John Wetteland

John Karl Wetteland is an American former baseball pitcher who played 12 seasons in Major League Baseball (1989–2000). He pitched for four teams: the Los Angeles Dodgers, Montreal Expos, New York Yankees, and Texas Rangers. A relief pitcher, Wetteland specialized as a closer, recording 330 saves during his career. With the Yankees, he won the 1996 World Series over the Atlanta Braves and won the World Series Most Valuable Player Award for saving four games in the series. After his playing career, he served as a coach for the Washington Nationals and Seattle Mariners. In 2019, Wetteland was arrested and indicted on charges of sexually abusing a child under the age of 14. These charges were later dismissed.

21 August 1966

Born on the same birth day (21 August): Art Farmer • Aubrey Beardsley • DeWanna Bonner • Leonid Hurwicz • Nicolás Almagro • Nikolay Bogolyubov • Paul Mellor • Steve Case • Wilt Chamberlain • Wout Brama

Born in the same month (August 1966): Charlie Dimmock • Colin Cunningham • Dimebag Darrell • Dimitris Papadopoulos (basketball player) • Eric Esch • Joann Fletcher • Jonathan Silverman • Jörn Großkopf • Karl Petter Løken • Lyuboslav Penev • Miguel Albaladejo • Rik Smits • Tobias Ellwood • Vinny Del Negro