MLB players born in 1925
97 MLB players on file were born in 1925. Yogi Berra leads them with 56.1 career WAR. The first born in 1925 to play in the MLB were Ray Martin, George Eyrich, Hank Schmulbach, and Chris Haughey, in 1943. Every season since 1876 is on file.
Former MLB players born in 1925 (97)
| Player | Pos | Years | Seasons | Career | Born |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yogi Berra | — | 1946–1965 | 19 | 2,150 H · 358 HR · 56.1 WAR | — |
| Minnie Minoso | DH | 1949–1980 | 17 | 1,963 H · 186 HR · 47.5 WAR | Havana, Cuba |
| Ned Garver | P | 1948–1961 | 14 | 129 W · 881 SO · 35.7 WAR | — |
| Bob Rush | P | 1948–1960 | 13 | 127 W · 1,244 SO · 33.2 WAR | — |
| Del Ennis | — | 1946–1959 | 14 | 2,063 H · 288 HR · 27.5 WAR | — |
| Vic Wertz | — | 1947–1963 | 17 | 1,692 H · 266 HR · 24.8 WAR | — |
| Harvey Haddix | P | 1952–1965 | 14 | 136 W · 1,575 SO · 24.7 WAR | — |
| Bill Bruton | — | 1953–1964 | 12 | 1,651 H · 94 HR · 23.5 WAR | — |
| Hank Thompson | — | 1947–1956 | 9 | 801 H · 129 HR · 23.0 WAR | — |
| Willie Jones | — | 1947–1961 | 15 | 1,502 H · 190 HR · 21.8 WAR | — |
| Sam Jones | P | 1951–1964 | 12 | 102 W · 1,376 SO · 18.0 WAR | — |
| Stan Lopata | — | 1948–1960 | 13 | 661 H · 116 HR · 14.6 WAR | — |
| Bobby Shantz | P | 1949–1964 | 16 | 119 W · 1,072 SO · 12.1 WAR | — |
| Brooks Lawrence | P | 1954–1960 | 7 | 69 W · 481 SO · 8.0 WAR | — |
| Cal McLish | P | 1944–1964 | 15 | 92 W · 713 SO · 6.3 WAR | — |
| Wayne Terwilliger | — | 1949–1960 | 9 | 501 H · 22 HR · 6.0 WAR | — |
| Tom Gorman | P | 1952–1959 | 8 | 36 W · 321 SO · 5.9 WAR | — |
| Gene Baker | — | 1953–1961 | 8 | 590 H · 39 HR · 5.8 WAR | — |
| Bob Boyd | — | 1951–1961 | 9 | 567 H · 19 HR · 5.6 WAR | — |
| Don Liddle | P | 1953–1956 | 4 | 28 W · 198 SO · 4.2 WAR | — |
| Harry Simpson | — | 1951–1959 | 8 | 752 H · 73 HR · 4.0 WAR | — |
| Fred Hatfield | — | 1950–1958 | 9 | 493 H · 25 HR · 3.9 WAR | — |
| Al Widmar | P | 1947–1952 | 5 | 13 W · 143 SO · 3.5 WAR | — |
| Ed Stevens | — | 1945–1950 | 6 | 308 H · 28 HR · 2.8 WAR | — |
| Buddy Lively | P | 1947–1949 | 3 | 8 W · 94 SO · 2.8 WAR | — |
| Jack Banta | P | 1947–1950 | 4 | 14 W · 116 SO · 2.4 WAR | — |
| Windy McCall | P | 1948–1957 | 7 | 11 W · 144 SO · 2.3 WAR | — |
| Clyde King | P | 1944–1953 | 7 | 32 W · 150 SO · 2.1 WAR | — |
| Kent Peterson | P | 1944–1953 | 8 | 13 W · 208 SO · 1.3 WAR | — |
| Bobby Hofman | — | 1949–1957 | 7 | 166 H · 32 HR · 1.3 WAR | — |
| Les Moss | — | 1946–1958 | 13 | 552 H · 63 HR · 1.2 WAR | — |
| Jim Delsing | — | 1948–1960 | 10 | 627 H · 40 HR · 1.2 WAR | — |
| Roy Hartsfield | — | 1950–1952 | 3 | 266 H · 13 HR · 1.0 WAR | — |
| Dick Kryhoski | — | 1949–1955 | 7 | 475 H · 45 HR · 0.9 WAR | — |
| Harry Byrd | P | 1950–1957 | 7 | 46 W · 381 SO · 0.9 WAR | — |
| Dave Pope | — | 1952–1956 | 4 | 146 H · 12 HR · 0.6 WAR | — |
| Mike Goliat | — | 1949–1952 | 4 | 186 H · 20 HR · 0.5 WAR | — |
| Ray Martin | P | 1943–1948 | 3 | 1 W · 3 SO · 0.5 WAR | — |
| Clem Koshorek | — | 1952–1953 | 2 | 84 H · 0 HR · 0.5 WAR | — |
| Bob Addis | — | 1950–1953 | 4 | 150 H · 2 HR · 0.4 WAR | — |
| Johnny Pramesa | — | 1949–1952 | 4 | 141 H · 13 HR · 0.3 WAR | — |
| George Eyrich | P | 1943 | 1 | 0 W · 5 SO · 0.3 WAR | — |
| Niles Jordan | P | 1951–1952 | 2 | 2 W · 13 SO · 0.2 WAR | — |
| Buddy Peterson | — | 1955–1957 | 2 | 9 H · 0 HR · 0.1 WAR | — |
| Bill Moisan | P | 1953 | 1 | 0 W · 1 SO · 0.1 WAR | — |
