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06/21: Liz Funk

Posted by: Patrick

Lee Sinins gave Steve a database of birth date data for all players that have ever played for the Yankees. He's made it available in a spreadsheet. Neat.

Steve notes in the comments that he noticed someone named Liz Funk played for the Yankees. Liz was apparently the nickname for Elias Calvin Funk. They sure had some fun nicknames back there. Liz?

The only Yankee born on my birthday (11/21) was Todd Erdos. Erg. You?

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Seamus wrote:

I got Mel Stottlemyre (1941), Jim Delsing (1925), Tom Daley (1884), and Erza Midkiff (1882) on Nov. 13.

Pretty cool. Midkiff's always been a favorite of mine. ;)

06/21 15:19:47

James wrote:

I got Art Ditmar, who went to 3 WS with the Yanks (losing two), including starting and losing 2 games in the 1960 WS. The 60 WS is the one where Bill Mazeroski hit a game-winning home run in Game 7 at Forbes Field - the only time a Game 7 of the World Series ended on a home run (IIRC).

John Frill - 9th in the league in saves in 1910...with 1 :)

and Harry Kingman, 4 career plate appearances: 1 BB, 2Ks. However, he does have the distinction of being the only player to play in the majors (prior to this season) to have been born in China (born in Tientsin, China).

06/22 11:35:45

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