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Most of Babe Ruth's records have been broken. In 1961, not only did Roger Maris break The Babe's 34-year-old record for most home runs in a season with 61* (2001), but Maris' teammate on the '61 Yankees, pitcher Whitey Ford broke the Babe's 43-year-old record for most scoreless innings pitched in a World Series when the Yankees dispatched the Reds that year in the postseason. (When asked how it felt to have beat the Babe's "other" record, Whitey responded, "It was a bad year for the Babe".)
Though Barry Bonds now holds the record for most home runs in a season (73), most home runs in a career (762), highest slugging percentage, most intentional walks, etc., The Babe still must be considered the greatest player who ever graced the game. In addition to his record 12 home run titles, his 13 slugging titles, his six R.B.I. titles, and his solo batting title (.378 in 1924; The Babe placed in the top five hitters in terms of batting average eight times, including a career high of .393 in 1923, when Harry Heilmann hit .403), The Babe won 18, 23 and 24 games as a left-handed pitcher for the Boston Red Sox in 1915, 1916 and 1917, and won the American League E.R.A. title in '16. He set his first home run title in 1918, another year the Sox won the World Series, as a part-time position player and part-time pitcher, notching up 11 homers and nine wins. George Herman Ruth likely will remain the sole player in major league baseball history to win batting, home run, R.B.I., slugging *and* E.R.A. titles, plus eat a dozen hot dogs and drink the better part of a keg of bootleg "needle" beer before suiting up for a game.
From 1914 to 1919, The Babe played for the Boston Red Sox, with whom he appeared on three World's Championship teams. Sold to the New York Yankees by Red Sox owner and theatrical impresario Harry Frazee, he led the-then no pennant American League franchise in Gotham to seven A.L. pennants and four World Series titles from 1920-1934. He played out his string with the Boston Braves in 1935; even a washed-up Babe was still able to pole three circuit clouts in one game before calling it quits after 28 games and six in that last season. The following year, he was one of the inaugural inductees into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Yes, the Babe was mighty, and he did prevail more often than naught except over one opponent: Father Time.
The Babe ended his 22 years in the Big Leagues with 2,873 hits good for a career batting average of .342, 714 home runs, 2,217 R.B.I.s, and 2,174 runs scored in 2,503 games. (From his debut in 1914 through the 1918 season, when he was making his transition to becoming a full time position player, Ruth only appeared in 261 ball games as he was considered the top left-handed pitcher in the American League.) In the record books, Ty Cobb scored more runs and Hank Aaron hit more homers and racked up more R.B.I.s (Interestingly, Hammerin' Hank and The Babe ended their careers with the exact same number of runs scored.), but they played in far more games than the The Babe, with 3,035 and 3,298 games, respectively. Among modern players, Rickey Henderson, who surpassed Cobb's record for runs after 25 years in The Show, played in 3,081 games, and Barry Bonds appeared in almost 3,000 games.
No player ever had the impact, both on and off the field, as did the charismatic Babe. When he died of cancer in 1948, the New York Times headline read, "Babe Ruth/Idol of Millions of Boys/Dead".- Lou Gehrig is remembered as baseball's "Iron Horse" and used to own the major league record for the 2,130 consecutive games that he played for the New York Yankees between 1925 and 1939, where he had a .340 career batting average, making him one of the greatest hitters of all time. Henry Louis Gehrig was born in the Yorkville section of Manhattan, New York City on June 19, 1903. His parents, Heinrich and Christina Gehrig, were German immigrants. Of their four children, Lou was the only one who survived to adulthood. Growing up as a mama's boy, Lou lived with his parents until he married at the age of 30. Lou attended New York public schools, including the High School of Commerce, where he excelled in baseball, football and swimming. In his senior year, Lou's school won New York's public school baseball championship. They played Chicago's best high school team at Wrigley Field in 1920. The game was a portrait of what was to come: with the bases loaded and two outs in the 9th inning, Lou crushed a 3-2 pitch over the right field to win the game. To fulfill his parents' dream, Lou enrolled at New York's Columbia University in 1922. Because he had briefly played for a professional baseball club the preceding summer, Lou was barred from athletic competitions at Columbia for a year. After sitting out the year, Lou started on the college's baseball and football squads, earning him the nickname "Columbia Lou." When his father lost his job and his mother fell ill, Lou decided to leave college for a professional baseball career. In June 1923, the New York Yankees signed him to a minor league contract. He was assigned to the team's Hartford, Connecticut, farm club where he played for two seasons. Lou was then inserted into the Yankee lineup on June 1, 1925 substituting for their regular first baseman, Wally Pipp. For the next 14 years, Lou did not miss a single game. Even though Lou made an immediate impression in the majors, leading the American League with 20 triples in his second season, it was in 1927 that this six-foot, 210-pound left-hander blossomed as a slugger. He challenged teammate Babe Ruth for the league's home run title. By the end of the season, Lou had hit 47 home runs to Babe Ruth's 60, earning second place. That year, Lou hit .373 and set a major league record by racking up 175 RBIs. Not surprisingly, Lou was voted the league's Most Valuable Player. He also helped the Yankees to win the 1927 World Series against the Pittsburgh Pirates. True to his form, Lou had almost decided to sit out the entire series to stay by his ill mother's side. For the next 13 consecutive seasons, Lou knocked more than 100 home runs, and slugged 46 home runs with 184 RBIs in 1931. On June 3, 1932, Lou hit four home runs in one game against the Philadelphia Athletics, setting another major league record. In 1933, Lou married Eleanor Twitchell, who helped him withstand the rigors of professional baseball. On the eve of his 2,000th consecutive game in 1938, Eleanor suggested that Lou was getting compulsive about the streak and advised him to end his career at 1,999 games. Despite his wife's good intentions, Lou would not be deterred and appeared there and at 130 more games. During 1939 spring training Lou began to experience weakness and problems with coordination. On May 2, 1939, Lou's consecutive game streak finally ended when he removed himself from the team. Suspecting something more than his training was making him feel worn out, Lou entered the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota for health tests and on June 19, 1939, his 36th birthday, Lou was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, a rare incurable muscular disorder which causes the muscular motor functions to degenerate, resulting in atrophying muscles, which in turn can lead to paralysis and ultimately death. New York mayor Fiorello LaGuardia named Lou the city's parole commissioner upon his retirement from baseball in 1939, a job he held until his declining health confided him to his bed in early 1941. Lou Gehrig finally passed away from ALS on June 2, 1941 at the age of 37. His universal renown was so great that amyotrophic lateral sclerosis later became known as Lou Gehrig's Disease.
- Mickey Charles Mantle was born in Spavinaw, Oklahoma, on October 20, 1931, the son of a minor-league player who never made it to the big leagues and named him after Major Leaguer Mickey Cochrane. Mickey's father and grandfather -- who also never made it to the majors -- taught him how to play baseball, but more importantly also taught him how to be a switch-hitter.
