Ross Youngs (1897) Bubba Hyde (1908)
Chuck Connors (1921)
Frank Lary (1930)
Robert Nederlander (1933)
Wes Stock (1934)
Joe Gibbon (1935)
Bob Watson (1946)
Lee Lacy (1948) Tom Lundstedt (1949) Ken Griffey (1950)
Mike Devereaux (1963)
Starvin’ Marvin Freeman (1963)
Alberto Reyes (1971) Mike Lincoln (1975) Andre Ethier (1982)
Better known as an actor, Chuck Connors was a first baseman for the Chicago Cubs in 1951. He also played professional basketball, and was the first player to break the glass backboard with a slam dunk in a professional basketball game.
John Peters (1850)
Kirby Higbe (1915)
Stan Wasiak (1920)
Charlie Maxwell (1927)
Turk Farrell (1934)
Takao Kajimoto (1935)
John Hiller (1943) Catfish Hunter (1946) Randy Marsh (1949) Mac Scarce (1949) Gary Carter (1954) Alex Gonzalez (1973)
Timo Perez (1975) Matt Ford (1981)
Felix Hernandez (1986)
Yonder Alonso (1987)
Stan Wasiak holds the record for most wins as a minor league manager, 2,530. He managed from 1950-1986, managing at levels from Class D to AAA.
Yonder Alonso was drafted by Minnesota in the sixteenth round in 2005, but did not sign.
We would like to wish a happy birthday to the brother of Daneeka's Ghost. We would also like to wish everyone a joyous and blessed Easter.
John McGraw (1873) Oral Hildebrand (1907) Bobby Doerr (1918) Jerry Hoffberger (1919)
Pete Van Wieren (1944) Bobby Mitchell (1955) Ricky Bones (1969) Brett Tomko (1973)
Ronnie Belliard (1975)
Adrian Beltre (1979)
Bill Dinneen (1876)
Wid Conroy (1877)
Bill Lachemann (1934)
Ron Hansen (1938)
Rennie Stennett (1951)
Andy McPhail (1953)
Cris Carpenter (1965)
Ross Gload (1976)
Lastings Milledge (1985)
Andy McPhail, of course, was the general manager of the Twins from 1985 through 1994, a period which included both of the Twins' World Series titles. He is currently the President of Baseball Operations for the Baltimore Orioles.
We would also like to wish a happy birthday to Mrs. brianS.
There are no players with connections to the Minnesota Twins who were born on this day.
Bill Hinchman (1883)
John Hummel (1883) Tris Speaker (1888) Joe Vosmik (1910)
Mickey Owen (1916)
Gil Hodges (1924)
Gary Geiger (1937)
Bart Giamatti (1938)
Eddie Watt (1941)
Jim Fregosi (1942)
Mike Epstein (1943)
Nick Bremigan (1945)
Ray Fosse (1947)
Herm Schneider (1952) Tom Herr (1956) Brad Komminsk (1961)
Scott Rolen (1975) Casey Daigle (1981)
We would also like to wish a happy birthday to CarterHayes’ brother.
Guy Hecker (1856)
Larry Shepard (1919)
Alex Grammas (1926)
Art Ditmar (1929)
Wally Moon (1930)
Jerry Dale (1933)
Hawk Taylor (1939) Larry Littleton (1954) Darrell Jackson (1956)
Gary Pettis (1958) Doug Baker (1961) Chris Bosio (1963)
Mark Shapiro (1967)
Mike Lansing (1968) Ryan Doumit (1981) Kyle Phillips (1984)
Guy Hecker is one of three pitchers to have won over fifty games in a season. He is also the only pitcher to have won a batting title.
Larry Shepard managed Pittsburgh in 1968-1969. Coincidentally, he was replaced by Alex Grammas.
Tommy Bond (1856) Hughie Jennings (1869) Bill Yancey (1904) Luke Appling (1907) Al Barlick (1915) Vedie Himsl (1917)
Bobby Avila (1924)
Billy Pierce (1927)
Gordon Jones (1930)
Dick Radatz (1937)
Al Weis (1938) Don Sutton (1945) Reggie Smith (1945) Mike Kekich (1945)
Daniel Okrent (1948) Tom Johnson (1951) Billy Sample (1955) Hank Steinbrenner (1957)
Pete Incaviglia (1964) Curtis Leskanic (1968) Denny Hocking (1970) Jon Lieber (1970)
We would also like to wish a very happy birthday to Lucy.
