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November 27
The record for November 27 in baseball history — 45 births and 39 deaths.
No milestones or firsts are on record for November 27 — but the players below were born and lost on it.
Born on this day
b. November 27, 1892 · Went 26-7 for the 1922 Yankees, lost 24 games for the 1916 Athletics, and is credited with inventing the forkball.
b. November 27, 1903 · Left fielder for the Philadelphia Phillies, 1927 to 1927.
b. November 27, 1910 · Pitcher for the Chicago Cubs, 1944 to 1944.
b. November 27, 1920 · Led the National League in strikeouts in 1946 and won 18 games for a Cubs club that lost 90.
b. November 27, 1922 · Pitcher for the Philadelphia Stars, 1945 to 1946.
b. November 27, 1923 · Pitcher across three clubs, 1951 to 1955.
b. November 27, 1924 · Pitcher for the Chicago Cubs, 1952 to 1952.
b. November 27, 1927 · Pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, 1949 to 1950.
b. November 27, 1933 · Second baseman who batted .263 across two clubs, 1958 to 1965.
b. November 27, 1937 · Pitcher across six clubs, 1960 to 1969.
b. November 27, 1939 · Threw a palmball, saved 30 games for the 1971 champions, and was a starter until he was thirty.
b. November 27, 1941 · Pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies, 1969 to 1969.
b. November 27, 1950 · Second baseman for the Milwaukee Brewers, 1974 to 1977.
b. November 27, 1951 · Pitcher across three clubs, 1974 to 1985.
b. November 27, 1969 · Caught 254 games for five organizations across eleven seasons.
b. November 27, 1969 · Pitcher for the Oakland Athletics, 1995 to 1995.
b. November 27, 1973 · Pitcher across two clubs, 2002 to 2002.
b. November 27, 1978 · Was the Most Valuable Player in 2007 and has more hits than anyone else who has played for Philadelphia.
b. November 27, 1983 · Pitcher across two clubs, 2009 to 2012.
b. November 27, 1992 · Center fielder who batted .213 across three clubs, 2017 to 2022.
b. November 27, 1995 · Right fielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates, 2020 to 2021.
b. November 27, 1996 · Designated hitter who batted .269 across two clubs, 2019 to 2024.
b. November 27, 1998 · Catcher for the Cleveland Guardians, 2022 to 2022.
b. November 27, 2001 · Pitcher for the Milwaukee Brewers, 2024 to 2025.
45 players were born on November 27; these are the 24 best known.
Died on this day
d. November 27, 1922 · Left fielder who batted .302 for the St. Louis Cardinals, 1918 to 1922.
d. November 27, 1931 · Hit .330 with 132 hits and 88 runs batted in for Boston in 1883 while also managing part of the season.
d. November 27, 1946 · Right fielder for the Boston Red Sox, 1927 to 1928.
d. November 27, 1956 · Center fielder for the St. Louis Cardinals, 1956 to 1956.
d. November 27, 1957 · Pitcher for the Philadelphia Athletics, 1923 to 1923.
d. November 27, 1957 · Pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies, 1895 to 1895.
d. November 27, 1961 · Pitcher who won 107 games with a 3.33 ERA across two clubs, 1909 to 1918.
d. November 27, 1962 · Catcher for the Boston Americans, 1906 to 1907.
d. November 27, 1965 · Third baseman for the Washington Senators, 1920 to 1920.
d. November 27, 1968 · Catcher across two clubs, 1940 to 1946.
d. November 27, 1969 · Pitcher for the New York Yankees, 1922 to 1922.
d. November 27, 1973 · Shortstop who batted .231 across two clubs, 1906 to 1915.
d. November 27, 1975 · Center fielder who batted .258 across two clubs, 1925 to 1937.
d. November 27, 1976 · Second baseman for the New York Giants, 1917 to 1919.
d. November 27, 1980 · Pitcher across four clubs, 1945 to 1953.
d. November 27, 1987 · Hit .393 with 241 hits in 1930 and is remembered for doubling into a double play.
d. November 27, 1997 · Fourteen seasons at first base for the Homestead Grays and no other club, with eleven East-West All-Star selections, the most anyone has.
d. November 27, 2006 · Second baseman who batted .252 across four clubs, 1936 to 1948.
d. November 27, 2007 · Baseball figure for the Brooklyn Dodgers, 1944 to 1944.
d. November 27, 2008 · Pitcher for the New York Giants, 1949 to 1949.
d. November 27, 2010 · Pitcher across three clubs, 1949 to 1954.
d. November 27, 2012 · Ended the reserve clause and built the players' union, and was voted down on ballot after ballot until eight years after his death.
d. November 27, 2020 · Pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies, 1949 to 1958.
d. November 27, 2024 · Pitcher across four clubs, 1951 to 1958.
39 players died on November 27; these are the 24 best known.