Sports Birthdays for September 16 — Elgin Baylor and More

Here are some of the people in the sports world celebrating birthdays on September 16:

Elgin Baylor
Age: 78
Profession: Retired NBA Player
Best Known For: An 11-time All-Star forward, Elgin Baylor played from 1958 to 1971 with the Minneapolis/Los Angeles Lakers. Baylor was selected the Rookie of the Year and the NBA All-Star Game Co-MVP in 1959. He was named to the NBA 50th Anniversary All-Time Team. In college at Seattle University, Baylor was named a Consensus All-American and the most Outstanding Player of the Final Four in 1958. He was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1977. After his retirement, Baylor served as head coach of the New Orleans Jazz and the vice president of basketball operations for the Los Angeles Clippers.

Rosemary Casals
Age: 64
Profession: Retired Tennis Player
Best Known For: A four-time Grand Slam doubles' champion, Rosemary Casals won more than 90 tennis tournaments from 1968 to 1985. She was central in fighting for the rights of female and amateur players on the tennis circuit. Casals was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1996.

Robin Yount
Age: 57
Profession: Retired MLB PLayer
Best Known For: A three-time All-Star at both shortstop and center field, Robin Yount played for the Milwaukee Brewers from 1974-1993. Yount won the American League Most Valuable Player Award in 1982 and 1989. He won a Gold Glove Award and three Silver Slugger Awards as the best offensive player at his position. He finished his career with 3,142 hits. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1999.

Orel Hershiser
Age: 54
Profession: Retired MLB PLayer / Broadcaster
Best Known For: A three-time All-Star pitcher, Orel Hershiser played with the Los Angeles Dodgers, Cleveland Indians, San Francisco Giants and New York Mets from 1983 to 2000. In 1988, Hershiser set the major league record for consecutive scoreless innings pitched with 59 and 1/3, as he won the National League Cy Young Award. Riding his success, the Dodgers won the 1988 World Series, with Hershiser named MVP of both the National League Championship Series and World Series. Hershiser also won the American League Championship Series MVP while with Cleveland in 1995. Since retiring, Hershiser has served as a baseball analyst. He is also a professional poker player for PokerStars.

Tim Raines
Age: 53
Profession: Retired MLB PLayer
Best Known For: A seven-time All-Star, Tim Raines played from 1979 to 2002 with the Montreal Expos, Chicago White Sox, New York Yankees, Oakland Athletics, Baltimore Orioles and Florida Marlins from 1979 to 2002. Raines stole 808 bases in his career, the fourth-highest total in major league history. He won the National League batting title and a Silver Slugger Award in 1986. Raines was a member of the Yankees' teams that won the 1996 and 1998 World Series. In 2001, Raines and his son, Tim Jr., became just the second father-son combination (the Griffeys) to play in a major league game together.