Hugh "One Arm" Daily (1847)
Ernest Barnard (1874)
Judge Emil Fuchs (1878)
Lou Boudreau (1917)
Roy McMillan (1929)
Jerry Lynch (1930)
Toni Stone (1931)
Deron Johnson (1938)
Don Kessinger (1942)
Charley Steiner (1949)
Pete Ladd (1956)
Bobby Thigpen (1963)
Jason Jennings (1978)
No players with connections to the Minnesota Twins appear to have been born on this day. However, the original WGOM was born on this day.
Shoeless Joe Jackson (1889)
Doc Prothro (1893)
Jim Odom (1921)
Dr. Frank Jobe (1926)
Norm Sherry (1931)
Eddie Fisher (1936)
Lee Elia (1937)
Terry Pendleton (1960)
DeMarlo Hale (1961)
William VanLandingham (1970)
Kory DeHaan (1976)
Doc Prothro is the father of former NFL coach Tommy Prothro. No players with connections to the Twins appear to have been born on this day.
Jesse Tannehill (1874) Happy Chandler (1898) Johnny Murphy (1908)
Robert Creamer (1922)
Ralph Rowe (1924)
Bob Purkey (1929)
Billy McCool (1944)
Steve Stone (1947) Danny Walton (1947) Rick Wolff (1951) Vic Rodriguez (1961) Robin Ventura (1967)
Derrick May (1968)
Jose Hernandez (1969)
Tim Hudson (1975)
Ralph Rowe was a coach for the Twins from 1972-1975.
Tom York (1850)
George Bradley (1852) Stan Coveleski (1889) Lee Handley (1913)
Eliot Asinof (1919)
Fritz Dorish (1921) Ruben Gomez (1927) Daryl Spencer (1928)
Don Pavletich (1938)
Jack Aker (1940) Buzz Stephen (1944)
Jerry Terrell (1946) Bill Caudill (1956) Mark Brown (1959) Mike Fitzgerald (1960)
Pat Rapp (1967)
Ryan Ludwick (1978)
Yadier Molina (1982)
Shin-Soo Choo (1982)
We would also like to wish a happy birthday to uncleWalt’s cousin.
Doug Allison (1846)
Lee Meadows (1894)
Johnny Wyrostek (1919)
Jack Harshmann (1927)
Ron Fairly (1938) Tom Tischinski (1944) Scipio Spinks (1947)
Mario Soto (1956)
Mike Munoz (1965) Adam Johnson (1979) Howie Kendrick (1983)
Jimmy McAleer (1864)
Bobby Lowe (1865)
John Heydler (1869)
Wayne Blackburn (1914)
Paul Pryor (1927)
Gene Alley (1940)
Hal McRae (1945)
Bob Bailor (1951) Andre Dawson (1954)
Buddy Groom (1965)
Lee Stevens (1967) Marty Cordova (1969)
For some odd reason, John Heydler does not appear to be a member of the Hall of Fame.
Umpire Paul Pryor is an alumnus of the author's alma mater, the University of South Dakota.
Jack Powell (1874)
Buck Herzog (1885)
Glenn Myatt (1897) Wally Post (1929) Marty Springstead (1937)
Mike Andrews (1943)
Sonny Jackson (1944) Hal Haydel (1944)
Steve Luebber (1949) Willie Wilson (1955)