This Date in History

This Date in History: February 8, 2026

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

Player	Age	Debut	Games	pWins	pLosses	pWOPA	pWORL	eWins	eLosses	eWOPA	eWORL
Fritz Peterson	84	1966	355	130.7	127.9	9.2	24.8	131.9	126.6	12.5	28.2
Hoot Evers	105	1941	1140	139.5	126.6	4.8	18.7	137.7	128.4	1.4	15.3
Willard Marshall	105	1942	1245	146.4	141.2	-3.2	11.8	147.5	140.1	-0.3	14.7
Aaron Cook	47	2002	272	80.6	86.6	-0.2	10.5	83.6	83.7	5.9	16.6
Butch Nieman	108	1943	332	41.8	38.4	0.8	5.0	41.9	38.3	1.2	5.3
Joe Black	102	1952	175	21.1	20.5	0.9	4.5	20.5	21.1	0.1	3.7
Matt Bush	40	2016	136	8.9	7.6	1.0	2.6	9.0	7.5	1.0	2.7
Buddy Blattner	106	1942	272	23.3	24.1	-0.3	2.2	24.5	22.9	2.0	4.4
Steve Dillard	75	1975	436	31.0	33.0	-1.2	2.0	30.3	33.6	-2.4	0.8
Jim Parque	50	1998	103	31.2	35.0	-3.2	1.4	30.6	35.5	-4.4	0.2
Adam Piatt	50	2000	207	15.4	15.1	-0.2	1.3	14.9	15.5	-1.1	0.5
Burke Badenhop	43	2008	418	18.2	20.7	-2.6	0.9	20.5	18.4	2.0	5.5
Roy Ellam	140	1909	27	3.1	2.9	0.3	0.6	2.8	3.3	-0.4	-0.1
Andrew McKirahan	36	2015	27	1.1	0.9	0.2	0.4	0.9	1.0	-0.0	0.1
Mel Bosser	112	1945	7	0.6	0.4	0.2	0.3	0.4	0.5	-0.0	0.0
Edgar Diaz	62	1986	91	6.0	6.8	-0.4	0.2	6.0	6.8	-0.4	0.2
Bruce Caldwell	120	1928	25	0.8	0.9	-0.1	0.0	0.7	1.0	-0.3	-0.2
Keith McDonald	53	2000	8	0.2	0.2	-0.0	-0.0	0.3	0.1	0.2	0.2
Mauro Zarate	43	2007	4	0.0	0.0	-0.0	-0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.0	-0.0
Rae Blaemire	115	1941	2	0.0	0.1	-0.1	-0.1	0.1	0.1	-0.0	-0.0
Ryan Snare	47	2004	1	0.1	0.3	-0.2	-0.1	0.1	0.3	-0.2	-0.2
Chase Wright	43	2007	3	0.7	1.0	-0.3	-0.2	0.5	1.1	-0.6	-0.5
Milt Nielsen	101	1949	19	0.2	0.5	-0.3	-0.2	0.2	0.5	-0.4	-0.3
Manuel Cueto	134	1914	84	7.9	8.7	-1.1	-0.3	7.7	8.9	-1.7	-0.8
Harvey Branch	87	1962	1	0.4	0.7	-0.3	-0.3	0.4	0.7	-0.3	-0.2
Larry Burchart	80	1969	29	0.5	1.4	-0.8	-0.7	0.9	1.0	-0.2	-0.0
Costen Shockley	84	1964	50	3.4	4.1	-1.1	-0.7	3.3	4.2	-1.4	-1.0
Monty Basgall	104	1948	200	13.5	16.5	-2.8	-1.3	13.3	16.7	-3.1	-1.6
Cookie Cuccurullo	108	1943	66	6.0	8.7	-2.4	-1.3	7.0	7.7	-0.3	0.8
Ray Bates	136	1913	70	7.5	9.9	-2.5	-1.5	8.2	9.3	-1.2	-0.2
Tony Mounce	51	2003	11	2.5	4.9	-2.3	-1.8	2.9	4.6	-1.6	-1.1
Felix Pie	41	2007	424	28.7	32.7	-4.8	-1.8	29.0	32.4	-4.2	-1.2
Bob Oliver	83	1965	847	83.0	87.1	-11.1	-2.6	85.0	85.1	-6.8	1.7
Oscar Brown	80	1969	160	8.3	11.5	-3.7	-2.7	9.1	10.7	-2.2	-1.2
Bert Haas	112	1937	721	66.3	75.3	-13.4	-6.0	69.8	71.8	-6.2	1.2
Don Heffner	115	1934	744	65.8	84.5	-17.2	-9.4	69.1	81.2	-10.9	-3.1

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

Player	Debut	Age	Games	pWins	pLosses	pWOPA	pWORL	eWins	eLosses	eWOPA	eWORL

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