Born May 14, 1942 in Camaguey, Cuba, was Baseball Hall of Fame Infielder Tony Perez. Tony was a first baseman and third baseman from 1964 through 1986, for the Cincinnati Reds dynasty that won four National League pennants and two World Series championships between 1970 and 1976 and also played for the Montreal Expos, Boston Red Sox and the Philadelphia Phillies. Tony was aseven-time All-Star, Pérez averaged more than 100 runs batted in per season for seven straight seasons.
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Tony Perez
Born May 14, 1942 in Camaguey, Cuba, was Baseball Hall of Fame Infielder Tony Perez. Tony was a first baseman and third baseman from 1964 through 1986, for the Cincinnati Reds dynasty that won four National League pennants and two World Series championships between 1970 and 1976 and also played for the Montreal Expos, Boston Red Sox, and the Philadelphia Phillies. Tony was a seven-time All-Star, Pérez averaged more than 100 runs batted in per season for seven straight seasons.
May 14th in 1980s Baseball
Happy Birthday to a Hall of Famer, a milestone for Reggie and Benny Distefano makes history on Today in 1980s Baseball. — 80sbaseball.com
J. Daniel describes the events of the May 14 day in the MLB that are to be remembered.
May 14, 1981 - Fernando Valenzuaela (Number 34) runs his record to 8-0 when Pedro Guerrero (Number 28) hits a walk-off HR to beat the Montreal Expos 3-2.
There are more stories too about Hosken Powell, Dennis Martinez, Tony Perez, Pat Borders, Chris Smith, Mark Thurmond, Ernie Riles, Roger Clemens, and more have mention.
The best baseball players born on May 14
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Here’s a subjective ranking of the top five for May 14: — www.mlb.com
Here’s a subjective ranking of the top five for May 14: — www.mlb.com
The MLB.com website salutes the top players born on the day of May 14.
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Known as El Presidente, the right-hander from Nicaragua racked up 245 wins over 23 seasons in the Majors.
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