If Your Birthday is November 6th...

...you share it with Adam LaRoche. The son of former big league pitcher Dave LaRoche spent a dozen seasons in the majors, smacking home runs and playing first base for the Braves, Pirates, Diamondbacks, Nationals and White Sox. His 1605 games played are the most for anyone born on this date.

The only Hall of Famer born November 6th re-emerged in the public eye during the recent World Series. Walter Johnson, the Senators greatest player ever, nailed down DC's only other Championship. More than 90 years after he retired, he still holds the all time record for most shutouts (with 110), while his 3508 strikeouts remained the most ever until the 1980s! 417 career victories, a lifetime 2.17 ERA and 531 complete games underscore why, in 1936, he was a member of the first class of Cooperstown inductees.

With 177 career victories, John Candelaria ranks among the most prolific pitchers ever born in New York City. The Brooklyn native made his mark in Pittsburgh during the mid 1970s, highlighted by a 20-win season in 1977. He later played for seven other clubs, including both New York and L.A. teams.

James Paxton's first season in the Bronx went well. Acquired in an off-season trade for top prospect Justus Sheffield, The Big Maple overcame some shaky early starts to win 15 games for the Yankees. Drafted by the Mariners after starring for the University of Kentucky, Paxton made history on May 8th, 2018, when he no-hit the Blue Jays at Rogers Center, becoming the first Canadian major league pitcher to throw a no-hitter in Canada.

And we remember Mack Jones. The Atlanta native looked like a budding star with the still-in-Milwaukee Braves, where he played alongside Hank Aaron and Joe Torre. When the team relocated to Atlanta, he hit 23 homers in 1966, but a shoulder injury that year changed the course of his career. Mack later moved onto the Reds and Expos -- where he was in the starting lineup for the franchise's first-ever game on April 8th, 1969. Jones died of cancer in 2004.






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