Ed Reulbach (1882)
Willie Mitchell (1889) Walter Alston (1911) Calvin Griffith (1911) Cookie Lavagetto (1912) Marty Marion (1917)
Cal McLish (1925)
George Foster (1948) Dan Schatzeder (1954) Greg Harris (1963) Larry Walker (1966)
Reggie Sanders (1967)
Kirk Rueter (1970)
As everyone reading this knows, Calvin Griffith was the long-time owner of the Minnesota Twins. He had served in a variety of positions for the Washington Senators, including batboy, minor league player-manager, and working in the front office. His managing career lasted from 1937-1941. He also played for Class B Charlotte from 1939-1941. No records of his playing career are available from 1939-1940, but in 1941 he got a hit in his only at-bat.
We would also like to wish a happy birthday to SBG’s father, Butch.
Mordecai Davidson (1845)
Frank Killen (1870)
Josh Billings (1891)
Firpo Marberry (1898)
Clyde Sukeforth (1901)
Steve Hamilton (1935)
Craig Swan (1950) Juan Berenguer (1954) Dave Engle (1956) Steve Shields (1958) Bob Tewksbury (1960) Gary Wayne (1962) Bo Jackson (1962)
Mark Lewis (1969) Matt Lawton (1971) Ray Durham (1971)
Shane Victorino (1980)
Rich Harden (1981)
Tom Hughes (1878)
Irv Noren (1924)
Minnie Minoso (1925) George Thomas (1937) Dick McAuliffe (1939)
Bill Freehan (1941)
Otto Velez (1950)
Mike Easler (1950) Rick Anderson (1956) Joe Price (1956) Dennis Burtt (1957) Howard Johnson (1960)
Bob Hamelin (1967)
Mariano Rivera (1969) Brian Wolfe (1980) Guillermo Quiroz (1981)
Heinie Pietz (1870)
Frank O'Rourke (1894)
Jerry Gardner (1920)
Wes Westrum (1922)
Sixto Lezcano (1953)
Dave Righetti (1958)
Walt Weiss (1963)
John Burkett (1964)
Matt Williams (1965)
Pedro Astacio (1969)
Robb Nen (1969) Jose Parra (1972)
Hugh Duffy (1866) Fred Tenney (1871)
Bob Johnson (1905) Lefty Gomez (1908) Howard Easterling (1911)
Eddie Miller (1916)
Bob Elliott (1916)
Jeff Torborg (1941)
Larry Gura (1947)
Richie Hebner (1947)
Jorge Orta (1950)
Jay Howell (1955)
Bob Walk (1956)
Mike Moore (1959)
Harold Reynolds (1960)
Chuck Finley (1962)
Brian Schneider (1976) Matt Garza (1983)
Bert Cunningham (1865)
Jakie May (1895)
Charles Baron (1913) Joe DiMaggio (1914) Mike Ryan (1941)
Bucky Dent (1951) Dave Baker (1956) Chico Walker (1958)
Mark Whiten (1966)
Octavio Dotel (1973)
Nick Swisher (1980)
Chief Zimmer (1860)
Hi Church (1863)
Socks Seybold (1870)
George Stovall (1877)
Jimmy Sheckard (1878)
Runt Marr (1891)
Freddy Leach (1897)
Beans Reardon (1897)
Bubber Jonnard (1897)
Prince Hal Schumacher (1910)
Bill Gates (1918)
Charlie Osgood (1926)
Jack McKeon (1930) Luis Tiant (1940) Tom Hall (1947) Ken Schrom (1954) Brook Jacoby (1959)
Dale Sveum (1963) David McCarty (1969) Adam Eaton (1977)
Jonathan Papelbon (1980)
Bobby Mathews (1851)
Charlie Bennett (1854)
Billy Clingman (1869)
Andy High (1897) Freddie Lindstrom (1905) Paul Richards (1908) Stan Musial (1920) Warren Hacker (1924)
Tom McCraw (1940)
Bill Almon (1952)
Rick Peters (1955) Mike Mason (1958) Mark Eichhorn (1960)
Dick Schofield (1962)
Ken Griffey (1969) Todd Erdos (1973) Brian Meadows (1975) Hank Blalock (1980)
Rick Peters was drafted by Minnesota in the eighteenth round in 1973, but did not sign.
Everett Scott (1892) Roy Campanella (1921) Joe Morgan (1930)
Manny Jimenez (1938)
Larry Haney (1942)
Bobby Tolan (1945)
Bob Boone (1947)
Dickie Noles (1956)
Mike Winters (1958)
Gary DiSarcina (1967) Mario Valdez (1974) Clay Condrey (1975) Ryan Howard (1979)
Jonathan Sanchez (1982)
Clarification: The Joe Morgan listed above is not Hall of Famer Joe Morgan. The Joe Morgan born today is the Joe Morgan who once managed the Red Sox.
Larry Haney is the cousin of ex-Twin Mike Cubbage.
