MLB players born in 1944

136 MLB players on file were born in 1944. Tom Seaver leads them with 93.9 career WAR. The first born in 1944 to play in the MLB were Ed Kirkpatrick and Ed Kranepool, in 1962. Every season since 1876 is on file.

Former MLB players born in 1944 (136)

Former MLB players born in 1944
Player	Pos	Years	Seasons	Career	Born
Tom Seaver	SP	1967–1986	20	311 W · 3,640 SO · 93.9 WAR	Fresno, CA
Steve Carlton	SP	1965–1988	24	329 W · 4,136 SO · 80.1 WAR	Miami, United States
Graig Nettles	3B	1967–1988	22	2,225 H · 390 HR · 62.8 WAR	San Diego, United States
Sal Bando	3B	1966–1981	16	1,790 H · 242 HR · 57.1 WAR	Cleveland, OH
Rusty Staub	CF	1963–1985	23	2,716 H · 292 HR · 41.6 WAR	New Orleans, LA
Mark Belanger	SS	1965–1982	18	1,316 H · 20 HR · 37.6 WAR	Pittsfield, MA
Paul Blair	CF	1964–1980	17	1,513 H · 134 HR · 34.3 WAR	Cushing, OK
George Scott	—	1966–1979	14	1,992 H · 271 HR · 32.0 WAR	—
Manny Sanguillen	1B	1967–1980	13	1,500 H · 65 HR · 25.3 WAR	Colon, Panama
Joe Niekro	RP	1967–1988	22	221 W · 1,747 SO · 24.8 WAR	Martins Ferry, OH
Doug Rader	—	1967–1977	11	1,302 H · 155 HR · 22.5 WAR	—
Stan Bahnsen	RP	1966–1982	16	146 W · 1,359 SO · 22.4 WAR	Council Bluffs, IA
Johnny Briggs	—	1964–1975	12	1,041 H · 139 HR · 22.0 WAR	—
Freddie Patek	2B	1968–1981	14	1,340 H · 41 HR · 21.3 WAR	Seguin, TX
Sparky Lyle	RP	1967–1982	16	99 W · 873 SO · 20.9 WAR	DuBois, PA
Tug McGraw	RP	1965–1984	19	96 W · 1,109 SO · 19.7 WAR	Martinez, CA
Rudy May	RP	1965–1983	16	152 W · 1,760 SO · 19.2 WAR	Coffeyville, KS
Denny McLain	P	1963–1972	10	131 W · 1,282 SO · 19.1 WAR	—
Bud Harrelson	SS	1965–1980	16	1,120 H · 7 HR · 18.6 WAR	Niles, United States
Dave Roberts	SP	1969–1981	13	103 W · 957 SO · 17.9 WAR	Gallipolis, OH
Bill Singer	P	1964–1977	14	118 W · 1,515 SO · 17.2 WAR	—
Jim Bibby	RP	1972–1984	12	111 W · 1,079 SO · 15.9 WAR	Franklinton, United States
Carl Morton	P	1969–1976	8	87 W · 650 SO · 15.7 WAR	—
Steve Renko	SP	1969–1983	15	134 W · 1,455 SO · 15.6 WAR	Kansas City, KS
Del Unser	1B	1968–1982	15	1,344 H · 87 HR · 14.4 WAR	Decatur, United States
Dick Bosman	P	1966–1976	11	82 W · 757 SO · 10.9 WAR	—
Tito Fuentes	—	1965–1978	13	1,491 H · 45 HR · 9.6 WAR	—
Roger Nelson	P	1967–1976	9	29 W · 371 SO · 9.3 WAR	—
Pat Kelly	DH	1967–1981	15	1,147 H · 76 HR · 9.1 WAR	Philadelphia, PA
Ollie Brown	—	1965–1977	13	964 H · 102 HR · 9.0 WAR	—
Steve Mingori	P	1970–1979	10	18 W · 329 SO · 7.9 WAR	—
Ron Swoboda	—	1965–1973	9	624 H · 73 HR · 7.1 WAR	—
Ed Kirkpatrick	—	1962–1977	16	824 H · 85 HR · 6.5 WAR	—
Jim Ray	P	1965–1974	9	43 W · 407 SO · 6.2 WAR	—
Jim McAndrew	P	1968–1974	7	37 W · 424 SO · 5.6 WAR	—
Tony Horton	—	1964–1970	7	597 H · 76 HR · 5.2 WAR	—
Ken Tatum	P	1969–1974	6	16 W · 156 SO · 5.2 WAR	—
Billy McCool	P	1964–1970	7	32 W · 471 SO · 5.0 WAR	—
Barry Lersch	P	1969–1974	6	18 W · 317 SO · 5.0 WAR	—
Bill Stoneman	P	1967–1974	8	54 W · 934 SO · 4.7 WAR	—
Ray Lamb	P	1969–1973	5	20 W · 258 SO · 4.2 WAR	—
