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November 30
The record for November 30 in baseball history — 48 births and 32 deaths.
No milestones or firsts are on record for November 30 — but the players below were born and lost on it.
Born on this day
b. November 30, 1850 · Catcher for the Milwaukee Grays, 1878 to 1878.
b. November 30, 1870 · Pitcher who won 164 games with a 3.78 ERA across five clubs, 1891 to 1900.
b. November 30, 1883 · First baseman across three clubs, 1910 to 1912.
b. November 30, 1885 · Pitcher across three clubs, 1910 to 1914.
b. November 30, 1897 · First baseman for the Philadelphia Athletics, 1927 to 1927.
b. November 30, 1898 · Pitcher who won 148 games with a 3.63 ERA across three clubs, 1923 to 1936.
b. November 30, 1901 · Catcher and scout who filed the report on Jackie Robinson and brought him to Branch Rickey's office.
b. November 30, 1904 · Second baseman who batted .217 across eight clubs, 1926 to 1947.
b. November 30, 1909 · Pitcher across three clubs, 1932 to 1939.
b. November 30, 1931 · Pitcher for the Chicago Cubs, 1957 to 1958.
b. November 30, 1950 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1973 to 1984.
b. November 30, 1954 · Was called Señor Smoke, threw as hard as anyone in the league, and won World Series rings in two cities.
b. November 30, 1956 · Catcher who batted .262 across four clubs, 1981 to 1989.
b. November 30, 1960 · Pitcher who won 110 games with a 3.92 ERA across six clubs, 1986 to 1998.
b. November 30, 1962 · Left fielder who batted .250 across three clubs, 1986 to 1994.
b. November 30, 1962 · Pitcher across three clubs, 1989 to 1994.
b. November 30, 1968 · Pitcher for the Montreal Expos, 1994 to 1994.
b. November 30, 1976 · Right fielder who batted .262 across three clubs, 2001 to 2007.
b. November 30, 1977 · Left fielder for the San Francisco Giants, 2003 to 2003.
b. November 30, 1987 · Pitcher across nine clubs, 2014 to 2024.
b. November 30, 1991 · Pitcher across three clubs, 2016 to 2023.
b. November 30, 1993 · Right fielder who batted .212 across two clubs, 2018 to 2024.
b. November 30, 1993 · Second baseman who batted .278 across two clubs, 2018 to 2023.
b. November 30, 2002 · Right fielder for the Washington Nationals, 2025 to 2025.
48 players were born on November 30; these are the 24 best known.
Died on this day
d. November 30, 1885 · Second baseman across two clubs, 1884 to 1884.
d. November 30, 1920 · Catcher for the Cincinnati Outlaw Reds, 1884 to 1884.
d. November 30, 1927 · Second baseman across four clubs, 1871 to 1873.
d. November 30, 1946 · Third baseman for the Pittsburg Alleghenys, 1888 to 1888.
d. November 30, 1948 · Catcher who caught for John McGraw's New York Giants through the pennant years of 1904 and 1905.
d. November 30, 1955 · Left fielder who batted .310 across two clubs, 1928 to 1938.
d. November 30, 1956 · Pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, 1928 to 1928.
d. November 30, 1959 · Pitcher who won 103 games with a 3.85 ERA across five clubs, 1916 to 1929.
d. November 30, 1969 · Baseball figure for the Boston Braves, 1943 to 1943.
d. November 30, 1969 · Left fielder across three clubs, 1913 to 1921.
d. November 30, 1973 · Left fielder who batted .285 across four clubs, 1925 to 1930.
d. November 30, 1983 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1949 to 1951.
d. November 30, 1985 · Pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies, 1923 to 1923.
d. November 30, 1995 · Pitcher across three clubs, 1954 to 1957.
d. November 30, 1998 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1929 to 1933.
d. November 30, 1998 · Third baseman across two clubs, 1947 to 1955.
d. November 30, 1999 · Pitcher across four clubs, 1958 to 1961.
d. November 30, 2003 · Pitcher for the New York Giants, 1944 to 1946.
d. November 30, 2015 · Pitcher for the Detroit Tigers, 1963 to 1963.
d. November 30, 2017 · First baseman who batted .254 across five clubs, 1952 to 1962.
d. November 30, 2018 · Pitcher for the Philadelphia Athletics, 1941 to 1942.
d. November 30, 2020 · Shortstop for the Baltimore Orioles, 1968 to 1968.
d. November 30, 2021 · Pitcher across three clubs, 1966 to 1975.
d. November 30, 2024 · Catcher across two clubs, 1968 to 1973.
32 players died on November 30; these are the 24 best known.