The best baseball players born on Jan. 11

Here’s a subjective rating of the highest 5 for Jan. 11.

1) Max Carey (1890)
Real identify “Maximillian George Carnarius,” he used the pretend identify “Max Carey” to protect his newbie eligibility as a track-and-field star. (He didn’t even know what baseball was till he was in highschool.) He instantly took to his new recreation, utilizing these observe abilities to steal 738 profession bases, nonetheless ninth all-time. He managed the Dodgers from 1932-33, and 11 years later he managed the Milwaukee Chicks within the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League earlier than changing into the league’s president.

2) Elmer Flick (1876)
One of two Hall of Famers born on this present day (Carey is the opposite), Flick was 5-foot-9, 168 kilos however nonetheless hit 48 homers (a giant whole on the flip of the century) for the Phillies and Cleveland Naps whereas making a fast, homer-less cease with the Athletics in 1902. He hit a career-high .367 in 1900, however gained a batting title in 1905 hitting simply .308, which stood because the lowest common for a batting title in a season till Carl Yastrzemski’s .301 in 1968. Flick additionally had 110 RBIs in 1900.

3) Schoolboy Rowe (1910)
He received his nickname for taking part in for a males’s staff at age 15 in Arkansas, although he seemed nothing like a schoolboy as a participant. Rowe was a terrific pitcher for the Tigers within the 1934 and ‘35 World Series, but he was mostly known for his eccentric superstitions, including talking to the baseball. He was also famous for his catchphrase, “How’m I doing, Edna?” which was a option to check with his beloved highschool sweetheart (and later his spouse) again in Arkansas.

4) Don Mossi (1929)
A journeyman management artist who pitched for 4 groups over a 12-year profession, Mossi is understood extra now for his notoriously odd-looking image on his baseball card, which accentuated his uncommon appears to be like. Bill James wrote that Mossi was the “complete ugly player. He could run ugly, hit ugly, throw ugly, field ugly, and ugly for power. He was ugly to all fields.”

5) General Crowder (1899)
He served three years within the military throughout World War I, the place he realized the sport of baseball. Crowder was not, in reality, a common. He additionally pitched within the first All-Star Game in 1933 and was a teammate of fellow Jan. 11 birthday boy Schoolboy Rowe.

Silver King (1868)
He gained 203 video games for seven totally different groups earlier than the flip of the century.

J.P. Crawford (1995)
The greatest energetic participant on this checklist, although Nick Solak could be giving him a run for his cash.