Category Archives: Keeping Track

Happy Birthday–November 16

Joe Quest (1852)
Paul Foytack (1930)
Frank Bolling (1931)
Harry Chiti (1932)
Minnie Mendoza (1933)
Don Hahn (1948)
Herb Washington (1951)
Glenn Burke (1952)
Curt Wardle (1960)
Dwight Gooden (1964)
Chris Haney (1968)
Pete Rose (1969)
Julio Lugo (1975)

Sprinter Herb Washington played for Oakland for two seasons as a pinch-runner.  He appeared in 105 games, but did not play in the field and did not bat.  He stole 31 bases in 48 attempts and scored 33 runs.

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Happy Birthday–November 15

Tom Loftus (1856)
Pat Ragan (1885)
Mickey Livingston (1914)
Gus Bell (1928)
Big Brother A (1951)
Randy Niemann (1955)
Pedro Borbon (1967)

Tom Loftus managed Cincinnati, Chicago, and Washington around the turn of the (twentieth) century.

Big Brother A is one of the two people--Dad A being the other--from whom I got a love of baseball and a love of the Twins.  I don't know how I can have a brother who's sixty-two years old, but happy birthday, Big Brother.

We also wish a happy birthday to spookymilk’s brother.

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