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March 28
1935: The Sporting News discusses White Sox hurler George Earnshaw's "new pitch" and calls it a "slider" for the first time in print. Earnshaw credits Waite Hoyt for showing him the pitch, Hoyt credits George Uhle and some people say none of that is true that it was George Blaeholder and it was hitters facing him in the 1929 season who named the pitch. So if someone ever asks you who invented the slider, just respond, "George Somebody," and chances are good you are correct

1977: Just before an exhibition game, Texas Rangers manager Frank Lucchesi and player Lenny Randle get into an argument that turns physical. The fight ends with Lucchesi taken to the hospital with a fractured cheekbone and Randle fined an undisclosed amount. Randle will also be traded to the Mets for a player to be named later (Rick Auerbach) less than a month later. Lucchesi will be fired in June in another bizzare chapter of Rangers history as the team goes through 4 managers in a 7-day period.

Today's Birthdays:
Lonnie Warneke, 1909 in Mount Ida, Arkansas
Victor John Angelo Raschi, 1919 in West Springfield, Massachusetts
Glenn Earle Davis, 1961 in Jacksonville, Florida
Paul Anthony Wilson, 1973 in Orlando, Florida



March 29
1954: The Cubs fire player-manager Phil Cavaretta during spring training after Cavaretta tells Chicago owner Philip Wrigley that the Cubs have a slim chance to compete in the NL in 1954. Cavaretta, who had been in the Cubs organization for 20 years at the time, winds up playing with the crosstown White Sox the next two seasons to close out his career.

1973: Spurred by the desires of Athletics owner Charlie Finley, orange baseballs are used in an exhibition game between Oakland and Cleveland. The Indians thrash the A's, 11-5.

2000: From Baseball Library>>> The Cubs open the major league season in the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan, by defeating the Mets, 5-3, in the first big league game ever played outside of North America. Jon Lieber gets the victory and new ace Mike Hampton takes the loss. Shane Andrews hits the first home run of the new millennium. Mark Grace and Mike Piazza also homer.

Today's Birthdays:
Denton True "Cy" Young, 1867 in Gilmore, Ohio
Dennis Dale McLain, 1944 in Chicago, Illinois
Thomas Hubert Hume, 1953 in Cincinnati, Ohio
Brian O'Neal Jordan, 1967 in Baltimore, Maryland
Daniel Lee Kolb, 1975 in Sterling, Illinois



March 30
1917: From Baseball Library>>> In an exhibition game in Dallas between the Giants and Tigers, Ty Cobb slides into second bases and slashes Buck Herzog's leg with his spikes. Herzog jumps on Cobb and the two fight fiercely until separated. Herzog challenges Cobb to a fight and says he'll be in Cobb's room at 10 p.m. and both will be accompanied by one teammate. Herzog and Heinie Zimmerman show up, but Cobb has eight teammates on hand. Herzog knocks the Tiger star down with his first punch but Cobb gets up and hammers the New Yorker until the two are finally separated. Cobb refuses to play the remaining games with the Giants, and at the end of the week the New York players send him a postcard: "It's safe to rejoin your club; we've left."

1978: The Boston Red Sox acquire right-hander Dennis Eckersley, along with catcher Fred Kendall, from the Cleveland Indians in exchange for catcher Bo Diaz, third baseman Ted Cox and right-handers Rick Wise and Mike Paxton. Eck will enjoy his only 20-win season for the Sox that year, going 20-8 with a 2.99 ERA and finishing 4th in the Cy Young voting on his way to an eventual Hall of Fame invite. Wise, on the other hand, will be charged with 19 losses pitching for the Tribe in '78.

Today's Birthdays:
George Edward Martin Van Haltren, 1866 in St. Louis, Missouri
James Anthony "Ripper" Martin, 1904 in Altoona, Pennsylvania
William Grady Little, 1950 in Abilene, Texas ... MANAGER
Jeriome Paul Robertson, 1977 in San Jose, California



March 31
1961: The Pacific Coast League's request to use a "designated batter" for their pitchers is voted down by the PBRC (Professional Baseball Rules Committee). The American League will adopt the DH a dozen years later.

1970: The Seattle Pilots, who have played just one season in the AL, are purchased by Milwaukee car salesman Bud Selig, relocated to Wisconsin and rechristened the Brewers. The Pilots owners had run into bankruptcy troubles and a judge accepted what was reported to be a $10 million offer from Selig and his fellow investors in a truly last minute move. The new Brewers will open the season witha pair of losses to the Angels on April 7-8, then play their first home game in Milwaukee on April 10.

2001: The Pittsburgh Pirates open their new PNC Park with a 4-3 loss to the New York Mets in an exhibition contest. PNC is my favorite of the "new retro" ballparks.

Today's Birthdays:
William Wilson "Bill" Hallman, 1867 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Carson Lee Bigbee, 1895 in Waterloo, Oregon
Lawrence George "Moose" Stubing, 1938 in Bronx, New York *
Ryan Kittman Rupe, 1975 in Houston, Texas

* According to his site at Baseball Reference, Stubing is the only person to both play and manage in the big leagues without registering either a hit or a win

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April 01
1947: The short-lived American Baseball Guild, the first successful players union, establishes a new minimum salary for players in the majors ($5,500), also getting the owners to kick in expense money and the first-ever players pension. Lawyer Robert Murphy, former head of the National Labor Relations Board, is in charge of the Guild, but it is the work of St. Louis Cardinals shortstop Marty Marion that proves most critical as far as the pension plan goes. The present-day players union succeeds the Guild shortly thereafter.

1950: The PCL Hollywood Stars take the field in short pants, becoming the second team to try the uniform change. The Houston Buffaloes of the Texas League wore shorts in the 1949 season, but that idea didn't take since mosquites proved to be a problem for players in Houston.

1999: Hideki Irabu, the Japanese import the New York Yankees have brought in, is unaffectionately nicknamed "Fat Toad" by owner George Steinbrenner after Irabu fails to hustle during an exhibition contest. According to Baseball Library, the new moniker comes with an even less kind middle name

Today's Birthdays:
John Geoffrey "Jeff" Heath, 1915 in Fort William, Ontario, Canada
Ronald Peter Perranoski, 1936 in Paterson, New Jersey
Philip Henry Niekro, 1939 in Blaine, Ohio
Daniel Joseph "Rusty" Staub, 1944 in New Orleans, Louisiana
Matthew Tyler Herges, 1970 in Champaign, Illinois


April 02
1931: Jackie Mitchell, a 17-yr-old person of the female persuasion, whiffs both Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig back-to-back in an exhibition game for the Chattanooga Lookouts against the Yankees. The young lady came on in relief in the top of the 1st and walked Tony Lazzeri following the K's before leaving the contest.

1995: The strike that destroyed the 1994 season comes to an end during a meeting of the 28 MLB teams in Chicago. A court injunction against using replacement players forced the truce in the battle. Veterans begin reporting to came for what will be a shortened 1995 schedule (144 games).

2001: During a 7-3 Yankees win over the Royals, Roger Clemens ties Walter Johnson's AL mark of 3,509 career strikeouts.

Today's Birthdays:
Hugh Ambrose "Hughie" Jennings, 1869 in Scranton, Pennsylvania (MGR)
Lucius Benjamin "Luke" Appling, 1907 in High Point, North Carolina
Albert Joseph Barlick, 1915 in Springfield, Illinois (UMPIRE)
Roberto Francisco "Bobby" Avila, 1924 in Veracruz, Mexico
Donald Howard Sutton, 1945 in Clio, Alabama
Carl Reginald "Reggie" Smith, 1945 in Shreveport, Louisiana
Peter Joseph Incaviglia, 1964 in Pebble Beach, California
Jonathan Ray Lieber, 1970 in Council Bluffs, Iowa


April 03
1966: Tom Seaver, the 20th overall selection in the secondary phase of the 1966 draft, finally signs his first legal professional contract, inking with the New York Mets for a $51,000 bonus. The Braves thought they had Seaver signed a few weeks earlier for $40,000, but since Seaver had already started pitching for the USC Trojans, the contract was voided by then-commish William Eckert. Seaver, after signing with the Mets, is declared ineligible by the NCAA and this caused a special draft to be setup by MLB. He will eventually report to New York's Triple-A club in Jacksonville.

