Logan Darnell keeps pitching well. Logan Schafer keeps hitting well. Daniel Palka keeps hitting home runs.
Category Archives: Keeping Track
Happy Birthday–June 13
Jim Mutrie (1851)
Bill Bergen (1878)
Gene Desautels (1907)
Mel Parnell (1922)
Dave Rosenfield (1931)
Tom Cheek (1939)
Marcel Lachemann (1941)
Antonio Pulido (1951)
Ernie Whitt (1952)
Darrell May (1972)
Pedro Strop (1985)
Jonathan Lucroy (1986)
Jim Mutrie managed teams in New York for nine years. He has been called the founding father of baseball in New York City.
Catcher Bill Bergen spent eleven seasons in the majors. He appeared in 947 games and had 3,028 at-bats. His lifetime stats are .170/.194/.201. Everything you read about him says he was a tremendous defensive catcher, and one assumes he must have been.
Dave Rosenfield was the general manager of the Tidewater/Norfolk Tides for over forty-five years.
Tom Cheek was the voice of the Toronto Blue Jays from 1977-2004.
Antonio Pulido was a closer in the Mexican League for many years, getting 197 saves. He also had 70 saves in the Mexican Pacific League.
We would like to wish a happy birthday to rpz.
There do not appear to be any players with connections to the Minnesota Twins who were born on this day.
Minor Details: Games of June 11
Rochester gets a big lead and holds on. Cedar Rapids gets a big lead and blows it. A wild game in the DSL.
Happy Birthday–June 12
Joe Hornung (1857)
Sol White (1868)
Red Dooin (1879)
Matty McIntyre (1880)
Otto Knabe (1884)
Bill Foster (1904)
Dutch Rennert (1930)
Gerry Arrigo (1941)
Jim Strickland (1946)
Scott Aldred (1968)
Damon Buford (1970)
Ryan Klesko (1971)
Damon Hollins (1974)
Hideki Matsui (1974)
Sol White was a Negro League player, manager, and executive. He wrote the first history of African-American baseball, "Sol White's History of Colored Baseball", in 1907.
Bill Foster was a star pitcher in the Negro Leagues. He was the stepbrother of Rube Foster.
Dutch Rennert was a National League umpire from 1974-1992.
We would also like to wish a very happy birthday to Eric B. B. Wherever he is.
Minor Details: Games of June 10
A big inning sinks Rochester. Another big day for Daniel Palka. The first inning was key for Fort Myers.
Happy Birthday–June 11
Roger Bresnahan (1879)
Ernie Nevers (1902)
Dan Topping (1912)
Frank Thomas (1929)
Jimmy Stewart (1939)
Danny Morris (1946)
Dave Cash (1948)
Tom Austin (1951)
Mike Fuentes (1958)
Brian Gorman (1959)
Mike Davis (1959)
Odalis Perez (1978)
Bobby Keppel (1982)
Jose Reyes (1983)
Football great Ernie Nevers, born in Willow River, Minnesota, pitched for the St. Louis Browns for parts of three seasons (1926-1928).
Dan Topping was part-owner of the New York Yankees from 1945-1966.
Tom Austin is a long-time college baseball coach.
Outfielder Mike Fuentes was drafted by Minnesota in the fifth round in 1980, but did not sign.
Brian Gorman has been a major league umpire since 1993.
We would also like to wish a very happy birthday to UncleWalt.
Minor Details: Games of June 9
Kohl Stewart pitches much better the second time in AA. A six-homer barrage helps him.
Happy Birthday–June 10
Jack Graney (1886)
Garland Braxton (1900)
Danny McFayden (1905)
Vic Harris (1905)
Mike Kreevich (1908)
Frank Demaree (1910)
Chuck Thompson (1921)
Hank Foiles (1929)
Carmen Cozza (1930)
Ed Palmquist (1933)
Kazuhisa Inao (1937)
Johnny Edwards (1938)
Ken Singleton (1947)
Elias Sosa (1950)
Gerry Hunsicker (1950)
Francisco Barrios (1953)
Scott Ullger (1955)
Floyd Bannister (1955)
Pokey Reese (1973)
Jack Graney had a few unusual "firsts". He was the first major leaguer to bat against Babe Ruth. He was the first player to wear a number on his uniform. He as also the first player to become a broadcaster.
Outfielder Vic Harris was a long-time Negro League player and manager, leading the Homestead Grays to nine Negro National League pennants.
Chuck Thompson was a long-time broadcaster for the Baltimore Orioles.
Outfielder Carmen Cozza played in the low minors in 1952-1953, batting .242. He later became a college football coach, most notably at Yale. Upon his retirement in 1996, he held the record for most coaching victories in the Ivy League (179) and was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2002.
Kazuhisa Inao is one of the greatest pitchers in Japanese baseball history.
Gerry Hunsicker is a long-time baseball executive, working for the Mets, the Astros, and the Rays.
Minor Details: Games of June 8
Five out of six! Strong starts for Tommy Milone and Aaron Slegers. Better starts for Tyler Jay and Fernando Romero.
Happy Birthday–June 9
Dude Esterbrook (1857)
Irish Meusel (1893)
Mike Ryba (1903)
Frank McCormick (1911)
Jimmy Newberry (1922)
Roy Smalley (1926)
Bill Virdon (1931)
Howie Gershberg (1936)
Jake Jacobs (1937)
Julio Gotay (1939)
Bruce Look (1943)
Tom Egan (1946)
Dave Parker (1951)
Tom Edens (1961)
Randy Winn (1974)
Jimmy Newberry was the first black player in Japanese baseball.
Howie Gershberg was a long-time college and minor league pitching coach.
We would also like to wish a happy birthday to SBG’s uncle and to his brother.