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.
"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 1981MLB Players That Were Born in 1981 | Return To Players by Year of Birth |
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Player | Date of Birth | Died On | Debut Year | Final Year |
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 |
Player | Date of Birth | Died On | Debut Year | Final Year |
MLB Players Who Were Born in 1981 | Research by Baseball Almanac |
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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