Jim Donnelly (1865)
Earl Hamilton (1891)
Bob Meusel (1896)
Mark Koenig (1904)
Jackie Hayes (1906)
Phil Cavarretta (1916)
Billy Gardner (1927)
Jayson Stark (1951)
Dan Graham (1954)
Mark Carreon (1963)
David Segui (1966)
Gus Gandarillas (1971)
Preston Wilson (1974)
Yorvit Torrealba (1978)
Rick Ankiel (1979)
Yan Gomes (1987)
Luis Avilan (1989)
Patrick Corbin (1989)
Jermaine Palacios (1996)
Jayson Stark is a long-time baseball writer and was an ESPN commentator for several years.
Harry Davis (1873)
Larry McLean (1881)
Eugene Bremer (1916)
Johnny Hopp (1916)
Joe Torre (1940)
Rudy May (1944)
Harry Spilman (1954)
Razor Shines (1956)
Mike Greenwell (1963)
Torii Hunter (1975)
Glenn Williams (1977)
Ben Sheets (1978)
Eugenio Suarez (1991)
Shoeless Joe Jackson (1889)
Doc Prothro (1893)
Bill Woodson (1917)
Jim Odom (1921)
Norm Sherry (1931)
Eddie Fisher (1936)
Lee Elia (1937)
Terry Pendleton (1960)
DeMarlo Hale (1961)
William VanLandingham (1970)
Ildemaro Vargas (1991)
The father of former NFL coach Tommy Prothro, third baseman Doc Prothro played in the majors for parts of five seasons and had a lifetime batting average of .318.
Acclaimed voice actor Bill Woodson was the voice of the Twins' "Get to Know 'Em" advertising campaign in the first decade of the twenty-first century.
Jim Odom was an American League umpire from 1964-1974.
DeMarlo Hale was a minor league manager from 1993-2001 and has been a major league coach since 2002.
John Clapp (1851)
Dan McGann (1871)
Bubbles Hargrave (1892)
Shirley Povich (1905)
Bill Byrd (1907)
Jake Powell (1908)
Red Kellett (1909)
Bruce Edwards (1923)
Donn Clendenon (1935)
Mike Shannon (1939)
Kirt Manwaring (1965)
Brett Merriman (1966)
James Baldwin (1971)
Miguel Olivo (1978)
Chris Denorfia (1980)
Sherman Johnson (1990)
Shirley Povich was a sportswriter for the Washington Post from 1923-1993. He continued to write for them for twenty-five years after he "retired".
We would also like to wish a very happy birthday to brianS, kg2005, and Mom Beau.
Jesse Tannehill (1874)
Happy Chandler (1898)
Johnny Murphy (1908)
Robert Creamer (1922)
Ralph Rowe (1924)
Bob Purkey (1929)
Billy McCool (1944)
Steve Stone (1947)
Danny Walton (1947)
Vic Rodriguez (1961)
Robin Ventura (1967)
Derrick May (1968)
Jose Hernandez (1969)
Tim Hudson (1975)
Albert "Happy" Chandler was the commissioner of baseball from 1945-1951.
Author Robert Creamer wrote a biography of Babe Ruth which is still considered to be one of the best baseball books ever.
Ralph Rowe was a coach for the Twins from 1972-1975. He had been a minor league outfielder in 1942, 1947-1955, and 1957-1961, spending the last three years in the Twins' organization. He was mainly a manager or coach in those years--I assume he only played if they ran into a shortage of players or something. He managed in the Twins' organization from 1959-1960 and 1962-1971, winning league championships with Wilson in the Carolina League in 1963, Orlando in the Southern League in 1968, and Charlotte in the Southern League in 1969. He also coached for Baltimore from 1981-1984.
Tom York (1850)
George Bradley (1852)
Stan Coveleski (1889)
Lee Handley (1913)
Eliot Asinof (1919)
Fritz Dorish (1921)
Ruben Gomez (1927)
Daryl Spencer (1928)
Don Pavletich (1938)
Jack Aker (1940)
Buzz Stephen (1944)
Jerry Terrell (1946)
Bill Caudill (1956)
Mark Brown (1959)
Mike Fitzgerald (1960)
Pat Rapp (1967)
Ryan Ludwick (1978)
Shin-Soo Choo (1982)
Yadier Molina (1982)
D. J. LeMahieu (1988)
Tyler Skaggs (1991)
Cody Bellinger (1995)
Author Eliot Asinof played two seasons in the minor leagues. He has written several books on baseball, most notably "Eight Men Out".
We would also like to wish a happy birthday to uncleWalt’s oldest child.
Doug Allison (1846)
Lee Meadows (1894)
Johnny Wyrostek (1919)
Jack Harshmann (1927)
Ron Fairly (1938)
Tom Tischinski (1944)
Scipio Spinks (1947)
Mario Soto (1956)
Mike Munoz (1965)
Adam Johnson (1979)
Phil Dumatrait (1981)
Tom Gorzelanny (1982)
Howie Kendrick (1983)
Tony Sipp (1983)
Nick Vincent (1986)
Chasen Shreve (1990)
Bailey Ober (1995)
Pop Schriver (1865)
Jimmy Slagle (1873)
Milt Stock (1893)
Bob Allison (1934)
John Sevcik (1942)
Ed Ott (1951)
Andy Ashby (1967)
Donne Wall (1967)
Javier Lopez (1977)
Blaine Boyer (1981)
Yorman Bazardo (1984)
Bryan Augenstein (1986)
We would also like to wish a very happy birthday to Mrs. Daneeka’s Ghost.
Jimmy McAleer (1864)
Bobby Lowe (1865)
John Heydler (1869)
Dick Lundy (1898)
Wayne Blackburn (1914)
Paul Pryor (1927)
Gene Alley (1940)
Hal McRae (1945)
Bob Bailor (1951)
Andre Dawson (1954)
Buddy Groom (1965)
Lee Stevens (1967)
Marty Cordova (1969)
ByungHo Park (1986)
Ryan Wheeler (1988)
Scott Alexander (1989)
Will Smith (1989)
Jonny Deluca (1998)
John Heydler was the president of the National League from 1918-1934.
Wayne Blackburn was a minor league infielder from 1936-1956. He drew over 1,400 walks in his career.
Paul Pryor was a National League umpire from 1961-1981 and is an alumnus of the author’s alma mater, the University of South Dakota.
Jonny Deluca was drafted by Minnesota in the 39th round in 2017 but did not sign.
Jack Powell (1874)
Buck Herzog (1885)
Glenn Myatt (1897)
Wally Post (1929)
Marty Springstead (1937)
Mike Andrews (1943)
Hal Haydel (1944)
Sonny Jackson (1944)
Steve Luebber (1949)
Willie Wilson (1955)
Miguel Montero (1983)
Steven Okert (1991)
Marty Springstead was an American League umpire from 1966-1986. He later was a supervisor of umpires.
We would also like to extend our best birthday wishes to Pepper.
