Everett Mills (1845)
C. I. Taylor (1875)
William Eckert (1909)
Jimmy Outlaw (1913)
Joe Dobson (1917)
Gene Stephens (1933) Camilo Pascual (1934) Dave Boswell (1945) Cecil Espy (1963)
Ozzie Guillen (1964) Kevin Maas (1965) Marvin Benard (1970)
Brian Giles (1971)
David Eckstein (1975)
Geovany Soto (1983)
Everett Mills holds the record for most at-bats in a season without drawing a walk (342).
We would also like to wish a very happy birthday to FTLT’s firstborn.
Atlanta names John Moses batting coach of Class A Lynchburg of the Carolina League.
Cincinnati agrees to terms with Corky Miller on a minor league contract.
Angels agree to terms with Jerome Williams on a one-year contract.
Dodgers sign Peter Moylan as a free agent.
Milwaukee agrees to terms with Carlos Gomez on a one-year contract.
Toronto agrees to terms with Henry Blanco on a one-year contract.*
There were no games in the Mexican League playoffs yesterday. Obregon has already advanced to the finals, defeating Culiacan four games to one. In the other series, Mexicali leads Guasave three games to two.
Chick Gandil (1888)
Lee Head (1899)
Rip Radcliff (1906)
Chet Trail (1944)
Jon Matlack (1950)
Rich Gale (1954)
Brad Mills (1957)
Rick Adair (1958)
Chris Sabo (1962)
Jim Morris (1964)
Orlando Palmeiro (1969) Phil Nevin (1971) Jeff Juden (1971)
Chris Stynes (1973)
Amaury Telemaco (1974)
Byung-Hyun Kim (1979)
Chet Trail is the only player to have been on a World Series roster who never appeared in a major league game, regular season or post-season.
Third baseman Brad Mills was drafted by Minnesota in the 16th round of the 1977 January draft, but did not sign.
There were no games played in the Puerto Rican League playoffs yesterday. The best-of-seven championship series between Mayaguez and Caguas will start tonight.