Chuck Dressen (1898)
Zeke Bonura (1908)
Tom Tresh (1937)
Rich Morales (1943) Roric Harrison (1946) Pete Hamm (1947) Mickey Klutts (1954)
Pat Bangtson (1964)
Jason Bay (1978)
This is the only date on which no one born has played as many as ten years in the majors. Presumably, this will end next year when Jason Bay plays his tenth season in the majors.
Pat Bangtson was drafted by the Twins in 1987 and was in their system through 1991, reaching as high as AAA. He then worked as an assistant coach at Ohio State from 1992-2005, when he became the head coach at the University of Akron.
Yank Robinson (1859)
Stuffy McInnis (1890)
Roger Angell (1920)
Epitacio Torres (1921) Bob Murphy (1924) Duke Snider (1926) Bob Turley (1930)
Bill Williams (1930)
Chris Short (1937) Joe Morgan (1943) Joe Ferguson (1946)
Masaji Hiramatsu (1947)
Joe Maddon (1954)
Charlie Reliford (1955)
Randy Myers (1962)
Jim Abbott (1967) Pedro Munoz (1968) Javier Valentin (1975) Mike Smith (1977) Scott Baker (1981) Danny Valencia (1984)
Heinie Groh (1889)
George Uhle (1898)
Harvey Haddix (1925)
Lorn Brown (1938)
Dick Dietz (1941) Ken Brett (1948) Tony Scott (1951) Ray Smith (1955) Ryne Sandberg (1959) Jeff Bronkey (1965) Kevin Thompson (1979)
Joe Bisenius (1982)
Kevin Thompson was drafted by Minnesota in the eighteenth round in 1998, but did not sign.
Heinie Mueller (1899)
Hillbilly Bildilli (1912)
Gary Ross (1947) Robin Yount (1955) Orel Hershiser (1958)
Tim Raines (1959)
Mickey Tettleton (1960)
Mel Hall (1960) Chris Pittaro (1961) Mark Parent (1961)
Paul Shuey (1970)
Desi Relaford (1973) Bobby Korecky (1979)
Doc Bushong (1856)
Nick Altrock (1876)
Hugh McQuillan (1895)
Harry McCurdy (1899)
Fritz Ostermueller (1907)
Charley Smith (1937) Gaylord Perry (1938) Frank Linzy (1940) Don Carrithers (1949) John Pacella (1956) John Christensen (1960) Doug Simons (1966) Paul Abbott (1967) Rich Robertson (1968)
Kid Nichols (1869) Jerry Doggett (1916)
Jerry Coleman (1924)
Jim Fanning (1927) Stan Williams (1936) Jerry Don Gleaton (1957)
Tim Wallach (1957) Mike Durant (1969) David Bell (1972)
Chad Bradford (1974) Delmon Young (1985)
Mike McNally (1893)
Dutch Reuther (1893)
Pat Collins (1896)
Eddie Rommel (1897)
Rabbit Worstler (1903)
Thornton Lee (1906)
Ed Sudol (1920)
Rick Wise (1945) Rick Dempsey (1949) Jim Obradovich (1949) Mike Fischlin (1955) Erik Bennett (1968) Bernie Williams (1968) Denny Neagle (1968) Brent Brede (1971) Armando Rios (1971) Daisuke Matsuzaka (1980)
This is just kind of a wrap-up post of various thoughts on the Twins minor league teams and players. I claim no particular credentials as either an analyst or a scout, so feel free to disagree with anything that follows.
--You can understand why Rochester management is getting upset with the Twins. I know the minors are about player development, but you'd still like to be able to field a competitive team. Given how bad they've been the last two years, attendance hasn't suffered as much as you might think--the Red Wings were ninth out of fourteen teams, with an average of 6493 fans. All the injuries to the major league club obviously played a part in how bad the team was, but a failure to develop players has also played a part.
Nick Young (1840)
Bob Groom (1884)
Fred Luderus (1885)
Spud Chandler (1907)
Charlie Keller (1916)
Andy Seminick (1920)
Stan Lopata (1925)
Albie Pearson (1934)
Mickey Lolich (1940)
John Montague (1947) Scotti Madison (1959) Thom Brennaman (1963) Keith Hughes (1963) Luis Castillo (1975) Carmen Pignatiello (1982)
