MLB players born in 1880
104 MLB players on file were born in 1880. Christy Mathewson leads them with 91.1 career WAR. The first born in 1880 to play in the MLB were Sam Crawford, Lefty Herring, and Eddie Kolb, in 1899. Every season since 1876 is on file.
Former MLB players born in 1880 (104)
| Player | Pos | Years | Seasons | Career | Born |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christy Mathewson | P | 1900–1916 | 17 | 373 W · 2,502 SO · 91.1 WAR | — |
| Sam Crawford | — | 1899–1917 | 19 | 2,961 H · 97 HR · 69.9 WAR | — |
| Joe Tinker | — | 1902–1916 | 15 | 1,687 H · 31 HR · 50.4 WAR | — |
| Addie Joss | P | 1902–1910 | 9 | 160 W · 920 SO · 43.4 WAR | — |
| George Mullin | P | 1902–1915 | 14 | 228 W · 1,482 SO · 30.0 WAR | — |
| Hooks Wiltse | P | 1904–1915 | 12 | 139 W · 965 SO · 24.1 WAR | — |
| Chief Meyers | — | 1909–1917 | 9 | 826 H · 14 HR · 23.1 WAR | — |
| Barney Pelty | P | 1903–1912 | 10 | 92 W · 693 SO · 22.2 WAR | — |
| Cy Falkenberg | P | 1903–1917 | 12 | 130 W · 1,164 SO · 21.7 WAR | — |
| Matty McIntyre | — | 1901–1912 | 10 | 1,066 H · 4 HR · 18.7 WAR | — |
| Lee Tannehill | — | 1903–1912 | 10 | 833 H · 3 HR · 18.5 WAR | — |
| George McBride | — | 1901–1920 | 16 | 1,203 H · 7 HR · 17.6 WAR | — |
| Frank Laporte | — | 1905–1915 | 11 | 1,185 H · 15 HR · 15.8 WAR | — |
| Davy Jones | — | 1901–1915 | 14 | 1,020 H · 9 HR · 14.6 WAR | — |
| Harry Lumley | — | 1904–1910 | 7 | 728 H · 38 HR · 13.6 WAR | — |
| Carl Lundgren | P | 1902–1909 | 8 | 91 W · 535 SO · 12.5 WAR | — |
| Mickey Doolan | — | 1905–1918 | 13 | 1,376 H · 15 HR · 11.0 WAR | — |
| Doc Gessler | — | 1903–1911 | 8 | 831 H · 14 HR · 10.8 WAR | — |
| George Gibson | — | 1905–1918 | 14 | 893 H · 15 HR · 9.2 WAR | — |
| Frank Corridon | P | 1904–1910 | 6 | 70 W · 458 SO · 7.6 WAR | — |
| Charlie Smith | P | 1902–1914 | 10 | 66 W · 570 SO · 7.0 WAR | — |
| Bert Humphries | P | 1910–1915 | 6 | 50 W · 258 SO · 6.0 WAR | — |
| Danny Hoffman | — | 1903–1911 | 9 | 762 H · 14 HR · 5.2 WAR | — |
| Fred Beebe | P | 1906–1916 | 7 | 62 W · 634 SO · 4.9 WAR | — |
| Harry Niles | — | 1906–1910 | 5 | 561 H · 12 HR · 4.4 WAR | — |
| Boss Schmidt | — | 1906–1911 | 6 | 360 H · 3 HR · 3.7 WAR | — |
| Mike Lynch | P | 1904–1907 | 4 | 43 W · 292 SO · 2.2 WAR | — |
| Bill Burns | P | 1908–1912 | 5 | 30 W · 233 SO · 1.6 WAR | — |
| Fred Payne | — | 1906–1911 | 6 | 194 H · 1 HR · 1.5 WAR | — |
| Jack Doscher | P | 1903–1908 | 5 | 2 W · 61 SO · 1.4 WAR | — |
| Lew Brockett | P | 1907–1911 | 3 | 13 W · 108 SO · 1.3 WAR | — |
| Emil Batch | — | 1904–1907 | 4 | 315 H · 7 HR · 1.1 WAR | — |
| John Skopec | P | 1901–1903 | 2 | 8 W · 38 SO · 0.4 WAR | — |
| Ed Donnelly | P | 1911–1912 | 2 | 8 W · 83 SO · 0.3 WAR | — |
| Pinky Swander | — | 1903–1904 | 2 | 14 H · 0 HR · 0.3 WAR | — |
| Newt Hunter | — | 1911 | 1 | 53 H · 2 HR · 0.3 WAR | — |
| Babe Towne | — | 1906 | 1 | 10 H · 0 HR · 0.2 WAR | — |
| Buck Hooker | P | 1902–1903 | 2 | 0 W · 0 SO · 0.1 WAR | — |
| Matty Fitzgerald | — | 1906–1907 | 2 | 6 H · 0 HR · 0.1 WAR | — |
| Orth Collins | — | 1904–1909 | 2 | 6 H · 0 HR · 0.1 WAR | — |
| Bill McGill | P | 1907 | 1 | 1 W · 8 SO · 0.1 WAR | — |
| Goat Anderson | — | 1907 | 1 | 85 H · 1 HR · 0.1 WAR | — |
| Harry McChesney | — | 1904 | 1 | 23 H · 0 HR · 0.1 WAR | — |
| Hughie Tate | — | 1905 | 1 | 4 H · 0 HR · 0.1 WAR | — |
| Joe Koukalik | P | 1904 | 1 | 0 W · 1 SO · 0.1 WAR | — |
| Ed Hughes | — | 1902–1906 | 3 | 4 H · 0 HR | — |
| George Merritt | — | 1901–1903 | 3 | 10 H · 0 HR | — |
