Dutch Leonard (1892) Paul Waner (1903) Babe Phelps (1908)
Pete Hughes (1915)
Pete Suder (1916)
Joe Bauman (1922) Rich Rollins (1938) Bernie Allen (1939) Garry Roggenburk (1940) Jim Lonborg (1942)
Bob Montgomery (1944)
Bruce Bochy (1955)
Curt Young (1960)
Fernando Vina (1969)
Antonio Alfonseca (1972)
Kelly Dransfeldt (1975)
Joe Bauman hit 72 home runs for Roswell in the Longhorn League in 1954.
Kelly Dransfeldt was drafted by Minnesota in the seventh round in 1993, but did not sign.
Vic Willis (1876) Addie Joss (1880) Bill Bailey (1888)
Eric McNair (1909)
Bill Wight (1922)
Bob Zuk (1927)
Johnny Antonelli (1930)
Charlie Lau (1933)
Terry Cooney (1933)
Woodie Fryman (1940)
Vicente Romo (1943)
Terry Harmon (1944)
Mike Macfarlane (1964)
Paul LoDuca (1972)
Antonio Osuna (1973)
Bob Zuk was a long-time scout who was responsible for signing, among others, Reggie Jackson, Willie Stargell, and Gary Carter.
There do not appear to be any players with connections to the Minnesota Twins born on this day.
Ross Youngs (1897) Bubba Hyde (1908)
Chuck Connors (1921)
Frank Lary (1930)
Robert Nederlander (1933)
Wes Stock (1934)
Joe Gibbon (1935)
Bob Watson (1946)
Lee Lacy (1948) Tom Lundstedt (1949) Ken Griffey (1950)
Mike Devereaux (1963)
Starvin’ Marvin Freeman (1963)
Alberto Reyes (1971) Mike Lincoln (1975) Andre Ethier (1982)
Better known as an actor, Chuck Connors was a first baseman for the Chicago Cubs in 1951. He also played professional basketball, and was the first player to break the glass backboard with a slam dunk in a professional basketball game.
John Peters (1850)
Kirby Higbe (1915)
Stan Wasiak (1920)
Charlie Maxwell (1927)
Turk Farrell (1934)
Takao Kajimoto (1935)
John Hiller (1943) Catfish Hunter (1946) Randy Marsh (1949) Mac Scarce (1949) Gary Carter (1954) Alex Gonzalez (1973)
Timo Perez (1975) Matt Ford (1981)
Felix Hernandez (1986)
Yonder Alonso (1987)
Stan Wasiak holds the record for most wins as a minor league manager, 2,530. He managed from 1950-1986, managing at levels from Class D to AAA.
Yonder Alonso was drafted by Minnesota in the sixteenth round in 2005, but did not sign.
We would like to wish a happy birthday to the brother of Daneeka's Ghost. We would also like to wish everyone a joyous and blessed Easter.
John McGraw (1873) Oral Hildebrand (1907) Bobby Doerr (1918) Jerry Hoffberger (1919)
Pete Van Wieren (1944) Bobby Mitchell (1955) Ricky Bones (1969) Brett Tomko (1973)
Ronnie Belliard (1975)
Adrian Beltre (1979)
Bill Hinchman (1883)
John Hummel (1883) Tris Speaker (1888) Joe Vosmik (1910)
Mickey Owen (1916)
Gil Hodges (1924)
Gary Geiger (1937)
Bart Giamatti (1938)
Eddie Watt (1941)
Jim Fregosi (1942)
Mike Epstein (1943)
Nick Bremigan (1945)
Ray Fosse (1947)
Herm Schneider (1952) Tom Herr (1956) Brad Komminsk (1961)
Scott Rolen (1975) Casey Daigle (1981)
We would also like to wish a happy birthday to CarterHayes’ brother.
Tommy Bond (1856) Hughie Jennings (1869) Bill Yancey (1904) Luke Appling (1907) Al Barlick (1915) Vedie Himsl (1917)
Bobby Avila (1924)
Billy Pierce (1927)
Gordon Jones (1930)
Dick Radatz (1937)
Al Weis (1938) Don Sutton (1945) Reggie Smith (1945) Mike Kekich (1945)
Daniel Okrent (1948) Tom Johnson (1951) Billy Sample (1955) Hank Steinbrenner (1957)
Pete Incaviglia (1964) Curtis Leskanic (1968) Denny Hocking (1970) Jon Lieber (1970)
We would also like to wish a very happy birthday to Lucy.
Hugo Bezdek (1884)
Jeff Heath (1915)
Vern Hoscheit (1922)
Bo Schembechler (1929)
Giulio Glorioso (1931) Ron Perranoski (1936) Ted Sadowski (1936) Phil Niekro (1939) Rusty Staub (1944)
Willie Montanez (1948) Mike Bacsik (1952) Mike Kinnunen (1958) Rich Amaral (1962)
Frank Castillo (1969)
Matt Herges (1970)
Better known as a college football coach, Bo Schembechler was the president of the Detroit Tigers from 1990-1992.
