Dave Foutz (1856)
Hooks Wiltse (1879)
Curt Davis (1903)
Red Longley (1909)
Tommy Matchick (1943)
Willie Crawford (1946)
Joe Rudi (1946)
Darren Bragg (1969)
Jason Isringhausen (1972)
Mark Prior (1980)
Wade Davis (1985)
Devin Smeltzer (1995)
Tag Archives: ex-Twins
Happy Birthday–September 6
This is a reprint from last year which has not been updated.
Oyster Burns (1864)
Red Faber (1888)
Tom Young (1902)
Tommy Thevenow (1903)
Johnny Lanning (1910)
Harry Danning (1911)
Vince DiMaggio (1912)
Hal Jeffcoat (1924)
Harry Dunlop (1933)
Fran Healy (1946)
Greg Olson (1960)
Roy Smith (1961)
Pat Meares (1968)
Derrek Lee (1975)
Micheal Nakamura (1976)
Jerry Blevins (1983)
Mitch Moreland (1985)
Tyler Austin (1991)
Harry Dunlop caught in the minors for fourteen years and was a coach for seventeen years. He caught the minor league no-hitter in which Ron Necciai struck out twenty-seven batters and the back-to-back minor league no-hitters of Bill Bell.
We would also like to wish a happy anniversary to Mom and Dad MagUidhir.
Happy Birthday–September 5
Al Orth (1872)
Nap Lajoie (1874)
Lefty Leifield (1883)
Bingo DeMoss (1889)
Max Bishop (1899)
Merv Shea (1900)
Gene Bearden (1920)
Bill Mazeroski (1936)
Karl Kuehl (1937)
Tom Hallion (1956)
Candy Maldonado (1960)
Jeff Brantley (1963)
Jimmy Haynes (1972)
Rod Barajas (1975)
Randy Choate (1975)
Jason Hart (1977)
Chris Young (1983)
Karl Kuehl was a coach for the Twins from 1977-1982. He was a minor league manager for several seasons and also managed the Montreal Expos in 1976. His minor league managing career started in 1959, when he managed the Salem Senators in the Northwest League at age 21.
Tom Hallion was a major league umpire from 1986-1999 and 2005-2022.
Happy Birthday–September 4
Tillie Walker (1887)
Eddie Waitkus (1919)
Hawk Harrelson (1941)
Paul Jata (1949)
Doyle Alexander (1950)
Frank White (1950)
Mike Piazza (1968)
Luis Lopez (1970)
Aaron Fultz (1973)
Pat Neshek (1980)
Jordan Schafer (1986)
Adam Duvall (1988)
Cody Martin (1989)
Andrelton Simmons (1989)
Aaron Slegers (1992)
Cody Martin was drafted by Minnesota in the 20th round in 2010, but did not sign.
Happy Birthday–September 3
Bill Armour (1869)
Mike Kahoe (1873)
Art Fromme (1883)
Ed Konetchy (1885)
Willie Cornelius (1906)
Eddie Stanky (1915)
Morrie Martin (1922)
Steve Boros (1936)
Alan Bannister (1951)
Rene Gonzales (1960)
Dave Clark (1962)
Ced Landrum (1963)
Eric Plunk (1963)
Luis Gonzalez (1967)
Chad Fox (1970)
Matt Capps (1983)
Carl Edwards (1991)
Bill Armour managed Cleveland from 1902-1904 and Detroit from 1905-1906. He also managed in the minor leagues for several years.
Happy Birthday–September 2
Al Spalding (1850)
George Carr (1894)
Joe Heving (1900)
Monte Pearson (1908)
Marv Throneberry (1933)
Don Williams (1935)
Jerry Crider (1941)
Danny Goodwin (1953)
Rick Manning (1954)
Rex Hudler (1960)
Jeff Russell (1961)
Terry Jorgensen (1966)
Rich Aurilia (1971)
Jason Hammel (1982)
Dusten Knight (1990)
Ronald Torreyes (1992)
Aaron Whitefield (1996)
We would also like to wish a happy birthday to bjhess.
Happy Birthday–September 1
Jim O’Rourke (1850)
Joe Brown (1918)
Joe Astroth (1922)
Cloyd Boyer (1927)
Rico Carty (1939)
Craig Skok (1947)
Garry Maddox (1949)
Rob Wilfong (1953)
David West (1964)
Joe Brown was the general manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1956-1976.
Craig Skok was drafted by Minnesota in 1967, but did not sign.
Happy Birthday–August 31
Dad Clarkson (1866)
Duke Farrell (1866)
Red Ehret (1868)
Monte Cross (1869)
Eddie Plank (1875)
William Bell (1897)
Sarge Connally (1898)
Ray Berres (1907)
Ray Dandridge (1913)
Danny Litwhiler (1916)
Frank Robinson (1935)
Boots Day (1947)
Claudell Washington (1954)
Tom Candiotti (1957)
Von Hayes (1958)
Mike Hartley (1961)
Pat Howell (1968)
Hideo Nomo (1968)
Tim Raines (1979)
Ramon Santiago (1979)
Armando Gabino (1983)
Juan Nicasio (1986)
Matt Adams (1988)
John Hicks (1989)
Ray Dandridge is considered by some to be the greatest Negro League third baseman.
We would also like to wish a happy birthday to brianS’ son.
Happy Birthday–August 30
Cal McVey (1849)
Pol Perritt (1891)
Bing Miller (1894)
Kiki Cuyler (1896)
Johnny Lindell (1916)
Ted Williams (1918)
Frank Funk (1935)
Tug McGraw (1944)
Roger Erickson (1956)
Randy O’Neal (1960)
Marlon Byrd (1977)
Cliff Lee (1978)
Luis Rivas (1979)
Roberto Hernandez (1980)
Adam Wainwright (1981)
Taylor Hearn (1994)
Frank Funk served as a pitching coach for five major league teams (not all at the same time).
Randy O’Neal was drafted by Minnesota in 1979, but did not sign.
Taylor Hearn was drafted by Minnesota in 2014 but did not sign.
We would also like to wish a happy birthday to cheaptoy's trinket.
Happy Birthday–August 29
Pep Young (1907)
Joe Schultz (1918)
Billy Cox (1919)
Orval Grove (1919)
Dave Nicholson (1939)
Doug DeCinces (1950)
Bill Latham (1960)
Jeff Kellogg (1961)
Henry Blanco (1971)
Aaron Rowand (1977)
Roy Oswalt (1977)
Anthony Recker (1983)
Mark Rzepczynski (1985)
Chris Taylor (1990)
Noah Syndergaard (1992)
Bill Nicholson is the one nicknamed "Swish", but Dave deserved the nickname more. In the one season in which he played more than a hundred games (126 in 1963), he struck out 175 times. He did hit 22 homers. In 1964 he had 294 at-bats and struck out 126 times while hitting 13 homers.
Jeff Kellogg was a major league umpire from 1993-2019.