Jake Beckley (1867) Dolf Luque (1890)
Chick Galloway (1896)
Ski Melillo (1899)
Bill Hallahan (1902)
George Caster (1907)
Tuck Stainback (1911)
Luke Easter (1915)
Don Kolloway (1918)
Dallas Green (1934) Frank Kostro (1937) Ray Oyler (1938)
Cleon Jones (1942)
Johnny Grubb (1948)
Roger Clemens (1962)
B. J. Surhoff (1964) Matt Merullo (1965) Troy O'Leary (1969)
Bob Howry (1973) Eric Milton (1975) Scott Linebrink (1976)
While this is an incredible day for names, it should be pointed out that none of these players was listed here because of his name. In fact, each of them had a substantial baseball career.
Silver Flint (1855)
Ed McFarland (1874) Harry Heilmann (1894) Jim Hegan (1920)
Roger Repoz (1940)
Dan Meyer (1952)
Bob Davidson (1952)
Jim Gott (1959)
Mike Jeffcoat (1959)
Sid Bream (1960)
Mackey Sasser (1962)
Kevin Elster (1964)
Rod Beck (1968)
Troy Glaus (1976) Travis Bowyer (1981)
Dummy Kihm (1873)
Pop Kelchner (1875)
War Sanders (1877)
Red Ames (1882)
John F. Kieran (1892)
Fuzzy Hufft (1901)
Charles Einstein (1926) Tom Burgmeier (1943) Bombo Rivera (1952) Danny Sheaffer (1961) Tim Wakefield (1966) Matt Guerrier (1978) Humberto Quintero (1979)
Grady Sizemore (1982)
Huston Street (1983) Luke Hughes (1984)
What was War good for? Absolutely nothing. In twelve games, he was 2-8, 5.64, 1.61 WHIP. He also was 1-for-21 at the plate.
We would also like to wish a happy first birthday to UncleWalt's youngest child.
Frank Grant (1865)
Joe Shaute (1899)
George Sisler, Jr. (1917)
George Bamberger (1923)
Masaichi Kaneda (1933)
Pedro Cisneros (1939)
Tony Muser (1947)
Milt May (1950) Pete Mackanin (1951)
Greg Gross (1952)
Dave Anderson (1960)
Gregg Jefferies (1967)
Shigetoshi Hasegawa (1968)
Brian Bohanon (1968) Kevin Jarvis (1969)
Adam Jones (1985)
The son of the Hall of Famer, George Sisler, Jr. was a long-time minor league executive, winning the Minor League Executive of the Year award three times. He served as International League president from 1965-1976 and is a member of the International League Hall of Fame.
We would also like to wish a happy birthday to brianS' sister-in-law.
Joe Sugden (1870)
Laughing Larry Doyle (1886)
Art Nehf (1892)
Allen Russell (1893)
Elmer Riddle (1914) Curt Gowdy (1919) Hank Bauer (1922)
Vic Davalillo (1936)
John Vukovich (1947)
Dave Dombrowski (1956)
Leon Durham (1957)
Mike Bielecki (1959)
Scott Bankhead (1963)
Ted Barrett (1965)
Gabe Kapler (1975) Rene Rivera (1983)
Casey Stengel (1890) Frankie Pytlak (1908)
Tony Lucadello (1912)
Joe Coleman (1922)
Paul Minner (1923)
Joe Nuxhall (1928)
Gus Triandos (1930)
Bud Selig (1934)
Bob Barton (1941) Pat Kelly (1944) Doug Rader (1944)
Jim Spencer (1946)
Ellis Valentine (1954)
Clint Hurdle (1957)
Steve Trout (1957)
Scott Fletcher (1958)
Tom Pagnozzi (1962) Scott Diamond (1986)
Earl Moore (1877)
George Cutshaw (1886)
Cedric Tallis (1914)
Felix Mantilla (1934)
Don Wert (1938) Bill Whitby (1943) Hisashi Yamada (1948)
Dan Driessen (1951)
Greg Minton (1951)
Dave LaPoint (1959)
Luis Alicea (1965)
Mike Williams (1968) Seth Greisinger (1975) Ryan Braun (1980)
I had completely forgotten that there was a Ryan Braun who pitched for Kansas City in 2006 and 2007, but it's his birthday today.
Bullet Joe Rogan (1893) Morrie Silver (1909)
Harry Dalton (1928) Ted Lepcio (1929) Masaaki Koyama (1934) Marty Brennaman (1942) Vida Blue (1949)
Wayne Krivsky (1954)
Carmelo Martinez (1960)
Bob Milacki (1964) Derek Lee (1966)
We would also like to wish a happy birthday to MagUidhir's brother.
Davy Force (1846) Joe Tinker (1880) Rube Walberg (1896) Biz Mackey (1897) Benny Bengough (1898)
Zack Taylor (1898) Leo Durocher (1905) Kazuto Tsuruoka (1916)
Ray Boone (1923)
Harry Wendelstedt (1938)
Larry Biittner (1945)
Bump Wills (1952)
Rich Dauer (1952)
Brian Kingman (1954) Shane Rawley (1955) Len Barker (1955)
Dave Dombrowski (1956)
Tom Goodwin (1968) Shane Bowers (1971) Enrique Wilson (1973) Alex Rodriguez (1975) Tsuyoshi Nishioka (1984)
We would also like to wish a very happy anniversary to Mr. and Mrs. Rowsdower.
Sam Breadon (1876)
Sad Sam Jones (1892)
Brick Eldred (1892)
Larry Woodall (1894)
Paul Gallico (1897)
Fat Freddie Fitzsimmons (1901)
Alex Radcliffe (1905)
Sam Leslie (1905)
Ellis Kinder (1914)
Jimmy Bloodworth (1917)
Sibby Sisti (1920) Hoyt Wilhelm (1922) Norm Siebern (1933)
Pete Ward (1937)
Ken Kaiser (1945)
Jody Reed (1962) Greg Colbrunn (1969) Joaquin Benoit (1977) Alex Burnett (1987)
