MLB players born in 1898
113 MLB players on file were born in 1898. Frankie Frisch leads them with 68.0 career WAR. The first born in 1898 to play in the MLB was Charlie Grimm, in 1916. Every season since 1876 is on file.
Former MLB players born in 1898 (113)
| Player | Pos | Years | Seasons | Career | Born |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frankie Frisch | — | 1919–1937 | 19 | 2,880 H · 105 HR · 68.0 WAR | — |
| Bill Terry | — | 1923–1936 | 14 | 2,193 H · 154 HR · 52.1 WAR | — |
| Joe Sewell | — | 1920–1933 | 14 | 2,226 H · 49 HR · 49.2 WAR | — |
| Kiki Cuyler | — | 1921–1938 | 17 | 2,299 H · 128 HR · 44.4 WAR | — |
| George Uhle | P | 1919–1936 | 17 | 200 W · 1,135 SO · 40.4 WAR | — |
| Riggs Stephenson | — | 1921–1934 | 14 | 1,515 H · 63 HR · 30.0 WAR | — |
| Firpo Marberry | P | 1923–1936 | 14 | 148 W · 822 SO · 28.6 WAR | — |
| Jake Miller | P | 1924–1933 | 9 | 60 W · 305 SO · 14.3 WAR | — |
| Charlie Grimm | — | 1916–1936 | 20 | 2,299 H · 79 HR · 10.9 WAR | — |
| Cliff Heathcote | — | 1918–1932 | 15 | 1,222 H · 42 HR · 9.1 WAR | — |
| Chuck Dressen | — | 1925–1933 | 8 | 603 H · 11 HR · 7.9 WAR | — |
| Fred Haney | — | 1922–1929 | 7 | 544 H · 8 HR · 7.2 WAR | — |
| Sarge Connally | P | 1921–1934 | 12 | 49 W · 345 SO · 6.4 WAR | — |
| Al Wingo | — | 1919–1928 | 6 | 409 H · 9 HR · 5.7 WAR | — |
| Dutch Levsen | P | 1923–1928 | 6 | 21 W · 88 SO · 3.6 WAR | — |
| Gene Robertson | — | 1919–1930 | 9 | 615 H · 20 HR · 3.0 WAR | — |
| Dick Burrus | — | 1919–1928 | 6 | 513 H · 11 HR · 2.9 WAR | — |
| Homer Summa | — | 1920–1930 | 10 | 905 H · 18 HR · 2.4 WAR | — |
| Pete Scott | — | 1926–1928 | 3 | 158 H · 8 HR · 2.2 WAR | — |
| Jim Lindsey | P | 1922–1937 | 9 | 21 W · 175 SO · 2.0 WAR | — |
| Hod Lisenbee | P | 1927–1945 | 8 | 37 W · 253 SO · 1.6 WAR | — |
| Johnny Werts | P | 1926–1929 | 4 | 15 W · 111 SO · 1.6 WAR | — |
| Maurice Archdeacon | — | 1923–1925 | 3 | 128 H · 0 HR · 1.3 WAR | — |
| Chief Yellowhorse | P | 1921–1922 | 2 | 8 W · 43 SO · 1.3 WAR | — |
| John Kerr | — | 1923–1934 | 8 | 388 H · 6 HR · 1.1 WAR | — |
| Rosy Ryan | P | 1919–1933 | 10 | 52 W · 315 SO · 0.7 WAR | — |
| Frank Shellenback | P | 1918–1919 | 2 | 10 W · 57 SO · 0.7 WAR | — |
| Hal Goldsmith | P | 1926–1929 | 4 | 6 W · 30 SO · 0.6 WAR | — |
| Rip Wheeler | P | 1921–1924 | 4 | 4 W · 21 SO · 0.6 WAR | — |
| Oscar Tuero | P | 1918–1920 | 3 | 6 W · 58 SO · 0.4 WAR | — |
| Red Shea | P | 1918–1922 | 3 | 5 W · 17 SO · 0.3 WAR | — |
| Clint Blume | P | 1922–1923 | 2 | 3 W · 4 SO · 0.3 WAR | — |
| Bud Messenger | P | 1924 | 1 | 2 W · 4 SO · 0.3 WAR | — |
| George Durning | — | 1925 | 1 | 5 H · 0 HR · 0.2 WAR | — |
| Chick Tolson | — | 1925–1930 | 5 | 78 H · 4 HR · 0.1 WAR | — |
| Bill Snyder | P | 1919–1920 | 2 | 2 W · 22 SO · 0.1 WAR | — |
| Ed Stauffer | P | 1923–1925 | 2 | 0 W · 13 SO · 0.1 WAR | — |
| Al Lefevre | — | 1920 | 1 | 4 H · 0 HR · 0.1 WAR | — |
| Bill Doran | — | 1922 | 1 | 1 H · 0 HR · 0.1 WAR | — |
| Frank Wayenberg | P | 1924 | 1 | 0 W · 3 SO · 0.1 WAR | — |
| Mike Pasquella | — | 1919 | 1 | 1 H · 0 HR · 0.1 WAR | — |
| Red Lutz | — | 1922 | 1 | 1 H · 0 HR · 0.1 WAR | — |
| Red Thomas | — | 1921 | 1 | 8 H · 1 HR · 0.1 WAR | — |
| Curt Fullerton | P | 1921–1933 | 6 | 10 W · 104 SO | — |
| Charlie High | — | 1919–1920 | 2 | 22 H · 1 HR | — |
| Dee Cousineau | — | 1923–1924 | 2 | 2 H · 0 HR | — |
| Dennis Burns | P | 1923–1924 | 2 | 8 W · 34 SO | — |
| Frank Callaway | — | 1921–1922 | 2 | 25 H · 0 HR | — |
| Bill Clowers | P | 1926 | 1 | 0 W · 0 SO | — |
| Bill Grevell | P | 1919 | 1 | 0 W · 3 SO | — |
