Jack Boyle (1866)
Ernie Quigley (1880)
Goldie Holt (1902) Bob Elson (1904) Marv Owen (1906)
Billy Goodman (1926) Al Schroll (1932) Gene Oliver (1935)
Frank Pulli (1935)
Dick Ellsworth (1940)
Ron Wojciak (1943)
Jake Brown (1948) Eddie Bane (1952) Bob Costas (1952) Eric Rasmussen (1952) Scott Bradley (1960)
Matt Sinatro (1960)
Rich Monteleone (1963)
Glenallen Hill (1965)
Sean Berry (1966)
Ramon Martinez (1968) Cory Lidle (1972) Mike Morse (1982)
Ike Davis (1987)
Goldie Holt is credited with teaching Charlie Hough to throw the knuckleball.
Ron Wojciak helped the Minnesota Golden Gophers win the College World Series in 1964 and played in the Twins’ farm system in 1965. He passed away from lung cancer in 1966.
Jake Brown was drafted by Minnesota in the thirty-third round in 1967, but he did not sign.
Scott Bradley was drafted by Minnesota in the twelfth round in 1978, but he did not sign.
Jack Herbert (1877)
Mysterious Walker (1894) Bill McGowan (1896) Shanty Hogan (1906)
Tommy Davis (1939)
Manny Sanguillen (1944)
Al Fitzmorris (1946)
Bill Plummer (1947) Fernando Arroyo (1952) Luis Leal (1957)
Tim Leary (1958)
Shawon Dunston (1963) Tim McIntosh (1965) Cristian Guzman (1978)
Jack Herbert was a minor league manager in the early 1900s. Among the teams he managed were the Pekin Celestials, the Cedar Rapids Rabbits, and the Cairo Egyptians.
Bill Cammeyer (1821)
Mike Griffin (1865) Joe McGinnity (1871) Bob Connery (1880)
Walter Schmidt (1887)
Vern Kennedy (1907)
Clyde Shoun (1912) Hank Izquierdo (1931) George Altman (1933)
Pat Corrales (1941)
Rick Langford (1952)
Steve McCatty (1954)
Paul Mirabella (1954)
Si-jin Kim (1958)
Chris Hoiles (1965)
Manny Alexander (1971)
Paul Mirabella was drafted by Minnesota in the sixteenth round in 1975, but did not sign.
We would also like to wish a happy birthday to AMR’s daughter.
Jose Mendez (1887) Bill Wambsganss (1894)
Gee Walker (1908)
Bob Davids (1926) Richie Ashburn (1927) Al Solerno (1931) Paul Powell (1948) Tim Corcoran (1953) Mike Norris (1955)
Ivan Calderon (1962)
Jason LaRue (1974)
David Ross (1977)
Candy Nelson (1849)
Bill Holbert (1855)
Marty McManus (1900)
Jack Rothrock (1905)
Santos Amaro (1908) Dave McKay (1950) Butch Wynegar (1956) Steve Lake (1957)
Jerry Willard (1960) Kirby Puckett (1960) Kevin Brown (1965) Brent Gates (1970)
Matt Kata (1978)
Bobby Jenks (1981)
Santos Amaro is the father of Ruben Amaro Sr. and the grandfather of Ruben Amaro Jr. He was a star player in Cuba and in Mexico and is a member of the Salon de la Fama.
Matt Kata was drafted by Minnesota in the twentieth round in 1996, but did not sign.
Frank "Home Run" Baker (1886) Patsy Gharrity (1892)
Alejandro Oms (1895)
C. Arnholt Smith (1899) Doug Harvey (1930) Bill Dailey (1935) Steve Barber (1948) Terry Leach (1954) Randy Bass (1954) Yoshihiko Takahashi (1957)
Luis Aguayo (1959)
Mariano Duncan (1963)
Will Clark (1964)
Jorge Fabregas (1970)
Scott Sullivan (1971) Johan Santana (1979)
Billy Southworth (1893) Myril Hoag (1908)
Phil Seghi (1909)
Joe Paparella (1909) Arky Vaughan (1912) Jackie Jensen (1927) Ron Kline (1932) Jim Landis (1934)
Bert Campaneris (1942)
John Curtis (1948)
Darrel Chaney (1948)
Wendell Kim (1950) Terry Mulholland (1963) Benito Santiago (1965) Vince Horsman (1967) Aaron Boone (1973) C. J. Nitkowski (1973)
American League umpire Joe Paparella holds the record for most games umpired in a season, 176 in 1962.
Harry Lord (1882)
Pat Flaherty (1897)
Bobby Goff (1902)
Pete Fox (1909)
Ray Mueller (1912)
Al Gionfriddo (1922)
Carl Furillo (1922)
Jim Bouton (1939)
Jacques Doucet (1940)
Dick Allen (1942) Jim Rice (1953) John Butcher (1957) Mark Salas (1961) Lance Barksdale (1967) Mike Moriarty (1974) Juan Encarnacion (1976)
Hines Ward (1976)
If you have a few minutes to spare, I would very much recommend reading Harry Lord’s biography at baseball-reference.com.
Pat Flaherty pitched in the minors from 1917-1921. He also played in the NFL from 1923-1928, was a major in the Air Force, and appeared in about 250 movies from 1934 to the 1950s.
NFL star Hines Ward was drafted by the Florida Marlins in 1994, but did not sign.
Ring Lardner (1885) Lefty Grove (1900) Bob Swift (1915)
Pete Gray (1915)
Ted Abernathy (1933)
Cookie Rojas (1939) Willie Stargell (1940) Karl Best (1959) Scott Stahoviak (1970) Terry Adams (1973)
Marcus Thames (1977)
If you haven't read any of Ring Lardner's stuff, you really should.
