Eddie Cicotte (1884) Lou Gehrig (1903) Bill Swift (1908)
Don Gutteridge (1912)
Archie Ware (1918)
Chet Boak (1935)
Bob Aspromonte (1938)
Isao Harimoto (1940)
Jerry Reuss (1949)
Duane Kuiper (1950)
Jim Slaton (1950)
Johnnie LeMaster (1954) Doug Mientkiewicz (1974) Alex Prieto (1976) Dustan Mohr (1976) Bruce Chen (1977)
Infielder Chet Boak played for the Twins’ AAA affiliate, the Syracuse Chiefs, in 1961, but does not appear to have actually been a part of the Twins’ organization, as records show him belonging to the expansion Washington Senators. One assumes he was loaned to the Twins’ for part of that season.
Charlie Ganzel (1862) Russ Hodges (1910) Ron Necciai (1932) Lou Brock (1939) Bill James (1949)
Andres Galarraga (1961)
Sandy Alomar (1966)
Felix Heredia (1975) Tommy Watkins (1980)
Ron Necciai struck out 27 batters in a nine inning game while playing for Bristol in the Appalachian League in 1952.
It may never happen, but Bill James belongs in the Hall of Fame.
Lefty Phillips (1919)
Max Surkont (1922)
Ernie Johnson (1924)
Richard Jacobs (1925)
Bob Miller (1926)
Ken Johnson (1933) Joe Decker (1947) Ron LeFlore (1948)
Salome Barojas (1957)
Wally Joyner (1962)
Calvin Schiraldi (1962)
Kevin Young (1969) Chris Gomez (1971) Kerry Wood (1977)
Jonathan Broxton (1984)
The Bob Miller born today, although a pitcher, is not the Bob Miller who pitched for the Twins.
Today is also the birthday of Twins’ farmhand Michael Gonzales (1988).
We would also like to wish a very happy birthday to Socaltwinsfan.
Babe Dahlgren (1912)
Bernice Gera (1931)
Mario Cuomo (1932) Billy Williams (1938) Ty Cline (1939)
Bruce Dal Canton (1941)
Champ Summers (1946)
Ken Henderson (1946)
Dusty Baker (1949)
Lance Parrish (1956)
Brett Butler (1957) Wade Boggs (1958) Ramiro Mendoza (1972)
Tony Clark (1972)
Andy Pettitte (1972) Zach Day (1978) Jeremy Reed (1981)
Tim Lincecum (1984) Trevor Plouffe (1986) Jake Locker (1988)
Former New York Governor Mario Cuomo was an outfielder for the Brunswick Pirates of the Georgia-Florida League in 1952.
Quarterback Jake Locker was drafted by the Angels as an outfielder in the tenth round in 2009. He signed a contract with them, but never played a game of professional baseball.
Charlie Buffinton (1861)
Harvey Watkins (1869)
Charles Barrett (1871)
Don Newcombe (1926) Jim Constable (1933)
Bill Fahey (1950)
Greg Brock (1957)
Mike Laga (1960) George Tsamis (1967)
Peter Munro (1975) Michael Hollimon (1982)
Jim Mutrie (1851)
Bill Bergen (1878)
Gene Desautels (1907)
Mel Parnell (1922)
Dave Rosenfield (1931)
Tom Cheek (1939)
Marcel Lachemann (1941)
Antonio Pulido (1951)
Ernie Whitt (1952)
Darrell May (1972)
Jonathan Lucroy (1986)
Jim Mutrie managed teams in New York for nine years. He has been called the founding father of baseball in New York City.
Catcher Bill Bergen spent eleven seasons in the majors. He appeared in 947 games and had 3, 028 at-bats. His lifetime stats are .170/.194/.201. Everything you read about him says he was a tremendous defensive catcher, and one assumes he must have been.
There do not appear to be any players with connections to the Minnesota Twins who were born on this day.
Joe Hornung (1857) Sol White (1868) Red Dooin (1879)
Matty McIntyre (1880)
Otto Knabe (1884) Bill Foster (1904) Dutch Rennert (1930) Gerry Arrigo (1941) Jim Strickland (1946) Scott Aldred (1968) Damon Buford (1970)
Ryan Klesko (1971) Damon Hollins (1974)
Hideki Matsui (1974)
We would also like to wish a very happy birthday to Eric B. B.
Roger Bresnahan (1879) Ernie Nevers (1902)
Dan Topping (1912)
Frank Thomas (1929)
Jimmy Stewart (1939) Danny Morris (1946) Dave Cash (1948)
Tom Austin (1951)
Mike Fuentes (1958)
Brian Gorman (1959)
Mike Davis (1959)
Odalis Perez (1978) Bobby Keppel (1982) Jose Reyes (1983)
Football great Ernie Nevers, born in Willow River, Minnesota, pitched for the St. Louis Browns for parts of three seasons (1926-1928).
Outfielder Mike Fuentes was drafted by Minnesota in the fifth round in 1980, but did not sign.
We would also like to wish a very happy birthday to UncleWalt.
Jack Graney (1886)
Garland Braxton (1900)
Danny McFayden (1905)
Vic Harris (1905)
Mike Kreevich (1908)
Frank Demaree (1910) Chuck Thompson (1921) Hank Foiles (1929)
Carmen Cozza (1930) Ed Palmquist (1933) Kazuhisa Inao (1937)
Johnny Edwards (1938)
Ken Singleton (1947)
Elias Sosa (1950)
Gerry Hunsicker (1950)
Francisco Barrios (1953) Scott Ullger (1955) Floyd Bannister (1955)
Pokey Reese (1973)
Freddy Garcia (1975)
Outfielder Carmen Cozza played in the low minors in 1952-1953, batting .242. He later became a college football coach, most notably at Yale. Upon his retirement in 1996, he held the record for most coaching victories in the Ivy League (179) and was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2002.
This is also the birthday of Twins’ farmhand Jairo Perez (1988).
