Doc White (1879)
Hippo Vaughn (1888)
Vic Sorrell (1901)
Fred Frankhouse (1904)
Claude Passeau (1909)
Zip Payne (1909)
Joe Brinkman (1944)
Peter Gammons (1945)
Nate Colbert (1946)
Kirk McCaskill (1961)
Hal Morris (1965)
Graeme Lloyd (1967)
Rudy Hernandez (1968)
A. J. Ellis (1981)
David Robertson (1985)
Luis Arraez (1997)
Cecil "Zip" Payne was a long-time minor-league player and manager, collecting 2,179 hits.
Joe Brinkman and Derryl Cousins hold the record for most games umpired together, 2,123.
Rudy Hernandez was an infielder in the Mets organization from 1987-1991, reaching AA. With the exception of 2004, he has been a manager or coach in the Twins' organization since 2001. He is currently a batting coach for the major league team.
We would also like to wish a happy birthday to Mama MagUidhir.
Infielder Luis Sangel Arraez made his Twins debut in 2019. He was born in San Felipe, Venezuela and signed with the Twins as a free agent in 2013. He went up about a level a season, playing in the Dominican Summer League in 2014, the Gulf Coast League in 2015, and the MIdwest League in 2016. He missed most of 2017, presumably due to injury, split 2018 between high-A and AA, started 2019 in AA, moved up to AAA, and by mid-May was in the majors, eventually taking over the second base job from Jonathan Schoop. He batted over .300 at every stop in the minors except for 48 games in Chattanooga in 2018, when he batted .298. He has little power, but that's really the only flaw he has as a batter. In 367 minor league games he batted .331/.385/.414. In 92 major league games he batted .334/.399/.439. He turns twenty-three today. It would be unfair to expect him to bat .334 every season, but there's every reason to think he'll be a successful major league batter, if he isn't already. He will begin the 2020 season as the Twins' regular second baseman, assuming there is a 2020 season.