Fred Scherman	P	1969–1976	8	33 W · 297 SO · 4.0 WAR	—
Dave Nelson	—	1968–1977	10	630 H · 20 HR · 3.5 WAR	—
Carl Taylor	—	1968–1973	6	225 H · 10 HR · 3.3 WAR	—
Tom Kelley	P	1964–1973	7	20 W · 234 SO · 3.1 WAR	—
Larry Jaster	P	1965–1972	7	35 W · 313 SO · 2.5 WAR	—
Ed Kranepool	—	1962–1979	18	1,418 H · 118 HR · 2.2 WAR	—
Ron Klimkowski	P	1969–1972	4	8 W · 79 SO · 2.2 WAR	—
Denny Doyle	—	1970–1977	8	823 H · 16 HR · 2.0 WAR	—
Wayne Comer	—	1967–1972	5	157 H · 16 HR · 1.7 WAR	—
Bob Montgomery	—	1970–1979	10	306 H · 23 HR · 1.6 WAR	—
Chuck Dobson	P	1966–1975	9	74 W · 758 SO · 1.6 WAR	—
Terry Harmon	—	1969–1977	9	262 H · 4 HR · 1.6 WAR	—
Don Shaw	P	1967–1972	5	13 W · 123 SO · 1.5 WAR	—
Hal Breeden	—	1971–1975	5	148 H · 21 HR · 1.4 WAR	—
Oscar Zamora	P	1974–1978	4	13 W · 99 SO · 1.4 WAR	—
Masanori Murakami	P	1964–1965	2	5 W · 100 SO · 1.4 WAR	—
Joe Hague	—	1968–1973	6	286 H · 40 HR · 1.3 WAR	—
Mike Fiore	—	1968–1972	5	126 H · 13 HR · 1.0 WAR	—
Steve Hovley	—	1969–1973	5	263 H · 8 HR · 1.0 WAR	—
Al Severinsen	P	1969–1972	3	3 W · 53 SO · 1.0 WAR	—
Hal King	—	1967–1974	7	146 H · 24 HR · 0.9 WAR	—
Sonny Jackson	—	1963–1974	12	767 H · 7 HR · 0.8 WAR	—
Rich Nye	P	1966–1970	5	26 W · 267 SO · 0.8 WAR	—
Ron Tompkins	P	1965–1971	2	0 W · 24 SO · 0.6 WAR	—
Dick Calmus	P	1963–1967	2	3 W · 26 SO · 0.4 WAR	—
Fred Rico	—	1969	1	6 H · 0 HR · 0.4 WAR	—
Jim Rittwage	P	1970	1	1 W · 16 SO · 0.4 WAR	—
Rick Renick	—	1968–1972	5	122 H · 20 HR · 0.3 WAR	—
Hal Haydel	P	1970–1971	2	6 W · 33 SO · 0.3 WAR	—
Bob Schroder	—	1965–1968	4	48 H · 0 HR · 0.2 WAR	—
Paul Ratliff	—	1963–1972	4	61 H · 12 HR · 0.2 WAR	—
Stan Swanson	—	1971	1	26 H · 2 HR · 0.2 WAR	—
Wayne Granger	P	1968–1976	9	35 W · 303 SO · 0.1 WAR	—
Ed Acosta	P	1970–1972	3	6 W · 70 SO · 0.1 WAR	—
Gary Holman	—	1968–1969	2	30 H · 0 HR · 0.1 WAR	—
Charlie Vinson	—	1966	1	4 H · 1 HR · 0.1 WAR	—
Joe Moock	—	1967	1	9 H · 0 HR · 0.1 WAR	—
Frank Brosseau	P	1969–1971	2	0 W · 2 SO	—
Jerry Hinsley	P	1964–1967	2	0 W · 14 SO	—
Randy Brown	—	1969–1970	2	4 H · 0 HR	—
Chris Coletta	—	1972	1	9 H · 1 HR	—
Glenn Vaughan	—	1963	1	5 H · 0 HR	—
Vic Larose	—	1968	1	0 H · 0 HR	—
Dick Colpaert	P	1970	1	1 W · 6 SO · -0.1 WAR	—
Dick Thoenen	P	1967	1	0 W · 0 SO · -0.1 WAR	—
Ed Phillips	P	1970	1	0 W · 23 SO · -0.1 WAR	—
Jim Hibbs	—	1967	1	0 H · 0 HR · -0.1 WAR	—
Joe Campbell	—	1967	1	0 H · 0 HR · -0.1 WAR	—
Johnny Hairston	—	1969	1	1 H · 0 HR · -0.1 WAR	—
Tom Tischinski	—	1969–1971	3	21 H · 1 HR · -0.2 WAR	—
Celerino Sanchez	—	1972–1973	2	76 H · 1 HR · -0.2 WAR	—
Buzz Stephen	P	1968	1	1 W · 4 SO · -0.2 WAR	—
Dave Watkins	—	1969	1	26 H · 4 HR · -0.2 WAR	—
Gene Stone	—	1969	1	6 H · 0 HR · -0.2 WAR	—
Jim Britton	P	1967–1971	4	13 W · 148 SO · -0.3 WAR	—
Russ Nagelson	—	1968–1970	3	16 H · 1 HR · -0.3 WAR	—
Steve Blateric	P	1971–1975	3	0 W · 13 SO · -0.3 WAR	—
Randy Schwartz	—	1965–1966	2	3 H · 0 HR · -0.3 WAR	—
Gene Rounsaville	P	1970	1	0 W · 3 SO · -0.3 WAR	—

