Frank Bancroft (1846)
Tommy Clarke (1888)
Billy Jurges (1908)
Tony Bartirome (1932)
Ron Jackson (1953)
Tom Chism (1954)
Tony Gwynn (1960)
Aaron Harang (1978)
Prince Fielder (1984)
We would also like to wish a happy birthday to UncleWalt’s youngest child.
Daisuke shuts down the Red Wings. The Miracle makes it 25 runs in two games. Sano hits another home run.
Dan Brouthers (1858)
Edd Roush (1893)
Turkey Stearnes (1901)
Mike Cuellar (1937)
Steve Braun (1948)
Orestes Destrade (1962)
Todd Greene (1971)
John Maine (1981)
Adrian Gonzalez (1982)
Mike Cuellar pitched in AAA in the Twins’ organization in 1961. He does not seem to have belonged to the Twins, however. It may be that he was temporarily loaned to them, a practice which was not uncommon in the 1960s.
Minimum 60 at bats; minimum 15 innings.
Aaron Hicks has a big day. Daniel Santana has a bigger day. Fort Myers scores more than the Twins score in a week.
Mickey Doolan (1880)
Tom Zachary (1896)
Dick Williams (1929)
Claude Raymond (1937)
Steve Whitaker (1943)
Manny Hernandez (1961)
Brook Fordyce (1970)
Conor Jackson (1982)
James Loney (1984)
The Red Wings sweep. The Rock Cats throw a shutout. The Miracle and the Snappers die with their boots.
Bonesetter Reese (1855)
Walton Cruise (1890)
Mike McCormick (1917)
Willie Mays (1931)
Russ Gibson (1939)
Bill Hands (1940)
Masanori Murakami (1944)
Steve Staggs (1951)
Larry Andersen (1953)
Al Williams (1954)
John “Bonesetter” Reese worked with many baseball players and other famous people in the first part of the twentieth century. “Bonesetting” is a Welsh term for the treatment of muscle and tendon strains.
Infielder Steve Staggs was drafted by Minnesota in the fourteenth round in 1970, but did not sign.
Rochester blanks the Yanks. Miguel Sano comes through again. A Ramon Ortiz sighting!
Rochester saves the day. Fort Myers is blanked. Aaron Hicks hits his seventh home run.