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Here’s a subjective ranking of the top five for May 13.

1) Larry Gardner (1886)
Gardner, a Vermont native, became a Red Sox Hall of Famer as the starting third baseman for Boston's World Series title teams in 1912, '15 and '16. His best year came in 1912, when he batted .315/.383/.449 to earn some down-ballot MVP votes before he lifted a walk-off sacrifice fly off of the legendary Christy Mathewson in the 10th inning of the series-clinching Game 8 of that year's Fall Classic. After hitting .282 with 1,106 hits in 10 seasons with the Sox, he was traded to Cleveland, where he won another World Series in 1920.

2) Jose Rijo (1965)
Few pitchers were better than Rijo from 1988-94, when the Dominican-born right-hander reeled off seven straight seasons with an ERA of 3.08 or lower for the Reds. He was named World Series MVP for Cincinnati in 1990 and finished fifth in NL Cy Young voting in 1993, when he went 14-9 with a 2.48 ERA and led the Major Leagues in combined bWAR (10.1) over the likes of Barry Bonds and Ken Griffey Jr. A serious elbow injury derailed his promising career in 1995 and kept him out of baseball for five seasons. He pitched in 44 more games from 2001-02 before injuries ended his playing career for good.

3) Barry Zito (1978)
Zito was born in Las Vegas and grew up in Southern California, but it was in Northern California where he became a legend. The lanky left-hander pitched in the Bay Area for his entire 15-year career, first for the A's from 2000-06, where he won a Cy Young in 2002 and joined fellow aces Mark Mulder and Tim Hudson in Oakland's vaunted Big Three. The seven-year, $126 million deal Zito signed with San Francisco in December 2006 was the largest for a pitcher in Major League history, a distinction that became an albatross in the wake of subpar numbers during his Giants tenure, though he is still largely beloved as a member of the 2012 title team (he was left off the 2010 postseason roster).

4) John Roseboro (1933)
Roseboro faced an unenviable task in 1958 -- with the spotlight on the Dodgers in their first season in Los Angeles, the 25-year-old was charged with taking over behind the plate for Roy Campanella after a tragic traffic accident that January left the Hall of Famer in a wheelchair. But Roseboro made the most of his opportunity, earning the first of six All-Star selections that season while handling the Dodgers' legendary pitching staff led by Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale. Roseboro went on to win three World Series titles with L.A. and rack up 1,206 hits in a 14-year MLB career.

5) Willson Contreras (1992)
Contreras could shoot up this list in future seasons. He's been one of the best catchers in baseball since his debut in 2016, when he caught 78 regular-season games for the Cubs and appeared in all seven games of their drought-snapping World Series triumph. He cleared the 20-homer mark four times in his seven seasons with the Cubs, earning three All-Star selections, before signing with the rival Cardinals as a free agent before the 2023 season.

Others of note:
Leon Wagner (1934)
After debuting with the Giants in 1958, Wagner became an original Angel, slugging 28 homers in the Halos' inaugural 1961 season. The power-hitting outfielder earned All-Star nods in each of the following two years and was named the All-Star Game MVP after homering among three hits in the second Midsummer Classic of 1962. He hit an impressive 173 homers over a very good six-year peak from 1961-66 with Los Angeles and Cleveland.

Bobby Valentine (1950)
If this was a list of best managers born on May 13, Valentine would be No. 1 without a doubt. Bobby V is best known for skippering the Mets to back-to-back postseason appearances in 1999-2000, including the 2000 NL pennant, as well as for his inspiring work in the community in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. His time as a player is less memorable -- he scratched out 10 seasons as a utilityman for five clubs from 1969-79.

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