Baseball Finest

Happy Birthday, Left Arm of God! Sanford Koufax was born on December 30, 1935 in Brooklyn, New York. HOF, 7x All-Star, 3x Cy Young, MVP, 2x WS MVP, 3x Triple Crown, 5x ERA Title, 3x Wins Leader, 4x SO Leader, 2x W-L% Leader, GS Leader, 2x CG Leader, 3x SHO Leader, 2x Innings Leader, 4x No-Hit (1 Perfect Game) 165-87 W-L, 2.76 ERA, 2396 SO, 9 SV Sandy Koufax and his teams:   Brooklyn Dodgers and Los Angeles Dodgers. 

Happy Birthday, Devo! Devon Markes White (or Whyte) was born on December  29, 1962 in Kingston, Jamaica. 3x All-Star, 7x GG, several defensive leaderships. .263 AVG, 208 HR, 846 RBI, 346 SB, 1934 Hits.  Devon White  and his teams:           California Angels, Toronto Blue Jays, Florida Marlins, Arizona Diamondbacks, Los Angeles Dodgers and Milwaukee Brewers.

Happy Birthday, Spceman! William Francis Lee III was born on December 28, 1946 in Burbank, California. All-Star, Assists as a P Leader.  119-90 W-L, 3.62 ERA, 713 SO, 19 SV Bill Lee and his teams:   Boston Red Sox, Montreal Expos.

Happy Birthday, Slick! Andrew James Van Slyke was born on December  21, 1960 in Utica, New York. 3x All-Star, 5x GG, 2x SS, Hits Leader, Doubles Leader, Triples Leader, several defensive leaderships. .274 AVG, 164 HR, 792 RBI, 245 SB, 1562 Hits.   Andy Van Slykes and his teams:     St. Louis Cardinals, Pittsburgh Pirates, Baltimore Orioles and Philadelphia Phillies.

Happy Birthday, Old Hoss! Charles Gardner Radbourn was born on December 11, 1854 in Rochester, New York. HOF, 4x All-Star, Triple Crown, ERA Leader, 2x Wins Leader, 2x SO Leader, 2x W-L% Leader, 2x Games Leader, GS Leader, CG Leader, SHO Leader, Innings Leader, No-Hit. All-time single season record of Wins (59 or 60 depending of the sources)  310-194 W-L, 2.68 ERA, 1830 SO, 2 SV Old Hoss Radbourn and his teams:     Providence Grays, Boston Beaneaters, Boston Reds and Cincinnati Reds. 

Joe DiMaggio, Ted Williams and Dom DiMaggio - Joe DiMaggio: HOF, 13x All-Star, 3x MVP,  2x Batting Title, 2x HR Leader, 2x RBI Leader, 2x SLG Leader, Runs Leader Triples Leader. - Ted Williams: HOF, 19x All-Star, 2x MVP, 2x Triple Crowns, 6x Batting Titles, 6x Runs Leader, 2x Doubles Leader, 4x HR Leader, 4x RBI Leader, 8x BB Leader, 12x OBP Leader, 9x SLG Leader, 10x OPS Leader, 521 HR, 1.839 RBI, All-Time OBP Leader (.482). - Dom DiMaggio: 7x All-Star, SB Leader, Triples Leader, 2x Runs Leader, Games Leader, 2x AB Leader. 

Happy Birthday Lee! Lee Arthur Smith was born on December 4, 1957 in Jamestown, Louisiana. HOF, 7x All-Star, 3x Rolaids Relief, 4x SV Leader. 71-92 W-L, 3.03 ERA, 1251 SO, 478 SV. Lee Smith and his teams:     Chicago Cubs,  Boston Red Sox,  St. Louis Cardinals,  New York Yankees, Baltimore Orioles,  California Angels, Cincinnati Reds, Montreal Expos.

Happy Birthday, Cuban Comet! Saturnino Orestes Miñoso Arrieta was born on November 29, 1925 in La Habana, Cuba. HOF, 13x All-Star, 3x GG, Hits Leader, Doubles Leader, 4x Triples Leader, 3x SB Leader, SLG Leader, Games Leader, several defensive leaderships.* .299 AVG, 195 HR, 1093 RBI, 216 SB, 2110 Hits.* (*) Stats and leaderships include 3 seasons in the Negro League.   Minnie Miñoso and his teams:         New York Cubans (no card found), Cleveland Indians, Chicago White Sox, St. Louis Cardinals and Washington Senators.

Happy Birthday, Pudge! Ivan Rodriguez was born on November 27, 1971 in Manatí, Puerto Rico. HOF, 14x All-Star, MVP, NLCS MVP, 13x GG, 7x SS, several defensive leaderships. .296 AVG, 311 HR, 1332 RBI, 127 SB, 2844 Hits. Ivan Rodriguez and his teams:         Texas Rangers, Florida Marlins, Detroit Tigers, New York Yankees, Houston Astros (no card found), Washington Nationals

Happy Birthday Lew! Selva Lewis Burdette was born on November 22, 1926 in Nitro, West Virginia. 3x All-Star, WS MVP, Wins Leader, ERA Leader, W-L% Leader, GS Leader, CG Leader, 2x SHO Leader, Innings Leader. 203-144 W-L, 3.66 ERA, 1074 SO, 32 SV. Lew Burdette and his teams:     New York Yankees, Boston Braves, Milwaukee Braves, St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies, California Angels.