2002: Ryan Drese becomes the emergency starter for Cleveland and picks up the dubya in the Indians' 6-5 victory over the Angels. Drese replaces scheduled Tribe starter Chuck Finley is scratched after a domestic disturbance the night before involving him and his wife Tawny Kitaen who is eventually charged with spousal abuse.

Today's Birthdays:
Harry "Socks" Seibold, 1896 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Wallace Wade "Wally" Moon, 1930 in Bay, Arkansas (Fightin' Texas Aggie)
Gary George Pettis, 1958 in Oakland, California
Christopher Louis Bosio, 1963 in Carmichael, California
Michael Thomas Lansing, 1968 in Rawlins, Wyoming
William Robert "Bobby" Hill, 1978 in San Jose, California


April 04
1911: Auto mogul Hugh Chalmers announces he will sponsor a most valuable player award in each league, with the prize being one of his autmobiles. The Chalmers Award only last a few years, then dies out before each league revives the MVP concept in the 1920s.

1974: At Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati, Atlanta's Henry Aaron knocks a Jack Billingham pitch out of the park for his 714th career home run to tie Babe Ruth on the all-time list.

1988: Toronto's George Bell becomes the first player to hit 3 HR on Opening Day in the Blue Jays' 5-3 win over the Royals in Kansas City.

1994: On Opening Day of the ill-fated 1994 MLB campaign, Chicago's Tuffy Rhodes becomes just the second player to wallop 3 HR on Opening Day, but his Cubs fall to the Mets anyway in Wrigley Field, 12-8. All three homers come off New York starter Dwight Gooden who will still manage to pick up the win in the contest.

Today's Birthdays:
Tristam E. Speaker, 1888 in Hubbard, Texas
Joseph Franklin Vosmik, 1910 in Cleveland, Ohio
Arnold Malcolm "Mickey" Owen, 1916 in Nixa, Missouri
Gilbert Raymond "Gil" Hodges, 1924 in Princeton, New Jersey
James Louis "Jim" Fregosi, 1942 in San Francisco, California
Raymond Earl Fosse, 1947 in Marion, Illinois
Thomas Mitchell Herr, 1956 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania (Home of APBA)
Scott Bruce Rolen, 1975 in Evansville, Indiana

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April 05
1925: Yankees slugger Babe Ruth suffers what is called "the bellyache heard round the world," and collapses in a North Carolina train station as New York makes its way north following spring training. The "bellyache" turns out to be much more serious, and Ruth undergoes surgery a couple of weeks later for an intestinal abscess. He will not see any action until June 1st that season.

1974: Fred Snodgrass dies at his home in Ventura, California, at the age of 86. A speedy outfielder for some strong Giants teams in the 1910s, Snodgrass is unfortunately remembered mostly for dropping a fly ball in the dusk of Game 7 in the 1912 World Series that leads to the Boston Red Sox' eventual win. in other words, he was the Bill Buckner of his day, the irony being that Snodgrass' misplay gave Boston a title. Snodgrass will go on to a successful post-baseball life as a rancher, and eventually serve as mayor of Oxnard, California.

Today's Birthdays:
William Edward "Wid" Conroy, 1877 in Camden, New Jersey
Ronald Lavern Hansen, 1938 in Oxford, Nebraska
Renaldo Antonio "Rennie" Stennett, 1951 in Colon, Panama
Ryan Thomas Drese, 1976 in San Francisco, California
Brandon Allen Backe, 1978 in Galveston, Texas



April 06
1929: The Cleveland Indians become the first team to sport uniform numbers on the back of their jerseys. The Yankees had actually announced they were going to use numbers on the backs of players earlier that year, but the Indians beat them to the field with the notion. In 1916, the Indians had worn numbers on their sleeves, the very first time numbers appeared anywhere on player uniforms.

1973: Ron Blomberg of the Yankees becomes the first official DH in MLB history when New York faces Boston. Blomberg is walked with the bases full in his first official plate appearance by Red Sox hurler Luis Tiant, but Boston wins the game 15-5.

2002: Japanese star Kazuhisa Ishii makes his MLB debut for Los Angeles, striking out 10 in 5-1/3 scoreless innings to help the Dodgers to a 9-2 win over the Rockies.

Today's Birthdays:
Joseph "Smokey Joe" Williams, 1885 in Sequin, Texas (Negro League Star)
Gordon Stanley "Mickey" Cochrane, 1903 in Bridgewater, Massachusetts
Ernesto Natali "Ernie" Lombardi, 1908 in Oakland, California
Philip Raymond Regan, 1937 in Otsego, Michigan
Wayne Leon Graham, 1937 in Yoakum, Texas (Current Rice U. Manager)
Rik Aalbert "Bert" Blyleven, 1951 in Zeist, Holland
Bret Robert Boone, 1969 in El Cajon, California
Barry Jarvis Wesson, 1977 in Tupelo, Mississippi



April 07
1975: The Houston Astros sport their famous (infamous?) rainbow jerseys for the first time in a 6-2 win over the Braves at the Astrodome. Larry Dierker goes the distance to pickup the win over Atlanta's Phil Niekro. Jose Cruz has 3 hits, including a homer, and drives in half of Houston's runs. Though the uniforms are a success in this game, they will not help the Astros avoid the NL West cellar that season.

1988: Work to install lights at venerable old Wrigley Field begins after the Chicago City Council approved the move earlier that spring. It will be later that season before Wrigley hosts its first night game, and that contest is rained out.

2000: Houston's new Enron Field holds its first official game with the visiting Phillies topping the Astros 4-1. Enron president Kenneth Lay throws out the first pitch and Texas governor George W. Bush, who will be elected US president in about 8 months, is also on hand. About 20 months later, Enron will fall in the first of the accounting scandals to rock America.

Today's Birthdays:
John Joseph McGraw, 1873 in Truxton, New York (MGR)
Jacob Ellsworth "Jake" Daubert, 1884 in Shamokin, Pennsylvania
Robert Pershing "Bobby" Doerr, 1918 in Los Angeles, California
Adrian Beltre, 1979 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

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This Day in Baseball
April 05, 2003 - Mo Miller, Owner of the Fort Worth Panthers, drafts what will become the 2003 WSBL Champions.

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It's a day I won't forget, especially since you won't let me, Mo!

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April 08
1942: The LA Times adds a pitching summary to boxscores for the first time in print. The Times includes numbers for innings pitched, hits, runs, earned runs, walks and strikeouts. Coming nearly 100 years after the first boxscore is published, the practice is quickly adopted by The Sporting News, but it will be 1958 before all wire services include pitching stats in their boxes.

1974: Henry Aaron becomes the all-time HR champion when he parks a 4th-inning Al Downing pitch over the LF wall in Atlanta for his 715th career dinger. The Braves beat the Dodgers 7-4.

1986: In his first MLB at bat, Giants 1B Will Clark hammers a homer off Houston's Nolan Ryan in the Astrodome. San Francisco goes on to beat the Astros, 8-3. A little more than 5 months later, Clark will make the last out in Mike Scott's no-hitter at the Astrodome as Houston clinches the NL West title.

Today's Birthdays:
Walter Kirby Higbe, 1915 in Columbia, South Carolina
Richard Joseph "Turk" Farrell, 1934 in Boston, Massachusetts
James Augustus "Catfish" Hunter, 1946 in Hertford, North Carolina
Gary Edmund Carter, 1954 in Culver City, California
Alexander Scott "Alex" Gonzalez, 1973 in Miami, Florida




April 09
1913: The Dodgers open their brand new stadium, Ebbetts Field, with a 1-0 win over the Phillies. Sure wish I'd seen a game in that old park.