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Jose Morales 1973–1984
Buddy Bradford 1966–1976
Frank Reberger 1968–1972
Dick Smith 1969
Johnny Jeter 1969–1974
Gary Neibauer 1969–1973
Don Secrist 1969–1970
Lee Bales 1966–1967
Rob Gardner 1965–1973
Vern Fuller 1964–1970
John Miller 1966–1969
Bob Taylor 1970
Gomer Hodge 1971
Tony Larussa 1963–1973
Skip Guinn 1968–1971
Billy Murphy 1966
Chris Zachary 1963–1973
Mike Ferraro 1966–1972
Jim Driscoll 1970–1972
Leon McFadden 1968–1969
Mike Compton 1970
Jim Holt 1968–1976
Frank Bertaina 1964–1970
Chuck Brinkman 1969–1974
Frank Coggins 1967–1972
Dick Such 1970
John Matias 1970
Jim Fairey 1968–1973
Jim Campanis 1966–1973
Cito Gaston 1967–1978
Syd O'brien 1969–1972
Rich Robertson 1966–1971
Frank Baker 1969–1971
Chuck Manuel 1969–1975
Don Mason 1966–1973
Gary Sutherland 1966–1978

Birth dates as ESPN lists them. Best career first: WAR in the regular season, summed over the seasons on file.