Major League Baseball Players Who Were Born in 1981

MLB Players That Were Born in 1981

The following Major League Baseball players were born in 1981. 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 1981 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.

Baseball Almanac Top Quote

"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 1981

MLB Players That Were Born in 1981 | Return To Players by Year of Birth

David Aardsma 12-27-1981 Still Living 2004 2015
Jeremy Accardo 12-08-1981 Still Living 2005 2012
Manny Acosta 05-01-1981 Still Living 2007 2012
Drew Anderson 06-09-1981 Still Living 2006 2006
Mike Aviles 03-13-1981 Still Living 2008 2017
Jeff Baker 06-21-1981 Still Living 2005 2015
John Baker 01-20-1981 Still Living 2008 2014
Scott Baker 09-19-1981 Still Living 2005 2015
Rocco Baldelli 09-25-1981 Still Living 2003 2010
Brian Bannister 02-28-1981 Still Living 2006 2010
Brian Barden 04-02-1981 Still Living 2007 2010
Omar Beltre 08-24-1981 Still Living 2010 2010
Jason Bergmann 09-25-1981 Still Living 2005 2010
Wilson Betemit 11-02-1981 Still Living 2001 2013
Tony Blanco 11-10-1981 Still Living 2005 2005
Eddie Bonine 06-06-1981 Still Living 2008 2010
Boof Bonser 10-14-1981 Still Living 2006 2010
Rob Bowen 02-24-1981 Still Living 2003 2008
Travis Bowyer 08-03-1981 Still Living 2005 2005
Blaine Boyer 07-11-1981 Still Living 2005 Active
Andrew Brown 02-17-1981 Still Living 2006 2008
Taylor Buchholz 10-13-1981 Still Living 2006 2011
Francisley Bueno 03-05-1981 Still Living 2008 2014
Brian Burres 04-08-1981 Still Living 2006 2011
Jared Burton 06-02-1981 Still Living 2007 2014
Brian Buscher 04-18-1981 Still Living 2007 2009
Daniel Cabrera 05-28-1981 Still Living 2004 2009
Fernando Cabrera 11-16-1981 Still Living 2004 2010
Brett Campbell 10-17-1981 Still Living 2006 2006
Jose Capellan 01-13-1981 04-07-2015 2004 2008
Matt Carson 07-01-1981 Still Living 2009 2013
Jose Castillo 03-19-1981 12-06-2018 2004 2008
Kory Casto 12-08-1981 Still Living 2007 2008
Andy Cavazos 01-05-1981 Still Living 2007 2007
Angel Chavez 07-22-1981 Still Living 2005 2005
Cody Clark 09-14-1981 Still Living 2013 2013
Darren Clarke 03-18-1981 Still Living 2007 2007
Alvin Colina 12-26-1981 Still Living 2006 2006
Fernando Cortez 08-10-1981 Still Living 2005 2007
Shane Costa 12-12-1981 Still Living 2005 2007
Jesse Crain 07-05-1981 Still Living 2004 2013
Carl Crawford 08-05-1981 Still Living 2002 2016
Francisco Cruceta 07-04-1981 Still Living 2004 2008
Enrique Cruz 11-21-1981 Still Living 2003 2007
Casey Daigle 04-04-1981 Still Living 2004 2010
Daniel Davidson 01-08-1981 Still Living 2009 2009
Jorge De La Rosa 04-05-1981 Still Living 2004 Active
Victor Diaz 12-10-1981 Still Living 2004 2007
Ryan Doumit 04-03-1981 Still Living 2005 2014
Dennis Dove 08-31-1981 Still Living 2007 2007
Cory Doyne 08-13-1981 Still Living 2007 2007
Phil Dumatrait 07-12-1981 Still Living 2007 2011
Chris Duncan 05-05-1981 09-06-2019 2005 2009
A.J. Ellis 04-09-1981 Still Living 2008 2018
Mike Esposito 09-27-1981 Still Living 2005 2005
Brandon Fahey 01-18-1981 Still Living 2006 2008
Matt Ford 04-08-1981 Still Living 2003 2003
Jeff Francis 01-08-1981 Still Living 2004 2015
Ben Francisco 10-23-1981 Still Living 2007 2013
Sam Fuld 11-20-1981 Still Living 2007 2015
Anderson Garcia 03-23-1981 Still Living 2007 2007
