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".
Jimmy Johnston (1889)
Rudy Hernandez (1931) Jaime Jarrin (1935)
Doc Edwards (1936)
Bob Priddy (1939)
Dalton Jones (1943)
Steve Renko (1944)
Paul Assenmacher (1960)
Doug Henry (1963)
Luis Polonia (1963)
Mel Rojas (1966) Joe Mays (1975) Dan Wheeler (1977) Pedro Florimon (1986)
Pitcher Rudy Hernandez was a member of the old Washington franchise in 1960, but was chosen by the new Washington franchise in the expansion draft in December of 1960.
Jaime Jarrin has been the Dodgers' Spanish-language broadcaster since 1959.
We would also like to wish a happy birthday to Moss' son.
Joe Kelley (1871) Cy Seymour (1872)
Adam Comorosky (1905)
Billy Klaus (1928)
Joe DeMaestri (1928)
Darold Knowles (1941) Jim Merritt (1943) Del Unser (1944) Jerry Cram (1947) Doc Medich (1948)
Steve Christmas (1957)
Ed Romero (1957)
Juan Samuel (1960)
Tony Tarasco (1970)
Todd Van Poppel (1971) Tony Batista (1973)
Outfielder Del Unser was drafted by Minnesota in the second round in 1965, but did not sign. Catcher Steve Christmas was drafted by Minnesota in the thirty-third round in 1975, but did not sign.
Jack Rowe (1856)
Jimmy Austin (1879)
Sam Zoldak (1918)
Jim Pagliaroni (1937) Brant Alyea (1940) Ed Brinkman (1941)
Ken Roy (1941)
Masahiro Doi (1943)
Alan Foster (1946) Jeff Grotewold (1965) Mike Mussina (1968)
Reed Johnson (1976)
Vernon Wells (1978)
Ken Roy was a minor league umpire for two years before becoming a Catholic priest. He said that his umpiring career helped him in ministry because it gave him more patience with people and made him a better listener.
Masahiro Doi was a fifteen-time all-star in the Japanese Pacific League, playing from 1962-1981.
We would also like to wish a happy ninth birthday to AMR’s son, HPR.
Deacon White (1847)
Denny Galehouse (1911)
Dick Donovan (1927)
Hal Smith (1930)
Don Cardwell (1935)
Bo Belinsky (1936)
Alex Johnson (1942) Johnny Bench (1947) Ozzie Virgil (1956) Shane Mack (1963) Tino Martinez (1967) Saul Rivera (1977) Eric Chavez (1977)
Yasiel Puig (1990)
