August 26

Chick Fraser (1873)

Jesse Barnes (1892)

Sparky Adams (1894)

Gene Moore (1909)

Alex Kellner (1924)

Alex Trevino (1957)

Jeff Parrett (1961)

Angel Hernandez (1961)

Chad Kreuter (1964)

Ricky Bottalico (1969)

Brendan Harris (1980)

Kyle Kendrick (1984)

Eric Fryer (1985)

Darin Mastroianni (1985)

David Price (1985)

Elvis Andrus (1988)

Mario Hollands (1988)

Tyler Wells (1994)

Brusdar Graterol (1998)

Angel Hernandez was a major league umpire from 1993-2024.

Mario Hollands was drafted by Minnesota in the 24th round in 2009 but did not sign.

Infielder Brendan Michael Harris was with the Twins from 2008-2010.  Born and raised in Queensbury, New York, he was drafted out of the College of William and Mary by the Cubs in the fifth round of the 2001 draft. He hit well throughout the minors, usually averaging over .300 with double-digit home runs, and played mostly second base and third base. He made his major-league debut with the Cubs in 2004, playing in three games for them before being sent to Montreal in the four-team trade that involved Doug Mientkiewicz going to Boston. Harris spent most of 2005 and 2006 in the minors, making brief appearances in both years with Washington before being traded to Cincinnati in August of 2006 in a multi-player deal that involved Austin Kearns and Ryan Wagner. The following off-season, Harris was traded to Tampa Bay in what baseball-reference.com describes as “a conditional deal”. The conditions must have been met, because Harris was with the Devil Rays all year, his first full season in the majors. After one season with Tampa Bay, he was traded to the Twins in the deal that sent Matt Garza, Jason Bartlett, and Eduardo Morlan to Tampa Bay for Harris, Delmon Young, and Jason Pridie. Harris was a semi-regular utility infielder for the Twins from 2008-2009, seeing time at second, short, and third.  He seemed likely to see most of his time at third base in 2010 but got off to a horrible start, batting just .157 in 108 at-bats before being sent to Rochester in mid-June.  Things did not go well in Rochester, either, as he hit just .233.  After the season, he was traded to Baltimore with J. J. Hardy and cash for Brett Jacobson and Jim Hoey.  He did no better in AAA for the Orioles, hitting .225.  A free agent after the season, he signed with Colorado and has had a good year for AAA Colorado Springs, hitting .317.  A free agent again after the season, he signed with the Angels and somewhat surprisingly made the team out of spring training.  He didn't do much for them, though, and was released in late July.  He signed with the Yankees three days later, was sent to AAA Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, was released a month after that, signed with Texas, was sent to AAA Round Rock, and became a free agent again after the season.  He signed with the Dodgers for 2014 but was released after playing in only six AAA games.  He spent the rest of the season with Long Island of the Atlantic League but signed with Detroit for 2015 and was in their minor league system that season, not doing much for either AA Erie or AAA Toledo, and was released in late June.  At last report, Brendan Harris was the owner of Brendan Harris Baseball, which operates baseball clinics.  He was also the director of athlete development for X10 Capital, a private equity fund focused on the sports industry.  He was living in Brentwood, Tennessee.

Catcher Eric Joseph Fryer, was with the Twins from 2013-2015.  He was born in Columbus, Ohio, went to high school in Reynoldsburg, Ohio, attended an Ohio State University, and was drafted by Milwaukee in the tenth round in 2007.  He didn't do much in rookie ball that season, but hit .335 in the Sally League in 2008.  He was traded to the Yankees that off-season, and in the middle of 2009 was traded to Pittsburgh in a deal involving Eric Hinske.  He had a solid year in the Florida State League in 2010, although he was twenty-four by then.  He did really well in the Eastern League in 2011 and got called up to the majors for about six weeks in the middle of the season.  He had a poor year in AAA in 2012, but still got a couple more weeks in the majors as a backup catcher.  A free agent after the season, he signed with Minnesota and spent 2013 in Rochester, getting a September call-up.  He started 2014 back in Rochester, but came up to Minnesota at mid-season and was the Twins' reserve catcher the rest of the season.  He had a fine season in Rochester in 2015, which earned him two more months in the majors.  A free agent after the season, he signed with St. Louis and hit well in a small sample size, but was still waived at the end of June.  He was claimed by Pittsburgh and has gone back to being who he was before.  A free agent after the season, he signed back with St. Louis for 2017.  He was seldom used, did not hit, and was "granted free agency", which seems like a nice way of saying he was released, in late July.  He signed with Philadelphia for 2018 but decided in February to retire instead.  As a Twin, he hit .266/.323/.355 in 110 at-bats.  At last report, Eric Fryer was an account executive for Salesforce, "a company that makes cloud-based software designed to help businesses find more prospects, close more deals, and wow customers with amazing service", and had returned to the Columbus area.

