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Dick Young

Born: Oct. 17, 1917 Confrontational sportswriter for 44 years with NY tabloids; as baseball beat writer and columnist, he lead change from flowery prose to hard-nosed reporting. Died: Aug. 31, 1987

Charley Gehringer

Born: May 11, 1903Baseball 2B hit .300 or better 13 times; AL batting champion and MVP with Detroit in 1937.Died: Jan. 21, 1993

Mike Ilitch

Born: July 20, 1929Baseball and Hockey owner owns Little Caesar's, the international pizza chain; bought Detroit Red Wings of NHL for $8 million in 1982 and AL Detroit Tigers for $85 million in…

Jackie Jensen

Born: Mar. 9, 1927Football RB and Baseball OF All-America at California in 1948; American League MVP with Boston Red Sox in 1958.Died: July 14, 1982

Ralph Kiner

Born: Oct. 27, 1922Baseball OF led NL in home runs 7 straight years (1946-52) with Pittsburgh; 369 career HRs and 1,015 RBI in 10 seasons; long-time NY Mets announcer.

Lee MacPhail

Born: Oct. 25, 1917Baseball AL president (1974-83); president of owners' Player Relations Committee (1984-85); also GM of Baltimore (1959-65) and NY Yankees (1967-74); son of Larry and father of…

Jim Palmer

Born: Oct. 15, 1945Baseball RHP 3-time Cy Young Award winner (1973,75-76); won 20 or more games 8 times with Baltimore; 1991 comeback attempt at age 45 scrubbed in spring training.

Brooks Robinson

Born: May 18, 1937Baseball 3B led AL in fielding 12 times from 1960-72 with Baltimore; AL MVP in 1964; World Series MVP in 1970; 16 Gold Gloves; entered Hall of Fame in 1983.

Mike Schmidt

Born: Sept. 27, 1949Baseball 3B led NL in HRs 8 times; 3-time MVP (1980,81,86) with Philadelphia; 548 career HRs and 10 Gold Gloves; inducted into Hall of Fame in 1995.

Tris Speaker

Born: Apr. 4, 1888Baseball OF all-time leader in outfield assists (449) and doubles (792); had .344 career BA and 3,515 hits.Died: Dec. 8, 1958