Dick Rudolph (1887)
Darrell Johnson (1928)
Choo Choo Coleman (1937)
Dooley Womack (1939) Rollie Fingers (1946) Dave Heaverlo (1950) Stan Perzanowski (1950) Pete Redfern (1954) Oddibe McDowell (1962)
Albert Belle (1966)
Doug Glanville (1970)
Gary Matthews (1974)
Justin Upton (1987)
Harry Hooper (1887) Hank Gowdy (1889)
Hal Woodeshick (1932)
Tony Bernazard (1956) Cal Ripken (1960) Tim Salmon (1968) Kevin Correia (1980)
Brett Gardner (1983)
Nick Adenhart (1986)
George Davis (1870) Guy Bush (1901)
Lonny Frey (1910)
Nels Potter (1911) Carl Pohlad (1915)
Dale Mitchell (1921) George Kell (1922) Sherm Lollar (1924)
John Romano (1934) Marty Martinez (1941) Ron Blomberg (1948) Jerry White (1952) Mike Boddicker (1957)
Julio Franco (1958) Randy St. Claire (1960)
Casey Blake (1973) Mark Bellhorn (1974)
Carl Pohlad, of course, was the owner of the Twins for many years.
Ned Hanlon (1857) Howie Camnitz (1881)
Wally Schang (1889)
Happy Felsch (1891) Carl Yastrzemski (1939) Doug Bair (1949)
Ray Burris (1950) Paul Molitor (1956) Darrin Jackson (1962) Mike Everitt (1964) Gary Scott (1968) Hipolito Pichardo (1969)
Steve Kline (1972)
Jeff Weaver (1976)
Randy Wolf (1976) Alan Busenitz (1990)
Mike Everitt has been a major league umpire since 1999.
We would also like to wish a very happy anniversary to Grandma and Grandpa S.
Al Lopez (1908) Fred Norman (1942) Graig Nettles (1944) Bobby Cuellar (1952) Tom Brunansky (1960) Mark Langston (1960)
Andy Benes (1967)
Todd Helton (1973) Matt Hague (1985)
Bobby Richardson (1935) Fred Lasher (1941) Mike Phillips (1950) Luis Gomez (1951) Tim Blackwell (1952)
Ned Yost (1955)
Ron Roenicke (1956)
David Palmer (1957) Gary Gaetti (1958) Ron Darling (1960)
Woody Williams (1966)
Rob Augustine (1970)
Chris Capuano (1978) J. J. Hardy (1982)
Rob Augustine played for a couple of years in the Cleveland organization, never rising above Class A. He was (and maybe still is) an assistant baseball coach at Dakota Valley High School in my former home of North Sioux City. Happy birthday, Rob.
We would also like to wish a happy birthday to strategery.
Sam Wise (1857)
Wally Gerber (1891) Burleigh Grimes (1893) Bernie Friberg (1899)
Max Lanier (1915)
Bob Kennedy (1920) Roberto Clemente (1934) Billy Consolo (1934) Joe Azcue (1939)
Paul Popovich (1940) Bucky Guth (1947) Bruce Benedict (1955)
Mike LaValliere (1960)
Jack Howell (1961)
Marcus Lawton (1965)
Bobby Higginson (1970)
Albie Lopez (1971)
Marcus Lawton is the brother of Matt Lawton. He played in ten games for the Yankees in 1989.
I am annually saddened that there has never been a major league player named Ham Fast.
Johnny Rawlings (1892)
Rudy York (1913)
Donald Honig (1931)
Jim Davenport (1933)
John Buzhardt (1936)
Diego Segui (1937)
Boog Powell (1941)
Ron Boyer (1944)
Skip Lockwood (1946)
Butch Hobson (1951) Alex Cole (1965) Jorge Posada (1971) Mike Maroth (1977) Brett Myers (1980)
Dustin Pedroia (1983)
Author Donald Honig has written nearly forty books about baseball.
Ron Boyer is the brother of Clete Boyer and Ken Boyer. He played in the Yankees’ farm system for eight years, reaching AAA.
