Today's Birthday: Phil Mankowski, Batavia Trojans (1971)

Happy Birthday to former New York-Penn League prospect Phil Mankowski, who was born on this date in 1953. He played for the 1971 Batavia Trojans.

Mankowski spent 6 seasons in the majors with the Detroit Tigers (1976-79) and New York Mets (1980, '82).

He played the part of Hank Benz in the 1984 movie The Natural.

Source: Baseball Reference 

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