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Here’s a subjective ranking of the top five for March 11.

1) Bobby Abreu (1974)
Abreu was a multi-threat player with power, speed and a terrific batting eye for six teams, most notably the Phillies and Yankees.

A two-time All-Star, he hit over .300 six times, stole 20 or more bases 14 times, drove in 100 or more runs nine times, hit more than 20 homers nine times and had 12 seasons with 100-plus walks. His career on-base percentage was .395.

He and all-time great Willie Mays are the only two players in baseball history to play in 150-or-more games for 13 consecutive seasons.

2) Dock Ellis (1945)
Ellis was an All-Star pitcher who won 138 games in the Majors and a World Series. He was part of the Pirates’ historic lineup that featured only black and Latino players in 1971, the same year the Bucs topped the Orioles for the World Series title.

He also may be the only man in history to throw a no-hitter (June 12, 1970) under the influence of LSD. Mistaking what day of the week it was and thinking he was not slated to pitch, Ellis took the hallucinogen at an acquaintance's house in L.A. Since the Pirates were actually playing in San Diego that night, he boarded a last-minute flight from L.A. to San Diego and arrived an hour and a half before his start.

Despite starting the game when the effects of the drug peaked, Ellis proceeded to no-hit the Padres, though he did walk eight. Ellis said he saw multiple home plates that night.

“I really didn’t see the hitters,” Ellis said years later. “All I could tell is if they were on the right side or the left side. The catcher had tape on his fingers to help me see signals. But I was high as a Georgia pine.”

Ellis, who also used amphetamines and developed issues with alcohol and other recreational drugs, became an advocate for people with substance abuse problems after his playing career ended. His life and career is the subject of 2014 documentary.

3) Rich Hill (1980)
Through 2023, Hill recorded 64 of his 90 career wins at age 36 or later. His most memorable outing was Aug. 23, 2017, when he tossed nine no-hit innings for the Dodgers against the Pirates -- the sole baserunner to that point reached on an error -- but lost the official no-hit bid and the game by surrendering a leadoff homer to Josh Harrison in the 10th.

4) Dan Uggla (1980)
A late bloomer who didn't reach the Majors until he was 26, Uggla hit more than 200 home runs in the Majors and made multiple All-Star teams, mostly with the Marlins and Braves.

He was a three-time All-Star and won the NL Silver Slugger Award in 2010.

5) César Gerónimo (1948)
Gerónimo was the center fielder and a mainstay for the Big Red Machine that won two World Series titles and dominated the NL in the 1970s.

He also is a footnote for career milestones by two Hall of Fame pitchers. On July 17, 1974, he became the 3,000th strikeout victim of Bob Gibson and on July 4, 1980, he was the 3,000th strikeout victim of Nolan Ryan.

Other notables:
Sang-Hoon Lee (1971): Lee was the first Korean to play in the Korea Baseball Organization and later pitch in the Major Leagues.

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