MLB players born in 1879
100 MLB players on file were born in 1879. Noodles Hahn leads them with 44.0 career WAR. The first born in 1879 to play in the MLB were Roger Bresnahan and Frank Martin, in 1897. Every season since 1876 is on file.
Former MLB players born in 1879 (100)
| Player | Pos | Years | Seasons | Career | Born |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noodles Hahn | P | 1899–1906 | 8 | 130 W · 917 SO · 44.0 WAR | — |
| Roger Bresnahan | — | 1897–1915 | 17 | 1,252 H · 26 HR · 39.0 WAR | — |
| Doc White | P | 1901–1913 | 13 | 189 W · 1,384 SO · 38.9 WAR | — |
| Art Devlin | — | 1904–1913 | 10 | 1,185 H · 10 HR · 34.9 WAR | — |
| Earl Moore | P | 1901–1914 | 14 | 162 W · 1,403 SO · 28.7 WAR | — |
| Miller Huggins | — | 1904–1916 | 13 | 1,474 H · 9 HR · 28.1 WAR | — |
| Mike Mitchell | — | 1907–1914 | 8 | 1,138 H · 27 HR · 17.3 WAR | — |
| Jim Delahanty | — | 1901–1915 | 13 | 1,159 H · 19 HR · 17.2 WAR | — |
| Frank Smith | P | 1904–1915 | 11 | 139 W · 1,051 SO · 16.6 WAR | — |
| Jimmy Austin | — | 1909–1929 | 17 | 1,328 H · 13 HR · 16.4 WAR | — |
| Jiggs Donahue | — | 1900–1909 | 9 | 731 H · 4 HR · 11.4 WAR | — |
| Bob Rhoads | P | 1902–1909 | 8 | 97 W · 522 SO · 10.6 WAR | — |
| Dave Brain | — | 1901–1908 | 7 | 641 H · 27 HR · 10.5 WAR | — |
| Tim Jordan | — | 1901–1910 | 7 | 474 H · 32 HR · 10.3 WAR | — |
| Ed Phelps | — | 1902–1913 | 11 | 460 H · 3 HR · 7.2 WAR | — |
| Jake Stahl | — | 1903–1913 | 9 | 894 H · 31 HR · 6.1 WAR | — |
| Frank Owen | P | 1901–1909 | 8 | 82 W · 443 SO · 5.0 WAR | — |
| Harry McIntire | P | 1905–1913 | 9 | 71 W · 626 SO · 4.7 WAR | — |
| Oscar Jones | P | 1903–1905 | 3 | 44 W · 257 SO · 4.3 WAR | — |
| Red Kleinow | — | 1904–1911 | 8 | 354 H · 3 HR · 3.7 WAR | — |
| Charlie Case | P | 1901–1906 | 4 | 23 W · 114 SO · 3.5 WAR | — |
| Jake Atz | — | 1902–1909 | 4 | 132 H · 0 HR · 2.6 WAR | — |
| Red Dooin | — | 1902–1916 | 15 | 961 H · 10 HR · 2.4 WAR | — |
| Josh Clarke | — | 1898–1911 | 5 | 193 H · 5 HR · 2.1 WAR | — |
| Chick Robitaille | P | 1904–1905 | 2 | 12 W · 66 SO · 1.7 WAR | — |
| Whitey Alperman | — | 1906–1909 | 4 | 387 H · 7 HR · 1.6 WAR | — |
| Watty Lee | — | 1901–1904 | 4 | 185 H · 4 HR · 1.4 WAR | — |
| Harry Arndt | — | 1902–1907 | 4 | 244 H · 6 HR · 1.2 WAR | — |
| Jake Thielman | P | 1905–1908 | 4 | 30 W · 158 SO · 1.1 WAR | — |
| Jack Dunleavy | — | 1903–1905 | 3 | 193 H · 2 HR · 0.8 WAR | — |
| George Disch | P | 1905 | 1 | 0 W · 14 SO · 0.7 WAR | — |
| Tom Needham | — | 1904–1914 | 11 | 311 H · 8 HR · 0.6 WAR | — |
| Charles Moran | — | 1903–1905 | 3 | 201 H · 1 HR · 0.6 WAR | — |
| Louis Leroy | P | 1905–1910 | 3 | 3 W · 39 SO · 0.4 WAR | — |
| John Terry | P | 1902–1903 | 2 | 1 W · 2 SO · 0.4 WAR | — |
| Zaza Harvey | P | 1900–1901 | 2 | 3 W · 27 SO · 0.4 WAR | — |
| Benny Bowcock | — | 1903 | 1 | 16 H · 1 HR · 0.3 WAR | — |
| Bert Conn | — | 1898–1901 | 3 | 8 H · 0 HR · 0.2 WAR | — |
| Larry Milton | P | 1903 | 1 | 0 W · 0 SO · 0.2 WAR | — |
| Homer Hillebrand | — | 1905–1906 | 2 | 31 H · 0 HR · 0.1 WAR | — |
| Paul Sentell | — | 1906–1907 | 2 | 44 H · 1 HR · 0.1 WAR | — |
| C.b. Burns | — | 1902 | 1 | 1 H · 0 HR · 0.1 WAR | — |
| Frank Martin | — | 1897–1899 | 3 | 16 H · 0 HR | — |
| Bob Edmondson | — | 1906–1908 | 2 | 16 H · 0 HR | — |
| Hugh Hill | — | 1903–1904 | 2 | 21 H · 3 HR | — |
| Mike Welday | — | 1907–1909 | 2 | 22 H · 0 HR | — |
| Slats Jordan | — | 1901–1902 | 2 | 0 H · 0 HR | — |
| Dan Kerwin | — | 1903 | 1 | 4 H · 0 HR | — |
