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Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Jim Abbott	Baseball	19-Sep-1967		One-handed MLB pitcher
Roberto Alomar	Baseball	5-Feb-1968		Former All-Star second baseman
Luis Aparicio	Baseball	29-Apr-1934		Shortstop, MLB Hall of Famer
Luke Appling	Baseball	2-Apr-1907	3-Jan-1991	Chicago White Sox, Hall of Famer
Bobby Bonds	Baseball	15-Mar-1946	23-Aug-2003	Father of Barry Bonds
Bobby Bonilla	Baseball	23-Feb-1963		NY Mets right fielder
Tommy Byrne	Baseball	31-Dec-1919	20-Dec-2007	MLB pitcher, Mayor of Wake Forest
Jose Canseco	Baseball	2-Jul-1964		Troubled Oakland A's player
Steve Carlton	Baseball	22-Dec-1944		Winner of four Cy Young Awards
Rocky Colavito	Baseball	10-Aug-1933		Denies having cursed Cleveland
Eddie Collins	Baseball	2-May-1887	25-Mar-1951	Second baseman, 1914 MVP
Dave DeBusschere	Basketball	16-Oct-1940	14-May-2003	NBA Hall of Famer
Bucky Dent	Baseball	25-Nov-1951		Former MLB shortstop, Yankees manager
Rob Dibble	Baseball	24-Jan-1964		Sportscaster, former Cincinnati Reds pitcher
Larry Doby	Baseball	13-Dec-1923	18-Jun-2003	First African-American in AL
Red Faber	Baseball	6-Sep-1888	25-Sep-1976	Chicago White Sox spitballer, Hall-of-Famer
Carlton Fisk	Baseball	26-Dec-1947		Catcher for 2,226 games
Nellie Fox	Baseball	25-Dec-1927	1-Dec-1975	MLB Hall of Famer
Jim Fregosi	Baseball	4-Apr-1942		Former MLB Manager
Goose Gossage	Baseball	5-Jul-1951		MLB relief pitcher
Ozzie Guillen	Baseball	20-Jan-1964		Manager, Chicago White Sox
Harry Hooper	Baseball	24-Aug-1887	18-Dec-1974	MLB Hall of Famer
Bo Jackson	Baseball	30-Nov-1962		Bo Knows
Shoeless Joe Jackson	Baseball	16-Jul-1889	5-Dec-1951	Say it ain't so, Joe
Darrell Johnson	Baseball	25-Aug-1928	3-May-2004	Red Sox, Mariners manager
George Kell	Baseball	23-Aug-1922		3rd Baseman, MLB Hall of Famer
Gene Lamont	Baseball	25-Dec-1946		Former MLB Manager
Don Larsen	Baseball	7-Aug-1929		Pitched a perfect game in 1956 World Series
Tony LaRussa	Baseball	4-Oct-1944		Manager, St. Louis Cardinals
Jim Leyland	Baseball	15-Dec-1944		Manager, Detroit Tigers
Kenny Lofton	Baseball	31-May-1967		Cleveland Indians
Al Lopez	Baseball	20-Aug-1908	30-Oct-2005	Catcher, manager in the Baseball Hall of Fame
John J. Louis, Jr.	Business	10-Jun-1925	15-Feb-1995	US Ambassador to the UK, 1981-83
Andrew J. McKenna	Business	17-Sep-1929		Owner of Schwarz Paper
Bob Melvin	Baseball	28-Oct-1961		Manager, Arizona Diamondbacks
Ron Santo	Baseball	25-Feb-1940		Third baseman, Chicago Cubs
Tom Seaver	Baseball	17-Nov-1944		Three-time Cy Young Award winner
Al Simmons	Baseball	22-May-1902	26-May-1956	Lifetime batting average .334
Sammy Sosa	Baseball	12-Nov-1968		Caught with a corked bat
Jim Thome	Baseball	27-Aug-1970		White Sox hitter
Bill Veeck	Baseball	9-Feb-1914	2-Jan-1986	Chicago White Sox owner
David Wells	Baseball	20-May-1963		MLB pitcher, wrote Perfect I'm Not
Hoyt Wilhelm	Baseball	26-Jul-1923	23-Aug-2002	Knuckleball relief pitcher
Early Wynn	Baseball	6-Jan-1920	4-Apr-1999	MLB Hall of Famer

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