Tris Speaker
Tristram Edgar Speaker, nicknamed "the Gray Eagle", was an American professional baseball player. Considered one of the greatest players in the history of Major League Baseball (MLB), he compiled a career batting average of .345. His 792 career doubles represent an MLB career record. His 3,514 hits are fifth in the all-time hits list. Defensively, Speaker holds career records for assists, double plays, and unassisted double plays by an outfielder. His fielding glove was known as the place "where triples go to die."
4 April 1888
Born on the same birth date (4 April 1888): Zdzisław Żygulski (literary historian)
Born on the same birth day (4 April): Anthony Clark (actor) • Barry Pepper • Ben Gordon • Bobby Ray Inman • Dettmar Cramer • Giuseppe Maria Orlandini • Hugh Masekela • Joe Orlando • Justin O'Neill • Katsuaki Satō • Kelly Price • Paul Downton • Piotr Anderszewski • Richard Lugar • Rosemarie Ackermann • Sammy Wilson (politician) • Sarah Gadon • Stephen Storace • Thobias Fredriksson • William Strachey • Édouard Lucas
Born in the same month (April 1888): Cecil Kimber • Florence La Badie • Georges Vanier • Gerhard Ritter • Hans Richter (artist) • Herms Niel • Maximilian Kronberger • Pe Maung Tin • Walter Tull • Zdzisław Żygulski (literary historian)