William Hulbert (1832) Mike Sullivan (1866)
Lena Blackburne (1886)
Rube Bressler (1894)
Billy Sullivan (1910)
Vern Stephens (1920)
Ewell Blackwell (1922) Jim Bunning (1931) Greg Thayer (1949) John Castino (1954) Dwight Lowry (1957) Al Leiter (1965) Todd Sears (1975) David Riske (1976)
John Lackey (1978) Bud Smith (1979)
Kyle Gibson (1987)
William Hulbert was one of the founders of the National League and was its president from 1877 until his death in 1882.
Infielder Lena Blackburne discovered and marketed the mud from the driver beds near the Delaware River in New Jersey that has been rubbed on every major league baseball used since the 1950s.
Bill Lee (1909)
Bill Bevens (1916) Whitey Ford (1928) Johnny Goryl (1933) Ted Uhlaender (1940) Bill Russell (1948) Jerry Garvin (1955) George Bell (1959)
Franklin Stubbs (1960)
John Flaherty (1967) Steve Holm (1979)
Zack Greinke (1983) Casey Fien (1983)
Mordecai Brown (1876) Fred Snodgrass (1887)
Bob O'Farrell (1896)
Al Brazle (1913) Walt Bond (1937) Sandy Alomar (1943)
Al Gallagher (1945)
Mark Davis (1960)
Tim Belcher (1961)
Dave Veres (1966)
Keith Foulke (1972) Horacio Estrada (1975) Michael Young (1976) Randy Ruiz (1977) Jose Bautista (1980)
The Twins chose Tim Belcher with the first pick of the 1983 draft, but he did not sign.
Candy Cummings (1848) Cliff Carroll (1859)
Walt Wilmot (1863)
Boileryard Clarke (1868)
Hans Lobert (1881)
Burt Shotton (1884)
Charlie Berry (1902)
Skeeter Newsome (1910)
Roy Cullenbine (1913)
Andy Carey (1931)
Bobby Knoop (1938)
Willie Horton (1942)
Ed Farmer (1949)
George Hendrick (1949)
Andy Hassler (1951)
Jerry Royster (1952) Mike Walters (1957) Alan Mills (1966)
Doug Mirabelli (1970)
Alex Cora (1975)
Yoenis Cespedes (1985)
Alex Cora was drafted by Minnesota in the twelfth round in 1993, but he did not sign.
We would also like to wish a very happy birthday to AMR.
Buck Ewing (1859) Paul Derringer (1906)
Red Rolfe (1908)
Howie Moss (1918) Johnny Klippstein (1927) Jim Gilliam (1928) Pete Cimino (1942) Dan Pasqua (1961)
John Mabry (1970)
John Rocker (1974)
Seth Etherton (1976) Gil Velazquez (1979)
Howie Moss won four International League home run titles and is in the International League Hall of Fame.
Art Devlin (1879) Goose Goslin (1900) Boom-Boom Beck (1904)
Matt Batts (1921)
Dave DeBusschere (1940)
Tim McCarver (1941)
Don Hood (1949) Brian Harper (1959) Kevin McReynolds (1959)
Billy Taylor (1961) Darren Reed (1965) Josias Manzanillo (1967)
Bryce Harper (1992)
Goose Goslin was a star for the franchise in the 1920s, when it played in Washington.
Better known as a basketball player, Dave DeBusschere pitched for the White Sox from 1962-1963.
We would also like to wish a very happy birthday to spookymilk’s daughter.
Joe Start (1842)
Paul Radford (1861)
Ivy Olson (1885) Oscar Charleston (1896) Harry Brecheen (1914)
Ken Heintzelman (1915)
Tom Cheney (1934)
Tommy Harper (1940)
Al Oliver (1946)
Frank Duffy (1946)
Ed Figueroa (1948)
Kiko Garcia (1953)
Willie Aikens (1954) Jesus Vega (1955) Joe Girardi (1964) Midre Cummings (1971) Ryan Church (1978) Boof Bonser (1981) Carlos Marmol (1982)
Outfielder Oscar Charleston is considered by some to have been the greatest player in Negro League history.
Charles Somers (1868)
Wild Bill Donovan (1876) Rube Waddell (1876) Pickles Dillhoefer (1893)
Frankie Hayes (1914)
Lou Saban (1921)
Charlie Silvera (1924)
Eddie Yost (1926) Eddie Mathews (1931) Bob Bailey (1942)
Randy Moffitt (1948)
Dick Pole (1950)
Frank LaCorte (1951) George Frazier (1954) Bryan Hickerson (1963) Chris Gwynn (1964)
Trevor Hoffman (1967) Damian Miller (1969)
Charles Somers was the founder of what became the Cleveland Indians, was vice-president of the American League from 1901-1906, and was instrumental in the development of the American League.
Better known as a football coach, Lou Saban was the president of the New York Yankees in 1981 and 1982.
