Ed Delahanty (1867) Buck Freeman (1871)
Charlie Deal (1891)
Clyde Manion (1896) Bill Terry (1898) Dave Barnhill (1914) Leon Day (1916) Bobby Bragan (1917)
Joe Adcock (1927) Jim Perry (1935) Bruce Gardner (1938)
Jim Ray Hart (1941)
Mickey Rivers (1948) Houston Jimenez (1957) Dave Leeper (1959)
Gerald Perry (1960) Lee Tunnell (1960)
Dave Valle (1960)
Scott Garrelts (1961) Mark Portugal (1962)
Danny Tartabull (1962) Marco Scutaro (1975) Jason Bartlett (1979) Laynce Nix (1980) Shane Robinson (1984)
Pitcher Dave Barnhill was a four-time all-star in the Negro Leagues.
Pitcher Leon Day was a star in the Negro Leagues, primarily with the Newark Eagles.
Dave Leeper was drafted by Minnesota in the third round in 1978, but did not sign.
Joe Mulvey (1858)
Patsy Dougherty (1867)
Shad Berry (1878) Ralph Kiner (1922) Del Rice (1922)
Pumpsie Green (1933) Lee Stange (1936) Mike Lum (1945)
Pete Vuckovich (1952)
U. L. Washington (1953)
Barry Bonnell (1953) Tom Nieto (1960) Bill Swift (1961)
Bip Roberts (1963) Brad Radke (1972) Jason Johnson (1973)
Martin Prado (1983) Kyle Waldrop (1985)
Jason Wheeler (1990)
Bill Swift was drafted by Minnesota in the second round in 1983, but he did not sign.
Frank Selee (1859) Kid Gleason (1866)
Lee Tannehill (1880)
Dick Hoblitzel (1888)
Tommy Griffith (1889) Judy Johnson (1900)
Snuffy Stirnweiss (1918)
Bud Byerly (1920)
Toby Harrah (1948)
Mike Hargrove (1949)
Steve Rogers (1949) Dave Coleman (1950) Harry Chappas (1957)
Gil Heredia (1965)
Mark Sweeney (1969) Francisco Liriano (1983)
Danny Coloumbe (1989)
Frank Selee was the manager of the Boston Beaneaters from 1890-1901, winning the National League pennant five times. He also managed the Cubs from 1902-1905 until his health forced him to retire.
William Julius "Judy" Johnson was a star third baseman in the Negro Leagues.
We would like to wish a very happy birthday to AuntieWalt.
Jack Doyle (1869)
Smoky Joe Wood (1889)
Jack Kent Cooke (1912) Lee McPhail (1917) Russ Meyer (1923)
Bobby Thomson (1923)
Bobby Brown (1924)
Roy Hartsfield (1925) Chuck Schilling (1937) Al Cowens (1951) Roy Smalley (1952) Rowland Office (1952)
Tito Landrum (1954)
Danny Darwin (1955)
Andy McGaffigan (1956)
Steve Decker (1965) Keith Garagozzo (1969) Pedro Martinez (1971) Wilkin Ramirez (1985) Juan Soto (1998)
Jack Kent Cooke, better known as the owner of the Washington Redskins and the Los Angeles Lakers, owned the Toronto Maple Leafs baseball team in the International League from 1951-1964. He made several unsuccessful attempts to bring major league baseball to Toronto and is a member of the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame.
Lee MacPhail was the general manager of the Baltimore Orioles from 1958-1965 and of the New York Yankees from 1966-1973. He was the president of the American League from 1974-1983. He is the son of Larry MacPhail and the father of Andy MacPhail.
Due to personal time constraints, this is a reprint from last year which has not been updated.
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)
William Hulbert was one of the founders of the National League and was its president from 1877 until his death in 1882.
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.
Due to personal time constraints, this is a reprint from last year which has not been updated.
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) Casey Fien (1983)
Zack Greinke (1983)
Jose Lobaton (1984)
I always find it interesting that anyone who is even rumored to have used PEDs is condemned as a dirty rotten cheater, but Whitey Ford, who admitted to cheating by scuffing baseballs, is acclaimed as a hero and an all-around great guy.
Jigger Statz (1897) 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's too bad Jigger Statz didn't play in the age of analytics.
William Julius "Judy" Johnson was a star third baseman in the Negro Leagues.
Jerry Meals has been a major league umpire since 1998.
It appears that no players associated with the Twins were born on this day.
We also want to wish a very happy birthday to GreekHouse 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)
Mark Davis (1960)
Tim Belcher (1961)
Dave Veres (1966)
Keith Foulke (1972) Horacio Estrada (1975)
Michael Young (1976) Randy Ruiz (1977)
Jose Bautista (1980)
Rajai Davis (1980) J. A. Happ (1982)
Josh Tomlin (1984)
Daniel Descalso (1986)
Jordan Lyles (1990)
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)
David Murphy (1981)
Yoenis Cespedes (1985)
Brad Miller (1989)
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.
