MLB players born in 1926
97 MLB players on file were born in 1926. Robin Roberts leads them with 77.7 career WAR. The first born in 1926 to play in the MLB were Cass Michaels and Rogers McKee, in 1943. Every season since 1876 is on file.
Former MLB players born in 1926 (97)
| Player | Pos | Years | Seasons | Career | Born |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robin Roberts | P | 1948–1966 | 19 | 286 W · 2,357 SO · 77.7 WAR | — |
| Duke Snider | — | 1947–1964 | 18 | 2,116 H · 407 HR · 63.1 WAR | — |
| Eddie Yost | — | 1944–1962 | 18 | 1,863 H · 139 HR · 31.4 WAR | — |
| Don Newcombe | P | 1949–1960 | 10 | 149 W · 1,129 SO · 24.9 WAR | — |
| Lew Burdette | P | 1950–1967 | 18 | 203 W · 1,074 SO · 22.8 WAR | — |
| Roy Sievers | — | 1949–1965 | 17 | 1,703 H · 318 HR · 22.8 WAR | — |
| Ralph Branca | P | 1944–1956 | 12 | 88 W · 829 SO · 15.6 WAR | — |
| Whitey Lockman | — | 1945–1960 | 15 | 1,658 H · 114 HR · 14.6 WAR | — |
| Billy Goodman | — | 1947–1962 | 16 | 1,691 H · 19 HR · 14.5 WAR | — |
| Carl Erskine | P | 1948–1959 | 12 | 122 W · 981 SO · 14.4 WAR | — |
| Clem Labine | P | 1950–1962 | 13 | 77 W · 551 SO · 13.8 WAR | — |
| Cass Michaels | — | 1943–1954 | 12 | 1,142 H · 53 HR · 13.1 WAR | — |
| Randy Jackson | — | 1950–1959 | 10 | 835 H · 103 HR · 10.4 WAR | — |
| Bob Cerv | — | 1951–1962 | 12 | 624 H · 105 HR · 10.2 WAR | — |
| Dale Long | — | 1951–1963 | 10 | 805 H · 132 HR · 8.7 WAR | — |
| Bobby Morgan | — | 1950–1958 | 8 | 487 H · 53 HR · 8.7 WAR | — |
| Bob Miller | P | 1949–1958 | 10 | 42 W · 263 SO · 8.4 WAR | — |
| Walt Moryn | — | 1954–1961 | 8 | 667 H · 101 HR · 8.4 WAR | — |
| Joe Garagiola | — | 1946–1954 | 9 | 481 H · 42 HR · 8.3 WAR | — |
| Alex Grammas | — | 1954–1963 | 10 | 512 H · 12 HR · 6.3 WAR | — |
| Ray Moore | P | 1952–1963 | 11 | 63 W · 612 SO · 5.9 WAR | — |
| George Strickland | — | 1950–1960 | 10 | 633 H · 36 HR · 5.1 WAR | — |
| Johnny Groth | — | 1946–1960 | 15 | 1,064 H · 60 HR · 4.0 WAR | — |
| Howie Judson | P | 1948–1954 | 7 | 17 W · 204 SO · 3.4 WAR | — |
| Barney Schultz | P | 1955–1965 | 7 | 20 W · 264 SO · 3.2 WAR | — |
| Al Corwin | P | 1951–1955 | 5 | 18 W · 142 SO · 2.7 WAR | — |
| Fred Baczewski | P | 1953–1955 | 3 | 17 W · 104 SO · 2.7 WAR | — |
| Don Johnson | P | 1947–1958 | 7 | 27 W · 262 SO · 2.3 WAR | — |
| Bob Milliken | P | 1953–1954 | 2 | 13 W · 90 SO · 2.0 WAR | — |
| Ray Jablonski | — | 1953–1960 | 8 | 687 H · 83 HR · 1.6 WAR | — |
| Murray Wall | P | 1950–1959 | 4 | 13 W · 82 SO · 1.4 WAR | — |
| Jake Thies | P | 1954–1955 | 2 | 3 W · 57 SO · 1.4 WAR | — |
| Roy Smalley | — | 1948–1958 | 11 | 601 H · 61 HR · 1.2 WAR | — |
| Joe Ginsberg | — | 1948–1962 | 13 | 414 H · 20 HR · 1.1 WAR | — |
| Mel Clark | — | 1951–1957 | 6 | 182 H · 3 HR · 1.1 WAR | — |
| Dick Littlefield | P | 1950–1958 | 9 | 33 W · 495 SO · 0.9 WAR | — |
| Leo Cristante | P | 1951–1955 | 2 | 1 W · 15 SO · 0.4 WAR | — |
| Joe Taylor | — | 1954–1959 | 4 | 74 H · 9 HR · 0.3 WAR | — |
| Al Porto | P | 1948 | 1 | 0 W · 1 SO · 0.2 WAR | — |
| Dick Lajeskie | — | 1946 | 1 | 2 H · 0 HR · 0.2 WAR | — |
| Jerry Lane | P | 1953–1955 | 3 | 2 W · 33 SO · 0.1 WAR | — |
| Harry Fisher | — | 1951–1952 | 2 | 5 H · 0 HR · 0.1 WAR | — |
| Charlie Osgood | P | 1944 | 1 | 0 W · 0 SO · 0.1 WAR | — |
| Danny Lynch | — | 1948 | 1 | 2 H · 1 HR · 0.1 WAR | — |
| Dixie Upright | — | 1953 | 1 | 2 H · 1 HR · 0.1 WAR | — |
| Ed White | — | 1955 | 1 | 2 H · 0 HR · 0.1 WAR | — |
