MLB players born in 1938
106 MLB players on file were born in 1938. Gaylord Perry leads them with 86.1 career WAR. The first born in 1938 to play in the MLB was Alex George, in 1955. Every season since 1876 is on file.
Former MLB players born in 1938 (106)
| Player | Pos | Years | Seasons | Career | Born |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gaylord Perry | SP | 1962–1983 | 22 | 314 W · 3,534 SO · 86.1 WAR | Williamston, NC |
| Willie McCovey | 1B | 1959–1980 | 22 | 2,211 H · 521 HR · 60.7 WAR | Mobile, United States |
| Billy Williams | — | 1959–1976 | 18 | 2,711 H · 426 HR · 59.9 WAR | — |
| Vada Pinson | — | 1958–1975 | 18 | 2,757 H · 256 HR · 50.2 WAR | — |
| Jim Kaat | RP | 1959–1983 | 25 | 283 W · 2,461 SO · 40.0 WAR | Zeeland, MI |
| Curt Flood | — | 1956–1971 | 15 | 1,861 H · 85 HR · 39.8 WAR | — |
| Ron Fairly | — | 1958–1978 | 21 | 1,913 H · 215 HR · 31.7 WAR | — |
| Leo Cardenas | — | 1960–1975 | 16 | 1,725 H · 118 HR · 23.7 WAR | — |
| Ron Hansen | — | 1958–1972 | 15 | 1,007 H · 106 HR · 22.1 WAR | — |
| Matty Alou | — | 1960–1974 | 15 | 1,777 H · 31 HR · 21.5 WAR | — |
| Don Mincher | — | 1960–1972 | 13 | 1,003 H · 200 HR · 20.8 WAR | — |
| Mack Jones | — | 1961–1971 | 10 | 778 H · 133 HR · 19.3 WAR | — |
| Manny Mota | LF | 1962–1982 | 20 | 1,149 H · 31 HR · 16.1 WAR | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic |
| Mike McCormick | P | 1956–1971 | 16 | 134 W · 1,321 SO · 15.2 WAR | — |
| Johnny Edwards | — | 1961–1974 | 14 | 1,106 H · 81 HR · 12.7 WAR | — |
| Al McBean | P | 1961–1970 | 10 | 67 W · 575 SO · 12.6 WAR | — |
| Jimmie Hall | — | 1963–1970 | 8 | 724 H · 121 HR · 12.5 WAR | — |
| Bobby Knoop | — | 1964–1972 | 9 | 856 H · 56 HR · 10.7 WAR | — |
| Bob Locker | P | 1965–1975 | 10 | 57 W · 577 SO · 10.6 WAR | — |
| Rich Rollins | — | 1961–1970 | 10 | 887 H · 77 HR · 10.6 WAR | — |
| Ray Washburn | P | 1961–1970 | 10 | 72 W · 700 SO · 7.8 WAR | — |
| Don Wert | — | 1963–1971 | 9 | 929 H · 77 HR · 7.2 WAR | — |
| Art Mahaffey | P | 1960–1966 | 7 | 59 W · 639 SO · 6.5 WAR | — |
| Max Alvis | — | 1962–1970 | 9 | 895 H · 111 HR · 6.4 WAR | — |
| Jake Gibbs | — | 1962–1971 | 10 | 382 H · 25 HR · 5.6 WAR | — |
| Chris Cannizzaro | — | 1960–1974 | 13 | 458 H · 18 HR · 5.5 WAR | — |
| Dick Hughes | P | 1966–1968 | 3 | 20 W · 230 SO · 5.0 WAR | — |
| John Orsino | — | 1961–1967 | 7 | 252 H · 40 HR · 4.0 WAR | — |