Mickey grew up during the Great Depression, which hit Oklahoma especially hard. Times were so tough that the only way to play sports as a kid was to play with friends; there were no organized leagues around back then. It was while playing baseball with his friends that Mickey's astonishing talent for the game made itself evident. When he got into high school he played baseball, basketball and football and excelled at all three. Some thought that he would become a football player when he grew up, but Mickey had known what he wanted to be since the age of five: a baseball player, and nothing else. A devastating knee injury almost ruined his chances of getting into that -- or any other -- sport, and would be the beginning of the knee problems that would plague him throughout his career.
He was drafted into the minors at age 18, and while in the Yankee farm system his astounding talent was so obvious that he was jumped from the Class C division directly to the Yankee team itself. When he got there he was given #6, because Yankee management thought he would be the next "superstar" and in line with the other Yankee greats: Babe Ruth (#3), Lou Gehrig (#4), Joe DiMaggio (#5). Mick didn't do well, however, and was sent back down to the minors. After a couple of lackluster games he told his dad he was going to quit, but after giving it some thought he decided to stick with it and soon began to hit again. He was recalled back to the Yankee team (and given #7 this time), and that was when the Mickey Mantle of legend was born. He started in right field before DiMaggio left. During the 1951 World Series Mickey stepped into a water drain in the outfield, a serious injury that affected his playing from that point on.
In his 18-year career he set (and broke) numerous records and, as he himself has said, if he had taken better care of himself -- most of his home runs were hit while he was injured -- he would have broken every record in the book. Even his injuries and his penchant for hard drinking were no match for his mind-boggling talent -- he once hit a home run with one arm, and has admitted that many of his homers were hit while he was not only injured but drunk and / or hung over. In his later years he came to regret the chances he had and missed because of his drinking and partying. He even made a public service message to the kids who idolized him, recounting the kinds of things he had done and the mistakes he had made, and telling them, "Don't be like me." It's doubtful if there ever can be anyone like him; someone like Mickey Mantle comes along only once in a lifetime. He died August 13, 1995 at the age of 64. - Actor
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Joe DiMaggio was simply the greatest all-around baseball player of his era. As a New York baseball legend, "The Yankee Clipper" succeeded superstars Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig and preceded Mickey Mantle. In his 13 year career from 1936 to 1951 (which was interrupted by three years spent in the Army during World War Two from 1943-45), DiMaggio won three Most Valuable Player awards and was named to the All-Star team thirteen times.
His 1936 Yankees team won the World Series his freshman year, as it did in 1937, '38 and '39. The four straight wins was a record that would be surpassed by the Yankees team of 1949-53, of which "Joltin' Joe was a member for their first three World Championships, retiring after the 1951 season due to incredible pain that he had stoically endured. Ultimately, he played in 10 World Series, of which the Yankees won an incredible nine. (Only Yogi Berra, his teammate from 1946-51, appeared on more world champions, winning 10 rings in 14 World Series.)
DiMaggio is the possessor of what many consider the one batting record that will never be breached: consecutive games hitting. From May 15 to July 17, 1941, he hit in 56 straight games. DiMaggio beat out the great Ted Williams of the Red Sox for the MVP award that year, even though Ted hit .406. DiMaggio also beat Williams for the MVP in 1947, when "The Slendid Splinter" won his second Triple Crown the year after he had led the Red Sox to their first World Series since Babe Ruth was a pitcher and utility outfielder for the BoSox in 1918. It was the tightest MVP contest in history not ending in a tie: DiMaggio racked up 202 points with eight first place votes while "Teddy Ballgame" collected 201 points with three first place votes. Such was the respect for DiMaggio, whose team won the pennant and the World Series, that he won over a Triple Crown winner! DiMaggio was a flawless outfielder, and considered the major cog that made the Yankees winners. He was the consummate team player in an era (the Depression and World War II) in which cooperation was emphasized to beat the economic doldrums and global fascism. Williams, in contrast, was fabled as a non-conformist and individualist derided for "playing for himself", playing to boost his statistics rather than "taking one for the team". He would not shake the negative associations of not being a "team player" and not winning a World Series until after the Youth Revolution of the 1960s made conformity passé and nonconformity the norm.
In the 1940s, he was easily the most popular man in what was then justifiably called "America's National Pastime". His popularity was so great that the U.S. Army would not let him go overseas during the war, lest he be killed or captured, and thus damage American morale. In 1949, DiMaggio signed with the first six-figure contract in the history of Major League Baseball, when the Yankees signed him for $100,000 per year. That year he was hampered by the bone spurs that would end his career prematurely. Despite excruciating pain, an injured DiMaggio came back from the disabled list to face the Red Sox, who had nearly won the pennant the year previously (losing in a one-game playoff to the Cleveland Indians) and were up by one game with two games left to play against the Yankees.
His injuries would limit him to 76 games that year, but he came back for the series. The torrid hitting of DiMaggio led the Yankees over the BoSox in both games, capturing the pennant (and the first of a record five straight World Series titles) for rookie Yankees manager Casey Stengel. In an era of genuine heroes, DiMaggio was the epitome of the genre. Such was his unique status that he retired after a mediocre 1951 season, in which he hit only .263 with 12 homers and 71 RBIs in 113 games (after hitting .301 with 32 homers and 122 RBIs in 139 games the previous year). Joe DiMaggio did not want to become an average player, playing out his string. He wanted to go out a champion, and he did.
DiMaggio played his entire career in Yankee Stadium, the "House that Ruth Built", so called not only due to the Babe's great popularity, but also because the park was tailored to his left-handed power. DiMaggio was a right-handed hitter in a park that was death to righties: left-center field at Yankee Stadium in 1937 was 457 feet deep (whereas now, it is 399 feet deep). As DiMaggio and Ted Williams aged, it became dogma that while Williams was the better hitter, DiMaggio was the better all-around player. However, it is interesting to note that outside of their home ballparks, DiMaggio out-hit Williams.
In 1969, a poll conducted to coincide with the centennial of major league baseball ranked him as baseball's greatest living player. The great Joe DiMaggio, whom many believe was the most perfect and most complete ballplayer of all time, would continue to be legendary, even if he had not married Marilyn Monroe.- Mariano Rivera was born on 29 November 1969 in Panama City, Panama. He has been married to Clara since 9 November 1991. They have three children.
