MLB players born in 1930
111 MLB players on file were born in 1930. Bob Friend leads them with 42.7 career WAR. The first born in 1930 to play in the MLB was Johnny Antonelli, in 1948. Every season since 1876 is on file.
Former MLB players born in 1930 (111)
| Player | Pos | Years | Seasons | Career | Born |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Friend | P | 1951–1966 | 16 | 197 W · 1,734 SO · 42.7 WAR | — |
| Dick Groat | — | 1952–1967 | 14 | 2,138 H · 39 HR · 33.4 WAR | — |
| Johnny Antonelli | P | 1948–1961 | 12 | 126 W · 1,162 SO · 29.7 WAR | — |
| Frank Lary | P | 1954–1965 | 12 | 128 W · 1,099 SO · 28.0 WAR | — |
| Del Crandall | — | 1949–1966 | 16 | 1,276 H · 179 HR · 25.4 WAR | — |
| Bill Skowron | — | 1954–1967 | 14 | 1,566 H · 211 HR · 24.6 WAR | — |
| Harvey Kuenn | — | 1952–1966 | 15 | 2,092 H · 87 HR · 22.8 WAR | — |
| Vern Law | P | 1950–1967 | 16 | 162 W · 1,092 SO · 22.6 WAR | — |
| Wally Moon | — | 1954–1965 | 12 | 1,399 H · 142 HR · 22.3 WAR | — |
| Roy McMillan | — | 1951–1966 | 16 | 1,639 H · 68 HR · 21.7 WAR | — |
| Frank Sullivan | P | 1953–1963 | 11 | 97 W · 959 SO · 21.1 WAR | — |
| Dick Hall | P | 1955–1971 | 16 | 93 W · 741 SO · 15.6 WAR | — |
| Roger Craig | P | 1955–1966 | 12 | 74 W · 803 SO · 14.7 WAR | — |
| Vinegar bend Mizell | P | 1952–1962 | 9 | 90 W · 918 SO · 14.3 WAR | — |
| Don McMahon | P | 1957–1974 | 18 | 90 W · 1,003 SO · 14.2 WAR | — |
| Frank Malzone | — | 1955–1966 | 12 | 1,486 H · 133 HR · 14.1 WAR | — |
| Gene Conley | P | 1952–1963 | 11 | 91 W · 888 SO · 13.9 WAR | — |
| Bob Turley | P | 1951–1963 | 12 | 101 W · 1,265 SO · 13.0 WAR | — |
| Gus Triandos | — | 1953–1965 | 13 | 954 H · 167 HR · 12.3 WAR | — |
| Paul Foytack | P | 1953–1964 | 11 | 86 W · 827 SO · 9.8 WAR | — |
| Sandy Amoros | — | 1952–1960 | 7 | 334 H · 43 HR · 6.8 WAR | — |
| Tom Morgan | P | 1951–1963 | 12 | 67 W · 364 SO · 6.7 WAR | — |
| Tom Sturdivant | P | 1955–1964 | 10 | 59 W · 704 SO · 6.4 WAR | — |
| Bill Fischer | P | 1956–1964 | 9 | 45 W · 313 SO · 5.4 WAR | — |
| Bob Grim | P | 1954–1962 | 8 | 61 W · 443 SO · 5.0 WAR | — |
| Norm Larker | — | 1958–1963 | 6 | 538 H · 32 HR · 4.3 WAR | — |
| Tom Acker | P | 1956–1959 | 4 | 19 W · 256 SO · 4.3 WAR | — |
| Jim Umbricht | P | 1959–1963 | 5 | 9 W · 133 SO · 4.0 WAR | — |
| Ted Lepcio | — | 1952–1961 | 10 | 512 H · 69 HR · 3.5 WAR | — |
| Hal Smith | — | 1955–1964 | 10 | 715 H · 58 HR · 3.1 WAR | — |
| Humberto Robinson | P | 1955–1960 | 5 | 8 W · 114 SO · 3.1 WAR | — |
