MLB players born in 1906
117 MLB players on file were born in 1906. Tommy Bridges leads them with 48.1 career WAR. The first born in 1906 to play in the MLB was Ed Clough, in 1924. Every season since 1876 is on file.
Former MLB players born in 1906 (117)
| Player | Pos | Years | Seasons | Career | Born |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Bridges | P | 1930–1946 | 16 | 194 W · 1,674 SO · 48.1 WAR | — |
| Paul Derringer | P | 1931–1945 | 15 | 223 W · 1,507 SO · 35.2 WAR | — |
| Joe Cronin | — | 1926–1945 | 20 | 2,285 H · 170 HR · 34.7 WAR | — |
| Thornton Lee | P | 1933–1948 | 16 | 117 W · 937 SO · 31.2 WAR | — |
| Willis Hudlin | P | 1926–1944 | 16 | 158 W · 677 SO · 27.8 WAR | — |
| Lloyd Waner | — | 1927–1945 | 18 | 2,459 H · 27 HR · 22.0 WAR | — |
| Joe Kuhel | — | 1930–1947 | 18 | 2,212 H · 131 HR · 21.8 WAR | — |
| Gus Suhr | — | 1930–1940 | 11 | 1,446 H · 84 HR · 20.5 WAR | — |
| Lyn Lary | — | 1929–1940 | 12 | 1,239 H · 38 HR · 17.6 WAR | — |
| Shanty Hogan | — | 1925–1937 | 13 | 939 H · 61 HR · 15.0 WAR | — |
| Tex Carleton | P | 1932–1940 | 8 | 100 W · 808 SO · 15.0 WAR | — |
| Satchel Paige | P | 1948–1965 | 6 | 28 W · 290 SO · 9.7 WAR | — |
| Si Johnson | P | 1928–1947 | 17 | 101 W · 840 SO · 9.6 WAR | — |
| Charlie Gelbert | — | 1929–1940 | 9 | 766 H · 17 HR · 8.3 WAR | — |
| Tony Piet | — | 1931–1938 | 8 | 717 H · 23 HR · 8.0 WAR | — |
| Monte Weaver | P | 1931–1939 | 9 | 71 W · 297 SO · 6.9 WAR | — |
| Ray Starr | P | 1932–1945 | 7 | 37 W · 189 SO · 6.2 WAR | — |
| Tot Pressnell | P | 1938–1942 | 5 | 32 W · 157 SO · 5.9 WAR | — |
| Dick Coffman | P | 1927–1945 | 15 | 72 W · 372 SO · 5.6 WAR | — |
| Rip Radcliff | — | 1934–1943 | 10 | 1,267 H · 42 HR · 5.5 WAR | — |
| Benny Frey | P | 1929–1936 | 8 | 57 W · 179 SO · 5.3 WAR | — |
| Moose Solters | — | 1934–1943 | 9 | 990 H · 83 HR · 5.1 WAR | — |
| Jackie Hayes | — | 1927–1940 | 14 | 1,069 H · 20 HR · 4.5 WAR | — |
| Bud Tinning | P | 1932–1935 | 4 | 22 W · 135 SO · 4.5 WAR | — |
| Ad Liska | P | 1929–1933 | 5 | 17 W · 104 SO · 4.4 WAR | — |
| Dick Barrett | P | 1933–1945 | 5 | 35 W · 271 SO · 4.1 WAR | — |
| Ray Prim | P | 1933–1946 | 6 | 22 W · 161 SO · 4.0 WAR | — |
| Johnny Vergez | — | 1931–1936 | 6 | 593 H · 52 HR · 3.8 WAR | — |
| Randy Moore | — | 1927–1937 | 10 | 627 H · 27 HR · 3.6 WAR | — |
| Marv Owen | — | 1931–1940 | 9 | 1,040 H · 31 HR · 3.6 WAR | — |
| Roxie Lawson | P | 1930–1940 | 9 | 47 W · 258 SO · 3.1 WAR | — |
