John Grim (1867)
John Galbreath (1897)
Jack Tighe (1913)
Ralph Houk (1919)
Julian Javier (1936)
Claude Osteen (1939)
Paul Lindblad (1941)
Tommie Agee (1942)
Chris Wheeler (1945) Bill Campbell (1948)
Ted Simmons (1949) John Moses (1957)
Matt Young (1958)
Deion Sanders (1967)
Troy Percival (1969) Pat Mahomes (1970) Ryan Radmanovich (1971)
Matt Morris (1974) Mike Lamb (1975) Brian Fuentes (1975) Drew Butera (1983)
Ralph Houk was a special assistant to the general manager for the Twins from 1987-1989.
Better known for his Hall of Fame NFL career, Deion Sanders was a major league outfielder for nine seasons, leading the league in triples in 1992. He hit .263/.319/.392 in 2,123 at-bats.
Jocko Milligan (1861)
Cecil Travis (1913)
Ken Raffensberger (1917)
Johnny Temple (1927)
Frank Howard (1936)
Jose Cruz (1947)
Mike Ivie (1947) Ray Fontenot (1957) Dave Meier (1959)
Ron Karkovice (1963)
Matt Whiteside (1967) Craig Breslow (1980)
Adonis Terry (1864) Bill McKechnie (1886) Art Houtteman (1927)
Rocky Bridges (1927)
Don Larsen (1929)
Jerry McNertney (1936) Ron Henry (1936) Gary Dotter (1942) Mike Poepping (1950) Steve Kemp (1954)
Jason Grimsley (1967) Danny Graves (1973) Edgar Renteria (1976)
Sam Mertes (1872)
Sherry Magee (1884)
Ray Blades (1896)
Jim Turner (1903)
Prez Jones (1905)
Clem Labine (1926)
Ray Culp (1941)
Andy Messersmith (1945)
Ken Phelps (1954) Ron Davis (1955) Bob Horner (1957)
Stan Belinda (1966) Chris Heintz (1974) Luis Vizcaino (1974)
Hiraoka Hiroshi (1856)
Pepper Bassett (1919) Bill Pleis (1937) Dwight Siebler (1937) Tommie Aaron (1939)
Nelson Briles (1943)
Bernie Carbo (1947)
Rick Mahler (1953)
Dave Rozema (1956)
Steve Gasser (1967)
John Olerud (1968) Carlos Pulido (1971) John Wasdin (1972) Bobby Kielty (1976) Mark Mulder (1977)
Eric Hinske (1977)
Carl Crawford (1981)
Right-hander Steve Gasser did not play for the Twins, but was in their minor league system for four years before being traded to the Mets in the Wally Backman deal. A second round draft choice, he did not play in the major leagues.
Jake Beckley (1867) Dolf Luque (1890)
Chick Galloway (1896)
Ski Melillo (1899)
Bill Hallahan (1902)
George Caster (1907)
Tuck Stainback (1911)
Luke Easter (1915)
Don Kolloway (1918)
Dallas Green (1934) Frank Kostro (1937) Ray Oyler (1938)
Cleon Jones (1942)
Johnny Grubb (1948)
Roger Clemens (1962)
B. J. Surhoff (1964) Matt Merullo (1965) Troy O'Leary (1969)
Bob Howry (1973) Eric Milton (1975) Scott Linebrink (1976)
Silver Flint (1855)
Ed McFarland (1874) Harry Heilmann (1894) Jim Hegan (1920)
Roger Repoz (1940)
Dan Meyer (1952)
Bob Davidson (1952)
Jim Gott (1959)
Mike Jeffcoat (1959)
Sid Bream (1960)
Mackey Sasser (1962)
Kevin Elster (1964)
Rod Beck (1968)
Troy Glaus (1976) Travis Bowyer (1981)
Dummy Kihm (1873)
Pop Kelchner (1875)
Red Ames (1882)
John F. Kieran (1892)
Fuzzy Hufft (1901)
Charles Einstein (1926) Tom Burgmeier (1943) Bombo Rivera (1952) Danny Sheaffer (1961) Tim Wakefield (1966) Matt Guerrier (1978) Grady Sizemore (1982)
Houston Street (1983) Luke Hughes (1984)
Frank Grant (1865)
Joe Shaute (1899)
George Sisler, Jr. (1917)
George Bamberger (1923)
Masaichi Kaneda (1933)
Pedro Cisneros (1939)
Tony Muser (1947)
Milt May (1950) Pete Mackanin (1951)
Greg Gross (1952)
Dave Anderson (1960)
Gregg Jefferies (1967)
Shigetoshi Hasegawa (1968)
Brian Bohanon (1968) Kevin Jarvis (1969)
Adam Jones (1985)
The son of the Hall of Famer, George Sisler, Jr. was a long-time minor league executive, winning the Minor League Executive of the Year award three times. He served as International League president from 1965-1976 and is a member of the International League Hall of Fame.
Joe Sugden (1870)
Laughing Larry Doyle (1886)
Art Nehf (1892)
Allen Russell (1893)
Elmer Riddle (1914) Curt Gowdy (1919) Hank Bauer (1922)
Vic Davalillo (1936)
John Vukovich (1947)
Dave Dombrowski (1956)
Leon Durham (1957)
Mike Bielecki (1959)
Scott Bankhead (1963)
Ted Barrett (1965)
Gabe Kapler (1975)
No players with connections to the Minnesota Twins appear to have been born on this day.
