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February 11 – Happy Birthday Sammy Ellis plus top 5 Pinstriped Buckeyes
Very slim pickings when it comes to Yankees born on this particular date. I remember when Sammy Ellis was a pretty talented starting pitcher for Cincinnati back in the sixties. He was good enough to win 22 games for the Reds during the 1965 season. After ending his playing career in 1969, Ellis got into coaching and was eventually hired as the Yankee pitching coach three different times between 1982 and 1986, serving under managers Gene Michael, Billy Martin and Sweet Lou Piniella. Since Ellis was born in Youngstown, Ohio, I thought I’d take a look and see what other Yankees were native Buckeyes. Here’s my list of the top five Ohio-born Pinstripers of all time:
Number 1 – Thurman Munson
Number 2 – Paul O’Neill
Number 3 – Miller Huggins
Number 4 – Roger Peckinpaugh
Number 5 – Gene Woodling
The only other Yankee born on this date was this utility outfielder who co-starred in a Kevin Costner movie.
March 27 – Happy Birthday Miller Huggins
After thirteen seasons as a National League second baseman, “”Hug”" became a manager. He took over as skipper of the Yankees in 1918, winning over one thousand games, six AL pennants and three World Series during his one dozen seasons in the Yankee dugout. Though he was small in stature, only 5’6″ tall and weighing just 140 pounds, Huggins was able to gain the respect and love of his players. Lou Gehrig called him “the squarest shooter I ever met in baseball.” He became seriously ill during the 1929 season when an eye infection turned into a case of blood poisoning. He died that September. He was just 50 years old.
Since we’re on the topic of Yankee managers and Joe Girardi is about to begin his sixth year at the helm of the Bronx Bombers, I thought it might be interesting to take a look at the records of the top five winning managers in pinstripe history. Here’s the list:
| Manager – World Championships | Wins | Losses | Pct. |
| Joe McCarthy – 7 | 1460 | 867 | .627 |
| Joe Torre – 4 | 1173 | 767 | .605 |
| Casey Stengel – 7 | 1149 | 696 | .623 |
| Miller Huggins – 3 | 1067 | 719 | .597 |
| Ralph Houk – 2 | 944 | 806 | .539 |
Huggins shares his birthday with this one-time Yankee pitcher and this former Yankee DH.
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