MLB players born in 1946
135 MLB players on file were born in 1946. Reggie Jackson leads them with 68.4 career WAR. The first born in 1946 to play in the MLB were Larry Dierker and Willie Crawford, in 1964. Every season since 1876 is on file.
Former MLB players born in 1946 (135)
| Player | Pos | Years | Seasons | Career | Born |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reggie Jackson | DH | 1967–1987 | 21 | 2,584 H · 563 HR · 68.4 WAR | Wyncote, PA |
| Bobby Bonds | CF | 1968–1981 | 14 | 1,886 H · 332 HR · 55.7 WAR | Riverside, CA |
| Gene Tenace | 1B | 1969–1983 | 15 | 1,060 H · 201 HR · 44.3 WAR | Russellton, PA |
| Al Oliver | DH | 1968–1985 | 18 | 2,743 H · 219 HR · 40.2 WAR | Portsmouth, OH |
| Catfish Hunter | P | 1965–1979 | 15 | 224 W · 2,012 SO · 32.1 WAR | — |
| Larry Dierker | P | 1964–1977 | 14 | 139 W · 1,493 SO · 31.8 WAR | — |
| Bobby Murcer | DH | 1965–1983 | 17 | 1,862 H · 252 HR · 29.0 WAR | Oklahoma City, OK |
| Bob Watson | 1B | 1966–1984 | 19 | 1,826 H · 184 HR · 25.8 WAR | Los Angeles, CA |
| Ken Forsch | RP | 1970–1986 | 16 | 114 W · 1,047 SO · 24.7 WAR | Sacramento, United States |
| Rollie Fingers | RP | 1968–1985 | 17 | 114 W · 1,299 SO · 23.3 WAR | Steubenville, OH |
| Joe Rudi | 1B | 1967–1982 | 16 | 1,468 H · 179 HR · 22.7 WAR | Modesto, United States |
| Willie Crawford | — | 1964–1977 | 14 | 921 H · 86 HR · 20.0 WAR | — |
| Joe Ferguson | C | 1970–1983 | 14 | 719 H · 122 HR · 19.7 WAR | San Francisco, CA |
| Paul Splittorff | RP | 1970–1984 | 15 | 166 W · 1,057 SO · 19.5 WAR | Evansville, IN |
| Bill Lee | RP | 1969–1982 | 14 | 119 W · 713 SO · 18.9 WAR | Burbank, CA |
| Mike Torrez | SP | 1967–1984 | 18 | 185 W · 1,404 SO · 18.8 WAR | Topeka, KS |
| Jim Colborn | P | 1969–1978 | 10 | 83 W · 688 SO · 14.7 WAR | — |
| Al Fitzmorris | P | 1969–1978 | 10 | 77 W · 458 SO · 13.4 WAR | — |
| Art Howe | 3B | 1974–1985 | 11 | 682 H · 43 HR · 13.0 WAR | Pittsburgh, United States |
| Nate Colbert | — | 1966–1976 | 10 | 833 H · 173 HR · 12.8 WAR | — |
| Ken Henderson | CF | 1965–1980 | 16 | 1,168 H · 122 HR · 12.6 WAR | Carroll, IA |
| Ellie Rodriguez | — | 1968–1976 | 9 | 533 H · 16 HR · 12.2 WAR | — |
| Skip Lockwood | RP | 1969–1980 | 12 | 57 W · 829 SO · 9.4 WAR | Roslindale, MA |
| Frank Duffy | — | 1970–1979 | 10 | 619 H · 26 HR · 8.8 WAR | — |
| Bob Robertson | — | 1967–1979 | 11 | 578 H · 115 HR · 8.4 WAR | — |
| Gary Gentry | P | 1969–1975 | 7 | 46 W · 615 SO · 6.9 WAR | — |
| Tom Paciorek | 1B | 1970–1987 | 18 | 1,162 H · 86 HR · 6.0 WAR | Detroit, United States |
| Fran Healy | — | 1969–1978 | 9 | 332 H · 20 HR · 6.0 WAR | — |
| Cy Acosta | P | 1972–1975 | 4 | 13 W · 109 SO · 5.6 WAR | — |
| Dyar Miller | RP | 1975–1981 | 7 | 23 W · 235 SO · 5.5 WAR | Batesville, IN |
