MLB players born in 1874
94 MLB players on file were born in 1874. Honus Wagner leads them with 117.8 career WAR. The first born in 1874 to play in the MLB were Ed McFarland, Seth Sigsby, and Con Lucid, in 1893. Every season since 1876 is on file.
Former MLB players born in 1874 (94)
| Player | Pos | Years | Seasons | Career | Born |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Honus Wagner | — | 1897–1917 | 21 | 3,430 H · 101 HR · 117.8 WAR | — |
| Nap Lajoie | — | 1896–1916 | 21 | 3,242 H · 83 HR · 93.0 WAR | — |
| Jack Powell | P | 1897–1912 | 16 | 245 W · 1,621 SO · 45.3 WAR | — |
| Roy Thomas | — | 1899–1911 | 13 | 1,537 H · 7 HR · 38.7 WAR | — |
| Jack Chesbro | P | 1899–1909 | 11 | 198 W · 1,265 SO · 38.7 WAR | — |
| Jesse Tannehill | P | 1894–1911 | 15 | 197 W · 940 SO · 26.3 WAR | — |
| Jack Taylor | P | 1898–1907 | 10 | 152 W · 657 SO · 25.5 WAR | — |
| Ed McFarland | — | 1893–1908 | 14 | 826 H · 13 HR · 16.8 WAR | — |
| Nixey Callahan | P | 1894–1903 | 8 | 99 W · 445 SO · 14.1 WAR | — |
| Bill Duggleby | P | 1898–1907 | 8 | 92 W · 452 SO · 13.7 WAR | — |
| Ned Garvin | P | 1896–1904 | 7 | 57 W · 612 SO · 11.2 WAR | — |
| Willie Sudhoff | P | 1897–1906 | 10 | 103 W · 520 SO · 10.3 WAR | — |
| Jay Hughes | P | 1898–1902 | 4 | 83 W · 370 SO · 9.8 WAR | — |
| Tom McCreery | — | 1895–1903 | 9 | 855 H · 26 HR · 9.4 WAR | — |
| Harry Bemis | — | 1902–1910 | 9 | 569 H · 5 HR · 9.2 WAR | — |
| Win Mercer | P | 1894–1902 | 9 | 131 W · 528 SO · 9.0 WAR | — |
| John Ganzel | — | 1898–1908 | 7 | 682 H · 18 HR · 8.1 WAR | — |
| Bill Hill | P | 1896–1899 | 4 | 36 W · 280 SO · 7.0 WAR | — |
| Wiley Piatt | P | 1898–1903 | 6 | 86 W · 517 SO · 6.9 WAR | — |
| Bill Keister | — | 1896–1903 | 7 | 758 H · 18 HR · 6.7 WAR | — |
| Topsy Hartsel | — | 1898–1911 | 14 | 1,336 H · 31 HR · 5.5 WAR | — |
| Ed Gremminger | — | 1895–1904 | 4 | 356 H · 7 HR · 4.7 WAR | — |
| Jack Cronin | P | 1895–1904 | 7 | 43 W · 318 SO · 4.1 WAR | — |
| Doc Reisling | P | 1904–1910 | 4 | 15 W · 100 SO · 3.4 WAR | — |
| Gene Demontreville | — | 1894–1904 | 11 | 1,096 H · 17 HR · 2.9 WAR | — |
| Ed Poole | P | 1900–1904 | 5 | 33 W · 226 SO · 2.8 WAR | — |
| Jim Gardner | P | 1895–1902 | 5 | 25 W · 115 SO · 2.7 WAR | — |
| Emil Frisk | — | 1899–1907 | 4 | 135 H · 4 HR · 2.2 WAR | — |
| Frank Huelsman | — | 1897–1905 | 3 | 213 H · 5 HR · 2.2 WAR | — |
| Kaiser Wilhelm | P | 1903–1921 | 9 | 56 W · 444 SO · 1.7 WAR | — |
| Pop Williams | P | 1898–1903 | 3 | 16 W · 127 SO · 1.5 WAR | — |
| Jimmy Burke | — | 1898–1905 | 7 | 475 H · 1 HR · 1.3 WAR | — |
| Cowboy Jones | P | 1898–1901 | 4 | 25 W · 147 SO · 1.3 WAR | — |
| Gus Dundon | — | 1904–1906 | 3 | 168 H · 0 HR · 1.3 WAR | — |
| Pug Bennett | — | 1906–1907 | 2 | 228 H · 1 HR · 1.3 WAR | — |
| Barry McCormick | — | 1895–1904 | 10 | 867 H · 15 HR · 0.4 WAR | — |
| William Gallagher | — | 1896 | 1 | 15 H · 0 HR · 0.4 WAR | — |
| Mike Heydon | — | 1898–1907 | 7 | 111 H · 2 HR · 0.3 WAR | — |
| Fred Blank | P | 1894 | 1 | 0 W · 1 SO · 0.3 WAR | — |
| Sammy Curran | P | 1902 | 1 | 0 W · 3 SO · 0.3 WAR | — |
| Libe Washburn | — | 1902–1903 | 2 | 7 H · 0 HR · 0.1 WAR | — |
| Bill Mellor | — | 1902 | 1 | 13 H · 0 HR · 0.1 WAR | — |
| Dave Pickett | — | 1898 | 1 | 12 H · 0 HR · 0.1 WAR | — |
