Heinie Pietz (1870)
Frank O'Rourke (1894)
Jerry Gardner (1920)
Wes Westrum (1922)
Sixto Lezcano (1953)
Dave Righetti (1958)
Walt Weiss (1963)
John Burkett (1964)
Matt Williams (1965)
Pedro Astacio (1969)
Robb Nen (1969)
Jose Parra (1972)
Category Archives: Keeping Track
Happy Birthday–November 27
Joe Bush (1892)
Johnny Schmitz (1920)
Billy Moran (1933)
Jose Tartabull (1938)
Dave Giusti (1939)
Dan Spillner (1951)
Mike Scioscia (1958)
Randy Milligan (1961)
Tim Laker (1969)
Ivan Rodriguez (1971)
Willie Bloomquist (1977)
Jimmy Rollins (1978)
No players with connections to the Minnesota Twins appear to have been born on this day. The closest we come is Billy Moran, who was part of a three-team trade involving Minnesota, Cleveland, and the Los Angeles Angels. Minnesota acquired Frank Kostro and Jerry Kindall in that trade, and sent Lenny Green and Vic Power to Los Angeles. Billy Moran was sent from the Angels to Cleveland in that trade.
Happy Birthday–November 26
Hugh Duffy (1866)
Fred Tenney (1871)
Bob Johnson (1905)
Lefty Gomez (1908)
Howard Easterling (1911)
Eddie Miller (1916)
Bob Elliott (1916)
Jeff Torborg (1941)
Larry Gura (1947)
Richie Hebner (1947)
Jorge Orta (1950)
Jay Howell (1955)
Bob Walk (1956)
Mike Moore (1959)
Harold Reynolds (1960)
Chuck Finley (1962)
Brian Schneider (1976)
Matt Garza (1983)
Happy Birthday–November 25
Bert Cunningham (1865)
Jakie May (1895)
Charles Baron (1913)
Joe DiMaggio (1914)
Mike Ryan (1941)
Bucky Dent (1951)
Dave Baker (1956)
Chico Walker (1958)
Mark Whiten (1966)
Octavio Dotel (1973)
Nick Swisher (1980)
Happy Birthday–November 24
George Burns (1889)
Billy Rogell (1904)
Joe Medwick (1911)
Danny Ozark (1923)
Bob Friend (1930)
Jim Northrup (1939)
Steve Yeager (1948)
Randy Velarde (1962)
Ben McDonald (1967)
Al Martin (1967)
Cal Eldred (1967)
Dave Hansen (1968)
There do not appear to be any major league players with connections to the Minnesota Twins born on this day.
The staff of Happy Birthday would like to wish each and every one of you a happy Thanksgiving. May we all have a wonderful holiday and have safe travels. May we also all take a moment to think of all the things in our lives for which we are thankful and to whom we are thankful for them.
Spanning the Globe
DOMINICAN LEAGUE
Oriente 10, Cibao 4 in Cibao. Alexi Casilla was 0-for-2 with a walk and a run for Cibao. Estarlin De Los Santos pinch-hit and was 0-for-1 for Cibao.
Este 4, Escogido 0 in Este. Wilkin Ramirez was 2-for-3 with a double for Este. Deibinson Romero was 0-for-3 for Escogido.
PUERTO RICAN LEAGUE
Ponce 9, Caguas 6 in Caguas. Angel Morales was 0-for-5 with an RBI for Ponce. Deinys Suarez got the win for Ponce, allowing three runs on six hits and three walks in five innings. Aaron Bates was 1-for-4 with a double for Caguas.
Carolina 5, Mayaguez 0 in Mayaguez. Nelvin Fuentes gave up only a hit batsman in 1.1 scoreless innings, striking out two for Mayaguez.
VENEZUELAN LEAGUE
La Guaira 6, Aragua 4 in Aragua. Jose Mijares made his season debut for Aragua, giving up two hits but no runs in a third of an inning.
Happy Birthday–November 23
This is a great day for names:
Chief Zimmer (1860)
Hi Church (1863)
Socks Seybold (1870)
George Stovall (1877)
Jimmy Sheckard (1878)
Runt Marr (1891)
Freddy Leach (1897)
Beans Reardon (1897)
Prince Hal Schumacher (1910)
Bill Gates (1918)
Charlie Osgood (1926)
Jack McKeon (1930)
Luis Tiant (1940)
Tom Hall (1947)
Ken Schrom (1954)
Brook Jacoby (1959)
Dale Sveum (1963)
David McCarty (1969)
Adam Eaton (1977)
Jonathan Papelbon (1980)
Weekly Winterball Whiparound
The good: Aaron Bates is hitting .387/.407/.538 in 26 at-bats (Caguas, Puerto Rican). Angel Morales is hitting .278/.435/.444 in 18 at-bats (Ponce, Puerto Rican). Deolis Guerra is 2-0, 1.23, 0.82 WHIP with 14 strikeouts in 14.2 innings (Magallanes, Venezuelan). Lester Oliveros is 0-0, 1.23, 1.09 WHIP in 7.1 innings. Luis Perdomo is 0-0, 0.90, 0.80 WHIP in 10 innings (Aguilas, Dominican). Deinys Suarez is 0-1, 1.29, 1.21 WHIP in 14 innings (Ponce, Puerto Rican).
