MLB players born in 1948
135 MLB players on file were born in 1948. Ron Cey leads them with 50.4 career WAR. The first born in 1948 to play in the MLB was Willie Montanez, in 1966. Every season since 1876 is on file.
Former MLB players born in 1948 (135)
| Player | Pos | Years | Seasons | Career | Born |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Cey | DH | 1971–1987 | 17 | 1,868 H · 316 HR · 50.4 WAR | Tacoma, WA |
| Toby Harrah | 2B | 1969–1986 | 17 | 1,954 H · 195 HR · 47.6 WAR | Sissonville, WV |
| George Foster | DH | 1969–1986 | 18 | 1,925 H · 348 HR · 41.3 WAR | Tuscaloosa, United States |
| Dave Concepcion | 2B | 1970–1988 | 19 | 2,326 H · 101 HR · 36.5 WAR | Ocumare de la Costa, Venezuela |
| Steve Garvey | 1B | 1969–1987 | 19 | 2,599 H · 272 HR · 34.4 WAR | Tampa, United States |
| Mickey Rivers | DH | 1970–1984 | 15 | 1,660 H · 61 HR · 30.3 WAR | Miami, United States |
| Jim Barr | RP | 1971–1983 | 12 | 101 W · 741 SO · 28.7 WAR | Lynwood, CA |
| Bill Russell | SS | 1969–1986 | 18 | 1,926 H · 46 HR · 28.6 WAR | Pittsburg, KS |
| Bill North | CF | 1971–1981 | 11 | 1,016 H · 20 HR · 24.9 WAR | Seattle, WA |
| Gary Nolan | P | 1967–1977 | 10 | 110 W · 1,039 SO · 24.5 WAR | — |
| Dave Cash | 2B | 1969–1980 | 12 | 1,571 H · 21 HR · 24.4 WAR | Utica, NY |
| Chris Chambliss | 1B | 1971–1988 | 17 | 2,109 H · 185 HR · 23.4 WAR | Dayton, OH |
| Eric Soderholm | DH | 1971–1980 | 9 | 764 H · 102 HR · 19.7 WAR | Cortland, NY |
| Lee Lacy | DH | 1972–1987 | 16 | 1,303 H · 91 HR · 18.5 WAR | Longview, TX |
| Doc Medich | SP | 1972–1982 | 11 | 124 W · 955 SO · 17.8 WAR | Aliquippa, United States |
| Steve Yeager | C | 1972–1986 | 15 | 816 H · 102 HR · 16.6 WAR | Huntington, WV |
| Bill Bonham | SP | 1971–1980 | 10 | 75 W · 985 SO · 16.5 WAR | Glendale, United States |
| Ron LeFlore | DH | 1974–1982 | 9 | 1,283 H · 59 HR · 16.3 WAR | Detroit, MI |
| Ed Figueroa | SP | 1974–1981 | 8 | 80 W · 571 SO · 15.6 WAR | Ciales, Puerto Rico |
| Steve Braun | CF | 1971–1985 | 15 | 989 H · 52 HR · 15.1 WAR | Trenton, NJ |
| Johnny Grubb | DH | 1972–1987 | 16 | 1,153 H · 99 HR · 15.0 WAR | Richmond, VA |
| Dave Kingman | DH | 1971–1986 | 16 | 1,575 H · 442 HR · 14.7 WAR | Pendleton, OR |
| Rick Miller | DH | 1971–1985 | 15 | 1,046 H · 28 HR · 13.6 WAR | Grand Rapids, United States |
| Dave LaRoche | RP | 1970–1983 | 14 | 65 W · 819 SO · 11.8 WAR | Colorado Springs, CO |
| Cesar Geronimo | CF | 1969–1983 | 15 | 977 H · 51 HR · 11.7 WAR | El Seibo, Dominican Republic |
| Bill Campbell | RP | 1973–1987 | 15 | 83 W · 864 SO · 11.3 WAR | Highland Park, MI |
| Doug Rau | SP | 1972–1981 | 9 | 81 W · 697 SO · 11.1 WAR | Columbus, United States |
| Ron Blomberg | — | 1969–1978 | 8 | 391 H · 52 HR · 8.6 WAR | — |
| Aurelio Lopez | RP | 1974–1987 | 11 | 62 W · 635 SO · 8.4 WAR | Tecamachalco, Mexico |
