Frank Snyder (1894)
Pinky Higgins (1909)
Terry Moore (1912) George O’Donnell (1929) Jerry Kindall (1935) Fred Bruckbauer (1938) Jim Holt (1944) Gary Nolan (1948)
Terry Collins (1949)
Mark Connor (1949)
Mark Clear (1956)
Ed Nunez (1963)
John Jaha (1966)
Jeff Bagwell (1968)
Frank Thomas (1968)
Todd Hundley (1969)
Mark Connor pitched in the Twins’ minor league system from 1971-1972 before he suffered a career-ending arm injury. He has been a pitching coach for the Yankees, Arizona, Toronto, Texas, and Baltimore. He also was the head baseball coach at the University of Tennessee.
Jim Frey (1931) Joe Altobelli (1932) Jim McKean (1945)
Darrell Evans (1947)
Kevin Kennedy (1954)
Rob Murphy (1960)
Jason Bere (1971) Chris Latham (1973) Travis Lee (1975) Kevin Mulvey (1985)
Travis Lee was drafted by Minnesota with the second pick of the 1996 draft. However, the Twins failed to make a formal contract offer within the time designated under the Basic Agreement, and Lee was declared a free agent.
Al Reach (1840)
Lip Pike (1845)
Tip O'Neill (1858)
Joe Judge (1894) Martin Dihigo (1905) Lindsey Nelson (1919)
Bill Sharman (1926)|
Jim Marshall (1931)
W. P. Kinsella (1935) Glenn Borgmann (1950) John Montefusco (1950)
Bob Knepper (1954)
Kerwin Danley (1961) Dave Hollins (1966) Bill Haselman (1966)
Joey Eischen (1970) Todd Walker (1973) Miguel Tejada (1974) Jason Kubel (1982)
Basketball Hall of Famer Bill Sharman was a minor league outfielder from 1950-1953 and in 1955, reaching AAA with St. Paul.
Today is also the birthday of Twins' farmhand Pat Dean (1985).
Fred Jacklitsch (1876)
Jack Pfiester (1878)
Joe Oeschger (1892) Willy Miranda (1926) Ellie Rodriguez (1946)
Rob Ducey (1965)
Carlos Hernandez (1967) Todd Rizzo (1971)
Danny Bautista (1972)
Bartolo Colon (1973)
Brad Penny (1978)
Al Simmons (1902) Terris McDuffie (1910) Jose Valdivielso (1934) Ron Piche (1935) Rich Garcia (1942)
Walt Hriniak (1943)
Tommy John (1943)
Jim Colborn (1946)
Jose Mesa (1966)
Al Levine (1968)
Julian Tavarez (1973)
Tommy John was one of the Twins’ television broadcasters from 1994-1996.
Fred Dunlap (1859)
Eddie Grant (1883) Earl Averill (1902) Hank Johnson (1906)
Mace Brown (1909)
Monty Stratton (1912)
Larry Napp (1919)
Ed Fitz Gerald (1924)
El Tappe (1927)
Moe Thacker (1934)
Barry Latman (1936) Kent Hrbek (1960) Bryce Florie (1970)
Tom Martin (1970)
Chris Widger (1971)
Josh Hamilton (1981)
Matt Wieters (1986)
El Tappe had a twin brother, Mel Tappe, who played in the minors.
Atlanta organization sends Jose Lugo from Gwinnett (AAA) to Mississippi (AA), then promotes him back to Gwinnett the next day.
Boston reinstates Dennys Reyes from the inactive list.
Florida organization (AA Jacksonville) releases Erik Lis. Dodgers purchase the contract of Juan Castro from Albuquerque (AAA).
Yankees promote Carlos Silva from Tampa (A) to Trenton (AA), then promote him from Trenton to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (AAA).
St. Louis places Nick Punto on the fifteen day disabled list.
San Diego sends Orlando Hudson to Tucson (AAA) on a rehab assignment, then activates him from the disabled list.
San Diego recalls Pat Neshek from Tucson (AAA).
He’s still around? Arizona selects the contract of Sean Burroughs from Reno (AAA).
Goose Curry (1905)
Gil McDougald (1928)
Curt Simmons (1929)
Larry McCoy (1941) Dan Ford (1952) Rick Cerone (1954)
Ed Whitson (1955)
Luis Salazar (1956)
Eric Show (1956)
Turk Wendell (1967)
Brandon Inge (1977)
Eric Show was drafted by Minnesota in the 36th round in 1974, but did not sign.
This is also the birthday of Twins’ farmhand Jhon Garcia (1987).
Babe Adams (1882)
Arndt Jorgens (1905)
Gil Coan (1922)
Jack Sanford (1929) Carroll Hardy (1933) Brooks Robinson (1937) Reggie Jackson (1946) Osamu Higashio (1950)
Dennis Leonard (1951)
Eric Gregg (1951)
Jim Sundberg (1951) Andre David (1958) Jim Bowden (1961)
Erik Hanson (1965)
Eric Young (1967) Rich Garces (1971) Joakim Soria (1984)
Two players who share a name with Minnesota Twins players, Scott Baker (1970) and Roy Smith (1976), were also born on this day.
Today is also the birthday of Twins’ farmhand Randy Rosario (1994).
Hal Carlson (1892)
Del Webb (1899) Cool Papa Bell (1903) Ace Parker (1912)
Billy Hoeft (1932)
Ozzie Virgil (1932) Dan Monzon (1946) Carlos May (1948)
Pascual Perez (1957)
Greg Mathews (1962)
Jose Guillen (1976)
Carlos Pena (1978)
Ace Parker is a member of both the College Football and Pro Football Hall of Fame. He was an infielder for the Philadelphia Athletics in 1937-1938.
Left-hander Greg Mathews was drafted by Minnesota in the ninth round of the January draft in 1982, but did not sign.
