Wilbert Robinson (1863)
Harry Frazee (1880)
Bobby Veach (1888)
Ollie Carnegie (1899)
Ken Blackman (1911)
Dizzy Trout (1915)
Cal Drummond (1917)
Bob Shaw (1933)
Katsuya Nomura (1935)
Harmon Killebrew (1936)
Larry Stahl (1941)
John Boccabella (1941)
Bruce Kimm (1951)
Rick Honeycutt (1954)
Pedro Guerrero (1956)
John Wehner (1967)
Trey Hodges (1978)
Dusty Hughes (1982)
Category Archives: Keeping Track
Minor Details: Games of 6/27
Pedro Florimon is an all-star. The Tampa 2 works for Fort Myers. The GCL Twins are getting bored. Just another day in the Dominican Summer League.
Happy Birthday–June 28
Ken Williams (1890)
Haruyasu Nakajima (1910)
A. Ray Smith (1915)
Oscar Rodriguez (1931)
Fred Gladding (1936)
Ron Luciano (1937)
Fred Talbot (1941)
Al Downing (1941)
Don Baylor (1949)
Chris Speier (1950)
Joe Sambito (1952)
Clay Christiansen (1958)
John Elway (1960)
Jay Schroeder (1961)
Mark Grace (1964)
Ron Mahay (1971)
Corey Koskie (1973)
Richard Hidalgo (1975)
Brandon Phillips (1981)
NFL quarterbacks John Elway and Jay Schroeder each played minor league baseball. Elway hit .318 in 151 at-bats as an outfielder for Class A Oneonta in 1982. Schroeder was primarily an outfielder for four years in the Toronto system, never getting higher than Class A. He hit .213 with 36 homers in 1,304 minor league at-bats.
Mark Grace was drafted by Minnesota in the fifteenth round of the January draft in 1984, but did not sign.
Minor Details: Games of 6/26
Levi Michael comes through for Fort Myers. Matthew Summers tosses a gem for Beloit. The GCL Twins just hope to get to play again.
Happy Birthday–June 27
Rube Benton (1890)
Fred Saigh (1905)
Dick Terwilliger (1906)
Wendell Smith (1914)
Lou Kretlow (1921)
Gus Zernial (1923)
Wayne Terwilliger (1925)
Charles Bronfman (1931)
Chuck Coles (1931)
Eddie Kasko (1932)
Rico Petrocelli (1943)
Takashi Nishimoto (1956)
Jeff Conine (1966)
Jim Edmonds (1970)
Daryle Ward (1975)
Chris Woodward (1976)
Luis Rodriguez (1980)
Daryle Ward is the son of ex-Twin Gary Ward.
Minor Details: Games of 6/25
Wild innings in Elizabethton and the DSL. Rain in Florida. Matt Maloney goes on the disabled list.
Happy Birthday–June 26
Topsy Hartsel (1874)
Babe Herman (1903)
Debs Garms (1907)
Willard Brown (1915)
Howie Pollet (1921)
Bill Robinson (1943)
Dave Rosello (1950)
Mike Myers (1963)
Rodney Myers (1969)
Derek Jeter (1974)
Jason Kendall (1974)
There do not appear to be any players with connections to the Minnesota Twins born on this day.
Minor League Team Leaders
Qualifications for rate stats are somewhat subjective. Essentially, you need to have a decent number of at-bats/innings and still be playing for that club.
Minor Details: Games of 6/24
The Red Wings play like dogs on Bark in the Park day. New Britain gets the lone win. Fort Myers is washed out.
Happy Birthday–June 25
Joe Kuhel (1906)
Don Demeter (1935)
Dick Drago (1945)
Clay Kirby (1948)
Bob Shirley (1954)
Alejandro Pena (1959)
Mike Stanley (1963)
Aaron Sele (1970)
Michael Tucker (1971)
Carlos Delgado (1972)
Javier Vazquez (1976)
Aramis Ramirez (1978)
Paul Maholm (1982)
First baseman Joe Kuhel played for the franchise for several years while it was in Washington, and later managed the team there. However, there do not appear to be any players with connections to the Minnesota Twins born on this day.