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): Bartosz Bosacki • Calvin Ridley • David Tavaré • David Wright • Edwin Abbott Abbott • Ivana Kobilca • James Thomson (cell biologist) • Jillian Rose Reed • Jim Simpson (sportscaster) • Jorginho (footballer, born December 1991) • Jörg Schmidt (footballer) • Martyn Lloyd-Jones • Mohammad Asif (cricketer) • Nuala O'Loan, Baroness O'Loan • Prince George, Duke of Kent • Soumaïla Cissé • Suzuka Nakamoto
Born in the same month (December 1888): F. W. Murnau • Gladys Cooper • Hamilton Fish III • J. Arthur Rank • Joyce Cary • Marius Canard • Thea von Harbou • Yitzhak Baer