| Bob Johnson | — | 1933–1945 | 13 | 2,051 H · 288 HR · 2.7 WAR | — |
| Red Worthington | — | 1931–1934 | 4 | 298 H · 12 HR · 2.2 WAR | — |
| Chad Kimsey | P | 1929–1936 | 6 | 24 W · 121 SO · 1.5 WAR | — |
| Hub Walker | — | 1931–1945 | 5 | 205 H · 5 HR · 1.5 WAR | — |
| Hank Johnson | P | 1925–1939 | 12 | 63 W · 568 SO · 1.4 WAR | — |
| Hal McKain | P | 1927–1932 | 5 | 18 W · 136 SO · 1.3 WAR | — |
| Jim Mooney | P | 1931–1934 | 4 | 17 W · 116 SO · 1.2 WAR | — |
| Russ Vanatta | P | 1933–1939 | 7 | 33 W · 339 SO · 0.9 WAR | — |
| Blondy Ryan | — | 1930–1938 | 6 | 318 H · 8 HR · 0.6 WAR | — |
| Carlos Moore | P | 1930 | 1 | 0 W · 2 SO · 0.5 WAR | — |
| Johnnie Tyler | — | 1934–1935 | 2 | 17 H · 2 HR · 0.4 WAR | — |
| Stu Clarke | — | 1929–1930 | 2 | 51 H · 2 HR · 0.4 WAR | — |
| Kemp Wicker | P | 1936–1941 | 4 | 10 W · 27 SO · 0.3 WAR | — |
| Syd Cohen | P | 1934–1937 | 3 | 3 W · 49 SO · 0.3 WAR | — |
| Red Peery | P | 1927–1929 | 2 | 0 W · 3 SO · 0.3 WAR | — |
| Leroy Herrmann | P | 1932–1935 | 3 | 5 W · 39 SO · 0.2 WAR | — |
| Dick Terwilliger | P | 1932 | 1 | 0 W · 2 SO · 0.2 WAR | — |
| Hy Vandenberg | P | 1935–1945 | 7 | 15 W · 120 SO · 0.1 WAR | — |
| Pete McClanahan | — | 1931 | 1 | 2 H · 0 HR · 0.1 WAR | — |
| Tim McKeithan | P | 1932–1934 | 3 | 1 W · 3 SO | — |
| Frank Bushey | P | 1927–1930 | 2 | 0 W · 4 SO | — |
| Ike Powers | P | 1927–1928 | 2 | 2 W · 7 SO | — |
| Al Baker | P | 1938 | 1 | 0 W · 2 SO | — |
| Alex Hooks | — | 1935 | 1 | 10 H · 0 HR | — |
| Bob Cremins | P | 1927 | 1 | 0 W · 0 SO | — |
| Bob Way | — | 1927 | 1 | 1 H · 0 HR | — |
| Cap Clark | — | 1938 | 1 | 19 H · 0 HR | — |
| Charlie Butler | P | 1933 | 1 | 0 W · 0 SO | — |
| Cliff Garrison | P | 1928 | 1 | 0 W · 0 SO | — |
| Ed Crowley | — | 1928 | 1 | 0 H · 0 HR | — |
| Gene Rye | — | 1931 | 1 | 7 H · 0 HR | — |
| Hughie Wise | — | 1930 | 1 | 2 H · 0 HR | — |
| Johnny Tobin | — | 1932 | 1 | 0 H · 0 HR | — |
| John Smith | — | 1931 | 1 | 2 H · 0 HR | — |
| Pat Creeden | — | 1931 | 1 | 0 H · 0 HR | — |
| Ray Dobens | P | 1929 | 1 | 0 W · 4 SO | — |
| Ray Foley | — | 1928 | 1 | 0 H · 0 HR | — |
| Rusty Saunders | — | 1927 | 1 | 2 H · 0 HR | — |
| Tom Kane | — | 1938 | 1 | 0 H · 0 HR | — |
| Tommy Sewell | — | 1927 | 1 | 0 H · 0 HR | — |
| Tom Sullivan | — | 1925 | 1 | 0 H · 0 HR | — |
| Johnny Welch | P | 1926–1936 | 9 | 35 W · 257 SO · -0.1 WAR | — |
