b. August 9, 1872 · Pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds, 1897 to 1899.

b. August 9, 1880 · Pitcher for the Cleveland Bronchos, 1902 to 1902.

b. August 9, 1886 · Left fielder for the St. Louis Browns, 1914 to 1914.

b. August 9, 1915 · Baseball figure for the Cincinnati Reds, 1937 to 1937.

b. August 9, 1931 · Left fielder who batted .255 across six clubs, 1958 to 1963.

b. August 9, 1934 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1959 to 1963.

b. August 9, 1939 · Was the third starter behind Koufax and Drysdale and shut out Minnesota in the 1965 World Series.

b. August 9, 1942 · Made two catches in one World Series game that saved five runs and won the 1969 title for New York.

b. August 9, 1947 · Second baseman for the Boston Red Sox, 1971 to 1975.

b. August 9, 1948 · Went 17-5 with 20 saves in relief in 1976 and became the first relief pitcher to be signed as a free agent for real money.

b. August 9, 1949 · A switch-hitting catcher who retired with more hits than any catcher before him, then drew 17 votes and fell off the ballot in a single year.

b. August 9, 1965 · Pitcher for the New York Yankees, 1996 to 1996.

b. August 9, 1966 · Pitcher across six clubs, 1991 to 2001.

b. August 9, 1967 · Center fielder who batted .263 across four clubs, 1989 to 2001.

b. August 9, 1969 · Saved 358 games, fourteenth all-time, and was a catcher until his throwing arm made the case.

b. August 9, 1971 · Pitcher across four clubs, 1996 to 1998.

b. August 9, 1972 · Left fielder across two clubs, 2000 to 2000.

b. August 9, 1975 · Pitcher with 204 career saves across six clubs, 2001 to 2012.

b. August 9, 1983 · Catcher who batted .196 across five clubs, 2010 to 2021.

b. August 9, 1989 · Gave the speech in the rain delay before the tenth inning of the 2016 World Series, having hit .230 that season.

b. August 9, 1989 · Pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays, 2016 to 2016.

b. August 9, 1993 · Pitcher across three clubs, 2019 to 2021.

b. August 9, 1994 · Center fielder for the St. Louis Cardinals, 2022 to 2022.

b. August 9, 1996 · Second baseman who batted .261 across two clubs, 2019 to 2025.

d. August 9, 1886 · Left fielder for the Cleveland Blues, 1884 to 1884.

d. August 9, 1936 · Pitcher for the Philadelphia Athletics, 1882 to 1882.

d. August 9, 1936 · Second baseman for the New York Giants, 1921 to 1921.

d. August 9, 1937 · Left fielder who batted .294 across five clubs, 1893 to 1905.

d. August 9, 1945 · Catcher who batted .245 across two clubs, 1898 to 1903.

d. August 9, 1948 · Center fielder for the New York Giants, 1919 to 1919.

d. August 9, 1948 · Third baseman who batted .278 across four clubs, 1907 to 1915.

d. August 9, 1950 · Pitcher across four clubs, 1911 to 1919.

d. August 9, 1969 · Hit .342 with 117 hits and 73 runs batted in for Cleveland in 1924, his finest season.

d. August 9, 1977 · Pitcher for the Chicago Cubs, 1924 to 1926.

d. August 9, 1979 · Moved the Dodgers from Brooklyn to Los Angeles after the 1957 season, and appeared on fourteen Hall of Fame ballots before being elected.

d. August 9, 1980 · Baseball figure for the Chicago Cubs, 1925 to 1925.

d. August 9, 1981 · Negro leagues second baseman who batted .316 across 412 games, six times an All-Star.

d. August 9, 1986 · Left fielder across two clubs, 1946 to 1951.

d. August 9, 1991 · Drove in 120 runs for the 1948 Athletics, playing third base at a level that kept him employed for thirteen seasons across seven clubs.

d. August 9, 2003 · Drove in 100 runs from shortstop for the 1934 pennant winner, then served thirty-eight years on the Detroit city council.

d. August 9, 2010 · Left fielder who batted .272 across three clubs, 1943 to 1953.

d. August 9, 2013 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1957 to 1964.

d. August 9, 2013 · Left fielder for the St. Louis Cardinals, 1953 to 1955.

d. August 9, 2013 · Shortstop who batted .268 across three clubs, 1951 to 1963.

d. August 9, 2017 · Left fielder who batted .223 across seven clubs, 1968 to 1980.

d. August 9, 2018 · Second baseman who batted .225 across six clubs, 1962 to 1974.

d. August 9, 2019 · Catcher for the Philadelphia Athletics, 1944 to 1944.

d. August 9, 2020 · Center fielder who batted .225 across four clubs, 1958 to 1967.