Baltimore agrees to terms with Danny Valencia on a one-year contract.
White Sox assign Randy Ruiz to major league camp.
Kansas City of the American Association signs Jairo Perez.
Milwaukee agrees to terms with Carlos Gomez on a four-year contract.
St. Louis assigns Brock Peterson to major league camp.
York of the Atlantic League signs Jason Repko.
Tag Archives: ex-Twins
Happy Birthday–March 16
Bud Fowler (1847)
Blondie Purcell (1854)
Jerry Denny (1859)
Patsy Donovan (1865)
Jake Flowers (1902)
Buddy Myer (1904)
Lloyd Waner (1906)
Ken O'Dea (1913)
Tom Gorman (1919)
Clint Courtney (1927)
Hobie Landrith (1930)
Don Blasingame (1932)
Rick Reichardt (1943)
Rick Renick (1944)
Charles Hudson (1959)
Fieldin Culbreth (1963)
Abraham Nunez (1976)
Curtis Granderson (1981)
Mickey Storey (1986)
Bud Fowler was the first African-American to play professional baseball, playing in the minors in 1878 and from 1884-1894.
Tom Gorman was a National League umpire from 1951-1977. His son Brian is currently a major league umpire.
Mickey Storey was drafted by Minnesota in the 22nd round in 2007, but did not sign.
Happy Birthday–March 15
Arlie "The Freshest Man on Earth" Latham (1860)
Doc Casey (1870)
Ralph Miller (1873)
Fred Lieb (1888)
Rosy Ryan (1898)
Jimmie Crutchfield (1910)
Bob Locker (1938)
Wayne Granger (1944)
Bobby Bonds (1946)
Jim Kern (1949)
Steve Stroughter (1952)
Mickey Hatcher (1955)
Harold Baines (1959)
Mike Pagliarulo (1960)
Kim Batiste (1968)
Robert Fick (1974)
Dan Perkins (1975)
Vladimir Nunez (1975)
Kevin Youkilis (1979)
Ralph Miller was the first major league player to live to be a hundred years old.
Fred Lieb was a sportswriter who covered baseball for seventy years.
Jimmie Crutchfield was a star outfielder in the Negro Leagues.
Happy Birthday–March 14
Candy Nelson (1849)
Bill Holbert (1855)
Marty McManus (1900)
Jack Rothrock (1905)
Santos Amaro (1908)
Dave McKay (1950)
Butch Wynegar (1956)
Steve Lake (1957)
Jerry Willard (1960)
Kirby Puckett (1960)
Kevin Brown (1965)
Brent Gates (1970)
Matt Kata (1978)
Bobby Jenks (1981)
Santos Amaro is the father of Ruben Amaro Sr. and the grandfather of Ruben Amaro Jr. He was a star player in Cuba and in Mexico and is a member of the Salon de la Fama.
Matt Kata was drafted by Minnesota in the twentieth round in 1996, but did not sign.
Happy Birthday–March 13
Frank "Home Run" Baker (1886)
Patsy Gharrity (1892)
Alejandro Oms (1895)
C. Arnholt Smith (1899)
Doug Harvey (1930)
Bill Dailey (1935)
Steve Barber (1948)
Terry Leach (1954)
Randy Bass (1954)
Yoshihiko Takahashi (1957)
Luis Aguayo (1959)
Mariano Duncan (1963)
Will Clark (1964)
Jorge Fabregas (1970)
Scott Sullivan (1971)
Johan Santana (1979)
Outfielder Alejandro Oms was a star in Cuba and in the Negro Leagues.
C. Arnholt Smith was the original owner of the San Diego Padres.
Infielder Yoshihiko Takahashi has the longest hitting streak in Japanese professional baseball.
Happy Birthday–March 12
Abraham Mills (1884)
Denny Lyons (1866)
Leroy Matlock (1907)
Vern Law (1930)
Durwood Merrill (1938)
Johnny Callison (1939)
Jimmy Wynn (1942)
Bill Butler (1947)
Larry Rothschild (1954)
Ruppert Jones (1955)
Dale Murphy (1956)
Mike Quade (1957)
Darryl Strawberry (1962)
Shawn Gilbert (1965)
Steve Finley (1965)
Raul Mondesi (1971)
Greg Hansell (1971)
David Lee (1973)
P. J. Walters (1985)
Abraham Mills was president of the Mills Commission, which determined that Abner Doubleday invented the game of baseball in Cooperstown, New York in 1839.
Leroy Matlock was a star pitcher in the Negro Leagues in the 1930s.
Durwood Merrill was a major league umpire from 1977-2002.
Happy Birthday–March 11
Bobby Winkles (1930)
Dock Ellis (1945)
Cesar Geronimo (1948)
Phil Bradley (1959)
Bryan Oelkers (1961)
Steve Reed (1965)
Salomon Torres (1972)
Bobby Abreu (1974)
Dan Uggla (1980)
Frank Mata (1984)
Bobby Winkles was the head baseball coach at Arizona State from 1959-1971, winning three College World Series titles. He also managed and coached in the major leagues.
Happy Birthday–March 10
Gene DeMontreville (1873)
Art Herring (1906)
John Briggs (1944)
Wayne Twitchell (1948)
Greg Pavlick (1950)
Steve Howe (1958)
John Cangelosi (1963)
Mike Timlin (1966)
Aaron Bates (1984)
Greg Pavlick was a coach in the Mets organization for 26 years, and has been a coach in the Yankees organization for 12 years.
This Week in Ex-Twins
Arizona assigns Jeremy Reed to minor league camp.
Baltimore agrees to terms with Danny Valencia on a one-year contract.
White Sox assign Randy Ruiz to major league camp.
Washington agrees to terms with Wilson Ramos on a one-year contract.
York of the Atlantic League signs Jason Repko.
Happy Birthday–March 9
Billy Southworth (1893)
Myril Hoag (1908)
Phil Seghi (1909)
Joe Paparella (1909)
Arky Vaughan (1912)
Jackie Jensen (1927)
Ron Kline (1932)
Jim Landis (1934)
Bert Campaneris (1942)
John Curtis (1948)
Darrel Chaney (1948)
Wendell Kim (1950)
Terry Mulholland (1963)
Benito Santiago (1965)
Vince Horsman (1967)
Aaron Boone (1973)
C. J. Nitkowski (1973)
Phil Seghi was in baseball most of his life, serving as Cleveland Indians general manager from 1973-1985.
American League umpire Joe Paparella holds the record for most games umpired in a season, 176 in 1962.
Wendell Kim was a major league coach and minor league manager for many years.