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One of baseball's greatest catchers of all time, Yogi Berra appeared in a record 14 World Series while calling the games for the New York Yankees. Berra proved invaluable to the Yankees as evidenced by his three American League Most Valuable Player awards. Berra was also one of the game's best-hitting catchers, hitting 358 homers and hitting a crisp .285 in his career. Berra also proved his worth as one of the smartest men in the game, managing the Yankees and later the New York Mets. He took both teams to the World Series. Lately however, Berra is more known for his fractured witticisms "It ain't over till it's over." Still, if you were to start an all-star baseball team, Berra would be one of top picks for catcher.- Actor
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Derek Jeter was born on 26 June 1974 in Pequannock, New Jersey, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for The Other Guys (2010), Anger Management (2003) and History's Greatest Warriors. He has been married to Hannah Jeter since 9 July 2016. They have four children.- Actor
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Hall of Famer Whitey Ford, a mainstay of the New York Yankees dynasty of the 1950s and early '60s, was one of the greatest clutch pitchers of all time. The 10 time All-Star owned six rings for being on World's Championship squads in his 16 years with The Bronx Bombers. (During his time on the Yankees, he went to the fall classic a total of 11 times.) The left-hander put up a 236-106 career won-loss record with an earned run average of 2.75. His remarkable won-loss percentage of .690, third-best all-time, surpasses other all-time greats like 'Spud Chandler', Pedro Martinez, and Babe Ruth. (An outstanding left-handed pitcher with the Boston Red Sox, the Babe set a record for scoreless innings pitched in the World Series. When Ford broke that record during the '61 Series, the very same year that Roger Maris had broken The Sultan of Swat's all-time single-season record for home-runs, Whitey told the press, "It was a bad year for the Babe.")
Born Edward Charles Ford in Astoria, Queens on October 21, 1928, Whitey came up with the 1950 New York Yankees, going 9-1 and winning a game in the World Series. He spent the following two years in the military, then came back in 1953 to post a 18-6 record and lose one game in that year's fall classic. Though Ford only won 20 games twice in his career (going 24-4 in 1961 and 24-7 in '63), he was a consistent winner and more importantly, seldom lost. (Manager Casey Stengel, who oversaw the teams Ford played on from 1950 to 1960, was the man who developed modern concepts of how to use a bullpen, developing the idea of using top-notch relievers in key, situational roles rather in lieu of the old philosophy of using a broken-down starter as a mop-up man. In an era where a starting pitcher still was expected to finish what he had started, Ford averaged only 11 complete games a year, but he racked up 45 shutouts, putting him in the Top Twenty all-time when he retired.) From 1950 through 1962 (the last year that his Yankee dynasty scored their last World Series victory), he was a sterling 10-5 in the post-season, solidifying his reputation as one of the greatest clutch players in the game's history.
In 1966, he was bedeviled with circulatory problems in his left shoulder, necessitating surgery, and he retired after the 1967 season. At the close of his career, he was a two-time ERA champ and twice led the American League in wins. He had won the Cy Young Award in 1961 in a time where there was only one award given for both leagues. While still a player, Whitey served as the Yankees' pitching coach in the 1964 season under his former teammate (and new manager) Yogi Berra and again in the years 1974-75 under new owner George M. Steinbrenner III. He also served as the Yankees' first base coach in 1968, the year after his retirement.
Whitey Ford was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York in 1974 along with his long-time teammate and best friend Mickey Mantle. The Yankees promptly retired his playing number (#16). Thirteen years later, Whitey was given his own plaque in Yankee Stadium's Monument Park, the ultimate tribute to a Bronx Bomber.- Don Mattingly, who was born on April 20, 1961 in Evansville, Indiana is a former all-star baseball player for the New York Yankees. He is also a nine time Gold Glove winner, the second most ever for a first baseman. Many people believe he will be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame as soon as he becomes eligible.
- Reggie Jackson is a baseball Hall of Famer nicknamed "Mr. October" because of his great World Series status. He hit 3 homeruns in Game 6 of the 1977 World Series, the most homeruns ever by one player in a World Series game. He currently works for the New York Yankees
- Thurman Munson was born on 7 June 1947 in Akron, Ohio, USA. He was married to Diane Dominick. He died on 2 August 1979 in Canton, Ohio, USA.
- Perhaps the best major league catcher of the 1930s, Bill Dickey caught for the New York Yankees during the transition from the Babe Ruth/Lou Gehrig era to the Joe DiMaggio era. He was strong and composed at bat and behind the plate. In the 1934 All-Star game, when Carl Hubbell struck out Ruth, Gehrig, Jimmie Foxx, Al Simmons and Joe Cronin, it was Dickey who ended Hubbard's streak with a single. Mild mannered off the field, he was a fiery competitor on. On 4 July 1932 he objected to the way Carl Reynolds of the Washington Senators slid into him at home plate. He broke Reynolds's jaw with one punch. The league suspended him for 30 days and fined him $1000. In 1943, Dickey enlisted in the US Navy at age 36. He served until 1945. He returned to the Yankees for the 1946 season, but was slumping. When Joe McCarthy was fired in mid-season, Dickey took over as manager. He resigned after the end of the season and became a coach. His first duty was to refine the talents of Yogi Berra, who was assigned Dickey's #8 jersey. He scouted for the Yankees during 1958 and 1959, then retired for good. Elected to the Hall of Fame in 1954, the Yankees retired #8 to honor Dickey and Berra in 1972.
- Without a doubt the most famous baseball player ever to come out of North Dakota, Maris was a talent who was judged unfairly throughout his career because of one glorious season. He came up in the pros with the Cleveland Indians, and was soon dealt to the Kansas City Athletics, but it was his third team, the greatest of them all, the New York Yankees, where he would find fame, infamy and controversy. Sure, Maris nipped Babe Ruth's record of 60 home runs by one in 1961, but what most casual baseball fans don't know is that he also won the American League Most Valuable Player award in 1960, and he was arguably the best right fielder in New York Yankee history, so he was far from a one-year wonder. In 1961 when both he and his more popular teammate Mickey Mantle made the assault on the Babe's record, fans (and Yankee management) preferred Mantle to the reserved Maris to break the mark. When injuries prevented Mantle from reaching the record, Maris did so with the weight of not only the acerbic New York media on him, but the nation as well. Although the media coverage nearly drove him to a nervous breakdown, Maris did tie and break the mark, however was unfairly maligned with an asterisk besides his record because he had taken eight more games to break Ruth's record. This was the decree of then baseball Commissioner Ford Frick, who was Ruth's ghostwriter and one of his best friends. Maris would never really recover from the media onslaught after his record as injuries and perhaps the pressure from the media and fans took a toll on him. He finished his career with the St. Louis Cardinals, and as a regular helped them to a world championship and two National League pennants in the late 1960s. It would take years for Maris to get his due from the press and the fans, and fortunately for him, it happened before he died of cancer in 1985.
- Ron Guidry was born on 28 August 1950 in Lafayette, Louisiana, USA. He has been married to Bonnie Rutledge since 23 September 1972. They have three children.
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Charles Herbert was a mildly popular 1950s child actor with a trademark sulky puss and thick, furrowed eyebrows, who was known for playing inquisitive kids besieged by alien beings, including a robot, as well as by a human fly and several house-haunting ghosts. He racked up over 20 films, 50 TV shows and a number of commercials during his youthful reign.
