Jim McCormick (1856)
Larry Kopf (1890)
Homer Summa (1898)
Johnny Keane (1911) Bob Feller (1918) Ken Holtzman (1945)
Dwight Evans (1951)
Larry Herndon (1953)
Bob Welch (1956)
Paul Quantrill (1968)
Armando Benitez (1972)
Johnny Keane managed the St. Louis Cardinals from 1961-1964 and the New York Yankees from 1965-1966.
There do not appear to be any players with connections to the Twins born on this day. It should be noted that Homer Summa is a great name for a ballplayer.
We also want to wish a happy anniversary to the Dread Pirate and Mrs. Pirate.
Doc Adams (1814)
Bid McPhee (1859) Larry French (1907)
Pat Mullin (1917) Vic Power (1927) Jim Kennedy (1946) Miguel Dilone (1954)
Gary Redus (1956)
Fernando Valenzuela (1960) Eddie Williams (1964) Bob Wells (1966) Ryan Glynn (1974) Cleatus Davidson (1976) Coco Crisp (1979) Steven Tolleson (1983)
Alex Wimmers (1988)
Daniel "Doc" Adams was instrumental in developing the rules of baseball and was the first man to play what we now know as "shortstop".
Harry Smith (1874) Cal Hubbard (1900) Ken Keltner (1916) Jim Donohue (1938) Ed Stroud (1939)
Ed Spiezio (1941)
Dave McNally (1942)
Dave Trembley (1951)
Mike Gallego (1960)
Matt Nokes (1963)
Fred McGriff (1963)
Eddie Taubensee (1968)
Steve Trachsel (1970)
Tim Byrdak (1973)
David Dellucci (1973)
Mike Napoli (1981)
Cal Hubbard was an American League umpire from 1936-1951. He is in the Baseball Hall of Fame, the Pro Football Hall of Fame, and the College Football Hall of Fame.
Dave Trembley was the manager of the Baltimore Orioles from 2007-2010.
David Dellucci was drafted by Minnesota in the eleventh round in 1994, but did not sign.
Ed Delahanty (1867) Buck Freeman (1871)
Charlie Deal (1891)
Clyde Manion (1896) Bill Terry (1898) Dave Barnhill (1914) Leon Day (1916) Bobby Bragan (1917)
Joe Adcock (1927) Jim Perry (1935) Bruce Gardner (1938)
Jim Ray Hart (1941)
Mickey Rivers (1948) Houston Jimenez (1957) Dave Leeper (1959)
Gerald Perry (1960) Lee Tunnell (1960)
Dave Valle (1960)
Scott Garrelts (1961) Mark Portugal (1962)
Danny Tartabull (1962) Marco Scutaro (1975) Jason Bartlett (1979) Laynce Nix (1980) Shane Robinson (1984)
Pitcher Dave Barnhill was a four-time all-star in the Negro Leagues.
Pitcher Leon Day was a star in the Negro Leagues, primarily with the Newark Eagles.
Dave Leeper was drafted by Minnesota in the third round in 1978, but did not sign.
Due to personal time constraints, this is a reprint from last year which has not been updated.
Joe Mulvey (1858)
Patsy Dougherty (1867)
Shad Berry (1878) Ralph Kiner (1922) Del Rice (1922)
Pumpsie Green (1933) Lee Stange (1936) Mike Lum (1945)
Pete Vuckovich (1952)
U. L. Washington (1953)
Barry Bonnell (1953) Tom Nieto (1960) Bill Swift (1961)
Bip Roberts (1963) Brad Radke (1972) Jason Johnson (1973)
Martin Prado (1983) Kyle Waldrop (1985)
Bill Swift was drafted by Minnesota in the second round in 1983, but he did not sign.
Frank Selee (1859) Kid Gleason (1866)
Lee Tannehill (1880)
Dick Hoblitzel (1888)
Tommy Griffith (1889)
Snuffy Stirnweiss (1918)
Bud Byerly (1920)
Toby Harrah (1948)
Mike Hargrove (1949)
Steve Rogers (1949) Dave Coleman (1950) Harry Chappas (1957)
Gil Heredia (1965)
Mark Sweeney (1969) Francisco Liriano (1983)
Frank Selee was the manager of the Boston Beaneaters from 1890-1901, winning the National League pennant five times. He also managed the Cubs from 1902-1905 until his health forced him to retire.
We would like to wish a very happy birthday to AuntieWalt.
Jack Doyle (1869)
Smoky Joe Wood (1889)
Jack Kent Cooke (1912) Lee McPhail (1917) Russ Meyer (1923)
Bobby Thomson (1923)
Bobby Brown (1924)
Roy Hartsfield (1925) Chuck Schilling (1937) Al Cowens (1951) Roy Smalley (1952) Rowland Office (1952)
Tito Landrum (1954)
Danny Darwin (1955)
Andy McGaffigan (1956)
Steve Decker (1965) Keith Garagozzo (1969) Pedro Martinez (1971) Wilkin Ramirez (1985)
Jack Kent Cooke, better known as the owner of the Washington Redskins and the Los Angeles Lakers, owned the Toronto Maple Leafs baseball team in the International League from 1951-1964. He made several unsuccessful attempts to bring major league baseball to Toronto and is a member of the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame.
Lee MacPhail was the general manager of the Baltimore Orioles from 1958-1965 and of the New York Yankees from 1966-1973. He was the president of the American League from 1974-1983. He is the son of Larry MacPhail and the father of Andy MacPhail.
William Hulbert (1832) Mike Sullivan (1866)
Lena Blackburne (1886)
Rube Bressler (1894)
Billy Sullivan (1910)
Vern Stephens (1920)
Ewell Blackwell (1922) Jim Bunning (1931) Greg Thayer (1949) John Castino (1954) Dwight Lowry (1957) Al Leiter (1965) Todd Sears (1975) David Riske (1976)
John Lackey (1978) Bud Smith (1979)
Kyle Gibson (1987)
William Hulbert was one of the founders of the National League and was its president from 1877 until his death in 1882.
Infielder Lena Blackburne discovered and marketed the mud from the driver beds near the Delaware River in New Jersey that has been rubbed on every major league baseball used since the 1950s.
