Jack Chesbro (1874) Eddie Joost (1916)
Lou Brissie (1924)
Duke Sims (1941)
Bill Spiers (1966)
Ray Lankford (1967)
Mike Coolbaugh (1972)
Russ Ortiz (1974)
Prior to beginning his major league career, Lou Brissie served in World War II. He suffered severe leg injuries, receiving the Bronze Star and two Purple Hearts, but overcame his injuries to spend seven years in the majors.
Mike Coolbaugh was the first base coach for the Tulsa Drillers when he was struck on the head with a line drive and killed.
There appear to be no major league players with connections to the Minnesota Twins born on this day.
Tim Murnane (1851)
Tony Venzon (1915)
Billy Hunter (1928)
John McNamara (1932)
Phil Linz (1939)
Terry Kennedy (1956)
Tony Pena (1957)
Kurt Stillwell (1965)
Scott Servais (1967)
Rick Wilkins (1967)
Darin Erstad (1974) J. C. Romero (1976)
Tim Murnane had a long and varied career in baseball, but is best remembered as a sportswriter in Boston.
Tony Venzon was a National League umpire from 1957-71.
John McNamara managed six different major league clubs, going to the World Series with Boston in 1986.
Don Osborn (1908)
Jim Gentile (1934)
Steve Dalkowski (1939)
Duane Josephson (1942) Ron Keller (1943) Jim Dwyer (1950) Ed Glynn (1953)
Barry Lyons (1960)
Steve Lyons (1960) Nelson Liriano (1964) Carl Everett (1971)
Bryan Rekar (1972)
Jose Molina (1975)
Travis Hafner (1977)
Don Osborn won 201 games in the minors. He later was a minor league manager, pitching coach, and scout.
Some say Steve Dalkowski had the fastest fastball ever. He struck out 1,396 batters in 995 minor league innings. However, he also walked 1,354, which is why he never made the majors.
Jack O’Connor (1866) Frank Verdi (1926)
Bob Lillis (1930)
Larry Jackson (1931)
Bob Bennett (1933)
Jerry Lumpe (1933)
Gene Michael (1938)
Horace Clarke (1940)
Jim Maloney (1940)
Roger Freed (1946) Jack O’Connor (1958) Darnell Coles (1962)
Bryan Harvey (1963)
Mike Stanton (1967) Kurt Abbott (1969)
Raul Ibanez (1972)
Neifi Perez (1973) Jared Burton (1981)
Tim Stauffer (1982)
Bob Bennett was the baseball coach at Fresno State for many years, winning 1,302 games.
Roger Freed was drafted by Minnesota in 1966, but the pick was voided.
Ted Breitenstein (1869)
Otto Miller (1889)
Hank Severeid (1891)
Guy Morton (1893)
Johnny Mostil (1896) Ray Moore (1926) Jack Kralick (1935) Dean Chance (1941) Randy Hundley (1942) Ken McMullen (1942)
Jeff Nelson (1965)
Derek Lowe (1973)
Carlos Zambrano (1981)
Jeff Nelson has been a major league umpire since 1997.
Jason Wheeler had another fine start. It's well past time for Randy LeBlanc to move up. Twins affiliates "sweep", although half their teams didn't play.
Socks Seibold (1896)
Edward Bennett Williams (1920)
Russ Goetz (1930)
Ray Washburn (1938) Tippy Martinez (1950) Joe Orsulak (1962)
Kenny Lofton (1967)
Bill Miller (1967)
Dave Roberts (1972) Ray Olmedo (1981)
Jake Peavy (1981)
Edward Bennett Williams was the owner of the Baltimore Orioles from 1979-1988.
Russ Goetz was an American League umpire from 1968-1983.
Bill Miller has been a major league umpire since 2000.