He was born Charles Herbert Saperstein on December 23, 1948, in Culver City, Los Angeles, California, to Pearl Jean (Diamond) and Louis Saperstein. His mother was an Austrian Jewish immigrant, while his paternal grandparents were Russian Jews. Noticed by a Hollywood talent agent while riding a bus with his mother, Charles began his career at age four, on a 1952 TV show entitled "Half Pint Panel".
Elsewhere on TV, he showed up regularly on series fronted by such stars as Robert Cummings and Gale Storm. This period was marked by amazingly high-profiled performances such as his blind child on the Science Fiction Theatre (1955) episode, The Miracle Hour (1956). On the feature film front, Charles made an inauspicious debut in the Lucille Ball/Desi Arnaz comedy, The Long, Long Trailer (1954). Although director Vincente Minnelli had handpicked him for the role, his part was completely deleted from the movie. Other tyke roles turned out more positively and in a variety of genres, including the film noir pieces, The Night Holds Terror (1955) and The Tattered Dress (1957), the dramas, Ransom! (1956) and No Down Payment (1957), and the comedies, Houseboat (1958) and Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1960). His most recognized genre, however, was sci-fi, and he appeared in a number of films that are now considered classics of that genre. He started off in a bit part as a boy playing tug-of-war with a dead sailor's cap in The Monster That Challenged the World (1957). Up front and center, he came into his own playing the young son of dead scientific genius Ross Martin, whose brilliant brain is transplanted into what becomes the robot-like The Colossus of New York (1958). He loses another dad (David Hedison) to a botched experiment in The Fly (1958), also starring iconic master of macabre Vincent Price. Lastly, Charles headed up the cast in the somewhat eerie but rather dull and tame William Castle spookfest, 13 Ghosts (1960). Castle handpicked Charles for the child role and even offered the busy young actor top-billing over the likes of Donald Woods, Rosemary DeCamp, Jo Morrow, Martin Milner and Margaret Hamilton if he would appear in his movie. In this haunted house setting, Castle's trademark gimmick had audiences using 3-D glasses in order to see the ghostly apparitions.
He had another leading role in the fantasy adventure, The Boy and the Pirates (1960), then film offers for Charles completely stopped. Growing into that typically awkward teen period, he was forced to subsist on whatever episodic roles he could muster up, including bits on Wagon Train (1957), Rawhide (1959), The Fugitive (1963), Family Affair (1966) and My Three Sons (1960). By the end of the 1960s, however, Charles was completely finished in Hollywood, having lost the essential adorableness that most tyke stars originally possessed. Unable to transition into adult roles, his personal life went downhill as well. With no formal education or training to do anything else and with no career earnings saved, he led a reckless, wanderlust life and turned to drugs. Never married, it took him nearly 40 years (clean and sober since October, 2005) to turn his life around. During good times and bad, however, he has appeared from time to time at sci-fi film festivals.
Charles Herbert died of a heart attack on October 31, 2015, in Las Vegas, Nevada.- Lefty Gomez was born on 26 November 1908 in Rodeo, California, USA. He was married to June O'Dea. He died on 17 February 1989 in Greenbrae, California, USA.
- Andy Pettitte was born on 15 June 1972 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA. He has been married to Laura Dunn since 9 January 1993. They have four children.
- Bernie Williams was born on 13 September 1968 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He is an actor, known for Harmony of Twists (2011), Straight Outta Tompkins (2015) and Seinfeld (1989).
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Alexander Emmanuel "Alex" Rodriguez was born on July 27, 1975 in Manhattan, New York City, New York and raised in Miami, Florida to Lourdes Nelly Navarro & Victor Rodríguez Castillo. He played 7 seasons with the Seattle Mariners, 3 seasons with the Texas Rangers & 12 seasons with the New York Yankees. He's now the chairman & CEO of A-Rod Corp as well as the chairman of Presidente beer.- Phil Rizzuto was the NY Yankees star shortstop for 13 seasons between 1941 and 1956. A Hall of Famer, Rizzuto was the American League Most Valuable Player in 1950. After his playing career, Rizzuto was a popular long-time TV/radio announcer for the Yankees. He called the action for 40 seasons from 1957 to 1996, and was known for his "Holy Cow". Career peaked during the years with partners Bill White and Frank Messer. Non-Baseball fans remember him for his years as spokesperson for The Money Store.
- Jorge Posada was born on 17 August 1971 in Santurce, Puerto Rico. He has been married to Laura Posada since 21 January 2000. They have two children.
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Dave Winfield, the hard-hitting, Gold Glove outfielder who put together a Hall of Fame career with the San Diego Padres, the New York Yankees, the California Angels and the Toronto Blue Jays (with which he won a World Series Championship in 1992), Minnesota Twins (1993-1994), and Cleveland Indians (with whom he went to the World Series in 1995), was born October 3, 1951 in St. Paul, Minnesota. The day of Winfield's birth was a storied day in baseball history. Bobby Thomson of the NY Giants, in the third and last game of a three-game playoff with the Brooklyn Dodgers for the National League pennant, bashed a circuit clout in the bottom of the ninth inning to win it all for the Giants, a home run known as "The Shot Heard 'Round the World". (The Giants went on to lose the World Series to the New York Yankees, the team that would figure prominently in Winfeild's life.)
An outstanding athlete at the University of Minnesota, the 6' 6" Golden Gopher Winfield was as coveted by professional basketball teams as he was by Major League Baseball. In 1973, he was drafted by the San Diego Padres in baseball, and by the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association and the Utah Stars of the rival American Basketball Assocaition. He was even a draft pick of the National Football League's Minnesota Vikings, even though Winfield had never played college football!
The 12-time All Star who would would never play a game in the minors primarily was a right fielder known for his playing shallow and making dramatic leaps over the outfield wall to steal potential homers from frustrated hitters. Winfield also was possessed of a rifle like arm, the combination of which with his overall outfield play won him seven Gold Gloves for fielding, two in the National League and one in the American League. After batting .308 with 34 homers and 118 RBI in 1979 (good for #3 in the NL Most Valuable Player Award voting), he positioned himself as a coveted player in the new free agent market. After declaring free agency after the 1980 season, he was signed by New York Yankees owner George M. Steinbrenner III for a phenomenal 10-year contract worth over $20 million, record numbers for the times. Steinbrenner was seeking a replacement for the legendary Reggie Jackson, the fabled "Mr. October", whom he did not plan to resign after the 1981 season.
