MLB players born in 1912
110 MLB players on file were born in 1912. Arky Vaughan leads them with 70.5 career WAR. The first born in 1912 to play in the MLB were Jud McLaughlin and Lew Krausse, in 1931. Every season since 1876 is on file.
Former MLB players born in 1912 (110)
| Player | Pos | Years | Seasons | Career | Born |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arky Vaughan | — | 1932–1948 | 14 | 2,103 H · 96 HR · 70.5 WAR | — |
| Augie Galan | — | 1934–1949 | 16 | 1,706 H · 100 HR · 38.8 WAR | — |
| Harlond Clift | — | 1934–1945 | 12 | 1,558 H · 178 HR · 36.0 WAR | — |
| Hal Trosky | — | 1933–1946 | 11 | 1,561 H · 228 HR · 27.8 WAR | — |
| Terry Moore | — | 1935–1948 | 11 | 1,318 H · 80 HR · 16.9 WAR | — |
| Jim Tobin | P | 1937–1945 | 9 | 105 W · 498 SO · 16.7 WAR | — |
| Vince Dimaggio | — | 1937–1946 | 10 | 959 H · 125 HR · 15.9 WAR | — |
| Cliff Melton | P | 1937–1944 | 8 | 86 W · 660 SO · 15.2 WAR | — |
| Mickey Haefner | P | 1943–1950 | 8 | 78 W · 508 SO · 13.0 WAR | — |
| Ray Mueller | — | 1935–1951 | 14 | 733 H · 56 HR · 10.3 WAR | — |
| Cookie Lavagetto | — | 1934–1947 | 10 | 945 H · 40 HR · 9.9 WAR | — |
| Goody Rosen | — | 1937–1946 | 6 | 557 H · 22 HR · 9.9 WAR | — |
| Monty Stratton | P | 1934–1938 | 5 | 36 W · 196 SO · 9.5 WAR | — |
| Chet Laabs | — | 1937–1947 | 11 | 813 H · 117 HR · 8.7 WAR | — |
| Johnny Rizzo | — | 1938–1942 | 5 | 497 H · 61 HR · 7.9 WAR | — |
| Ace Adams | P | 1941–1946 | 6 | 41 W · 171 SO · 7.0 WAR | — |
| Clyde Shoun | P | 1935–1949 | 14 | 73 W · 483 SO · 6.2 WAR | — |
| Alex Kampouris | — | 1934–1943 | 9 | 531 H · 45 HR · 6.0 WAR | — |
| Gordon Maltzberger | P | 1943–1947 | 4 | 20 W · 136 SO · 5.9 WAR | — |
| Alex Carrasquel | P | 1939–1949 | 8 | 50 W · 252 SO · 5.0 WAR | — |
| Bennie Warren | — | 1939–1947 | 6 | 217 H · 33 HR · 3.7 WAR | — |
| Babe Dahlgren | — | 1935–1946 | 12 | 1,056 H · 82 HR · 3.6 WAR | — |
| Guy Curtright | — | 1943–1946 | 4 | 294 H · 9 HR · 3.4 WAR | — |
| Woody Williams | — | 1938–1945 | 4 | 314 H · 1 HR · 3.3 WAR | — |
| Jim Gleeson | — | 1936–1942 | 5 | 336 H · 16 HR · 3.2 WAR | — |
| Dutch Dietz | P | 1940–1943 | 4 | 14 W · 79 SO · 3.1 WAR | — |
| Whitey Moore | P | 1936–1942 | 7 | 30 W · 228 SO · 2.0 WAR | — |
| Heinie Mueller | — | 1938–1941 | 4 | 324 H · 17 HR · 1.5 WAR | — |
| Al Unser | — | 1942–1945 | 4 | 85 H · 4 HR · 0.7 WAR | — |
| Grey Clarke | — | 1944 | 1 | 44 H · 0 HR · 0.5 WAR | — |
| Whitey Wistert | P | 1934 | 1 | 0 W · 1 SO · 0.4 WAR | — |
| Hiker Moran | P | 1938–1939 | 2 | 1 W · 4 SO · 0.3 WAR | — |
| Bill Schuster | — | 1937–1945 | 5 | 61 H · 1 HR · 0.2 WAR | — |
| Ed Moriarty | — | 1935–1936 | 2 | 12 H · 1 HR · 0.2 WAR | — |
| Milt Bocek | — | 1933–1934 | 2 | 16 H · 1 HR · 0.2 WAR | — |
| Aubrey Epps | — | 1935 | 1 | 3 H · 0 HR · 0.2 WAR | — |
| Joe Rogalski | P | 1938 | 1 | 0 W · 2 SO · 0.2 WAR | — |
| Tom Sunkel | P | 1937–1944 | 6 | 9 W · 112 SO · 0.1 WAR | — |
| Frank Secory | — | 1940–1946 | 5 | 37 H · 7 HR · 0.1 WAR | — |
| Red Anderson | P | 1937–1941 | 3 | 5 W · 40 SO · 0.1 WAR | — |
| Sid Gautreaux | — | 1936–1937 | 2 | 20 H · 0 HR · 0.1 WAR | — |
| Charlie Wagner | P | 1938–1946 | 6 | 32 W · 157 SO | — |
| Johnny Lazor | — | 1943–1946 | 4 | 157 H · 6 HR | — |
| Jud McLaughlin | P | 1931–1933 | 3 | 0 W · 4 SO | — |
| Ted Olson | P | 1936–1938 | 3 | 1 W · 18 SO | — |
| Whitey Wilshere | P | 1934–1936 | 3 | 10 W · 103 SO | — |
| Ace Parker | — | 1937–1938 | 2 | 37 H · 2 HR | — |
| Lew Krausse | P | 1931–1932 | 2 | 5 W · 17 SO | — |
| Al Wright | — | 1933 | 1 | 1 H · 0 HR | — |
| Bill Patton | — | 1935 | 1 | 3 H · 0 HR | — |
| Dino Chiozza | — | 1935 | 1 | 0 H · 0 HR | — |