1965: The Astros defeat the Yankees 2-1 in 12 innings in an exhibition game to mark the first indoor baseball game played in the majors. President Lyndon Johnson is part of the nearly 48,000 fans on hand for the event, and New York's Mickey Mantle hits the first homer in the park to account for all of the Yankees' scoring.

1993: The Colorado Rockies play the first game in franchise history in front of a regular season record crowd of 80,227 at Mile High Std. Eric Young leads off the bottom of the 1st for the Rox with a homer, and Colorado goes on to an 11-4 victory over Montreal.

Today's Birthdays:
James Leslie "Hippo" Vaughn, 1888 in Weatherford, Texas
Claude William Passeau, 1909 in Waynesboro, Mississippi
Nathan "Nate" Colbert, 1946 in St. Louis, Missouri
Kirk Edward McCaskill, 1961 in Kapuskasing, Ontario, Canada
William Harold "Hal" Morris III, 1965 in Ft. Rucker, Alabama
Graeme John Lloyd, 1967 in Victoria, Australia



April 10
1947: The Brooklyn Dodgers make the most historic player transaction in MLB history when they announce they have purchased the contract of Jackie Robinson from Montreal of the International League.

1962: The Houston Colt 45s play their first league game, whipping the Chicago Cubs 11-2 in Houston. The game is played in Colt Std which was built in less than 10 months. A near sellout crowd of 25,271 is on hand to see the game.

1992: San Diego's Dave Eiland homers in his 1st MLB at bat (off Bob Ojeda) in the Padres' 8-3 win. He is only the 9th pitcher to hit a home run in his first trip to the plate, and the only pitcher in MLB history to hit a homer in his first AB and serve up a homer to the first batter he ever faces. Back on Aug 3, 1988, when he made his MLB debut for the Yankees, Eiland served up a gopher ball to Milwaukee leadoff batter Paul Molitor.

Today's Birthdays:
Royce Middlebrook "Ross" Youngs, 1897 in Shiner, Texas
Kirk Joseph Aloysius "Chuck" Connors, 1921 in Brooklyn, New York (The Rifleman)
Frank Strong Lary, 1930 in Northport, Alabama
Robert Jose "Bob" Watson, 1946 in Los Angeles, California
Leondaus "Lee" Lacy, 1948 in Longview, Texas
George Kenneth "Ken" Griffey, Sr., 1950 in Donora, Pennsylvania
Michael Devereaux, 1963 in Casper, Wyoming

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April 11
1907: Giants catcher Roger "Duke" Bresnahan sports the first shin guards in a contest against the Pirates. Pittsburgh manager Fred Clarke protests the use of the guards, which were very similar to those still used today, but the protest is thrown out by NL president Henry Pulliam.

1912: After their previous ballpark, known as "The Palace of the Fans," burned down, Cincinnati opens a new park named Redland Field. The park will eventually be renamed Crosley Field in 1934 and remain in use by the Reds until June 1970. According to Gene Elston in his book A Stitch in Time, beers cost 12 for a dollar in the new Redland Field when it first opened. Hic!

1994: The Texas Rangers open their new stadium, The Ball Park in Arlington, and drop a 4-3 contest to the Milwaukee Brewers. The park has since taken on a corporate name, but some Rangers fans still refer to it as "The House That Dubya Built" since the financing and construction occurred when President George W. Bush was the team's managing general partner.

Today's Birthdays:
Samuel Blake Chapman, 1916 in Tiburon, California
William Barney McCosky, 1917 in Coal Run, Pennsylvania
Isidro Pedroza "Sid" Monge, 1951 in Agua Prieta, Mexico
Bret William Saberhagen, 1964 in Chicago Heights, Illinois
Jason Andrew Varitek, 1972 in Rochester, Minnesota
Christopher Trotman Nixon, 1974 in Durham, North Carolina
Mark Charles Teixeira, 1980 in Severna Park, Maryland



April 12
1909: The Athletics open Shibe Park in Philadelphia with Eddie Plank hurling the A's to an 8-1 win over the Red Sox. It is the most expensive baseball park built at the time, costing an esitmated $500,000.

1922: For the first time in 22 seasons, the National League begins a season without a single player-manager.

1955: Milwaukee pinch-hitter Chuck Tanner smacks a homer on the first pitch he's ever seen in the majors to help the Braves to a 4-3 win over the Reds. Tanner is, at the time, just the 6th player to homer on his first pitch.

1966: A crowd of more than 50,000 is on hand to see the Braves play their first game in Atlanta after moving from Milwaukee. The game goes 13 innings with a 2-run blast by Pittsburgh's Willie Stargell providing the winning runs. Joe Torre homered for Atlanta to mark the first long ball hit in what was then called Atlanta Fulton County Stadium.

Today's Birthdays:
Victor Gazaway Willis, 1876 in Cecil County, Maryland [HOF]
Adrian "Addie" Joss, 1880 in Woodland, Wisconsin [HOF]
Ewell Albert "Reb" Russell, 1889 in Jackson, Mississippi
John August Antonelli, 1930 in Rochester, New York
Charles Richard Lau, 1933 in Romulus, Michigan
Michael Andrew Macfarlane, 1964 in Stockton, California
Paul Anthony Lo Duca, 1972 in Brooklyn, New York



April 13
1926: A crowd in excess of 45,000 is on hand at the Polo Grounds as Brooklyn's Jess Petty tosses a 1-hitter in a 3-0 win over the Giants in the season opener for both clubs.

1954: Henry Aaron makes his MLB debut going oh-for-5 in the Milwaukee Braves' 9-8 loss to the Cincinnati Redlegs.

1962: The New York Mets play their first home game at the old Polo Grounds and the Pirates come away with a 4-3 victory. It cost about $325,000 to fix up the abandoned Polo Grounds which had not seen baseball since the end of the 1957 season when the Giants bolted for the Left Coast. Only 12,447 aren hand to see the Mets' first home game.

Today's Birthdays:
Sylveanus Augustus "Vean" Gregg, 1885 in Chehalis, Washington
Mark Edward Leiter, 1963 in Joliet, Illinois
Ricardo Rincon, 1970 in Veracruz, Mexico


April 14
1910: President William H. Taft becomes the first commander-in-chief to throw out the ceremonial first pitch on Opening Day. Walter Johnson tosses a 1-hitter for the Washington Senators who top Eddie Plank and the Philadelphia A's, 3-0.

1964: The New York Mets sell future Hall-of-Famer Duke Snider to the San Francisco Giants. Snider hits the last 4 of hos 407 career homers for SF that season and then retires.

1969: The first regular season MLB game is played in Canada as the Montreal Expos nip the St. Louis Cardinals 8-7 in tiny Jarry Park.

Today's Birthdays:
Peter Edward Rose, 1941 in Cincinnati, Ohio
Gregory Alan Maddux, 1966 in San Angelo, Texas
David Christopher Justice, 1966 in Cincinnati, Ohio
Bradley David Ausmus, 1969 in New Haven, Connecticut
Steven Thomas Avery, 1970 in Trenton, Michigan
Gregory Owen Zaun, 1971 in Glendale, California

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April 15
1947: Jackie Robinson makes his MLB debut for the Brooklyn Dodgers, goes oh-for-3 while playing 1B and eventually scores the winning run for the home team as the Dodgers top the Boston Braves, 5-3. Only two of New York's 8 major dailies send columnists to cover the historic event.

1954: The Baltimore Orioles play their first home game after moving from St. Louis and come away with a 3-1 win over the Chicago White Sox. Orioles catcher Clint Courtney, the first backstop to sport glasses under his catcher's mask, hits the first home run in old Memorial Stadium to the delight of the more than 46,000 Baltimore fans on hand.

2000: Baltimore's Cal Ripken collects the 3000th hit of his remarkable career in a 6-4 Orioles win over the Twins. Ripken entered the game with 2,997 hits and went 3-for-5 to reach the milestone.

