MLB players born in 1921
107 MLB players on file were born in 1921. Warren Spahn leads them with 86.1 career WAR. The first born in 1921 to play in the MLB was Hal Newhouser, in 1939. Every season since 1876 is on file.
Former MLB players born in 1921 (107)
| Player | Pos | Years | Seasons | Career | Born |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warren Spahn | P | 1942–1965 | 21 | 363 W · 2,583 SO · 86.1 WAR | — |
| Hal Newhouser | P | 1939–1955 | 17 | 207 W · 1,796 SO · 55.8 WAR | — |
| Andy Pafko | — | 1943–1959 | 17 | 1,796 H · 213 HR · 33.5 WAR | — |
| Roy Campanella | — | 1948–1957 | 10 | 1,161 H · 242 HR · 31.6 WAR | — |
| Howie Pollet | P | 1941–1956 | 14 | 131 W · 934 SO · 30.3 WAR | — |
| Dale Mitchell | — | 1946–1956 | 11 | 1,244 H · 41 HR · 17.9 WAR | — |
| Willard Marshall | — | 1942–1955 | 11 | 1,160 H · 130 HR · 17.4 WAR | — |
| Bobby Adams | — | 1946–1959 | 14 | 1,082 H · 37 HR · 12.8 WAR | — |
| Dick Wakefield | — | 1941–1952 | 9 | 625 H · 56 HR · 12.0 WAR | — |
| Hoot Evers | — | 1941–1956 | 12 | 1,055 H · 98 HR · 11.5 WAR | — |
| Jim Hearn | P | 1947–1959 | 13 | 109 W · 669 SO · 11.4 WAR | — |
| Harry Dorish | P | 1947–1956 | 10 | 45 W · 332 SO · 7.4 WAR | — |
| Howie Fox | P | 1944–1954 | 9 | 43 W · 342 SO · 6.7 WAR | — |
| George Crowe | — | 1952–1961 | 9 | 467 H · 81 HR · 5.5 WAR | — |
| Ferris Fain | — | 1947–1955 | 9 | 1,139 H · 48 HR · 4.6 WAR | — |
| Elmer Valo | — | 1940–1961 | 20 | 1,420 H · 58 HR · 4.3 WAR | — |
| Bobby Hogue | P | 1948–1952 | 5 | 18 W · 108 SO · 3.6 WAR | — |
| Bill Howerton | — | 1949–1952 | 4 | 178 H · 22 HR · 3.0 WAR | — |
| Bill Kennedy | P | 1948–1957 | 8 | 15 W · 256 SO · 2.9 WAR | — |
| Doyle Lade | P | 1946–1950 | 5 | 25 W · 178 SO · 2.9 WAR | — |
| Dick Starr | P | 1947–1951 | 5 | 12 W · 120 SO · 2.2 WAR | — |
| Marv Rackley | — | 1947–1950 | 4 | 151 H · 1 HR · 1.6 WAR | — |
| Al Jurisich | P | 1944–1947 | 4 | 15 W · 177 SO · 1.1 WAR | — |
| Don Bollweg | — | 1950–1955 | 5 | 110 H · 11 HR · 0.9 WAR | — |
| Bob Chesnes | P | 1948–1950 | 3 | 24 W · 130 SO · 0.9 WAR | — |
| Julio Moreno | P | 1950–1953 | 4 | 18 W · 119 SO · 0.8 WAR | — |
| Jack Phillips | — | 1947–1957 | 9 | 252 H · 9 HR · 0.7 WAR | — |
| Clint Conatser | — | 1948–1949 | 2 | 102 H · 6 HR · 0.6 WAR | — |
| Matt Batts | — | 1947–1956 | 10 | 432 H · 26 HR · 0.5 WAR | — |
| Lefty Wallace | P | 1942–1946 | 3 | 5 W · 51 SO · 0.5 WAR | — |
| Gene Lambert | P | 1941–1942 | 2 | 0 W · 4 SO · 0.4 WAR | — |
| Al Sima | P | 1950–1954 | 4 | 11 W · 111 SO · 0.3 WAR | — |
| Herb Conyers | — | 1950 | 1 | 3 H · 1 HR · 0.2 WAR | — |
| Nelson Burbrink | — | 1955 | 1 | 47 H · 0 HR · 0.2 WAR | — |
| Al Verdel | P | 1944 | 1 | 0 W · 0 SO · 0.1 WAR | — |
| Charlie Fox | — | 1942 | 1 | 3 H · 0 HR · 0.1 WAR | — |
| Jack Albright | — | 1947 | 1 | 23 H · 2 HR · 0.1 WAR | — |
| John Fick | P | 1944 | 1 | 0 W · 2 SO · 0.1 WAR | — |
| Ken Polivka | P | 1947 | 1 | 0 W · 1 SO · 0.1 WAR | — |
| Wally Flager | — | 1945 | 1 | 53 H · 2 HR · 0.1 WAR | — |
| Dick Fowler | P | 1941–1952 | 10 | 66 W · 382 SO | — |
| Dave Ferriss | P | 1945–1950 | 6 | 65 W · 296 SO | — |
| Bob Savage | P | 1942–1949 | 5 | 16 W · 171 SO | — |
| Bill McCahan | P | 1946–1949 | 4 | 16 W · 76 SO | — |
| Clarence Maddern | — | 1946–1951 | 4 | 59 H · 5 HR | — |
| Hank Behrman | P | 1946–1949 | 4 | 24 W · 189 SO | — |
| Ben Steiner | — | 1945–1947 | 3 | 79 H · 3 HR | — |
| Cliff Aberson | — | 1947–1949 | 3 | 45 H · 5 HR | — |
| Johnny Vancuyk | P | 1947–1949 | 3 | 0 W · 3 SO | — |
