Rube Benton (1890)
Fred Saigh (1905)
Dick Terwilliger (1906)
Wendell Smith (1914)
Lou Kretlow (1921)
Gus Zernial (1923) Wayne Terwilliger (1925) Eddie Kasko (1932)
Rico Petrocelli (1943)
Jeff Conine (1966)
Jim Edmonds (1970)
Daryle Ward (1975)
Chris Woodward (1976) Luis Rodriguez (1980)
Joe Kuhel (1906)
Don Demeter (1935)
Dick Drago (1945)
Clay Kirby (1948)
Bob Shirley (1954)
Alejandro Pena (1959)
Mike Stanley (1963)
Aaron Sele (1970)
Michael Tucker (1971)
Carlos Delgado (1972)
Javier Vazquez (1976)
Aramis Ramirez (1978)
Paul Maholm (1982)
First baseman Joe Kuhel played for the franchise for several years while it was in Washington, and later managed the team there. However, there do not appear to be any players with connections to the Minnesota Twins born on this day.
Billy Nash (1865)
George Harper (1892)
Rollie Hemsley (1907)
Jim Mills (1919)
Wally Yonamine (1925) Don Mincher (1938) Ken Reitz (1951)
Doug Jones (1957) Tom Klawitter (1958) Phil Hughes (1986)
George Weiss (1894)
Jack Smith (1895)
Karl Spooner (1931)
Dave Bristol (1933)
Tom Haller (1937) Dave Goltz (1949) Marty Barrett (1958) Jim Deshaies (1960) Hensley Meulens (1967)
Josh Byrnes (1970)
Mark Hendrickson (1974)
Carl Hubbell (1903) Walt Masterson (1920)
Russ Snyder (1934)
Dave Tomlin (1949)
Ron Hodges (1949) Greg Booker (1960) Brant Brown (1971)
Esteban Yan (1975)
Willie Harris (1978) Luis Maza (1980) Rob Neyer (1966)
Matt Kilroy (1866)
Randy Moore (1906)
Harold Seymour (1910)
Ed Lopat (1918)
Merle Harmon (1926) Jackie Collum (1927) Charlie Moore (1953)
Rick Sutcliffe (1956) Jay Pettibone (1957) Donovan Osborne (1969) Garrett Jones (1981)
Merle Harmon broadcast Minnesota Twins games from 1967-1969.
We would also like to wish a very happy birthday MagUidhir, Sheenie, and UncleWalt's daughter.
Ned Cuthbert (1845)
Jim Delahanty (1879) Cum Posey (1890) Billy Werber (1908)
Andy Etchebarren (1943)
Dave Nelson (1944)
Paul Beeston (1945)
Dickie Thon (1958) Juan Castro (1972) Paul Bako (1972)
Carlos Lee (1976)
Eddie Cicotte (1884) Lou Gehrig (1903) Bill Swift (1908)
Don Gutteridge (1912)
Bob Aspromonte (1938)
Isao Harimoto (1940)
Jerry Reuss (1949)
Duane Kuiper (1950)
Jim Slaton (1950)
Johnnie LeMaster (1954) Doug Mientkiewicz (1974) Alex Prieto (1976) Dustan Mohr (1976) Bruce Chen (1977)
Charlie Ganzel (1862) Russ Hodges (1910) Ron Necciai (1932) Lou Brock (1939) Bill James (1949)
Andres Galarraga (1961)
Sandy Alomar (1966)
Felix Heredia (1975) Tommy Watkins (1980)
It may never happen, but Bill James belongs in the Hall of Fame.