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.
The staff of Happy Birthday would like to wish each and every one of you a happy Thanksgiving. May we all have a wonderful holiday and have safe travels. May we also all take a moment to think of all the things in our lives for which we are thankful and to whom we are thankful for them.
Chief Zimmer (1860)
Hi Church (1863)
Socks Seybold (1870)
George Stovall (1877)
Jimmy Sheckard (1878)
Runt Marr (1891)
Freddy Leach (1897)
Beans Reardon (1897)
Prince Hal Schumacher (1910)
Bill Gates (1918)
Charlie Osgood (1926)
Jack McKeon (1930) Luis Tiant (1940) Tom Hall (1947) Ken Schrom (1954) Brook Jacoby (1959)
Dale Sveum (1963) David McCarty (1969) Adam Eaton (1977)
Jonathan Papelbon (1980)
Harry Rice (1901)
Dick Bartell (1907)
Lew Burdette (1926)
Wade Blasingame (1943) Rich Chiles (1946) Greg Luzinski (1950) Lyman Bostock (1950) Wayne Tolleson (1955)
Lee Guetterman (1958)
Mike Benjamin (1965)
Jay Payton (1972)
Ricky Ledee (1973) Joe Nathan (1974)
Mike Benjamin was drafted by Minnesota in the seventh round in January, 1985, but did not sign.
Bobby Mathews (1851)
Charlie Bennett (1854)
Billy Clingman (1869)
Andy High (1897)
Charlie Gibson (1899) Freddie Lindstrom (1905) Paul Richards (1908) Stan Musial (1920) Warren Hacker (1924)
Tom McCraw (1940)
Bill Almon (1952)
Rick Peters (1955) Mike Mason (1958) Mark Eichhorn (1960)
Dick Schofield (1962)
Ken Griffey (1969) Todd Erdos (1973) Brian Meadows (1975) Hank Blalock (1980)
Rick Peters was drafted by Minnesota in the eighteenth round in 1973, but did not sign.
Joe Sommer (1958)
Kenesaw Landis (1866) Clark Griffith (1869) George McBride (1880)
Leon Cadore (1890)
Larry Benton (1897)
Jay Ritchie (1936)
Herm Starrette (1938)
Billy Scripture (1941)
Rick Monday (1945)
Jay Johnstone (1945)
Ron Cash (1949)
Alex Arias (1967)
Gabe White (1971)
J. D. Drew (1975)
Pitcher Clark Griffith was a star for the Cubs before jumping to the White Sox when the American League was formed. Later, of course, was the owner of the Twins franchise while it was still in Washington. His adopted son, Calvin, brought the team to Minnesota.
Ron Cash was drafted by Minnesota in the sixth round in 1969, but did not sign. Other than that, no players connected to the Twins were born on this day.
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.
