The Baseball Nexus
Hall of Famer of the Day
Barry Larkin
Inducted: 2012
1988: Silver Slugger
1988: TSN All-Star
1989: Silver Slugger
Born On August 8
1859: Hal McClure
1861: John Milligan
1864: Toad Ramsey
1865: Henry Fournier
1865: Billy Gumbert
1867: Cupid Childs
1867: Bob Jordan
1870: Dan Leahy
1875: Ernie Baker
1884: Hi West
1889: Al Cypert
1889: Jimmy Esmond
1891: Walter Keating
1893: Jack Smith
1895: Elmer Wicks
1897: Ken Holloway
1897: Charlie Eckert
1898: John Slappey
1903: Clise Dudley
1903: Nat Trammell
1906: Tot Pressnell
1908: Bo Briggery
1913: Cecil Travis
1915: Ed Steele
1917: Ken Raffensberger
1918: Marlin Stuart
1918: Red Roberts
1922: George Jefferson
1927: Johnny Temple
1928: Vern Morgan
1932: Vicente Amor
1936: Frank Howard
1943: Jim Miles
1947: Jose Cruz
1952: Greg Mahlberg
1952: Mike Ivie
1953: Al Woods
1954: Mark Ross
1956: Cliff Speck
1957: Ray Fontenot
1958: Alan Fowlkes
1959: Dave Meier
1963: Ron Karkovice
1963: Brett Gideon
1966: John Hudek
1967: Kevin Belcher
1967: Matt Whiteside
1969: Ray Montgomery
1975: Chad Meyers
1977: Jeremy Hill
1978: Alexis Gomez
1978: Brian Sanches
1980: Jack Cassel
1980: Craig Breslow
1981: Eddy Rodriguez
1982: Ross Ohlendorf
1982: Matthew Brown
1982: Donny Lucy
1985: Deunte Heath
1985: Blake Wood
1989: Anthony Rizzo
1989: Greg Garcia
1990: Webster Rivas
1991: Yandy Diaz
1974 New York Yankees
Most Home Runs
Graig Nettles (22)
Thurman Munson (13)
Ron Blomberg (10)
Most Hits
Bobby Murcer (166)
Lou Piniella (158)
Elliott Maddox (141)
Most Wins
Doc Medich (19)
Pat Dobson (19)
Dick Tidrow (11)