Fielder Jones (1871)
George Susce (1907)
Lou Finney (1910)
Sid Gordon (1917)
Jerry Neudecker (1930)
Vinegar Bend Mizell (1930) Mudcat Grant (1935) Tony Cloninger (1940)
Fred Stanley (1947)
Jerry Crawford (1947)
Andre Thornton (1949)
Tom Niedenfuer (1959)
Jim Reboulet (1961) Tom Prince (1964) Jay Buhner (1964)
Mark Lemke (1965)
Alex Fernandez (1969)
Jarrod Washburn (1974)
Will Ohman (1977)
Corey Patterson (1979)
Jim Reboulet is the brother of Jeff Reboulet. He was in the minors for six years, reaching AAA. He had three seasons with sixty or more stolen bases.
Christy Mathewson (1880) Ray Schalk (1892) Harlond Clift (1912)
Fred Hutchinson (1919)
Bob Buhl (1928)
Kevin Cooney (1950)
Matt Clement (1974) Lew Ford (1976)
Kevin Cooney was an eleventh round draft choice of the Twins in 1972. He pitched in the Twins' organization for two seasons, then a shoulder injury ended his playing career. He then became a college baseball coach. He was the head coach at Montclair State from 1984-1987 and at Florida Atlantic from 1988-2008.
Danny Murphy (1876)
Bobo Newson (1907)
Bob Scheffing (1913)
Bill Monboquette (1936)
Vada Pinson (1938) Sal Campisi (1942) Jim Hughes (1951) Dennis Lewallyn (1953)
Bryn Smith (1955)
Edgardo Alfonzo (1973)
We would also like to wish a happy birthday to Mrs. Moss and a happy anniversary to Mr. and Mrs. AMR.
Jim Clinton (1850)
Odell Hale (1908) Willie Wells (1908) Taffy Wright (1911)
Buddy Lewis (1916)
Bob Porterfield (1923)
Rocky Colavito (1933)
Tom Brookens (1953)
Tim Brookens (1953) Jerald Clark (1963) Andy Stankiewicz (1964)
Gerald Williams (1966)
Sal Fasano (1971)
Brandon Lyon (1979) Wilson Ramos (1987)
Tim Brookens is the twin brother of Tom Brookens and played four years in the minors, reaching AA.
John Grim (1867)
John Galbreath (1897)
Jack Tighe (1913)
Ralph Houk (1919)
Julian Javier (1936)
Claude Osteen (1939)
Paul Lindblad (1941)
Tommie Agee (1942)
Chris Wheeler (1945) Bill Campbell (1948)
Ted Simmons (1949) John Moses (1957)
Matt Young (1958)
Deion Sanders (1967)
Troy Percival (1969) Pat Mahomes (1970) Ryan Radmanovich (1971)
Matt Morris (1974) Mike Lamb (1975) Brian Fuentes (1975) Drew Butera (1983)
Ralph Houk was a special assistant to the general manager for the Twins from 1987-1989.
Better known for his Hall of Fame NFL career, Deion Sanders was a major league outfielder for nine seasons, leading the league in triples in 1992. He hit .263/.319/.392 in 2,123 at-bats.
Jocko Milligan (1861)
Cupid Childs (1867)
Cecil Travis (1913)
Ken Raffensberger (1917)
Johnny Temple (1927)
Frank Howard (1936)
Jose Cruz (1947)
Mike Ivie (1947) Ray Fontenot (1957) Dave Meier (1959) Ron Karkovice (1963)
Matt Whiteside (1967) Craig Breslow (1980)
Adonis Terry (1864) Bill McKechnie (1886) Art Houtteman (1927)
Rocky Bridges (1927)
Don Larsen (1929)
Jerry McNertney (1936) Ron Henry (1936) Gary Dotter (1942) Mike Poepping (1950) Steve Kemp (1954)
Jason Grimsley (1967) Danny Graves (1973) Edgar Renteria (1976)
Mike Trout (1991)
Sam Mertes (1872)
Sherry Magee (1884)
Ray Blades (1896)
Jim Turner (1903)
Prez Jones (1905)
Clem Labine (1926)
Ray Culp (1941)
Andy Messersmith (1945)
Ken Phelps (1954) Ron Davis (1955) Bob Horner (1957)
Stan Belinda (1966) Chris Heintz (1974) Luis Vizcaino (1974)
Hiraoka Hiroshi (1856)
Pepper Bassett (1919) Bill Pleis (1937) Dwight Siebler (1937) Tommie Aaron (1939)
Nelson Briles (1943)
Bernie Carbo (1947)
Rick Mahler (1953)
Dave Rozema (1956)
Steve Gasser (1967)
John Olerud (1968) Carlos Pulido (1971) John Wasdin (1972) Bobby Kielty (1976) Mark Mulder (1977)
Eric Hinske (1977)
Carl Crawford (1981)
Right-hander Steve Gasser did not play for the Twins, but was in their minor league system for four years before being traded to the Mets in the Wally Backman deal. A second round draft choice, he did not play in the major leagues.
Jake Beckley (1867) Dolf Luque (1890)
Chick Galloway (1896)
Ski Melillo (1899)
Bill Hallahan (1902)
George Caster (1907)
Tuck Stainback (1911)
Luke Easter (1915)
Don Kolloway (1918)
Dallas Green (1934) Frank Kostro (1937) Ray Oyler (1938)
Cleon Jones (1942)
Johnny Grubb (1948)
Roger Clemens (1962)
B. J. Surhoff (1964) Matt Merullo (1965) Troy O'Leary (1969)
Bob Howry (1973) Eric Milton (1975) Scott Linebrink (1976)
While this is an incredible day for names, it should be pointed out that none of these players was listed here because of his name. In fact, each of them had a substantial baseball career.
