Dave Rowe (1854)
Al Maul (1865) Rube Marquard (1866) Joe Sewell (1898) Mike Hershberger (1939)
Joe Pepitone (1940)
Freddie Patek (1944)
Bob Moose (1947)
Steve Palermo (1949)
Brian Downing (1950)
Randy Lerch (1954)
Felix Fermin (1963) Danny Mota (1975) Brian Roberts (1977) Mark McLemore (1980) Jason Pridie (1983) Derek Holland (1986)
Steve Palermo was a major league umpire from 1977-1991, when he was shot and paralyzed while trying to prevent a robbery. He became Supervisor of Umpires in 2000 until his death in 2017.
We would also like to wish a happy birthday to brianS' dad.
Fleet Walker (1856)
Brickyard Kennedy (1867)
Bill Walker (1903) Chuck Klein (1904) Frank Baumholtz (1918)
Grady Hatton (1922)
Bud Daley (1932)
Phil Ortega (1939)
Jose Cardenal (1943) Rich DeLucia (1964)
Evan Longoria (1985) Kohl Stewart (1994)
Moses Fleetwood "Fleet" Walker is credited as the first African-American to play major league baseball. A catcher, he appeared in forty-two games for the Toledo Blue Stockings of the American Association in 1884, until rival owners and players demanded that he be removed from the roster. In those forty-two games, he batted .263/.325/.316.
Henry Chadwick (1824) John Reilly (1858)
Claude Ritchey (1873)
Jim Bagby (1889)
Sam West (1904)
Si Johnson (1906) Andy Kosco (1941) Dan Fife (1949) Onix Concepcion (1957) Randy Bush (1958) Rey Sanchez (1965) Brandon Puffer (1975)
Zack Littell (1995)
Henry Chadwick is often considered the father of baseball. He wrote the first rule book, created the box score, and was the first to keep track of singles, doubles, triples, and home runs.
Orator Shafer (1851)
Ray Fisher (1887) Frank Crosetti (1910)
Red Munger (1918)
Rip Repulski (1928)
Jimy Williams (1943) Tony LaRussa (1944) Glenn Adams (1947) Dave Johnson (1948) John Wathan (1949)
Lary Sorensen (1955)
Charlie Liebrandt (1956)
Joe Boever (1960)
Billy Hatcher (1960)
Dennis Cook (1962)
Chris James (1962)
Bruce Ruffin (1963)
Mark McLemore (1964)
Steve Olin (1965) Kyle Lohse (1978) Tony Gwynn (1982)
Jered Weaver (1982) Kurt Suzuki (1983)
Frank Crosetti was a coach for the Twins from 1970-71.
Fred Clarke (1872) Bob Skinner (1931)
Jack Lamabe (1936)
Chuck Scrivener (1947) Dave Winfield (1951) Dennis Eckersley (1954) Jim Joyce (1955)
Daryl Sconiers (1958)
Darrin Fletcher (1966)
Junior Felix (1967)
Wil Cordero (1971) Eric Munson (1977)
Infielder Chuck Scrivener was drafted by the Twins in the seventeenth round in 1966, but did not sign.
Jim Joyce was a major league umpire from 1989-2016.
We would also like to wish a very happy birthday to spookymilk.
Ray Kolp (1894)
Carmen Hill (1895)
Jimmie Reese (1901)
Jim Russell (1918) Hal Naragon (1928) Chuck Hiller (1934) Rod Carew (1945) Bill Bonham (1948)
Pete Falcone (1953) Jeff Reardon (1955) Vance Law (1956)
Mark McGwire (1963) Roberto Kelly (1964) Chuck McElroy (1967)
John Thomson (1973) Brandon Knight (1975)
Matt Cain (1984) Erik Komatsu (1987)
Jimmie Reese played in the majors only briefly, but was a coach in the majors or minors for most of his life. He was Babe Ruth's roommate for a short period and uttered the famous line that in reality, he roomed with Babe Ruth's suitcase. He is also remembered for his skill with a fungo bat, to the extent that he would sometimes pitch batting practice with it.
We would also like to wish Beau a very happy birthday.
Gabby Street (1882)
Nap Rucker (1884)
Johnny Allen (1904) Robin Roberts (1926) Johnny Podres (1932) Craig Kusick (1948) Dave Magadan (1962) Yorkis Perez (1967) Jose Lima (1972)
Carlos Guillen (1975)
Seth Smith (1982)
Kenley Jansen (1987)
Gabby Street was a light-hitting catcher who played in parts of eight major leagues seasons, mostly for the Washington Senators. He was Walter Johnson's primary catcher. He later did some managing and broadcasting. He is best remembered as the first man to catch a baseball dropped from the top of the Washington Monument.
Due to personal time constraints, this is a reprint from last year which has not been updated.
Whit Wyatt (1907)
Dick Hall (1930)
Dave Wickersham (1935)
Gary Sutherland (1944) Mike Schmidt (1949) Bob Veselic (1955) Don Schulze (1962) Todd Blyleven (1972)
Vicente Padilla (1977) Jon Rauch (1978) Jon Garland (1979)
Todd Blyleven is, as you probably know, the son of Bert Blyleven. He pitched in the minor leagues for seven years, getting as high as AA, then was a scout for eight years.
Pat Malone (1902) Phil Rizzuto (1917) Johnny Sain (1917) Sal Butera (1952) Glenn Hubbard (1957)
Geno Petralli (1959)
Tony Womack (1969)
David Weathers (1969) Oscar Munoz (1969) Wil Nieves (1977)
Joel Pineiro (1978)
Rocco Baldelli (1981) Vance Worley (1987)
Doc Powers (1870)
Hooks Dauss (1889)
Urban Shocker (1890)
Ira Flagstead (1893)
Harry Walker (1918) Bob Lemon (1920) Tommy Lasorda (1927) Ken Aspromonte (1931) Jim Fairey (1944) Larry Dierker (1946)
Jeffrey Leonard (1955) Wally Backman (1959) Vince Coleman (1961)
Bob Geren (1961) Mark Guthrie (1965) Mike Matheny (1970)
We would also like to wish a happy birthday to Spookymilk’s oldest daughter.