| Carlos May | — | 1968–1977 | 10 | 1,127 H · 90 HR · 8.1 WAR | — |
| Mike Jorgensen | 1B | 1968–1985 | 17 | 833 H · 95 HR · 7.9 WAR | Passaic, NJ |
| Clay Kirby | P | 1969–1976 | 8 | 75 W · 1,061 SO · 7.2 WAR | — |
| Earl Williams | — | 1970–1977 | 8 | 756 H · 138 HR · 6.4 WAR | — |
| Reggie Cleveland | RP | 1969–1981 | 13 | 105 W · 930 SO · 6.2 WAR | Swift Current, SK |
| John Curtis | RP | 1970–1984 | 15 | 89 W · 825 SO · 5.4 WAR | Newton, MA |
| Randy Moffitt | RP | 1972–1983 | 12 | 43 W · 455 SO · 5.0 WAR | Long Beach, CA |
| Lerrin LaGrow | RP | 1970–1980 | 10 | 34 W · 375 SO · 5.0 WAR | Phoenix, AZ |
| Ken Brett | RP | 1967–1981 | 14 | 83 W · 807 SO · 4.9 WAR | Brooklyn, NY |
| Dave Rader | C | 1971–1980 | 10 | 619 H · 30 HR · 3.5 WAR | Claremore, OK |
| Tom Griffin | SP | 1969–1982 | 14 | 77 W · 1,054 SO · 3.4 WAR | Los Angeles, United States |
| Buck Martinez | C | 1969–1986 | 17 | 618 H · 58 HR · 3.3 WAR | Redding, United States |
| Ron Schueler | P | 1972–1979 | 8 | 40 W · 563 SO · 3.2 WAR | — |
| Craig Kusick | — | 1973–1979 | 7 | 291 H · 46 HR · 3.2 WAR | — |
| Rich Hand | P | 1970–1973 | 4 | 24 W · 278 SO · 3.2 WAR | — |
| Bob Randall | 3B | 1976–1980 | 5 | 341 H · 1 HR · 3.1 WAR | Norton, KS |
| Pablo Torrealba | P | 1975–1979 | 5 | 6 W · 113 SO · 2.9 WAR | — |
| Jim Norris | 1B | 1977–1980 | 4 | 338 H · 7 HR · 2.9 WAR | Brooklyn, NY |
| Wayne Twitchell | P | 1970–1979 | 10 | 48 W · 789 SO · 2.8 WAR | — |
| Ken Frailing | P | 1972–1976 | 5 | 10 W · 136 SO · 2.4 WAR | — |
| John Ellis | — | 1969–1981 | 13 | 699 H · 69 HR · 1.8 WAR | — |
| Mike Nagy | P | 1969–1974 | 6 | 20 W · 170 SO · 1.6 WAR | — |
| Leron Lee | — | 1969–1976 | 8 | 404 H · 31 HR · 1.5 WAR | — |
| Chuck Seelbach | P | 1971–1974 | 4 | 10 W · 79 SO · 1.4 WAR | — |
| Les Cain | P | 1968–1972 | 4 | 23 W · 303 SO · 1.4 WAR | — |
| Carlos Lopez | — | 1976–1978 | 3 | 130 H · 12 HR · 1.4 WAR | — |
| Dave Lemonds | P | 1969–1972 | 2 | 4 W · 69 SO · 1.2 WAR | — |
| Tom Grieve | — | 1970–1979 | 9 | 474 H · 65 HR · 0.9 WAR | — |
| Brent Strom | P | 1972–1977 | 5 | 22 W · 278 SO · 0.6 WAR | — |
| Rick Henninger | P | 1973 | 1 | 1 W · 6 SO · 0.6 WAR | — |
| Carlos Velazquez | P | 1973 | 1 | 2 W · 12 SO · 0.5 WAR | — |
| Al Santorini | P | 1968–1973 | 6 | 17 W · 268 SO · 0.4 WAR | — |
| Rick Kreuger | P | 1975–1978 | 4 | 2 W · 20 SO · 0.4 WAR | — |
| Bruce Christensen | — | 1971 | 1 | 17 H · 0 HR · 0.4 WAR | — |
| Joe Pactwa | P | 1975 | 1 | 1 W · 3 SO · 0.3 WAR | — |
| Jeff Newman | C | 1976–1984 | 9 | 475 H · 63 HR · 0.2 WAR | Fort Worth, United States |
| Fred Cambria | P | 1970 | 1 | 1 W · 14 SO · 0.2 WAR | — |
| Larry Gowell | P | 1972 | 1 | 0 W · 7 SO · 0.2 WAR | — |
| Mike Adams | — | 1972–1978 | 5 | 23 H · 3 HR · 0.1 WAR | — |
| Bill Parsons | P | 1971–1974 | 4 | 29 W · 282 SO · 0.1 WAR | — |
| Rick Stelmaszek | — | 1971–1974 | 3 | 15 H · 1 HR · 0.1 WAR | — |