| Rance Pless | — | 1956 | 1 | 23 H · 0 HR · 0.1 WAR | — |
| Wally Hood | P | 1949 | 1 | 0 W · 2 SO · 0.1 WAR | — |
| Bill Glynn | — | 1949–1954 | 4 | 170 H · 10 HR | — |
| Ed Blake | P | 1951–1957 | 4 | 0 W · 1 SO | — |
| George Bamberger | P | 1951–1959 | 3 | 0 W · 3 SO | — |
| Bob Wellman | — | 1948–1950 | 2 | 7 H · 1 HR | — |
| Dave Hoskins | P | 1953–1954 | 2 | 9 W · 64 SO | — |
| Lou Limmer | — | 1951–1954 | 2 | 107 H · 19 HR | — |
| Tom Hamilton | — | 1952–1953 | 2 | 13 H · 0 HR | — |
| Bobo Holloman | P | 1953 | 1 | 3 W · 25 SO | — |
| Bob Wilson | — | 1958 | 1 | 1 H · 0 HR | — |
| Earle Brucker | — | 1948 | 1 | 1 H · 0 HR | — |
| Eddie Gaedel | — | 1951 | 1 | 0 H · 0 HR | — |
| Hank Schmulbach | — | 1943 | 1 | 0 H · 0 HR | — |
| Johnny Rutherford | P | 1952 | 1 | 7 W · 29 SO | — |
| Lee Griffeth | P | 1946 | 1 | 0 W · 4 SO | — |
| Mike Palm | P | 1948 | 1 | 0 W · 1 SO | — |
| Paul Hinrichs | P | 1951 | 1 | 0 W · 1 SO | — |
| Ralph Brickner | P | 1952 | 1 | 3 W · 9 SO | — |
| Tommy Giordano | — | 1953 | 1 | 7 H · 2 HR | — |
| Hank Ruszkowski | — | 1944–1947 | 3 | 20 H · 3 HR · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Pete Milne | — | 1948–1950 | 3 | 14 H · 1 HR · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Tony Jacobs | P | 1948–1955 | 2 | 0 W · 3 SO · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Bobby Balcena | — | 1956 | 1 | 0 H · 0 HR · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Dick Aylward | — | 1953 | 1 | 0 H · 0 HR · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Dick Hoover | P | 1952 | 1 | 0 W · 0 SO · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Fenton Mole | — | 1949 | 1 | 5 H · 0 HR · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Milt Nielsen | — | 1949–1951 | 2 | 1 H · 0 HR · -0.2 WAR | — |
| Chris Haughey | P | 1943 | 1 | 0 W · 0 SO · -0.2 WAR | — |
| Vince Gonzales | P | 1955 | 1 | 0 W · 1 SO · -0.2 WAR | — |
| Gene Mauch | — | 1944–1957 | 9 | 176 H · 5 HR · -0.3 WAR | — |
| Alton Brown | P | 1951 | 1 | 0 W · 7 SO · -0.3 WAR | — |
| Hal Schacker | P | 1945 | 1 | 0 W · 6 SO · -0.3 WAR | — |
| Joe Lutz | — | 1951 | 1 | 6 H · 0 HR · -0.3 WAR | — |
| Joe Szekely | — | 1953 | 1 | 1 H · 0 HR · -0.4 WAR | — |
| Bob Spicer | P | 1955–1956 | 2 | 0 W · 2 SO · -0.5 WAR | — |
| Larry Miggins | — | 1948–1952 | 2 | 22 H · 2 HR · -0.5 WAR | — |
| Luis Marquez | — | 1951–1954 | 2 | 26 H · 0 HR · -0.5 WAR | — |
| Earl Mossor | P | 1951 | 1 | 0 W · 1 SO · -0.5 WAR | — |
| Spook Jacobs | — | 1954–1956 | 3 | 164 H · 0 HR · -0.7 WAR | — |
| Jack Maguire | — | 1950–1951 | 2 | 46 H · 2 HR · -0.7 WAR | — |
| Jim Pearce | P | 1949–1955 | 5 | 3 W · 22 SO · -0.9 WAR | — |
| Bill Connelly | P | 1945–1953 | 4 | 6 W · 34 SO · -1.0 WAR | — |
| George Wilson | — | 1952–1956 | 3 | 40 H · 3 HR · -1.0 WAR | — |
| Jackie Mayo | — | 1948–1953 | 6 | 51 H · 1 HR · -1.2 WAR | — |
| Johnny Bucha | — | 1948–1953 | 3 | 40 H · 1 HR · -1.2 WAR | — |
| Billy Demars | — | 1948–1951 | 3 | 50 H · 0 HR · -1.4 WAR | — |
| Bill Jennings | — | 1951 | 1 | 35 H · 0 HR · -1.7 WAR | — |
| Nippy Jones | — | 1946–1957 | 8 | 369 H · 25 HR · -1.9 WAR | — |
| Cuddles Marshall | P | 1946–1950 | 4 | 7 W · 69 SO · -2.3 WAR | — |
| Bobby Young | — | 1948–1958 | 7 | 609 H · 15 HR · -3.2 WAR | — |
| Bob Usher | — | 1946–1957 | 6 | 259 H · 18 HR · -4.7 WAR | — |
Birth dates as ESPN lists them. Best career first: WAR in the regular season, summed over the seasons on file.