John McGraw (1873)
Oral Hildebrand (1907)
Bobby Doerr (1918)
Jerry Hoffberger (1919)
Pete Van Wieren (1944)
Bobby Mitchell (1955)
Ricky Bones (1969)
Brett Tomko (1973)
Ronnie Belliard (1975)
Adrian Beltre (1979)
Tag Archives: ex-Twins
Happy Birthday–April 6
Joe Williams (1885)
Mickey Cochrane (1903)
Ernie Lombardi (1908)
Phil Regan (1937)
Marty Pattin (1943)
Bert Blyleven (1951)
Kenny Williams (1964)
Bret Boone (1969)
Lou Merloni (1971)
They Made The Team!
A list of ex-Twins in the majors.
Happy Birthday–April 4
Bill Hinchman (1883)
John Hummel (1883)
Tris Speaker (1888)
Joe Vosmik (1910)
Mickey Owen (1916)
Gil Hodges (1924)
Gary Geiger (1937)
Bart Giamatti (1938)
Eddie Watt (1941)
Jim Fregosi (1942)
Mike Epstein (1943)
Nick Bremigan (1945)
Ray Fosse (1947)
Herm Schneider (1952)
Tom Herr (1956)
Brad Komminsk (1961)
Scott Rolen (1975)
Casey Daigle (1981)
We would also like to wish a happy birthday to CarterHayes’ brother.
Happy Birthday–April 3
Guy Hecker (1856)
Larry Shepard (1919)
Alex Grammas (1926)
Art Ditmar (1929)
Wally Moon (1930)
Jerry Dale (1933)
Hawk Taylor (1939)
Larry Littleton (1954)
Darrell Jackson (1956)
Gary Pettis (1958)
Doug Baker (1961)
Chris Bosio (1963)
Mark Shapiro (1967)
Mike Lansing (1968)
Ryan Doumit (1981)
Kyle Phillips (1984)
Guy Hecker is one of three pitchers to have won over fifty games in a season. He is also the only pitcher to have won a batting title.
Larry Shepard managed Pittsburgh in 1968-1969. Coincidentally, he was replaced by Alex Grammas.
Happy Birthday–April 2
Tommy Bond (1856)
Hughie Jennings (1869)
Bill Yancey (1904)
Luke Appling (1907)
Al Barlick (1915)
Vedie Himsl (1917)
Bobby Avila (1924)
Billy Pierce (1927)
Gordon Jones (1930)
Dick Radatz (1937)
Al Weis (1938)
Don Sutton (1945)
Reggie Smith (1945)
Mike Kekich (1945)
Daniel Okrent (1948)
Tom Johnson (1951)
Billy Sample (1955)
Hank Steinbrenner (1957)
Pete Incaviglia (1964)
Curtis Leskanic (1968)
Denny Hocking (1970)
Jon Lieber (1970)
We would also like to wish a very happy birthday to Lucy.
Happy Birthday–April 1
Hugo Bezdek (1884)
Jeff Heath (1915)
Vern Hoscheit (1922)
Bo Schembechler (1929)
Giulio Glorioso (1931)
Ron Perranoski (1936)
Ted Sadowski (1936)
Phil Niekro (1939)
Rusty Staub (1944)
Willie Montanez (1948)
Mike Bacsik (1952)
Mike Kinnunen (1958)
Rich Amaral (1962)
Frank Castillo (1969)
Matt Herges (1970)
Better known as a college football coach, Bo Schembechler was the president of the Detroit Tigers from 1990-1992.
This Week in Ex-Twins
Actually three weeks.
Arizona options David Winfree to AAA Reno.
Atlanta signs Livan Hernandez.
Baltimore assigns Willie Eyre to minor league camp.
Baltimore assigns Steve Tolleson to minor league camp.
Boston releases Carlos Silva.
Cubs assign Matt Tolbert to minor league camp.
Cleveland releases Cristian Guzman.
Cincinnati assigns Ron Mahay to minor league camp.
Colorado releases Casey Blake.
Houston releases Livan Hernandez.
Monterrey of the Mexican League activates Dan Serafini.
Mets sign Kevin Mulvey to a minor league contract.
Mets assign Chuck James to minor league camp.
Oakland assigns Jason Pridie to AAA Sacramento.
Philadelphia assigns Jeff Lanning to Class A Clearwater.
Yankees sign Steve Pearce as a free agent.
San Francisco releases Ramon Ortiz.
Texas assigns Yangervis Solarte to minor league camp.
Texas releases Joe Beimel.
Texas options Mark Hamburger to AAA Round Rock.
Happy Birthday–March 31
Bill Hallman (1867)
Jack Stivetts (1868)
Big Jeff Pfeffer (1882)
Brick Owens (1885)
Tom Sheehan (1894)
Carson Bigbee (1895)
Mule Suttles (1900)
Marv Grissom (1918)
Dave Koslo (1920)
Moises Camacho (1932)
Moose Stubing (1938)
Balvino Galvez (1964)
Chien-Ming Wang (1980)
Jeff Mathis (1983)
One of the top second basemen in the history of the Mexican League, Moises Camacho played there from 1951-1975. He was known as the Rogers Hornsby of Mexico.
Happy Birthday–March 30
Tom Burns (1857)
George Van Haltren (1866)
Ripper Collins (1904)
Dick Fowler (1921)
Dick Woodson (1945)
Grady Little (1950)
Jason Dickson (1973)
Jeriome Robertson (1977)
Josh Bard (1978)
Josh Bard was drafted by Minnesota in the thirty-fifth round in 1996, but did not sign.