We reach the short-season leagues.
Category Archives: Keeping Track
Minor League Team Leaders: Beloit
Some interesting numbers, perhaps.
Minor Details: Games of 8/6
Everyone but Rochester wins. Another homer by Miguel Sano. Anthony Slama makes a rehab appearance for the GCL Twins.
Happy Birthday–August 7
Adonis Terry (1864)
Bill McKechnie (1886)
Art Houtteman (1927)
Rocky Bridges (1927)
Don Larsen (1929)
Jerry McNertney (1936)
Ron Henry (1936)
Gary Dotter (1942)
Mike Poepping (1950)
Steve Kemp (1954)
Jason Grimsley (1967)
Danny Graves (1973)
Edgar Renteria (1976)
Mike Trout (1991)
Minor League Team Leaders: Fort Myers
The numbers are somewhat skewed in that most of their best players have moved on. Also, Jairo Perez was released about a month ago despite being one of the better batters on the team. Not that he was going to be a star--he's 24 and has never played above Class A--but it seems odd that they wouldn't have kept him around just for the sake of winning a few games, especially since their other third baseman is Andy Leer (.554 OPS).
Minor League Team Leaders: New Britain
A Rock Cats Recap.
Minor League Team Leaders: Rochester
I hope to do all the teams, but depending on how things go, it may take me until Tuesday or Wednesday, by which time the stats I'm doing now will be outdated. So, rather than waiting until I have them all done, I'm doing them one at a time. Hope it won't take up too much space on the front page.
Minor Details: Games of 8/5
Rochester wins a marathon. Grand slams in New Britain and Beloit. Chris Parmelee has nothing to learn in Rochester.
Happy Birthday–August 6
Sam Mertes (1872)
Sherry Magee (1884)
Ray Blades (1896)
Jim Turner (1903)
Prez Jones (1905)
Clem Labine (1926)
Ray Culp (1941)
Andy Messersmith (1945)
Ken Phelps (1954)
Ron Davis (1955)
Bob Horner (1957)
Stan Belinda (1966)
Chris Heintz (1974)
Luis Vizcaino (1974)
Happy Birthday–August 5
Hiraoka Hiroshi (1856)
Pepper Bassett (1919)
Bill Pleis (1937)
Dwight Siebler (1937)
Tommie Aaron (1939)
Nelson Briles (1943)
Bernie Carbo (1947)
Rick Mahler (1953)
Dave Rozema (1956)
Steve Gasser (1967)
John Olerud (1968)
Carlos Pulido (1971)
John Wasdin (1972)
Bobby Kielty (1976)
Mark Mulder (1977)
Eric Hinske (1977)
Carl Crawford (1981)
Right-hander Steve Gasser did not play for the Twins, but was in their minor league system for four years before being traded to the Mets in the Wally Backman deal. A second round draft choice, he did not play in the major leagues.