MLB players born in 1928
105 MLB players on file were born in 1928. Whitey Ford leads them with 50.6 career WAR. The first born in 1928 to play in the MLB was Joe Nuxhall, in 1944. Every season since 1876 is on file.
Former MLB players born in 1928 (105)
| Player | Pos | Years | Seasons | Career | Born |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitey Ford | P | 1950–1967 | 16 | 236 W · 1,956 SO · 50.6 WAR | — |
| Gil McDougald | — | 1951–1960 | 10 | 1,291 H · 112 HR · 38.6 WAR | — |
| Jim Gilliam | — | 1953–1966 | 14 | 1,889 H · 65 HR · 37.7 WAR | — |
| Pete Runnels | — | 1951–1964 | 14 | 1,854 H · 49 HR · 27.1 WAR | — |
| Bob Buhl | P | 1953–1967 | 15 | 166 W · 1,268 SO · 22.2 WAR | — |
| Joe Nuxhall | P | 1944–1966 | 16 | 135 W · 1,372 SO · 21.9 WAR | — |
| Roy Face | P | 1953–1969 | 16 | 104 W · 877 SO · 19.4 WAR | — |
| Chico Carrasquel | — | 1950–1959 | 10 | 1,199 H · 55 HR · 19.2 WAR | — |
| Al Smith | — | 1953–1964 | 12 | 1,458 H · 164 HR · 18.4 WAR | — |
| Don Hoak | — | 1954–1964 | 11 | 1,144 H · 89 HR · 18.4 WAR | — |
| Gus Bell | — | 1950–1964 | 15 | 1,823 H · 206 HR · 12.2 WAR | — |
| Ray Narleski | P | 1954–1959 | 6 | 43 W · 454 SO · 9.2 WAR | — |
| Frank Smith | P | 1950–1956 | 7 | 35 W · 277 SO · 7.4 WAR | — |
| Billy Klaus | — | 1952–1963 | 11 | 626 H · 40 HR · 7.0 WAR | — |
| Willard Nixon | P | 1950–1958 | 9 | 69 W · 616 SO · 6.9 WAR | — |
| Willard Schmidt | P | 1952–1959 | 7 | 31 W · 323 SO · 6.1 WAR | — |
| Erv Palica | P | 1947–1956 | 9 | 41 W · 423 SO · 6.0 WAR | — |
| Dick Hyde | P | 1955–1961 | 6 | 17 W · 144 SO · 5.9 WAR | — |
| Mickey McDermott | P | 1948–1961 | 12 | 69 W · 757 SO · 5.8 WAR | — |
| Jim Lemon | — | 1950–1963 | 12 | 901 H · 164 HR · 5.3 WAR | — |
| Dick Gernert | — | 1952–1962 | 11 | 632 H · 103 HR · 4.7 WAR | — |
| Hersh Freeman | P | 1952–1958 | 6 | 30 W · 158 SO · 4.5 WAR | — |
| Steve Bilko | — | 1949–1962 | 10 | 432 H · 76 HR · 4.1 WAR | — |
| Dick Kokos | — | 1948–1954 | 5 | 410 H · 59 HR · 3.2 WAR | — |
| Nellie King | P | 1954–1957 | 4 | 7 W · 72 SO · 2.5 WAR | — |
| Bubba Phillips | — | 1955–1964 | 10 | 835 H · 62 HR · 2.0 WAR | — |
| Billy Martin | — | 1950–1961 | 11 | 877 H · 64 HR · 1.5 WAR | — |
| Joe Presko | P | 1951–1958 | 6 | 25 W · 202 SO · 0.9 WAR | — |
| Jim Baxes | — | 1959 | 1 | 69 H · 17 HR · 0.9 WAR | — |
| Billy Harrell | — | 1955–1961 | 4 | 79 H · 8 HR · 0.7 WAR | — |
| Ken Lehman | P | 1952–1961 | 5 | 14 W · 134 SO · 0.6 WAR | — |
| Valmy Thomas | — | 1957–1961 | 5 | 144 H · 12 HR · 0.6 WAR | — |
| Chi-chi Olivo | P | 1961–1966 | 4 | 7 W · 98 SO · 0.6 WAR | — |
| Bill Wilson | — | 1950–1955 | 4 | 145 H · 32 HR · 0.5 WAR | — |
| Babe Birrer | P | 1955–1958 | 3 | 4 W · 45 SO · 0.5 WAR | — |
| Bob Greenwood | P | 1954–1955 | 2 | 1 W · 9 SO · 0.5 WAR | — |
| Jim Finigan | — | 1954–1959 | 6 | 422 H · 19 HR · 0.3 WAR | — |
| Vito Valentinetti | P | 1954–1959 | 5 | 13 W · 94 SO · 0.2 WAR | — |
| Bob Mahoney | P | 1951–1952 | 2 | 2 W · 34 SO · 0.2 WAR | — |
| Bill Hall | — | 1954–1958 | 3 | 33 H · 1 HR · 0.1 WAR | — |
| Bob Garber | P | 1956 | 1 | 0 W · 3 SO · 0.1 WAR | — |
| Chris Kitsos | — | 1954 | 1 | 0 H · 0 HR · 0.1 WAR | — |
| Cliff Ross | P | 1954 | 1 | 0 W · 1 SO · 0.1 WAR | — |
| Gail Henley | — | 1954 | 1 | 9 H · 1 HR · 0.1 WAR | — |
| Webbo Clarke | P | 1955 | 1 | 0 W · 9 SO · 0.1 WAR | — |
| Bob Smith | P | 1958–1959 | 2 | 4 W · 60 SO | — |
| Brandy Davis | — | 1952–1953 | 2 | 25 H · 0 HR | — |
| Jim Command | — | 1954–1955 | 2 | 4 H · 1 HR | — |
| Jim Robertson | — | 1954–1955 | 2 | 29 H · 0 HR | — |
| Bill Stewart | — | 1955 | 1 | 2 H · 0 HR | — |