Today's Birthdays:
Woodrow Thomas "Woodie" Fryman, 1940 in Ewing, Kentucky
William Henry "Willie" Davis, 1940 in Mineral Springs, Arkansas
Jeromy Neal Burnitz, 1969 in Westminster, California




April 16
1940: At a cold Comiskey Field in Chicago, Cleveland's Bob Feller hurls the only Opening Day no-hitter in baseball history as the Indians beat the Whiet Sox, 1-0.

1978: Cardinals right-hander Bob Forsch no-hits the Phillies ina 5-0 Redbird win. It's the first no-hitter in St. Louis since 1953 when St. Louis Browns hurler Bobo Holloman authored one. The last Cardinals pitcher to toss a no-hitter in St. Louis was Jesse Haines in 1924.

2002: Entering the game with an 0-11 record on the season, the Detroit Tigers wallop the Tampa Bay Devil Rays 9-3 for their first win of the season.

Today's Birthdays:
Hubert Benjamin "Dutch" Leonard, 1892 in Birmingham, Ohio
Paul Glee "Big Poison" Waner, 1903 in Harrah, Oklahoma [HOF]
Peter Suder, 1916 in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania
James Reynold Lonborg, 1942 in Santa maria, California
Bruce Douglas Bochy, 1955 in Landes de Bussac, France
Antonio "El Pulpo" Alfonseca, 1972 in La Romana, Domincan Republic




April 17
1968: The Athletcs play their first game in Oakland after moving from Kansas City. The new digs don't help Charlie Finley's bunch in this one as Boog Powell paces a 4-1 Orioles win.

1976: Philadelphia's Mike Schmidt, mired in a bad slump to open the season, smacks four straight homers at Wrigley Field to lead the Phillies to an 18-16 win in 10 innings. The first two long balls come off Chicago starter Rick Rueschel, #3 comes off Rick's brother Paul, and the last blast is served up by Darold Knowles.

1979: The official attendance in Oakland for the Athletics-Mariners game is 653. The estimate as far as how many people are actually on hand is placed at 550.

Today's Birthdays:
Alexander Joy Cartwright, 1820 in New York, New York [HOF]
Adrian Constantine "Cap" Anson, 1852 in Marshalltown, Iowa [HOF]
Solomon Joseph "Solly" Hemus, 1923 in Phoenix, Arizona
Dennis Martin Walling, 1954 in Neptune, Jew Jersey
Marquis Deon Grissom, 1967 in Atlanta, Georgia
Conor Blake Martin, 1995 in New Braunfels, Texas ... Future Hall-of-Famer

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April 18
Chronology @ BaseballLibrary.com

Today's Birthdays:
Samuel Earl "Wahoo Sam" Crawford, 1880 in Wahoo, Nebraska [HOF]
George Edward "Duffy" Lewis, 1888 in San Francisco, California
John William "Jack" Scott, 1892 in Ridgeway, North Carolina
Stephen Robert Blass, 1942 in Canaan, Connecticut
James Michael Eisenreich, 1959 in St. Cloud, Minnesota
Rico Joseph Brogna, 1970 in Turner Falls, Massachusetts
Jose Miguel Cabrera, 1883 in Maracay, Venzuela



April 19
Chronology @ BaseballLibrary.com

Today's Birthdays:
William Henry "Bucky" Walters, 1909 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Harry Francis Craft, 1915 in Ellisville, Mississippi [MGR]
Frank John Viola, 1960 in Hempstead, New York
Spike Dee Owen, 1961 in Cleburne, Texas
Jose Javier "Cheito" Cruz, 1974 in Arroyo, Puerto Rico
Joseph Patrick Mauer, 1983 in St. Paul, Minnesota



April 20
Chronology @ BaseballLibrary.com

Today's Birthdays:
Thomas Jefferson Dowd, 1869 in Holyoke, Massachusetts
David James "Beauty" Bancroft, 1891 in Sioux City, Iowa [HOF]
Milton Edward Wilcox, 1950 in Honolulu, Hawaii
Donald Arthur "Donnie Baseball" Mattingly, 1961 in Evansville, Indiana
Todd Mathew Hollandsworth, 1973 in Dayton, Ohio



April 21
Chronology @ BaseballLibrary.com

Today's Birthdays:
Joseph Vincent McCarthy, 1887 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [HOF]
Gary Charles Peters, 1937 in Grove City, Pennsylvania
Alonza Benjamin "Al" Bumbry, 1947 in Fredericksburg, Virginia
Jesse Russell Orosco, 1957 in Santa Barbara, California
Kenneth Gene Caminiti, 1963 in Hanford, California
Robert Kip Wells, 1977 in Houston, Texas




April 22
Chronology @ BaseballLibrary.com

Today's Birthdays:
Robert Eldridge "Bob" Smith, 1895 in Rogersville, Tennessee
Taylor Lee Douthit, 1901 in Little Rock, Arkansas
James Barton "Mickey" Vernon, 1918 in Marcus Hooks, Pennsylvania
Preston Gomez, 1923 in Preston, Cuba [MGR]
Terry Jon Francona, 1959 in Aberdeen, South Dakota
James Edward "Jimmy" Key, 1961 in Huntsville, Alabama
Michael Robert "Mickey" Morandini, 1966 in Kittanning, Pennsylvania
Carlos E. Hernandez, 1980 in Guacara, Venezuela



April 23
Chronology @ BaseballLibrary.com

Today's Birthdays:
Harry Frank Coveleski, 1886 in Shamokin, Pennsylvania
Elam Russell Vangilder, 1896 in Cape Girardeau, Missouri
James Leroy "Sunny Jim" Bottomley, 1900 in Oglesby, Illinois [HOF]
Adolph Louis "Dolph" Camilli, 1907 in San Francisco, California
Warren Edward Spahn, 1921 in Buffalo, New York [HOF]
Andruw Rudolf Jones, 1977 in Willemstad, Curacao
Carlos Silva, 1979 in Bolivar, Venezuela



April 24
Chronology @ BaseballLibrary.com

Today's Birthdays:
George Lemuel "Bob" Ewing, 1873 in New Hampshire, Ohio
Howard John "Bob" Ehmke, 1894 in Silver Creek, New York
William Robert "Bill" Singer, 1944 in Los Angeles, California
Omar Enrique Vizquel, 1967 in Caracas, Venezuela
Todd Barton Givin Jones, 1968 in Marietta, Georgia
Larry Wayne "Chipper" Jones, 1972 in DeLand, Florida
Carlos Ivan Beltran, 1977 in Manati, Puerto Rico

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April 26
Chronology @ BaseballLibrary.com

Today's Birthdays:
John Joseph "Jack" Barry, 1887 in Meriden, Connecticut
Raymond Benjamin "Ray" Caldwell, 1888 in Corydon, Pennsylvania
Lewis Robert "Hack" Wilson, 1900 in Ellwood City, Pennsylvania [HOF]
Virgil Oliver Trucks, 1917 in Birmingham, Alabama
Salvatore Anthony "The Barber" Maglie, 1917 in Niagara Falls, New York
Granville Wilbur "Granny" Hamner, 1927 in Richmond, Virginia
Amos Joseph Otis, 1947 in Mobile, Alabama
Michael Warren "Mike" Scott, 1955 in Santa Monica, California
Geoffrey Edward Blum, 1973 in Redwood City, California



April 27
Chronology @ BaseballLibrary.com

Today's Birthdays:
Henry Harrison "Hy" Myers, 1889 in East Liverpool, Ohio
Rogers "Rajah" Hornsby, 1896 in Winters, Texas [HOF]
Enos Bradshear "Country" Slaughter, 1916 in Roxboro, North Carolina [HOF]
Willie Clay Uphsaw, 1957 in Blanco, Texas
Raul Antonio Bare "Tony" Eusebio, 1967 in San Jose de los Llanos, Dominican Republic
Pedro Julio Feliz, 1975 in Azua, Dominican Republic
Runelvys Antonio Hernandez, 1978 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic




