Rube Benton (1890)
Fred Saigh (1905)
Dick Terwilliger (1906)
Wendell Smith (1914)
Lou Kretlow (1921)
Gus Zernial (1923)
Wayne Terwilliger (1925)
Eddie Kasko (1932)
Rico Petrocelli (1943)
Jeff Conine (1966)
Jim Edmonds (1970)
Daryle Ward (1975)
Chris Woodward (1976)
Luis Rodriguez (1980)
Daryle Ward is the son of ex-Twin Gary Ward.
Willard Wayne Terwilliger, known as "Twig", did not play for the Twins, but was part of their organization for several years. Unrelated to Dick Terwilliger, they are the only two people with the last name "Terwilliger" to have played in the major leagues. He was born in Clair, Michigan, attended Western Michigan University, and was signed by the Cubs as a free agent in 1948. A second baseman, he had a fine year at AAA in 1949 and made his major league debut that year, coming to the Cubs in early August. He was the Cubs' regular second baseman in 1950, but hit only .242 with ten homers. He remained the Cubs' regular second sacker at the start of 1951, but when he hit no better he was traded to Brooklyn as part of an eight-player deal. He was okay as a reserve the rest of the season, backing up Jackie Robinson, but in 1952 he went down to AAA St. Paul, where he hit .312. The Dodgers were obviously not impressed, because Terwilliger was put on waivers after the season. Washington selected him and made him their started second baseman for two seasons. Twig was sold to the New York Giants for 1955. He split the next two seasons between New York and AAA Minneapolis, then was in Minneapolis for all of 1957. He was traded to Detroit for 1958, spent all of that season in the minors, and was taken by the Kansas City Athletics in the Rule 5 draft. He was with the Athletics for all of 1959, was in the minors for nearly all of 1960, and then turned to managing and coaching (he made a few brief appearances in the minors all the way through 1968, presumably when his team was short of infielders). His minor-league managing career was in the Yankees' organization in 1961, the Washington chain from 1963-1968, Houston in 1973, Texas in 1975 and 1980, and with independent Ft. Worth from 2003-2005. He was a major league coach with Washington/Texas from 1969-1972 and 1981-1985, and the Twins from 1986-1994. He was a minor league coach with the St. Paul Saints from 1995-2002 and Ft. Worth from 2006 to the present, which seems pretty amazing given that he turns 86 today. He is a member of the Texas Baseball Hall of Fame and has written an autobiography, "Terwilliger Bunts One."
Infielder Luis Rodriguez played for the Twins from 2005-2007. Born and raised in Codejos, Venezuela, he signed with the Twins as a free agent in 1997. He primarily played second base and shortstop in the minors. He put up consistent but unspectacular numbers in the minors, generally hitting around .270 and drawing a good number of walks, but showing little power. He was in his third year of AAA when he came up to the Twins in late May of 2005. He did about as well as you'd expect a reserve infielder to do at the plate and got his only full season in the majors in 2006. He was with the Twins for nearly all of 2007 as well, but his offense got worse every year, and since he was never known for his defense, the Twins placed him on waivers after the season. As a Twin, Luis Rodriguez hit .243/.311/.339. He played in 206 games and had 445 at-bats. He signed with San Diego and in the majors with them for the second half of 2008 and nearly all of 2009. He signed with Cleveland for 2010, was released in late April, and signed with the White Sox. He spent the rest of the season playing for AAA Charlotte, then signed with Seattle for 2011, where he is currently a reserve infielder. He turns 31 today and is certainly not a prospect, but he's played in around 400 major league games and gotten nearly a thousand major league at-bats, and that's not bad.