Jimmy Macullar (1855)
Art Whitney (1858)
Jimmy Collins (1870)
Ferdie Schupp (1891)
Buck Jordan (1907)
Dizzy Dean (1910)
Jim Owens (1934)
Ron Herbel (1938)
Joe Bonikowski (1941)
Tsuneo Horiuchi (1948)
Dave Stapleton (1954)
Steve Balboni (1957)
Marty Castillo (1957)
Dave Jauss (1957)
Jack McDowell (1966)
Ron Villone (1970)
Jack Cust (1979)
Albert Pujols (1980)
Jeff Manship (1985)

Jimmy Macullar holds the career record for most games by a left-handed-throwing shortstop (325). Oddly, he batted right-handed.

Marty Castillo was drafted by Minnesota in the twenty-first round in 1975, but did not sign.

Right-hander Ronald Samuel Herbel did not play for the Twins, but was in their minor league system in 1972. He was born in Denver, went to high school in Brighton, Colorado, attended the University of Northern Colorado, and was signed as a free agent by San Francisco in 1958. He struggled early in his minor league career but hit his stride in 1960, going 15-4, 3.50 for AA Rio Grande Valley and following it up in 1961 with 16-5, 3.57 for AAA Tacoma. He was walking a lot of batters, though, so he did not get the call to the majors right away. In 1962 he got his control together, dropping his walks per nine innings to 2.0, and when he continued to do that in 1963 he finally got a September call-up. He was up to stay, starting 1964 with the Giants. He both started and relieved a significant number of games in his first four seasons, not producing eye-popping numbers but not pitching badly, either. He made a permanent switch to the bullpen in 1968. After the 1969 campaign, the Giants traded Herbel to San Diego, and he was traded again this time to the Mets, before the 1970 season ended. He led the league in appearances that year with 76, the only time he led the league in something. The Mets traded him to Atlanta before the 1971 season. He did not pitch well for the Braves, and was released after the season. He signed with Minnesota for 1972 and spent the year in AAA Tacoma. He both started and relieved, going 6-9, 4.41 with a 1.49 WHIP in 151 innings. His playing career ended after that. He holds the distinction of having the lowest career batting average for any player with more than a hundred at-bats (6-for-206—his slash line is .029/.065/.039). He remained in Tacoma after his career ended. He passed away in Tacoma on January 20, 2000.

Right-hander Joseph Peter Bonikowski pitched for Minnesota in 1962. He was born in Philadelphia and attended high school there. Bonikowski signed as a free agent with Washington in 1959. He had three solid minor league seasons, first in Class D, then in Class B, then in AAA. A starter in the minors, he began the 1962 season in the Twins' bullpen, but joined the rotation in mid-May, getting a complete game victory in his first major league start. He pitched very well for about a month, but throwing back-to-back complete games in early June seemed to take something out of him. He had a series of fair-to-poor starts, was removed from the rotation in early July, and sent to the minors in late July, coming back in September. He never returned to the majors after that, and never had a good minor league year again, finally retiring after the 1965 season. One wonders if he might have been a victim of over-use: in addition to throwing three complete games within a month as a 22-year old, he threw 159 innings at age 18 at Class D Sanford, 242 innings at age 19 at Class B Wilson, and 180 innings at age 20 at AAA Syracuse. As a Twin, Joe Bonikowski made 30 appearances, 13 of them starts. He was 5-7, 3.88 with a 1.33 WHIP. While it is unclear what happened to him after his playing days, it appears that he returned to Philadelphia and then retired to southern Florida.

Right-hander Jeffrey Michael Manship has made 24 appearances for Minnesota from 2009-2010. He was born in San Antonio, attended high school there, went to Notre Dame, and was drafted by the Twins in the 14th round in 2006. He has never spent a full year with one team: 2006 was split between the GCL Twins and Ft. Myers, 2007 between Beloit and Ft. Myers, 2008 between Ft. Myers and New Britain, 2009 among New Britain, Rochester, and Minnesota, and 2010-2011 between Rochester and Minnesota, although all but five of his 2011 appearances were in Rochester. He has pitched fairly well throughout his minor league career other than 2010, but was injured much of 2011. As a Twin, Jeff Manship is 3-2, 5.63, 1.61 WHIP in 64 innings (29 appearances, six starts). He turns 27 today, so the clock is ticking. If he’s going to have much more of a career, he'd better get going soon.