April 28
Chronology @ BaseballLibrary.com

Today's Birthdays:
Charles Fred "Red" Lucas, 1902 in Columbia, Tennessee
Pedro Ramos, 1935 in Pinar del Rio, Cuba
Thomas Leo Browning, 1960 in Casper, Wyoming
Barry Louis Larkin, 1964 in Cincinnati, Ohio




April 29
Chronology @ BaseballLibrary.com

Today's Birthdays:
Frank George "Noodles" Hahn, 1879 in Nashville, Tennessee
Luis Ernesto "Little Louie" Aparicio, 1934 in Maracaibo, Venezuela [HOF]
Richard Paul "Rick" Burleson, 1951 in Lynwood, California
Charles Gene "JR" Phillips, 1970 in West Covina, California
Sterling Alex Hitchcock, 1971 in Fayetteville, North Carolina
Antonio Jose "Tony" Armas, 1978 in Puert Piritu, Venezuela




April 30
Chronology @ BaseballLibrary.com

Today's Birthdays:
Charles Wesley "Baby" Jones, 1850 in Alamance County, North Carolina
Ray "Rabbit" Miller, 1945 in ????? [MGR]
Philip Mason "Scrap Iron" Garner, 1949 in Jefferson City, Tennessee

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May 01
Chronology @ BaseballLibrary.com

Today's Birthdays:
John "Johnny" Berardino, 1917 in Los Angeles, California
Allen Lee "Zeke" Zarilla, 1919 in Los Angeles, California
Charles Hugh "Charlie" O'Brien, 1960 in Tulsa, Oklahoma
Armando Martin Renoso, 1966 in San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Brandon Allen Falker Claussen, 1979 in Rapid City, South Dakota



May 02
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Today's Birthdays:
Edward Trowbridge "Eddie" Collins, Sr., 1887 in Millerton, New York [HOF]
Edward Francis "Eddie" Bressoud, 1932 in Los Angeles, California (in many ways the oroginal Houston Colt 45)
William James "Gates" Brown, 1939 in Crestline, Ohio
Clay Palmer Carroll, 1941 in Clanton, Alabama
Bobby Keith Moreland, 1954 in Dallas, Texas (immortalized in a Steve Goodman song)
Luke Stephen Hudson, 1977 in Fountain Valley, California



May 03
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Today's Birthdays:
George F. "Piano Legs" Gore, 1857 in Saccarappa, Maine
Eppa "Jephtha" Rixey, 1891 in Culpepper, Virginia [HOF]
Charles Herbert "Red" Ruffing, 1905 in Granville, Illinois [HOF]
David Earl "Davey" Lopes, 1945 in East Providence, Rhode Island
Ryan Scott Dempster, 1977 in Sechelt, British Columbia, Canada



May 04
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Today's Birthdays:
John Thomas "Jack" Tobin, 1892 in St. Louis, Missouri
Rene George Lachemann, 1945 in Los Angeles, California
Kenneth Ray Oberkfell, 1956 in Highland, Illinois
Joseph Thomas Borowski, 1971 in Bayonne, New Jersey
Benjamin Grieve, 1976 in Arlington, Texas



May 05
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Today's Birthdays:
Charles Albert "Chief" Bender, 1884 in Crow Wing County, Minnesota [HOF]
Robert Henry "Bob" Cerv, 1926 in Lincoln, Nebraska
Jose Antonio Pagan, 1935 in Barceloneta, Puerto Rico
Tommy Vann Helms, 1941 in Charlotte, North Carolina
Larry Eugene Hisle, 1947 in Portsmouth, Ohio
Charles Harrison Nagy, 1967 in Bridgeport, Connecticut
Keith Ginter, 1976 in Norwalk, California




May 06
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Today's Birthdays:
Absalom Holbrook "Al" Wingo, 1898 in Norcross, Georgia
Willie Howard "Say Hey" Mays, Jr., 1931 in Westfield, Alabama
William Alfred "Bill" Hands, Jr., 1940 in Hackensack, New Jersey
Larry Eugene Andersen, 1953 in Portland, Oregon
Masanori Murikami, 1944 in Otsuki, Japan




May 07
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Today's Birthdays:
Michael Joseph "Mickey" Doolan, 1880 in Ashland, Pennsylvania
Jonathan Thompson Walton "Tom" Zachary, 1896 in Graham, North Carolina
Richard Hirschfeld "Dick" Williams, 1929 in St. Louis, Missouri [MGR]
Jean Claude Marc "Frenchy" Raymond, 1937 in St. Jean, Canada
Brook Alexander Fordyce, 1970 in New London, Connecticut

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May 08
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Today's Birthdays:
Dennis Joseph "Dan" Brouthers, 1858 in Sylvan Lake, New York [HOF]
Edd J. Roush, 1893 in Oakland City, Indiana [HOF]
Norman Thomas "Turkey" Stearns, 1901 in Nashville, Tennessee [HOF]
Miguel Angel "Mike" Cuellar, 1937 in Santa Clara, Cuba
Dennis Patrick Leonard, 1951 in Brooklyn, New York
John K. Maine, 1981 in Ferderickburg, Virginia



May 09
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Today's Birthdays:
Raymond Frederick Katt, 1927 in New Braunfels, Texas [Texas Aggie, WHOOP!]
Anthony Keith "Tony" Gwynn, 1960 in Los Angeles, California
Brandon Tyler Webb, 1979 in Ahsland, Kentucky




May 10
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Today's Birthdays:
Edward Grant "Ed" Barrow, 1868 in Springfield, Illinois [MGR - HOF]
James Lucius "Jim" Hickman, 1937 in Henning, Tennessee
Robert Randall "Robby" Thompson, 1962 in West Palm Beach, Florida
Peter Alan Schourek, 1969 in Austin Texas




May 11
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Today's Birthdays:
Charles Leonard "Charlie" Gehringer, 1903 in Fowlerville, Michigan [HOF]
Truett Banks "Rip" Sewell, 1907 Decatur, Alabama
Nestor Chylak, Jr., 1922 in Peckville, Pennsylvania [UMP - HOF]
Milton Stephen "Milt" Pappas, Jr., 1939 in Detroit, Michigan
Dane Charles Iorg, 1950 in Eureka, California
Francisco Javier "Coco" Cordero, 1975 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic




May 12
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Today's Birthdays:
Lafayette Napoleon "Lave" Cross, 1866 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Joseph Anthony "Jumpin' Joe" Dugan, 1897 in Mahonoy City, Pennsylvania
Lawrence Peter "Yogi" Berra, 1925 in St. Louis, Missouri [HOF]
Felipe Rojas Alou, 1935 in Haina, Dominican Republic
Louis Rodman "Sweet Lou" Whitaker, Jr., 1957 in Brooklyn, New York
Kevin Charles Bass, 1959 in Redwood City, California
Wesley Ray "Wes" Helms, 1976 in Gastonia, North Carolina




May 13
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Today's Birthdays:
William Lawrence "Larry" Gardner, 1886 in Enosburg Falls, Vermont
James Lamar "Dusty" Rhodes, 1927 in Mathews, Alabama
John Junior "Johnny" Roseboro, 1933 in Ashland, Ohio
Leon Lamar "Daddy Wags" Wagner, 1934 in Chattanooga, Tennessee
Robert John "Bobby" Valentine, 1950 in Stamford, Connecticut
Barry William Zito, 1978 in Las Vegas, Nevada




May 14
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Today's Birthdays:
Edward Augustine "Big Ed" Walsh, 1881 in Plains, Pennsylvania
Earle Bryan "Kentucky Colonel" Combs, 1899 in Pebworth, Kentucky
John Lester "Les" Moss, 1925 in Tulsa, Oklahoma [Pitching Coach]
Richard Dalton "Dick" Howser, 1936 in Miami, Florida [MGR]
Atanasio "Tony" Perez, 1942 in Ciego de Avila, Cuba [HOF]
Jose Dennis "El Presidente" Martinez, 1955 in Granada, Nicaragua
Harry Leroy "Roy" Halladay, 1977 in Denver, Colorado

