Billy Sunday (1862)
Everett Scott (1892) Roy Campanella (1921) Joe Morgan (1930)
Manny Jimenez (1938)
Larry Haney (1942)
Bobby Tolan (1945)
Bob Boone (1947)
Dickie Noles (1956)
Mike Winters (1958)
Gary DiSarcina (1967) Mario Valdez (1974) Clay Condrey (1975) Ryan Howard (1979)
Jonathan Sanchez (1982)
Clarification: The Joe Morgan listed above is not Hall of Famer Joe Morgan. The Joe Morgan born today is the Joe Morgan who once managed the Red Sox.
Larry Haney is the cousin of ex-Twin Mike Cubbage.
Deacon McGuire (1863)
Jack Coombs (1882)
Les Mann (1892) Gene Mauch (1925) Roy Sievers (1926) Danny McDevitt (1932) Cal Koonce (1940) Jim Shellenback (1943) Steve Henderson (1952)
Luis Pujols (1955)
Mike Felder (1961)
Jamie Moyer (1962)
Dante Bichette (1963) Ron Coomer (1966) Tom Gordon (1967)
Gary Sheffield (1968) David Ortiz (1975) Steve Bechler (1979)
Roy Sievers was a star for the franchise when it was in Washington in the 1950s.
George Stallings (1867)
Mike Garcia (1923)
Orlando Pena (1933)
Gary Bell (1936) Tom Seaver (1944) Brad Havens (1959) Mitch Williams (1964) Paul Sorrento (1965) Jeff Nelson (1966)
Eli Marrero (1973) Darnell McDonald (1978) Ryan Braun (1983)
Nick Markakis (1983)
Joe Quest (1852)
Paul Foytack (1930)
Frank Bolling (1931)
Harry Chiti (1932) Minnie Mendoza (1933) Don Hahn (1948)
Herb Washington (1951)
Glenn Burke (1952) Curt Wardle (1960) Dwight Gooden (1964)
Chris Haney (1968)
Julio Lugo (1975)
Tom Loftus (1856)
Pat Ragan (1885)
Mickey Livingston (1914)
Gus Bell (1928)
Big Brother A (1951) Randy Niemann (1955) Pedro Borbon (1967)
Big Brother A is one of the two people--Dad A being the other--from whom I got a love of baseball and a love of the Twins. Happy Birthday, Big Brother.
We also wish a happy birthday to spookymilk’s brother.
Harry Howell (1876)
Jim Piersall (1929)
Jim Brewer (1937)
Johnnie Seale (1938)
Willie Hernandez (1954)
Curt Schilling (1966)
Kent Bottenfield (1968)
Ruben Rivera (1973)
Xavier Nady (1978)
There do not appear to be any players with connections to the Minnesota Twins born on this day. The closest we come is Johnnie Seale, a pitcher drafted by the former Washington Senators in 1958, but he was out of the organization before the team moved to Minnesota.
Jack Ryan (1868)
Moonlight Graham (1877)
Carl Mays (1891)
Joe Hoerner (1936)
Bruce Bochte (1950)
Jody Davis (1956) Donnie Hill (1960) Greg Gagne (1961) Jeff Reed (1962) Randy Knorr (1968)
Sammy Sosa (1968)
Aaron Heilman (1978)
Aaron Heilman was drafted by Minnesota in the first round in 2000, but did not sign.
Freddy Parent (1875) Rabbit Maranville (1891) Al Schacht (1892) Pie Traynor (1898) Hal Trosky (1912)
George Case (1915)
Ike Delock (1929) Ron Musselman (1954) John Hobbs (1955) Cory Snyder (1962)
Roberto Hernandez (1964)
Damion Easley (1969)
Jim Whitney (1857)
Cy Morgan (1878)
Del Gainer (1886)
Chick Fewster (1895)
Jimmie Dykes (1896)
Birdie Tebbetts (1912)
Johnny Lipon (1922) Cal Ermer (1923) Gene Conley (1930)
Norm Cash (1934)
Mike Vail (1951) Paul Thormodsgard (1953) Larry Parrish (1953)
Larry Christenson (1953)
Bob Stanley (1954)
Jack Clark (1955) Kenny Rogers (1964) Keith Lockhart (1964) Butch Huskey (1971) Shawn Green (1972)
