If Your Birthday is March 27th...

 ...you share it with a Baseball Hall of Famer and a likely future Hall of Famer.

Buster Posey, the heart and soul of the Giants trio of Worlds Champions during the 2010s, is a near-lock for induction a year from now.   The NL Rookie of the Year in 2010, and MVP/batting champ two years later, he is also the leader in WAR among the 62 major leaguers born on this date.  Though he played just 11 full seasons and totaled just 1500 hits, his .302 average, strong defense, seven All Star selections and on-field leadership boost his cause.

Miller Huggins, manager of the first Yankee Dynasty — the “Murderers Row” of the 1920s led by legends such as Ruth, Gehrig, Lazzeri and Combs, that won six pennants and three World Series championships. Dominating a decade and establishing the Yankees as baseball royalty punched his Hall of Fame ticket. 

And there’s more to his story: his sudden death in 1929 at age 51, led the club to erect a monument to him by the Stadium’s center field flagpole.  It’s the first of the now many monuments that became a franchise signature.

But that often lets his playing career be overlooked.  A standout 2nd baseman with the Reds and Cardinals from 1904-16, he led the National League in walks four times, and posted a career on-base percentage more than 100 points higher than his batting average (.382 vs. .265)!  Matching century-ago performance with modern-day stats, he's the most productive player (by WAR) of the 20th century with this birthday!!

Topping off today's birthday circle are a couple of former Mets outfielders: Brandon Nimmo, who spent a decade calling Citi Field home until being traded to Texas last winter for Marcus Semien.   And Michael Cuddyer (below), is most recognized for his 11 years with the Twins, before spending a pair of seasons in Colorado and wrapping up his career on the pennant-winning 2015 Amazins.