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May 15
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Today's Birthdays:
William Alex "Billy" NORTH, 1948 in Seattle Washington
George Howard BRETT, 1953 in Glen Dale, West Virginia [HOF]
John Andrew SMOLTZ, 1967 in Detroit, Michigan
Hideki IRABU, 1969 in Hyogo, Japan
Joshua Patrick BECKETT, 1980 in Spring, Texas


May 16
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Today's Birthdays:
William Watson "Watty" CLARK, 1902 in St. Joseph, Louisiana
David Earl PHILLEY, 1920 in Paris, Texas
Alfred Manuel "Billy" MARTIN, 1928 in Berkeley, California
Rickey Eugene "Big Daddy" REUSCHEL, 1949 in Quincy, Illinois
Richard Alan RHODEN, 1953 in Boynton Beach, Florida
John Scott "Jack" MORRIS, 1955 in St. Paul, Minnesota
Douglas Keith BROCAIL, 1967 in Clearfield, Pennsylvania


May 17
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Today's Birthdays:
Harold Gust "Hal" CARLSON, 1892 in Rockford, Illinois
James Thomas "Cool Papa" BELL, 1903 in Starkville, Mississippi [HOF]
William Frederick "Billy" HOEFT, 1932 in Oshkosh, Wisconsin
Pascual Gross PEREZ, 1957 in San Cristobal, Dominican Republic
Jose Manuel GUILLEN, 1976 in San Cristobal, Dominican Republic


May 18
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Today's Birthdays:
Charles Benjamin "Babe" ADAMS, 1882 in Tipton, Indiana
John Stanley "Jack" SANFORD, 1929 in Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts
Brooks Calbert ROBINSON, Jr., 1937 in Little Rock, Arkansas [HOF]
Reginald Martinez JACKSON, 1946 in Wyncote, Pennsylvania [HOF]
James Howard SUNDBERG, 1951 in Galesburg, Illinois
Eric Orlando YOUNG, 1967 in New Brunswick, New Jersey
Richard Alan "El Guapo" GARCES, Jr., 1971 in Maracay, Venezuela
Marcus William GILES, 1978 in San Diego, California


May 19
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Today's Birthdays:
Gilbert James McDOUGALD, 1928 in San Francisco, California
Curtis Thomas SIMMONS, 1929 in Egypt, Pennsylvania
Richard Aldo CERONE, 1954 in Newark, New Jersey
Eric Vaughn SHOW, 1956 in Riverside, California
Steven John "Turk" WENDELL, 1967 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts
Charles Brandon INGE, 1977 in Lynchburg, Virginia


May 20
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Today's Birthdays:
William Wilcy MOORE, 1897 in Bonita, Texas
George Farley "Boots" GRANTHAM, 1900 in Galena, Kansas
Harold "Prince Hal" NEWHOUSER, 1921 in Detroit, Michigan [HOF]
Kenton Lloyd "Ken" BOYER, 1931 in Liberty, Missouri
Bobby Ray MURCER, 1946 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
David Lee WELLS, 1963 in Torrance, California
Todd Vernon STOTTLEMYRE, 1965 in Sunnyside, Washington
Austin Ryan KEARNS, 1980 in Lexington, Kentucky


May 21
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Today's Birthdays:
Howard Earl "Rock" AVERILL, 1902 in Snohomish, Washington [HOF]
Monty Franklin Pierce STRATTON, 1912 in Celeste, Texas
Robert Joseph "Bobby" COX, 1941 in Tulsa, Oklahoma [Mgr]
Kent Alan HRBEK, 1960 in Minneapolis, Minnesota
Lee Francis "Rocky" BIDDLE, 1976 in Las Vegas, Nevada

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May 22
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Today's Birthdays:
Aloysius Harry SZYMANSKI (Al Simmons), 1902 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin [HOF]
Thomas Edward "Tommy" JOHN, Jr., 1943 in Terre Haute, Indiana
Walter John HRINIAK, 1943 in Natick, Massachusetts
Jose Ramon Nova MESA, aka Joe Table, 1966 in Pueblo Viejo, Dominican Republic


May 23
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Today's Birthdays:
William Ellsworth "Dummy" HOY, 1862 in Houcktown, Ohio
Charles Louis "Deacon" PHILLIPPE, 1872 in Rural Retreat, Virginia
Zachary Davis "Buck" WHEAT, 1888 in Hamilton, Missouri [HOF]
George Willis "Ace" HUDLIN, 1906 in Wagoner, Oklahoma
August John "Augie" GALAN, 1912 in Berkeley, California
Frank Octavius MANCUSO, 1918 in Houston, Texas
William Nathaniel "Buck" SHOWALTER III, 1956 in ???? [Mgr]
Ricardo "Ricky" GUTIERREZ, 1970 in Miami, Florida
Michael Vela GONZALEZ, 1978 in Corpus Christi, Texas
Kirk Craig SAARLOOS, 1979 in Long Beach, California


May 24
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Today's Birthdays:
John Albert "Jack" PFIESTER, 1878 in Cincinnati, Ohio
Robert Thomas DUCEY, 1965 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Bartolo COLON, 1973 in Altamira, Dominican, Republic
Bradley Wayne PENNY, 1978 in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma


May 25
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Today's Birthdays:
James Edward "Tip" O'NEILL, 1858 in Springfield, Ontario, Canada
Joseph Ignatius JUDGE, 1894 in Brooklyn, New York
Martin Magdaleno DIHIGO, 1905 in Matanzas, Cuba [HOF]
John Joseph "The Count" MONTEFUSCO, Jr., 1950 in Long Beach, California
Robert Wesley "Bob" KNEPPER, 1954 in Akron, Ohio
Miguel Odalis TEJADA, 1976 in Bani, Dominican Republic
Christopher Ryan YOUNG, 1979 in Dallas, Texas


May 26
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Today's Birthdays:
William David "Bill" SHORES, 1904 in Abilene, Texas
Darrell Wayne EVANS, 1947 in Pasadena, California
Travis Reynolds LEE, 1975 in San Diego, California


May 27
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Today's Birthdays:
Frank Elton "Pancho" SNYDER, 1893 in San Antonio, Texas
Michael Franklin "Pinky" HIGGINS, 1909 in Red Oak, Texas
Terry Bluford MOORE, 1912 in Vernon, Alabama
Gary Lynn NOLAN, 1948 in Herlong, California
Frank Edward "Big Hurt" THOMAS, 1968 in Columbus, Georgia
Jeffrey Robert "Baggy" BAGWELL, 1968 in Boston, Massachusetts


May 28
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Today's Birthdays:
James Francis "Jim" THORPE, 1887 in Prague, Oklahoma
Warren Crandall GILES, 1896 in Tiskilwa, Illinois [HOF]
Kirk Harold GIBSON, 1957 in Pontiac, Michigan
William Donald "Bill" DORAN, 1958 in Cincinnati, Ohio
Daniel Alberto CABRERA, 1981 in San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic

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May 29
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Today's Birthdays:
George Hartley McQUINN, 1910 in Arlington, Virginia
Ferris Roy FAIN, 1921 in San Antonio, Texas
Johnny Lee "Blue Moon" ODOM, 1945 in Macon, Georgia
Eric Keith DAVIS, 1962 in Los Angeles, California
Charles Dewayne HAYES, 1965 in Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Jerry Wayne HAIRSTON, Jr., 1976 in Des Moines, Iowa


May 30
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Today's Birthdays:
Amos Wilson RUSIE, 1871 in Mooresville, Indiana [HOF]
Albert Leon MAMAUX, 1894 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Michael James LaCOSS, 1956 in Glendale, California
Manuel Aristides RAMIREZ, 1972 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic


