controlling interest in the Washington Senators for $175,000. Griffith, unable to get financial help from the American League, mortgages his ranch in Montana to raise funds. Births January January 1 – Hank Greenberg January 4 – Izzy León January 5 – Ted Petoskey January 9 – Jim Tyack January 11 – Roy Hughes January 14 – Hank Gornicki January 16 – Hank McDonald January 17 – Hank Leiber January 18 – Pinky May January 30 – Bob Katz January 30 – Link Wasem February February 8 – Rae Blaemire February 8 – Don Heffner February 11 – Yank Terry February 13 – Herb Hash February 14 – Bill Marshall February 22 – Bill Baker February 24 – Nig Lipscomb February 24 – Johnny Oulliber February 25 – Roy Weir February 26 – Bill Starr March March 5 – Earl Browne March 18 – Al Benton March 20 – Charlie Moss March 23 – Sig Broskie March 24 – Jim Bucher March 27 – Walter Stephenson March 28 – Clarence Pickrel April April 1 – Bob Brown April 2 – Cotton Pippen April 10 – Roger Wolff April 13 – Woody Upchurch April 22 – Jake Daniel April 25 – Bobby Estalella April 25 – Connie Marrero May May 7 – Steve Wylie May 10 – Roland Gladu May 12 – Archie McKain May 15 – Howie Storie May 18 – Al Niemiec May 19 – Nubs Kleinke May 20 – Bert Delmas May 21 – Irv Stein June June 1 – Lou Tost June 7 – Ralph Buxton June 8 – Van Mungo June 9 – Frank McCormick June 17 – Byron Humphrey June 18 – Russ Hodges June 25 – Tony Parisse June 28 – Jim Hitchcock July July 7 – Red Nonnenkamp July 11 – Vito Tamulis July 14 – Julio Bonetti July 22 – Lindsay Brown July 28 – Joe Martin July 29 – Roy Henshaw August August 3 – Art Evans August 4 – Tuck Stainback August 9 – Justin Stein August 10 – Taffy Wright August 15 – Mort Flohr August 16 – Herman Besse August 21 – Tom Cafego August 22 – Herman Fink August 23 – Nels Potter August 25 – Fred Frink September September 3 – Lindsay Deal September 4 – Roy Vaughn September 5 – Buddy Hassett September 6 – Harry Danning September 6 – Vallie Eaves September 10 – Johnnie