MLB players born in 1904
97 MLB players on file were born in 1904. Chuck Klein leads them with 41.5 career WAR. The first born in 1904 to play in the MLB were Jess Cortazzo, Tony Murray, Lou Rosenberg, and Clay Roe, in 1923. Every season since 1876 is on file.
Former MLB players born in 1904 (97)
| Player | Pos | Years | Seasons | Career | Born |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chuck Klein | — | 1928–1944 | 17 | 2,076 H · 300 HR · 41.5 WAR | — |
| Red Ruffing | P | 1924–1947 | 22 | 273 W · 1,987 SO · 40.7 WAR | — |
| Buddy Myer | — | 1925–1941 | 17 | 2,131 H · 38 HR · 40.0 WAR | — |
| Bump Hadley | P | 1926–1941 | 16 | 161 W · 1,318 SO · 31.0 WAR | — |
| Sam West | — | 1927–1942 | 16 | 1,838 H · 75 HR · 26.1 WAR | — |
| Spud Davis | — | 1928–1945 | 16 | 1,312 H · 77 HR · 25.5 WAR | — |
| Billy Rogell | — | 1925–1940 | 14 | 1,375 H · 42 HR · 22.1 WAR | — |
| Ripper Collins | — | 1931–1941 | 9 | 1,121 H · 135 HR · 21.7 WAR | — |
| George Blaeholder | P | 1925–1936 | 11 | 104 W · 572 SO · 20.2 WAR | — |
| Lloyd Brown | P | 1925–1940 | 12 | 91 W · 510 SO · 15.9 WAR | — |
| Pepper Martin | — | 1928–1944 | 13 | 1,227 H · 59 HR · 15.8 WAR | — |
| Fred Frankhouse | P | 1927–1939 | 13 | 106 W · 622 SO · 15.1 WAR | — |
| Luke Hamlin | P | 1933–1944 | 9 | 73 W · 563 SO · 13.7 WAR | — |
| Ed Morgan | — | 1928–1934 | 7 | 879 H · 52 HR · 12.9 WAR | — |
| Pete Appleton | P | 1927–1945 | 14 | 57 W · 420 SO · 7.3 WAR | — |
| Ethan Allen | — | 1926–1938 | 13 | 1,325 H · 47 HR · 5.9 WAR | — |
| Len Koenecke | — | 1932–1935 | 3 | 274 H · 22 HR · 5.9 WAR | — |
| Mark Koenig | — | 1925–1936 | 12 | 1,190 H · 28 HR · 5.6 WAR | — |
| Boom-boom Beck | P | 1924–1945 | 12 | 38 W · 352 SO · 3.0 WAR | — |
| Andy Cohen | — | 1926–1929 | 3 | 249 H · 14 HR · 2.7 WAR | — |
| Johnny Burnett | — | 1927–1935 | 9 | 521 H · 9 HR · 2.4 WAR | — |
| Bud Teachout | P | 1930–1932 | 3 | 12 W · 73 SO · 1.9 WAR | — |
| Gordon Slade | — | 1930–1935 | 6 | 353 H · 8 HR · 1.8 WAR | — |
| Jack Cummings | — | 1926–1929 | 4 | 45 H · 4 HR · 1.4 WAR | — |
| Chick Fullis | — | 1928–1936 | 8 | 548 H · 12 HR · 1.0 WAR | — |
| Bill Akers | — | 1929–1932 | 4 | 124 H · 11 HR · 1.0 WAR | — |
| Pid Purdy | — | 1926–1929 | 4 | 146 H · 2 HR · 0.9 WAR | — |
| Bill Lewis | — | 1933–1936 | 3 | 33 H · 1 HR · 0.9 WAR | — |
| Ray Hayworth | — | 1926–1945 | 15 | 546 H · 5 HR · 0.8 WAR | — |
| Paul Hopkins | P | 1927–1929 | 2 | 1 W · 11 SO · 0.7 WAR | — |
| John Milligan | P | 1928–1934 | 5 | 3 W · 38 SO · 0.6 WAR | — |
| Fay Thomas | P | 1927–1935 | 4 | 9 W · 112 SO · 0.6 WAR | — |
| Bunny Hearn | P | 1926–1929 | 4 | 7 W · 65 SO · 0.4 WAR | — |
| Earl Mattingly | P | 1931 | 1 | 0 W · 6 SO · 0.4 WAR | — |
| Bill Dreesen | — | 1931 | 1 | 40 H · 1 HR · 0.3 WAR | — |
| Liz Funk | — | 1930–1933 | 3 | 261 H · 6 HR · 0.1 WAR | — |
| Bill Windle | — | 1928–1929 | 2 | 1 H · 0 HR · 0.1 WAR | — |
| Max West | — | 1928–1929 | 2 | 8 H · 0 HR · 0.1 WAR | — |
| Dutch Hoffman | — | 1929 | 1 | 87 H · 3 HR · 0.1 WAR | — |
| Edgar Barnhart | P | 1924 | 1 | 0 W · 0 SO · 0.1 WAR | — |
| Oscar Estrada | P | 1929 | 1 | 0 W · 0 SO · 0.1 WAR | — |
| Allyn Stout | P | 1931–1943 | 6 | 20 W · 185 SO | — |
| Joe Berry | P | 1942–1946 | 4 | 21 W · 117 SO | — |
| Randy Reese | — | 1927–1930 | 4 | 321 H · 14 HR | — |
| Red Rollings | — | 1927–1930 | 3 | 89 H · 0 HR | — |
| Arlie Tarbert | — | 1927–1928 | 2 | 16 H · 0 HR | — |
