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Fred Merkle

Fred Merkle
Fred Merkle, American baseball player and manager (d. 1956)

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): Bartosz BosackiCalvin RidleyDavid TavaréDavid WrightEdwin Abbott AbbottIvana KobilcaJames Thomson (cell biologist)Jillian Rose ReedJim Simpson (sportscaster)Jorginho (footballer, born December 1991)Jörg Schmidt (footballer)Martyn Lloyd-JonesMohammad Asif (cricketer)Nuala O'Loan, Baroness O'LoanPrince George, Duke of KentSoumaïla CisséSuzuka Nakamoto

Born in the same month (December 1888): F. W. MurnauGladys CooperHamilton Fish IIIJ. Arthur RankJoyce CaryMarius CanardThea von HarbouYitzhak Baer