The finest baseball gamers born on Christmas

It’s becoming that Christmas Day gifted us with three Hall of Fame gamers. Here’s a subjective rating of the highest 5 for December 25:

1) Rickey Henderson (1958)
The stolen-base champ, 10-time All-Star and 1990 AL MVP with the A’s is a no brainer lead for this record. Always quotable, ever assured, the “Man of Steal” was a pleasure to look at on the sector. Here’s simply one in every of many wild Henderson information: He practically ran a marathon over his profession, simply by stealing bases. His 1,406 steals, at 90 toes apiece, comes out to 126,540 toes … or 23.97 miles; simply over two shy of a marathon.

2) Nellie Fox (1927)
Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1997, Fox was an important piece of the “Go-Go” White Sox of the Fifties. He was the 1959 AL MVP, a 15-time All-Star and three-time Gold Glover, receiving the inaugural award at second base in 1957. Incredibly, his highest strikeout whole in a single season was … 18!

3) Pud Galvin (1856)
His pair of nicknames – Gentle Jeems and The Little Steam Engine – and his unimaginable look had been Hall of Fame-worthy in their very own proper, however Pud was a reasonably good ballplayer, too. He captured an ERA title (1.16) in his rookie season and completed his 18-year profession with 1,807 strikeouts, spectacular for the period through which he performed. Galvin was inducted into the Hall of Fame by the Veteran’s Committee in 1965.

4) Manny Trillo (1950)
Known as a slick-fielding second baseman, Trillo captured three Gold Glove Awards and was a stalwart within the center infield for the 1980 Phillies, who received the franchise’s first World Series title. He was the NLCS MVP throughout that playoff run, hitting .381/.364/.571 within the collection towards the Astros, with one memorable spotlight being a relay throw to chop off a run at residence within the decisive Game 5.

5) Hideki Okajima (1975)
Following a prolonged profession in Japan, Okajima signed with the Red Sox as a 31-year-old in 2007 and shortly turned an vital a part of their bullpen as a setup man to Jonathan Papelbon. Though he had an inauspicious begin to his Major League profession, permitting a house run on the primary pitch he threw, Okajima settled in and didn’t permit a run in 19 appearances from April 6 to May 20 of his rookie season. He turned the primary Japanese-born pitcher to look within the World Series when he pitched 2 1/3 good frames in Game 2 towards the Rockies in 2007.

Nabil Crismatt (1994)
OK, this one is admittedly extra about how good it’s that Crismatt was born on … Christmas. But who is aware of? The Padres reliever, whose huge league profession acquired underway in 2020, may find yourself being a good pitcher.

Willy Taveras (1981)
He was the runner-up to Ryan Howard within the 2005 NL Rookie of the Year vote and led the National League in stolen bases with 68 in 2008.