Ryan Garko 01-02-1981 Still Living 2005 2010
Joey Gathright 04-27-1981 Still Living 2004 2011
Jimmy Gobble 07-19-1981 Still Living 2003 2009
Andy Gonzalez 12-15-1981 Still Living 2007 2009
Curtis Granderson 03-16-1981 Still Living 2004 2019
Jeff Gray 11-19-1981 Still Living 2008 2012
Adam Greenberg 02-21-1981 Still Living 2005 2012
Jarrett Grube 11-05-1981 Still Living 2014 2014
Angel Guzman 12-14-1981 Still Living 2006 2009
Freddy Guzman 01-20-1981 Still Living 2004 2013
Brad Halsey 02-14-1981 10-31-2014 2004 2006
Josh Hamilton 05-21-1981 Still Living 2007 2015
Joel Hanrahan 10-06-1981 Still Living 2007 2013
Rich Harden 11-30-1981 Still Living 2003 2011
Dirk Hayhurst 03-24-1981 Still Living 2008 2009
Ben Hendrickson 02-04-1981 Still Living 2004 2006
Sean Henn 04-23-1981 Still Living 2005 2009
Yoslan Herrera 04-28-1981 Still Living 2008 2008
Shawn Hill 04-28-1981 Still Living 2004 2012
Tommy Hottovy 07-09-1981 Still Living 2011 2012
Jon Huber 07-07-1981 Still Living 2006 2007
Omar Infante 12-26-1981 Still Living 2002 2016
Hisashi Iwakuma 04-12-1981 Still Living 2012 2017
Chuck James 11-09-1981 Still Living 2005 2011
Justin James 09-13-1981 Still Living 2010 2010
Casey Janssen 09-17-1981 Still Living 2006 2015
Bobby Jenks 03-14-1981 Still Living 2005 2011
Ben Johnson 06-18-1981 Still Living 2005 2007
Tyler Johnson 06-07-1981 Still Living 2005 2007
Garrett Jones 06-21-1981 Still Living 2007 2015
Munenori Kawasaki 06-03-1981 Still Living 2012 2016
Kevin Kouzmanoff 07-25-1981 Still Living 2006 2014
Dave Krynzel 11-07-1981 Still Living 2004 2005
Hong-Chih Kuo 07-23-1981 Still Living 2005 2011
Juan Lara 01-26-1981 Still Living 2006 2007
Wilfredo Ledezma 01-21-1981 Still Living 2003 2011
Kameron Loe 09-10-1981 Still Living 2004 2013
Andy Machado 01-25-1981 Still Living 2003 2005
Kevin Mahar 06-08-1981 Still Living 2007 2007
John Maine 05-08-1981 Still Living 2004 2013
Val Majewski 06-19-1981 Still Living 2004 2004
Shaun Marcum 12-14-1981 Still Living 2005 2015
Tom Mastny 02-04-1981 Still Living 2006 2008
Yunesky Maya 08-28-1981 Still Living 2010 2013
Edwin Maysonet 10-17-1981 Still Living 2008 2012
Paul McAnulty 02-24-1981 Still Living 2005 2010
Seth McClung 02-07-1981 Still Living 2003 2009
Mike McCoy 04-02-1981 Still Living 2009 2012
Nate McLouth 10-28-1981 Still Living 2005 2014
Randy Messenger 08-13-1981 Still Living 2005 2009
Dan Meyer 07-03-1981 Still Living 2004 2010
Drew Meyer 08-29-1981 Still Living 2006 2006
Pat Misch 08-18-1981 Still Living 2006 2011
Sergio Mitre 02-16-1981 Still Living 2003 2011
Lou Montanez 12-15-1981 Still Living 2008 2011
Justin Morneau 05-15-1981 Still Living 2003 2016
Dustin Moseley 12-26-1981 Still Living 2006 2012
Carlos Muniz 03-12-1981 Still Living 2007 2008
Bill Murphy 05-09-1981 Still Living 2007 2009
David Murphy 10-18-1981 Still Living 2006 2015
Matt Murton 10-03-1981 Still Living 2005 2009
Mike Napoli 10-31-1981 Still Living 2006 2017
Sam Narron 07-12-1981 Still Living 2004 2004
Chris Narveson 12-20-1981 Still Living 2006 2016
Dustin Nippert 05-06-1981 Still Living 2005 2010
Ray Olmedo 05-31-1981 Still Living 2003 2012
Daniel Ortmeier 05-11-1981 Still Living 2005 2008
Franquelis Osoria 09-12-1981 Still Living 2005 2008
Jerry Owens 02-16-1981 Still Living 2006 2009
Angel Pagan 07-02-1981 Still Living 2006 2016
