Pud Galvin (1856) Joe Quinn (1864)
Barry McCormick (1874)
Walter Holke (1892)
Lloyd Brown (1904)
Ben Chapman (1908)
Jo-Jo Moore (1908)
Ned Garver (1925) Nellie Fox (1927) Gene Lamont (1946)
Manny Trillo (1950)
Luis Quintana (1951) Jeff Little (1954) Charlie Lea (1956) Wallace Johnson (1956) Rickey Henderson (1958) Marty Pevey (1962)
There have been 22 major league players with the first name “Jesus”, including ex-Twins Jesus Vega and Jesus “Bombo” Rivera. There have been no major league players with the last name “Christ.” There have been eleven players whose first name was “Christian” (honorable mention to Cristian Guzman), fifteen players whose middle name was “Christian” (including ex-Twins Marcus Jensen, David Lamb, and Kevin Maas), and two players whose last name was “Christian”. We would be remiss if we did not also mention 1980s journeyman catcher Steve Christmas and Matt Holliday.
The staff of Happy Birthday would like to wish everyone a very merry and blessed Christmas.
Henry Mathewson (1886)
Chico Garcia (1924)
Frank Taveras (1949)
John D'Acquisto (1951) Tim Drummond (1964) Mo Sanford (1966) Kevin Millwood (1974)
Jamey Wright (1974)
Henry Mathewson is the younger brother of Christy Mathewson.
Mike Grady (1869)
Sam Leever (1871)
Tommy Thomas (1899) Jerry Koosman (1942) Dave May (1943)
Raul Cano (1945)
Jerry Manuel (1953) Keith Comstock (1955) Tim Leary (1958) Frank Eufemia (1959) Rick White (1968)
Brad Lidge (1976)
Jesus Colome (1977)
Victor Martinez (1978)
Hanley Ramirez (1983)
Connie Mack (1862) Matty Alou (1938)
Elrod Hendricks (1940) Steve Carlton (1944) Hiroyuki Yamazaki (1946)
Charley Taylor (1947)
Steve Garvey (1948)
Tom Underwood (1953) Ken Landreaux (1954) Lonnie Smith (1955)
Glenn Wilson (1958)
George Wright (1958)
Jeff A (1958)
Andy Allanson (1961) Mike Jackson (1964)
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)
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.
