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Perhaps the classiest player on Boston's fabled 2004 World Series Championship roster was third baseman
Bill Mueller—who turns 45 years old today. In his three years wearing
Carmine Hose, Mueller batted .303, with a .378 OBP and an .853 OPS. Mueller
always demonstrated the 'Quiet Class' that all of us want in players who wear the Red Sox 'laundry'. He did his job day in and day out without fanfare. Who can forget the game-tying hit in Game 4 of the 2004 ALCS (driving in
Dave Roberts) or the season-turning home run off
Mariano Rivera in the
'Brawl Game' of that same year (featuring the famous
A-Fraud/Tek contretemps)? Both
classic Red Sox moments—and Mueller was in the middle of both.
Happy birthday, Bill!
