Eddie Moore (1899)
Danny Kaye (1913)
Mike Fornieles (1932)
Chuck Cottier (1936)
Satch Davidson (1936)
Curt Flood (1938)
Carl Morton (1944)
Billy Grabarkewitz (1946)
Sachio Kinugasa (1947)
Scott McGregor (1954)
Dave Geisel (1955)
Brady Anderson (1964)
Mike Lieberthal (1972)
Entertainer Danny Kaye was one of the original owners of the Seattle Mariners.
Not much globe to span today. No games in the Puerto Rican or Australian Leagues, and none of the games in the Mexican or Venezuelan Leagues involved Twins players.
DOMINICAN LEAGUE
Escogido 8, Cibao 2 in Cibao. Pedro Florimon was 1-for-3 with a run for Escogido. Alexi Casilla was 3-for-4 with a double and two runs for Cibao. Wilkin Ramirez pinch hit and was 0-for-1 for Cibao.
Louis Santop (1890)
Hank Leiber (1911)
Lum Harris (1915)
Mayo Smith (1915)
Don Zimmer (1931)
Keith Lieppman (1949)
Antonio Munoz (1949)
Pete LaCock (1952)
Darrell Porter (1952)
Mark Littell (1953)
Jerry Turner (1954)
Doug Simunic (1956)
T. R. Bryden (1959)
Chili Davis (1960)
SBG (1965)
Tyler Houston (1971)
Rob Bell (1977)
DOMINICAN LEAGUE
Saturday
Escogido 10, Cibao 6 in Escogido. Pedro Florimon was 0-for-2 with two walks for Escogido. Francisco Liriano started for Escogido and pitched two-thirds of an inning, surrendering three runs on four hits and two walks.
Sunday
Aguilas 3, Escogido 2 in Aguilas. Pedro Florimon was 0-for-3 for Escogido.
Licey 3, Cibao 2 in Licey (10 innings). Alexi Casilla was 2-for-6 with a run and an RBI for Cibao.
PUERTO RICAN LEAGUE
Saturday
Mayaguez 10, Caguas 1 in Mayaguez. Daniel Ortiz was 2-for-4 with a double and three RBIs for Mayaguez. Eddie Rosario pitch hit and struck out for Mayaguez.
Sunday
Caguas 4, Mayaguez 0 in Mayaguez. Aaron Bates was 0-for-4 for Caguas. Daniel Ortiz was 1-for-3 for Mayaguez. Nelvin Fuentes gave up a hit but no runs in two-thirds of an inning for Mayaguez.
VENEZUELAN LEAGUE
Saturday
Magallanes 11, Zulia 10 in Magallanes. The score was 6-1 after eight; Zulia scored nine in the top of the ninth and Magallanes scored five in the bottom of the ninth. Pedro Guerra struck out four in 1.2 scoreless innings for Magallanes, giving up a hit and a walk.
Aragua 5, Anzoategui 2 in Anzoategui. Lester Oliveros allowed an unearned run on a hit and a walk while striking out one in one inning.
Sunday
Aragua 5, Anzoategui 3 in Anzoategui. Lester Oliveros worked a perfect inning for Anzoategui.
AUSTRALIAN LEAGUE
Saturday
Perth 8, Canberra 7 in Canberra (Game 1—11 innings). Luke Hughes was 1-for-1 with a walk as a reserve for Perth.
Brisbane 9, Melbourne 3 in Brisbane. Sam Gibbons struck out one in a scoreless inning for Melbourne, giving up a hit and a walk.
Sunday
Sydney 6, Adelaide 4 in Sydney. Jacob Younis was 3-for-4 and scored once for Sydney. Todd Van Steensel struck out three in two perfect innings for Sydney.
Canberra 3, Perth 2 in Canberra. Tim Atherton struck out five in five shutout innings, giving up just two hits for Canberra.
Jimmy Macullar (1855)
Art Whitney (1858)
Jimmy Collins (1870)
Ferdie Schupp (1891)
Buck Jordan (1907)
Dizzy Dean (1910)
Jim Owens (1934)
Ron Herbel (1938)
Joe Bonikowski (1941)
Tsuneo Horiuchi (1948)
Dave Stapleton (1954)
Steve Balboni (1957)
Marty Castillo (1957)
Dave Jauss (1957)
Jack McDowell (1966)
Ron Villone (1970)
Jack Cust (1979)
Albert Pujols (1980)
Jeff Manship (1985)
Jimmy Macullar holds the career record for most games by a left-handed-throwing shortstop (325). Oddly, he batted right-handed.
Marty Castillo was drafted by Minnesota in the twenty-first round in 1975, but did not sign.
Johnny Nee (1890)
Ray Chapman (1891)
Steve Gromek (1920)
Georges Maranda (1932)
Mike Marshall (1943)
Bobby Grich (1949)
Rance Mulliniks (1956)
Jerry Narron (1956)
Don Cooper (1957)
Delino DeShields (1969)
Ray King (1974)
Matt Holliday (1980)
Armando Galarraga (1982)
DOMINICAN LEAGUE
Escogido 8, Aguilas 4 in Aguilas. Pedro Florimon was 0-for-2 with two walks and a run for Escogido.
Cibao 3, Licey 2 in Licey. Alexi Casilla was 1-for-5 for Cibao.
VENEZUELAN LEAGUE
Magallanes 11, Zulia 2 in Magallanes. Pedro Guerra struck out the only man he faced for Magallanes.
AUSTRALIAN LEAGUE
Perth 3, Canberra 1 in Canberra. Luke Hughes was 1-for-4 with a double and an RBI for Perth.
Adelaide 6, Sydney 1 in Sydney. Jacob Younis was 0-for-4 for Sydney.
Brisbane 7, Melbourne 3 in Brisbane. Rory Rhodes was 0-for-4 for Brisbane. Sam Gibbons struck out two in a perfect inning for Melbourne. Markus Solbach walked one in a scoreless inning for Melbourne.
Jack Taylor (1874)
Billy Meyer (1892)
Smead Jolley (1902)
Phil Piton (1903)
Chet Brewer (1907)
Sonny Siebert (1937)
Dave Campbell (1942)
Ron Clark (1943)
Derrel Thomas (1951)
Wayne Gross (1952)
Terry Forster (1952)
Pedro Florimon signs a minor league contract.
Baltimore re-signs Willie Eyre to a minor league contract.
Baltimore signs Allan de San Miguel to a minor league contract.
Cincinnati agrees to terms with Corky Miller on a minor league contract.
Kansas City names Brian Buchanan manager of Kane County in the Midwest League (A).
Angels agree to terms with Doug Deeds on a minor league contract.
Milwaukee agrees to terms with Carlos Gomez on a one-year contract.