Major League Baseball Players Who Were Born in 1945

MLB Players That Were Born in 1945

The following Major League Baseball players were born in 1945. 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 1945 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.

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"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 1945

MLB Players That Were Born in 1945 | Return To Players by Year of Birth

Steve Arlin 09-25-1945 08-17-2016 1969 1974
Dave Bakenhaster 03-05-1945 07-30-2014 1964 1964
Dick Bates 10-07-1945 Still Living 1969 1969
Dave Bennett 11-07-1945 Still Living 1964 1964
Gil Blanco 12-15-1945 Still Living 1965 1966
Ossie Blanco 09-08-1945 Still Living 1970 1974
Dave Boswell 01-20-1945 06-11-2012 1964 1971
Larry Bowa 12-06-1945 Still Living 1970 1985
Bobby Brooks 11-01-1945 10-11-1994 1969 1973
Curtis Brown 09-14-1945 Still Living 1973 1973
Jophery Brown 01-22-1945 01-11-2014 1968 1968
Wally Bunker 01-25-1945 Still Living 1963 1971
Rod Carew 10-01-1945 Still Living 1967 1985
Bob Chlupsa 09-16-1945 Still Living 1970 1971
Bob Christian 10-17-1945 02-20-1974 1968 1970
Vince Colbert 12-20-1945 Still Living 1970 1972
Tony Conigliaro 01-07-1945 02-24-1990 1964 1975
Chip Coulter 06-05-1945 Still Living 1969 1969
Jay Dahl 12-06-1945 06-21-1965 1963 1963
Jerry DaVanon 08-21-1945 Still Living 1969 1977
Mike Davison 08-04-1945 05-11-2013 1969 1970
Tommy Dean 08-30-1945 Still Living 1967 1971
Bill Dillman 05-25-1945 Still Living 1967 1970
Dick Drago 06-25-1945 11-03-2023 1969 1981
John Duffie 10-04-1945 04-19-2018 1967 1967
Jan Dukes 08-16-1945 Still Living 1969 1972
Dave Duncan 09-26-1945 Still Living 1964 1976
Duffy Dyer 08-15-1945 Still Living 1968 1981
Dock Ellis 03-11-1945 12-19-2008 1968 1979
Jim Ellis 03-25-1945 Still Living 1967 1969
Roy Foster 07-29-1945 03-21-2008 1970 1972
Al Gallagher 10-19-1945 12-06-2018 1970 1973
Ralph Garr 12-12-1945 Still Living 1968 1980
Paul Gilliford 01-12-1945 Still Living 1967 1967
Chuck Goggin 07-07-1945 Still Living 1972 1974
Greg Goossen 12-14-1945 02-26-2011 1965 1970
Tommy Gramly 04-19-1945 Still Living 1968 1968
Bill Harrelson 11-17-1945 Still Living 1968 1968
Tom Harrison 01-18-1945 07-26-2023 1965 1965
Bill Hepler 09-25-1945 Still Living 1966 1966
Jesus Hernaiz 01-08-1945 Still Living 1974 1974
Steve Hertz 02-26-1945 Still Living 1964 1964
Herman Hill 10-12-1945 12-14-1970 1969 1970
Jerry Hinsley 04-09-1945 Still Living 1964 1967
Ken Holtzman 11-03-1945 Still Living 1965 1979
Larry Howard 06-06-1945 05-11-2019 1970 1973
Steve Huntz 12-03-1945 Still Living 1967 1975
Jim Johnson 11-03-1945 12-06-1987 1970 1970
Jay Johnstone 11-20-1945 09-26-2020 1966 1985
Gary Jones 06-12-1945 Still Living 1970 1971
Mike Jurewicz 09-20-1945 Still Living 1965 1965
Mike Kekich 04-02-1945 Still Living 1965 1977
Jerry Kenney 06-30-1945 Still Living 1967 1973
Mike Kilkenny 04-11-1945 06-28-2018 1969 1973
Art Kusnyer 12-19-1945 Still Living 1970 1978
Rene Lachemann 05-04-1945 Still Living 1965 1968