| Ted Abernathy | P | 1942–1944 | 3 | 0 W · 13 SO | — |
| Eddie McGah | — | 1946–1947 | 2 | 8 H · 0 HR | — |
| James Atkins | P | 1950–1952 | 2 | 0 W · 2 SO | — |
| Larry Drake | — | 1945–1948 | 2 | 2 H · 0 HR | — |
| Bill Bradford | P | 1956 | 1 | 0 W · 0 SO | — |
| Bill Peterman | — | 1942 | 1 | 1 H · 0 HR | — |
| Bob Rinker | — | 1950 | 1 | 1 H · 0 HR | — |
| Jack Robinson | P | 1949 | 1 | 0 W · 1 SO | — |
| Johnny Tobin | — | 1945 | 1 | 70 H · 0 HR | — |
| Les Layton | — | 1948 | 1 | 21 H · 2 HR | — |
| Neill Sheridan | — | 1948 | 1 | 0 H · 0 HR | — |
| Roy Nichols | — | 1944 | 1 | 2 H · 0 HR | — |
| Tex Hoyle | P | 1952 | 1 | 0 W · 1 SO | — |
| Johnny Blatnik | — | 1948–1950 | 3 | 113 H · 6 HR · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Red Durrett | — | 1944–1945 | 2 | 7 H · 1 HR · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Al Kvasnak | — | 1942 | 1 | 2 H · 0 HR · -0.1 WAR | — |
| George Elder | — | 1949 | 1 | 11 H · 0 HR · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Jodie Beeler | — | 1944 | 1 | 0 H · 0 HR · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Mickey McGowan | P | 1948 | 1 | 0 W · 2 SO · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Al Lamacchia | P | 1943–1946 | 3 | 2 W · 7 SO · -0.3 WAR | — |
| Bill Drescher | — | 1944–1946 | 3 | 37 H · 0 HR · -0.3 WAR | — |
| Earl Rapp | — | 1949–1952 | 3 | 73 H · 2 HR · -0.3 WAR | — |
| Red Murff | P | 1956–1957 | 2 | 2 W · 31 SO · -0.3 WAR | — |
| Chet Kehn | P | 1942 | 1 | 0 W · 3 SO · -0.3 WAR | — |
| Frank Rosso | P | 1944 | 1 | 0 W · 1 SO · -0.3 WAR | — |
| Joe Erautt | — | 1950–1951 | 2 | 8 H · 0 HR · -0.4 WAR | — |
| John Carden | P | 1946 | 1 | 0 W · 1 SO · -0.4 WAR | — |
| Pete Castiglione | — | 1947–1954 | 8 | 426 H · 24 HR · -0.5 WAR | — |
| Charlie Mead | — | 1943–1945 | 3 | 64 H · 3 HR · -0.5 WAR | — |
| Les Fusselman | — | 1952–1953 | 2 | 12 H · 1 HR · -0.5 WAR | — |
| Dee Sanders | P | 1945 | 1 | 0 W · 1 SO · -0.5 WAR | — |
| Ralph Weigel | — | 1946–1949 | 3 | 54 H · 0 HR · -0.6 WAR | — |
| Frank Seward | P | 1943–1944 | 2 | 3 W · 18 SO · -0.6 WAR | — |
| Ken Brondell | P | 1944 | 1 | 0 W · 1 SO · -0.6 WAR | — |
| Red Adams | P | 1946 | 1 | 0 W · 8 SO · -0.6 WAR | — |
| John McHale | — | 1943–1948 | 5 | 22 H · 3 HR · -0.7 WAR | — |
| Chuck Kress | — | 1947–1954 | 4 | 116 H · 1 HR · -0.7 WAR | — |
| Joe Stephenson | — | 1943–1947 | 3 | 12 H · 0 HR · -0.7 WAR | — |
| Lou Knerr | P | 1945–1947 | 3 | 8 W · 104 SO · -0.7 WAR | — |
| Royce Lint | P | 1954 | 1 | 2 W · 36 SO · -0.7 WAR | — |
| Vince Shupe | — | 1945 | 1 | 76 H · 0 HR · -0.7 WAR | — |
| Ted Beard | — | 1948–1958 | 7 | 94 H · 6 HR · -0.8 WAR | — |
| Joe Lafata | — | 1947–1949 | 3 | 54 H · 5 HR · -0.8 WAR | — |
| Al Kozar | — | 1948–1950 | 3 | 252 H · 6 HR · -1.0 WAR | — |
| Steve Filipowicz | — | 1944–1948 | 3 | 40 H · 2 HR · -1.0 WAR | — |
| Chuck Connors | — | 1949–1951 | 2 | 48 H · 2 HR · -1.1 WAR | — |
| Ray Hamrick | — | 1943–1944 | 2 | 92 H · 1 HR · -1.1 WAR | — |
| Dick Conger | P | 1940–1943 | 4 | 3 W · 24 SO · -1.2 WAR | — |
| Sandy Ullrich | P | 1944–1945 | 2 | 3 W · 28 SO · -1.2 WAR | — |
| Nick Picciuto | — | 1945 | 1 | 12 H · 0 HR · -1.2 WAR | — |
| Clyde Vollmer | — | 1942–1954 | 10 | 508 H · 69 HR · -1.3 WAR | — |
- Marv Rickert 1942–1950
- Hank Riebe 1942–1949
- Lou Kretlow 1946–1956
- Ray Shore 1946–1949
- Dave Madison 1950–1953
- Hal Gregg 1943–1952
- Tom Saffell 1949–1955
Birth dates as ESPN lists them. Best career first: WAR in the regular season, summed over the seasons on file.