Due to personal time constraints, this is a reprint from last year which has not been updated.
Jim Mutrie (1851)
Bill Bergen (1878)
Gene Desautels (1907)
Mel Parnell (1922)
Dave Rosenfield (1931)
Tom Cheek (1939)
Marcel Lachemann (1941)
Antonio Pulido (1951)
Ernie Whitt (1952)
Darrell May (1972)
Pedro Strop (1985)
Jonathan Lucroy (1986)
Jim Mutrie managed teams in New York for nine years. He has been called the founding father of baseball in New York City. He is the one who gave the Giants their nickname. The story is that whenever he was credit for the team's success, he would say, "It was my boys--my giants!--who did it."
Catcher Bill Bergen spent eleven seasons in the majors. He appeared in 947 games and had 3,028 at-bats. His lifetime stats are .170/.194/.201. Everything you read about him says he was a tremendous defensive catcher, and one assumes he must have been.
Dave Rosenfield was the general manager of the Tidewater/Norfolk Tides for over forty-five years.
Tom Cheek was the voice of the Toronto Blue Jays from 1977-2004.
Antonio Pulido was a closer in the Mexican League for many years, getting 197 saves. He also had 70 saves in the Mexican Pacific League.
We would like to wish a happy birthday to rpz.
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