In Winfield's first season with the Yankees, the strike-shortened 1981 season, playing alongside Jackson and many of the key players who had won four divisional titles, three American League pennants and two World Series since 1976, Winfield had a respectable season, coming in #7 in that year's MVP voting. However, he had a poor World Series, getting one hit in 22 at bats for an .045 average, leading Steinbrenner to later rue the day he let Reggie go, and deriding Winfield as "Mr. May". Their relationship thoroughly deteriorated over the years, as the Yankees consistently failed to make the playoffs, even leading to a scandal that saw Steinbrenner banned for baseball for life (temporarily) in the owner's machinations to discredit Winfield. Winfield later shook off the "Mr. May" sobriquet and won redemption by playing on Toronto's World Series Championship team in 1992, and with the American League Champion Cleveland Indians in 1995. (The Yankees didn't return to the winner's circle until 1996, the year after Winfield retired from baseball.)
In his career, Winfield racked up 3,110 hits, 5,221 total bases, 465 home runs, and 1,833 RBIs. It was a performance good enough to make him a first ballot Hall of Famer in 2002.
As a player and now a baseball executive, Winfield is known for his charitable concerns, with his Dave Winfield Foundation dedicated to helping underprivileged children. In 1994, he won the Roberto Clemente Award in 1994 for his humanitarian activities.- Tony Lazzeri was born on 6 December 1903 in San Francisco, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Slide, Kelly, Slide (1927). He was married to Maye Janes Lazzeri. He died on 6 August 1946 in San Francisco, California, USA.
- Goose Gossage was born on 5 July 1951 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA. He has been married to Cornelia Lukaszewicz since 28 October 1972. They have three children.
- Elston Howard was born on 23 February 1929 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. He was an actor, known for It's My Turn (1980), 1962 World Series (1962) and 1958 World Series (1958). He was married to Arlene Howard. He died on 14 December 1980 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Graig Nettles was born on 20 August 1944 in San Diego, California, USA. He has been married to Virginia (Ginger) Meckling since 25 November 1965. They have four children.
- Rickey Henderson was born on 25 December 1958 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He is an actor, known for 1999 National League Championship Series (1999), 1992 American League Championship Series (1992) and MC Hammer: 2 Legit 2 Quit (1991). He has been married to Pam Palmer since 1983. They have three children.
- Mel Stottlemyre was born on 13 November 1941 in Hazleton, Missouri, USA. He was married to Jean Mitchell. He died on 13 January 2019 in Seattle, Washington, USA.
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Earl Combs is known for The Magical World of Disney (1954), Calvin and the Colonel (1961) and Matty's Funnies with Beany and Cecil (1959).- Willie Randolph was born on 6 July 1954 in Holly Hill, South Carolina, USA. He has been married to Gretchen Foster since 1 February 1975. They have four children.
- Charles Dillon "Casey" Stengel (The Old Perfessor) was not only one of the most successful managers in baseball history, he was one of the sport's most colorful characters as well. He played 14 years in the major leagues, but it is his managerial career that put him in the Hall of Fame.
After managing the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Boston Braves during several of the two franchises' most hapless years, Casey was picked to helm the New York Yankees in 1949, after a successful stint as manager of the Pacific Coast League's Oakland Oaks. Under Stengel, the Yankees won the American League pennant every year from 1949 through 1960 except for two years: 1954 and 1959.
Despite winning ten pennants and seven World Series victories in twelve years as Yankees skipper, the team forced him out of the cat bird seat after the 1960 season, when the Yanks lost the World Series in seven games. He then became the manager of the new National League franchise in New York, the Mets, which proceeded to lose a record 120 games in their inaugural season in 1962, prompting Casey to ask rhetorically, "Can't anybody here play this game?" After having tasted such great success with the Bronx Bombers, Casey ended his professional baseball career losing over 100 games a year (average: 113) and finishing in last place in '62, '63 and '64. The team was also in last place and on pace for another 100+ loss season in 1965, when he retired after breaking his hip.
Famed for his colorful language, Casey was considered a national institution. You can look it up. - Paul O'Neill was born on 25 February 1963 in Columbus, Ohio, USA. He is an actor, known for Seinfeld (1989), Little Big League (1994) and 1990 National League Championship Series (1990). He has been married to Nevalee O'Neill since 29 December 1984. They have three children.
- A baseball prodigy as a youngster, Bobby Murcer was drafted by the New York Yankees and was tabbed for stardom as the replacement to Mickey Mantle. While Murcer had a solid career in the Major Leagues, he didn't quite live up to the lofty expectations given him and he was traded to the San Francisco Giants, then Chicago Cubs. Murcer returned to the Yankees in 1979, where he finished out his career as a designated hitter. He was an All-Star several times and did hit 252 career home runs.
- Billy Martin will always be remembered for his fiery personality, both on and off the field. Cleveland General Manager Frank Lane once said, "He's the kind of guy you'd like to kill if he's playing on the other team, but you'd like 10 of him on your side." Martin won the Most Valuable Player Award in the 1953 World Series, batting .500, with 12 hits, 2 home runs, and a series-leading 8 RBIs. His playing career ended in 1961, but his involvement in baseball was far from over. He went on to manage in Detroit, Texas, Oakland, and most notably, in New York. Martin was hired and fired five times during his career as the skipper for the Bronx Bombers. His untimely death on Christmas Day in 1989, at the age of 61, was a surprise to everyone.
- Baseball player. He broke into the major leagues with the Red Sox in 1984, posting a 9-4 record. His blazing fastball, consistently clocked in the mid 90s (MPH), have made him one of the games most dominant pitchers. He's a multiple Cy Young award winner. In 1986, he started out 14-0 and ended up at 24-4, leading the Red Sox to the World Series. Set a new major league record by striking out 20 batters in a nine inning game in 1986. Roger has appeared on numerous sports magazine covers.
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Nine-time All-Star Joe Torre, the 1971 National League Most Valuable Player and two time American League Manager of the Year, was born Joe Paul Torre, Jr. on July 18, 1940 in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Joe Torre, Sr., who was a New York City police detective. In 1960, nine years after Joe's older brother Frank was signed by the Boston Braves, Joe Jr. was signed by the Braves (now relocated to Milwaukee) as an amateur free agent. Frank and Joe's father Joe Torre Sr. was a baseball scout for the Milwaukee Braves from 1955 through 1961, and for the Baltimore Orioles from 1962 until his death in 1971. Nineteen-year-old Joe Jr. came up with the Braves for a cup of coffee in 1960.
Frank Torre finished his career with the Philadelphia Phillies in 1963, the year baby brother Joe, a catcher, was breaking out as a star player for the Braves. hitting .293, slugging 14 home runs and batting in 71 runs. Joe was chosen for the All-Star team, but did not appear in the game. The following year, Joe was the starting catcher on the NL All-Star squad, putting up .321/20/109 for the year, with 193 hits and coming in #5 in MVP voting. It was the first of his five 100 RBI seasons. In 1965, he won a Gold Glove as catcher for fielding excellence.