| Frank Bennett | P | 1927–1928 | 2 | 0 W · 1 SO | — |
| Art Daney | P | 1928 | 1 | 0 W · 0 SO | — |
| Bud Morse | — | 1929 | 1 | 2 H · 0 HR | — |
| Charlie Fitzberger | — | 1928 | 1 | 2 H · 0 HR | — |
| George Cox | P | 1928 | 1 | 1 W · 22 SO | — |
| Howie Carter | — | 1926 | 1 | 0 H · 0 HR | — |
| Jess Cortazzo | — | 1923 | 1 | 0 H · 0 HR | — |
| John Shea | P | 1928 | 1 | 0 W · 0 SO | — |
| Lefty Atkinson | — | 1927 | 1 | 0 H · 0 HR | — |
| Marty Karow | — | 1927 | 1 | 2 H · 0 HR | — |
| Mel Ingram | — | 1929 | 1 | 0 H · 0 HR | — |
| Neal Baker | P | 1927 | 1 | 0 W · 3 SO | — |
| Ollie Sax | — | 1928 | 1 | 3 H · 0 HR | — |
| Paul Hinson | — | 1928 | 1 | 0 H · 0 HR | — |
| Ray Boggs | P | 1928 | 1 | 0 W · 0 SO | — |
| Ray Fitzgerald | — | 1931 | 1 | 0 H · 0 HR | — |
| Ray Wolf | — | 1927 | 1 | 0 H · 0 HR | — |
| Tony Murray | — | 1923 | 1 | 1 H · 0 HR | — |
| Bill Cissell | — | 1928–1938 | 9 | 990 H · 29 HR · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Dutch Ussat | — | 1925–1927 | 2 | 3 H · 0 HR · -0.1 WAR | — |
| John O'connell | — | 1928–1929 | 2 | 1 H · 0 HR · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Abe White | P | 1937 | 1 | 0 W · 2 SO · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Cecil Bolton | — | 1928 | 1 | 2 H · 0 HR · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Ed Cotter | — | 1926 | 1 | 8 H · 0 HR · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Howie Williamson | — | 1928 | 1 | 2 H · 0 HR · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Joe O'rourke | — | 1929 | 1 | 0 H · 0 HR · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Lou Rosenberg | — | 1923 | 1 | 1 H · 0 HR · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Mike Smith | — | 1926 | 1 | 1 H · 0 HR · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Pete Susko | — | 1934 | 1 | 64 H · 2 HR · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Tom Angley | — | 1929 | 1 | 4 H · 0 HR · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Clay Roe | P | 1923 | 1 | 0 W · 2 SO · -0.2 WAR | — |
| Hal Anderson | — | 1932 | 1 | 8 H · 0 HR · -0.2 WAR | — |
| Herb Cobb | P | 1929 | 1 | 0 W · 0 SO · -0.2 WAR | — |
| Buz Phillips | P | 1930 | 1 | 0 W · 9 SO · -0.3 WAR | — |
| Bobby Reeves | — | 1926–1931 | 6 | 402 H · 8 HR · -0.4 WAR | — |
| Guy Cantrell | P | 1925–1930 | 3 | 2 W · 45 SO · -0.4 WAR | — |
| Monk Sherlock | — | 1930 | 1 | 97 H · 0 HR · -0.4 WAR | — |
| Sam Dailey | P | 1929 | 1 | 2 W · 18 SO · -0.4 WAR | — |
| Augie Walsh | P | 1927–1928 | 2 | 4 W · 38 SO · -0.5 WAR | — |
| Ed Pipgras | P | 1932 | 1 | 0 W · 5 SO · -0.5 WAR | — |
| Bill Shores | P | 1928–1936 | 6 | 26 W · 129 SO · -0.6 WAR | — |
| Hank Winston | P | 1933–1936 | 2 | 1 W · 10 SO · -0.6 WAR | — |
| Frank Sigafoos | — | 1926–1931 | 3 | 27 H · 0 HR · -0.8 WAR | — |
| Neal Finn | — | 1930–1933 | 4 | 274 H · 3 HR · -0.9 WAR | — |
| Bill Sweeney | — | 1928–1931 | 3 | 300 H · 5 HR · -0.9 WAR | — |
| Willie Underhill | P | 1927–1928 | 2 | 1 W · 20 SO · -0.9 WAR | — |
| Harry Smythe | P | 1929–1934 | 3 | 5 W · 33 SO · -1.3 WAR | — |
| Frank Ragland | P | 1932–1933 | 2 | 1 W · 15 SO · -1.4 WAR | — |
| Jo-jo Morrissey | — | 1932–1936 | 3 | 195 H · 0 HR · -1.6 WAR | — |
| Denny Sothern | — | 1926–1931 | 5 | 379 H · 19 HR · -2.7 WAR | — |
| Vic Frasier | P | 1931–1939 | 6 | 23 W · 170 SO · -3.9 WAR | — |
Birth dates as ESPN lists them. Best career first: WAR in the regular season, summed over the seasons on file.