We’re coming up on the annual tradition of stories noting which child was the first born in a particular city in the new year. To give this a VORG flavor, we are providing you the first player of each “birth year” to make the majors (debuting 1900 forward):
| Birth | Name | Debut |
| 1869 | John McPherson | 7/12/1901 |
| 1870 | Ed Scott | 4/19/1900 |
| 1871 | Pete Childs | 4/24/1901 |
| 1872 | Togie Pittinger | 4/26/1900 |
| 1873 | Pat Dillard | 4/21/1900 |
| 1874 | Ed Poole | 10/6/1900 |
| 1875 | Rome Chambers | 5/7/1900 |
| 1876 | Fred Jacklitsch | 6/6/1900 |
| 1877 | Doc Newton | 4/27/1900 |
| 1878 | Bert Husting | 8/16/1900 |
| 1879 | Zaza Harvey | 5/3/1900 |
| 1880 | Christy Mathewson | 7/17/1900 |
| 1881 | Larry McLean | 4/26/1901 |
| 1882 | Ed Cermak | 9/9/1901 |
| 1883 | Dick Scott | 6/26/1901 |
| 1884 | Chief Bender | 4/20/1903 |
| 1885 | Bill Bartley | 9/15/1903 |
| 1886 | Art Bader | 8/2/1904 |
| 1887 | Eddie Collins | 9/17/1906 |
| 1888 | Tris Speaker | 9/14/1907 |
| 1889 | Joe Wood | 8/24/1908 |
| 1890 | Stuffy McInnis | 4/12/1909 |
| 1891 | Bert Adams | 8/30/1910 |
| 1892 | Coonie Blank | 8/15/1909 |
| 1893 | Bill Leinhauser | 5/18/1912 |
| 1894 | Herb Pennock | 5/14/1912 |
| 1895 | Harry Harper | 6/27/1913 |
| 1896 | Merito Acosta | 6/15/1913 |
| 1897 | Lew Malone | 5/31/1915 |
| 1898 | Charlie Grimm | 7/30/1916 |
| 1899 | Bob Berman | 6/4/1918 |
| 1900 | John Cavanaugh | 7/7/1919 |
| 1901 | Jerry Conway | 8/31/1920 |
| 1902 | Lefty Weinert | 9/24/1919 |
| 1903 | Jim Brillheart | 4/17/1922 |
| 1904 | Lou Rosenberg | 5/22/1923 |
| 1905 | Freddie Lindstrom | 4/15/1924 |
| 1906 | Ed Clough | 8/28/1924 |
| 1907 | Jimmie Foxx | 5/1/1925 |
| 1908 | Wes Ferrell | 9/9/1927 |
| 1909 | Mel Ott | 4/27/1926 |
| 1910 | Joe Cicero | 9/20/1929 |
| 1911 | Bob Brown | 4/21/1930 |
| 1912 | Lew Krausse | 6/11/1931 |
| 1913 | Clarence Fieber | 5/18/1932 |
| 1914 | Jack Salveson | 6/3/1933 |
| 1915 | Reese Diggs | 9/15/1934 |
| 1916 | Phil Cavarretta | 9/16/1934 |
| 1917 | Elmer Burkart | 9/14/1936 |
| 1918 | Randy Gumpert | 6/13/1936 |
| 1919 | Johnny Lucadello | 9/24/1938 |
| 1920 | Walt Masterson | 5/8/1939 |
| 1921 | Hal Newhouser | 9/29/1939 |
| 1922 | Sam File | 9/10/1940 |
| 1923 | Vern Freiburger | 9/6/1941 |
| 1924 | Vern Benson | 7/31/1943 |
| 1925 | George Eyrich | 6/13/1943 |
| 1926 | Rogers McKee | 8/18/1943 |
| 1927 | Carl Scheib | 9/6/1943 |
