MLB players born in 1916
131 MLB players on file were born in 1916. Enos Slaughter leads them with 51.3 career WAR. The first born in 1916 to play in the MLB were Phil Cavarretta and Elbie Fletcher, in 1934. Every season since 1876 is on file.
Former MLB players born in 1916 (131)
- Woody Rich 1939–1944
- Eddie Carnett 1944–1945
- Frankie Kelleher 1942–1943
- Al Campanis 1943
- Art Kenney 1938
- Joe Burns 1943–1945
- Jack Graham 1946–1949
- Joe Just 1944–1945
- Ed Levy 1940–1944
- Ed Butka 1943–1944
- Joe Callahan 1939–1940
- Pep Rambert 1939–1940
- Pete Suder 1941–1955
- Lou Thuman 1939–1940
- Tom Turner 1940–1944
- Ralph Hamner 1946–1949
- Ken Jungels 1937–1942
- Charley Stanceu 1941–1946
- Sam Chapman 1938–1951
- Charlie Brewster 1943–1946
- Jim Mertz 1943
- Max Wilson 1940–1946
- Don Black 1943–1948
- Len Schulte 1944–1946
- Rene Monteagudo 1938–1945
- Chubby Dean 1937–1943
- Dixie Parsons 1939–1943
- Johnny Sturm 1941
- Norm Schlueter 1938–1944
- Rube Fischer 1941–1946
- Billy Hitchcock 1942–1953
Birth dates as ESPN lists them. Best career first: WAR in the regular season, summed over the seasons on file.