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): Alan Parsons • Anders Odden • Andrei Markov (ice hockey) • Anžejs Pasečņiks • Ashley Cole • Bill Hosket Jr. • Calvin Ridley • Doug Nordquist • Jan Sarkander • Jan Čaloun • Jillian Rose Reed • Jim Simpson (sportscaster) • Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz • Laura M. Thurston • Mike Keneally • Otto Graf Lambsdorff • Rachael Boyle • Robert Menzies • Sidney Hook
Born in the same month (December 1888): Alexander I of Yugoslavia • Alphonse Juin • F. W. Murnau • Fritz Reiner • Gladys Cooper • Hamilton Fish III • J. Arthur Rank • Jean Bouin • Joyce Cary • Marius Canard • Maxwell Anderson • Robert Moses • Thea von Harbou • Will Hay • Yitzhak Baer