The average: Alexi Casilla is hitting .256/.356/.256 in 39 at-bats (Cibao, Dominican). Joe Benson is hitting .216/.355/.373 in 51 at-bats (Aragua, Venezuelan). Jairo Perez is hitting .231/.375/.269 in 26 at-bats (Lara, Venezuelan). Wilkin Ramirez is hitting .243/.317/.351 in 37 at-bats (Este, Dominican). Samuel Deduno is 0-0, 1.80, 1.80 WHIP in with 4 walks and 11 strikeouts in 5 innings (Aguilas, Dominican). Pedro Guerra is 0-1, 4.24, 1.12 WHIP in 17 innings (Magallanes, Venezuelan). Rory Rhodes is hitting .214/.389./.286 in 56 at-bats (Brisbane, Australian).
The bad: Matt Carson is hitting .115/.233/.192 in 26 at-bats (Oriente, Dominican). Estarlin De Los Santos is hitting .176/.225/.235 in 17 at-bats (Cibao, Dominican). Deibinson Romero is hitting .200/.273/.200 in 10 games (Escogido, Dominican). Eddie Rosario is hitting .143/.250/.286 in 14 at-bats (Mayaguez, Puerto Rican). Rene Tosoni is hitting .195/.283/.195 in 41 at-bats (Lara, Venezuelan). Joshua Hendricks is hitting .143/.250/.143 in 14 at-bats (Melbourne, Australian). Jacob Younis is hitting .214/.241/.214 in 84 at-bats (Sydney, Australian). Cesar Ciurcina is 0-0, 5.40, 1.50 WHIP in 6.2 innings (Aragua, Venezuelan). Sam Gibbons is 0-2, 9.00, 2.25 WHIP in 8 innings (Melbourne, Australian). Todd Van Steensel is 0-0, 13.50, 3.38 WHIP in 13.1 innings (Sydney, Australian).
The insignificant: Ramon Santana is 0-for-7 (Este, Dominican). Nelvin Fuentes is 0-0, 3.86, 1.07 WHIP in 4.2 innings (Mayaguez, Puerto Rican). Manuel Soliman is 0-0, 0.00, 3.00 in 2 innings (Escogido, Dominican). Esmerling Vasquez is 0-1, 3.38, 1.88 WHIP in 2.2 innings (Oriente, Dominican). Gonzalo Sanudo is 0-0, 0.00, 1.00 WHIP in 1 inning (Culican, Mexican). Dereck Rodriguez is 0-for-1 (Caguas, Puerto Rican). Oswaldo Arcia is 0-for-2 (Aragua, Venezuelan). Josmil Pinto is 1-for-3 with a walk and a double (Aragua, Venezuelan). Yorman Landa is 0-0, 6.75, 2.25 WHIP in 2.2 innings (La Guaira, Venezuelan). Junior Subero is 0-0, 9.00, 3.00 WHIP in 1 inning (Caracas, Venezuelan).
Solar Sox Summary
Where they stand: Mesa finished second in the AFL East with a record of 16-17, 4.5 games behind Salt River.
The good: Brian Dozier hit .296/.358/.454 in 108 at-bats. Aaron Hicks hit .294/.400/.559 in 102 at-bats. Chris Herrmann hit .380/.456/.620 in 50 at-bats. Cole DeVries was 2-1, 3.12, 0.92 WHIP with 3 walks and 19 strikeouts in 26 innings.
The bad: Brett Jacobson was 1-2, 6.94, 1.71 WHIP with 8 walks and 12 strikeouts in 11.2 innings. Bruce Pugh was 0-1, 12.21, 2.93 WHIP with 15 walks and 13 strikeouts in 14 innings. Dakota Watts was 0-1, 5.65, 1.74 WHIP with 10 walks and 9 strikeouts in 14.1 innings.
What it means: Probably not much. I'm sure you'd rather do well than do poorly, but it's all small sample sizes. Still, I enjoyed following the AFL again this year, and I hope you did, too. After all, that's really what it's all for.
Happy Birthday–November 22
Harry Rice (1901)
Dick Bartell (1907)
Lew Burdette (1926)
Wade Blasingame (1943)
Rich Chiles (1946)
Greg Luzinski (1950)
Lyman Bostock (1950)
Wayne Tolleson (1955)
Lee Guetterman (1958)
Mike Benjamin (1965)
Jay Payton (1972)
Ricky Ledee (1973)
Joe Nathan (1974)
Mike Benjamin was drafted by Minnesota in the seventh round in January, 1985, but did not sign.