--- title: MLB Opening Day 2014: Who Has The Best Beard In Baseball? description: In honor of MLB's Opening Day, cast your vote for the player with the most impressive facial hair canonical: https://time.com/44130/who-has-the-best-beard-in-major-league-baseball/ author: Joseph C. Lin article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-03-31T19:21:21.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T05:08:30.607Z article:section: World og:title: MLB Opening Day 2014: Who Has The Best Beard In Baseball? og:description: In honor of MLB's Opening Day, cast your vote for the player with the most impressive facial hair og:url: https://time.com/44130/who-has-the-best-beard-in-major-league-baseball/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: MLB Opening Day 2014: Who Has The Best Beard In Baseball? twitter:description: In honor of MLB's Opening Day, cast your vote for the player with the most impressive facial hair twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Who Has The Best Beard In Major League Baseball? by [Joseph C. Lin](/author/joseph-c-lin/) ## Joseph C. Lin Mar 31, 2014 7:21 PM CUT by [Joseph C. Lin](/author/joseph-c-lin/) ## Joseph C. Lin Mar 31, 2014 7:21 PM CUT ### The 12 Best Beards In Baseball This Season  Brian Wilson, Los Angeles Dodgers Brendon Thorne—Getty Images  Prince Fielder, Texas Rangers Darron Cummings—AP  José Bautista, Toronto Blue Jays Leon Halip—Getty Images  Justin Turner, Los Angeles Dodgers Brendon Thorne—MLB/Getty Images  Elvis Andrus, Texas Rangers Tony Gutierrez—AP  David Ortiz, Boston Red Sox Carlos Osorio—AP  Jason Heyward, Atlanta Braves Mark Cunningham—Getty Images  Mike Napoli, Boston Red Sox Michael Ivins—Getty Images  Jayson Werth, Washington Nationals Stacy Revere—Getty Images  Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Miami Marlins Carlos Osorio—AP  Josh Reddick, Oakland Athletics Gregory Bull—AP  Jason Motte, St. Louis Cardinals Jeff Roberson—AP Did we miss any beards? Sound off in the comments below if we missed your favorite. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/44130/who-has-the-best-beard-in-major-league-baseball/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/44130/who-has-the-best-beard-in-major-league-baseball/"},"headline":"Who Has The Best Beard In Major League Baseball?","datePublished":"2014-03-31T19:21:21.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:08:30.607Z","description":"In honor of MLB's Opening Day, cast your vote for the player with the most impressive facial hair","url":"https://time.com/44130/who-has-the-best-beard-in-major-league-baseball/","keywords":["Baseball","MLB"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Joseph C. Lin","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/joseph-c-lin/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/44130/who-has-the-best-beard-in-major-league-baseball/","name":"Who Has The Best Beard In Major League Baseball?"}}]}] ```