Deacon McGuire (1863)
Jack Coombs (1882)
Les Mann (1892) Gene Mauch (1925) Roy Sievers (1926) Danny McDevitt (1932) Cal Koonce (1940) Jim Shellenback (1943) Steve Henderson (1952)
Luis Pujols (1955)
Mike Felder (1961)
Jamie Moyer (1962)
Dante Bichette (1963) Ron Coomer (1966) Tom Gordon (1967)
Gary Sheffield (1968) David Ortiz (1975) Shawn Camp (1975)
Steve Bechler (1979)
Roy Sievers was a star for the franchise when it was in Washington in the 1950s.
There are 74 current and former major league players born on this day. I'm pretty sure that's the most on any day.
George Stallings (1867)
Mike Garcia (1923)
Orlando Pena (1933)
Gary Bell (1936) Tom Seaver (1944) Brad Havens (1959) Mitch Williams (1964) Paul Sorrento (1965) Jeff Nelson (1966)
Eli Marrero (1973) Darnell McDonald (1978) Ryan Braun (1983)
Nick Markakis (1983)
George Stallings managed in the major leagues for thirteen years. He is best remembered as the manager of the 1914 Miracle Braves.
Joe Quest (1852)
Paul Foytack (1930)
Frank Bolling (1931)
Harry Chiti (1932) Minnie Mendoza (1933) Don Hahn (1948)
Herb Washington (1951)
Glenn Burke (1952) Curt Wardle (1960) Dwight Gooden (1964)
Chris Haney (1968)
Pete Rose (1969)
Julio Lugo (1975)
Sprinter Herb Washington played for Oakland for two seasons as a pinch-runner. He appeared in 105 games, but did not play in the field and did not bat. He stole 31 bases in 48 attempts and scored 33 runs.
Tom Loftus (1856)
Pat Ragan (1885)
Mickey Livingston (1914)
Gus Bell (1928)
Big Brother A (1951) Randy Niemann (1955) Pedro Borbon (1967)
Tom Loftus managed Cincinnati, Chicago, and Washington around the turn of the (twentieth) century.
Big Brother A is one of the two people--Dad A being the other--from whom I got a love of baseball and a love of the Twins. I don't know how I can have a brother who's sixty-two years old, but happy birthday, Big Brother.
We also wish a happy birthday to spookymilk’s brother.
Johnny Kling (1875)
Jackie Price (1912)
Ted Wilks (1915)
Jim Delsing (1925)
Steve Bilko (1928)
Wes Parker (1939)
Mel Stottlemyre (1941)
Gene Garber (1947) John Sutton (1952) Dan Petry (1958)
Pat Hentgen (1968) Jason Simontacchi (1973) Gerald Laird (1979)
Jackie Price played one season in the major leagues, but was better known as a baseball entertainer. He is sometimes called a "baseball clown", but that's not really accurate, because he actually performed tricks more than actually clowning.
Joe Battin (1853)
Freddy Parent (1875) Rabbit Maranville (1891) Al Schacht (1892) Pie Traynor (1898) Hal Trosky (1912)
George Case (1915)
Ike Delock (1929) Ron Musselman (1954) John Hobbs (1955) Cory Snyder (1962)
Roberto Hernandez (1964)
Damion Easley (1969)
Jason Grilli (1976)
Al Schacht played in the majors for three years, but was better known as "The Clown Prince of Baseball".
On this Veterans' Day, we would like to thank all current and former members of the military for their service, especially those who are part of the wgom.
Jim Whitney (1857)
Cy Morgan (1878)
Del Gainer (1886)
Chick Fewster (1895)
Jimmie Dykes (1896)
Birdie Tebbetts (1912)
Johnny Lipon (1922) Cal Ermer (1923) Gene Conley (1930)
Norm Cash (1934)
Mike Vail (1951) Paul Thormodsgard (1953) Larry Parrish (1953)
Larry Christenson (1953)
Bob Stanley (1954)
Jack Clark (1955) Kenny Rogers (1964) Keith Lockhart (1964) Butch Huskey (1971) Shawn Green (1972)
George Wood (1858)
Billy Sunday (1862)
Harvey Hendrick (1897)
Johnny Gooch (1897)
Jerry Priddy (1919)
Bob Wren (1920)
Bill Bruton (1925) Whitey Herzog (1931) Bob Gibson (1935) Jim Riggleman (1952)
Teddy Higuera (1958)
Dion James (1962)
Chad Ogea (1970)
Adam Dunn (1979) Chuck James (1981) Joel Zumaya (1984)
Bob Wren was the head coach of Ohio University from 1949-1972.
Jim Riggleman has managed San Diego, the Cubs, Seattle, and Washington.
Bucky Harris (1896) Tony Cuccinello (1907)
Wally Westlake (1920) Joe Nossek (1940) Ed Kranepool (1944)
John Denny (1952)
Jerry Remy (1952)
Jeff Blauser (1965) Eric Anthony (1967) Henry Rodriguez (1967) Jose Offerman (1968) Edgardo Alfonzo (1973) Nick Punto (1977)
Bucky Harris was a star for the franchise when it was in Washington in the 1920s.