| Leroy Stanton | — | 1970–1978 | 9 | 628 H · 77 HR · 5.3 WAR | — |
| Billy Grabarkewitz | — | 1969–1975 | 7 | 274 H · 28 HR · 5.2 WAR | — |
| Alan Foster | P | 1967–1976 | 10 | 48 W · 501 SO · 4.9 WAR | — |
| Ken Boswell | — | 1967–1977 | 11 | 625 H · 31 HR · 4.7 WAR | — |
| Ed Herrmann | — | 1967–1978 | 11 | 654 H · 80 HR · 4.6 WAR | — |
| Bill Sudakis | — | 1968–1975 | 8 | 362 H · 59 HR · 4.2 WAR | — |
| George Stone | P | 1967–1975 | 9 | 60 W · 590 SO · 4.0 WAR | — |
| Gene Clines | — | 1970–1979 | 10 | 645 H · 5 HR · 3.8 WAR | — |
| Danny Frisella | P | 1967–1976 | 10 | 34 W · 471 SO · 3.4 WAR | — |
| Mike Hedlund | P | 1965–1972 | 6 | 25 W · 211 SO · 3.2 WAR | — |
| Pedro Borbon | RP | 1969–1980 | 12 | 69 W · 409 SO · 3.1 WAR | Mao, Dominican Republic |
| Champ Summers | 1B | 1974–1984 | 11 | 350 H · 54 HR · 2.7 WAR | Bremerton, WA |
| Johnny Oates | C | 1970–1981 | 11 | 410 H · 14 HR · 2.6 WAR | Sylva, NC |
| Roric Harrison | P | 1972–1978 | 5 | 30 W · 319 SO · 1.9 WAR | — |
| Rich Folkers | P | 1970–1977 | 7 | 19 W · 242 SO · 1.4 WAR | — |
| Monty Montgomery | P | 1971–1972 | 2 | 6 W · 36 SO · 1.4 WAR | — |
| Jerry Moses | — | 1965–1975 | 9 | 269 H · 25 HR · 1.2 WAR | — |
| Phil Hennigan | P | 1969–1973 | 5 | 17 W · 188 SO · 1.0 WAR | — |
| Don Eddy | P | 1970–1971 | 2 | 0 W · 23 SO · 1.0 WAR | — |
| Norm Miller | — | 1965–1974 | 10 | 325 H · 24 HR · 0.9 WAR | — |
| Joe Lis | — | 1970–1977 | 8 | 182 H · 32 HR · 0.9 WAR | — |
| Bill Zepp | P | 1969–1971 | 3 | 10 W · 81 SO · 0.9 WAR | — |
| Roger Freed | — | 1970–1979 | 8 | 176 H · 22 HR · 0.7 WAR | — |
| Tom Heintzelman | — | 1973–1978 | 4 | 34 H · 3 HR · 0.6 WAR | — |
| Dan Monzon | — | 1972–1973 | 2 | 32 H · 0 HR · 0.6 WAR | — |
| Dave Robinson | — | 1970–1971 | 2 | 12 H · 2 HR · 0.5 WAR | — |
| Dave Sells | P | 1972–1975 | 4 | 11 W · 49 SO · 0.4 WAR | — |
| Ron Diorio | P | 1973–1974 | 2 | 0 W · 11 SO · 0.3 WAR | — |
| John Sipin | — | 1969 | 1 | 51 H · 2 HR · 0.3 WAR | — |
| Ozzie Osborn | P | 1975 | 1 | 3 W · 38 SO · 0.3 WAR | — |
| Scott Northey | — | 1969 | 1 | 16 H · 1 HR · 0.3 WAR | — |
| Rick Austin | P | 1970–1976 | 4 | 4 W · 106 SO · 0.2 WAR | — |
| Gaylen Pitts | — | 1974–1975 | 2 | 11 H · 0 HR · 0.2 WAR | — |
| Jim Spencer | 1B | 1968–1982 | 15 | 1,227 H · 146 HR · 0.1 WAR | Hanover, PA |
| Gene Lamont | — | 1970–1975 | 4 | 37 H · 4 HR · 0.1 WAR | — |
| Jim Strickland | P | 1971–1975 | 4 | 4 W · 60 SO · 0.1 WAR | — |
| Rod Gaspar | — | 1969–1974 | 4 | 54 H · 1 HR · 0.1 WAR | — |
| Dick Baney | P | 1969–1974 | 3 | 4 W · 38 SO · 0.1 WAR | — |
| John Lamb | P | 1970–1973 | 3 | 0 W · 36 SO · 0.1 WAR | — |
| Harvey Shank | P | 1970 | 1 | 0 W · 1 SO · 0.1 WAR | — |
| Frank Baker | — | 1970–1974 | 4 | 55 H · 1 HR | — |
| Remy Hermoso | — | 1967–1974 | 4 | 47 H · 0 HR | — |
| George Korince | P | 1966–1967 | 2 | 1 W · 13 SO | — |
