Orval Overall (1881)
George Halas (1895)
Willie Kamm (1900)
Wes Ferrell (1908)
Red Schoendienst (1923)
Don Buford (1937)
Max Alvis (1938)
Dale Murray (1950)
John Tudor (1954)
Pat Tabler (1958)
Buddy Biancalana (1960)
Scott Erickson (1968)
Melvin Mora (1972)
Adam Everett (1977)
Better known as a professional football coach, George Halas was an outfielder and played in 12 games for the Yankees in 1919.
Billy Sullivan (1875)
Rosey Rowswell (1884)
Candy Jim Taylor (1884)
Frank Lane (1896)
Carl Reynolds (1903)
Paul Blair (1944)
Danny Thompson (1947)
Mark Souza (1954)
Ernie Camacho (1955)
Cecilio Guante (1960)
Tim Naehring (1967)
Kent Mercker (1968)
Rich Becker (1972)
DOMINICAN LEAGUE
Escogido 6, Aguilas 5 in Escogido. Pedro Florimon was 1-for-3 with a walk for Escogido.
PLAYOFF UPDATE
Dominican League—Our congratulations go to the Leones del Escogido, who won the championship series by defeating Aguilas five games to four.
CARIBBEAN SERIES
The Caribbean Series begins Thursday afternoon. Venezuela plays Puerto Rico and Mexico plays the Dominican Republic. The series is a six-game round-robin.
AUSTRALIAN LEAGUE PLAYOFFS
Melbourne plays Sydney in a best-of-five series beginning tomorrow. The winner will play a best-of-five series against Perth in the finals.
Bob "Death to Flying Things" Ferguson (1845)
Zane Grey (1872)
George Burns (1893)
Pinky Hargrave (1896)
Pedro Cepeda (1906)
Don Hutson (1913)
Jackie Robinson (1919)
Ernie Banks (1931)
Hank Aguirre (1931)
Nolan Ryan (1947)
Fred Kendall (1949)
Ted Power (1955)
Ed Wade (1956)
Francisco Oliveras (1963)
Yuniesky Betancourt (1982)
Better known as an author of western novels, Zane Grey played outfield for two years in the low minors, batting .323 in 86 games. He also wrote several books about baseball.
Pedro Cepeda is the father of Orlando Cepeda and is considered by some to have been a better player; he was known as the Babe Ruth of Puerto Rico.
Don Hutson, a charter member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, played in the low minors from 1936-1937, hitting .301 in 194 games.
DOMINICAN LEAGUE
Saturday
Escogido 5, Aguilas 2 in Escogido. Pedro Florimon was 1-for-3 and drove in a run with a sacrifice fly for Escogido. Luis Perdomo worked a scoreless inning for Aguilas, giving up one hit.
Sunday
Aguilas 9, Escogido 2 in Aguilas. Luis Perdomo pitched a perfect inning for Aguilas, striking out one. Pedro Florimon was 1-for-4 for Escogido. Francisco Liriano started and allowed five runs (three earned) on six hits and a walk while striking out four in 3.2 innings. He took the loss for Escogido.
VENEZUELAN LEAGUE
Saturday
Aragua 7, La Guaira 1 in La Guaira. Pedro Guerra pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout for Aragua.
AUSTRALIAN LEAGUE
Saturday
Perth 9, Melbourne 4 in Perth. Joshua Hendricks was 0-for-4 for Melbourne. Sam Gibbons worked a scoreless inning for Melbourne, walking one.
Sunday
Sydney 10, Adelaide 4 in Adelaide (Game 1). Jacob Younis was 0-for-5 for Sydney.
Sydney 1, Adelaide 0 in Adelaide (Game 2). Jacob Younis was 1-for-3 for Sydney.
Perth 3, Melbourne 1 in Perth. Joshua Hendricks was 2-for-4 for Melbourne.
PLAYOFF UPDATES
Dominican League—Aguilas and Escogido are tied at four games apiece in the best-of-nine championship series. Game nine is scheduled for tonight.
Mexican League—Obregon won the championship.
Puerto Rican League—Mayaguez won the championship.
Venezuelan League—Our congratulations go to the Tigres de Aragua, who defeated La Guaira four games to two to win the championship.
Australian League—Perth defeated Melbourne three games to one in the first round. Sydney defeated Adelaide three games to one in the first round. Sydney now plays Melbourne in the best-of-five semi-finals, which will begin Wednesday.
Tony Mullane (1859)
General Stafford (1868)
Walt Dropo (1923)
Sandy Amoros (1930)
Charlie Neal (1931)
Davey Johnson (1943)
Matt Alexander (1947)
Roger Cador (1952)
Joe Kerrigan (1954)
Dave Stegman (1954)
Jorge Cantu (1982)
Jeremy Hermida (1984)
Dave Stegman was drafted by Minnesota in the tenth round in 1972, but did not sign. There do not appear to be any other players with connections to the Minnesota Twins born on this day.
Ray Hayworth (1904)
Pancho Coimbre (1909)
Bill Rigney (1918)
Hank Edwards (1919)
Frank Gravino (1923)
Bobby Bolin (1939)
Sergio Ferrer (1951)
Steve Sax (1960)
Mike Aldrete (1961)
John Habyan (1964)
Jason Schmidt (1973)
Colorado traded Kevin Slowey to Cleveland for Zach Putnam.
DOMINICAN LEAGUE
Aguilas 2, Escogido 1 in Aguilas. Pedro Florimon was 0-for-2 with a walk for Escogido.
AUSTRALIAN LEAGUE
Adelaide 8, Sydney 3 in Adelaide. Jacob Younis was o-for-1 with two walks and a run for Sydney. Todd Van Steensel surrendered three runs on three hits and a walk in three innings while striking out three for Sydney.
Perth 9, Melbourne 5 in Perth. Luke Hughes was 2-for-3 with a double, two walks, two runs, and an RBI for Perth. Joshua Hendricks was 2-for-3 as a reserve for Melbourne. Markus Solbach allowed three runs on six hits while striking out four in four innings for Melbourne.
PLAYOFF UPDATES
Dominican League—Aguilas and Escogido are tied at three games apiece in the best-of-nine championship series.
Mexican League—Obregon has won the league championship.
Puerto Rican League—Mayaguez has won the league championship.
Venezuelan League—Aragua and La Guaira are tied at two games apiece in the best-of-seven championship series.
Australian League—Melbourne and Perth are tied one game apiece. Adelaide and Sydney are tied one game apiece. Each playoff series is best-of-five.
George Wright (1847)
Ducky Holmes (1869)
Bill Doak (1891)
Lyn Lary (1906)
Bob Muncrief (1916)
Pete Runnels (1928)
Harry Dunlop (1933)
Bill White (1934)
Fredi Gonzalez (1964)
Kevin Tolar (1971)
Jermaine Dye (1974)
Magglio Ordonez (1974)
Lyle Overbay (1977)