Happy Birthday–May 3

George Gore (1857)
Garry Herrmann (1859)
Eppa Rixey (1891)
Red Ruffing (1905)
Goose Tatum (1921)
Chuck Hinton (1934)
Chris Cannizzaro (1938)
Davey Lopes (1945)
Dan Iassogna (1969)
Darren Dreifort (1972)
Ryan Dempster (1977)
Ben Revere (1988)

Better known as a member of the Harlem Globetrotters, Goose Tatum played in the Negro Leagues for several years in the 1940s.

Outfielder Ben Daniel Revere was a September call-up for the Twins in 2010.  He was born in Atlanta, went to high school in Lexington, Kentucky, and was drafted by Minnesota in the first round in 2007.  He mostly rose one level at a time, playing in rookie ball in 2007, Class A in 2008, advanced A in 2009, AA in 2010, and AAA in 2011 before being called up to the big club because of injuries. He has hit over .300 each season, with a high of .379 in Beloit in 2008.  He hit ten triples in each of his first two seasons in the minors, but only hit four in each of the next two seasons.  He has little power and does not draw a lot of walks (his high is 40 in 2009).  He does have speed, stealing around forty bases a year.  He wasn't terrible with Minnesota in 2011, but he wasn't great, either, hitting .267/.310/.309.  He started 2012 in Minnesota as a fourth outfielder, but has been sent back to Rochester.  Much of his value lies in his ability to hit for a high average and steal bases.  How successful he is at those two things in the major leagues will go a long way to determining whether he has much of a major league career.

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