| Don Buschhorn | P | 1965 | 1 | 0 W · 9 SO | — |
| Don Leshnock | P | 1972 | 1 | 0 W · 2 SO | — |
| Greg Sims | — | 1966 | 1 | 1 H · 0 HR | — |
| Wenty Ford | P | 1973 | 1 | 1 W · 4 SO | — |
| Jerry Terrell | 3B | 1973–1980 | 8 | 412 H · 4 HR · -0.1 WAR | Waseca, MN |
| Joe Keough | — | 1968–1973 | 6 | 212 H · 9 HR · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Danny Morris | P | 1968–1969 | 2 | 0 W · 7 SO · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Rick Bladt | — | 1969–1975 | 2 | 28 H · 1 HR · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Danny Godby | — | 1974 | 1 | 2 H · 0 HR · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Miguel Fuentes | P | 1969 | 1 | 1 W · 14 SO · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Jack Lind | — | 1974–1975 | 2 | 5 H · 0 HR · -0.2 WAR | — |
| Tony Pierce | P | 1967–1968 | 2 | 4 W · 77 SO · -0.2 WAR | — |
| Garry Hill | P | 1969 | 1 | 0 W · 2 SO · -0.2 WAR | — |
| Jim Bethke | P | 1965 | 1 | 2 W · 19 SO · -0.2 WAR | — |
| Jon Warden | P | 1968 | 1 | 4 W · 25 SO · -0.2 WAR | — |
| Ken Wright | P | 1970–1974 | 5 | 11 W · 181 SO · -0.3 WAR | — |
| Jarvis Tatum | — | 1968–1970 | 3 | 59 H · 0 HR · -0.3 WAR | — |
| Les Rohr | P | 1967–1969 | 3 | 2 W · 20 SO · -0.3 WAR | — |
| Sergio Robles | — | 1972–1976 | 3 | 2 H · 0 HR · -0.3 WAR | — |
| Sonny Ruberto | — | 1969–1972 | 2 | 3 H · 0 HR · -0.3 WAR | — |
| Larry Burchart | P | 1969 | 1 | 0 W · 26 SO · -0.3 WAR | — |
| Jerry Janeski | P | 1970–1972 | 3 | 11 W · 105 SO · -0.4 WAR | — |
| Bill McNulty | — | 1969–1972 | 2 | 1 H · 0 HR · -0.4 WAR | — |
| Tom Robson | — | 1974–1975 | 2 | 10 H · 0 HR · -0.4 WAR | — |
| Gary Boyd | P | 1969 | 1 | 0 W · 9 SO · -0.4 WAR | — |
| Greg Washburn | P | 1969 | 1 | 0 W · 4 SO · -0.4 WAR | — |
| Vern Geishert | P | 1969 | 1 | 1 W · 18 SO · -0.4 WAR | — |
- Warren Bogle 1968
- Jim Lyttle 1969–1976
- Mike Sadek 1973–1981
- Jim Magnuson 1970–1973
- Rick Kester 1968–1970
- Ray Peters 1970
- Ernie McAnally 1971–1974
- Gonzalo Marquez 1972–1974
- Van Kelly 1969–1970
- Jim Kennedy 1970
- Ron Law 1969
- Mike Jackson 1970–1973
- Bobby Fenwick 1972–1973
- Ken Rudolph 1969–1977
- Kevin Collins 1965–1971
- Joe Henderson 1974–1977
- Ray Jarvis 1969–1970
- Vic Correll 1972–1980
- Mike Wegener 1969–1970
- Tom Hutton 1966–1981
- Bob Spence 1969–1971
- Jim Qualls 1969–1972
- Rickey Clark 1967–1972
- Bill Denehy 1967–1971
- Mike Corkins 1969–1974
- John Strohmayer 1970–1974
- Tom Ragland 1971–1973
- Lou Camilli 1969–1972
- Ron Lolich 1971–1973
- Archie Reynolds 1968–1972
- Eddie Leon 1968–1974
- Oscar Brown 1969–1973
- Rich McKinney 1970–1977
- Tom Egan 1965–1975
- Skip Jutze 1972–1977
Birth dates as ESPN lists them. Best career first: WAR in the regular season, summed over the seasons on file.