Abner Dalrymple (1857) Frank Chance (1876) Dots Miller (1886)
Doc Johnston (1887) Frankie Frisch (1898) Waite Hoyt (1899) Hugh Mulcahy (1913) Jay Ward (1938) Paul Roof (1942)
Jerry Mumphrey (1952)
Tom Foley (1959)
Alvin Davis (1960)
Jim Corsi (1961)
Todd Zeile (1965)
Joey Hamilton (1970)
Dan Miceli (1970)
Felix Rodriguez (1972)
Mike Hampton (1972) Alex Romero (1983)
Hugh Mulcahy has one of the worst nicknames in the history of baseball. In four seasons as a starting pitcher for the Phillies, he twice led the league in losses. He went 45-89 for his career, leading to the nickname “Losing Pitcher Mulcahy”.
The brother of Phil Roof, Paul Roof was a pitcher for four seasons in the Braves’ system, never going higher than Class A.
Val Picinich (1896) Buck Leonard (1907) Jim Bagby (1916)
Steve Hargan (1942)
Ken Forsch (1946)
Don Aase (1954) Mike Dyer (1966) Gil Meche (1978) Rob Delaney (1984)
Happy Birthday as well to Rhubarb_Runner’s father.
Oyster Burns (1864) Red Faber (1888) Tommy Thevenow (1903)
Johnny Lanning (1910)
Harry Danning (1911)
Vince DiMaggio (1912)
Hal Jeffcoat (1924)
Fran Healy (1946) Greg Olson (1960) Roy Smith (1961) Pat Meares (1968) Derrek Lee (1975) Micheal Nakamura (1976)
Al Orth (1872) Nap Lajoie (1874) Lefty Leifield (1883)
Max Bishop (1899)
Merv Shea (1900)
Gene Bearden (1920) Bill Mazeroski (1936) Karl Kuehl (1937)
Tom Hallion (1956)
Candy Maldonado (1960)
Jeff Brantley (1963)
Jimmy Haynes (1972) Randy Choate (1975) Rod Barajas (1975) Jason Hart (1977)Continue reading Happy Birthday–September 5→
Al Spalding (1850) Joe Heving (1900)
Monte Pearson (1908)
Marv Throneberry (1933) Don Williams (1935) Jerry Crider (1941) Danny Goodwin (1953)
Rick Manning (1954)
Rex Hudler (1960)
Jeff Russell (1961) Terry Jorgensen (1966)
Rich Aurilia (1971)
Jim O'Rourke (1850) Joe Brown (1918)
Joe Astroth (1922)
Cloyd Boyer (1927)
Rico Carty (1939)
Craig Skok (1947)
Garry Maddox (1949) Rob Wilfong (1953) David West (1964)
Craig Skok was drafted by Minnesota in 1967, but did not sign.
Dad Clarkson (1866)
Duke Farrell (1866)
Red Ehret (1868)
Monte Cross (1869) Eddie Plank (1875) Sarge Connally (1898)
Ray Berres (1907) Ray Dandridge (1913) Danny Litwhiler (1916) Frank Robinson (1935) Claudell Washington (1954)
Tom Candiotti (1957)
Von Hayes (1958) Mike Hartley (1961) Hideo Nomo (1968) Pat Howell (1968) Gabe Kapler (1975) Tim Raines (1979) Armando Gabino (1983)
We would also like to wish a happy birthday to brianS’ son.
Cal McVey (1850)
Pol Perritt (1891)
Bing Miller (1894) Kiki Cuyler (1896) Johnny Lindell (1916) Ted Williams (1918) Gordon Goldsberry (1927)
Frank Funk (1935)
Tug McGraw (1944) Roger Erickson (1956) Randy O'Neal (1960)
Cliff Lee (1968) Luis Rivas (1979)
Randy O'Neal was drafted by Minnesota in 1979, but did not sign.
Dick Rudolph (1887)
Darrell Johnson (1928)
Choo Choo Coleman (1937)
Dooley Womack (1939) Rollie Fingers (1946) Stan Perzanowski (1950)
Pete Redfern (1954) Oddibe McDowell (1962)
Albert Belle (1966)
Doug Glanville (1970)
Gary Matthews (1974)
Harry Hooper (1887) Hank Gowdy (1889)
Hal Woodeshick (1932)
Tony Bernazard (1956) Cal Ripken (1960) Tim Salmon (1968)
Nick Adenhart (1986)
No major league players with connections to the Minnesota Twins were born on this day. We do come close, though, with Hal Woodeshick, who played for Washington in 1960, but then was chosen by the new Washington in the expansion draft in 1961. We also come close with Reid Santos (1982), who pitched for Rochester in 2009 but did not make the big leagues.
