This Date in History

This Date in History: May 15, 2026

Players Born on This Date in History
(sorted by pWORL)

Player	Age	Debut	Games	pWins	pLosses	pWOPA	pWORL	eWins	eLosses	eWOPA	eWORL
John Smoltz	59	1988	735	238.8	201.8	49.6	78.3	237.3	203.2	49.0	77.6
George Brett	73	1973	2706	327.7	275.9	44.4	74.9	325.2	278.4	40.0	70.5
Josh Beckett	46	2001	335	122.2	114.3	13.1	28.7	123.3	113.2	15.6	31.3
Michael Brantley	39	2009	1199	153.0	139.7	9.8	24.3	150.0	142.8	3.6	18.1
Justin Morneau	45	2003	1545	167.4	150.0	5.9	21.8	166.9	150.4	5.1	20.9
Billy North	78	1971	1169	140.3	130.3	5.6	18.9	139.5	131.2	4.1	17.4
Brian Dozier	39	2012	1137	137.8	137.3	3.4	16.7	140.3	134.8	8.5	21.8
Al McBean	88	1961	425	61.7	56.6	6.9	15.6	60.0	58.3	4.0	12.7
Rick Waits	74	1973	329	78.3	80.1	-1.2	9.5	79.3	79.1	0.4	11.1
Leo Nunez	44	2005	349	24.9	21.6	2.7	7.0	23.6	22.9	-0.0	4.3
Joe Evans	131	1915	547	51.3	48.9	0.7	5.9	49.0	51.1	-3.9	1.3
Hideki Irabu	57	1997	126	32.6	34.3	-1.1	3.7	31.5	35.4	-3.4	1.4
Ed Wright	107	1945	101	20.9	21.8	0.3	3.1	20.8	21.9	0.0	2.9
Steve Woodard	51	1997	162	35.8	40.3	-2.4	2.7	37.4	38.8	0.9	6.0
Tyler Walker	50	2002	286	16.0	16.1	-0.5	2.5	16.2	15.9	-0.1	3.0
Alex Verdugo	30	2017	157	14.1	12.7	1.0	2.4	13.6	13.1	-0.0	1.4
Fred Baczewski	100	1953	63	18.0	19.3	-0.5	2.0	17.3	20.0	-1.3	1.2
Eric DuBose	50	2002	52	11.6	13.3	-1.5	0.3	12.2	12.6	-0.3	1.5
Chet Falk	121	1925	30	1.8	2.0	-0.1	0.2	1.7	2.0	-0.1	0.2
Scott Watkins	56	1995	27	1.1	1.2	-0.1	0.1	1.2	1.1	0.1	0.3
Guillermo Rodriguez	48	2007	46	2.5	2.9	-0.3	0.0	2.6	2.8	-0.1	0.2
Sam Fishburn	133	1919	3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jason Karnuth	50	2001	7	0.1	0.1	-0.0	-0.0	0.1	0.1	-0.1	-0.0
Graham Koonce	51	2003	6	0.0	0.1	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.1	-0.0	-0.0
Howie Storie	115	1931	12	0.3	0.4	-0.2	-0.1	0.3	0.5	-0.2	-0.2
J. Harry Smith	136	1914	14	0.6	0.9	-0.3	-0.2	0.6	0.9	-0.3	-0.2
Isidro Marquez	61	1995	7	0.1	0.4	-0.3	-0.2	0.2	0.3	-0.1	-0.1
Sailor Stroud	141	1910	9	1.5	2.0	-0.5	-0.2	1.7	1.8	-0.1	0.2
David Adams	39	2013	43	3.4	4.0	-0.6	-0.3	3.3	4.1	-0.8	-0.5
Claude Thomas	136	1916	3	0.3	0.7	-0.3	-0.3	0.5	0.5	-0.0	0.1
A.J. Hinch	52	1998	350	18.7	22.7	-2.4	-0.3	18.7	22.7	-2.3	-0.2
Steve Yerkes	138	1909	40	3.6	4.4	-0.8	-0.3	3.8	4.2	-0.5	-0.0
Clint Sammons	43	2007	31	1.1	1.7	-0.5	-0.3	1.0	1.8	-0.7	-0.5
Everett Teaford	42	2011	49	3.9	5.2	-1.3	-0.5	4.4	4.8	-0.7	0.1
Rafael Ortega	35	2012	143	11.7	13.2	-1.9	-0.7	11.4	13.4	-2.5	-1.2
Ed Baecht	119	1926	61	4.4	6.1	-1.4	-0.7	4.7	5.8	-0.9	-0.1
Jim C. Adduci	41	2013	150	9.8	11.3	-1.9	-0.8	9.9	11.2	-1.7	-0.6
Dale Matthewson	103	1943	29	1.0	2.2	-1.2	-1.0	1.5	1.7	-0.1	0.2
Trevor Richards	33	2018	56	15.2	20.2	-3.6	-1.2	16.4	19.0	-1.5	1.0
Clayton Andrews	48	2000	8	0.7	2.2	-1.5	-1.3	1.0	1.9	-0.8	-0.6
Jimmy Smith	131	1914	182	14.9	19.1	-4.0	-2.3	15.7	18.3	-2.3	-0.6
Steve Dunning	77	1970	145	33.9	45.3	-9.8	-4.8	34.9	44.3	-7.7	-2.8
Jimmy Wasdell	112	1937	888	86.3	94.0	-14.9	-5.5	88.8	91.5	-9.3	0.1
Brandon Barnes	40	2012	484	32.3	40.8	-9.8	-6.2	35.2	37.8	-3.6	0.0

