Hal Carlson (1892)
Del Webb (1899) Cool Papa Bell (1903) Ace Parker (1912)
Billy Hoeft (1932)
Ozzie Virgil (1932) Dan Monzon (1946) Carlos May (1948)
Pascual Perez (1957)
Greg Mathews (1962)
Jose Guillen (1976)
Carlos Pena (1978)
Ace Parker is a member of both the College Football and Pro Football Hall of Fame. He was an infielder for the Philadelphia Athletics in 1937-1938.
Left-hander Greg Mathews was drafted by Minnesota in the ninth round of the January draft in 1982, but did not sign.
Cy Rigler (1882)
Watty Clark (1902)
Earl Halstead (1912)
Stubby Overmire (1919)
Dave Philley (1920)
Rube Walker (1926) Billy Martin (1928) Rick Reuschel (1949)
Rick Rhoden (1953) Jack Morris (1955) Tack Wilson (1956) Mark Funderburk (1957) Bob Patterson (1959)
Mitch Webster (1959)
Doug Brocail (1967)
Jim Mecir (1970)
Dave Philley played five of his eighteen major league seasons in Philadelphia, three for the Athletics and two for the Phillies.
Joe Evans (1895)
Jimmy Wasdell (1914)
Al McBean (1938)
Yukata Enatsu (1948)
Bill North (1948)
Rick Waits (1952) George Brett (1953) John Smoltz (1967) Scott Watkins (1970) A. J. Hinch (1974)
Josh Beckett (1980) Justin Morneau (1981)
A. J. Hinch was drafted by Minnesota in the third round in 1995, but did not sign.
Today is also the birthday of Twins’ farmhand Brian Dozier (1987).
J. L. Wilkinson (1878) Ed Walsh (1881) Alex Pompez (1890) Earle Combs (1899) Joe Lewis (1906) Bob Thurman (1917) Les Moss (1925)
Dick Howser (1936) Tony Perez (1942) Dick Tidrow (1947) Dave LaRoche (1948) Dennis Martinez (1955) Hosken Powell (1955) Pat Borders (1963) Joey Cora (1965) Larry Sutton (1970) Roy Halladay (1977)
Today is also the birthday of Twins’ farmhand Romy Trinidad (1991).
We would also like to wish a very happy anniversary to SBG and Lucy.
Jimmy Archer (1883)
Larry Gardner (1886)
Babe Dye (1898)
Bill McKinley (1910)
Bill Kinnamon (1919)
Dusty Rhodes (1927) Johnny Roseboro (1933) Leon Wagner (1934)
Juan Beniquez (1950)
Bobby Valentine (1950) Lenny Faedo (1960) Sean McDonough (1962)
Jose Rijo (1965) Jack Cressend (1975) Trajan Langdon (1976)
Barry Zito (1978)
Hockey Hall of Famer Babe Dye was a minor league outfielder from 1919-1926, spending much of his career in the American Association. In 811 games, he hit .311, slugged .443, and stole 118 bases.
College basketball star Trajan Langdon was a third baseman in the low minors for three seasons.
Today is also the birthday of Twins’ farmhand Jon Goncalves (1989).
Chicken Wolf (1862)
Lave Cross (1866)
Jumping Joe Dugan (1897)
Hank Borowy (1916)
Ed Runge (1918) Yogi Berra (1925) Felipe Alou (1935)
Ted Kubiak (1942) Vic Albury (1947) Bob Heise (1947)
Joe Nolan (1951)
Lou Whitaker (1957)
Kevin Bass (1959)
Willie Lozado (1959)
Mark Clark (1968)
Wes Helms (1976)
Felipe Lopez (1980) Evan Meek (1983)
Infielder Willie Lozado was drafted by Minnesota in the third round of the January Secondary draft in 1978, but did not sign.
This is also the birthday of Twins’ farmhands Melciades De La Cruz (1993), Aderlin Mejia (1992), and Hein Robb (1992).
Charlie Gehringer (1903) Rip Sewell (1907)
Eddie Chiles (1910) Jack Lang (1921) Nestor Chylak (1922) Vern Rapp (1928)
Milt Pappas (1939) Frank Quilici (1939) Jerry Martin (1949)
Dane Iorg (1950)
Mark Huismann (1958)
Walt Terrell (1958)
Trent Hubbard (1964)
Bobby Witt (1964)
Kerry Ligtenberg (1971)
Francisco Cordero (1975)
This is also the birthday of Twins’ farmhand Miguel Sano (1993).
Chippy McGarr (1863) Ed Barrow (1868) Klondike Douglass (1872)
Harry Salsinger (1885)
Allan Roth (1917)
Hideo Fujimoto (1918)
John McMullen (1918) Herb Carneal (1923) Jim Hickman (1937)
Ken Berry (1941) John Cumberland (1947) Chris Berman (1955) Joey Meyer (1962)
Robby Thompson (1962)
Pete Schourek (1969)
A great baseball broadcaster was born on this day, and it ain’t Chris Berman. To some of us, Herb Carneal will always be the Voice of the Twins.
Frank Bancroft (1846)
Tommy Clarke (1888)
Billy Jurges (1908)
Tony Bartirome (1932) Ron Jackson (1953) Tom Chism (1954) Tony Gwynn (1960) Aaron Harang (1978)
Prince Fielder (1984)
Today is also the birthday of Twins' farmhand Oswaldo Arcia (1991).
In addition, we would like to wish a happy birthday to UncleWalt’s youngest child.
Dan Brouthers (1858) Edd Roush (1893) Turkey Stearnes (1901) Mike Cuellar (1937) Steve Braun (1948)
Orestes Destrade (1962)
Todd Greene (1971)
John Maine (1981)
Mike Cuellar pitched in AAA in the Twins’ organization in 1961. He does not seem to have belonged to the Twins, however. It may be that he was temporarily loaned to them, a practice which was not uncommon in the 1960s.
