Jack Manning (1853)
Harry Stovey (1856)
Jimmy Williams (1876) Branch Rickey (1881) Fred Merkle (1888)
Butch Henline (1894)
George Pipgras (1899) Gabby Hartnett (1900) Spud Davis (1904)
Eddie Leishman (1910) Julio Becquer (1931)
Oscar Gamble (1949)
Cecil Cooper (1949)
Jose DeLeon (1960) Augie Ojeda (1974)
Aubrey Huff (1976)
David De Jesus (1979)
James Shields (1981)
David Wright (1982)
Eddie Leishman was twice the Minor League Executive of the Year.
We would also like to wish a very happy anniversary to spookymilk and mrs. milk.
Ford Frick (1894) Al Kaline (1934) Tony Taylor (1935)
Walt Williams (1943) Rob Gardner (1944) Geoff Zahn (1945) Kevin Stanfield (1955) Stu Cliburn (1956) Stan Cliburn (1956)
Tom Lawless (1956)
Clay Parker (1962)
Bill Wegman (1962) Mike Fetters (1964) Chito Martinez (1965)
Russell Branyan (1975)
Rafael Soriano (1979)
Ian Kennedy (1984)
Aaron Loup (1987)
Ford Frick was the president of the National League from 1934-1951 and commissioner of baseball from 1951-1965.
Clay Parker was drafted by Minnesota in the twenty-first round in 1984, but did not sign.
Ty Cobb (1886) Dick Coffman (1906)
Gino Cimoli (1929)
Moose Skowron (1930) Zoilo Versalles (1939)
Steve Hovley (1944)
Drew Coble (1947)
Roy Howell (1953)
Jim Clancy (1955)
Scott Bailes (1961)
Willie Blair (1965)
Joe Randa (1969) Jose Rodriguez (1974)
Byron Buxton (1993) Ronald Acuna (1997)
Drew Coble was an American League umpire from 1982-1999.
We would also like to wish a very happy birthday to cheaptoy.
Cy Falkenberg (1879)
Ted Trent (1903)
Ray Jablonski (1926)
Cal Ripken (1935)
Jerry Adair (1936) Leo Cardenas (1938)
Bob Ojeda (1957)
Marvell Wynne (1959)
Curtis Pride (1968)
Alex Cintron (1978)
Chase Utley (1978) Fernando Abad (1985) Taylor Rogers (1990) Tyler Rogers (1990)
Brent Headrick (1997)
Cal Ripken was in the Orioles organization for many years, managing in the minors from 1961-1974, coaching in the majors from 1976-1986 and 1989-1992, and managing the big club from 1987-1988. He had a son, also named Cal, who had a fairly decent major league career.
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) Alcides Escobar (1986)
Hector Santiago (1987) Tyler Chatwood (1989)
The reason Neil Chrisley is listed is because his given name is Barbra O’Neil Chrisley. No explanation for this name could be found, but it seems reasonable to assume that he’s the only man to play major league baseball whose given first name was Barbra. So far.
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)
Trevor Hildenberger (1990)
Ryan Eades (1991)
John Anderson (1873)
Lefty Tyler (1889)
Bob Weiland (1905)
Eddie Smith (1913)
Rusty Peters (1914)
Bobby Adams (1921)
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)
Willie Gisentaner (1899)
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". In case anyone remembers Dalton Jones (whose birthday was yesterday), his given first name was James.