During spring training 1969, Torre was traded by the now-Atlanta Braves to the St. Louis Cardinals for 1967 MVP Orlando Cepeda. IN 1971, Torre won his MVP for his finest offensive season, putting up .363/24/137 with 230 hits and leading the NL in batting average and RBI. After the 1974 season, the Cards traded Torre, now primarily a third baseman, to the New York Mets for Ray Sadecki and Tommy Moore. He was promoted to player-manager in 1977, but quit as an active player half-way through the season to concentrate on managing.
It is as a manager that Joe Torre will be inducted into the Hall of Fame. As a manager, he won the 1982 NL West title with his old team, the Braves, but it was as manager of the Yankees under the mercurial George M. Steinbrenner III that he achieved managerial greatness. From 1996 through 2006, Torre's teams won the division all but twice and made the playoffs for all 13 seasons he has managed the Bronx Bombers (1996-2007). He has won over 2,000 games as a manager (passing Walter Alston for 8th place on the all-time wins list) and almost 1,200 games as Yankees manager in the nearly 4,000 games he has managed. Torre's Yankees teams have won four out of the six World Series he has guided them to.- 'Spud' Chandler was born on 12 September 1907 in Commerce, Georgia, USA. He died on 9 January 1990 in South Pasadena, Florida, USA.
- Robinson Cano was born on 22 October 1982 in San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic.
- Waite Hoyt was born on 9 September 1899 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for A Battery of Songs (1930), The Way It Was (1974) and The Bob Braun Show (1967). He was married to Betty Derie, Ellen Burbank and Dorothy Pyle. He died on 25 April 1984 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
- Catfish Hunter was born on 8 April 1946 in Hertford, North Carolina, USA. He was married to Helen Hunter. He died on 9 September 1999 in Hertford, North Carolina, USA.
- Don Larsen was born on 7 August 1929 in Michigan City, Indiana, USA. He was married to Corrine Bruess. He died on 1 January 2020 in Hayden, Idaho, USA.
- Bobby Richardson was born on 19 August 1935 in Sumter, South Carolina, USA. He is an actor, known for Forrest Gump (1994), 1958 World Series (1958) and Yankeeography (2002).
- Lou Piniella was known as one of the most durable outfielders in the 1970s. His major league career lasted fro 1964-1984 primarily with Kansas City and later with the New York Yankees. After retirement, Lou moved into management. He managed the New York Yankees for 3 seasons, the Cincinnati Reds for another 3 seasons, eventually leading the 1990 Reds to a World Series Championship. Lou then managed the Seattle Mariners for 10 seasons, including a record breaking 116 win season in 2001. He is now managing the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.
- Tommy Henrich was born on 20 February 1913 in Massillon, Ohio, USA. He was an actor, known for Martin Kane (1949), Crawford Mystery Theatre (1951) and 1949 World Series (1949). He was married to Eileen O'Reilly. He died on 1 December 2009 in Dayton, Ohio, USA.
- Joe Gordon was born on 18 February 1915 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an actor, known for The Kid from Cleveland (1949), 1948 World Series (1948) and 1949 MLB All-Star Game (1949). He died on 14 April 1978 in Sacramento, California, USA.
- Ed Lopat was born on 21 June 1918 in New York City, New York, USA. He died on 15 June 1992 in Darien, Connecticut, USA.
- Hank Bauer was born on 31 July 1922 in East St. Louis, Illinois, USA. He died on 9 February 2007 in Shawnee Mission, Kansas, USA.
- Stanford-grad Mike "Moose" Mussina, a five-time All-Star, was one of the top pitchers in the American League in the 1990s. After coming up and flourishing with the Batlimore Orioles, he signed as a free-agent with George M. Steinbrenner III's fabled New York Yankees, helping the Bronx Bombers to two World Series (2001 and '03). After talk of 2007 being his last season with the Yankees or possibly the last of his career, Mike re-signed with the Yankees for the 2008 season, and he has had the most success of any of their pitchers this year, readjusting his pitching style and steering clear of injury. Through this success, he has strengthened his Hall of Fame prospects, as well as kept the Yankees in playoff contention. He could possibly pick up 20 wins this season, which would be the first time he has done so in his career.
- Bucky Dent was born on 25 November 1951 in Savannah, Georgia, USA. He is an actor, known for Walt Before Mickey (2015), Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders (1979) and Sunday Night Baseball (1990). He has been married to Marianne Seywent since 1 November 1985. They have two children.
- Christopher Pennock was born on 7 June 1943 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Dark Shadows (1966), Theatre Fantastique (2014) and A Journey to a Journey. He was married to Marilyn Louise Joseph and Lynn Hawley. He died on 12 February 2021 in Idyllwild, California, USA.
- Roy White was born on 27 December 1943 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- David Cone was born on 2 January 1963 in Kansas City, Missouri, USA. He is an actor, known for Cosby (1996), 1988 National League Championship Series (1988) and My Oh My! (1996). He was previously married to Lynn DiGioia.
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Allie Reynolds was born on 10 February 1917 in Bethany, Oklahoma, USA. He was a writer, known for Shiver, 1949 World Series (1949) and 1953 World Series (1953). He died on 26 December 1994 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA.- George Michael Steinbrenner III, one of the most successful sports franchise owners of the modern era, was born in Rocky River, Ohio on the Fourth of July, 1930, which is fitting for the owner of the New York Yankees, the premier baseball club in what is dubbed "America's Pastime". (To fans of the Yankees' archrival, the Boston Red Sox, he is considered the Head of the "Evil Empire").
After graduating from Culver Military Academy in Culver, Indiana (the alma mater of cult director Budd Boetticher), Steinbrenner attended the exclusive Williams College located in western Massachusetts (the alma mater of Elia Kazan, Class of 1930). Steinbrenner's interest in sports led to stints as an assistant football coach at Northwestern University in 1955 and at Purdue University the following year. While making his fortune in the shipping industry (he had joined his father's financially ailing American Shipbuilding Co., where he helped affect a turn-around), Steinbrenner bought the Cleveland Pipers of the National Industrial Basketball League in 1960. The team joined the American Basketball League the next year, and Steinbrenner made sports history by hiring John McLendon, the first African-American head coach in professional sports.
The team won the 1962 ABL championship, and Steinbrenner then pulled off a major coup by signing Ohio State All-American Jerry Lucas, the #1 basketball prospect in the country, thus keeping him from going to the better established National Basketball Association. In fact, to get Lucas into their league, the NBA immediately made a deal with Steinbrenner to absorb the Pipers as its 10th team, but as he was unable to raise the $250,000 franchise fee and was facing a lawsuit from the ABL, the deal collapsed.
