November 25, 2017 · Shortstop across two clubs, 1946 to 1947.
d. November 25, 2024 · Right fielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates, 1954 to 1954.
27 players died on November 25; these are the 24 best known.