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Here’s a subjective ranking of the top five for July 23.

1) Pee Wee Reese (1918)
Reese was the heart and soul of the Dodgers, playing shortstop from 1940-57 (he served in the Navy from 1943-45) in Brooklyn, and for one season in Los Angeles. He was the leader of a dynasty that produced seven National League pennants and one World Series win. A 10-time All-Star who finished in the top 10 of the NL Most Valuable Player Award voting eight times, the 5-foot-10 Reese led the NL in walks (104) in 1947, runs (132) in 1949 and stolen bases (30) in 1952. Reese was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1984.

2) Don Drysdale (1936)
Drysdale was a tough pitcher, who along with Sandy Koufax, formed a dominant pitching tandem of the 1960s for the Dodgers. He won the Cy Young in 1962 by winning 25 games, at a time when there was only one award given in the Majors. In 1968, he pitched 58 2/3 straight scoreless innings, a record that would stand for 20 years. He also hit 29 home runs in his career, including seven in each of the 1958 and 1965 seasons, a record for home runs in a season by a National League hurler. A nine-time All-Star, Drysdale started the All-Star Game a record-tying five times. He was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1984.

3) Nomar Garciaparra (1973)
A six-time All-Star with the Red Sox (1997, '99-2000, '02-03) and Dodgers ('06), Garciaparra was the AL Rookie of the Year and AL Silver Slugger winner at shortstop in ’97. A lifetime .313 hitter, he had the had the highest single-season batting average by a right-handed batter in the post-war era, batting .372 in 2000, and was the first right-handed batter to win the AL batting title in consecutive seasons since Joe DiMaggio, when he accomplished the feat in 1999 and 2000. He is one of 13 players in Major League history to hit two grand slams in a single game.

4) Ginger Beaumont (1876)
Beaumont played 12 seasons in the Major Leagues (1899-1910) with the Pirates, Boston Braves and the Cubs. He spent most of his career with the Pirates, helping them win the NL pennant in 1901-03. He led the NL in hits four times, scored 100 runs four times (leading the Majors in 1903) and won the 1902 batting title with a .357 average. As Pittsburgh’s leadoff hitter, he was the first player to bat in a World Series game.

5) Ival Goodman (1908)
The first Reds player to hit 30 home runs in a season (1938), Goodman was a mainstay in right field for the Reds from 1935-40 -- a period considered the best in Reds history before the 1970s. An All-Star in 1938 and 1939, Goodman's Reds won back-to-back pennants in 1939 and 1940 and captured the 1940 World Series in seven games over the Tigers.

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