Gabby Street (1882)
Nap Rucker (1884)
Johnny Allen (1904) Robin Roberts (1926) Johnny Podres (1932) Craig Kusick (1948) Dave Magadan (1962) Yorkis Perez (1967) Jose Lima (1972)
Carlos Guillen (1975)
Gabby Street was a light-hitting catcher who played in parts of eight major leagues seasons, mostly for the Washington Senators. He was Walter Johnson's primary catcher. He later did some managing and broadcasting. He is best remembered as the first man to catch a baseball dropped from the top of the Washington Monument.
Dave Orr (1859)
Gus Weyhing (1866)
Harry Steinfeldt (1877) Paul Giel (1932) Mike McCormick (1938) Rich Reese (1941) Steve Busby (1949)
John McLaren (1951)
Warren Cromartie (1953) Byron McLaughlin (1955) Tim Flannery (1957)
Craig Lefferts (1957)
Rob Deer (1960) Derek Parks (1968) Jake Westbrook (1977)
Heath Bell (1977)
Dave Orr is considered the greatest nineteenth century slugger of all. His career was cut short when he suffered a stroke in 1890 at the age of 31.
Outfielder Warren Cromartie was drafted by the Twins in the third round of the January Secondary draft in 1972, but did not sign.
Wilbur Good (1885)
Jack Fournier (1889)
Whitey Witt (1895)
Al Evans (1916)
Dick Gernert (1928)
Grant Jackson (1942) Pete Filson (1958) Jerry Layne (1958)
Todd Worrell (1959)
Ed Vosberg (1961)
Charlie Kerfeld (1963)
Matt Vasgersian (1967)
Mike DeJean (1970)
Jerry Layne has been a major league umpire since 1989.
Matt Vasgersian has been a major league baseball broadcaster since 1997.
Whit Wyatt (1907)
Dick Hall (1930)
Dave Wickersham (1935)
Gary Sutherland (1944) Mike Schmidt (1949) Bob Veselic (1955) Don Schulze (1962) Todd Blyleven (1972)
Vicente Padilla (1977) Jon Rauch (1978) Jon Garland (1979)
Todd Blyleven is, as you probably know, the son of Bert Blyleven. He pitched in the minor leagues for seven years, getting as high as AA, then was a scout for eight years. At last report, he was the sports product marketing manager for Shock Doctor Sports in the Twin Cities area.
Gus Schmelz (1850)
Bob Coleman (1890)
Bobby Shantz (1925)
Mel McGaha (1926)
Dave Duncan (1945) Jim Gideon (1953) Rich Gedman (1959)
Steve Buechele (1961)
Dave Martinez (1964)
Brian Shouse (1968) Brian Looney (1969)
Gus Schmelz managed several teams in the late 19th century. He is one of the few who became a manager without having played professionally.
Bob Coleman managed in the minor leagues for thirty-five years. He had the most wins as a minor league manager when he retired, 2,496, a mark since passed by Stan Wasiak.
Former Knicks player Mel McGaha was the manager of the Kansas City Athletics from 1964-1965.
Pat Malone (1902) Phil Rizzuto (1917) Johnny Sain (1917) Sal Butera (1952) Glenn Hubbard (1957)
Geno Petralli (1959)
Tony Womack (1969)
Dave Weathers (1969) Oscar Munoz (1969) Wil Nieves (1977)
Joel Pineiro (1978)
Rocco Baldelli (1981) Vance Worley (1987)
Mike Gonzalez (1890)
Dixie Walker (1910)
Clyde Vollmer (1921) George Banks (1938) Chuck Nieson (1942) Norm Angelini (1947) Eric Soderholm (1948) Hubie Brooks (1956)
Jim Acker (1958)
Rafael Palmeiro (1964) Scott Leius (1965) Bernard Gilkey (1966)
Kevin Millar (1971)
John McDonald (1974) Levale Speigner (1980)
Lou Bierbauer (1865)
Heinie Wagner (1880)
Lefty Stewart (1900)
Jim Rooker (1942)
Woody Woodward (1942)
Jim Morrison (1952)
Dennis Lamp (1952)
Tony Fossas (1957) Jim Winn (1959) Pete Harnisch (1966) Jeff Cirillo (1969) Brent Abernathy (1977) Mike Gosling (1980)
Left-hander Tony Fossas was drafted by the Twins in the ninth round in 1978, but did not sign.
Doc Powers (1870)
Hooks Dauss (1889)
Urban Shocker (1890)
Ira Flagstead (1893) Bob Lemon (1920) Tommy Lasorda (1927) Ken Aspromonte (1931) Jim Fairey (1944) Larry Dierker (1946)
Jeffrey Leonard (1955) Wally Backman (1959) Vince Coleman (1961)
Bob Geren (1961) Mark Guthrie (1965) Mike Matheny (1970)
We would also like to wish a happy birthday to Spookymilk’s oldest daughter.