| Dutch Fehring | — | 1934 | 1 | 0 H · 0 HR | — |
| Ed Lagger | P | 1934 | 1 | 0 W · 2 SO | — |
| Fred Walters | — | 1945 | 1 | 16 H · 0 HR | — |
| George Cisar | — | 1937 | 1 | 6 H · 0 HR | — |
| Hal Warnock | — | 1935 | 1 | 2 H · 0 HR | — |
| Icehouse Wilson | — | 1934 | 1 | 0 H · 0 HR | — |
| Jerry McQuaig | — | 1934 | 1 | 1 H · 0 HR | — |
| Les Rock | — | 1936 | 1 | 0 H · 0 HR | — |
| Mem Lovett | — | 1933 | 1 | 0 H · 0 HR | — |
| Oliver Hill | — | 1939 | 1 | 1 H · 0 HR | — |
| Steve Gerkin | P | 1945 | 1 | 0 W · 25 SO | — |
| Tommy Irwin | — | 1938 | 1 | 1 H · 0 HR | — |
| Whitey Ock | — | 1935 | 1 | 0 H · 0 HR | — |
| Emil Bildilli | P | 1937–1941 | 5 | 4 W · 55 SO · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Carl Doyle | P | 1935–1940 | 4 | 6 W · 101 SO · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Pat Ankenman | — | 1936–1944 | 3 | 7 H · 0 HR · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Henry Coppola | P | 1935–1936 | 2 | 3 W · 21 SO · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Kit Carson | — | 1934–1935 | 2 | 10 H · 0 HR · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Wayne Osborne | P | 1935–1936 | 2 | 1 W · 9 SO · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Archie Wise | P | 1932 | 1 | 0 W · 2 SO · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Bud Bates | — | 1939 | 1 | 15 H · 1 HR · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Dave Coble | — | 1939 | 1 | 7 H · 0 HR · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Jackie Price | — | 1946 | 1 | 3 H · 0 HR · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Marc Filley | P | 1934 | 1 | 0 W · 0 SO · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Tony York | — | 1944 | 1 | 20 H · 0 HR · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Birdie Tebbetts | — | 1936–1952 | 14 | 1,000 H · 38 HR · -0.2 WAR | — |
| Nick Tremark | — | 1934–1936 | 3 | 18 H · 0 HR · -0.2 WAR | — |
| Al McLean | P | 1935 | 1 | 0 W · 3 SO · -0.2 WAR | — |
| Ed Edelen | P | 1932 | 1 | 0 W · 0 SO · -0.2 WAR | — |
| Jesse Landrum | — | 1938 | 1 | 0 H · 0 HR · -0.2 WAR | — |
| Quincy Trouppe | — | 1952 | 1 | 1 H · 0 HR · -0.2 WAR | — |
| Tony Dephillips | — | 1943 | 1 | 2 H · 0 HR · -0.2 WAR | — |
| Dick Siebert | — | 1932–1945 | 11 | 1,104 H · 32 HR · -0.3 WAR | — |
| Claude Wilborn | — | 1940 | 1 | 0 H · 0 HR · -0.3 WAR | — |
| Joe Mack | — | 1945 | 1 | 60 H · 3 HR · -0.3 WAR | — |
| Paul Gehrman | P | 1937 | 1 | 0 W · 1 SO · -0.3 WAR | — |
| Gene Ford | P | 1936–1938 | 2 | 0 W · 2 SO · -0.4 WAR | — |
| Charlie Uhlir | — | 1934 | 1 | 4 H · 0 HR · -0.4 WAR | — |
| Pete Center | P | 1942–1946 | 4 | 7 W · 50 SO · -0.5 WAR | — |
| Buck Rogers | P | 1935 | 1 | 0 W · 7 SO · -0.5 WAR | — |
| Ham Schulte | — | 1940 | 1 | 103 H · 1 HR · -0.5 WAR | — |
| Linc Blakely | — | 1934 | 1 | 23 H · 0 HR · -0.5 WAR | — |
| Jack Wilson | P | 1934–1942 | 9 | 68 W · 590 SO · -0.7 WAR | — |
| Tom Drake | P | 1939–1941 | 2 | 1 W · 13 SO · -0.7 WAR | — |
| Jim Hayes | P | 1935 | 1 | 2 W · 9 SO · -0.8 WAR | — |
| Johnny Hudson | — | 1936–1945 | 7 | 283 H · 4 HR · -0.9 WAR | — |
| Bud Hafey | — | 1935–1939 | 3 | 78 H · 10 HR · -0.9 WAR | — |
| Otto Denning | — | 1942–1943 | 2 | 76 H · 1 HR · -0.9 WAR | — |
| Jake Wade | P | 1936–1946 | 8 | 27 W · 291 SO · -1.0 WAR | — |
- Greek George 1936–1945
- Ben Geraghty 1936–1944
- Bruce Ogrodowski 1936–1937
- Billy Holm 1943–1945
- Glen Stewart 1940–1944
- Mike Guerra 1937–1951
- Don Gutteridge 1936–1948
- Tony Giuliani 1936–1943
- Del Young 1937–1940
- Ray Harrell 1935–1945
Birth dates as ESPN lists them. Best career first: WAR in the regular season, summed over the seasons on file.