Happy Birthdays

52 MLB players have birthdays today.  Since Ty Cobb is one of them, I thought that this day might be near the top of the list for most career hits for players born on a day.  Wrong I was.

Cobb had about 31% of the hits for players born on 12-18.  Bill Skowron was second with 1,566.  Roy Howell is the only other player on the list who got onto a Kellogg's card.  Howell is fifth on this list with 991 hits.  This group of players has over 13,000 hits.  I have no idea if that is a lot.

Four days during the year have over 20,000 career hits by players born on that day. 

06-15 - 56 players; Leader - Wade Boggs (3011), Billy Williams (2711), Brett Butler (2375);

10-30 - 66 players; Leader - Ed Delahanty (2597);

12-20 - 57 players;  Leader - Cecil Cooper (2192); 10 players over 1,000 hits.

10-18 - 63 players; Leader - Willie Horton (1983)


What does all of this mean?  Nothing.  I just decided to check it out instead of just mentioning that today is Ty Cobb's birthday.