| Billy Queen | — | 1954 | 1 | 0 H · 0 HR | — |
| Dan Lewandowski | P | 1951 | 1 | 0 W · 1 SO | — |
| Doug Hansen | — | 1951 | 1 | 0 H · 0 HR | — |
| Frankie Pack | — | 1949 | 1 | 0 H · 0 HR | — |
| Jay Vannoy | — | 1951 | 1 | 0 H · 0 HR | — |
| Len Matarazzo | P | 1952 | 1 | 0 W · 0 SO | — |
| Perry Currin | — | 1947 | 1 | 0 H · 0 HR | — |
| Rinty Monahan | P | 1953 | 1 | 0 W · 2 SO | — |
| Thornton Kipper | P | 1953–1955 | 3 | 3 W · 35 SO · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Bert Hamric | — | 1955–1958 | 2 | 1 H · 0 HR · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Charlie White | — | 1954–1955 | 2 | 29 H · 1 HR · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Dave Melton | — | 1956–1958 | 2 | 1 H · 0 HR · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Bob Stephenson | — | 1955 | 1 | 27 H · 0 HR · -0.1 WAR | — |
| George Bullard | — | 1954 | 1 | 0 H · 0 HR · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Jake Crawford | — | 1952 | 1 | 2 H · 0 HR · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Ken Landenberger | — | 1952 | 1 | 1 H · 0 HR · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Lou Lombardo | P | 1948 | 1 | 0 W · 0 SO · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Jack Urban | P | 1957–1959 | 3 | 15 W · 113 SO · -0.2 WAR | — |
| Jose Santiago | P | 1954–1956 | 3 | 3 W · 29 SO · -0.2 WAR | — |
| Charlie Gorin | P | 1954–1955 | 2 | 0 W · 12 SO · -0.2 WAR | — |
| Dick Young | — | 1951–1952 | 2 | 18 H · 0 HR · -0.2 WAR | — |
| Mickey Micelotta | — | 1954–1955 | 2 | 0 H · 0 HR · -0.2 WAR | — |
| Floyd Wooldridge | P | 1955 | 1 | 2 W · 14 SO · -0.2 WAR | — |
| John Glenn | — | 1960 | 1 | 8 H · 0 HR · -0.2 WAR | — |
| Herb Moford | P | 1955–1962 | 4 | 5 W · 78 SO · -0.3 WAR | — |
| Bill Currie | P | 1955 | 1 | 0 W · 2 SO · -0.3 WAR | — |
| Frank Baldwin | — | 1953 | 1 | 2 H · 0 HR · -0.3 WAR | — |
| Normie Roy | P | 1950 | 1 | 4 W · 25 SO · -0.3 WAR | — |
| Art Schult | — | 1953–1960 | 5 | 111 H · 6 HR · -0.4 WAR | — |
| Herb Adams | — | 1948–1950 | 3 | 88 H · 0 HR · -0.4 WAR | — |
| Stu Locklin | — | 1955–1956 | 2 | 4 H · 0 HR · -0.4 WAR | — |
| Carl Powis | — | 1957 | 1 | 8 H · 0 HR · -0.4 WAR | — |
| Len Yochim | P | 1951–1954 | 2 | 1 W · 12 SO · -0.5 WAR | — |
| Vern Morgan | — | 1954–1955 | 2 | 16 H · 0 HR · -0.5 WAR | — |
| Earl Smith | — | 1955 | 1 | 1 H · 0 HR · -0.5 WAR | — |
| Darrell Johnson | — | 1952–1962 | 6 | 75 H · 2 HR · -0.6 WAR | — |
| Charlie Bicknell | P | 1948–1949 | 2 | 0 W · 9 SO · -0.6 WAR | — |
| Gene Verble | — | 1951–1953 | 2 | 40 H · 0 HR · -0.7 WAR | — |
| Bob Ross | P | 1950–1956 | 3 | 0 W · 29 SO · -0.8 WAR | — |
| Hal Naragon | — | 1951–1962 | 10 | 262 H · 6 HR · -0.9 WAR | — |
| Sammy White | — | 1951–1962 | 11 | 916 H · 66 HR · -1.0 WAR | — |
| Bob Oldis | — | 1953–1963 | 7 | 56 H · 1 HR · -1.0 WAR | — |
| Joe Landrum | P | 1950–1952 | 2 | 1 W · 22 SO · -1.0 WAR | — |
| Bob Lennon | — | 1954–1957 | 3 | 13 H · 1 HR · -1.2 WAR | — |
| Jack Dittmer | — | 1952–1957 | 6 | 283 H · 24 HR · -1.4 WAR | — |
| Jack Cusick | — | 1951–1952 | 2 | 42 H · 2 HR · -1.4 WAR | — |
| Mike Blyzka | P | 1953–1954 | 2 | 3 W · 58 SO · -1.4 WAR | — |
| Alex Konikowski | P | 1948–1954 | 3 | 2 W · 20 SO · -1.5 WAR | — |
| Loren Babe | — | 1952–1953 | 2 | 85 H · 2 HR · -1.5 WAR | — |
| Juan Delis | — | 1955 | 1 | 25 H · 0 HR · -1.5 WAR | — |
- Mel Wright 1954–1961
- Hal Griggs 1956–1959
- Herb Plews 1956–1959
- Joe Demaestri 1951–1961
- Billy Hunter 1953–1958
Birth dates as ESPN lists them. Best career first: WAR in the regular season, summed over the seasons on file.