John McGraw (1873)
Oral Hildebrand (1907)
Bobby Doerr (1918)
Jerry Hoffberger (1919)
Tom Phoebus (1942)
Bill Stoneman (1944)
Pete Van Wieren (1944)
Bobby Mitchell (1955)
Ricky Bones (1969)
Brett Tomko (1973)
Ronnie Belliard (1975)
Adrian Beltre (1979)
Jerry Hoffberger was the principal owner of the Baltimore Orioles from 1965-1979.
Pete Van Wieren was a broadcaster for the Atlanta Braves from 1976-2008.
We would also like to wish a happy birthday to the Philosofer's wife.
Smokey Joe Williams (1885)
Mickey Cochrane (1903)
Ernie Lombardi (1908)
Phil Regan (1937)
Marty Pattin (1943)
Bert Blyleven (1951)
Kenny Williams (1964)
Bret Boone (1969)
Lou Merloni (1971)
Ralph Garza (1994)
A star in the Negro Leagues, some say that Smokey Joe Williams was a better pitcher than Satchel Paige.
I don't know if four Hall of Famers on one day is the record, but it has to at least be close.
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)
Cameron Maybin (1987)
Martin Perez (1991)
Bart Giamatti was commissioner of baseball from April 1, 1989 until his death on September 1, 1989.
Nick Bremigan was an American League umpire from 1974-1988.
Herm Schneider has been a trainer in major league baseball for over thirty years.
We would also like to wish a happy birthday to CarterHayes’ brother.
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)
Mike Kekich (1945)
Reggie Smith (1945)
Don Sutton (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)
Shortstop Bill Yancey played in the Negro Leagues for fourteen years, later becoming a manager, coach, and scout.
Al Barlick was a National League umpire from 1940-1970.
Vedie Himsl was a longtime coach and scout, primarily in the Cubs organization. While pitching for St. John's (Minnesota) University, he struck out twenty batters in a game.
Daniel Okrent was one of the creators of the first fantasy baseball league.
Hank Steinbrenner is one of the owners of the New York Yankees, inheriting the team from his father in 2010.
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)
John Axford (1983)
Daniel Murphy (1985)
Hugo Bezdek is the only man to manage a major league team and coach an NFL team. He was the manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1917-1919 and the coach of the Cleveland Rams in 1937. He is also a member of the College Football Hall of Fame.
Vern Hoscheit was a long-time minor league manager, scout, and major league coach. He was also the president of the Three-I League from 1960-61.
Better known as a college football coach, Bo Schembechler was the president of the Detroit Tigers from 1990-1992.
Giulio Glorioso won six ERA titles and four pitching triple crowns in Italy and is a member of the Italian Baseball Hall of Fame.
Bill Hallman (1867)
Jack Stivetts (1868)
Big Jeff Pfeffer (1882)
Brick Owens (1885)
Tom Sheehan (1894)
Carson Bigbee (1895)
George Mitchell (1900)
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)
Peter Bourjos (1987)
Josmil Pinto (1989)
There have been two players in the majors named Jeff Pfeffer. They were brothers. "Big Jeff" Pfeffer was actually Francis Xavier Pfeffer. Plain old Jeff Pfeffer was actually Edward Joseph Pfeffer. "Big Jeff" was 6'1", 185 pounds. Plain old Jeff was 6'3", 210.
Brick Owens was a longtime major league umpire. His first name was Clarence. He got the nickname "Brick" after being hit by one while umpiring a game in Pittsburg, Kansas early in his career.
Mule Suttles is sometimes credited as the all-time Negro Leagues home run leader with 237. He swung a fifty-ounce bat.
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.
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)
Pat Light (1991)
Laz Diaz has been a major league umpire since 1999.
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)
Buster Posey (1987)
Ryne Harper (1989)
Matt Harvey (1989)
Jake Odorizzi (1990)
Effa Manley was the owner of the Brooklyn Eagles and the Newark Eagles in the Negro Leagues.
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 like to wish a very happy birthday to Can of Corn.
We would also like to wish a happy birthday to Milt on Tilt.
Jack McCarthy (1869)
Bill Zuber (1913)
Ben Mondor (1925)
Harry Kalas (1936)
Mel Queen (1942)
Kevin Seitzer (1962)
Jarvis Brown (1967)
Shane Reynolds (1968)
Jose Vizcaino (1968)
Jason Maxwell (1972)
Brendan Ryan (1982)
Eric Hacker (1983)
Hernan Perez (1991)
Rob Refsnyder (1991)
Michael Taylor (1991)
Ben Mondor was the owner of the Pawtucket Red Sox from 1977-2010. He is a member of the Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame and the International League Hall of Fame and won numerous minor league Executive of the Year awards from various organizations.
We would like to wish a happy birthday to MagUidhir's Little One.
Frank Dwyer (1868)
Clyde Milan (1887)
John Fetzer (1901)
Dutch Leonard (1909)
Jimmie Crutchfield (1910)
Lester Lockett (1912)
Ryohei Hasegawa (1930)
Woodie Held (1932)
Frank Peters (1944)
Lee Mazzilli (1955)
Jeff Kunkel (1962)
Tom Glavine (1966)
Erik Schullstrom (1969)
Travis Fryman (1969)
Dan Wilson (1969)
Neal Cotts (1980)
Hyun Jin Ryu (1987)
Mike Zunino (1991)
John Fetzer was the majority owner of the Detroit Tigers from 1961-1983.
Ryohei Hasegawa was a star in Japan in the 1950s and was also a coach, manager, and broadcaster there.
Frank Peters was a minor league player and manager. On August 31, 1974, while managing the Portland Mavericks, he had each player play each position for one inning. Portland won the game over the Tri-City Ports, 8-7.
There were six major league players born on March 25, 1969. In addition to the three listed above, Eric Helfand, Paul Menhart, and Scott Sanders were born on that date. I don't know whether that's a record, but it seems like it has to be pretty close.