Ronny Paulino 04-21-1981 Still Living 2005 2012
Jake Peavy 05-31-1981 Still Living 2002 2016
Jailen Peguero 01-04-1981 Still Living 2007 2008
Tony Pena 03-23-1981 Still Living 2006 2009
Beltran Perez 10-24-1981 Still Living 2006 2006
Oliver Pérez 08-15-1981 Still Living 2002 Active
Brandon Phillips 06-28-1981 Still Living 2002 2018
Omar Quintanilla 10-24-1981 Still Living 2005 2014
Guillermo Quiroz 11-29-1981 Still Living 2004 2014
Ryan Raburn 04-17-1981 Still Living 2004 2017
Alexei Ramirez 09-22-1981 Still Living 2008 2016
Edwar Ramirez 03-28-1981 Still Living 2007 2010
Ramon Ramirez 08-31-1981 Still Living 2006 2014
Clay Rapada 03-09-1981 Still Living 2007 2013
Darrell Rasner 01-13-1981 Still Living 2005 2008
Jeremy Reed 06-15-1981 Still Living 2004 2011
Anthony Reyes 10-16-1981 Still Living 2005 2009
Scott Rice 09-21-1981 Still Living 2013 2014
Alex Rios 02-18-1981 Still Living 2004 2015
Connor Robertson 09-10-1981 Still Living 2007 2008
Eddy Rodriguez 08-08-1981 Still Living 2004 2006
Leo Rosales 05-28-1981 Still Living 2008 2010
Rich Rundles 06-03-1981 12-16-2019 2008 2009
Billy Sadler 09-21-1981 Still Living 2006 2009
Chris Saenz 08-14-1981 Still Living 2004 2004
Marino Salas 10-02-1981 Still Living 2008 2008
Felix Sanchez 08-03-1981 Still Living 2003 2003
Chad Santos 04-28-1981 Still Living 2006 2006
Omir Santos 04-29-1981 Still Living 2008 2013
Dennis Sarfate 04-09-1981 Still Living 2006 2009
Joe Saunders 06-16-1981 Still Living 2005 2014
Alex Serrano 02-18-1981 Still Living 2008 2008
Josh Sharpless 01-26-1981 Still Living 2006 2007
James Shields 12-20-1981 Still Living 2006 2018
Alfredo Simon 05-08-1981 Still Living 2008 2016
Brian Slocum 03-27-1981 Still Living 2006 2008
Chris Smith 04-09-1981 Still Living 2008 2017
Ian Snell 10-30-1981 Still Living 2004 2010
Chris Snelling 12-03-1981 Still Living 2002 2008
Chris Snyder 02-12-1981 Still Living 2004 2013
Mitch Stetter 01-16-1981 Still Living 2007 2011
Kensuke Tanaka 05-20-1981 Still Living 2013 2013
Jordan Tata 09-20-1981 Still Living 2006 2007
Willy Taveras 12-25-1981 Still Living 2004 2010
Mark Teahen 09-06-1981 Still Living 2005 2011
Joe Thatcher 10-04-1981 Still Living 2007 2015
Derek Thompson 01-08-1981 Still Living 2005 2005
Erick Threets 11-04-1981 Still Living 2007 2010
Chin-hui Tsao 06-02-1981 Still Living 2003 2016
Merkin Valdez 11-10-1981 Still Living 2004 2011
Oscar Villarreal 11-22-1981 Still Living 2003 2008
Tsuyoshi Wada 02-21-1981 Still Living 2014 2015
Jason Waddell 06-11-1981 Still Living 2009 2009
Doug Waechter 01-28-1981 Still Living 2003 2009
Adam Wainwright 08-30-1981 Still Living 2005 2023
Brandon Watson 09-30-1981 Still Living 2005 2007
Jared Wells 10-31-1981 Still Living 2008 2008
Sean White 04-25-1981 Still Living 2007 2010
Jerome Williams 12-04-1981 Still Living 2003 2016
Reggie Willits 05-30-1981 Still Living 2006 2011
Josh Wilson 03-26-1981 Still Living 2005 2015
Jake Woods 09-03-1981 Still Living 2005 2008
Carlos Zambrano 06-01-1981 Still Living 2001 2012
Ben Zobrist 05-26-1981 Still Living 2006 2019

MLB Players Who Were Born in 1981 | Research by Baseball Almanac

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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).

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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