The Baseball Nexus
Hall of Famer of the Day
Nolan Ryan
Inducted: 1999
1974: Player of the Month
1974: Player of the Week
1975: Player of the Week
Born On March 16
1854: Blondie Purcell
1857: Walt Kinzie
1858: Bud Fowler
1859: Jerry Denny
1862: Dan Abbott
1864: Harry Sage
1865: Grant Briggs
1865: Patsy Donovan
1871: Bill Bernhard
1874: Bill Duggleby
1878: Bill Monroe
1881: Art Kruger
1888: Ralph Works
1896: Arlas Taylor
1899: Vic Keen
1902: Jake Flowers
1904: Buddy Myer
1906: George Sias
1906: Lloyd Waner
1910: Bob Poser
1912: Ed Edelen
1912: Hubert Bates
1913: Ken O'Dea
1914: Bud Barbee
1918: Vern Olsen
1919: Tom Gorman
1927: Clint Courtney
1930: Hobie Landrith
1932: Don Blasingame
1938: Cal Browning
1943: Rick Reichardt
1944: Rick Renick
1947: Tom Bradley
1953: Rich Puig
1953: Jay Franklin
1954: Dan Duran
1956: Juan Espino
1959: Charles Hudson
1965: Jose Mota
1967: Don Florence
1970: Curt Schmidt
1976: Abraham Nunez
1979: Hee-Seop Choi
1981: Curtis Granderson
1982: Brian Wilson
1983: Stephen Drew
1983: Rusty Ryal
1983: Brandon League
1984: Harvey Garcia
1986: Mickey Storey
1989: Michael Blazek
1989: Andrew Triggs
1991: Cory Spangenberg
1991: Spencer Kieboom
1992: Reymin Guduan
1993: Jacob Rhame
1994: Kyle Funkhouser
1995: Rowdy Tellez
1999: Vladimir Guerrero
2002: Brice Matthews
1934 Chicago White Sox
Most Home Runs
Zeke Bonura (27)
Al Simmons (18)
Jimmy Dykes (7)
Most Hits
Al Simmons (192)
Zeke Bonura (154)
Luke Appling (137)
Most Wins
George Earnshaw (14)
Ted Lyons (11)
Sad Sam Jones (8)