This Date in History

This Date in History: May 20, 2026

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

Player	Age	Debut	Games	pWins	pLosses	pWOPA	pWORL	eWins	eLosses	eWOPA	eWORL
Hal Newhouser	105	1939	492	197.6	171.8	35.2	58.4	195.7	173.6	33.6	56.8
David Wells	63	1987	660	206.6	179.7	31.3	58.0	202.2	184.2	22.4	49.1
Ken Boyer	95	1955	2034	257.8	226.4	23.5	47.9	258.8	225.4	25.7	50.1
Bobby Murcer	80	1965	1908	245.0	214.0	18.7	41.7	241.5	217.4	12.0	34.9
Jayson Werth	47	2002	1582	205.4	173.9	21.5	39.7	202.9	176.3	16.5	34.7
George Grantham	126	1922	1415	171.4	145.9	21.6	38.1	170.1	147.2	18.9	35.4
Ramon J. Hernandez	50	1999	1525	126.9	127.6	6.6	19.0	125.5	129.1	3.9	16.3
Todd Stottlemyre	61	1988	373	131.0	135.5	-0.1	17.6	131.4	135.1	0.8	18.4
Wilcy Moore	129	1927	261	42.2	38.7	5.3	11.8	41.6	39.4	4.6	11.1
Joe 'Moon' Harris	135	1914	660	71.6	62.6	4.5	11.5	71.8	62.4	5.3	12.4
Tom Morgan	96	1951	443	51.8	52.3	0.8	8.8	51.3	52.8	0.3	8.3
Pete Appleton	122	1927	343	57.2	59.9	0.3	8.7	58.0	59.1	2.0	10.4
Austin Kearns	46	2002	1125	122.7	122.4	-6.8	5.1	126.6	118.4	1.1	13.0
Wilson Valdez	48	2004	439	34.5	35.7	-0.5	2.9	32.3	38.0	-4.7	-1.3
J. Harry Taylor	107	1946	90	21.1	22.6	-0.4	2.5	20.1	23.6	-2.4	0.5
Jim Lyttle	80	1969	387	23.5	23.1	-0.6	1.8	22.7	23.8	-2.2	0.2
Tony Sanchez	38	2013	51	3.5	3.4	0.3	0.6	3.5	3.4	0.1	0.4
Jeff Schwarz	62	1993	54	2.3	2.4	-0.2	0.2	2.5	2.2	0.3	0.7
Ariel Pena	37	2015	7	1.6	1.8	-0.2	0.1	1.5	1.9	-0.3	-0.1
Chris Reed	36	2015	2	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Walter Bernhardt	133	1918	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.0	-0.0
Ollie Klee	126	1925	3	0.0	0.0	-0.0	-0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.0	-0.0
Luis R. Garcia	51	1999	8	0.1	0.1	-0.0	-0.0	0.0	0.1	-0.0	-0.0
Bob Giallombardo	89	1958	8	1.5	1.8	-0.2	-0.0	1.4	1.9	-0.5	-0.3
Jess Buckles	136	1916	1	0.0	0.1	-0.0	-0.0	0.0	0.1	-0.0	-0.0
Carlos Rivero	38	2014	4	0.2	0.3	-0.1	-0.0	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.0
Kensuke Tanaka	45	2013	15	0.8	0.9	-0.1	-0.1	0.8	0.9	-0.2	-0.1
Kyle Jensen	38	2016	17	0.7	0.9	-0.2	-0.1	0.8	0.8	-0.1	0.0
Dave McDonald	83	1969	33	1.4	1.5	-0.2	-0.1	1.3	1.5	-0.4	-0.2
Claral Gillenwater	126	1923	5	1.3	1.7	-0.3	-0.1	1.1	1.9	-0.7	-0.5
Toru Murata	41	2015	1	0.3	0.5	-0.2	-0.1	0.3	0.6	-0.3	-0.3
Ralph Bryant	65	1985	79	4.3	4.7	-0.6	-0.2	4.8	4.3	0.4	0.9
Lee Griffeth	101	1946	10	0.2	0.5	-0.3	-0.2	0.4	0.4	-0.0	0.0
Wayne Housie	61	1991	29	0.4	0.7	-0.3	-0.2	0.5	0.6	-0.1	0.0
Lou Scoffic	113	1936	4	0.3	0.5	-0.3	-0.2	0.3	0.4	-0.1	-0.1
Gordon Dillard	62	1988	7	0.2	0.5	-0.3	-0.3	0.2	0.5	-0.2	-0.2
Bert Delmas	115	1933	12	0.5	0.9	-0.4	-0.3	0.5	0.9	-0.3	-0.2
Fritz Von Kolnitz	133	1914	20	1.0	1.5	-0.5	-0.3	1.0	1.5	-0.4	-0.2
Joe F. Wood	110	1944	3	0.4	0.9	-0.5	-0.4	0.6	0.8	-0.2	-0.1
Amaury Garcia	51	1999	10	0.5	1.1	-0.6	-0.5	0.8	0.8	0.0	0.1
Jose Zardon	103	1945	54	4.2	5.1	-1.1	-0.6	4.5	4.8	-0.5	-0.0
Brian McNichol	52	1999	4	0.6	1.4	-0.8	-0.6	0.7	1.3	-0.6	-0.5
Yorman Bazardo	49	2005	25	2.8	4.2	-1.3	-0.8	3.2	3.9	-0.6	-0.1
Earl Rapp	105	1949	134	7.4	9.7	-2.4	-1.5	8.2	8.8	-0.8	0.1
Doc Ayers	136	1913	79	13.8	18.4	-4.1	-1.7	15.0	17.2	-1.6	0.7
Stan Benjamin	112	1939	242	18.9	26.3	-9.1	-6.7	20.5	24.7	-5.6	-3.2

