MLB players born in 1882
102 MLB players on file were born in 1882. Babe Adams leads them with 41.2 career WAR. The first born in 1882 to play in the MLB was Ed Cermak, in 1901. Every season since 1876 is on file.
Former MLB players born in 1882 (102)
| Player | Pos | Years | Seasons | Career | Born |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Babe Adams | P | 1906–1926 | 19 | 194 W · 1,036 SO · 41.2 WAR | — |
| Ed Reulbach | P | 1905–1917 | 13 | 182 W · 1,138 SO · 31.4 WAR | — |
| Red Ames | P | 1903–1919 | 17 | 183 W · 1,702 SO · 24.2 WAR | — |
| Frank Schulte | — | 1904–1918 | 15 | 1,766 H · 92 HR · 21.3 WAR | — |
| Johnny Bates | — | 1906–1914 | 9 | 1,087 H · 25 HR · 19.1 WAR | — |
| George Suggs | P | 1908–1915 | 8 | 99 W · 588 SO · 18.6 WAR | — |
| Solly Hofman | — | 1903–1916 | 14 | 1,095 H · 19 HR · 15.4 WAR | — |
| Birdie Cree | — | 1908–1915 | 8 | 761 H · 11 HR · 13.7 WAR | — |
| Harry Lord | — | 1907–1915 | 9 | 1,024 H · 14 HR · 10.0 WAR | — |
| Nig Clarke | — | 1905–1920 | 9 | 390 H · 6 HR · 8.1 WAR | — |
| Bert Daniels | — | 1910–1914 | 5 | 486 H · 5 HR · 7.5 WAR | — |
| Heinie Berger | P | 1907–1910 | 4 | 32 W · 337 SO · 6.6 WAR | — |
| Bugs Raymond | P | 1904–1911 | 6 | 45 W · 401 SO · 6.3 WAR | — |
| Bobby Keefe | P | 1907–1912 | 3 | 16 W · 154 SO · 5.7 WAR | — |
| Andy Coakley | P | 1902–1911 | 9 | 58 W · 428 SO · 5.6 WAR | — |
| Rip Williams | — | 1911–1918 | 7 | 314 H · 2 HR · 4.8 WAR | — |
| Hub Perdue | P | 1911–1915 | 5 | 51 W · 317 SO · 4.3 WAR | — |
| Gabby Street | — | 1904–1931 | 8 | 312 H · 2 HR · 3.3 WAR | — |
| Jimmy Sebring | — | 1902–1909 | 5 | 368 H · 6 HR · 2.2 WAR | — |
| Jack Bliss | — | 1908–1912 | 5 | 143 H · 3 HR · 2.1 WAR | — |
| Roxey Roach | — | 1910–1915 | 4 | 151 H · 3 HR · 2.0 WAR | — |
| Bill Shipke | — | 1906–1909 | 4 | 110 H · 1 HR · 1.9 WAR | — |
| Rabbit Robinson | — | 1903–1910 | 3 | 156 H · 1 HR · 1.6 WAR | — |
| Big jeff Pfeffer | P | 1905–1911 | 6 | 31 W · 317 SO · 1.2 WAR | — |
| Al Schweitzer | — | 1908–1911 | 4 | 208 H · 3 HR · 1.0 WAR | — |
| John Kane | — | 1907–1910 | 4 | 181 H · 7 HR · 1.0 WAR | — |
| Harry Pattee | — | 1908 | 1 | 57 H · 0 HR · 1.0 WAR | — |
| Jap Barbeau | — | 1905–1910 | 4 | 160 H · 0 HR · 0.6 WAR | — |
| Carl Druhot | P | 1906–1907 | 2 | 8 W · 60 SO · 0.6 WAR | — |
| George Jackson | — | 1911–1913 | 3 | 158 H · 4 HR · 0.5 WAR | — |
| George Whiteman | — | 1907–1918 | 3 | 70 H · 1 HR · 0.5 WAR | — |
| Joe Burg | — | 1910 | 1 | 15 H · 0 HR · 0.4 WAR | — |
| Irv Higginbotham | P | 1906–1909 | 3 | 10 W · 86 SO · 0.3 WAR | — |
| Paul Krichell | — | 1911–1912 | 2 | 54 H · 0 HR · 0.3 WAR | — |
| Jack Compton | P | 1911 | 1 | 0 W · 6 SO · 0.3 WAR | — |
| Art Hoelskoetter | — | 1905–1908 | 4 | 225 H · 2 HR · 0.2 WAR | — |
| Denny Sullivan | — | 1905–1909 | 4 | 221 H · 1 HR · 0.2 WAR | — |
| Johnny Beall | — | 1913–1918 | 4 | 43 H · 3 HR · 0.2 WAR | — |
| Doc Kerr | — | 1914–1915 | 2 | 28 H · 1 HR · 0.2 WAR | — |
| Frank Browning | P | 1910 | 1 | 2 W · 16 SO · 0.2 WAR | — |
| Carl Sitton | P | 1909 | 1 | 3 W · 16 SO · 0.1 WAR | — |
| Joe Bernard | P | 1909 | 1 | 0 W · 2 SO · 0.1 WAR | — |
| Oscar Westerberg | — | 1907 | 1 | 2 H · 0 HR · 0.1 WAR | — |
| Simon Nicholls | — | 1903–1909 | 5 | 284 H · 4 HR | — |
| Ed Barry | P | 1905–1907 | 3 | 1 W · 34 SO | — |
| Frank Arellanes | P | 1908–1910 | 3 | 24 W · 148 SO | — |
| Joe Harris | P | 1905–1907 | 3 | 3 W · 137 SO | — |
| Ralph Glaze | P | 1906–1908 | 3 | 15 W · 137 SO | — |
