Due to personal time constraints, this is a reprint from last year which has not been updated.
Joe Quinn (1862)
Henry Mathewson (1886)
Chico Garcia (1924)
Frank Taveras (1949)
John D'Acquisto (1951) Tim Drummond (1964) Mo Sanford (1966)
Kevin Millwood (1974)
Jamey Wright (1974)
Henry Mathewson is the younger brother of Christy Mathewson. He appeared in two games for the Giants in 1906 and one in 1907.
Chico Garcia played professional baseball from 1944-1970, mostly in Mexico. He played thirty-nine games in the majors in 1954 with Baltimore. He also was a manager in Mexico for fifteen seasons.
Connie Mack (1862) Matty Alou (1938)
Elrod Hendricks (1940) Steve Carlton (1944) Hiroyuki Yamazaki (1946)
Charley Taylor (1947)
Steve Garvey (1948)
Tom Underwood (1953) Ken Landreaux (1954)
Lonnie Smith (1955)
Glenn Wilson (1958)
George Wright (1958) Jeff A (1958)
Andy Allanson (1961) Mike Jackson (1964)
Jason Lane (1976)
Second baseman Hiroyuki Yamazaki was a five-time all-star in Japan over a twenty-year career.
Charley Taylor was a minor-league pitching coach for over thirty years in the Houston Astros organization.
Steve Garvey was drafted by Minnesota in the third round in 1966, but did not sign.
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)
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.
Cy Falkenberg (1879)
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)
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)
Hector Santiago (1987)
The reason Neil Chrisley is listed is because his given name is Barbra O’Neil Chrisley. No explanation for this name is given, 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)
Trevor Hildenberger (1990)