| Deron Johnson | — | 1960–1976 | 16 | 1,447 H · 245 HR · 3.6 WAR | — |
| Don Pavletich | — | 1957–1971 | 12 | 349 H · 46 HR · 3.5 WAR | — |
| Dave Baldwin | P | 1966–1973 | 6 | 6 W · 164 SO · 3.3 WAR | — |
| Hal Reniff | P | 1961–1967 | 7 | 21 W · 314 SO · 3.1 WAR | — |
| Chuck Estrada | P | 1960–1967 | 7 | 50 W · 535 SO · 2.7 WAR | — |
| Ron Herbel | P | 1963–1971 | 9 | 42 W · 447 SO · 2.2 WAR | — |
| Fred Whitfield | — | 1962–1970 | 9 | 578 H · 108 HR · 2.1 WAR | — |
| Al Weis | — | 1962–1971 | 10 | 346 H · 7 HR · 1.9 WAR | — |
| Buck Rodgers | — | 1961–1969 | 9 | 704 H · 31 HR · 1.8 WAR | — |
| Aubrey Gatewood | P | 1963–1970 | 4 | 8 W · 75 SO · 1.5 WAR | — |
| Tom Butters | P | 1962–1965 | 4 | 2 W · 85 SO · 1.4 WAR | — |
| Dick Lines | P | 1966–1967 | 2 | 7 W · 103 SO · 1.4 WAR | — |
| Minnie Rojas | P | 1966–1968 | 3 | 23 W · 153 SO · 1.2 WAR | — |
| Jim Donohue | P | 1961–1962 | 2 | 6 W · 116 SO · 1.2 WAR | — |
| Bob Sadowski | P | 1963–1966 | 4 | 20 W · 257 SO · 1.0 WAR | — |
| Mike Dela hoz | — | 1960–1969 | 9 | 280 H · 25 HR · 0.9 WAR | — |
| Bob Heffner | P | 1963–1968 | 5 | 11 W · 241 SO · 0.8 WAR | — |
| Howie Koplitz | P | 1961–1966 | 5 | 9 W · 87 SO · 0.8 WAR | — |
| Larry Elliot | — | 1962–1966 | 4 | 103 H · 15 HR · 0.8 WAR | — |
| Ken Hunt | P | 1961 | 1 | 9 W · 75 SO · 0.8 WAR | — |
| Herman Starrette | P | 1963–1965 | 3 | 1 W · 21 SO · 0.6 WAR | — |
| Dick Lemay | P | 1961–1963 | 3 | 3 W · 69 SO · 0.5 WAR | — |
| Bob Moorhead | P | 1962–1965 | 2 | 0 W · 68 SO · 0.4 WAR | — |
| George Banks | — | 1962–1966 | 5 | 44 H · 9 HR · 0.3 WAR | — |
| Mike White | — | 1963–1965 | 3 | 78 H · 0 HR · 0.3 WAR | — |
| Billy Cowan | — | 1963–1972 | 8 | 281 H · 40 HR · 0.2 WAR | — |
| Lee Gregory | P | 1964 | 1 | 0 W · 8 SO · 0.2 WAR | — |
| Merritt Ranew | — | 1962–1969 | 5 | 147 H · 8 HR · 0.1 WAR | — |
| Bob Lipski | — | 1963 | 1 | 0 H · 0 HR | — |
| Don Choate | P | 1960 | 1 | 0 W · 7 SO | — |
| Don Prince | P | 1962 | 1 | 0 W · 0 SO | — |
| Fred Bruckbauer | P | 1961 | 1 | 0 W · 0 SO | — |
| George Werley | P | 1956 | 1 | 0 W · 0 SO | — |
| Merlin Nippert | P | 1962 | 1 | 0 W · 3 SO | — |
| Ted Schreiber | — | 1963 | 1 | 8 H · 0 HR | — |
| Moose Stubing | — | 1967 | 1 | 0 H · 0 HR · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Chico Ruiz | — | 1964–1971 | 8 | 276 H · 2 HR · -0.2 WAR | — |
| Bobby Henrich | — | 1957–1959 | 3 | 2 H · 0 HR · -0.2 WAR | — |
| Jay Ward | — | 1963–1970 | 3 | 8 H · 0 HR · -0.2 WAR | — |
