Sports History on 12th of May

Born May 12, 1925, in St. Louis, MO, was Baseball Hall of Fame catcher Yogi Berra. Yogi played the Catcher, Left Field, Right Field, First Base, and Third Base wearing the number 8 on the New York Yankees (1948-63, manager 1985) New York Mets (1965), and Houston Astros (manager 1987) for 19 seasons as he batted 0.285 for his career, had an On Base percentage of 0.482, with 358 career Home Runs.

Born May 12, 1935, in Edmonton, Alberta, was Hockey Hall of Fame Left Wing Johnny Bucyk. This legend played in the NHL for 23 seasons with both the Detroit Red Wings for a couple of seasons and the majority of his pro hockey tenure as a Boston Bruin. Bucyk was a two-time Lady Byng Award winner, was on two Bruins Stanley Cup Champion teams, was a two-time NHL All-Star, and was one of the top 100 players in the NHL 100 celebration.

Sports history is made every day of the year. We will preserve at least a small sampling from some great athletes every day based on the uniform number they wore. 27 - 17 - 14 May 12, 1910 - Ace pitcher and future Hall of Fame player of the Philadelphia Athletics, Charles Bender thr...