The Pipers soon went bankrupt, and Steinbrenner went back to the shipping industry, eventually buying the American Shipbuilding Co. outright. During the 1960s, Steinbrenner was a Broadway "angel" (investing in plays) and later acquired a small ownership stake in the NBA's Chicago Bulls. However, by 1971, Steinbrenner was wealthy enough to make a $9 million bid (approximately $43 million in 2005 dollars, when factored for inflation) to acquire the Cleveland Indians franchise in professional baseball's American League. However, the deal -- which was being negotiated by Indians General Manager Gabe Paul -- fell apart. When Columbia Broadcasting System Chairman William Paley decided to rid the television broadcast network of its New York Yankees subsidiary in 1972, Paul helped broker the $8.7 million deal by which Steinbrenner acquired the team. Steinbrenner then appointed him director of baseball operations for the club.
In January 1920, the Yankees -- then Gotham's also-ran baseball franchise after the fabled Giants of Coopers Bluff -- acquired the Red Sox's left-handed pitcher and star slugger Babe Ruth for $125,000 in cash and a loan to Red Sox owner Harry Frazee, a theatrical entrepreneur, who needed the loot to finance a Broadway show. During the previous season, the Bambino (a 24-game winner and E.R.A. champ as a starting pitcher, the Babe had set the World Series record by pitching 29 2/3 consecutive scoreless innings in the 1916 matchup with the Brooklyn Dodgers, which was finally broken by Whitey Ford in 1961, the same year Roger Maris broke his home run record) had set the modern home run record with 29 dingers for the Boston nine. Behind their new New York strongboy, the Yankees won the 1921, '22 and 23 AL pennants, facing the Giants in three consecutive World Series, losing the first two contests before finally beating them for the World's Championship in 1923).
By the beginning of the 1970s, the Yankees had won 29 pennants and 20 World Series, but hadn't been in the October Classic since 1964. Seeking synergy that would become common in the 1990s, the TV network CBS had bought the franchise for $11.2 million after the 1964 season, from Dan Topping and Del Webb. In the 20 years they had owned the team, Topping and Webb's Yankees had missed appearing in the World Series only five times, racking up a 10-5 record. In contrast, the CBS-owned teams never made it to the World Series, and in 1965, the Yankees finished in the second division for the first time in 40 years. The year 1965 was crucial, as the major league amateur draft was implemented, which meant that the Yankees could no longer use its financial resources to sign any player they wanted. Also, the Kansas City AL franchise that the Yankees had used as a kind of farm club, cherry-picking its best players like Maris in return for worn-out veterans, had been acquired by maverick owner Charles O. Finley, who ended the special relationship. The Yankes in the mid-1960s could not replace their aging stars with quality players, and in 1966, the team finished in 10th place (last) in the AL for the first time since 1912 (when there were only 8 teams), and ninth in 1967.
After taking over the Yankees on January 3, 1973, Steinbrenner -- who knew little about baseball but had coveted a baseball franchise, and now owned the most famous team in North American sports (which is now worth at least 100 times what Steinbreener paid for it) -- pledged that he would not be a hands-on owner. He soon won himself the sobriquet "The Boss" for his autocratic management style, characterized by his criticizing players and managers through the media and the 20 managers he had in his first 23 years owning the club. (In fact, Steinbrenner made 17 managerial changes in his first 17 seasons!).
Controversy has been part of Steinbrenner's tenure as principal owner of the ball club and stadium that Babe Ruth and other Yankee greats made famous. In 1974, Commissioner Bowie Kuhn suspended him for two years following his conviction for making illegal political campaign contributions to President Richard Nixon's reelection committee, although he bitterly protested that - a Democrat- he had been shaken down by the corrupt Nixon administration as part
Steinbrenner was has been criticized by other owners for driving up the cost of ballplayers after the advent of free agency in 1976. Steinbrenner paid Catfish Hunter, who had been freed from his contract with Charles O. Finley, owner of the Oakland A's, by an arbitrator, an unprecedented $2.85 million for four years, over $700,000 a year when top stars like Carl Yastrzemski made $100,000 a year and Dick Allen was the highest paid player in the game at $200,000 a year. He then bolstered his pennant-winning 1976 team for the following season by acquiring Reggie Jackson, the 1973 American League M.V.P. when he was with the A's., with a $3 million, 5-year contract.
Reggie, the self-described "straw that stirs the drink", and the core of the '76 A.L. champs won back-to-back World Series in 1977 and '78, the Eastern Division title in 1980 (after winning 103 games under new manager Dick Howser, who was promptly fired for losing in the playoffs and would go on to win a World Series title in Kansas City in 1985), and the A.L. pennant in the strike-shortened 1981 season.
In the 1970s, Steinbrenner relied on solid baseball people such as Al Rosen and Gabe Paul, but in the 1980s, he became erratic, promoting yes-men into high position who rubber-stamped his preference for name-players. At the beginning of the free agency era, the Yankees under Rosen and Paul were able to do what the Yankees of the mid- to late-60s were unable to do since the demise of the "special" relationship with Kansas City and the advent of the amateur draft: sign quality players to fill vital gaps in the team. However, Rosen and Paul really rebuilt the Yankees via judicious trades, acquiring players like Graig Nettles and Willie Randolph to anchor the team.
Steinbrenner went to the extreme of embracing the free agent market as a fix-all solution to build a winning team. Via free agency, the Yankees acquired stars who turned out to be either unable to handle the pressure of playing in New York (with its all-invasive media), unsuited for the uniqueness of Yankee Stadium (a right-handed hitter like Steve Kemp floundered in a stadium built to favor lefties), or who -- like two time Cy Young Award-winner Gaylord Perry -- were on the downside if not the end of their careers.
After the 1980 season, Steinbrenner offered San Diego Padres outfielder Dave Winfield, a four-time All-Star and two-time Gold Glove winner who led the National League with 118 runs batted in in 1979, his biggest budget-busting contract (and the biggest in history at the time, which vastly inflated superstars' future salaries): a 10-year contract worth up to $25 million, according to the New York Times (Dec. 16, 1980). It was at least twice as high as any salary enjoyed by any other superstar. Expected to take the place of Reggie Jackson, who left the team after the 1981 season, Winfield -- a future Hall of Famer who was a consistent run producer and Gold Glove-caliber outfielder -- never lived up to Steinbrenner's expectations. During the 1981 World Series in which Winfield played with Jackson and other holdovers from the 1977 and '78 teams once again faced the Los Angeles Dodgers whom they had bested in both prior Series appearances, Winfield had one hit in 22 at bats for an anemic .045 batting average. After his freshman year with the club, the Yankees never again made the playoffs during his tenure with the team (1981-1990).
Because of Steinbrenner's profligacy, the Yankees would consistently have the highest payroll in baseball, making it hard for teams from small market clubs to compete (as well as to hold on to their players, who could be wooed away by Steinbrenner's gold after they became free agents). For the period of 1982-1995, the Yankees would have nothing to show for the hundreds of millions of dollars spent on players' salaries. After the 1981 World Series, which the Yankees lost two games to four to the Dodgers, the franchise hit a 15-season dry-spell without a championship season, the first time for such a drought since the franchise's initial establishment in Manhattan from 1902 to 1921. The first 23 years of Steinbrenner's regime was characterized by a managerial merry-go-round, a constant firing, rehiring, and firing of managers, including Bob Lemon twice and Billy Martin a ridiculous five times. Steinbrenner once fired Yogi Berra, who had gone to the World Series as manager in 1964 with the Yankees and in 1973 with the Mets, after eight days in the catbird seat. Yogi deserved better.
