MLB players born in 1924
108 MLB players on file were born in 1924. Larry Doby leads them with 47.0 career WAR. The first born in 1924 to play in the MLB were Gil Hodges, Rex Barney, and Vern Benson, in 1943. Every season since 1876 is on file.
Former MLB players born in 1924 (108)
| Player | Pos | Years | Seasons | Career | Born |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Doby | — | 1947–1959 | 13 | 1,515 H · 253 HR · 47.0 WAR | — |
| Gil Hodges | — | 1943–1963 | 18 | 1,921 H · 370 HR · 40.7 WAR | — |
| Al Rosen | — | 1947–1956 | 10 | 1,063 H · 192 HR · 30.8 WAR | — |
| Earl Torgeson | — | 1947–1961 | 15 | 1,318 H · 149 HR · 29.9 WAR | — |
| Ted Kluszewski | — | 1947–1961 | 15 | 1,766 H · 279 HR · 29.2 WAR | — |
| Sherm Lollar | — | 1946–1963 | 18 | 1,415 H · 155 HR · 28.4 WAR | — |
| Bobby Avila | — | 1949–1959 | 11 | 1,296 H · 80 HR · 26.2 WAR | — |
| Hal Brown | P | 1951–1964 | 14 | 85 W · 710 SO · 14.3 WAR | — |
| Irv Noren | — | 1950–1960 | 11 | 857 H · 65 HR · 12.7 WAR | — |
| Warren Hacker | P | 1948–1961 | 12 | 62 W · 557 SO · 12.2 WAR | — |
| Turk Lown | P | 1951–1962 | 11 | 55 W · 574 SO · 9.6 WAR | — |
| Ted Gray | P | 1946–1955 | 9 | 59 W · 687 SO · 7.8 WAR | — |
| Cal Abrams | — | 1949–1956 | 8 | 433 H · 32 HR · 7.6 WAR | — |
| Bobby Brown | — | 1946–1954 | 8 | 452 H · 22 HR · 6.0 WAR | — |
| Jerry Coleman | — | 1949–1957 | 9 | 558 H · 16 HR · 5.8 WAR | — |
| Hal Jeffcoat | P | 1954–1959 | 6 | 39 W · 239 SO · 5.3 WAR | — |
| Bill Serena | — | 1949–1954 | 6 | 311 H · 48 HR · 5.2 WAR | — |
| Bubba Church | P | 1950–1955 | 6 | 36 W · 274 SO · 5.2 WAR | — |
| George Zuverink | P | 1951–1959 | 8 | 32 W · 223 SO · 4.4 WAR | — |
| Bob Cain | P | 1949–1953 | 5 | 37 W · 249 SO · 4.2 WAR | — |
| Joe Black | P | 1952–1957 | 6 | 30 W · 222 SO · 4.1 WAR | — |
| Dee Fondy | — | 1951–1958 | 8 | 1,000 H · 69 HR · 3.7 WAR | — |
| Cliff Fannin | P | 1945–1952 | 8 | 34 W · 352 SO · 3.6 WAR | — |
| Jim Davis | P | 1954–1957 | 4 | 24 W · 197 SO · 3.6 WAR | — |
| Alex Kellner | P | 1948–1959 | 12 | 101 W · 816 SO · 3.5 WAR | — |
| Dave Jolly | P | 1953–1957 | 5 | 16 W · 155 SO · 3.3 WAR | — |
| Ernie Johnson | P | 1950–1959 | 9 | 40 W · 319 SO · 3.2 WAR | — |
| George Shuba | — | 1948–1955 | 7 | 211 H · 24 HR · 2.5 WAR | — |
| Bud Podbielan | P | 1949–1959 | 9 | 25 W · 242 SO · 2.3 WAR | — |
| Andy Hansen | P | 1944–1953 | 9 | 23 W · 188 SO · 2.2 WAR | — |
| Toby Atwell | — | 1952–1956 | 5 | 290 H · 9 HR · 1.8 WAR | — |
| Eddie Yuhas | P | 1952–1953 | 2 | 12 W · 39 SO · 1.8 WAR | — |
| Jack Lohrke | — | 1947–1953 | 7 | 221 H · 22 HR · 1.6 WAR | — |
| Tom Hurd | P | 1954–1956 | 3 | 13 W · 96 SO · 1.3 WAR | — |
| Dino Restelli | — | 1949–1951 | 2 | 65 H · 13 HR · 1.1 WAR | — |
| Charlie Silvera | — | 1948–1957 | 10 | 136 H · 1 HR · 1.0 WAR | — |
| Ed Fitzgerald | — | 1948–1959 | 12 | 542 H · 19 HR · 0.9 WAR | — |
| Rex Barney | P | 1943–1950 | 6 | 35 W · 336 SO · 0.9 WAR | — |
| Rocky Nelson | — | 1949–1961 | 9 | 347 H · 31 HR · 0.8 WAR | — |
| Eddie Erautt | P | 1947–1953 | 6 | 15 W · 157 SO · 0.8 WAR | — |
| Lloyd Hittle | P | 1949–1950 | 2 | 7 W · 41 SO · 0.7 WAR | — |
| Red Webb | P | 1948–1949 | 2 | 3 W · 18 SO · 0.5 WAR | — |
| Bill Renna | — | 1953–1959 | 6 | 219 H · 28 HR · 0.3 WAR | — |
| Lloyd Merriman | — | 1949–1955 | 5 | 291 H · 12 HR · 0.2 WAR | — |
| Vern Benson | — | 1943–1953 | 5 | 21 H · 3 HR · 0.2 WAR | — |
| Jack Bruner | P | 1949–1950 | 2 | 2 W · 28 SO · 0.2 WAR | — |
| Bob Marquis | — | 1953 | 1 | 12 H · 2 HR · 0.2 WAR | — |
| Sal Yvars | — | 1947–1954 | 8 | 102 H · 10 HR · 0.1 WAR | — |
| Frank Sacka | — | 1951–1953 | 2 | 9 H · 0 HR · 0.1 WAR | — |