| Dutch Rudolph | — | 1903–1904 | 2 | 1 H · 0 HR | — |
| Lee Quillen | — | 1906–1907 | 2 | 32 H · 0 HR | — |
| Tad Quinn | P | 1902–1903 | 2 | 0 W · 4 SO | — |
| Art Brouthers | — | 1906 | 1 | 30 H · 0 HR | — |
| Art McGovern | — | 1905 | 1 | 5 H · 0 HR | — |
| Bert Weeden | — | 1911 | 1 | 0 H · 0 HR | — |
| Bill Tozer | P | 1908 | 1 | 0 W · 5 SO | — |
| Buck Washer | P | 1905 | 1 | 0 W · 0 SO | — |
| Charlie Fritz | P | 1907 | 1 | 0 W · 1 SO | — |
| Conny McGeehan | P | 1903 | 1 | 1 W · 4 SO | — |
| Dave Rowan | — | 1911 | 1 | 25 H · 0 HR | — |
| Ed Cermak | — | 1901 | 1 | 0 H · 0 HR | — |
| Frank Schneiberg | P | 1910 | 1 | 0 W · 0 SO | — |
| Harry Armbruster | — | 1906 | 1 | 63 H · 2 HR | — |
| John Barthold | P | 1904 | 1 | 0 W · 5 SO | — |
| John Kull | P | 1909 | 1 | 1 W · 4 SO | — |
| Joseph Myers | P | 1905 | 1 | 0 W · 5 SO | — |
| Mickey Corcoran | — | 1910 | 1 | 10 H · 0 HR | — |
| Mike Cunningham | P | 1906 | 1 | 1 W · 15 SO | — |
| Ralph Edwards | — | 1915 | 1 | 0 H · 0 HR | — |
| Ivan Howard | — | 1914–1917 | 4 | 191 H · 2 HR · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Ed Kinsella | P | 1905–1910 | 2 | 1 W · 21 SO · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Jim Holmes | P | 1906–1908 | 2 | 1 W · 11 SO · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Connie Walsh | P | 1907 | 1 | 0 W · 0 SO · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Phil Cooney | — | 1905 | 1 | 0 H · 0 HR · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Tom Stankard | — | 1904 | 1 | 0 H · 0 HR · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Tom Tennant | — | 1912 | 1 | 0 H · 0 HR · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Willis Cole | — | 1909–1910 | 2 | 53 H · 0 HR · -0.2 WAR | — |
| Al Carson | P | 1910 | 1 | 0 W · 2 SO · -0.2 WAR | — |
| Andy Bruckmiller | P | 1905 | 1 | 0 W · 1 SO · -0.2 WAR | — |
| Ches Crist | — | 1906 | 1 | 0 H · 0 HR · -0.2 WAR | — |
| Cotton Minahan | P | 1907 | 1 | 0 W · 4 SO · -0.2 WAR | — |
| Huck Wallace | P | 1912 | 1 | 0 W · 4 SO · -0.2 WAR | — |
| Pat Paige | P | 1911 | 1 | 1 W · 6 SO · -0.2 WAR | — |
| Bunny Madden | — | 1909–1911 | 3 | 41 H · 0 HR · -0.3 WAR | — |
| Art Loudell | P | 1910 | 1 | 1 W · 12 SO · -0.3 WAR | — |
| Bill McCarthy | P | 1906 | 1 | 0 W · 0 SO · -0.3 WAR | — |
| Jack Coombs | P | 1906–1920 | 14 | 158 W · 1,052 SO · -0.4 WAR | — |
| Frank Barberich | P | 1907–1910 | 2 | 1 W · 1 SO · -0.4 WAR | — |
| Jock Somerlott | — | 1910–1911 | 2 | 21 H · 0 HR · -0.4 WAR | — |
| Buck O'brien | P | 1911–1913 | 3 | 29 W · 204 SO · -0.5 WAR | — |
| Elijah Jones | P | 1907–1909 | 2 | 1 W · 11 SO · -0.5 WAR | — |
| Barney Schreiber | P | 1911 | 1 | 0 W · 5 SO · -0.5 WAR | — |
| Bill Ludwig | — | 1908 | 1 | 34 H · 0 HR · -0.5 WAR | — |
| Fred Winchell | P | 1909 | 1 | 0 W · 7 SO · -0.5 WAR | — |
| Howard Murphy | — | 1909 | 1 | 12 H · 0 HR · -0.5 WAR | — |
| Cy Alberts | P | 1910 | 1 | 1 W · 10 SO · -0.6 WAR | — |
| Ezra Midkiff | — | 1909–1913 | 3 | 77 H · 0 HR · -0.7 WAR | — |
| John McCloskey | P | 1906–1907 | 2 | 3 W · 9 SO · -0.7 WAR | — |
| Gene Good | — | 1906 | 1 | 18 H · 0 HR · -1.3 WAR | — |
| Jul Kustus | — | 1909 | 1 | 25 H · 1 HR · -1.3 WAR | — |
| Sam Frock | P | 1907–1911 | 4 | 15 W · 202 SO · -1.4 WAR | — |
- Charley O'leary 1904–1934
- Bill Collins 1910–1914
Birth dates as ESPN lists them. Best career first: WAR in the regular season, summed over the seasons on file.