The best baseball players born on Jan. 9
Here’s a subjective rating of the highest 5 for Jan. 9:
1) Stan Javier (1964)
Javier had critical baseball roots – his father, Julián, performed second base for the Cardinals within the Nineteen Sixties and early ’70s, and named his son after a longtime teammate, Hall of Famer Stan Musial. The youthful Javier debuted in 1984 and remained within the Majors till 2001, throughout which era he performed for eight completely different groups, and was the primary participant to homer in an Interleague sport as a member of the Giants in 1997.
2) Otis Nixon (1959)
No one stole extra bases within the ’90s than Otis Nixon, who by no means led the league in steals however topped 40 in a season 9 instances in his profession. He is one among simply 4 gamers to have stolen six bases in a sport within the trendy period, together with Carl Crawford, Eric Young Sr. and Eddie Collins. Nixon logged 17 years within the Majors.
3) Ralph Terry (1936)
Terry received two World Series championships with the Yankees and headlined New York’s employees of their 1962 title run, main the American League in wins, begins and innings pitched. Unfortunately for him, regardless of his overwhelming success on the Major League degree, he was additionally the pitcher who surrender Bill Mazeroski’s walk-off residence run in Game 7 of the 1960 World Series. After retiring from baseball, Terry turned the primary MLB participant to additionally play on the PGA tour.
4) Ivan De Jesus Sr. (1953)
Possibly most well-known for being the person the Cubs traded for a really younger Ryne Sandberg, De Jesus had an up and down profession, hitting .254/.323/.326 in components of 15 seasons earlier than changing into a supervisor and coach on the Minor League degree. His son, Iván De Jesus Jr., was a second-round choose by the Dodgers in 2005 and had a quick Major League profession from 2011 to 2016.
5) Jonas Gaines (1915)
Gaines was a four-time All-Star within the Negro Leagues, but in addition logged time within the Mexican League and Japan’s Nippon Professional League.
Johnny Washington (1916)
Washington spent practically twenty years within the Negro Leagues, made three All-Star groups, and received a batting title in 1940 as a member of the New York Black Yankees.
Alek Manoah (1998)
After a formidable rookie marketing campaign in 2021 for the Blue Jays, the appropriate hander continued his ascent in ‘22 when he was an AL All-Star and was named to the All-MLB First Team.