| Irish McIlveen | — | 1906–1909 | 3 | 38 H · 0 HR | — |
| Jack Burns | — | 1903–1904 | 2 | 12 H · 0 HR | — |
| Alex Farmer | — | 1908 | 1 | 5 H · 0 HR | — |
| Ben Caffyn | — | 1906 | 1 | 20 H · 0 HR | — |
| Charlie Faust | P | 1911 | 1 | 0 W · 0 SO | — |
| Ed Hug | — | 1903 | 1 | 0 H · 0 HR | — |
| Ed Kippert | — | 1914 | 1 | 0 H · 0 HR | — |
| Fred Curtis | — | 1905 | 1 | 2 H · 0 HR | — |
| Ham Wade | — | 1907 | 1 | 0 H · 0 HR | — |
| Harry Aubrey | — | 1903 | 1 | 69 H · 0 HR | — |
| Jack Flater | P | 1908 | 1 | 1 W · 8 SO | — |
| Jake Livingstone | P | 1901 | 1 | 0 W · 6 SO | — |
| Jim Byrnes | — | 1906 | 1 | 4 H · 0 HR | — |
| Warren Shannabrook | — | 1906 | 1 | 0 H · 0 HR | — |
| Paddy Livingston | — | 1901–1917 | 7 | 120 H · 0 HR · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Crese Heismann | P | 1901–1902 | 2 | 2 W · 23 SO · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Chick Hartley | — | 1902 | 1 | 0 H · 0 HR · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Jack Coveney | — | 1903 | 1 | 2 H · 0 HR · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Joe Hughes | — | 1902 | 1 | 0 H · 0 HR · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Ambrose Puttmann | P | 1903–1906 | 4 | 8 W · 85 SO · -0.2 WAR | — |
| Tom Doran | — | 1904–1906 | 3 | 19 H · 0 HR · -0.2 WAR | — |
| Henry Thielman | — | 1902–1903 | 2 | 18 H · 1 HR · -0.2 WAR | — |
| Lefty Herring | — | 1899–1904 | 2 | 9 H · 0 HR · -0.2 WAR | — |
| Cal Vasbinder | P | 1902 | 1 | 0 W · 2 SO · -0.2 WAR | — |
| Claude Rothgeb | — | 1905 | 1 | 2 H · 0 HR · -0.2 WAR | — |
| Judge Nagle | P | 1911 | 1 | 5 W · 23 SO · -0.2 WAR | — |
| Red Booles | P | 1909 | 1 | 0 W · 6 SO · -0.2 WAR | — |
| Jack Hayden | — | 1901–1908 | 3 | 145 H · 1 HR · -0.3 WAR | — |
| Con Starkel | P | 1906 | 1 | 0 W · 1 SO · -0.3 WAR | — |
| George Grossart | — | 1901 | 1 | 3 H · 0 HR · -0.3 WAR | — |
| Jack Robinson | — | 1902 | 1 | 0 H · 0 HR · -0.3 WAR | — |
| Lucky Wright | P | 1909 | 1 | 0 W · 5 SO · -0.3 WAR | — |
| Eddie Kolb | P | 1899 | 1 | 0 W · 1 SO · -0.4 WAR | — |
| Ernie Ross | P | 1902 | 1 | 1 W · 2 SO · -0.4 WAR | — |
| Heinie Wagner | — | 1902–1918 | 12 | 834 H · 10 HR · -0.5 WAR | — |
| Charlie Armbruster | — | 1905–1907 | 3 | 53 H · 0 HR · -0.5 WAR | — |
| Bull Smith | — | 1904–1906 | 2 | 6 H · 0 HR · -0.5 WAR | — |
| Phil Stremmel | P | 1909–1910 | 2 | 0 W · 13 SO · -0.5 WAR | — |
| Andy Oyler | — | 1902 | 1 | 17 H · 1 HR · -0.5 WAR | — |
| Dike Varney | P | 1902 | 1 | 1 W · 7 SO · -0.5 WAR | — |
| Walter Morris | — | 1908 | 1 | 13 H · 0 HR · -0.5 WAR | — |
| Claude Berry | — | 1904–1915 | 5 | 165 H · 3 HR · -0.6 WAR | — |
| Weldon Henley | P | 1903–1907 | 4 | 32 W · 309 SO · -0.6 WAR | — |
| Cliff Blankenship | — | 1905–1909 | 3 | 49 H · 0 HR · -0.7 WAR | — |
| Simmy Murch | — | 1904–1908 | 3 | 10 H · 0 HR · -0.7 WAR | — |
| Jim Miller | — | 1901 | 1 | 8 H · 0 HR · -0.7 WAR | — |
| Hi Jasper | P | 1914–1919 | 4 | 10 W · 96 SO · -0.8 WAR | — |
| Harry Cassady | — | 1904–1905 | 2 | 13 H · 0 HR · -0.9 WAR | — |
| John Brackenridge | P | 1904 | 1 | 0 W · 11 SO · -1.1 WAR | — |
| Frank Burke | — | 1906–1907 | 2 | 26 H · 0 HR · -1.2 WAR | — |
| Patrick Newnam | — | 1910–1911 | 2 | 95 H · 2 HR · -1.2 WAR | — |
| Newt Randall | — | 1907 | 1 | 71 H · 0 HR · -1.2 WAR | — |
| Dad Hale | P | 1902 | 1 | 1 W · 18 SO · -1.5 WAR | — |
- Bill O'Neill 1904–1906
- Rip Cannell 1904–1905
- Dutch Jordan 1903–1904
- Tom Fisher 1904
Birth dates as ESPN lists them. Best career first: WAR in the regular season, summed over the seasons on file.