Celebrating Patrick’s Day

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Patrick Corbin

I have no idea if these guys are saints or not.

Nine to Know: Patricks

1. Patrick Corbin, the 24-year old Arizona Diamondback lefty, who is now expected to miss the entire 2014 season with a torn UCL. Corbin made his first All-Star team last season.
2. Pat Corrales, was a major league catcher for nine seasons and a major league manager for nine seasons.
3. Pat Dobson, pitched in the majors for 11 seasons. He made the All-Star team in 1972, the same season he led the league in losses for the Orioles with 18. He had a 2.65 ERA that season.
4. Pat Gillick, the baseball executive inducted into the Hall of Fame by Veteran’s Committee as Pioneer/Executive in 2011.
5. Pat Hentgen, pitched in the majors for 14 seasons and won the Cy Young award while tossing for the Blue Jays in 1996. He went 20-10 that year. That was one of three seasons that the righty was an All-Star.
6. Pat Kelly, was a 15-season major leaguer. He was an All-Star with White Sox in 1973.
7. Pat Mullin, played in the majors for 10 seasons and was an All-Star in 1947 and 1948 as an outfielder for the Tigers.
8. Pat Tabler, was Mr. Clutch for 12 big league seasons. He made the All-Star playing for the Indians in 1987.
9. Pat Zachry, was major league pitcher for 10 seasons. He was Rookie of the Year for the Reds in 1976 and an All-Star for the Mets in 1978.

Tip o’ the Hat to…

• Irish McIlveen, who played for 53 games in the early 1900’s and was born in Belfast.
• Irish Meusel, who played for 11 seasons most famously for the New York Giants. His career ended in 1927. He had four straight hundred-RBI seasons from 1922-25.
• Joe Cleary, the last major leaguer born in Ireland. Cleary was born December 3, 1918 in Cork. Cleary had an Irish cup of coffee on August 4, 1945 in the second game of a doubleheader, pitching one-third of an inning for the Washington Senators allowing five hits, three walks, one strikeout, one wild pitch, and seven earned runs to the  Red Sox as part of a 12-run 4th inning for Boston. Of the 47 players in the bigs born in Ireland, he is the only one born in the 20th century.