Poreda is Jewish, and grew up in Moraga, California. He is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates organization of Major League Baseball.
Greenberg is a Jewish Amercan baseball plaey. He is a left-handed outfielder with the Bridgeport Bluefish of the Atlantic League, who is best known for being hit in the head in his first and only Major League plate appearance with the Chicago Cubs in 2005. He is one of two players who have been hit by a pitch in their only major league at bat, and never taken the field.
Stern is a Canadian Major League Baseball outfielder. He bats left-handed, and throws right-handed. He was dubbed the Canadian Babe Ruth by Cleveland Indians outfielder Trot Nixon. Stern is the second Jewish player from Canada in major league history.
Rosen was the 1953 American League MVP on the Cleveland Indians. General Manager of SF Giants in the 80s and early 90s. Hit over .300 in 3 seasons. Rosens nickname Flip from the way he pitched softball. He is Jewish and enrolled into the University of Florida.
Active Major League Umpire. In an amusing sidelight, Shawn Green recently told an LA magazine that he came up to bat, in 1999, when Clark was umpiring & Jesse Levis was catching. They all laughed, said "hey, Yids", and since it was right after Rosh Hashanah, wished each other a happy new year.
Scouting co-coordinator for the Reds. He was a minor league outfielder with the Reds in the 1960s.
Born Arnold Barry Latman. Pitched for White Sox, Indians, Angels, and Astros. (57-67). Journeyman pitcher, best season: 13-5. He was a graduate of Fairfax High School, Los Angeles. In the 59 series, he played against his fellow Jewish Fairfax graduates--Larry and Norm Sherry.
Played 1884-1898. Regular 3B. Mostly Boston, National League. Lifetme batting avg. .275. Sources differ on whether Nash was Jewish. We put him up for informational purposes.
Major League pitcher in the 60s. Pretty talented, but known as a wildman who dated Hollywood Starlets. Pitched a no-hitter in 1962. Mother, Jewish. Father,not. Update: We have been reliably informed that Belinskys mother converted to Catholicism at the time of her marriage and that Belinsky was raised Catholic.
Former owner of the SF Giants (now owned by a group headed up by Peter MacGowan, heir to the Safeway fortune). A very sweet guy who bought the team to save them from re-location out of San Francisco. Always soft-spoken.
Hall of Fame slugger who played for Detroit Tigers. Hit 58 home runs in 1938. (While Greenberg says he ran out of gas, he was subject to a lot of pitching around him so a Jew would not break Babe Ruths 60 home run record.) Career stats would have been better if he had not served six yrs. in the Army at the height of his career.
Koufax is often considered the greatest Jewish baseball player ever. The dominant pitcher in the Major Leagues from 62 to 66. Pitched four no-hitters. Declined to pitch in the World Series on Yom Kippur. Hall of Fame lst ballot selection.
Shamsky is a former Major League Baseball player. He played right field, left field, and first base from 1965 to 1972 for the Cincinnati Reds, New York Mets, Chicago Cubs, and Oakland Athletics. In 2007 he was the manager of the Modiin Miracle of the Israel Baseball League.
Levine is a former Major League Baseball relief pitcher who currently pitches for the Newark Bears of the independent Atlantic League.
Had a short career as a pitcher with the Washington Senators (1919-21). Came back as The Clown Prince of Baseball, clowning around at Old-Timers games, etc. This title was sometimes also held by Max Patkin, (never a major leaguer)--he appears in the film Bull Durham as himself.
Well, we could hardly have a baseball category without mentioning that the composer of Take Me Out to the Ball Game was Jewish. Von Tilzer wrote the music. Jack Norworth, whom we are pretty sure was not Jewish, wrote the lyrics. Neither fellow had seen a pro game when they wrote the song in 1908. Von Tilzer finally went to one in 1928 and Norworth went to his first game in 1942.
Left-handed pitcher who broke into the Chicago Cubs rotation in the 1999 season. His father emigrated from England and Lorraines uncle is an orthodox rabbi in England. The familys original name is Levin. His grandfather, who served in the British Army in Alsace-Lorraine, liked the name Lorraine and changed it.
Cohen, the Tuscaloosa Terror, was a second baseman in Major League Baseball. He played from 1926–29 for the New York Giants.
Better known as Happy Foreman. Pitcher. 1924; 1926. Pitched a total of 8 games with White Sox and Red Sox. Decent stats; no wins or losses.
Dreyfuss was the owner of Pittsburgh Pirates and is credited with organizing the first World Series.