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

Player	Debut	Age	Games	pWins	pLosses	pWOPA	pWORL	eWins	eLosses	eWOPA	eWORL
Dolf Luque	1914	23	524	174.9	159.4	23.3	44.5	175.9	158.4	26.0	47.2
Don Newcombe	1949	22	451	141.2	126.7	21.9	38.0	136.7	131.2	13.3	29.4
Kent Tekulve	1974	27	1050	82.7	66.3	14.5	27.6	81.6	67.3	14.0	27.1
Aaron Hill	2005	26	1559	175.5	174.4	3.4	20.2	174.4	175.5	2.1	19.0
Tyler Clippard	2007	22	751	54.8	46.6	6.7	16.3	52.8	48.6	3.0	12.6
Greg A. Harris	1981	25	704	77.6	76.9	0.5	12.6	79.0	75.4	3.4	15.5
Jack Howell	1985	23	931	80.0	78.6	0.9	8.7	81.7	76.9	4.3	12.0
Juan Soto	2018	19	266	37.2	30.8	4.7	8.1	37.4	30.5	5.2	8.6
Matt Adams	2012	23	814	66.0	59.6	1.7	7.9	64.4	61.2	-1.7	4.5
Jorge Campillo	2005	23	52	10.9	9.9	1.7	3.1	10.7	10.1	1.4	2.8
Nick A. Cullop	1913	25	31	9.0	7.7	1.6	2.8	8.5	8.2	0.9	2.1
Joe Sparma	1964	22	185	53.7	61.3	-4.7	2.5	51.8	63.2	-8.0	-0.8
Pat F. Kelly	1991	23	680	59.0	64.1	-3.6	2.4	58.6	64.5	-4.1	1.9
Randy Niemann	1979	23	122	8.2	7.6	0.8	2.0	7.6	8.1	-0.3	0.9
Esteban Yan	1996	20	472	35.1	40.0	-5.6	1.2	36.2	38.9	-3.5	3.3
Shawn Boskie	1990	23	222	50.7	59.1	-6.4	0.9	50.6	59.2	-6.5	0.9
Caleb Thielbar	2013	26	109	2.9	2.4	0.4	0.9	2.9	2.4	0.4	0.9
Dan Morogiello	1983	28	22	1.1	0.7	0.4	0.6	1.1	0.7	0.3	0.4
Dave Stevens	1994	24	183	12.5	14.0	-1.8	0.5	11.5	15.0	-3.8	-1.4
Slade Heathcott	2015	24	17	1.1	0.7	0.4	0.5	1.1	0.7	0.4	0.5
Ryan Adams	2011	24	29	2.4	2.5	-0.1	0.1	2.1	2.8	-0.6	-0.4
Mark Williams	1977	23	3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.0	-0.0
Steve Selsky	2016	26	32	1.4	1.5	-0.1	0.0	1.5	1.4	0.0	0.2
Shorty Desjardien	1916	22	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jimmie Schaffer	1961	25	303	12.1	13.8	-1.3	-0.0	12.1	13.8	-1.0	0.3
