Ford Frick (1894) Al Kaline (1934) Tony Taylor (1935)
Walt Williams (1943) Rob Gardner (1944) Geoff Zahn (1945) Kevin Stanfield (1955) Stu Cliburn (1956) Stan Cliburn (1956)
Tom Lawless (1956)
Clay Parker (1962)
Bill Wegman (1962) Mike Fetters (1964) Chito Martinez (1965)
Russell Branyan (1975)
Rafael Soriano (1979)
Ford Frick was the president of the National League from 1934-1951 and commissioner of baseball from 1951-1965.
Clay Parker was drafted by Minnesota in the twenty-first round in 1984, but did not sign.
Ty Cobb (1886) Dick Coffman (1906)
Gino Cimoli (1929)
Moose Skowron (1930) Zoilo Versalles (1939)
Steve Hovley (1944)
Drew Coble (1947)
Roy Howell (1953)
Jim Clancy (1955)
Scott Bailes (1961)
Willie Blair (1965)
Joe Randa (1969) Jose Rodriguez (1974)
Drew Coble was an American League umpire from 1982-1999.
We would also like to wish a very happy birthday to cheaptoy.
Old Hoss Radbourn (1854) Art Wilson (1885)
Fred Toney (1888)
Swish Nicholson (1914)
Hal Brown (1924)
Lee Maye (1934)
Mike Henneman (1961)
Thomas Howard (1964) Jay Bell (1965) Derek Bell (1968) Frankie Rodriguez (1972) Joe Blanton (1980)
Dalton Pompey (1992)
In 2014, Dalton Pompey became the first big leaguer ever to have the given first name "Dalton".
Jimmy Johnston (1889)
Rudy Hernandez (1931) Jaime Jarrin (1935)
Doc Edwards (1936)
Bob Priddy (1939)
Dalton Jones (1943)
Steve Renko (1944)
Paul Assenmacher (1960)
Doug Henry (1963)
Luis Polonia (1963)
Mel Rojas (1966) Joe Mays (1975) Dan Wheeler (1977) Pedro Florimon (1986)
Pitcher Rudy Hernandez was a member of the old Washington franchise in 1960, but was chosen by the new Washington franchise in the expansion draft in December of 1960.
Jaime Jarrin has been the Dodgers' Spanish-language broadcaster since 1959.
We would also like to wish a happy birthday to Moss' son.
Joe Kelley (1871) Cy Seymour (1872)
Adam Comorosky (1905)
Billy Klaus (1928)
Joe DeMaestri (1928)
Darold Knowles (1941) Jim Merritt (1943) Del Unser (1944) Jerry Cram (1947) Doc Medich (1948)
Steve Christmas (1957)
Ed Romero (1957)
Juan Samuel (1960)
Tony Tarasco (1970)
Todd Van Poppel (1971) Tony Batista (1973)
Outfielder Del Unser was drafted by Minnesota in the second round in 1965, but did not sign. Catcher Steve Christmas was drafted by Minnesota in the thirty-third round in 1975, but did not sign.
Deacon White (1847)
Denny Galehouse (1911)
Dick Donovan (1927)
Hal Smith (1930)
Don Cardwell (1935)
Bo Belinsky (1936)
Alex Johnson (1942) Johnny Bench (1947) Ozzie Virgil (1956) Shane Mack (1963) Tino Martinez (1967) Saul Rivera (1977) Eric Chavez (1977)
Yasiel Puig (1990)
Jocko Conlan (1899) Tony Lazzeri (1903) Stan Hack (1909) Dan Dobbek (1934) Tony Horton (1944)
Larry Bowa (1945)
Tim Foli (1950) Chuck Baker (1952) Gary Ward (1953) Juan Carlos Oliva (1954) Steve Bedrosian (1957) Larry Sheets (1959) Kevin Campbell (1964) Kevin Appier (1967)
Jose Contreras (1971) Chris Basak (1978) Jason Bulger (1978)
Jocko Conlan played two seasons of major league baseball, but is best known as a National League umpire from 1941-1965.
The younger brother of Tony Oliva, Juan Carlos Oliva was a star pitcher in Cuba and later became a successful pitching coach there.
Jesse Burkett (1868) Shano Collins (1885)
Bob Shawkey (1890)
Harvey Kuenn (1930)
Mike Couchee (1957)
Lee Smith (1957)
Stan Jefferson (1962) Bernardo Brito (1963) Jerome Williams (1981) Matt Fox (1982) Carlos Gomez (1985)
Mike Couchee was drafted by Minnesota in the second round of the January Secondary draft in 1978, but did not sign.
Ed Reulbach (1882)
Willie Mitchell (1889) Walter Alston (1911) Calvin Griffith (1911) Cookie Lavagetto (1912) Marty Marion (1917)
Cal McLish (1925)
George Foster (1948) Dan Schatzeder (1954) Greg Harris (1963) Larry Walker (1966)
Reggie Sanders (1967)
Kirk Rueter (1970)
As everyone reading this knows, Calvin Griffith was the long-time owner of the Minnesota Twins. He had served in a variety of positions for the Washington Senators, including batboy, minor league player-manager, and working in the front office. His managing career lasted from 1937-1941. He also played for Class B Charlotte from 1939-1941. No records of his playing career are available from 1939-1940, but in 1941 he got a hit in his only at-bat.
We would also like to wish a happy birthday to SBG’s father, Butch.
Tom Hughes (1878)
Irv Noren (1924)
Minnie Minoso (1925) Vin Scully (1927) George Thomas (1937) Dick McAuliffe (1939)
Bill Freehan (1941)
Otto Velez (1950)
Mike Easler (1950) Rick Anderson (1956) Joe Price (1956) Dennis Burtt (1957) Howard Johnson (1960)
Bob Hamelin (1967)
Mariano Rivera (1969) Brian Wolfe (1980) Guillermo Quiroz (1981)
