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)
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.
It is hoped that Kyle Gibson’s biography will be added eventually.
Bill Lee (1909)
Bill Bevens (1916) Whitey Ford (1928) Johnny Goryl (1933) Ted Uhlaender (1940) Bill Russell (1948) Jerry Garvin (1955) George Bell (1959)
Franklin Stubbs (1960)
John Flaherty (1967) Steve Holm (1979)
Zack Greinke (1983) Casey Fien (1983)
Jigger Statz (1897) Judy Johnson (1900) Bruce Campbell (1909) Mickey Mantle (1931) Juan Marichal (1937) Dave Collins (1952)
Keith Hernandez (1953)
Jerry Meals (1961)
Rudy Seanez (1968)
Juan Gonzalez (1969)
It appears that no players associated with the Twins were born on this day. However, that list contains some pretty good ones.
We also want to wish a very happy birthday to Greek House and to freealonzo’s mother.
Mordecai Brown (1876) Fred Snodgrass (1887)
Bob O'Farrell (1896)
Al Brazle (1913) Walt Bond (1937) Sandy Alomar (1943)
Al Gallagher (1945)
David Palmer (1957)
Mark Davis (1960)
Tim Belcher (1961)
Dave Veres (1966)
Keith Foulke (1972) Horacio Estrada (1975) Michael Young (1976) Randy Ruiz (1977) Jose Bautista (1980)
The Twins chose Tim Belcher with the first pick of the 1983 draft, but he did not sign.
Candy Cummings (1848) Cliff Carroll (1859)
Walt Wilmot (1863)
Boileryard Clarke (1868)
Hans Lobert (1881)
Burt Shotton (1884)
Charlie Berry (1902)
Skeeter Newsome (1910)
Roy Cullenbine (1913)
Andy Carey (1931)
Bobby Knoop (1938)
Willie Horton (1942)
Ed Farmer (1949)
George Hendrick (1949)
Andy Hassler (1951)
Jerry Royster (1952) Mike Walters (1957) Alan Mills (1966)
Doug Mirabelli (1970)
Alex Cora (1975)
Yoenis Cespedes (1985)
Alex Cora was drafted by Minnesota in the twelfth round in 1993, but he did not sign.
We would also like to wish a very happy birthday to AMR.
Buck Ewing (1859) Paul Derringer (1906)
Red Rolfe (1908)
Howie Moss (1918) Johnny Klippstein (1927) Jim Gilliam (1928) Pete Cimino (1942) Dan Pasqua (1961)
John Mabry (1970)
John Rocker (1974)
Seth Etherton (1976) Gil Velazquez (1979)
Art Devlin (1879) Goose Goslin (1900) Boom-Boom Beck (1904)
Matt Batts (1921)
Dave DeBusschere (1940)
Tim McCarver (1941)
Don Hood (1949) Brian Harper (1959) Kevin McReynolds (1959)
Billy Taylor (1961) Darren Reed (1965) Josias Manzanillo (1967)
Bryce Harper (1992)
Goose Goslin was a star for the franchise in the 1920s, when it played in Washington.
Better known as a basketball player, Dave DeBusschere pitched for the White Sox from 1962-1963.
We would also like to wish a very happy birthday to spookymilk’s daughter.
Joe Start (1842)
Paul Radford (1861)
Ivy Olson (1885) Oscar Charleston (1896) Harry Brecheen (1914)
Ken Heintzelman (1915)
Tom Cheney (1934)
Tommy Harper (1940)
Al Oliver (1946)
Frank Duffy (1946)
Ed Figueroa (1948)
Kiko Garcia (1953)
Willie Aikens (1954) Jesus Vega (1955) Joe Girardi (1964) Midre Cummings (1971) Ryan Church (1978) Boof Bonser (1981) Carlos Marmol (1982)
