Dude Esterbrook (1857)
Irish Meusel (1893)
Mike Ryba (1903)
Frank McCormick (1911)
Jimmy Newberry (1922)
Roy Smalley (1926)
Bill Virdon (1931)
Howie Gershberg (1936) Jake Jacobs (1937) Julio Gotay (1939) Bruce Look (1943) Tom Egan (1946)
Dave Parker (1951) Tom Edens (1961) Randy Winn (1974)
Jimmy Newberry was the first black player in Japanese baseball.
Howie Gershberg was a long-time college and minor league pitching coach.
We would also like to wish a happy birthday to SBG’s uncle and to his brother.
Cub Stricker (1859)
Van Lingle Mungo (1911)
Eddie Gaedel (1925)
Del Ennis (1925)
George Brunet (1935) Joe Grzenda (1937) Pete Magrini (1942) Mark Belanger (1944)
Lenn Sakata (1954)
Don Robinson (1957) Carmelo Castillo (1958) Britt Burns (1959)
Kevin Gross (1961)
John Gibbons (1962)
Kevin Ritz (1965)
Dave Mlicki (1968)
I assume anyone reading this knows who Eddie Gaedel was. If not, you are encouraged to look him up.
Bones Ely (1863)
Ed Wells (1900)
Dusty Boggess (1904)
Rosey Gilhousen (1913)
Herb Score (1933)
Roger Nelson (1944) George Mitterwald (1945) Don Money (1947)
Thurman Munson (1947)
Bobby Marcano (1951)
Bill Hohn (1955) Tim Laudner (1958) Heathcliff Slocumb (1966) Donaldo Mendez (1978) Virgil Vasquez (1982)
Dusty Boggess was a National League umpire from 1944-62.
Rosey Gilhousen was a long-time scout who is credit for signing George Brett and Dan Quisenberry.
Bobby Marcano was an all-star in Japan.
Bill Hohn has been a major league umpire since 1989.
Ed McKean (1864)
Fresco Thompson (1902) Bill Dickey (1907) Wild Bill Wright (1914)
Hector Espino (1939)
Merv Rettenmund (1943)
Bud Harrelson (1944) Bobby Randall (1948) Dave Bergman (1953)
Max Venable (1957)
Brooks Kieschnick (1972)
Tony Graffanino (1972) David Lamb (1975) Mark Ellis (1977)
Jeremy Affeldt (1979)
Matt Belisle (1980)
Wild Bill Wright was a star in the Negro Leagues in the 1930s and 1940s.
Hector Espino is considered the greatest player in the history of the Mexican League, hitting 453 home runs there.
Tim Murnane (1851)
Tony Venzon (1915)
Billy Hunter (1928)
John McNamara (1932)
Phil Linz (1939)
Terry Kennedy (1956)
Tony Pena (1957)
Kurt Stillwell (1965)
Rick Wilkins (1967)
Scott Servais (1967)
Darin Erstad (1974) J. C. Romero (1976)
Tim Murnane had a long and varied career in baseball, but is best remembered as a sportswriter in Boston.
Tony Venzon was a National League umpire from 1957-71.
John McNamara managed six different major league clubs, going to the World Series with Boston in 1986.
Don Osborn (1908)
Jim Gentile (1934)
Steve Dalkowski (1939)
Duane Josephson (1942) Ron Keller (1943) Jim Dwyer (1950) Ed Glynn (1953)
Barry Lyons (1960)
Steve Lyons (1960) Nelson Liriano (1964) Carl Everett (1971)
Bryan Rekar (1972)
Jose Molina (1975)
Travis Hafner (1977)
Don Osborn won 201 games in the minors. He later was a minor league manager, pitching coach, and scout.
Some say Steve Dalkowski had the fastest fastball ever. He struck out 1,396 batters in 995 minor league innings. However, he also walked 1,354, which is why he never made the majors.
Jack O’Connor (1866) Frank Verdi (1926)
Bob Lillis (1930)
Larry Jackson (1931)
Bob Bennett (1933)
Jerry Lumpe (1933)
Gene Michael (1938)
Jim Maloney (1940)
Horace Clarke (1940)
Roger Freed (1946) Jack O’Connor (1958) Darnell Coles (1962)
Bryan Harvey (1963)
Mike Stanton (1967) Kurt Abbott (1969)
Raul Ibanez (1972)
Neifi Perez (1973) Jared Burton (1981)
Bob Bennett was the baseball coach at Fresno State for many years, winning 1,302 games.
Roger Freed was drafted by Minnesota in 1966, but the pick was voided.
Ted Breitenstein (1869)
Otto Miller (1889)
Hank Severeid (1891)
Guy Morton (1893)
Johnny Mostil (1896) Ray Moore (1926) Jack Kralick (1935) Dean Chance (1941) Ken McMullen (1942) Randy Hundley (1942)
Jeff Nelson (1965)
Derek Lowe (1973)
Carlos Zambrano (1981)
Jeff Nelson has been a major league umpire since 1997.
Socks Seibold (1896)
Edward Bennett Williams (1920)
Russ Goetz (1930)
Ray Washburn (1938) Tippy Martinez (1950) Joe Orsulak (1962)
Kenny Lofton (1967)
Bill Miller (1967)
Dave Roberts (1972)
Jake Peavy (1981) Ray Olmedo (1981)
Edward Bennett Williams was the owner of the Baltimore Orioles from 1979-1988.
Russ Goetz was an American League umpire from 1968-1983.
Bill Miller has been a major league umpire since 2000.
