Frank Hankinson (1856)
Ernie Johnson (1888)
Steve Ridzik (1929)
Mickey McDermott (1929)
Ed Charles (1933) Luis Aparicio (1934) Akira Ohgi (1935)
Tom House (1947)
Rick Burleson (1951) Ron Washington (1952) Bob McClure (1952)
Steve Crawford (1958)
John Vander Wal (1966)
Sterling Hitchcock (1971)
Rafael Betancourt (1975)
Tony Armas (1978)
Rick Burleson was drafted by Minnesota in the eighth round in 1969, but did not sign.
Red Lucas (1902)
Charlie Metro (1919)
Tom Sturdivant (1930)
Jackie Brandt (1934) Pedro Ramos (1935) Tom Browning (1960)
John Cerutti (1960) Luis Quinones (1962) Russ Morman (1962)
Barry Larkin (1964)
Jim Poole (1966) Sean Douglass (1979) Yoslan Herrera (1981)
Hi Myers (1889)
Allan Sothoron (1893) Rogers Hornsby (1896) Horace Stoneham (1903) Enos Slaughter (1916) John Rice (1918)
Greg Kosc (1949)
Willie Upshaw (1957) Patrick Lennon (1968) Frank Catalanotto (1974) Benj Sampson (1975) Chris Carpenter (1975)
Pedro Feliz (1975)
Jack Barry (1887)
Ray Caldwell (1888) Hack Wilson (1900) Bernard Malamud (1914)
Virgil Trucks (1917)
Sal Maglie (1917)
Ron Northey (1920)
Merle Anthony (1926)
Granny Hamner (1927)
Amos Otis (1947) Tom Norton (1950)
Mike Scott (1955) Steve Lombardozzi (1960) Curtis Wilkerson (1961) Brian Anderson (1972)
Geoff Blum (1973) Joe Crede (1978) Alejandro Machado (1982)
John Henry "Pop" Lloyd (1884) George Fiall (1900)
Bill Grieve (1900)
Roy Parmelee (1907)
Bobby Estalella (1911)
Red Flaherty (1917)
Ed Vargo (1930)
Lew Krausse (1943)
Kerry Taylor (1950) Greg Wells (1954) Larry Pashnick (1956) Tony Phillips (1959)
Darren Holmes (1966)
Joe Buck (1969)
Brad Clontz (1971) Jacque Jones (1975) Garrett Mock (1983)
A member of the basketball hall of fame as part of the “Renaissance Five” team, shortstop George Fiall played in the Negro Leagues from 1918-1931.
Kerry Taylor played for the GCL Twins in 1968. He then went into the Army and was killed in the Vietnam War.
Garrett Mock was drafted by Minnesota in the fourteenth round in 2002, but did not sign.
Bob Ewing (1873)
Howard Ehmke (1894)
Harry Harper (1895) Andy Cooper (1896) Ed Musial (1922)
Frank Lucchesi (1927)
Lou DiMuro (1931)
Terry Tata (1940)
Ivan Murrell (1943) Bill Singer (1944) Pat Zachry (1952) Bill Krueger (1958) Mike Blowers (1965)
Omar Vizquel (1967) Todd Jones (1968) Chipper Jones (1972) John Barnes (1976) Carlos Beltran (1977) Miss SBG (2007)
The brother of Stan Musial, Ed Musial played in the minors in 1941 and from 1946-1950.
This is also the birthday of Twins' farmhand Adrian Salcedo (1991).
Bob Smith (1895)
Taylor Douthit (1901)
Ray Benge (1902)
Lew Riggs (1910)
Mickey Vernon (1918)
John Orsino (1938) Steve Jones (1941) David Clyde (1955)
Moose Haas (1956)
Dave Schmidt (1957)
Terry Francona (1959)
Jimmy Key (1961) Jack Savage (1964) Mickey Morandini (1966) George Williams (1969)
We would also like to wish a very happy birthday to rowsdower.
Hardy Richardson (1855)
Germany Smith (1863)
Ken Strong (1906)
Gary Peters (1937)
Dick Green (1941)
Al Bumbry (1947) Jesse Orosco (1957) Les Lancaster (1962)
Ken Caminiti (1963)
Kip Wells (1977) Terry Tiffee (1979)
A member of the pro football Hall of Fame, Ken Strong played minor league baseball from 1929-1931 and played very well. He hit 41 home runs and had 130 RBIs in 1930 in what is now the Eastern League and hit .340 in 1931 in the International League.
Today is also the birthday of Twins’ farmhand Justin Parker (1990).
In addition, we would like to wish a very happy birthday to twayn.
Tommy Dowd (1869)
Charlie Hemphill (1876)
Charlie Smith (1880)
Mike Mowrey (1884) Dave Bancroft (1891) Roy Hofheinz (1912)
Preston Gomez (1923)
Tom Hutton (1946)
Milt Wilcox (1950) Doug Clarey (1954) Floyd Chiffer (1956) Don Mattingly (1961) Greg Brummett (1967) Dan Smith (1969)
Todd Hollandsworth (1973)
Dan Smith was drafted by Minnesota in the twenty-second round in 1987, but did not sign.