Keith Lampard 12-20-1945 08-30-2020 1969 1970
Ron Law 03-14-1945 07-05-1994 1969 1969
Davey Lopes 05-03-1945 Still Living 1972 1987
Mike Lum 10-27-1945 Still Living 1967 1981
Lou Marone 12-03-1945 11-27-2015 1969 1970
Clyde Mashore 05-29-1945 01-24-2016 1969 1973
Hal McRae 07-10-1945 Still Living 1968 1987
Bill Melton 07-07-1945 Still Living 1968 1977
Andy Messersmith 08-06-1945 Still Living 1968 1979
Dick Mills 01-29-1945 03-28-2015 1970 1970
George Mitterwald 06-07-1945 Still Living 1966 1977
Rick Monday 11-20-1945 Still Living 1966 1984
Gary Moore 02-24-1945 Still Living 1970 1970
Ross Moschitto 02-15-1945 Still Living 1965 1967
Tom Murphy 12-30-1945 Still Living 1968 1979
Ivan Murrell 04-24-1945 10-08-2006 1963 1974
Jim Nash 02-09-1945 Still Living 1966 1972
Ray Newman 06-20-1945 Still Living 1971 1973
Don O'Riley 03-12-1945 05-02-1997 1969 1970
Blue Moon Odom 05-29-1945 Still Living 1964 1976
Jim Ollom 07-08-1945 Still Living 1966 1967
John Paciorek 02-11-1945 Still Living 1963 1963
Dennis Paepke 04-17-1945 Still Living 1969 1974
Jim Palmer 10-15-1945 Still Living 1965 1984
Jim Panther 03-01-1945 Still Living 1971 1973
Mike Paul 04-18-1945 Still Living 1968 1974
Horacio Pina 03-12-1945 Still Living 1968 1978
Gene Ratliff 09-28-1945 Still Living 1965 1965
Wayne Redmond 11-25-1945 08-08-2020 1965 1969
Bob Reed 01-12-1945 Still Living 1969 1970
Denny Riddleberger 11-22-1945 Still Living 1970 1972
Billy Rohr 07-01-1945 Still Living 1967 1968
Jimmy Rosario 05-05-1945 Still Living 1971 1976
Jorge Rubio 04-23-1945 06-14-2020 1966 1967
John Sanders 11-20-1945 02-03-2022 1965 1965
Rich Severson 01-18-1945 01-19-2016 1970 1971
Tom Shopay 02-21-1945 Still Living 1967 1977
Tom Silverio 10-14-1945 04-02-2011 1970 1972
Ted Sizemore 04-15-1945 Still Living 1969 1980
Roe Skidmore 10-30-1945 Still Living 1970 1970
Ron Slocum 07-02-1945 08-25-1988 1969 1971
Reggie Smith 04-02-1945 Still Living 1966 1982
Bill Southworth 11-10-1945 Still Living 1964 1964
Ed Sprague 09-16-1945 01-10-2020 1968 1976
Bob Stinson 10-11-1945 Still Living 1969 1980
Don Sutton 04-02-1945 01-18-2021 1966 1988
Gary Taylor 10-19-1945 Still Living 1969 1969
Bob Terlecki 02-14-1945 Still Living 1972 1972
Otis Thornton 06-30-1945 Still Living 1973 1973
Bobby Tolan 11-19-1945 Still Living 1965 1979
Hector Torres 09-16-1945 Still Living 1968 1977
Bobby Trevino 08-15-1945 12-05-2018 1968 1968
Don Wilson 02-12-1945 01-05-1975 1966 1974
Rick Wise 09-13-1945 Still Living 1964 1982
Dick Woodson 03-30-1945 Still Living 1969 1974
Al Yates 04-26-1945 11-24-2007 1971 1971
Don Young 10-18-1945 Still Living 1965 1969
Geoff Zahn 12-19-1945 Still Living 1973 1985

MLB Players Who Were Born in 1945 | Research by Baseball Almanac

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If you'd like this research in reverse, Major League Baseball Players by Year of Death, we have that available online as well.

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).

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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