| George Detore | — | 1930–1931 | 2 | 17 H · 0 HR · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Art Jones | P | 1932 | 1 | 0 W · 0 SO · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Buck Stanton | — | 1931 | 1 | 3 H · 0 HR · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Dick Bass | P | 1939 | 1 | 0 W · 1 SO · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Frank Lamanske | P | 1935 | 1 | 0 W · 1 SO · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Frank Stewart | P | 1927 | 1 | 0 W · 0 SO · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Gene Connell | — | 1931 | 1 | 3 H · 0 HR · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Pete Daglia | P | 1932 | 1 | 2 W · 16 SO · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Mike Powers | — | 1932–1933 | 2 | 19 H · 0 HR · -0.2 WAR | — |
| Bob Friedrichs | P | 1932 | 1 | 0 W · 2 SO · -0.2 WAR | — |
| George Quellich | — | 1931 | 1 | 12 H · 1 HR · -0.2 WAR | — |
| Joe Graves | — | 1926 | 1 | 0 H · 0 HR · -0.2 WAR | — |
| Lee Riley | — | 1944 | 1 | 1 H · 0 HR · -0.2 WAR | — |
| Hugh Willingham | — | 1930–1933 | 4 | 10 H · 1 HR · -0.3 WAR | — |
| Ed Clough | — | 1924–1926 | 3 | 2 H · 0 HR · -0.3 WAR | — |
| Biggs Wehde | P | 1930–1931 | 2 | 1 W · 6 SO · -0.3 WAR | — |
| Bots Nekola | P | 1929–1933 | 2 | 0 W · 2 SO · -0.3 WAR | — |
| Pete Rambo | P | 1926 | 1 | 0 W · 4 SO · -0.3 WAR | — |
| Pat Veltman | — | 1926–1934 | 6 | 5 H · 0 HR · -0.4 WAR | — |
| Bruce Caldwell | — | 1928–1932 | 2 | 7 H · 0 HR · -0.4 WAR | — |
| Bill Lawrence | — | 1932 | 1 | 10 H · 0 HR · -0.4 WAR | — |
| Glenn Chapman | — | 1934 | 1 | 26 H · 1 HR · -0.4 WAR | — |
| Joe Ogrodowski | P | 1925 | 1 | 0 W · 0 SO · -0.4 WAR | — |
| Bill Posedel | P | 1938–1946 | 5 | 41 W · 227 SO · -0.5 WAR | — |
| Elmer Klumpp | — | 1934–1937 | 2 | 3 H · 0 HR · -0.5 WAR | — |
| Charlie Biggs | P | 1932 | 1 | 1 W · 1 SO · -0.5 WAR | — |
| Harry Kelley | P | 1925–1939 | 6 | 42 W · 230 SO · -0.6 WAR | — |
- Doc Marshall 1929–1932
- Art Smith 1932
- Heinie Schuble 1927–1935
- Roy Joiner 1934–1940
- Fred Tauby 1935–1937
- Overton Tremper 1927–1928
- Al Eckert 1930–1935
- Rollie Stiles 1930–1933
- Red Evans 1936–1939
- Jonah Goldman 1928–1931
- Eddie Delker 1929–1933
- Wally Millies 1934–1941
- Alan Strange 1934–1942
- Lin Storti 1930–1933
- Fred Brickell 1926–1933
- Tom Carey 1935–1946
- Jim Levey 1930–1933
Birth dates as ESPN lists them. Best career first: WAR in the regular season, summed over the seasons on file.