Players Who Debuted on This Date in History
(sorted by pWORL)

Player	Debut	Age	Games	pWins	pLosses	pWOPA	pWORL	eWins	eLosses	eWOPA	eWORL
Roger Clemens	1984	21	709	316.9	228.6	94.6	131.3	314.8	230.7	90.6	127.2
Kevin Youkilis	2004	25	1060	121.3	96.8	20.3	30.7	118.9	99.2	15.4	25.8
Jon Lieber	1994	24	405	132.5	131.3	10.3	27.3	134.0	129.8	14.1	31.1
Jacob deGrom	2014	25	183	73.1	61.5	17.4	26.1	75.6	59.0	22.8	31.4
Ryan Franklin	1999	26	532	67.4	69.5	-2.2	8.7	66.1	70.9	-4.8	6.2
Eric King	1986	22	203	47.3	45.5	2.0	8.5	47.6	45.2	2.7	9.2
Jacob Diekman	2012	25	441	23.6	20.9	2.0	6.3	23.5	21.1	1.7	6.0
Jesus Aguilar	2014	23	448	32.6	27.6	3.1	6.2	31.6	28.6	0.9	4.0
Ted Gray	1946	21	228	68.6	77.2	-5.2	4.1	68.8	77.0	-4.3	4.9
Johnny Estrada	2001	24	612	48.1	51.5	-0.9	3.9	46.3	53.2	-4.3	0.5
Hank Severeid	1911	19	729	60.2	65.3	-3.0	3.4	61.4	64.1	-0.7	5.8
Tony Fossas	1988	30	567	18.8	19.2	-0.9	2.6	19.1	19.0	-0.4	3.1
Austin Riley	2019	22	80	9.5	7.8	1.3	2.2	8.6	8.7	-0.6	0.3
Nick Green	2004	25	418	31.1	32.8	-0.9	2.2	29.9	34.1	-3.5	-0.4
Chuck Aleno	1941	24	118	10.4	9.6	0.6	1.6	9.7	10.3	-1.1	-0.0
Casper Wells	2010	25	277	21.2	21.0	-0.5	1.6	22.0	20.2	1.1	3.2
Chase Whitley	2014	24	75	8.2	8.2	0.1	1.4	8.0	8.4	-0.4	0.9
Jesse Litsch	2007	22	88	23.2	25.7	-2.2	1.3	24.1	24.8	-0.3	3.1
L. Javy Guerra	2011	25	252	12.5	13.4	-1.3	1.2	13.4	12.6	0.4	2.9
Steve Scarsone	1992	26	350	21.4	23.2	-1.7	0.5	22.2	22.4	-0.1	2.2
Jon Shave	1993	25	79	4.5	4.6	0.0	0.5	4.4	4.8	-0.4	0.1
Chris Nichting	1995	29	92	3.4	3.8	-0.5	0.2	3.4	3.8	-0.4	0.2
Erik Bennett	1995	26	25	0.9	0.9	-0.0	0.1	0.7	1.0	-0.3	-0.2
Brett Marshall	2013	23	3	0.2	0.2	-0.0	0.0	0.1	0.2	-0.1	-0.1
Tom A. Sullivan	1922	26	3	0.1	0.1	-0.0	0.0	0.1	0.2	-0.0	-0.0
Gene Ratliff	1965	19	4	0.0	0.0	-0.0	-0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.0	-0.0
Bill F. Webb	1943	29	1	0.0	0.0	-0.0	-0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.0	-0.0
Clem Clemens	1914	27	8	0.2	0.3	-0.1	-0.1	0.1	0.4	-0.2	-0.2
Garey Ingram	1994	23	81	3.7	4.3	-0.6	-0.2	3.7	4.3	-0.4	-0.0