| Phil Paine | P | 1951–1958 | 6 | 10 W · 101 SO · 2.4 WAR | — |
| Billy Muffett | P | 1957–1962 | 6 | 16 W · 188 SO · 2.3 WAR | — |
| Hobie Landrith | — | 1950–1963 | 14 | 450 H · 34 HR · 1.8 WAR | — |
| Joe Koppe | — | 1958–1965 | 8 | 379 H · 19 HR · 1.8 WAR | — |
| Milt Bolling | — | 1952–1958 | 7 | 280 H · 19 HR · 1.5 WAR | — |
| Gordon Jones | P | 1954–1965 | 11 | 15 W · 232 SO · 1.4 WAR | — |
| Ron Negray | P | 1952–1958 | 4 | 6 W · 81 SO · 1.4 WAR | — |
| Bob Hazle | — | 1955–1958 | 3 | 81 H · 9 HR · 1.4 WAR | — |
| Frank House | — | 1950–1961 | 10 | 494 H · 47 HR · 1.2 WAR | — |
| Dean Stone | P | 1953–1963 | 8 | 29 W · 380 SO · 1.2 WAR | — |
| Jerry Lynch | — | 1954–1966 | 13 | 798 H · 115 HR · 1.1 WAR | — |
| Al Pilarcik | — | 1956–1961 | 6 | 413 H · 22 HR · 1.1 WAR | — |
| Bob Speake | — | 1955–1959 | 4 | 170 H · 31 HR · 0.9 WAR | — |
| Evelio Hernandez | P | 1956–1957 | 2 | 1 W · 24 SO · 0.8 WAR | — |
| Bob Trowbridge | P | 1956–1960 | 5 | 13 W · 201 SO · 0.6 WAR | — |
| Frank Ernaga | — | 1957–1958 | 2 | 12 H · 2 HR · 0.5 WAR | — |
| Roman Mejias | — | 1955–1964 | 9 | 449 H · 54 HR · 0.4 WAR | — |
| Johnny O'brien | — | 1953–1959 | 6 | 204 H · 4 HR · 0.4 WAR | — |
| Stan Palys | — | 1953–1956 | 4 | 79 H · 10 HR · 0.3 WAR | — |
| Joe Margoneri | P | 1956–1957 | 2 | 7 W · 67 SO · 0.3 WAR | — |
| Bob Martyn | — | 1957–1959 | 3 | 94 H · 3 HR · 0.2 WAR | — |
| Andy Varga | P | 1950–1951 | 2 | 0 W · 1 SO · 0.2 WAR | — |
| Milt Graff | — | 1957–1958 | 2 | 28 H · 0 HR · 0.2 WAR | — |
| Wayne Belardi | — | 1950–1956 | 6 | 143 H · 28 HR · 0.1 WAR | — |
| Glen Gorbous | — | 1955–1957 | 3 | 66 H · 4 HR · 0.1 WAR | — |
| Bob Darnell | P | 1954–1956 | 2 | 0 W · 5 SO · 0.1 WAR | — |
| Bill Froats | P | 1955 | 1 | 0 W · 0 SO · 0.1 WAR | — |
| Chuck Churn | P | 1957–1959 | 3 | 3 W · 32 SO | — |
| Hal Bevan | — | 1952–1961 | 3 | 7 H · 1 HR | — |
| Angelo Lipetri | P | 1956–1958 | 2 | 0 W · 9 SO | — |
| Larry Raines | — | 1957–1958 | 2 | 64 H · 2 HR | — |
| Danny Morejon | — | 1958 | 1 | 5 H · 0 HR | — |
| Guy Morton | — | 1954 | 1 | 0 H · 0 HR | — |
| Jerry Dahlke | P | 1956 | 1 | 0 W · 1 SO | — |
| Jim Westlake | — | 1955 | 1 | 0 H · 0 HR | — |
| Richie Myers | — | 1956 | 1 | 0 H · 0 HR | — |
