The best baseball players born on May 11
Here’s a subjective rating of the highest 5 for May 11.
1) Charlie Gehringer (1903)
Gehringer is the lone Hall of Fame participant born on this date. The Tigers nice was additionally a six-time All-Star, the 1937 American League Most Valuable Player Award winner and gained a World Series in 1935.
During a 19-year profession — all with Detroit — Gehringer batted .320/.404/.480 with 184 house runs, 1,427 RBIs and 181 stolen bases. In 13 of his 16 full seasons, he batted higher than .300, and he collected 200 hits and 100 RBIs in seven seasons every. During his MVP season in ’37, he led the AL with a .371 batting common.
2) Miguel Sanó (1993)
An enormous right-handed slugger and nook infielder for the Twins, Sanó has hit 25 or extra house runs 4 instances, together with a career-high 34 homers in 2019 and 30 homers throughout the 2021 season. Sanó completed third within the American League Rookie of the Year Award voting in 2015 and was named as an AL All-Star in ’17.
3) Rip Sewell (1907)
Sewell spent 13 seasons within the Major Leagues, together with 12 with the Pirates, as a right-handed beginning pitcher. The four-time All-Star is basically credited with the event and use of the eephus, the sluggish and high-arcing pitch that usually fools hitters. The eephus helped make Sewell one in all baseball’s finest pitchers within the Forties. He gained 21 video games throughout back-to-back seasons in 1943-44. Sewell’s profession ended after the 1949 season with a file of 143-97 and a 3.48 ERA. He was a cousin of Hall of Famer Joe Sewell and fellow huge league gamers Luke Sewell and Tommy Sewell.
4) Francisco Cordero (1975)
The three-time All-Star nearer nicknamed “Coco” pitched 14 years within the Major Leagues with the Tigers, Rangers, Brewers, Reds, Blue Jays and Astros from 1999-2012. The right-hander posted a 3.38 ERA and picked up 329 saves — which ranks seventeenth all-time. His 150 saves for Cincinnati from 2008-11 have him ranked second all-time for the franchise.
5) Milt Pappas (1939)
An All-Star in 1962 and ’65 as a beginning pitcher for the Orioles, Pappas performed 17 years from 1957-73 and posted a file of 209-164 with a 3.40 ERA for Baltimore, Cincinnati, Atlanta and the Cubs. Unfortunately for Pappas, he was concerned in one of the lopsided trades in Major League historical past. After the ’65 season, the Reds despatched Frank Robinson to the O’s in a deal that despatched Pappas and two others to Cincinnati. Robinson, a future Hall of Famer, gained the Triple Crown in 1966 and led the Orioles to their first World Series title. Pappas was 30-29 with a 4.04 ERA in 82 video games over three seasons with the Reds.
Bobby Witt (1964)
The third total choice within the 1985 Draft by the Rangers, Witt was 142-157 with a 4.83 ERA from 1986-2001 as a right-handed pitcher with Texas, the A’s, Marlins, Cardinals, Devil Rays, Cleveland and Diamondbacks. His son, Bobby Jr., is an infielder and was the second total choose within the 2019 Draft by the Royals.
Walt Terrell (1958)
The right-handed pitcher was 111-124 with a 4.22 ERA in 11 seasons from 1982-92 with the Mets, Tigers, Padres, Yankees and Pirates.
