b. August 23, 1870 · A switch-hitting shortstop with 619 stolen bases and 2,665 hits, so thoroughly forgotten that he was not elected to the Hall of Fame until 1998.

b. August 23, 1874 · Pitcher across three clubs, 1898 to 1901.

b. August 23, 1875 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1901 to 1902.

b. August 23, 1896 · Left fielder who batted .244 across three clubs, 1922 to 1930.

b. August 23, 1901 · Gave up the last two home runs Babe Ruth hit, one of them out of Forbes Field entirely.

b. August 23, 1910 · Played second base for the 1940 Reds, won a second ring with the 1947 Yankees, and lived to ninety-nine.

b. August 23, 1911 · Pitcher across three clubs, 1937 to 1948.

b. August 23, 1912 · Second baseman across two clubs, 1943 to 1944.

b. August 23, 1922 · He put the ball in play: 2,054 hits, 78 home runs, and 287 strikeouts in fifteen seasons at third base.

b. August 23, 1924 · Caught eighteen seasons, won the first three Gold Gloves given to an American League catcher, and was an All-Star seven times.

b. August 23, 1943 · Second baseman for the Chicago Cubs, 1972 to 1972.

b. August 23, 1958 · Played until he was forty-eight and hit .341 to lead the American League at thirty-two.

b. August 23, 1971 · Pitcher across three clubs, 1997 to 2001.

b. August 23, 1973 · Third baseman who batted .264 across five clubs, 1999 to 2011.

b. August 23, 1974 · First baseman for the Baltimore Orioles, 2005 to 2005.

b. August 23, 1974 · Catcher who batted .216 across six clubs, 1996 to 2004.

b. August 23, 1976 · Third baseman for the Chicago Cubs, 1999 to 2000.

b. August 23, 1979 · Right fielder for the Philadelphia Phillies, 2006 to 2007.

b. August 23, 1988 · Went to Japan a failed reliever, came back three years later, and won 18 games.

b. August 23, 1993 · Right fielder for the Miami Marlins, 2018 to 2018.

b. August 23, 1994 · Right fielder who batted .209 across eight clubs, 2018 to 2025.

b. August 23, 1995 · Pitcher across two clubs, 2020 to 2021.

b. August 23, 1995 · Center fielder for the Texas Rangers, 2018 to 2018.

b. August 23, 1998 · Pitcher for the Seattle Mariners, 2023 to 2025.

d. August 23, 1916 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1887 to 1889.

d. August 23, 1926 · Third baseman who batted .251 for the Brooklyn Superbas, 1904 to 1907.

d. August 23, 1940 · Catcher who batted .224 across five clubs, 1921 to 1932.

d. August 23, 1958 · Pitcher for the Philadelphia Athletics, 1929 to 1929.

d. August 23, 1960 · Pitcher for the Columbus Solons, 1891 to 1891.

d. August 23, 1968 · Pitcher across four clubs, 1921 to 1930.

d. August 23, 1970 · Second baseman who batted .257 across two clubs, 1925 to 1928.

d. August 23, 1973 · Pitcher for the Detroit Tigers, 1905 to 1905.

d. August 23, 1977 · Caught 86 games across six seasons spread from 1920 through 1935.

d. August 23, 1984 · Pitcher across three clubs, 1919 to 1928.

d. August 23, 1986 · Right fielder who batted .267 across seven clubs, 1924 to 1937.

d. August 23, 1993 · Pitcher for the Philadelphia Athletics, 1938 to 1939.

d. August 23, 1994 · Pitcher for the Boston Braves, 1948 to 1948.

d. August 23, 1996 · Second baseman for the Birmingham Black Barons, 1948 to 1948.

d. August 23, 1997 · First baseman who batted .292 across four clubs, 1936 to 1942.

d. August 23, 1997 · Left fielder who batted .276 for the Chicago White Sox, 1943 to 1946.

d. August 23, 2002 · A knuckleball that kept working until sixteen days before his fiftieth birthday, over 1,070 games, all but fifty-two of them in relief.

d. August 23, 2003 · Right fielder with 332 home runs across eight clubs, 1968 to 1981.

d. August 23, 2004 · Pitcher who won 108 games with a 3.50 ERA across five clubs, 1942 to 1951.

d. August 23, 2007 · Pitcher for the St. Louis Browns, 1951 to 1951.

d. August 23, 2012 · Pitcher for the New York Mets, 1976 to 1978.

d. August 23, 2016 · Pitcher for the Milwaukee Brewers, 1986 to 1989.

d. August 23, 2019 · Center fielder for the Boston Braves, 1948 to 1949.