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Here’s a subjective ranking of the top five for Feb. 20:

1) Justin Verlander (1983)
The hard-throwing righty is one of six pitchers in history to throw at least three no-hitters. The future Hall of Famer became a rare starting pitcher to win an MVP in 2011, when he was with the Tigers. Verlander has had a late-career renaissance with the Houston Astros, which wasn’t slowed until he underwent Tommy John surgery that forced him to miss all but one start in ’20 and all of ’21. The ultimate bulldog had 13 200-inning seasons from 2007-19. He returned from injury in 2022 and won his third career Cy Young Award before signing a two-year deal to join the Mets during the offseason. After making just 16 starts for New York in '23, Verlander returned to the Astros in a Trade Deadline deal.

2) Sam Rice (1890)
Though Verlander will join him eventually, Rice is the only player with a Feb. 20 birthday to be in the Hall of Fame. One of the premier players in the Dead Ball Era, Rice stole a league-leading 63 bases for the Senators in 1920. In a sign of how free-wheeling that era was, Rice was also caught a league-leading 30 times this season. In his 20-year career, all but one for the Senators, Rice topped the 200-hit plateau six times and finished just shy of 3,000 hits at 2,987.

3) Brian McCann (1984)
At a position where offense is typically at a premium, the underrated McCann belted 282 homers over 15 years -- 10 of them with his hometown Braves. McCann made valuable contributions to the World Series champion Astros of ’17. The left-handed hitter belted 20 homers or more in 10 seasons.

4) Tommy Henrich (1913)
How do you win seven World Series championships in your career and make five All-Star teams and be underrated? By sharing a roster with icons like Joe DiMaggio, Lou Gehrig and Yogi Berra. Make no mistake: Henrich was a key-cog while playing his entire 11-year career with the Yankees. He also lost three years of his prime serving his country in World War II. Henrich was a good but not great player. Think Tino Martinez or Paul O’Neill for a modern comparison. He hit 31 homers in ’41 and drove in 100 in ’48.

5) Livan Hernandez (1975)
After defecting from Cuba, Hernandez came up huge as a rookie for the Marlins in their run to World Series glory in 1997. How huge? He was the MVP of that World Series, in which the Marlins beat Cleveland in seven games. In his first career postseason start – Game 5 of the ’97 NLCS against the Braves – Hernandez threw 143 pitches and had 15 strikeouts. Yes, the strike zone that day was enormous but it is still a performance to be applauded. Hernandez got to one more World Series in his career as part of the Giants’ squad that lost to the Angels in seven games.

Others of note:

Shane Spencer (1972)
The 26-year-old Minor League journeyman came out of nowhere to light it up with the home-run ball for the historic ’98 Yankees (114-48 record) down the stretch of that season, ripping 10 longballs in 50 at-bats.

Bill Gullickson (1959)
Best known for his time with the Expos, Gullickson had his first and only 20-win season for the 1991 Tigers. He won 162 games.

Clyde Wright (1941)
While the righty’s career was average, he had a three-year run for the Angels when he was tremendous, going 56-40 with a 2.93 ERA and 32 complete games and six shutouts. Clyde’s son Jaret pitched in the World Series for the ’97 Indians.

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