Fred Merkle
Carl Frederick Rudolf Merkle, nicknamed "Bonehead", was an American first baseman in Major League Baseball from 1907 to 1926. Although he had a lengthy career, he is best remembered for a controversial base-running mistake he made as a rookie while still a teenager.
20 December 1888
Born on the same birth date (20 December 1888): Yitzhak Baer
Born on the same birth day (20 December): Anders Odden • Anja Rücker • Calvin Ridley • Hortense Calisher • Joe Cornish • Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz • Kim Ki-duk • Konstantinos Dovas • Mala Powers • Mitsuko Uchida • Prince George, Duke of Kent • Robert J. Van de Graaff
Born in the same month (December 1888): Alphonse Juin • F. W. Murnau • Fritz Reiner • Jean Bouin • Marius Canard • Maxwell Anderson • Thea von Harbou • Yitzhak Baer