Mike Jorgensen
Michael Jorgensen is an American former professional baseball first baseman and outfielder who currently works in the St. Louis Cardinals' front office. The New York Mets drafted him in the fourth round of the 1966 Major League Baseball Draft. In a 17-year Major League Baseball (MLB) playing career spanning from 1968 to 1985, he played primarily with the Mets and Montreal Expos and had brief stints with the Cardinals, Atlanta Braves, Texas Rangers and Oakland Athletics. He also has served as a manager for the Cardinals. Jorgensen is the only major league baseball player to have been born the day Babe Ruth died.
16 August 1948
Born on the same birth date (16 August 1948): Barry Hay • Earl Blumenauer • Joey Spampinato • Pierre Reid
Born on the same birth day (16 August): Arthur Rose Eldred • Cedric Alexander • Didier Cuche • E. F. Schumacher • Iggy Katona • Iván Hurtado • Joleon Lescott • Laura Innes • Mark Coyne (rugby league) • Martín Maldonado • Moussa Sissoko • Reginald VelJohnson • Seán Brady (cardinal) • Tom Maschler • Vladimir Sukhomlinov • Yu Darvish
Born in the same month (August 1948): Alexander Ivashkin • Andy Fairweather Low • Atef Bseiso • Barbara Flynn • Bill Campbell (baseball) • Christy O'Connor Jnr • Cliff Branch • David Hungate • Don Boyd • Elizabeth Wilmshurst • Heather Reisman • James Street (American football) • Jim Carter (actor) • Johnny Grubb • Murray Parker (cricketer) • Nick Stringer • Pierre Reid • Robert Plant • Sauli Niinistö • Siddaramaiah • Tapan Sarkar