| Leon Hooten | P | 1974 | 1 | 0 W · 1 SO · 0.1 WAR | — |
| Tom Walker | P | 1972–1977 | 6 | 18 W · 262 SO | — |
| Greg Garrett | P | 1970–1971 | 2 | 5 W · 55 SO | — |
| John Gamble | — | 1972–1973 | 2 | 0 H · 0 HR | — |
| Ralph Garcia | P | 1972–1974 | 2 | 0 W · 12 SO | — |
| Randy Bobb | — | 1968–1969 | 2 | 1 H · 0 HR | — |
| Alec Distaso | P | 1969 | 1 | 0 W · 1 SO | — |
| Bob Watkins | P | 1969 | 1 | 0 W · 11 SO | — |
| Erskine Thomason | P | 1974 | 1 | 0 W · 1 SO | — |
| Frank Estrada | — | 1971 | 1 | 1 H · 0 HR | — |
| Gary Lance | P | 1977 | 1 | 0 W · 0 SO | — |
| Gary Timberlake | P | 1969 | 1 | 0 W · 4 SO | — |
| Glenn Redmon | — | 1974 | 1 | 4 H · 0 HR | — |
| Jesse Hudson | P | 1969 | 1 | 0 W · 3 SO | — |
| Mark Schaeffer | P | 1972 | 1 | 2 W · 25 SO | — |
| John Knox | — | 1972–1975 | 4 | 60 H · 0 HR · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Paul Powell | — | 1971–1975 | 3 | 7 H · 1 HR · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Dan Neumeier | P | 1972 | 1 | 0 W · 0 SO · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Frankie Libran | — | 1969 | 1 | 1 H · 0 HR · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Rimp Lanier | — | 1971 | 1 | 0 H · 0 HR · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Steve Simpson | P | 1972 | 1 | 0 W · 9 SO · -0.1 WAR | — |
| Ed Armbrister | — | 1973–1977 | 5 | 65 H · 4 HR · -0.2 WAR | — |
| Dave Johnson | P | 1974–1978 | 4 | 4 W · 50 SO · -0.2 WAR | — |
| Bill Slayback | P | 1972–1974 | 3 | 6 W · 89 SO · -0.2 WAR | — |
| Mike Rogodzinski | — | 1973–1975 | 3 | 25 H · 2 HR · -0.2 WAR | — |
| Joe Staton | — | 1972–1973 | 2 | 4 H · 0 HR · -0.2 WAR | — |
| Ken Hottman | — | 1971 | 1 | 2 H · 0 HR · -0.2 WAR | — |
| Phil Meeler | P | 1972 | 1 | 0 W · 5 SO · -0.2 WAR | — |
| Bob Hansen | — | 1974–1976 | 2 | 36 H · 2 HR · -0.3 WAR | — |
| Jake Brown | — | 1975 | 1 | 9 H · 0 HR · -0.3 WAR | — |
- Ed Goodson 1970–1977
- Jim Kremmel 1973–1974
- Steve Barber 1970–1971
- Bob Beall 1975–1980
- Dave Moates 1974–1976
- Buddy Harris 1970–1971
- Charlie Hough 1970–1994
- Rick Sawyer 1974–1977
- Lew Beasley 1977
- Miguel Puente 1970
- Willie Montanez 1966–1982
- Wayne Simpson 1970–1977
- Tommy Smith 1973–1977
- Bernie Williams 1970–1974
- Jack Pierce 1973–1975
- Ray Busse 1971–1974
- Mike Barlow 1975–1981
- Mark Wiley 1975–1978
- Tommy Moore 1972–1977
- Rusty Torres 1971–1980
- Bill Laxton 1970–1977
- Bob Gallagher 1972–1975
- Don Hahn 1969–1975
- Doug Howard 1972–1976
- Gary Ryerson 1972–1973
- Lee Richard 1971–1976
- Larry Hardy 1974–1976
- Wayne Nordhagen 1976–1983
- Gene Hiser 1971–1975
- Dick Lange 1972–1975
- Rob Belloir 1975–1978
- Craig Robinson 1972–1977
- Von Joshua 1969–1980
- Darrel Chaney 1969–1979
- Pepe Frias 1973–1981
Birth dates as ESPN lists them. Best career first: WAR in the regular season, summed over the seasons on file.