Considered one of the best baseball players of all time, Hank Aaron broke Babe Ruth's home run record when he hit his 715th home run in 1974, before setting a new Major League Record with 755 home runs in the same year.
1934-
Sparky Anderson was the manager of baseball’s Cincinnati Reds and Detroit Tigers, winning three World Series championships.
1934-2010
1931-
1947-
Yogi Berra is best known as a Yankees player who was widely considered one of the best catchers of all-time. Later in life, he managed the team, becoming only one of six managers to lead both National and American League teams to the World Series.
1925-
Outfielder Roberto Clemente broke National League batting records while playing for the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1960s.
1934-1972
1886-1961
Dizzy Dean was a Major League Baseball pitcher who led the St. Louis Cardinals to World Series victory in 1937.
1911-1974
Joe DiMaggio was one of the best all-round baseball players in the history of the game, helping the NY Yankees to nine World Series titles.
1914-1999
Hall of Fame first baseman Lou Gehrig played for the New York Yankees in the 1920s and 1930s, setting the mark for consecutive games played. He died of ALS in 1941.
1903-1941
Hank Greenberg became one of Major League Baseball's first Jewish super stars, while playing for the Detroit Tigers.
1911-1986
1946-1999
1946-
Mickey Mantle played for the New York Yankees from 1951 to 1968, and was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1974.
1931-1995
Willie Mays played professional baseball for the Giants and the Mets. He was one of the best batters and fielders at the time.
1931-
1917-2007
American baseball star Pete Rose established a career record for hits before earning a lifetime suspension for gambling on the sport.
1941-
1895-1948
Nolan Ryan played professional baseball until age 46. He pitched 3,509th career strikeouts, becoming the first pitcher to surpass Walter Johnson's 1927 record.
1947-
Baseball legend Ted Williams was best known as the Boston Red Sox Player who had a contentious relationship with Boston fans, who he refused to tip his hat to during his career.
1918-2002
1867-1955