Lefty Phillips (1919)
Max Surkont (1922)
Ernie Johnson (1924)
Richard Jacobs (1925)
Bob Miller (1926)
Ken Johnson (1933) Joe Decker (1947) Ron LeFlore (1948)
Salome Barojas (1957)
Wally Joyner (1962)
Calvin Schiraldi (1962)
Kevin Young (1969) Chris Gomez (1971) Kerry Wood (1977)
Jonathan Broxton (1984)
The Bob Miller born today, although a pitcher, is not the Bob Miller who pitched for the Twins.
Today is also the birthday of Twins’ farmhand Michael Gonzales (1988).
We would also like to wish a very happy birthday to Socaltwinsfan.
Babe Dahlgren (1912)
Bernice Gera (1931)
Mario Cuomo (1932) Billy Williams (1938) Ty Cline (1939)
Bruce Dal Canton (1941)
Champ Summers (1946)
Ken Henderson (1946)
Dusty Baker (1949)
Lance Parrish (1956)
Brett Butler (1957) Wade Boggs (1958) Ramiro Mendoza (1972)
Tony Clark (1972)
Andy Pettitte (1972) Zach Day (1978) Jeremy Reed (1981)
Tim Lincecum (1984) Trevor Plouffe (1986) Jake Locker (1988)
Former New York Governor Mario Cuomo was an outfielder for the Brunswick Pirates of the Georgia-Florida League in 1952.
Quarterback Jake Locker was drafted by the Angels as an outfielder in the tenth round in 2009. He signed a contract with them, but never played a game of professional baseball.
Charlie Buffinton (1861)
Harvey Watkins (1869)
Charles Barrett (1871)
Don Newcombe (1926) Jim Constable (1933)
Bill Fahey (1950)
Greg Brock (1957)
Mike Laga (1960) George Tsamis (1967)
Peter Munro (1975) Michael Hollimon (1982)
Joe Hornung (1857) Sol White (1868) Red Dooin (1879)
Matty McIntyre (1880)
Otto Knabe (1884) Bill Foster (1904) Dutch Rennert (1930) Gerry Arrigo (1941) Jim Strickland (1946) Scott Aldred (1968) Damon Buford (1970)
Ryan Klesko (1971) Damon Hollins (1974)
Hideki Matsui (1974)
We would also like to wish a very happy birthday to Eric B. B.
Roger Bresnahan (1879) Ernie Nevers (1902)
Dan Topping (1912)
Frank Thomas (1929)
Jimmy Stewart (1939) Danny Morris (1946) Dave Cash (1948)
Tom Austin (1951)
Mike Fuentes (1958)
Brian Gorman (1959)
Mike Davis (1959)
Odalis Perez (1978) Bobby Keppel (1982) Jose Reyes (1983)
Football great Ernie Nevers, born in Willow River, Minnesota, pitched for the St. Louis Browns for parts of three seasons (1926-1928).
Outfielder Mike Fuentes was drafted by Minnesota in the fifth round in 1980, but did not sign.
We would also like to wish a very happy birthday to UncleWalt.
Jack Graney (1886)
Garland Braxton (1900)
Danny McFayden (1905)
Vic Harris (1905)
Mike Kreevich (1908)
Frank Demaree (1910) Chuck Thompson (1921) Hank Foiles (1929)
Carmen Cozza (1930) Ed Palmquist (1933) Kazuhisa Inao (1937)
Johnny Edwards (1938)
Ken Singleton (1947)
Elias Sosa (1950)
Gerry Hunsicker (1950)
Francisco Barrios (1953) Scott Ullger (1955) Floyd Bannister (1955)
Pokey Reese (1973)
Freddy Garcia (1975)
Outfielder Carmen Cozza played in the low minors in 1952-1953, batting .242. He later became a college football coach, most notably at Yale. Upon his retirement in 1996, he held the record for most coaching victories in the Ivy League (179) and was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2002.
This is also the birthday of Twins’ farmhand Jairo Perez (1988).
Dude Esterbrook (1857)
Irish Meusel (1893)
Mike Ryba (1903)
Frank McCormick (1911)
Jimmy Newberry (1922)
Roy Smalley (1926)
Bill Virdon (1931)
Howie Gershberg (1936) Jake Jacobs (1937) Julio Gotay (1939) Bruce Look (1943) Tom Egan (1946)
Dave Parker (1951) Tom Edens (1961) Randy Winn (1974)
We would also like to wish a happy birthday to SBG’s uncle and to his brother.
Cub Stricker (1859)
Van Lingle Mungo (1911)
Eddie Gaedel (1925)
Del Ennis (1925)
George Brunet (1935) Joe Grzenda (1937) Pete Magrini (1942) Mark Belanger (1944)
Lenn Sakata (1954)
Don Robinson (1957) Carmelo Castillo (1958) Britt Burns (1959)
Kevin Gross (1961)
John Gibbons (1962)
Kevin Ritz (1965)
Dave Mlicki (1968)
Bones Ely (1863)
George Moriarty (1884)
Ed Wells (1900)
Dusty Boggess (1904)
Rosey Gilhousen (1913)
Herb Score (1933)
Roger Nelson (1944) George Mitterwald (1945) Don Money (1947)
Thurman Munson (1947)
Bobby Marcano (1951)
Bill Hohn (1955) Tim Laudner (1958) Heathcliff Slocumb (1966) Donaldo Mendez (1978)
Ed McKean (1864)
Fresco Thompson (1902) Bill Dickey (1907) Wild Bill Wright (1914)
Hector Espino (1939)
Merv Rettenmund (1943)
Bud Harrelson (1944) Bobby Randall (1948) Dave Bergman (1953)
Max Venable (1957)
Brooks Kieschnick (1972)
Tony Graffanino (1972) David Lamb (1975) Mark Ellis (1977)
Jeremy Affeldt (1979)