| Bill Higdon | — | 1949 | 1 | 7 H · 0 HR · 0.1 WAR | — |
| Cal Howe | P | 1952 | 1 | 0 W · 2 SO · 0.1 WAR | — |
| George Estock | P | 1951 | 1 | 0 W · 11 SO · 0.1 WAR | — |
| Steve Kuczek | — | 1949 | 1 | 1 H · 0 HR · 0.1 WAR | — |
| Walt Linden | — | 1950 | 1 | 2 H · 0 HR · 0.1 WAR | — |
| Art Schallock | P | 1951–1955 | 5 | 6 W · 77 SO | — |
| Sonny Dixon | P | 1953–1956 | 4 | 11 W · 90 SO | — |
| Tod Davis | — | 1949–1951 | 2 | 21 H · 1 HR | — |
| Ed Samcoff | — | 1951 | 1 | 0 H · 0 HR | — |
| George Armstrong | — | 1946 | 1 | 1 H · 0 HR | — |
| George Bradshaw | — | 1952 | 1 | 5 H · 0 HR | — |
| Herb Gorman | — | 1952 | 1 | 0 H · 0 HR | — |
| Jerry Fahr | P | 1951 | 1 | 0 W · 0 SO | — |
| John Hall | P | 1948 | 1 | 0 W · 2 SO | — |
| John Perkovich | P | 1950 | 1 | 0 W · 3 SO | — |
| Roy Wise | P | 1944 | 1 | 0 W · 1 SO | — |
| Tony Daniels | — | 1945 | 1 | 46 H · 0 HR | — |
| Fred Taylor | — | 1950–1952 | 3 | 9 H · 0 HR · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Claude Crocker | P | 1944–1945 | 2 | 0 W · 2 SO · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Jack Brittin | P | 1950–1951 | 2 | 0 W · 6 SO · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Jim Blackburn | P | 1948–1951 | 2 | 0 W · 11 SO · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Jim Bilbrey | P | 1949 | 1 | 0 W · 0 SO · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Larry Ciaffone | — | 1951 | 1 | 0 H · 0 HR · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Lou Grasmick | P | 1948 | 1 | 0 W · 2 SO · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Milt Welch | — | 1945 | 1 | 0 H · 0 HR · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Rube Novotney | — | 1949 | 1 | 18 H · 0 HR · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Charlie Bishop | P | 1952–1955 | 4 | 10 W · 121 SO · -0.2 WAR | — |
| Frank Campos | — | 1951–1953 | 3 | 41 H · 0 HR · -0.2 WAR | — |
| Hal Bamberger | — | 1948 | 1 | 1 H · 0 HR · -0.2 WAR | — |
| Van Fletcher | P | 1955 | 1 | 0 W · 4 SO · -0.2 WAR | — |
| Vern Fear | P | 1952 | 1 | 0 W · 4 SO · -0.2 WAR | — |
| Frank Wurm | P | 1944 | 1 | 0 W · 1 SO · -0.3 WAR | — |
| Ramon Garcia | P | 1948 | 1 | 0 W · 2 SO · -0.3 WAR | — |
| Freddy Rodriguez | P | 1958–1959 | 2 | 0 W · 6 SO · -0.4 WAR | — |
| Bill Greason | P | 1954 | 1 | 0 W · 2 SO · -0.4 WAR | — |
| Bob Barthelson | P | 1944 | 1 | 1 W · 4 SO · -0.4 WAR | — |
| Ed McGhee | — | 1950–1955 | 4 | 124 H · 3 HR · -0.5 WAR | — |
| Phil Haugstad | P | 1947–1952 | 4 | 1 W · 28 SO · -0.5 WAR | — |
| Tim Thompson | — | 1954–1958 | 4 | 123 H · 8 HR · -0.5 WAR | — |
| Al Federoff | — | 1951–1952 | 2 | 56 H · 0 HR · -0.5 WAR | — |
| Frank Whitman | — | 1946–1948 | 2 | 1 H · 0 HR · -0.5 WAR | — |
| Wayne McLeland | P | 1951–1952 | 2 | 0 W · 0 SO · -0.5 WAR | — |
| Ed Mierkowicz | — | 1945–1950 | 4 | 11 H · 1 HR · -0.6 WAR | — |
| Frank Kellert | — | 1953–1956 | 4 | 57 H · 8 HR · -0.6 WAR | — |
| Jerry Scala | — | 1948–1950 | 3 | 43 H · 1 HR · -0.6 WAR | — |
| Harry Schaeffer | P | 1952 | 1 | 0 W · 15 SO · -0.6 WAR | — |
| Chico Garcia | — | 1954 | 1 | 7 H · 0 HR · -0.7 WAR | — |
| Lou Brissie | P | 1947–1953 | 7 | 44 W · 436 SO · -0.8 WAR | — |
| Junior Wooten | — | 1947–1948 | 2 | 68 H · 1 HR · -0.8 WAR | — |
| Chuck Harmon | — | 1954–1957 | 4 | 141 H · 7 HR · -0.9 WAR | — |
| Jim Fridley | — | 1952–1958 | 3 | 105 H · 8 HR · -0.9 WAR | — |
- Garvin Hamner 1945
- Hal Rice 1948–1954
- John Simmons 1949
- Al Cihocki 1945
- George Schmees 1952
- Jim Pendleton 1953–1962
- Fred Marsh 1951–1956
- Ken Wood 1948–1953
Birth dates as ESPN lists them. Best career first: WAR in the regular season, summed over the seasons on file.