Dave Brain (1879)
Pinch Thomas (1888)
Cliff Heathcote (1898)
Flint Rhem (1901)
Jean Yawkey (1909)
Johnny Dickshot (1910) Ray Kelly (1914) Jack Brickhouse (1916) Walter Haas (1916) Dick Stigman (1936) Sandy Valdespino (1939) Jumbo Ozaki (1947)
Tim Stoddard (1953)
Atlee Hammaker (1958)
Neil Allen (1958)
Rob Dibble (1964)
Scott Kazmir (1984)
Better known as a professional golfer, Jumbo Ozaki played professional baseball in Japan for three seasons, pitching for two seasons and playing outfield for one.
Ray Kelly was a Philadelphia sportswriter who covered the Athletics and Phillies for fifty years and is in the sportswriteres wing of the Hall of Fame.
Ben Shibe (1838)
Red Donahue (1873)
Bobby Burke (1907)
Randy Gumpert (1918)
Chico Carrasquel (1926) Frank Sullivan (1930) Joe Amalfitano (1934)
Don Nottebart (1936) Paul Ratliff (1944) Kurt Bevacqua (1947)
Charlie Spikes (1951)
Alan Embree (1970)
Mark Wohlers (1970) Erubiel Durazo (1974) Brandon Duckworth (1976) Juan Rincon (1979)
Ira Thomas (1881)
Amos Strunk (1889)
Art Ehlers (1897)
Prince Oana (1910)
Chris Pelekoudas (1918)
Dave Leonhard (1941)
Senichi Hoshino (1947)
Mike Caldwell (1949)
Leon Roberts (1951)
Jeff Treadway (1963) Jimmy Anderson (1976) Chone Figgins (1978)
Ubaldo Jimenez (1984)
Art Ehlers did not play in the majors, but he spent his life in baseball. He owned several minor league teams at various times and was the general manager of the Philadelphia Athletics and the Baltimore Orioles. He also was a longtime scout for the Orioles.
We also want to wish a happy birthday to Rhubarb_Runner’s daughter.
Mike Tiernan (1867)
Lew Fonseca (1899) Sam Mele (1922) Danny O'Connell (1927)
William Wrigley (1933)
Johnny Oates (1946)
Bill Stein (1947)
Mike Krukow (1952)
Dave Smith (1955) Mike Smithson (1955)
Jose Uribe (1959)
Andy Hawkins (1960)
Darryl Motley (1960)
Chris Hammond (1966)
Tom Urbani (1968)
Rusty Greer (1969) Jason Ryan (1976)
Tom Urbani was drafted by Minnesota in the twenty-ninth round in 1989, but did not sign.
Everett Mills (1845)
C. I. Taylor (1875)
William Eckert (1909)
Jimmy Outlaw (1913)
Joe Dobson (1917)
Gene Stephens (1933) Camilo Pascual (1934) Dave Boswell (1945) Cecil Espy (1963)
Ozzie Guillen (1964) Kevin Maas (1965) Marvin Benard (1970)
Brian Giles (1971)
David Eckstein (1975)
Geovany Soto (1983)
Everett Mills holds the record for most at-bats in a season without drawing a walk (342).
We would also like to wish a very happy birthday to FTLT’s firstborn.
Atlanta names John Moses batting coach of Class A Lynchburg of the Carolina League.
Cincinnati agrees to terms with Corky Miller on a minor league contract.
Angels agree to terms with Jerome Williams on a one-year contract.
Dodgers sign Peter Moylan as a free agent.
Milwaukee agrees to terms with Carlos Gomez on a one-year contract.
Toronto agrees to terms with Henry Blanco on a one-year contract.*
Chick Gandil (1888)
Lee Head (1899)
Rip Radcliff (1906)
Chet Trail (1944)
Jon Matlack (1950)
Rich Gale (1954)
Brad Mills (1957)
Rick Adair (1958)
Chris Sabo (1962)
Jim Morris (1964)
Orlando Palmeiro (1969) Phil Nevin (1971) Jeff Juden (1971)
Chris Stynes (1973)
Amaury Telemaco (1974)
Byung-Hyun Kim (1979)
Chet Trail is the only player to have been on a World Series roster who never appeared in a major league game, regular season or post-season.
Third baseman Brad Mills was drafted by Minnesota in the 16th round of the 1977 January draft, but did not sign.
Eddie Moore (1899)
Danny Kaye (1913) Mike Fornieles (1932) Chuck Cottier (1936)
Satch Davidson (1936)
Curt Flood (1938)
Carl Morton (1944)
Billy Grabarkewitz (1946)
Sachio Kinugasa (1947)
Scott McGregor (1954)
Dave Geisel (1955)
Brady Anderson (1964)
Mike Lieberthal (1972)
Entertainer Danny Kaye was one of the original owners of the Seattle Mariners.
Louis Santop (1890) Hank Leiber (1911)
Lum Harris (1915)
Mayo Smith (1915)
Don Zimmer (1931)
Keith Lieppman (1949)
Antonio Munoz (1949)
Pete LaCock (1952)
Darrell Porter (1952)
Mark Littell (1953)
Jerry Turner (1954)
Doug Simunic (1956) T. R. Bryden (1959) Chili Davis (1960) SBG (1965)
Tyler Houston (1971)
Rob Bell (1977)
Jimmy Macullar (1855)
Art Whitney (1858) Jimmy Collins (1870) Ferdie Schupp (1891)
Buck Jordan (1907) Dizzy Dean (1910) Jim Owens (1934) Ron Herbel (1938) Joe Bonikowski (1941) Tsuneo Horiuchi (1948)
Dave Stapleton (1954)
Steve Balboni (1957)
Marty Castillo (1957)
Dave Jauss (1957)
Jack McDowell (1966)
Ron Villone (1970)
Jack Cust (1979)
Albert Pujols (1980) Matt Maloney (1984) Jeff Manship (1985)
Jimmy Macullar holds the career record for most games by a left-handed-throwing shortstop (325). Oddly, he batted right-handed.
Marty Castillo was drafted by Minnesota in the twenty-first round in 1975, but did not sign.
