The younger brother of Baseball Hall of Famer and New York Yankees legend Joe DiMaggio, Dom DiMaggio, was quite the player in his own right.

Cecil Cooper is mostly known for his work with the Milwaukee Brewers, but the First Baseman had a very healthy career in the Majors beyond what he accomplished in the state of Wisconsin.

Cooper began his Major League run with the Boston Red Sox, where the First Baseman was a star on the rise who helped the Red Sox win the American League Pennant in 1976.  The Red Sox traded him for George Scott, and with all due respect to Scott, it was Milwaukee who won the trade.

With the Brewers, Cooper played 11 seasons and was an All-Star in five of them.  Cooper batted over .300 in his first seven years in Milwaukee, and he would also lead the American League in Doubles twice, RBIs twice, and he had five 20 Home Run campaigns.  From 1980 to 1983, Cooper finished in the top eight in MVP voting and was one of the leaders of a Brewers team that reached the 1982 World Series.

Cooper retired with a .298 Batting Average, 2,192 Hits, 241 Home Runs, and 1,125 Runs Batted In.

One of the better players of the 1970s who seemed to fly perpetually under the radar was Andy Messersmith, who finished in the top five in Cy Young votes three times.

Does the city of San Pedro de Macorís in the Dominican Republic have a formula to create infielders for Major League Baseball?

If they do, one of the best ones they ever gave us is Tony Fernandez.

Fernandez was scouted and signed by the Toronto Blue Jays and made his Major League debut in 1983.  As the Jays improved in the mid-80s, the Dominican Shortstop was one of their stalwarts.  From 1985 to 1988, he would receive MVP votes, showing off strong contact, hitting, and defense.  In all of those four seasons, Fernandez was named a Gold Glove winner, and he would at least bat .280 with 160 Hits.

An All-Star for the Blue Jays three times, he was dealt to the San Diego Padres in a major trade after the 1990 season, and Fernandez was an All-Star for the fourth time in 1992.  The Shortstop again was a Blue Jay in 1993, when he was part of their first World Series Title.

Following that collection of the ring, he was a Cincinnati Red, New York Yankee, and Cleveland Indian before going back north as a Blue Jay and going to his fifth and last All-Star Game.  Fernandez went to Milwaukee and returned to Toronto before retiring in 2001.

The Infielder compiled 2,276 Hits, 246 Stolen Bases, and a .288 Batting Average.