Bucky Walters (1909)
Hector Maestri (1935)
Rick Miller (1948) Ed Hodge (1958) R. J. Reynolds (1959) Frank Viola (1960) Spike Owen (1961)
Scott Kamieniecki (1964)
Brent Mayne (1968)
Jose Cruz (1974) Joe Beimel (1977) George Sherrill (1977) Dennys Reyes (1977) Joe Mauer (1983)
Right-hander Hector Maestri was with the Washington franchise in 1960, making one appearance in the majors. Before the 1961 season started, however, he was selected in the expansion draft by the new Washington franchise, for whom he made one more appearance in 1961.
Frank Navin (1871) Sam Crawford (1880) Duffy Lewis (1888)
Jack Scott (1892)
Steve Blass (1942)
Mike Paul (1945)
Doug Flynn (1951) Bobby Castillo (1955) Rich Bordi (1959) Jim Eisenreich (1959) Dennis Rasmussen (1959) Steve Dunn (1970) Rico Brogna (1970) Brian Buscher (1981) Miguel Cabrera (1983)
Billy Butler (1986)
Rich Bordi was drafted by Minnesota in the fifth round in 1977, but did not sign.
Alexander Cartwright (1820) Cap Anson (1852) Tom Needham (1879)
Jake Daubert (1884)
Buzz Arlitt (1912)
Solly Hemus (1923)
Antonio Pollerena (1947)
Tsutomu Wakamatsu (1947)
Denny Walling (1954)
Craig Worthington (1965)
Marquis Grissom (1967)
Gary Bennett (1972)
This is also the birthday of Twins’ farmhand Deolis Guerra (1989). There do not appear to be any major league players with connections to the Minnesota Twins who were born on this day.
Tim Keefe (1857) Hugh Nicol (1858)
Webster McDonald (1900)
Ethan Allen (1904) Hank Greenberg (1911) Joe Reichler (1915) Sherry Robertson (1919) Earl Torgeson (1924)
Carl Scheib (1927)
Roy Majtyka (1939) Bill Bethea (1942) Rick Albert (1951)
Bob Owchinko (1955)
La Marr Hoyt (1955)
Fernando Tatis (1975)
We would like to wish a very happy birthday to mrs. bhiggum.