May 31
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Today's Birthdays:
Roy Thomas "Peaches" DAVIS, 1905 in Glen Rose, Texas
Ray Clark WASHBURN, 1938 in Pasco, Washington
Felix Anthony "Tippy" MARTINEZ, 1950 in La Junta, Colorado
Kenneth LOFTON, 1967 in East Chicago, Indiana
Jacob Edward PEAVY, 1981 in Mobile, Alabama

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June 01
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Today's Birthdays:
Theodore P. "Ted" BREITENSTEIN, 1869 in St. Louis, Missouri
Henry Levai "Hank" SEVEREID, 1891 in Story City, Iowa
John Anthony "Johnny" MOSTIL, 1896 in Chicago, Illinois
Wilmer Dean CHANCE, 1941 in Plain Township, Ohio
Kenneth Lee McMULLEN, 1942 in Oxnard, California
Cecil Randolph "Randy" HUNDLEY, Jr., 1942 in Martinsville, Virginia
Derek Christopher LOWE, 1973 in Dearborn, Michigan
Stephen Bradley WILKERSON, 1977 in Owensboro, Kentucky
Carlos Alberto ZAMBRANO, 1981 in Puerto Cabello, Venezuela


June 02
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Today's Birthdays:
John Joseph "Jack" O'CONNOR, 1869 in St. Louis, Missouri
Hollis John "Sloppy" THURSTON, 1899 in Fremont, Nebraska
Robert Perry "Bob" LILLIS, aka The Flea, 1930 in Altadena, California
Lawrence Curtis "Larry" JACKSON, 1931 in Nampa, Idaho
Eugene Richard "Stick" MICHAEL, 1938 in Kent, Ohio
James William "Jim" MALONEY, 1940 in Fresno, California
Horace Meredith CLARKE, 1940 in Frederiksted, Virgin Islands
Jack William O'CONNOR, 1958 in Twentynine Palms, California
William Michael "Mike" STANTON, 1967 in Houston, Texas
Neifi Neftali PEREZ, 1973 in Villa Mella, Dominican Republic


June 03
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Today's Birthdays:
James Edward "Diamond Jim" GENTILE, 1934 in San Francisco, California
Stephen John "Psycho" LYONS, 1960 in Tacoma, Washington
Barry Stephen LYONS, 1960 in Biloxi, Mississippi
Carl Edward EVERETT, 1971 in Tampa, Florida
Travis Lee HAFNER, 1977 in Jameston, North Dakota


June 04
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Today's Birthdays:
Philip Francis LINZ, 1939 in Baltimore, Maryland
Terrance Edward "Terry" KENNEDY, 1956 in Euclid, Ohio
Antonio Francisco "Tony" PEÑA, 1957 in Monte Cristi, Dominican Republic
Richard David "Rick" WILKINS, 1967 in Jacksonville, Florida
Scott Daniel SERVAIS, 1967 in LaCrosse, Wisconsin
Darin Charles ERSTAD, 1974 in Jamestown, North Dakota


June 05
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Today's Birthdays:
John Dwight "Happy Jack" CHESBRO, 1874 in North Adams, Massachusetts [HOF]
Edwin David "Eddie" JOOST, 1916 in San Francisco, California
William James "Bill" SPIERS III, 1966 in Orangeburg, South Carolina
Raymond Lewis LANKFORD, 1967 in Los Angeles, California
Russell Reid "Russ" ORTIZ, 1974 in Fresno, California


June 06
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Today's Birthdays:
Edwin John "Mack" McKEAN, 1864 in Grafton, Ohio
William Malcolm "Bill" DICKEY, 1907 in Bastrop, Louisiana [HOF]
Mervin Weldon RETTENMUND, 1943 in Flint, Michigan
Derrel McKinley "Bud" HARRELSON, 1944 in Niles, California
David Bruce BERGMAN, 1953 in Evanston, Illinois
Michael Brooks KIESCHNICK, 1972 in Robstown, Texas
Jeremy Davis AFFELDT, 1979 in Phoenix, Arizona


June 07
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Today's Birthdays:
William Frederick "Bones" ELY, 1863 in North Girard, Pennsylvania
George Joseph MORIARTY, 1884 in Chicago, Illinois
Herbert Jude SCORE, 1933 in Rosedale, New York
Thurmon Lee MUNSON, 1947 in Akron, Ohio
Donald Wayne MONEY, 1947 in Washington, DC
Heath "Heathcliff" SLOCUMB, 1966 in Jamaica, New York
Esix SNEAD, 1976 in Fort Meyers, Florida

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June 08
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Today's Birthdays:
Van Lingle MUNGO, 1911 in Pageland, South Carolina
Delmer "Del" ENNIS, 1925 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
George Stuart BRUNET, 1935 in Houghton, Michigan
Mark Henry BELANGER, 1944 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts
Lenn Haruki SAKATA, 1954 in Honolulu, Hawaii
Don Allen ROBINSON, 1957 in Ashland, Kentucky
Kevin Frank GROSS, 1961 in Downey, California
David John MLICKI, 1968 in Cleveland, Ohio
Matthew Alan PERISHO, 1975 in Burlington, Iowa


June 09
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Today's Birthdays:
Emil Frederick "Irish" MEUSEL, 1893 in Oakland, California
Frank Andrew "Buck" McCormick, 1911 in New York, New York
Roy Frederick SMALLEY, Jr., 1926 in Springfield, Missouri
William Charles "Bill" VIRDON, 1931 in Hazel Park, Michigan
Julio Enrique GOTAY, 1939 in Fajardo, Puerto Rico
David Gene "Cobra" PARKER, 1951 in Calhoun, Mississippi
Dwight Randolph "Randy" WINN, 1974 in Los Angeles, California



June 10
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Today's Birthdays:
John Gladstone "Jack" GRANEY, 1886 in St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada
Daniel Knowles "Deacon Danny" MacFAYDEN, 1905 in North Truro, Massachusetts
John Alban "Johnny" EDWARDS, 1938 in Columbus, Ohio
Kenneth Wayne SINGLETON, 1947 in New York, New York
Elias SOSA, 1950 in La Vega, Dominican Republic
Floyd Franklin BANNISTER, 1955 in Pierre, South Dakota
Calvin "Pokey" REESE, Jr., 1973 in Columbia, South Carolina
Freddy Antonio GARCIA, 1975 in Caracas, Venezuela


June 11
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Today's Birthdays:
Roger Philip "Duke" BRESNAHAN, 1879 in Toledo, Ohio [HOF]
Frank Joseph THOMAS, 1929 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
James Franklin "Jimmy" STEWART, 1939 in Opelika, Alabama
David CASH, Jr., 1948 in Utica, New York
Odalis Amadol PEREZ, 1977 in Las Matas de Farfan, Dominican Republic
Jose Bernabe REYES, 1983 in Villa Gonzalez, Dominican Republic


June 12
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Today's Birthdays:
Charles Sebastian "Red" DOOIN, 1879 in Cincinnati, Ohio
William Hendrick "Bill" FOSTER, 1904 in Calvert, Texas [HOF]
Ryan Anthony KLESKO, 1971 in Westminster, California
Hideki MATSUI, 1974 in Kanazawa, Japan



June 13
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Today's Birthdays:
Melvin Lolyd "Mel" PARNELL, 1922 in New Orleans, Louisiana
Marcel Ernest LACHEMANN, 1941 in Los Angeles, California
Leo Ernest "Ernie" WHITT, 1952 in Detroit, Michigan
Darrell Kevin MAY, 1972 in San Bernardino, California


June 14
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Today's Birthdays:
Donald "Newk" NEWCOMBE, 1926 in Madison, New Jersey
Johnny WEEKLY, 1937 in Waterproof, Louisiana
Gregory Allen BROCK, 1957 in McMinnville, Oregon
Peter Daniel MUNRO, 1975 in Flushing, New York

