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
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Born in the same month (December 1888): Alphonse Juin • F. W. Murnau • J. Arthur Rank • Joyce Cary • Marius Canard • Maxwell Anderson • Robert Moses • Thea von Harbou • Will Hay • Yitzhak Baer