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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): Alan ParsonsAnders OddenAndrei Markov (ice hockey)Anžejs PasečņiksAshley ColeBill Hosket Jr.Calvin RidleyDoug NordquistJan SarkanderJan ČalounJillian Rose ReedJim Simpson (sportscaster)Kazimierz MarcinkiewiczLaura M. ThurstonMike KeneallyOtto Graf LambsdorffRachael BoyleRobert MenziesSidney Hook

Born in the same month (December 1888): Alexander I of YugoslaviaAlphonse JuinF. W. MurnauFritz ReinerGladys CooperHamilton Fish IIIJ. Arthur RankJean BouinJoyce CaryMarius CanardMaxwell AndersonRobert MosesThea von HarbouWill HayYitzhak Baer