Sam Thompson (1860) Jeff Tesreau (1888)
Lu Blue (1897) Elmer Valo (1921) Del Crandall (1930) Phil Roof (1941) Katsuo Osugi (1945)
Kent Tekulve (1947)
Doug Bird (1950)
Mike Veeck (1951)
Mike Squires (1952) Steve Ontiveros (1961) Brian Hunter (1971)
Jeffrey Hammonds (1971)
Ryan Franklin (1973)
Paul Konerko (1976)
Mike MacDougal (1977) Joe Benson (1988)
We would also like to wish a happy birthday to brianS’ daughter.
We would also like to wish a happy birthday to spookymilk’s father.
Horace Fogel (1861)
Moe Berg (1902)
Woody English (1906)
Jack Knott (1907) Mel Ott (1909) Mort Cooper (1913)
Jim Konstanty (1917) Jim Nettles (1947) Pete Broberg (1950) Larry Wolfe (1953) Terry Steinbach (1962) Ron Gant (1965)
Jay Gibbons (1977) Glen Perkins (1983)
Horace Fogel was a sportswriter who became manager of the New York Giants in 1902. His time as Giants manager is best remembered for his attempt to move Christy Mathewson to first base. He was fired 41 games into the season and replaced by Heinie Smith, who put an end to such nonsense. Instead, he tried to move Mathewson to shortstop.
Terry Turner (1881) Jud Wilson (1897) Bob Howsam (1918)
George Maloney (1928)
Frank Malzone (1930)
Bill Haller (1935)
Marty Perez (1946) Mark Wiley (1948) Tom Gamboa (1948)
Jim Wohlford (1951) Mike Milchin (1968) Trent Oeltjen (1983) Aaron Thompson (1987)
Aroldis Chapman (1988)
Walter Briggs (1877)
Cy Perkins (1896) Hilton Smith (1907) Bill Capps (1919)
Buck Elliott (1919)
Connie Ryan (1920)
John Wockenfuss (1949)
Ron Hassey (1953)
Greg Cadaret (1962)
Pete Smith (1966)
Matt Stairs (1968) Willie Banks (1969) Craig Monroe (1977) Denard Span (1984)
Honus Wagner (1874) Wilbur Cooper (1892)
Del Wilber (1919)
Bubba Phillips (1928) Dave Edwards (1954) Eddie Murray (1956) Nick Esasky (1960)
Stubby Clapp (1973)
Mike Lowell (1974) Randy Keisler (1976) Bronson Arroyo (1977) Rob Bowen (1981) Nick Blackburn (1982) J. D. Durbin (1982) Chris Parmelee (1988)
Today is also the birthday of Twins' farm director Jim Rantz (1938), who was the winning pitcher in the deciding game of the 1960 College World Series.
Bill Klem (1874) Clarence Mitchell (1891)
Roy Spencer (1900)
Charles O. Finley (1918)
Stubby Greer (1920)
Ryne Duren (1929) Sparky Anderson (1934) Steve Barber (1938)
Tom Griffin (1948)
Gerry Davis (1953)
John Halama (1972)
J. J. Putz (1977) Brian Duensing (1983)
Sparky Anderson was born in Bridgewater, South Dakota.
J. J. Putz was drafted by Minnesota in the seventeenth round in 1998, but did not sign.
Ray Ryan (1883)
George Mogridge (1889)
Sherry Smith (1891)
Jake Kline (1895)
Huck Betts (1897) Joe Gordon (1915) Herm Wehmeier (1927)
Frank House (1930)
Manny Mota (1938)
Dal Maxvill (1939) Bob Miller (1939) Jerry Morales (1949)
John Mayberry (1949)
Bruce Kison (1950)
Marc Hill (1952)
Rafael Ramirez (1958) Kevin Tapani (1964) John Valentin (1967)
Shawn Estes (1973) Jamey Carroll (1974) Chad Moeller (1975)
Ray Ryan was involved in minor league baseball for six decades. He had one baseball card, a part of the T206 tobacco series. This is the series that produced the famous Honus Wagner card.
Pat Pieper (1886)
Nemo Leibold (1892)
Wally Pipp (1893)
Ed Brandt (1905) Red Barber (1908) Rod Dedeaux (1914)
Roger Craig (1930)
Cliff Gustafson (1931)
Dick Bosman (1944)
Dave Roberts (1951)
Jaime Easterley (1953) Mike Hart (1958) Michael Jordan (1963)
Scott Williamson (1976) Juan Padilla (1977) Josh Willingham (1979)
Pat Pieper was the public address announcer for the Chicago Cubs from 1916-1974. For the first sixteen of those years, he made the announcements with a megaphone.
Darin Mastroianni was claimed off waivers from Toronto. Esmerling Vasquez was designated for assignment. Chris Colabello signed a minor league contract.