| Doc Moskiman | — | 1910 | 1 | 1 H · 0 HR | — |
| Ed Hilley | — | 1903 | 1 | 1 H · 0 HR | — |
| Ed Macgamwell | — | 1905 | 1 | 4 H · 0 HR | — |
| Ed Pinnance | P | 1903 | 1 | 0 W · 2 SO | — |
| Fred Applegate | P | 1904 | 1 | 1 W · 12 SO | — |
| Hank Olmsted | P | 1905 | 1 | 1 W · 6 SO | — |
| Jack Zalusky | — | 1903 | 1 | 5 H · 0 HR | — |
| Jim Callahan | — | 1902 | 1 | 0 H · 0 HR | — |
| John Deering | P | 1903 | 1 | 7 W · 28 SO | — |
| Nick Carter | P | 1908 | 1 | 2 W · 17 SO | — |
| Nig Fuller | — | 1902 | 1 | 0 H · 0 HR | — |
| Peaches O'Neill | — | 1904 | 1 | 4 H · 0 HR | — |
| Rube Ward | — | 1902 | 1 | 9 H · 0 HR | — |
| Fred Burchell | P | 1903–1909 | 4 | 13 W · 124 SO · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Owen Shannon | — | 1903–1907 | 2 | 7 H · 0 HR · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Rube Degroff | — | 1905–1906 | 2 | 14 H · 0 HR · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Bill Miller | — | 1902 | 1 | 1 H · 0 HR · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Charlie Gibson | — | 1905 | 1 | 0 H · 0 HR · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Dutch Meier | — | 1906 | 1 | 70 H · 0 HR · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Ed McNichol | P | 1904 | 1 | 2 W · 39 SO · -0.1 WAR | — |
| John Walsh | — | 1903 | 1 | 0 H · 0 HR · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Nick Kahl | — | 1905 | 1 | 29 H · 0 HR · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Jesse Whiting | P | 1902–1907 | 3 | 1 W · 9 SO · -0.2 WAR | — |
| Fred Brown | — | 1901–1902 | 2 | 4 H · 0 HR · -0.2 WAR | — |
| Ginger Clark | P | 1902 | 1 | 1 W · 1 SO · -0.2 WAR | — |
| Jack Calhoun | — | 1902 | 1 | 10 H · 0 HR · -0.2 WAR | — |
| Jim Cook | — | 1903 | 1 | 4 H · 0 HR · -0.2 WAR | — |
| Tom Barry | P | 1904 | 1 | 0 W · 1 SO · -0.3 WAR | — |
| Ralph Savidge | P | 1908–1909 | 2 | 0 W · 9 SO · -0.4 WAR | — |
| Dick Braggins | P | 1901 | 1 | 1 W · 1 SO · -0.4 WAR | — |
| Joe Stewart | P | 1904 | 1 | 0 W · 1 SO · -0.4 WAR | — |
| Happy Townsend | P | 1901–1906 | 6 | 35 W · 473 SO · -0.5 WAR | — |
| Paddy O'connor | — | 1908–1918 | 6 | 60 H · 0 HR · -0.5 WAR | — |
| John Butler | — | 1901–1907 | 3 | 16 H · 0 HR · -0.5 WAR | — |
| Charlie Shields | P | 1902–1907 | 2 | 7 W · 35 SO · -0.5 WAR | — |
| Charlie Malay | — | 1905 | 1 | 88 H · 1 HR · -0.6 WAR | — |
| Rube Vinson | — | 1904–1906 | 3 | 47 H · 0 HR · -0.7 WAR | — |
| Jerry Freeman | — | 1908–1909 | 2 | 142 H · 1 HR · -0.7 WAR | — |
| Bill Clancy | — | 1905 | 1 | 52 H · 2 HR · -0.7 WAR | — |
| Claude Elliott | P | 1904–1905 | 2 | 3 W · 47 SO · -0.8 WAR | — |
| Art Weaver | — | 1902–1908 | 4 | 47 H · 0 HR · -0.9 WAR | — |
| John Kelly | — | 1907 | 1 | 37 H · 0 HR · -0.9 WAR | — |
| Ollie Johns | P | 1905 | 1 | 1 W · 8 SO · -0.9 WAR | — |
| Snake Deal | — | 1906 | 1 | 48 H · 0 HR · -0.9 WAR | — |
| Mal Eason | P | 1900–1906 | 6 | 36 W · 273 SO · -1.0 WAR | — |
| Ed Holly | — | 1906–1915 | 4 | 224 H · 1 HR · -1.1 WAR | — |
| Jack Thoney | — | 1902–1911 | 6 | 216 H · 3 HR · -1.2 WAR | — |
| Bill Lauterborn | — | 1904–1905 | 2 | 56 H · 0 HR · -1.6 WAR | — |
| John Frill | P | 1910–1912 | 2 | 3 W · 33 SO · -1.6 WAR | — |
| Ed Smith | P | 1906 | 1 | 8 W · 45 SO · -1.9 WAR | — |
| Burt Keeley | P | 1908–1909 | 2 | 6 W · 68 SO · -2.1 WAR | — |
| Hunter Hill | — | 1903–1905 | 3 | 259 H · 1 HR · -2.7 WAR | — |
Birth dates as ESPN lists them. Best career first: WAR in the regular season, summed over the seasons on file.