The best baseball players born on November 10

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Here’s a subjective ranking of the top five for Nov. 10.

1) Norm Cash (1933)
“Stormin’ Norman” was a terrific hitter, who slashed .272/.374/.488 (139 OPS+) with 373 home runs for the Tigers between 1960-74, following trades from the White Sox (December 1959) and Cleveland (April 1960). A star of the classic 1968 World Series against the Cardinals, Cash also authored perhaps the most comical moment in Tigers history, bringing a table leg to home plate to face a dominant Nolan Ryan in the ninth inning of a game in 1973.

2) Jack Clark (1955)
One of the top sluggers of the 1980s, Clark launched 320 home runs between 1978-91 -- trailing only Dale Murphy and four Hall of Famers (Mike Schmidt, Eddie Murray, Andre Dawson and Dave Winfield). Coincidentally, he finished his career with a 137 OPS+ in 8,230 plate appearances, while Will Clark (no relation) -- who debuted 11 years later -- posted a 137 OPS+ in 8,283 plate appearances. Both Clarks spent the majority of their careers with the Giants.

3) Shawn Green (1972)
One of just 15 players to ever produce a 35-35 season, Green was a superstar at his peak, before a shoulder injury precipitated a decline in his 30s. From 1998-2002, he averaged 38 homers, a .914 OPS and 5.5 WAR. Green also boasts a strong argument for producing the best offensive game in AL/NL history: his six-hit, four-homer, six-run, seven-RBI, 19-total-base extravaganza at Milwaukee on May 23, 2002. That performance helped kickstart a longer hot streak that made Green one of six hitters to launch 17 homers in a 23-game span.

4) Kenny Rogers (1964)
The lefty’s résumé is impressive on its own: 20 big league seasons, more than 3,300 innings and 200 wins, four All-Star selections, five Gold Glove Awards and a perfect game. But it becomes downright amazing when you consider that Rogers was a 39th-round Draft pick, didn’t reach the Majors until his eighth pro season and didn’t become a regular starter until he was 28 years old.

5) Jim Whitney (1857)
The man nicknamed “Grasshopper” pitched for teams such as the NL’s Kansas City Cowboys and Indianapolis Hoosiers but did his best work for the Boston Beaneaters (now the Braves) from 1881-85, including a key role in their 1883 pennant-winning club. His Dead Ball Era numbers are, of course, absurd to modern eyes. In 1883, Whitney threw 514 1/3 innings and went 37-21 with 54 complete games.

Others of note:
Jimmy Dykes (1896)
This was a full baseball life. Dykes played and managed for 21 seasons apiece, though six of those overlapped -- Dykes was a player-manager for the White Sox from 1934-39.

Bob Stanley (1954)
In the long, storied history of the Red Sox, nobody has pitched in more games for the franchise than Stanley (637), who also has a strong case as the best pitcher to ever come out of Maine.

Gene Conley (1930)
The three-time All-Star righty was actually a two-sport star, winning a World Series with the 1957 Milwaukee Braves and three NBA titles with the 1959-61 Boston Celtics.

Larry Parrish (1953)
The two-time All-Star hit 256 Major League homers, plus another 70 in Japan, and also managed the Tigers from 1998-99.

Birdie Tebbetts (1912)
Nicknamed on the basis of his high-pitched voice, “Birdie” caught for 14 seasons and made four All-Star teams while missing three full seasons to serve in World War II. He spent 11 more seasons as a manager.

Eric Thames (1986)
The imposing lefty slugger turned his career around in South Korea’s KBO from 2014-16 (124 homers) before returning to find success in MLB.

Butch Huskey (1971)
Could a 6-foot-3, 244-pound slugger have featured a more appropriate name? Huskey hit a career-high 24 homers for the 1997 Mets.

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