Norm Lehr	1926	24	4	0.1	0.1	-0.0	-0.0	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
Snipe Conley	1914	20	3	0.2	0.2	-0.1	-0.0	0.2	0.2	-0.1	-0.0
Jamie Brown	2004	27	4	0.0	0.1	-0.1	-0.0	0.1	0.1	-0.0	-0.0
Ron Rightnowar	1995	30	34	1.8	2.2	-0.4	-0.1	2.2	1.8	0.2	0.6
Brent Billingsley	1999	24	8	0.1	0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.1	0.2	-0.1	-0.1
David McKay	2019	24	25	0.7	1.0	-0.3	-0.1	0.9	0.8	0.1	0.3
Oscar Siemer	1925	23	37	1.6	2.0	-0.3	-0.1	1.7	1.9	-0.1	0.0
Wilkin Ramirez	2009	23	70	3.3	3.8	-0.6	-0.2	3.5	3.6	-0.2	0.2
Matt Purke	2016	25	12	0.2	0.5	-0.3	-0.3	0.4	0.4	-0.0	0.1
Ty Taubenheim	2006	23	14	2.5	3.3	-0.7	-0.3	2.7	3.1	-0.4	-0.0
Larry Woodall	1920	25	335	19.7	23.0	-2.5	-0.3	19.8	22.9	-2.3	-0.0
Ryan Kurosaki	1975	22	7	0.2	0.6	-0.4	-0.3	0.3	0.4	-0.2	-0.1
Sid Roberson	1995	23	26	4.3	5.4	-1.0	-0.4	4.2	5.5	-1.3	-0.6
Rob Rasmussen	2014	25	30	0.5	1.0	-0.5	-0.4	0.6	0.9	-0.3	-0.1
Dick Adams	1947	27	37	1.9	2.5	-0.7	-0.5	1.9	2.5	-0.7	-0.5
Eddie Basinski	1944	21	203	16.7	19.6	-2.3	-0.5	16.7	19.6	-2.3	-0.4
Nelson Norman	1978	19	198	12.0	15.1	-2.2	-0.8	11.8	15.4	-2.3	-1.0
Darwin Cubillan	2000	27	56	1.0	2.4	-1.4	-1.1	1.4	2.0	-0.6	-0.3
Tyler Wilson	2015	25	42	6.6	9.1	-2.4	-1.2	7.4	8.4	-0.9	0.3
Jim Suchecki	1950	23	38	3.5	5.8	-2.0	-1.4	4.3	5.0	-0.6	0.0
Jeff Duncan	2003	24	69	3.9	5.7	-1.9	-1.4	4.3	5.3	-1.2	-0.7
Francisco Pena	2014	24	86	2.8	5.0	-2.0	-1.6	3.2	4.6	-1.1	-0.7
Ezequiel Carrera	2011	23	507	33.1	38.1	-5.7	-2.2	34.2	36.9	-3.5	0.0

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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