Common Link

[UtterChaos]

What is the common link between these players?

C-Bob Barton
1B-Mike Jorgensen
2B-Bob Saverine
3B-Johnny Schaive
SS-Moe Franklin
OF-Cesar Cedeno
OF-Jim Piersall
OF-Dave Moates
P-Jeff Fassero

[UtterChaos]

Time for a hint: They all have a connection to a hall of famer.

[gyb13]

gary carter?

[UtterChaos]

Each one has a connection to a different hall of famer so there's 9 different hall of famers involved and they're all deceased.

[UtterChaos]

Another Hint: It has nothing to do with their performance on the field.

[Sidewinder]

Each of them (except Cedeno) were born on the day a Hall of Famer died.

C-Bob Barton - Mickey Welch (7/30/41)
1B-Mike Jorgensen - Babe Ruth (8/16/48)
2B-Bob Saverine - Lou Gehrig (6/2/41)
3B-Johnny Schaive - John McGraw(2/25/34)
SS-Moe Franklin -Rube Waddell(4/1/14)
OF-Cesar Cedeno born 2/25/51, Eddie Collins died 3/25/51
OF-Jim Piersall - Joe McGinnity(11/14/29)
OF-Dave Moates - Herb Pennock (1/30/48)
P-Jeff Fassero - Rogers Hornsby(1/5/63)

[UtterChaos]

Originally Posted by Sidewinder

Each of them (except Cedeno) were born on the day a Hall of Famer died.

C-Bob Barton - Mickey Welch (7/30/41)
1B-Mike Jorgensen - Babe Ruth (8/16/48)
2B-Bob Saverine - Lou Gehrig (6/2/41)
3B-Johnny Schaive - John McGraw(2/25/34)
SS-Moe Franklin -Rube Waddell(4/1/14)
OF-Cesar Cedeno born 2/25/51, Eddie Collins died 3/25/51
OF-Jim Piersall - Joe McGinnity(11/14/29)
OF-Dave Moates - Herb Pennock (1/30/48)
P-Jeff Fassero - Rogers Hornsby(1/5/63)

That's it! Hall of Famer and former negro league player Smoky Joe Williams died on 2/25/51, the same day that Cesar Cedeno was born.

[Craig S.]

Nice question, and a good job of answering it by Sidewinder.