| Raul Sanchez | P | 1952–1960 | 3 | 5 W · 48 SO · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Don Nicholas | — | 1952–1954 | 2 | 0 H · 0 HR · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Ron Mrozinski | P | 1954–1955 | 2 | 1 W · 44 SO · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Buck Varner | — | 1952 | 1 | 0 H · 0 HR · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Eric Rodin | — | 1954 | 1 | 0 H · 0 HR · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Gabe Gabler | — | 1958 | 1 | 0 H · 0 HR · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Harley Grossman | P | 1952 | 1 | 0 W · 0 SO · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Memo Luna | P | 1954 | 1 | 0 W · 0 SO · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Rod Graber | — | 1958 | 1 | 1 H · 0 HR · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Chick King | — | 1954–1959 | 5 | 18 H · 0 HR · -0.2 WAR | — |
| Rudy Regalado | — | 1954–1956 | 3 | 63 H · 2 HR · -0.2 WAR | — |
| Dale Coogan | — | 1950 | 1 | 31 H · 1 HR · -0.2 WAR | — |
| Don Robertson | — | 1954 | 1 | 0 H · 0 HR · -0.2 WAR | — |
| Mike Roarke | — | 1961–1964 | 4 | 113 H · 6 HR · -0.3 WAR | — |
| Bob Harrison | P | 1955–1956 | 2 | 0 W · 0 SO · -0.3 WAR | — |
| Dolan Nichols | P | 1958 | 1 | 0 W · 9 SO · -0.4 WAR | — |
| Glenn Mickens | P | 1953 | 1 | 0 W · 5 SO · -0.4 WAR | — |
| Al Grunwald | P | 1955–1959 | 2 | 0 W · 11 SO · -0.5 WAR | — |
| Pete Daley | — | 1955–1961 | 7 | 259 H · 18 HR · -0.6 WAR | — |
| Joe Trimble | P | 1955–1957 | 2 | 0 W · 10 SO · -0.6 WAR | — |
| Solly Drake | — | 1956–1959 | 2 | 66 H · 2 HR · -0.6 WAR | — |
| Gabe Gabler | P | 1959–1961 | 3 | 7 W · 63 SO · -0.7 WAR | — |
| Rudy Minarcin | P | 1955–1957 | 3 | 6 W · 70 SO · -0.7 WAR | — |
| Zeke Bella | — | 1957–1959 | 2 | 18 H · 1 HR · -0.7 WAR | — |
| Dave Cole | P | 1950–1955 | 6 | 6 W · 119 SO · -0.8 WAR | — |
| Joe Morgan | — | 1959–1964 | 4 | 36 H · 2 HR · -0.8 WAR | — |
| Felipe Montemayor | — | 1953–1955 | 2 | 26 H · 2 HR · -0.8 WAR | — |
| Mark Freeman | P | 1959–1960 | 2 | 3 W · 55 SO · -0.8 WAR | — |
| Ron Samford | — | 1954–1959 | 4 | 73 H · 5 HR · -0.9 WAR | — |
| Tom Umphlett | — | 1953–1955 | 3 | 285 H · 6 HR · -0.9 WAR | — |
| Pete Burnside | P | 1955–1963 | 8 | 19 W · 303 SO · -1.0 WAR | — |
| Mike Baxes | — | 1956–1958 | 2 | 73 H · 1 HR · -1.1 WAR | — |
| Don Leppert | — | 1955 | 1 | 8 H · 0 HR · -1.1 WAR | — |
- Marcelino Solis 1958
- Danny Kravitz 1956–1960
- Haywood Sullivan 1955–1963
- Vic Janowicz 1953–1954
- Lyle Luttrell 1956–1957
- Troy Herriage 1956
- Bob Wiesler 1951–1958
- Eddie O'brien 1953–1957
- Art Ceccarelli 1955–1960
- Bob Lillis 1958–1967
- Karl Olson 1951–1957
Birth dates as ESPN lists them. Best career first: WAR in the regular season, summed over the seasons on file.