| Ira Belden | — | 1897 | 1 | 8 H · 0 HR · 0.1 WAR | — |
| Jake Boyd | — | 1894–1896 | 3 | 46 H · 1 HR | — |
| Cy Swaim | P | 1897–1898 | 2 | 13 W · 85 SO | — |
| Roy Brashear | — | 1902–1903 | 2 | 124 H · 1 HR | — |
| Sandy McDougal | P | 1895–1905 | 2 | 1 W · 12 SO | — |
| Cy Vorhees | P | 1902 | 1 | 3 W · 25 SO | — |
| Ed Bruyette | — | 1901 | 1 | 15 H · 0 HR | — |
| Ed Buckingham | P | 1895 | 1 | 0 W · 1 SO | — |
| Frank Figgemeier | P | 1894 | 1 | 0 W · 2 SO | — |
| Fred Frank | — | 1898 | 1 | 11 H · 0 HR | — |
| Henry Adkinson | — | 1895 | 1 | 2 H · 0 HR | — |
| Henry Fox | P | 1902 | 1 | 0 W · 1 SO | — |
| Jay Parker | P | 1899 | 1 | 0 W · 0 SO | — |
| Kid Mohler | — | 1894 | 1 | 1 H · 0 HR | — |
| Lefty Hopper | P | 1898 | 1 | 0 W · 5 SO | — |
| Nap Shea | — | 1902 | 1 | 1 H · 0 HR | — |
| Fred Abbott | — | 1903–1905 | 3 | 107 H · 1 HR · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Bill Clay | — | 1902 | 1 | 2 H · 0 HR · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Seth Sigsby | P | 1893 | 1 | 0 W · 2 SO · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Roy Evans | P | 1897–1903 | 5 | 29 W · 211 SO · -0.2 WAR | — |
| Bill Carney | — | 1904 | 1 | 0 H · 0 HR · -0.2 WAR | — |
| Doc Curley | — | 1899 | 1 | 4 H · 0 HR · -0.2 WAR | — |
| Eddie Boyle | — | 1896 | 1 | 0 H · 0 HR · -0.2 WAR | — |
| Joe Bean | — | 1902 | 1 | 39 H · 0 HR · -0.2 WAR | — |
| Lou Mahaffey | P | 1898 | 1 | 0 W · 1 SO · -0.2 WAR | — |
| Tom Messitt | — | 1899 | 1 | 1 H · 0 HR · -0.2 WAR | — |
| Tom Stanton | — | 1904 | 1 | 0 H · 0 HR · -0.2 WAR | — |
| Zeke Wrigley | — | 1896–1899 | 4 | 222 H · 5 HR · -0.3 WAR | — |
| Charlie Frisbee | — | 1899–1900 | 2 | 52 H · 0 HR · -0.3 WAR | — |
| Al Burris | P | 1894 | 1 | 0 W · 0 SO · -0.3 WAR | — |
| Andy Boswell | P | 1895 | 1 | 3 W · 30 SO · -0.3 WAR | — |
| Al Shaw | — | 1901–1909 | 4 | 92 H · 1 HR · -0.4 WAR | — |
| Ed Walker | P | 1902–1903 | 2 | 0 W · 5 SO · -0.4 WAR | — |
| Johnny Siegle | — | 1905–1906 | 2 | 25 H · 1 HR · -0.4 WAR | — |
| Dummy Deegan | P | 1901 | 1 | 0 W · 8 SO · -0.4 WAR | — |
| Harry Wilhelm | P | 1899 | 1 | 1 W · 6 SO · -0.4 WAR | — |
| George Yeager | — | 1896–1902 | 6 | 168 H · 5 HR · -0.5 WAR | — |
| Bill Banks | P | 1895–1896 | 2 | 1 W · 10 SO · -0.5 WAR | — |
| Dick Harley | P | 1905 | 1 | 2 W · 19 SO · -0.6 WAR | — |
| Bert Myers | — | 1896–1900 | 3 | 150 H · 0 HR · -0.7 WAR | — |
| Billy Lauder | — | 1898–1903 | 5 | 477 H · 6 HR · -0.8 WAR | — |
| Harry Smith | — | 1901–1910 | 10 | 214 H · 2 HR · -0.9 WAR | — |
| Joe Connor | — | 1895–1905 | 4 | 54 H · 1 HR · -0.9 WAR | — |
| Jim Korwan | P | 1894–1897 | 2 | 1 W · 14 SO · -1.0 WAR | — |
| Roy Clark | — | 1902 | 1 | 11 H · 0 HR · -1.0 WAR | — |
| Stan Yerkes | P | 1901–1903 | 3 | 15 W · 103 SO · -1.1 WAR | — |
| Red Owens | — | 1899–1905 | 2 | 37 H · 1 HR · -1.1 WAR | — |
| Barney McFadden | P | 1901–1902 | 2 | 3 W · 14 SO · -1.3 WAR | — |
| Con Lucid | P | 1893–1897 | 5 | 23 W · 65 SO · -1.4 WAR | — |
| Harry Blake | — | 1894–1899 | 6 | 473 H · 8 HR · -1.5 WAR | — |
| Sport McAllister | — | 1896–1903 | 7 | 358 H · 5 HR · -3.9 WAR | — |
Birth dates as ESPN lists them. Best career first: WAR in the regular season, summed over the seasons on file.