Billy McLean (1835)
Bennie Tate (1901)
Joe Collins (1922)
Ray Bellino (1932)
Clay Dalrymple (1936)
Chico Salmon (1940)
Jerry Johnson (1943)
Wayne Garrett (1947) Pat Putnam (1953) Gene Nelson (1960)
Damon Berryhill (1963)
Darryl Hamilton (1964)
Paul Byrd (1970)
Brian Moehler (1971)
Gary Glover (1976)
Chad Durbin (1977)
Andrew Oliver (1987)
Shortstop Ray Bellino played and managed in the Twins minor league system and also was a scout for them. Andrew Oliver was drafted by Minnesota in the seventeenth round in 2006, but did not sign.
Andre Rodgers (1934)
Pedro Borbon (1946)
Wayne Simpson (1948)
Julio Cruz (1954) Chip Hale (1964) Darryl Kile (1968)
Mark Kotsay (1975) Peter Moylan (1978)
Mordecai Davidson (1845)
Frank Killen (1870)
Josh Billings (1891)
Firpo Marberry (1898)
Clyde Sukeforth (1901)
Steve Hamilton (1935)
Craig Swan (1950) Juan Berenguer (1954) Dave Engle (1956) Steve Shields (1958) Bob Tewksbury (1960) Gary Wayne (1962) Bo Jackson (1962)
Mark Lewis (1969) Matt Lawton (1971) Ray Durham (1971)
Shane Victorino (1980)
Rich Harden (1981)
Tom Hughes (1878)
Irv Noren (1924)
Minnie Minoso (1925) George Thomas (1937) Dick McAuliffe (1939)
Bill Freehan (1941)
Otto Velez (1950)
Mike Easler (1950) Rick Anderson (1956) Joe Price (1956) Dennis Burtt (1957) Howard Johnson (1960)
Bob Hamelin (1967)
Mariano Rivera (1969) Brian Wolfe (1980) Guillermo Quiroz (1981)
Heinie Pietz (1870)
Frank O'Rourke (1894)
Jerry Gardner (1920)
Wes Westrum (1922)
Sixto Lezcano (1953)
Dave Righetti (1958)
Walt Weiss (1963)
John Burkett (1964)
Matt Williams (1965)
Pedro Astacio (1969)
Robb Nen (1969) Jose Parra (1972)
Joe Bush (1892)
Johnny Schmitz (1920)
Billy Moran (1933)
Jose Tartabull (1938)
Dave Giusti (1939)
Dan Spillner (1951)
Mike Scioscia (1958)
Randy Milligan (1961)
Tim Laker (1969)
Ivan Rodriguez (1971)
Willie Bloomquist (1977)
Jimmy Rollins (1978)
No players with connections to the Minnesota Twins appear to have been born on this day. The closest we come is Billy Moran, who was part of a three-team trade involving Minnesota, Cleveland, and the Los Angeles Angels. Minnesota acquired Frank Kostro and Jerry Kindall in that trade, and sent Lenny Green and Vic Power to Los Angeles. Billy Moran was sent from the Angels to Cleveland in that trade.
Hugh Duffy (1866) Fred Tenney (1871)
Bob Johnson (1905) Lefty Gomez (1908) Howard Easterling (1911)
Eddie Miller (1916)
Bob Elliott (1916)
Jeff Torborg (1941)
Larry Gura (1947)
Richie Hebner (1947)
Jorge Orta (1950)
Jay Howell (1955)
Bob Walk (1956)
Mike Moore (1959)
Harold Reynolds (1960)
Chuck Finley (1962)
Brian Schneider (1976) Matt Garza (1983)
Bert Cunningham (1865)
Jakie May (1895)
Charles Baron (1913) Joe DiMaggio (1914) Mike Ryan (1941)
Bucky Dent (1951) Dave Baker (1956) Chico Walker (1958)
Mark Whiten (1966)
Octavio Dotel (1973)
Nick Swisher (1980)
George Burns (1889)
Billy Rogell (1904) Joe Medwick (1911) Danny Ozark (1923)
Bob Friend (1930)
Jim Northrup (1939)
Steve Yeager (1948)
Randy Velarde (1962)
Ben McDonald (1967)
Al Martin (1967)
Cal Eldred (1967)
Dave Hansen (1968)
There do not appear to be any major league players with connections to the Minnesota Twins born on this day.
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