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)
I find it interesting that anyone who is even rumored to have used PEDs is labeled a dirty rotten cheater, but Whitey Ford, who has admitted to cheating by scuffing baseballs, is a Hall of Famer and a hero.
Jigger Statz (1897) Judy Johnson (1900) Bruce Campbell (1909) Mickey Mantle (1931) Juan Marichal (1937) Dave Collins (1952)
Keith Hernandez (1953)
Jerry Meals (1961)
Rudy Seanez (1968)
Juan Gonzalez (1969)
William Julius "Judy" Johnson was a star third baseman in the Negro Leagues.
Jerry Meals has been a major league umpire since 1998.
It appears that no players associated with the Twins were born on this day.
We also want to wish a very happy birthday to GreekHouse and to freealonzo’s mother.
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)
Rajai Davis (1980)
J. A. Happ (1982)
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)
David Murphy (1981)
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) Gil Velazquez (1979)
Howie Moss hit 279 minor league homers in a thirteen-year career.
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 one of the founders of the American League and was its principal financier.
Better known as a football coach, Lou Saban was the president of the New York Yankees in 1981 and 1982.