Sammy Strang (1876)
Tony Kaufmann (1900)
Neil Chrisley (1931)
Adolfo Phillips (1941)
Mike Flanagan (1951) Rick Sofield (1956)
Tom Gorman (1957)
Billy Ripken (1964)
Jeff Granger (1971)
Charles Gipson (1972) Matt Kinney (1976)
Neil Chrisley's given name is Barbra O’Neil Chrisley. I have no explanation for this name, but it seems reasonable to assume that he’s the only man to play major league baseball whose first name was Barbra.
Jeff Granger was drafted by Minnesota in the fourteenth round in 1990, but did not sign.
Nig Clarke (1882)
Eddie Robinson (1920)
Ray Herbert (1929)
Haywood Sullivan (1930)
Sammy Esposito (1931)
Stan Bahnsen (1944)
Art Howe (1946) Mike Proly (1950) Bud Bulling (1952)
Mo Vaughn (1967)
Rick Helling (1970) Kevin Cameron (1979) Ryan Pressly (1988)
John Anderson (1873)
Lefty Tyler (1889)
Bob Weiland (1905)
Eddie Smith (1913)
Rusty Peters (1914)
Bobby Adams (1921)
Sad Sam Jones (1925)
Bob Clear (1927) Pete Whisenant (1929) Jim Roland (1942) Jerry May (1943)
Greg Goossen (1945)
Bill Buckner (1949)
Craig Biggio (1965)
Ken Hill (1965)
Scott Hatteberg (1969) Marcus Jensen (1972)
Billy Koch (1974)
Rodrigo Lopez (1975) Dave Gassner (1978)
Bob Clear was in baseball from 1945-1987 as a minor league player and manager, major league coach, and as a scout.
Jack Taylor (1873)
Hank Majeski (1916) Larry Doby (1923) Shotgun Shuba (1924)
Carl Erskine (1926)
Billy Loes (1929)
Bubba Morton (1931)
Lindy McDaniel (1935)
J. C. Martin (1936)
Ron Taylor (1937) Ferguson Jenkins (1942) Paul Boris (1955)
Dale Berra (1956)
Mike Mordecai (1967) Matthew LeCroy (1975) Ricky Nolasco (1982)
We would also like to wish a very happy birthday to spookymilk's mom.
Old Hoss Radbourn (1854) Art Wilson (1885)
Fred Toney (1888)
Swish Nicholson (1914)
Hal Brown (1924)
Lee Maye (1934)
Mike Henneman (1961)
Thomas Howard (1964) Jay Bell (1965) Derek Bell (1968) Frankie Rodriguez (1972) Joe Blanton (1980)
Dalton Pompey (1992)
In 2014, Dalton Pompey became the first big leaguer ever to have the given first name "Dalton".