| Johnny Werhas | — | 1964–1967 | 3 | 29 H · 2 HR · -0.2 WAR | — |
| Frank Carpin | P | 1965–1966 | 2 | 4 W · 29 SO · -0.2 WAR | — |
| Cal Browning | P | 1960 | 1 | 0 W · 0 SO · -0.2 WAR | — |
| Gordie Richardson | P | 1964–1966 | 3 | 6 W · 86 SO · -0.3 WAR | — |
| Mike Brumley | — | 1964–1966 | 3 | 151 H · 5 HR · -0.3 WAR | — |
| Bill Roman | — | 1964–1965 | 2 | 5 H · 1 HR · -0.3 WAR | — |
| Joe McCabe | — | 1964–1965 | 2 | 8 H · 1 HR · -0.3 WAR | — |
| Vern Handrahan | P | 1964–1966 | 2 | 0 W · 36 SO · -0.3 WAR | — |
| Alex George | — | 1955 | 1 | 1 H · 0 HR · -0.3 WAR | — |
| Dale Willis | P | 1963 | 1 | 0 W · 47 SO · -0.3 WAR | — |
| Norm Gigon | — | 1967 | 1 | 12 H · 1 HR · -0.3 WAR | — |
| John Boozer | P | 1962–1969 | 7 | 14 W · 282 SO · -0.4 WAR | — |
| Johnnie Seale | P | 1964–1965 | 2 | 1 W · 8 SO · -0.4 WAR | — |
| Orlando McFarlane | — | 1962–1968 | 5 | 70 H · 5 HR · -0.5 WAR | — |
| Elmo Plaskett | — | 1962–1963 | 2 | 7 H · 1 HR · -0.5 WAR | — |
| Rogelio Alvarez | — | 1960–1962 | 2 | 7 H · 0 HR · -0.5 WAR | — |
| Billy Bryan | — | 1961–1968 | 8 | 209 H · 41 HR · -0.7 WAR | — |
| Art Quirk | P | 1962–1963 | 2 | 3 W · 30 SO · -0.7 WAR | — |
| Ed Olivares | — | 1960–1961 | 2 | 5 H · 0 HR · -0.8 WAR | — |
| Ray Oyler | — | 1965–1970 | 6 | 221 H · 15 HR · -0.9 WAR | — |
| Barry Shetrone | — | 1959–1963 | 5 | 23 H · 1 HR · -0.9 WAR | — |
| Jose Tartabull | — | 1962–1970 | 9 | 484 H · 2 HR · -1.0 WAR | — |
| Vic Roznovsky | — | 1964–1969 | 5 | 99 H · 4 HR · -1.0 WAR | — |
| Bob Aspromonte | — | 1956–1971 | 13 | 1,103 H · 60 HR · -1.1 WAR | — |
| Jim Dickson | P | 1963–1966 | 4 | 5 W · 86 SO · -1.1 WAR | — |
| Ron Moeller | P | 1956–1963 | 4 | 6 W · 104 SO · -1.2 WAR | — |
| Alan Koch | P | 1963–1964 | 2 | 4 W · 73 SO · -1.2 WAR | — |
| Bill Spanswick | P | 1964 | 1 | 2 W · 55 SO · -1.2 WAR | — |
| Gene Michael | — | 1966–1975 | 10 | 642 H · 15 HR · -1.3 WAR | — |
| Manny Jimenez | — | 1962–1969 | 7 | 273 H · 26 HR · -1.3 WAR | — |
| Al Moran | — | 1963–1964 | 2 | 69 H · 1 HR · -1.3 WAR | — |
| Bud Zipfel | — | 1961–1962 | 2 | 78 H · 10 HR · -1.3 WAR | — |
| Tony Curry | — | 1960–1966 | 3 | 73 H · 6 HR · -1.8 WAR | — |
- Bob Burda 1962–1972
- John Herrnstein 1962–1966
- Amado Samuel 1962–1964
- Craig Anderson 1961–1964
- Bobby Wine 1960–1972
- Jack Hamilton 1962–1969
Birth dates as ESPN lists them. Best career first: WAR in the regular season, summed over the seasons on file.