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June 15
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Today's Birthdays:
Ellsworth Tenney "Babe" DAHLGREN, 1912 in San Francisco, California
Billy Leo WILLIAMS, 1938 in Whistler, Alabama [HOF]
John Junior "Champ" SUMMERS, 1946 in Bremerton, Washington
Kenneth Joseph HENDERSON, 1946 in Carroll, Iowa
Johnnie B. "Dusty" BAKER, Jr., 1949 in Riverside, California
Lance Michael PARRISH, 1956 in Clairton, Pennsylvania
Brett Morgan BUTLER, 1957 in Los Angeles, California
Wade Anthony BOGGS, 1958 in omaha, Nebraska
Andrew Eugene PETTITTE, 1972 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Anthony Christopher "Tony" CLARK, 1972 in Newton, Kansas



June 16
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Today's Birthdays:
Ronald LeFLORE, 1948 in Detroit, Michigan
Calvin Drew SCHIRALDI, 1962 in Houston, Texas
Wallace Keith "Wally" JOYNER, 1962 in Atlanta, Georgia
Kevin Stacey YOUNG, 1969 in Alpena, Michigan
Kerry Lee WOOD, 1977 in Irving, Texas
Dewon Cortez BRAZELTON, 1980 in Tullahoma, Tennessee



June 17
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Today's Birthdays:
Louis Rogers "Pete" BROWNING, 1861 in Louisville, Kentucky
David Ismael CONCEPCION, 1948 in Aragua, Venezuela
Joseph CHARBONEAU, 1955 in Belvidere, Illinois
Donnie Lamont SADLER, 1975 in Gohlson, Texas



June 18
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Today's Birthdays:
Louis Clark BROCK, 1939 in El Dorado, Arkansas [HOF]
Andres Jose GALARRAGA, 1961 in Caracas, Venezuela
Santos "Sandy" ALOMAR, Jr., 1966 in Salinas, Puerto Rico
Felix HEREDIA, 1975 in Santa Cruz de Barahona, Dominican Republic



June 19
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Today's Birthdays:
Edward Victor CICOTTE, 1884 in Springwells, Michigan
Henry Louis "Lou" GEHRIG, 1903 in New York, New York [HOF]
Donald Joseph GUTTERIDGE, 1912 in Pittsburg, Kansas
Robert Thomas "Bob / Aspro" ASPROMONTE, 1938 in Brooklyn, New York
Jerry REUSS, 1949 in St. Louis, Missouri
James Michael "Jim" SLATON, 1950 in Long Beach, California
Duane Eugene KUIPER, 1950 in Racine, Wisconsin
Johnnie Lee LeMASTER, 1954 in Porstmouth, Ohio
Douglas Andrew MIENTKIEWICZ, 1974 in Toldeo, Ohio
Bruce Kastulo CHEN, 1977 in Panama City, Panama



June 20
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Today's Birthdays:
George Barclay "Win" MERCER, 1874 in Chester, West Virginia
William Murray "Billy" WERBER, 1908 in Berwyn, Maryland
Andrew Auguste "Andy" ETCHEBARREN, 1943 in Whittier, California
Richard William "Dickie" THON, 1958 in South Bend, Indiana
Carlos LEE, 1976 in Aguadulce, Panama



June 21
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Today's Birthdays:
Matthew Aloysius "Matt" KILROY, 1866 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Edmund Walter LOPAT, 1918 in New York, New York
Charles William "Charlie" MOORE, Jr., 1953 in Birmingham, Alabama
Richard Lee "Rick" SUTCLIFFE, 1956 in Independence, Missouri
Donovan Alan OSBORNE, 1969 in Roseville, California

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June 22
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Today's Birthdays:
Carl Owen "Meal Ticket" HUBBELL, 1903 in Carthage, Missouri [HOF]
Russell Henry SNYDER. 1934 in Oak, Nebraska
Bradley Bonte HAWPE, 1979 in Ft. Worth, Texas


June 23
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Today's Birthdays:
George Martin WEISS, 1894 in New Haven Connecticut [Exec, HOF]
Jack SMITH, 1895 in Chicago, Illinois
Thomas Frank HALLER, 1937 in Lockport, Illinois
Martin Glenn "Marty" BARRETT, 1958 in Arcadia, California
James Joseph DESHAIES, 1960 in Massena, New York



June 24
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Today's Birthdays:
William Mitchell "Billy" NASH, 1865 in Richmond, Virginia
Ralston Burdett "Rollie" HEMSLEY, 1907 in Syracuse, Ohio
Donald Ray MINCHER, 1938 in Hunstville, Alabama
Kenneth John REITZ, 1951 n San Francisco, California
Douglas Reid JONES, 1957 in Lebanon, Indiana



June 25
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Today's Birthdays:
Joseph Anthony KUHEL, 1906 in Cleveland, Ohio
Donald Lee DEMETER, 1935 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Richard Anthony "Dick" DRAGO, 1945 in Toledo, Ohio
Clayton Laws "Clay" KIRBY, Jr., 1948 in Washington, DC
Alejandro PEÑA 1959 in Cambiaso, Dominican Republic
Robert Michael "Mike" STANLEY, 1963 in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
Carlos Juan DELGADO, 1972 in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico
Aramis RAMIREZ, 1978 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic



June 26
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Today's Birthdays:
Tully Frederick "Topsy" HARTSEL, 1874 in Polk, Ohio
Floyd Caves "Babe" HERMAN, 1903 in Buffalo, New York
Debs C. GARMS, 1908 in Bangs, Texas
William Henry "Bill" ROBINSON, Jr., 1943 in McKeesport, Pennsylvania
Jeffrey Guy CONINE, 1966 in Tacoma, Washington
Jason Daniel KENDALL, 1974 in San Diego, California
Derek Sanderson JETER, 1974 in Pequannock, New Jersey



June 27
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Today's Birthdays:
John Clebon "Rube" BENTON, 1887 in Clinton, North Carolina
Gus Edward ZERNIAL, 1923 in Beaumont, Texas
Willard Wayne TERWILLIGER, 1925 in Clare, Michigan
Edward Michael KASKO, 1932 in Linden, New Jersey
Americo Peter "Rico" PETROCELLI, 1943 in Brooklyn, New York
James Patrick "Jim" EDMONDS, 1970 in Fullerton, California
Daryle Lamar WARD, 1975 in Lynwood, California
Johnny Pulada ESTRADA, 1976 in Hayward, California



June 28
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Today's Birthdays:
Kenneth Roy WILLIAMS, 1890 in Grants Pass, Oregon
Fred Earl Gladding, 1936 in Flat Rock, Michigan
Alphonso Erwin "Al" DOWNING, 1941 in Trenton, New Jersey
Don Edward BAYLOR, 1949 in Austin, Texas
Joseph Charles, SAMBITO, 1952 in Brooklyn, New York
Mark Eugene GRACE, 1964 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Cordel Leonard "Corey" KOSKIE, 1973 in Anola, Manitoba, Canada
Richard Jose HIDALGO, 1975 in Caracas, Venezuela

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June 29
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Today's Birthdays:
Wilbert "Uncle Robbie" ROBINSON, 1863 in Bolton, Massachusetts [HOF]
Robert Hayes "Bobby" VEACH, 1888 in Island, Kentucky
Burgess Urquhart WHITEHEAD, 1910 in Tarboro, North Carolina
Paul Howard "Dizzy" TROUT, 1915 in Sandcut, Indiana
Harmon Clayton KILLEBREW, 1936 in Payette, Idaho [HOF]
Frederick Wayne "Rick" HONEYCUTT, 1954 in Chattanooga, Tennessee
Pedro GUERRERO, 1956 in San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic




June 30
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Today's Birthdays:
David Jefferson "Davy" JONES, 1880 in Cambria, Wisconsin
Ronald Alan "Ron" SWOBODA, 1944 in Baltimore, Maryland
Harry Ralston "Bud" BLACK, 1957 in San Mateo, California
Octavio Antonio "Tony" FERNANDEZ, 1962 in San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic
Mark James GRUDZIELANEK, 1970 in Milwaukee, Wisconson
Garret Joseph ANDERSON, 1972 in Los Angeles, California
Chan Ho PARK, 1973 in Kongju, South Korea