Happy April 9th Birthday

[Stars_Rangers_82]

Mike Muldoon - 1858
Steve Toole - 1859
Ollie Pickering - 1870
Jim Rogers - 1872
Jack Hendricks - 1875
Henry Wilson - 1877
Doc White - 1879
Happy Townsend - 1879
Joe McDonald - 1888
Hippo Vaughn - 1888
Heinie Jantzen - 1890
Joe Willis - 1890
Bill Morrell - 1893
Tiny Osborne - 1893
Vic Sorrell - 1901
Guy Cantrell - 1904
Fred Frankhouse - 1904
Earl Caldwell - 1905
Claude Passeau - 1909
Steve Shemo - 1915
Charlie Mead - 1921
Dizzy Sutherland - 1922
Hal Jones - 1936
Roy Gleason - 1943
Jerry Hinsley - 1945
Nate Colbert - 1946
Sam Ewing - 1949
Ed Plank - 1952
Brian Dorsett - 1961
Kirk McCaskill - 1961
Mike Brumley - 1963
Jose Guzman - 1963
Blaise Ilsley - 1964
Hal Morris - 1965
Graeme Lloyd - 1967
Talmadge Nunnari - 1975
Kyle Peterson - 1976
Oscar Robles - 1976
Ryan O'Malley - 1980
A.J. Ellis - 1981
Chris Smith - 1981
Dennis Sarfate - 1981
Chad Reineke - 1982
Adam Loewen - 1984
David Robertson - 1985
Bryan Petersen - 1986

[Mickey Mental]

Hippo Vaughn

Vaughn of "double no-hitter" fame. Although today it's not considered that anymore. It is with me!!

[RickD]

James Leslie "Hippo" Vaughn (April 9, 1888 – May 29, 1966) was an American left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball for the Chicago Cubs during the 1910s. He had some good years for the Cubs during a time when they were not always competitive, winning over 20 games in five seasons, including a National League-leading 22 in 1918, when the season was ended a month early due to government restrictions brought about by World War I.

Vaughn was born in Weatherford, Texas. Aside from the unflattering nickname (at 6-foot-4 and 215 pounds, he was only slightly less heavy than 1970s Cubs star Rick Reuschel), he is best remembered for his participation in what the record books used to refer to as a "double no-hitter". On May 2, 1917, at the ballpark now known as Wrigley Field, Vaughn dueled with Fred Toney of the Cincinnati Reds for nine hitless innings. In the top of the 10th, the Reds scored on a couple of hits after Vaughn had retired the first batter, while Toney continued to hold the Cubs hitless in the bottom of the inning, winning the game for the Reds. With changes to the scoring rules in recent years, this game is no longer considered as a no-hitter for Vaughn; but it is still the only occasion in major league history in which a regulation nine innings was played without either team logging a hit.

Vaughn died at age 78 in Chicago, Illinois.

Hippo Vaughn was residing in Kenosha, Wisconsin when he was stabbed by his father-in-law at midnight on November 24, 1920, during an argument at the Vaughn home. At the time he was in divorce proceedings with a hearing set in a few days. His wife's father, former Kenoshan Harry DeBolt who now lived in the east, returned to Kenosha to attend the hearing. Newspaper reports at the time said DeBolt was angered over charges made by Vaughn that his wife had been friendly with other men.

However, James and Mrs. Vaughn had already effected a reconciliation before the case was to be heard. Their 9-year-old son was with them.

As Vaughn was returning to his home he was met on the street by his father-in-law, and an argument followed. DeBolt, according to the police report, slashed at the pitcher with a razor, cutting through his overcoat and inflicting a wound to the stomach. Vaughn was taken to the Kenosha Hospital and was able to leave the facility within a few days. Following the stabbing incident, DeBolt fled the city and was sought by police in several jurisdictions.

[soberdennis]

Nate Colbert had the greatest single day in San Diego Padre history-tying Stan Musial's mark of 5 homers in a DH. Colbert, a St Louis native, was supposedly in the stands when Musial did it.

[CoreyR]

Dodgers backup catcher AJ Ellis celebrates a birthday as does former Dodgers utility infielder Oscar Robles who was first signed out of the mexican league by the Dodgers. He was inconsistent but did produce in some pretty clutch situations quite a few years back.