The Baseball Nexus
Hall of Famer of the Day
Born On August 16
1854: Doc Landis
1855: Hick Carpenter
1865: Ed Mayer
1870: Willie Clark
1872: Gene Steere
1884: Joe Hovlik
1886: Hub Northen
1887: Hank Robinson
1890: Gifford McDonald
1890: Baby Doll Jacobson
1890: Thurman Jennings
1891: Richard Dandridge
1892: Bill Keen
1893: Ceylon Wright
1895: Fred Bailey
1897: Bob Fothergill
1899: Willie Ware
1900: Billy Rhiel
1900: George Scales
1901: Mahlon Higbee
1902: Zearlee Maxwell
1903: Eddie Wall
1904: Jimmy Johnson
1908: Andy Bednar
1910: Norman Cross
1910: Fermín Valdés
1911: Herman Besse
1913: Lew Carpenter
1913: Tiny Bonham
1914: Jesse Warren
1916: Brennan King
1922: Gene Woodling
1923: Sherwood Brewer
1925: Willie Jones
1929: Curtis Roberts
1931: Don Rudolph
1938: Buck Rodgers
1941: Gene Brabender
1941: Larry Loughlin
1941: Bill Edgerton
1945: Jan Dukes
1948: Mike Jorgensen
1952: Al Holland
1953: Nick Leyva
1958: Jim Maler
1960: Bill Mooneyham
1961: Donnie Scott
1961: Greg Jelks
1963: Rob Thomson
1964: Rick Reed
1965: Xavier Hernandez
1966: Terry Shumpert
1966: Steve Foster
1967: Bret Barberie
1970: Quinton McCracken
1973: Damian Jackson
1974: John Snyder
1974: Roger Cedeno
1975: Jin Ho Cho
1975: Michael Coleman
1978: Brian Gordon
1980: Ryan Hanigan
1980: Ben Kozlowski
1982: Freddy Sandoval
1985: Daric Barton
1986: Yu Darvish
1986: Martin Maldonado
1988: J. C. Ramirez
1988: Justin Grimm
1990: Adrian Sanchez
1992: Connor Joe
1992: Delino DeShields
1996: Tyler Stephenson
1996: Peter Solomon
1997: Dominic Canzone
1998: Michael Toglia
1998: Akil Baddoo
1966 Chicago Cubs
Most Home Runs
Ron Santo (30)
Billy Williams (29)
Randy Hundley (19)
Most Hits
Glenn Beckert (188)
Billy Williams (179)
Ron Santo (175)
Most Wins
Ken Holtzman (11)
Bill Hands (8)
Dick Ellsworth (8)