Pep Young (1907)
Joe Schultz (1918)
Billy Cox (1919)
Orval Grove (1919)
Dave Nicholson (1939)
Doug DeCinces (1950) Bill Latham (1960) Jeff Kellogg (1961) Henry Blanco (1971) Aaron Rowand (1977)
Roy Oswalt (1977) Anthony Recker (1983) Mark Rzepczynski (1985)
Chris Taylor (1990)
Noah Syndergaard (1992)
Bill Nicholson is the one nicknamed "Swish", but Dave deserved the nickname more. In the one season in which he played more than a hundred games (126 in 1963), he struck out 175 times. He did hit 22 homers. In 1964 he had 294 at-bats and struck out 126 times while hitting 13 homers.
Jeff Kellogg was a major league umpire from 1993-2019.
Joe Yeager (1875)
Dode Paskert (1881)
Aaron Ward (1896)
Charlie Grimm (1898)
Paul Bowa (1918)
Tony Gonzalez (1936)
Tom Satriano (1940)
Lou Piniella (1943)
Mike Torrez (1946)
Ron Guidry (1950)
Joel Youngblood (1951)
Darren Lewis (1967)
Jay Witasick (1972) Tom Shearn (1977) Ryan Madson (1980) Carlos Quentin (1982) Will Harris (1984)
Paul Bowa is the father of Larry Bowa and the grandfather of Nick Johnson. He was a minor league infielder who reached as high as AAA, and later became a minor league manager in the St. Louis Cardinals’ organization.
We would also like to wish a very happy birthday to bhiggum.
Hal Janvrin (1892)
Luis Tiant (1906)
Peanuts Lowrey (1917)
Tommy Butts (1919)
Joe Cunningham (1931)
Jim King (1932)
Ernie Broglio (1935) Joe McCabe (1938) Ed Herrmann (1946)
Buddy Bell (1951)
Mike Maddux (1961)
Brian McRae (1967) Jim Thome (1970) Jose Vidro (1974)
Jordy Mercer (1986) A. J. Achter (1988)
The Luis Tiant listed above is the father of the former Twins pitcher.
Harry Hooper (1887) Hank Gowdy (1889)
Hal Woodeshick (1932)
Tony Bernazard (1956) Cal Ripken (1960) Tim Salmon (1968) Kevin Correia (1980)
Brett Gardner (1983)
Nick Adenhart (1986)
Kike Hernandez (1991)
George Davis (1870) Guy Bush (1901)
Lonny Frey (1910)
Nels Potter (1911) Carl Pohlad (1915)
Dale Mitchell (1921) George Kell (1922) Sherm Lollar (1924)
Harry Dalton (1928)
John Romano (1934) Marty Martinez (1941) Ron Blomberg (1948) Jerry White (1952) Mike Boddicker (1957)
Julio Franco (1958) Randy St. Claire (1960)
Casey Blake (1973) Mark Bellhorn (1974)
Mike Yastrzemski (1990)
Carl Pohlad, of course, was the owner of the Twins from 1984 until his death in 2009.
Harry Dalton was the general manager of the Baltimore Orioles, the California Angels, and the Milwaukee Brewers.
Ned Hanlon (1857) Howie Camnitz (1881)
Wally Schang (1889)
Happy Felsch (1891) Carl Yastrzemski (1939) Bill Burbach (1947) Doug Bair (1949)
Ray Burris (1950) Paul Molitor (1956) Darrin Jackson (1962) Mike Everitt (1964) Gary Scott (1968) Hipolito Pichardo (1969)
Steve Kline (1972)
Jeff Weaver (1976)
Randy Wolf (1976) Alan Busenitz (1990)
Mike Everitt was a major league umpire from 1996-2019.
Because I forgot to get this ready ahead of time, this is a reprint from last year which has not been updated.
Frank Isbell (1875)
Ed Stone (1909)
Murray Dickson (1916)
Gerry Staley (1920)
Jim Beauchamp (1939)
Felix Millan (1943)
John Ellis (1948)
John Stearns (1951) Frank Pastore (1957)
John Wetteland (1966) Mike Misuraca (1968)
Craig Counsell (1970)
Ismael Valdez (1973)
Akili Smith (1975) Jason Marquis (1978) Jesse Chavez (1983)
Melvin Upton (1984)
J. D. Martinez (1987) Ehire Adrianza (1989)
Tim Collins (1989)
Elliot Soto (1989)
Christian Vazquez (1990)
Akili Smith, better known as an NFL quarterback, played for three seasons in the Pittsburgh organization, reaching AA.
Pepper Daniels (1902)
Al Lopez (1908) Jim Reeves (1923) Fred Norman (1942) Graig Nettles (1944) Bobby Cuellar (1952) Tom Brunansky (1960) Mark Langston (1960)
Andy Benes (1967) Todd Helton (1973) Matt Hague (1985)
Country singer Jim Reeves was a right-handed pitcher in the low minors from 1945-1949,
