The best baseball players born on Jan. 21
Here’s a subjective rating of the highest 5 for Jan. 21.
1) Brandon Crawford (1987)
A 3-time All-Star, four-time Gold Glove Award Winner and two-time World Series champion, Crawford is taken into account one of many recreation’s high defensive shortstops and has been a cornerstone of the Giants’ group for over a decade. He had a profession yr in 2021 on the age of 34, slashing .298/.373/.522 with a career-high 24 house runs and ending fourth in National League MVP voting.
2) Mike Tiernan (1867)
Tiernan, a proper fielder, performed all 13 years of his profession with the New York Giants. He was the NL house run champion two years operating from 1890-91 with 13 and 16, respectively (the latter main each the AL and NL). Despite some spectacular stats, he earned the nickname “Silent Mike” attributable to his tendencies for staying out of the highlight and avoiding confrontation on the sphere.
3) Mike Krukow (1952)
The tall right-hander pitched for 14 seasons, seven with San Francisco, together with his All-Star marketing campaign in 1986 that noticed him end third in National League Cy Young Award balloting. Krukow, who has been a full-time commentator for the Giants since 1994, has gained seven Emmy Awards for his broadcasting work.
4) Rusty Greer (1969)
The lifelong Ranger completed third in Rookie of the Year voting for the strike-shortened 1994 season. The left fielder slashed .305/.387/.478 with 119 homers throughout his 9 Major League seasons, although his profession was reduce quick by a collection of accidents. Greer was inducted into the Texas Rangers Hall of Fame in 2007.
5) Jake Cronenworth (1994)
After simply three years within the Majors, Cronenworth is on the cusp of the highest 10 in wins above alternative amongst gamers born on Jan. 21 — and that features the pandemic-shortened 2020 season. The versatile infielder completed second in Rookie of the Year voting in ’20 and earned All-Star nods in ’21 and ’22.
Lew Fonseca (1899)
A gradual-hitting second baseman who led the National League with a .369 batting common in 1929, Fonseca was additionally one of many first managers in baseball historical past to make use of movie to investigate gamers, in response to analysis offered to the Hall of Fame by Rob Pendell. He developed an curiosity in camerawork following an look within the 1927 film “Slide, Kelly, Slide!” — a fictionalized story primarily based on the lifetime of Mike “King” Kelly.
