Jack Manning (1853)
Harry Stovey (1856)
Jimmy Williams (1876) Branch Rickey (1881) Fred Merkle (1888)
Butch Henline (1894)
George Pipgras (1899) Gabby Hartnett (1900) Spud Davis (1904)
Eddie Leishman (1910) Julio Becquer (1931) Oscar Gamble (1949)
Cecil Cooper (1949)
Ken Bolek (1953)
Jose DeLeon (1960) Augie Ojeda (1974) Aubrey Huff (1976)
David Wright (1982)
We would also like to wish a very happy birthday to spookymilk and mrs. milk.
Ford Frick (1894) Al Kaline (1934) Tony Taylor (1935)
Walt Williams (1943) Rob Gardner (1944) Geoff Zahn (1945) Kevin Stanfield (1955) Stu Cliburn (1956) Stan Cliburn (1956) Tom Lawless (1956)
Clay Parker (1962)
Bill Wegman (1962) Mike Fetters (1964) Chito Martinez (1965) Russell Branyan (1975)
Rafael Soriano (1979)
Clay Parker was drafted by Minnesota in the twenty-first round in 1984, but did not sign.
Ty Cobb (1886) Dick Coffman (1906)
Gino Cimoli (1929)
Moose Skowron (1930) Zoilo Versalles (1939) Steve Hovley (1944)
Drew Coble (1947)
Roy Howell (1953)
Jim Clancy (1955)
Scott Bailes (1961)
Willie Blair (1965)
Joe Randa (1969) Jose Rodriguez (1974)
We would also like to wish a very happy birthday to cheaptoy.
Cy Falkenberg (1879)
Ray Jablonski (1926)
Cal Ripken (1935)
Jerry Adair (1936) Leo Cardenas (1938) Bob Ojeda (1957)
Marvell Wynne (1959)
Curtis Pride (1968)
Alex Cintron (1978)
Chase Utley (1978)
Arizona acquires Craig Breslow, Trevor Cahill, and cash considerations from Oakland for Jarrod Parker, Ryan Cook, and Collin Cowgill.
Atlanta declines to tender a contract to Peter Moylan. Baltimore declines to tender a contract to Willie Eyre. Boston agrees to terms with Nick Punto on a two year contract.
Colorado agrees to terms with Kevin Slowey on a minor league contract.
Mets agree to terms with Jon Rauch on a one year contract.
Mets agree to terms with Chuck James on a minor league contract.
St. Louis agrees to terms with J. C. Romero on a one year contract.
San Francisco declines to tender a contract to Eli Whiteside. Seattle agrees to terms with Luis Rodriguez. Seattle agrees to terms with Matt Fox. Seattle agrees to terms with Sean Henn. Toronto claims Jim Hoey off waivers from Minnesota.
He’s still around? Philadelphia signs Scott Elarton.
Sammy Strang (1876)
Tony Kaufmann (1900)
Neil Chrisley (1931)
Adolfo Phillips (1941)
Mike Flanagan (1951) Rick Sofield (1956) Tom Gorman (1957) Billy Ripken (1964)
Jeff Granger (1971)
Charles Gipson (1972) Matt Kinney (1976)
The reason Neil Chrisley is listed is because his given name is Barbra O’Neil Chrisley. No explanation for this name is given, but it seems reasonable to assume that he’s the only man to play major league baseball whose first name was Barbra.
Jeff Granger was drafted by Minnesota in the fourteenth round in 1990, but did not sign.
Nig Clarke (1882)
Eddie Robinson (1920)
Ray Herbert (1929)
Haywood Sullivan (1930)
Sammy Esposito (1931)
Stan Bahnsen (1944)
Art Howe (1946) Mike Proly (1950) Bud Bulling (1952) Mo Vaughn (1967) Rick Helling (1970) Kevin Cameron (1979)
John Anderson (1873)
Lefty Tyler (1889)
Bob Weiland (1905)
Eddie Smith (1913)
Rusty Peters (1914)
Bobby Adams (1921)
Sad Sam Jones (1925)
Bob Clear (1927) Pete Whisenant (1929) Jim Roland (1942) Jerry May (1943) Greg Goossen (1945)
Bill Buckner (1949)
Craig Biggio (1965)
Ken Hill (1965)
Scott Hatteberg (1969) Marcus Jensen (1972) Billy Koch (1974)
Rodrigo Lopez (1975) Dave Gassner (1978)
Jack Taylor (1873)
Hank Majeski (1916) Larry Doby (1923) Shotgun Shuba (1924)
Carl Erskine (1926)
Billy Loes (1929)
Bubba Morton (1931)
Lindy McDaniel (1935)
J. C. Martin (1936)
Ron Taylor (1937) Ferguson Jenkins (1942) Paul Boris (1955) Dale Berra (1956)
Mike Mordecai (1967) Matthew LeCroy (1975)
We would also like to wish a very happy birthday to spookymilk's mom.