The following Major League Baseball players were born in 1855. While in Spring Training, Frank Thomas, the hall of fame designated hitter who played until he was 40-years-old, said, "I'm worried about the state of baseball, to be honest. If these young kids continue to impress like this, coming up hitting home runs, doing so much on the field, what's going to happen to the veteran players five years from now?" The research below allows you to research those "young kids" in a year by year format. Simply select a year and up comes a list of every Major League player who was born during any given year.
IMPORTANT NOTE: The list of baseball players who were born in 1855 is listed by default in alphabetical order, using the player's last name. However, you can sort the data to meet your needs. Click where it says "Date of Birth" and the data will be sorted by their respective month and date of birth. Click "Died On" and see it listed chronologically, for the month and date as well. Debut Year and Final Year (in the majors) are also sortable.
"It's amazing to see a guy (Luis García) growing up and come up here and try to do the best. It just feels really good — and now I (Juan Soto) feel a little old." - Camerato, Jessica. Nats prospect 1st player born in 2000s to HR. 18 August 2020.
Major League Baseball Players Who Were Born in 1855MLB Players That Were Born in 1855 | Return To Players by Year of Birth |
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Player | Date of Birth | Died On | Debut Year | Final Year |
George Adams | 01-25-1855 | Unknown-- | 1879 | 1879 |
Jack Allen | 10-02-1855 | 04-21-1915 | 1879 | 1879 |
Harry Arundel | 02-08-1855 | 03-25-1904 | 1882 | 1884 |
Jud Birchall | 09-12-1855 | 12-22-1887 | 1882 | 1884 |
Bob Blakiston | 10-02-1855 | 12-26-1918 | 1882 | 1884 |
Foghorn Bradley | 07-01-1855 | 04-03-1900 | 1876 | 1876 |
John Carbine | 10-12-1855 | 09-11-1915 | 1876 | 1876 |
Hick Carpenter | 08-16-1855 | 04-18-1937 | 1879 | 1892 |
John Cassidy | 01-01-1855 | 07-02-1891 | 1876 | 1885 |
William Coon | 03-21-1855 | 08-30-1915 | 1876 | 1876 |
Ed Cramer | 08-18-1855 | 02-23-1898 | 1883 | 1883 |
Art Croft | 01-23-1855 | 03-16-1884 | 1876 | 1878 |
Tom Dolan | 01-10-1855 | 01-16-1913 | 1879 | 1888 |
Denny Driscoll | 11-19-1855 | 07-11-1886 | 1880 | 1884 |
Charlie Eden | 01-18-1855 | 09-17-1920 | 1877 | 1885 |
John Firth | 05-06-1855 | 06-23-1902 | 1884 | 1884 |
John Fischer | 08-01-1855 | 02-09-1942 | 1884 | 1885 |
George Fisher | 08-20-1855 | 01-29-1937 | 1884 | 1884 |
Silver Flint | 08-03-1855 | 01-14-1892 | 1876 | 1889 |
Will Foley | 11-15-1855 | 11-12-1916 | 1876 | 1884 |
Joe Gerhardt | 02-14-1855 | 03-11-1922 | 1876 | 1891 |
John Haldeman | 12-02-1855 | 09-17-1899 | 1877 | 1877 |
Bill Harbridge | 03-29-1855 | 03-16-1924 | 1876 | 1884 |
Gil Hatfield | 01-27-1855 | 05-27-1921 | 1885 | 1895 |
Paul Hines | 03-01-1855 | 07-10-1935 | 1876 | 1891 |
Bill Holbert | 03-14-1855 | 03-20-1935 | 1876 | 1888 |
Charlie Householder | 08-21-1855 | 12-26-1908 | 1884 | 1884 |
Jake Knowdell | 07-27-1855 | Unknown-- | 1878 | 1878 |
Jimmy Macullar | 01-16-1855 | 04-08-1924 | 1879 | 1886 |
Tom Mansell | 01-01-1855 | 10-06-1934 | 1879 | 1884 |
Harry McCormick | 10-25-1855 | 08-08-1889 | 1879 | 1883 |
Bill McGunnigle | 01-01-1855 | 03-09-1899 | 1879 | 1882 |
John Morrill | 02-19-1855 | 04-02-1932 | 1876 | 1890 |
The Only Nolan | 11-07-1855 | 05-18-1913 | 1878 | 1885 |
Dave Pierson | 08-20-1855 | 11-11-1922 | 1876 | 1876 |
Hardy Richardson | 04-21-1855 | 01-14-1931 | 1879 | 1892 |
John Richmond | 03-05-1855 | 10-05-1898 | 1876 | 1885 |
Whitey Ritterson | 04-26-1855 | 07-28-1917 | 1876 | 1876 |
Harry Salisbury | 05-15-1855 | 03-29-1933 | 1879 | 1882 |
Lou Sylvester | 02-14-1855 | 05-05-1936 | 1884 | 1887 |
John Valentine | 11-21-1855 | 10-10-1903 | 1883 | 1883 |
Jim Ward | 03-02-1855 | 06-04-1886 | 1876 | 1876 |
Fred Warner | 01-07-1855 | 02-13-1886 | 1876 | 1884 |
Sam Weaver | 07-20-1855 | 02-01-1914 | 1876 | 1886 |
Dale Williams | 10-06-1855 | 10-22-1939 | 1876 | 1876 |
Player | Date of Birth | Died On | Debut Year | Final Year |
MLB Players Who Were Born in 1855 | Research by Baseball Almanac |
If you'd like this research in reverse, Major League Baseball Players by Year of Death, we have that available online as well.
The follow Baseball Almanac research enables you to find Major League Baseball players who were born (and died) on any specific date of the year!
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The day after a rookie player makes his Major League debut, we create his online baseball card. Their year of birth automatically updates this research. If you are interested in finding rookie debuts by year, visit our Baseball Famous Firsts section (Examples: 2018 A.L. Rookies & 2018 N.L. Rookies).