| Harry Macpherson | P | 1944 | 1 | 0 W · 1 SO · 0.1 WAR | — |
| Dick Koecher | P | 1946–1948 | 3 | 0 W · 8 SO | — |
| Jesse Levan | — | 1947–1955 | 3 | 10 H · 1 HR | — |
| Ozzie Vanbrabant | P | 1954–1955 | 2 | 0 W · 11 SO | — |
| Dick Teed | — | 1953 | 1 | 0 H · 0 HR | — |
| Elmer Sexauer | P | 1948 | 1 | 0 W · 0 SO | — |
| Hank Workman | — | 1950 | 1 | 1 H · 0 HR | — |
| Harley Hisner | P | 1951 | 1 | 0 W · 3 SO | — |
| Harry Malmberg | — | 1955 | 1 | 45 H · 0 HR | — |
| Harvey Gentry | — | 1954 | 1 | 1 H · 0 HR | — |
| Leon Brinkopf | — | 1952 | 1 | 4 H · 0 HR | — |
| Bubba Harris | P | 1948–1951 | 3 | 6 W · 53 SO · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Sam Calderone | — | 1950–1954 | 3 | 41 H · 1 HR · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Bob Habenicht | P | 1951–1953 | 2 | 0 W · 2 SO · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Rogers McKee | P | 1943–1944 | 2 | 1 W · 1 SO · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Armando Roche | P | 1945 | 1 | 0 W · 0 SO · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Frank Saucier | — | 1951 | 1 | 1 H · 0 HR · -0.1 WAR | — |
| John Kennedy | — | 1957 | 1 | 0 H · 0 HR · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Roy Hawes | — | 1951 | 1 | 1 H · 0 HR · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Lou Sleater | P | 1950–1958 | 7 | 12 W · 152 SO · -0.2 WAR | — |
| Roy Jarvis | — | 1944–1947 | 3 | 8 H · 1 HR · -0.2 WAR | — |
| Stan Jok | — | 1954–1955 | 2 | 3 H · 1 HR · -0.2 WAR | — |
| Steve Lembo | — | 1950–1952 | 2 | 2 H · 0 HR · -0.2 WAR | — |
| Bert Thiel | P | 1952 | 1 | 1 W · 6 SO · -0.2 WAR | — |
| Bobby Herrera | P | 1951 | 1 | 0 W · 1 SO · -0.2 WAR | — |
| Lou Possehl | P | 1946–1952 | 5 | 2 W · 22 SO · -0.3 WAR | — |
| Tom Alston | — | 1954–1957 | 4 | 66 H · 4 HR · -0.3 WAR | — |
| Bob Trice | P | 1953–1955 | 3 | 9 W · 28 SO · -0.3 WAR | — |
| Dick Manville | P | 1950–1952 | 2 | 0 W · 8 SO · -0.3 WAR | — |
| Kurt Krieger | P | 1949–1951 | 2 | 0 W · 3 SO · -0.3 WAR | — |
| Rudy Rufer | — | 1949–1950 | 2 | 2 H · 0 HR · -0.3 WAR | — |
| Don Carlsen | P | 1948–1952 | 3 | 2 W · 23 SO · -0.4 WAR | — |
| Frank Barnes | P | 1957–1960 | 3 | 1 W · 30 SO · -0.4 WAR | — |
| Stan Hollmig | — | 1949–1951 | 3 | 67 H · 2 HR · -0.4 WAR | — |
| Ed Mickelson | — | 1950–1957 | 3 | 3 H · 0 HR · -0.5 WAR | — |
| Mario Picone | P | 1947–1954 | 3 | 0 W · 11 SO · -0.5 WAR | — |
| George Freese | — | 1953–1961 | 3 | 48 H · 3 HR · -0.6 WAR | — |
| Jim Goodwin | P | 1948 | 1 | 0 W · 3 SO · -0.6 WAR | — |
| Mike Kume | P | 1955 | 1 | 0 W · 7 SO · -0.7 WAR | — |
| Dick Bokelmann | P | 1951–1953 | 3 | 3 W · 27 SO · -0.9 WAR | — |
| Willy Miranda | — | 1951–1959 | 9 | 423 H · 6 HR · -1.1 WAR | — |
| Bill Pierro | P | 1950 | 1 | 0 W · 13 SO · -1.1 WAR | — |
| Blackie Schwamb | P | 1948 | 1 | 1 W · 7 SO · -1.1 WAR | — |
| Bob Thorpe | — | 1951–1953 | 3 | 83 H · 3 HR · -1.2 WAR | — |
| Dick Cole | — | 1951–1957 | 6 | 303 H · 2 HR · -1.3 WAR | — |
| Rube Walker | — | 1948–1958 | 11 | 360 H · 35 HR · -1.6 WAR | — |
| Jack Crimian | P | 1951–1957 | 4 | 5 W · 69 SO · -2.2 WAR | — |
| Carmen Mauro | — | 1948–1953 | 4 | 96 H · 2 HR · -2.4 WAR | — |
| Tom Upton | — | 1950–1952 | 3 | 118 H · 2 HR · -2.9 WAR | — |
| Bob Borkowski | — | 1950–1955 | 6 | 294 H · 16 HR · -3.3 WAR | — |
| Eddie Miksis | — | 1944–1958 | 14 | 722 H · 44 HR · -5.0 WAR | — |
Birth dates as ESPN lists them. Best career first: WAR in the regular season, summed over the seasons on file.