Guy Hecker (1856)
Larry Shepard (1919)
Alex Grammas (1926)
Art Ditmar (1929)
Wally Moon (1930)
Jerry Dale (1933)
Hawk Taylor (1939) Larry Littleton (1954) Darrell Jackson (1956)
Gary Pettis (1958) Doug Baker (1961) Chris Bosio (1963)
Mark Shapiro (1967)
Mike Lansing (1968) Ryan Doumit (1981) Kyle Phillips (1984)
Guy Hecker is one of three pitchers to have won over fifty games in a season. He is also the only pitcher to have won a batting title.
Larry Shepard managed Pittsburgh in 1968-1969. Coincidentally, he was replaced by Alex Grammas.
Tommy Bond (1856) Hughie Jennings (1869) Bill Yancey (1904) Luke Appling (1907) Al Barlick (1915) Vedie Himsl (1917)
Bobby Avila (1924)
Billy Pierce (1927)
Gordon Jones (1930)
Dick Radatz (1937)
Al Weis (1938) Don Sutton (1945) Reggie Smith (1945) Mike Kekich (1945)
Daniel Okrent (1948) Tom Johnson (1951) Billy Sample (1955) Hank Steinbrenner (1957)
Pete Incaviglia (1964) Curtis Leskanic (1968) Denny Hocking (1970) Jon Lieber (1970)
We would also like to wish a very happy birthday to Lucy.
Hugo Bezdek (1884)
Jeff Heath (1915)
Vern Hoscheit (1922)
Bo Schembechler (1929)
Giulio Glorioso (1931) Ron Perranoski (1936) Ted Sadowski (1936) Phil Niekro (1939) Rusty Staub (1944)
Willie Montanez (1948) Mike Bacsik (1952) Mike Kinnunen (1958) Rich Amaral (1962)
Frank Castillo (1969)
Matt Herges (1970)
Better known as a college football coach, Bo Schembechler was the president of the Detroit Tigers from 1990-1992.
Arizona options David Winfree to AAA Reno.
Atlanta signs Livan Hernandez. Baltimore assigns Willie Eyre to minor league camp. Baltimore assigns Steve Tolleson to minor league camp.
Boston releases Carlos Silva.
Cubs assign Matt Tolbert to minor league camp.
Cleveland releases Cristian Guzman. Cincinnati assigns Ron Mahay to minor league camp.
Colorado releases Casey Blake. Houston releases Livan Hernandez. Monterrey of the Mexican League activates Dan Serafini. Mets sign Kevin Mulvey to a minor league contract. Mets assign Chuck James to minor league camp.
Oakland assigns Jason Pridie to AAA Sacramento. Philadelphia assigns Jeff Lanning to Class A Clearwater.
Yankees sign Steve Pearce as a free agent.
San Francisco releases Ramon Ortiz. Texas assigns Yangervis Solarte to minor league camp.
Texas releases Joe Beimel. Texas options Mark Hamburger to AAA Round Rock.
Bill Hallman (1867)
Jack Stivetts (1868)
Big Jeff Pfeffer (1882)
Brick Owens (1885)
Tom Sheehan (1894)
Carson Bigbee (1895) Mule Suttles (1900) Marv Grissom (1918) Dave Koslo (1920)
Moises Camacho (1932)
Moose Stubing (1938) Balvino Galvez (1964) Chien-Ming Wang (1980)
Jeff Mathis (1983)
One of the top second basemen in the history of the Mexican League, Moises Camacho played there from 1951-1975. He was known as the Rogers Hornsby of Mexico.
Tom Burns (1857)
George Van Haltren (1866)
Ripper Collins (1904)
Dick Fowler (1921) Dick Woodson (1945) Grady Little (1950)
Jason Dickson (1973)
Jeriome Robertson (1977)
Josh Bard (1978)
Josh Bard was drafted by Minnesota in the thirty-fifth round in 1996, but did not sign.
Cy Young (1867) Duff Cooley (1873)
Bill Dietrich (1910)
Tommy Holmes (1917)
Ferris Fain (1921)
Denny McLain (1944)
Bill Castro (1952)
Tom Hume (1953)
Domingo Ramos (1958)
Mike Kingery (1961) Billy Beane (1962) Laz Diaz (1963)
Eric Gunderson (1966)
Brian Jordan (1967) Alex Ochoa (1972) Danny Kolb (1975)
Danny Kolb was drafted by Minnesota in the seventeenth round in 1993, but did not sign.
Miller Huggins (1878) Effa Manley (1897)
Wes Covington (1932)
Bill Sudakis (1946)
Lynn McGlothen (1950)
Dick Ruthven (1951)
Dave Hostetler (1956)
Jaime Navarro (1967) Tom Quinlan (1968)
Dee Brown (1978) Michael Cuddyer (1979)
Brian Slocum (1981)
Dick Ruthven was drafted by Minnesota in the first round in 1972, but did not sign.
Brian Slocum was drafted by Minnesota in the fourteenth round in 1999, but did not sign.
We would also like to wish a happy birthday to Milt on Tilt. Wherever he is.
Jack McCarthy (1869)
Bill Zuber (1913)
Ben Mondor (1925) Harry Kalas (1936) Mel Queen (1942)
Kevin Seitzer (1962) Jarvis Brown (1967) Jose Vizcaino (1968)
Shane Reynolds (1968) Jason Maxwell (1972) Eric Hacker (1983)