Steinbrenner's instability reached its high point in 1990, when he accepted a ban for life from managing the Yankees' day-to-day operations levied upon him by commissioner Fay Vincent for illicit dealings with gambler Howie Spira. Steinbrenner had hired Spira to dig up dirt on his star outfielder, Dave Winfield. A contrite Steinbrenner eventually was reinstated in 1993 as his son didn't like running the business and major league baseball had no desire to see its premier franchise flounder. After his return, he seemed to have matured, and three years later, he laid the groundwork for his regime's second dynasty by hiring Joe Torre as manager. Under Torre, who has been Yankees manager for 11 seasons (an unmatched period of managerial calm under Steinbrenner), the team has won ten division titles, five pennants, and four World Series from 1996 through 2005.
Red Sox fans and other Yankee haters wish for the return of the old Steinbrenner, who would have had 10 managers in 11 seasons rather than one in 11, as in the good old days. So far, he refuses to oblige them. - Make-Up Department
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Joe Chesbro is known for The Shells (2015) and Hero of the Underworld (2016). He has been married to Anne since 26 July 1996. They have two children.- Sparky Lyle was born on 22 July 1944 in DuBois, Pennsylvania, USA. He has been married to Mary Fontaine Massey since 2 May 1977. They have one child.
- Bob Meusel was born on 19 July 1896 in San Jose, California, USA. He was an actor, known for The Pride of the Yankees (1942) and Slide, Kelly, Slide (1927). He died on 28 November 1977 in Downey, California, USA.
- Dave Righetti was born on 28 November 1958 in San Jose, California, USA. He has been married to Kandice Owen since 11 February 1989. They have three children.
- Tino Martinez was born on 7 December 1967 in Tampa, Florida, USA. He has been married to Marie Prado since 9 February 1991. They have three children.
- Mickey Rivers was born on 31 October 1948 in Miami, Florida, USA.
- Chris Chambliss was born on 26 December 1948 in Dayton, Ohio, USA.
- Joe Girardi was born on 14 October 1964 in Peoria, Illinois, USA. He has been married to Kimberly Innocenzi since 17 December 1989. They have three children.
- Gil McDougald was born on 19 May 1928 in San Francisco, California, USA. He was an actor, known for The Phil Silvers Show (1955), 1960 World Series (1960) and 1956 World Series (1956). He was married to Lucille Tochilin. He died on 28 November 2010 in Wall Township, New Jersey, USA.
- Joe McCarthy was born on 21 April 1887 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was married to Elizabeth (Babe) Lakeman. He died on 13 January 1978 in Buffalo, New York, USA.
- Vic Raschi was born on 28 March 1919 in West Springfield, Massachusetts, USA. He died on 14 October 1988 in Groveland, New York, USA.
- Jacob Rolfe is known for Trailer Park Boys (2001), Trailer Park Boys: The Movie (2006) and Trailer Park Boys: Don't Legalize It (2014).
- Hideki Matsui was born on 12 June 1974 in Nomi, Japan.
- Miller Huggins was born on 27 March 1879 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. He died on 25 September 1929 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Jacob Ruppert was born on 5 August 1867 in New York City, New York, USA. He died on 13 January 1939 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Ralph Houk was born on 9 August 1919 in Lawrence, Kansas, USA. He was an actor, known for Safe at Home! (1962), Yankeeography (2002) and 1962 World Series (1962). He was married to Bette Porter. He died on 21 July 2010 in Winter Haven, Florida, USA.
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Russ Ford is known for Duck Beach to Eternity (2012).- Chuck Knoblauch was born on 7 July 1968 in Houston, Texas, USA. He was previously married to Cheri Olvera, Stacey Victoria Stelmach and Lisa Johnson.
- Garrett Shawkey is known for A Dream to Remember (2012).
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Darryl Strawberry was born on 12 March 1962 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is a producer and actor, known for Gen. Sex (2024), The Game 365 (2006) and 1996 American League Championship Series (1996). He has been married to Tracy Boulware since 1 October 2006. He was previously married to Charisse Strawberry and Lisa Andrews.- Actor
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Johnny Damon was born on 5 November 1973 in Fort Riley, Kansas, USA. He is an actor, known for Fever Pitch (2005), Are You Afraid of the Dark? (1990) and TNA iMPACT! Wrestling (2004). He has been married to Michelle Mangan since 30 December 2004. They have six children. He was previously married to Angela Vannice.- Tony Kubek was born on 12 October 1935 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. He has been married to Margaret Timmel since 21 October 1961. They have four children.
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Jason Giambi was born on 8 January 1971 in West Covina, California, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Are You Afraid of the Dark? (1990), Dirty Deeds (2005) and Arli$$ (1996). He has been married to Kristian Rice since 2 February 2002. They have three children. He was previously married to Dana Mandela.- Mark Teixeira was born on 11 April 1980 in Severna Park, Maryland, USA. He is an actor, known for Entourage (2004), Billions (2016) and Sunday Night Baseball (1990). He has been married to Leigh Williams since 7 December 2002. They have two children.
- Snuffy Stirnweiss was born on 26 October 1918 in New York, New York, USA. He died on 15 September 1958 in Newark Bay, New Jersey, USA.
- Steve Howe was born on 10 March 1958 in Pontiac, Michigan, USA. He was married to Cindy Holliday. He died on 28 April 2006 in Coachella, California, USA.
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Dwight Gooden was born on 16 November 1964 in Tampa, Florida, USA. He is known for Ruthless People (1986), 1986 National League Championship Series (1986) and 1988 National League Championship Series (1988). He has been married to Monique Moore since 24 January 2009. They have two children. He was previously married to Monica Harris.- Barbara Peckinpaugh was born on 15 February 1960 in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, USA. She was an actress, known for Body Double (1984) and Roller Blade (1986). She died on 11 July 1987 in Kurtistown Hawaii, USA.
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Ray Caldwell is known for Eyeball Eddie (2001) and John Muir at Trout Hollow (2020).- Music Department
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Darryl Jones was born on 11 December 1961 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He is an actor and composer, known for Village of the Damned (1995), Extension of a Man: The Music and Brief Life of Donny Hathaway and Downfall: A Hollywood Story.- Additional Crew
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Graham Selkirk is known for Little Women (2019), Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001) and Are You Afraid of the Dark? (1990).- Oscar Gamble was born on 20 December 1949 in Ramer, Alabama, USA. He was married to Lovell Woods and Juanita Kenner. He died on 31 January 2018 in Birmingham, Alabama, USA.