The Baseball Nexus
Hall of Famer of the Day
Born On August 5
1861: Ed Coughlin
1865: Bob Langsford
1867: Jacob Ruppert
1872: Merle Adkins
1889: Ralph McConnaughey
1890: Hal Irelan
1892: Fred Ostendorf
1893: Jack Harper
1897: Sam Cooper
1899: Sam Gibson
1899: Slim McGrew
1904: Vic Frazier
1905: Ray Pepper
1910: Pepper Bassett
1913: Fabian Gaffke
1914: Bob Loane
1914: Bob Daughters
1914: Sonny Boy Jeffries
1915: William Randall
1916: Leamon Johnson
1919: Buddy Gremp
1920: Eddie Lukon
1921: Ebba St. Claire
1924: Eddie Yuhas
1924: Rube Novotney
1925: Tony Jacobs
1927: Rocky Krsnich
1937: Ossie Chavarria
1937: Bill Pleis
1937: Dwight Siebler
1939: Tommie Aaron
1943: Nelson Briles
1947: Bernie Carbo
1951: Mardie Cornejo
1953: John Hale
1953: Rick Mahler
1953: Jesus de la Rosa
1953: Rick Bosetti
1956: Dave Edler
1956: Dave Rozema
1958: Reid Nichols
1966: Jerry Nielsen
1968: John Olerud
1969: Marcos Armas
1971: Carlos Pulido
1972: John Wasdin
1976: Bobby Kielty
1977: Mark Mulder
1977: Eric Hinske
1978: Jamal Strong
1981: Carl Crawford
1984: Sean Kazmar
1985: Travis Denker
1987: Tim Federowicz
1989: Guido Knudson
1989: Chase Bradford
1990: Nick Martinez
1991: Ben Heller
1991: Andrew Bellatti
1992: Domingo Santana
1997: Braxton Garrett
1998: Tobias Myers
2000: Luis Guerrero
2002: Ryan Johnson
1988 Kansas City Royals
Most Home Runs
Danny Tartabull (26)
Bo Jackson (25)
George Brett (24)
Most Hits
George Brett (180)
Kevin Seitzer (170)
Willie Wilson (155)
Most Wins
Mark Gubicza (20)
Bret Saberhagen (14)
Charlie Leibrandt (13)