If Your Birthday is October 14th...

 
...you share it with Patrick Mazeika. The red-bearded catcher was called up from the minors during an injury wave in May and quickly made his presence known in several Mets victories. In fact, this Massachusetts native is the first player since 1920 to have multiple walk-off RBIs in his first four big league games.

Kole Calhoun hits for power -- highlighted by a 33 homer season with the 2019 Angels. Now with the Diamondbacks, he missed much of this year with knee problems.

Joe Girardi, the 17th former Yankee to manage the team succeeded Joe Torre and spent a decade on the job -- highlighted by winning the 2009 World Series. Over a 10 season tenure, his Yankees compiled a 910 - 710 record, the sixth most wins in franchise history. That run ended after his youthful 2017 club lost the ALCS to the Astros -- amidst rumblings that he didn't get along well with some of his young players, such as Gary Sanchez.. Following two years with MLB Network, he took over the Phillies in 2020, but has yet to return to the playoffs.

Pat Kelly appeared to be a long-term answer at 2nd base for the Yankees up until the 1994 player strike. Once the action resumed, he fell victim to injuries, though he did enjoy one big moment in 1995 -- a 9th inning homer that helped beat Toronto in the next-to-last game of the season as the Yanks claimed the first American League Wild Card. Married to an Australian, Kelly moved "down under" after his playing career ended. He's helped coach their national team and grow baseball in a country better known for  Australian Rules Football.

Ed Figueroa, who came to the Yankees along with Mickey Rivers in exchange for Bobby Bonds, had three very productive seasons alongside Ron Guidry in the Yankee rotation (1976-'78), but was the never the same after a 1979 elbow injury.

Art Shamsky, who shared right field with Ron Swoboda on the 1969 Champion Mets, is also in the record books as one of a handful of players to belt four consecutive home runs (that happened in 1966 when he played for the Reds).  

Tommy Harper, a speedy outfielder during the '60 and '70s, who twice stole over 50 bases in a season.  

And we remember:

Oscar Charleston, the Negro Leagues star whose .364 career average ranks second only to Ty Cobb in major league history.

Tom Cheney,  the Washington Senators pitcher who struck out 21 Baltimore batters in a 16-inning game in 1962 -- a record still unmatched. He seemed to be on the verge of stardom when his career was ruined by an elbow injury a year later. He died from Alzheimers in 2001.