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Zach Day, American baseball player
Stephen Zachary Day is an American former right-handed sinker-ball pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for two teams from 2002 to 2006. He got the win, and was the first pitcher to debut and win on his birthday since at least 1901, possibly ever. Day became a free agent at the end of the season.
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Zach Day was born in 1978. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.
These figures put everyday life in Zach Day's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.
| Measure | 1978 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Gas | $0.63 | $3.45/gal |
| Average home | $55,700 | $435,000 |
| Average income | $17,730 | $67,500 |
| Minimum wage | $2.65 | $7.25/hr (federal) |
| Movie ticket | $2.34 | $11.95 |
| Postage stamp | $0.15 | $0.73 |
| Population | 222.6M | 341 million |
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