Cannonball Redding (1890)
Marvin Miller (1917)
Gordon Gillespie (1926)
Don Mueller (1927)
Marty Keough (1934)
Pete Rose (1941)
Joe Lahoud (1947) Ron Schueler (1948) Greg Maddux (1966)
David Justice (1966) Greg Myers (1966) Mike Trombley (1967) Brad Ausmus (1969)
Steve Avery (1970)
Gregg Zaun (1971)
Kyle Farnsworth (1976)
Gordon Gillespie holds the record for most wins by a college baseball coach.
It must be kind of a bummer for a big league ballplayer to not only not be the best player born on the day and year he was born, but to not even be the best player with his first name born on the day and year he was born.
Herman Long (1866)
Kid Elberfeld (1875)
Jake Stahl (1879)
Claude Hendrix (1889)
Ben Cantwell (1902)
Pete Quesada (1904)
Roxie Lawson (1906)
Bill Deegan (1935)
John Stephenson (1941) Jeff Bittiger (1962) Mark Leiter (1963)
Doug Strange (1964)
Ricardo Rincon (1970) Kevin Ohme (1971) Hunter Pence (1983)
Ross Youngs (1897) Bubba Hyde (1908)
Chuck Connors (1921)
Frank Lary (1930)
Robert Nederlander (1933)
Wes Stock (1934)
Joe Gibbon (1935)
Bob Watson (1946)
Lee Lacy (1948) Tom Lundstedt (1949) Ken Griffey (1950)
Mike Devereaux (1963)
Starvin’ Marvin Freeman (1963)
Alberto Reyes (1971) Mike Lincoln (1975) Andre Ethier (1982)
Better known as an actor, Chuck Connors was a first baseman for the Chicago Cubs in 1951. He also played professional basketball, and was the first player to break the glass backboard with a slam dunk in a professional basketball game.
John Peters (1850)
Kirby Higbe (1915)
Stan Wasiak (1920)
Charlie Maxwell (1927)
Turk Farrell (1934)
Takao Kajimoto (1935)
John Hiller (1943) Catfish Hunter (1946) Randy Marsh (1949) Mac Scarce (1949) Gary Carter (1954) Alex Gonzalez (1973)
Timo Perez (1975) Matt Ford (1981)
Felix Hernandez (1986)
Yonder Alonso (1987)
Stan Wasiak holds the record for most wins as a minor league manager, 2,530. He managed from 1950-1986, managing at levels from Class D to AAA.
Yonder Alonso was drafted by Minnesota in the sixteenth round in 2005, but did not sign.
We would like to wish a happy birthday to the brother of Daneeka's Ghost. We would also like to wish everyone a joyous and blessed Easter.
John McGraw (1873) Oral Hildebrand (1907) Bobby Doerr (1918) Jerry Hoffberger (1919)
Pete Van Wieren (1944) Bobby Mitchell (1955) Ricky Bones (1969) Brett Tomko (1973)
Ronnie Belliard (1975)
Adrian Beltre (1979)
Bill Hinchman (1883)
John Hummel (1883) Tris Speaker (1888) Joe Vosmik (1910)
Mickey Owen (1916)
Gil Hodges (1924)
Gary Geiger (1937)
Bart Giamatti (1938)
Eddie Watt (1941)
Jim Fregosi (1942)
Mike Epstein (1943)
Nick Bremigan (1945)
Ray Fosse (1947)
Herm Schneider (1952) Tom Herr (1956) Brad Komminsk (1961)
Scott Rolen (1975) Casey Daigle (1981)
We would also like to wish a happy birthday to CarterHayes’ brother.