| Charlie Dorman | — | 1923 | 1 | 1 H · 0 HR | — |
| Clarence Winters | P | 1924 | 1 | 0 W · 3 SO | — |
| Claude Davenport | P | 1920 | 1 | 0 W · 0 SO | — |
| Frank McCue | — | 1922 | 1 | 0 H · 0 HR | — |
| Hal Leathers | — | 1920 | 1 | 7 H · 1 HR | — |
| Herb Welch | — | 1925 | 1 | 11 H · 0 HR | — |
| Jimmie Long | — | 1922 | 1 | 0 H · 0 HR | — |
| Joe Bratcher | — | 1924 | 1 | 0 H · 0 HR | — |
| Joe Matthews | P | 1922 | 1 | 0 W · 0 SO | — |
| John Mohardt | — | 1922 | 1 | 1 H · 0 HR | — |
| John Monroe | — | 1921 | 1 | 41 H · 2 HR | — |
| Johnny Mann | — | 1928 | 1 | 2 H · 0 HR | — |
| John Perrin | — | 1921 | 1 | 3 H · 0 HR | — |
| John Slappey | P | 1920 | 1 | 0 W · 1 SO | — |
| John Woods | P | 1924 | 1 | 0 W · 0 SO | — |
| Lou Bauer | P | 1918 | 1 | 0 W · 0 SO | — |
| Roy Hansen | P | 1918 | 1 | 1 W · 2 SO | — |
| Speed Walker | — | 1923 | 1 | 2 H · 0 HR | — |
| Spoke Emery | — | 1924 | 1 | 2 H · 0 HR | — |
| Tom Glass | P | 1925 | 1 | 1 W · 2 SO | — |
| Uke Clanton | — | 1922 | 1 | 0 H · 0 HR | — |
| Webb Schultz | P | 1924 | 1 | 0 W · 0 SO | — |
| Claude Willoughby | P | 1925–1931 | 7 | 38 W · 175 SO · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Luke Urban | — | 1927–1928 | 2 | 35 H · 0 HR · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Phil Bedgood | P | 1922–1923 | 2 | 1 W · 12 SO · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Broadway Jones | P | 1923 | 1 | 0 W · 1 SO · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Frank Loftus | P | 1926 | 1 | 0 W · 0 SO · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Gene Lansing | P | 1922 | 1 | 0 W · 14 SO · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Harvey Macdonald | — | 1928 | 1 | 4 H · 0 HR · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Paul McCullough | P | 1929 | 1 | 0 W · 3 SO · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Tom Long | P | 1924 | 1 | 0 W · 0 SO · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Lou Koupal | P | 1925–1937 | 6 | 10 W · 87 SO · -0.2 WAR | — |
| Joe Batchelder | P | 1923–1925 | 3 | 1 W · 6 SO · -0.2 WAR | — |
| Chink Taylor | — | 1925 | 1 | 0 H · 0 HR · -0.2 WAR | — |
| Dick Wheeler | — | 1918 | 1 | 0 H · 0 HR · -0.2 WAR | — |
| Duke Shirey | P | 1920 | 1 | 0 W · 0 SO · -0.2 WAR | — |
| Emmett Bowles | P | 1922 | 1 | 0 W · 0 SO · -0.2 WAR | — |
| George Knothe | — | 1932 | 1 | 1 H · 0 HR · -0.2 WAR | — |
| Jesse Fowler | P | 1924 | 1 | 1 W · 5 SO · -0.2 WAR | — |
| Lucas Turk | P | 1922 | 1 | 0 W · 1 SO · -0.2 WAR | — |
| Rip Wade | — | 1923 | 1 | 16 H · 2 HR · -0.2 WAR | — |
| Bobby Lamotte | — | 1920–1926 | 5 | 175 H · 3 HR · -0.3 WAR | — |
| Tim McNamara | P | 1922–1926 | 5 | 14 W · 88 SO · -0.3 WAR | — |
| Hap Collard | P | 1927–1930 | 3 | 6 W · 28 SO · -0.3 WAR | — |
| Hinkey Haines | — | 1923 | 1 | 4 H · 0 HR · -0.3 WAR | — |
| George Murray | P | 1922–1933 | 6 | 20 W · 114 SO · -0.5 WAR | — |
| Clarence Fisher | P | 1919–1920 | 2 | 0 W · 1 SO · -0.5 WAR | — |
| Roy Moore | P | 1920–1923 | 4 | 11 W · 154 SO · -0.6 WAR | — |
| Duke Sedgwick | P | 1921–1923 | 2 | 1 W · 25 SO · -0.6 WAR | — |
| Jim Bishop | P | 1923–1924 | 2 | 0 W · 8 SO · -0.6 WAR | — |
- Lee Thompson 1921
- Bill Clarkson 1927–1929
- Jimmie Keenan 1920–1921
- Bill Kelly 1920–1928
- Benny Bengough 1923–1932
- Spencer Adams 1923–1927
- Harry Courtney 1919–1922
- Jess Doyle 1925–1931
- Joe Giard 1925–1927
- Zack Taylor 1920–1935
- Dewey Metivier 1922–1924
- Tom Jenkins 1925–1932
- Earl McNeely 1924–1931
Birth dates as ESPN lists them. Best career first: WAR in the regular season, summed over the seasons on file.