| 1928 | Joe Nuxhall | 6/10/1944 |
| 1929 | Bud Swartz | 7/12/1947 |
| 1930 | Johnny Antonelli | 7/4/1948 |
| 1931 | Jim Baumer | 9/14/1949 |
| 1932 | Jim Bolger | 6/24/1950 |
| 1933 | Bobby Del Greco | 4/16/1952 |
| 1934 | Billy Consolo | 4/20/1953 |
| 1935 | Bob Miller | 6/25/1953 |
| 1936 | Frank Leja | 5/1/1954 |
| 1937 | Clete Boyer | 6/5/1955 |
| 1938 | Alex George | 9/16/1955 |
| 1939 | Jim Derrington | 9/30/1956 |
| 1940 | Dave Skaugstad | 9/25/1957 |
| 1941 | Tim McCarver | 9/10/1959 |
| 1942 | Danny Murphy | 6/18/1960 |
| 1943 | Lew Krausse | 6/16/1961 |
| 1944 | Ed Kirkpatrick | 9/13/1962 |
| 1945 | Jay Dahl | 9/27/1963 |
| 1946 | Willie Crawford | 9/16/1964 |
| 1947 | Joe Coleman | 9/28/1965 |
| 1948 | Willie Montanez | 4/12/1966 |
| 1949 | Dusty Baker | 9/7/1968 |
| 1950 | Lloyd Allen | 9/1/1969 |
| 1951 | Don Gullett | 4/10/1970 |
| 1952 | Terry Forster | 4/11/1971 |
| 1953 | Jay Franklin | 9/4/1971 |
| 1954 | Dennis Blair | 5/26/1974 |
| 1955 | David Clyde | 6/27/1973 |
| 1956 | Butch Wynegar | 4/9/1976 |
| 1957 | Alfredo Griffin | 9/4/1976 |
| 1958 | Alan Trammell | 9/9/1977 |
| 1959 | Brian Greer | 9/13/1977 |
| 1960 | Tim Conroy | 6/23/1978 |
| 1961 | Fred Manrique | 8/23/1981 |
| 1962 | Darryl Strawberry | 5/6/1983 |
| 1963 | Edwin Nunez | 4/7/1982 |
| 1964 | Bret Saberhagen | 4/4/1984 |
| 1965 | Jose Rijo | 4/5/1984 |
| 1966 | Ed Correa | 9/18/1985 |
| 1967 | Miguel Garcia | 4/30/1987 |
| 1968 | Roberto Alomar | 4/22/1988 |
| 1969 | Ken Griffey | 4/3/1989 |
| 1970 | Wilson Alvarez | 7/24/1989 |
| 1971 | Rich Garces | 9/18/1990 |
| 1972 | Benji Gil | 4/5/1993 |
| 1973 | Julian Tavarez | 8/7/1993 |
| 1974 | Ugueth Urbina | 5/9/1995 |
| 1975 | Alex Rodriguez | 7/8/1994 |
| 1976 | Gene Kingsale | 9/3/1996 |
| 1977 | Andruw Jones | 8/15/1996 |
| 1978 | Aramis Ramirez | 5/26/1998 |
| 1979 | Adrian Beltre | 6/24/1998 |
| 1980 | Albert Pujols | 4/2/2001 |
| 1981 | Carlos Zambrano | 8/20/2001 |
| 1982 | Wily Mo Pena | 9/10/2002 |
| 1983 | Edgar Gonzalez | 6/1/2003 |
| 1984 | Andres Blanco | 4/17/2004 |
| 1985 | Fabio Castro | 4/6/2006 |
| 1986 | Felix Hernandez | 8/4/2005 |
| 1987 | Justin Upton | 8/2/2007 |
| 1988 | Clayton Kershaw | 5/25/2008 |
| 1989 | Madison Bumgarner | 9/8/2009 |
| 1990 | Starlin Castro | 5/7/2010 |
| 1991 | Julio Teheran | 5/7/2011 |
| 1992 | Bryce Harper | 4/28/2012 |
| 1993 | Jurickson Profar | 9/2/2012 |