If Your Birthday is June 24th...

 ...you share it with Phil Hughes, a top Yankees prospect of the '00s, whose career was dogged by injuries. After winning 18 in 2010, and 16 two years later he looked like a rotation mainstay -- albeit one who gave up plenty of home runs. He posted an 88-79 record over a dozen big league seasons that including time with the Twins and  Padres.

Tim Lopes spent seven years in the minors before breaking in with the 2019 Mariners. He appeared in a handful of games earlier this month with the Brewers before being sent back to their Triple A club in Nashville.

Mike Bruhert is the only Met born June 24th. The righthanded pitcher, who grew up just minutes from Shea Stadium in Jamaica, Queens, started 22 games for the '78 Mets, going 4-11. He spent the next few seasons in the Rangers and Yankees farm systems. Bruhert returned home, where in the '80s and '90s as the pitching coach at Fordham University in the Bronx -- where one of his players was the future Met, Pete Harnisch.

George Vukovich divided his six big league seasons between the Phillies and Indians. He never delivered the power expected from an everyday player, until his two seasons (1986-'87) in Japan.

Ken Reitz was the Cardinals regular 3rd baseman for most of the 1970s. Taking over for Joe Torre, he was especially adept at fielding grounders on the slick, fast artificial surface then used at Busch Stadium.

And we remember....

Don Mincher, a power-hitting 1st baseman best known as with the 1960s Twins, who was part of history on June 9th, 1966 -- when he was one of five Minnesota players who hit home runs during the 7th inning of a game against the Kansas City A's. That was the first time that ever happened. (The feat was later matched by the 2017 Nationals against the Brewers.) Mincher's 200 career homers are the most among the 42 major leaguers born on this date. But he hit only .249 lifetime.

George Harper, an outfielder who struggled with the 1916-'18 Tigers, but after returning to the majors with the Reds in 1922, he became a career .300 hitter. Harper, who stood just 5'8, hit 15 or more homers six times during the "Roaring 20s." On a date without a Hall of Famer, Harper stands as the best player born on the 24th of June.