Grady Wilson	1948	25	12	0.1	0.3	-0.2	-0.2	0.2	0.3	-0.1	-0.0
David Adams	2013	25	43	3.4	4.0	-0.6	-0.3	3.3	4.1	-0.8	-0.5
Jared Walsh	2019	25	34	1.5	1.9	-0.4	-0.3	1.6	1.8	-0.3	-0.1
Cliff Bartosh	2004	24	53	1.0	1.5	-0.5	-0.3	1.0	1.5	-0.5	-0.3
Byron Houck	1912	20	9	0.9	1.6	-0.6	-0.4	1.1	1.3	-0.2	-0.1
Shaun Anderson	2019	24	28	5.4	7.1	-1.3	-0.4	5.3	7.2	-1.5	-0.6
Jack Dilauro	1969	26	66	2.9	4.0	-1.0	-0.5	3.5	3.4	0.1	0.7
Don Buschhorn	1965	19	13	0.6	1.2	-0.6	-0.5	0.7	1.0	-0.3	-0.2
Pete Filson	1982	23	148	16.9	20.1	-3.3	-0.5	17.7	19.3	-1.7	1.1
Pedro Valdes	1996	22	52	1.8	2.6	-0.7	-0.5	2.0	2.4	-0.5	-0.3
Allen McDill	1997	25	38	0.6	1.5	-0.9	-0.7	0.9	1.3	-0.5	-0.3
Jerry Goff	1990	26	89	4.5	6.0	-1.3	-0.8	4.8	5.7	-0.7	-0.2
Lucas French	2009	23	31	8.9	11.2	-2.2	-0.9	9.1	11.0	-1.8	-0.4
Alex Hinshaw	2008	25	90	1.8	3.2	-1.4	-0.9	2.3	2.7	-0.5	-0.1
Pete Redfern	1976	21	171	39.1	46.1	-6.7	-0.9	40.9	44.2	-3.1	2.7
Bryan Stephens	1947	26	74	10.0	13.2	-2.7	-0.9	10.7	12.5	-1.3	0.5
Paul Strand	1913	19	27	2.1	3.3	-1.3	-1.1	2.4	2.9	-0.6	-0.4
Scott Dohmann	2004	26	164	6.7	9.1	-2.6	-1.1	7.4	8.4	-1.1	0.4
Elian Herrera	2012	27	223	15.7	18.2	-2.9	-1.2	16.4	17.5	-1.5	0.2
Tom Borland	1960	27	27	2.0	3.9	-1.8	-1.4	2.6	3.3	-0.5	-0.0
Lyle Luttrell	1956	26	57	4.1	6.9	-2.6	-2.0	4.8	6.2	-1.2	-0.6
Todd Wellemeyer	2003	24	211	32.2	41.5	-7.5	-2.3	32.3	41.5	-7.1	-1.9
Garrett Jones	2007	25	907	84.1	88.0	-10.9	-2.5	87.1	84.9	-4.6	3.8
Cliff W. Lee	1919	22	451	37.0	42.5	-7.5	-3.4	39.1	40.4	-3.3	0.8

All articles are written so that they pull data directly from the most recent version of the Player won-lost database. Hence, any numbers cited within these articles should automatically incorporate the most recent update to Player won-lost records. In some cases, however, the accompanying text may have been written based on previous versions of Player won-lost records. I apologize if this results in non-sensical text in any cases.

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