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The greatest slugger in Tigers history sorry, Miggy, youre not quite there yet was born on the first day of 1911.Thats when Hank Greenberg took his first Austin Nola Jersey glorious breaths of life. What other players were born around the annual turn of the calendar? Glad you asked.With the help of , heres a look at what were calling our All-New Years team, the a position-by-position look at the best players born on either Dec. 31 or Jan. 1.Why? Honestly, why not?1B Hank GreenbergBirthday: Jan. 1, 1911One of the greatest sluggers in baseball history, Greenberg is one of three Hall of Famers on this list. His nearly four years of military service in World War II kept his counting numbers from reaching historic levels, but he still led the AL in home runs four times and finished his career with a .313 average and 1.017 OPS.2B Sherry RobertsonBirthday: Jan. 1, 1919The first position listed on his Baseball-Reference.com page is Ricardo Sanchez Jersey pinch hitter and he was pretty solid off the bench (.354 lifetime on-base percentage in 178 plate appearances as a pinch hitter). Robertson started at least 13 games at five positions in his career: right field, second base, third base, left field and shortstop.SS Tom DowneyBirthday: Jan. 1, 1884Downey broke into the bigs with the Reds in 1909, spent four years in the National League, then two with Buffalo of the outlaw Federal League. He wasnt much of a hitter (.240 career average), but he could play shortstop, second and third and did steal 35 bases for Buffalo in 1914.3B Bobby ByrneBirthday: Dec. 31In 1910, The Sporting News described Byrne, who played parts of 11 seasons in the majors, this way: Byrne is always a dangerous man for the reason that at all times he is cool, nervy and smart. His best season came in 1910, when he led the National League with 43 doubles and 178 hits, while hitting a career-best .296.OF Ethan AllenBirthday: Jan. 1, 1904No, this wasnt the furniture guy. This Ethan Allen was an outstanding baseball player (.300 career average over 13 seasons in the majors) and head coach of the Yale baseball team for 23 seasons. While at the Ivy League school, one of his players was future president George H. W. Bush. He was also the inventor of the cla sic board game, All-Star Baseball.OF Hugh NicolBirthday: Jan. 1, 1858A native of Scotland, the diminutive Nicol (he was listed at 5-4, 145 pounds) was one of baseballs original base thieves; he set a record with 138 stolen bases for the Cincinnati Red Stockings of the American A sociation in 1887, despite batting just .215 that season.OF Hack MillerBirthday: Randy Johnson Jersey Jan. 1, 1894Miller played just two full seasons in the majors, but he hit .326 with 32 total homers in those two seasons for the Cubs. You should check out his SABR bio. An excerpt: Hack Miller entertained teammates by using his bare hand to pound tenpenny nails through two-inch planks of wood and taking the same-size nails and bending them with his fingers.C King KellyBirthday: December 31Kelly, who was elected into the Hall of Fame in 1945, actually played more games in the outfield, but with 583 games behind the plate, he counts as our catcher here. He was a superstar of enormous popularity; from his SABR bio: the first ballplayer to author an autobiography, the first to have a hit song written about him, and the first to have a succe sful acting career outside the game. So, yeah, he was a big deal.SP Tim KeefeBirthday: Jan. 1, 1857As you can tell by his birth year, Keefe pitched in a different era. But even by those standards, he was one of Kyle Seager Jersey the best. He pitched exactly 600 games in his career (and 5,049 2/3 innings), recorded a 2.63 ERA and was elected to the Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee in 1964.SP LaMarr HoytBirthday: Jan. 1, 1955Off-the-field drug i sues Marco Gonzales Jersey cut Hoyts career short, but his time on the top was bright. The right-hander won the 1983 AL Cy Young award, winning 24 games for the White Sox with a 3.66 ERA and 4.77 K/BB ratiohe walked just 31 batters in his 36 starts. Hoyt was an All-Star for the Padres in 1985, but multiple arrests ended his career in spring training 1987.Rick Aguilera (Getty Images)RP Rick AguileraBirthday: Dec. 31By the time Aguilera retired after the 2000 season, he owned 318 regular-season saves, three All-Star nods and two World Series rings. As Minnesotas closer, he had a 1.08 ERA and five saves during the Twins run to the 1991 World Series championship