Outfielder Darin Paul Mastroianni was in the Twins organization from 2012-2014 and again in 2016.  He was born in Mount Kisco, New York, went to high school in Bedford, New York, attended the University of Southern Indiana, and was drafted by Toronto in the sixteenth round in 2007.  His numbers in the low minors were decent, but not outstanding.  He stole a lot of bases, though–seventy of them in 2009 in a season split between A and AA.  He had a very good year in AA in 2010, hitting .301 with an OBP of .390 and 46 steals, and it looked like he was poised to make a move.  He was disappointing in a 2011 split between AA and AAA (plus one game for the Blue Jays, going 0-for-2), however, and the Blue Jays gave up on him, putting him on waivers.  The Twins claimed him in February of 2012.  He started the season in the minors, but after hitting .346 twenty games in Rochester he came up to the big leagues.  Following the trades of Denard Span and Ben Revere he was in the mix for the Twins' center field job in 2013, but was injured in spring training and missed half the season.  When he came back, he was optioned to Rochester, not getting back to Minnesota until late August.  He started 2014 with Minnesota but was placed on waivers early in the season and was claimed by Toronto.  He signed with Philadelphia for 2015, spent about a month in AAA, then was sold to Washington, continuing to play in AAA.  A free agent after the season, Minnesota signed him again for 2016 and was mostly with Rochester, although he was in the majors for a couple of weeks in May.  The Twins released him a few weeks ago and he signed with Texas.  He finished out the season in AA with them, but did not sign with anyone for 2017, ending his playing career.  As a Twin, he hit .214/.286/.286 in 248 at-bats.  In 2018 he was inducted into the University of Southern Indiana Hall of Fame.  At last report, Darin Mastroianni was living in the Twin Cities area and was an investment advisor for Edward Jones.

Right-hander Tyler Austin Wells did not play for the Twins, but was in their farm system from 2016-2020.  He was born in Tulsa, attended Cal State-San Bernardino, and was drafted by Minnesota in the fifteenth round in 2016.  He pitched quite well in the low minors and continued to do well in six games for AA Chattanooga in 2018.  He then suffered an elbow sprain which required him to miss the 2019 season.  There was no minor league season in 2020, and he was chosen by Baltimore in the Rule 5 draft after that campaign.  He stayed with the Orioles all season and pitched very well out of the bullpen.  Moved to the starting rotation in 2022, he had a solid season, but missed about six weeks due to injury.  He was having another solid season in 2023, but after a few poor outings in July was surprisingly sent to the minors.  He got injured shortly thereafter, and was able to make only three appearances in 2024 and only five minor league appearances in 2025.  Finally healthy in 2026, he returned to the bullpen and was having an excellent season when he was traded to Tampa Bay at the trade deadline.  He has continued to pitch well for the Rays.  A big man at 6'8", 270 pounds, he turns thirty-two today.  If he can stay healthy, there's no obvious reason he can't be a good major league pitcher for at least a few years yet.

Right-hander Brusdar Javier Graterol appeared in ten games for the Twins in 2019.  He was born in Calabozo, Venezuela, and signed with the Twins as a free agent in August of 2014 at the age of sixteen.  He pitched well in the Dominican Summer League in 2015, then missed all of 2016 due to injury.  He didn't miss a beat when he came back in 2017, although he appeared in just ten games.  He divided 2018 between low-A and high-A, but again missed significant time.  He started 2019 in AA, made four appearances in AAA, and reached the majors as a September call-up.  He went 1-1, 4.66, 1.24 WHIP in ten games (9.2 innings), but the numbers are skewed by one game in which he gave up three runs without retiring a batter.  Over the off-season, the Twins traded him to the Dodgers with Luke Raley for Kenta Maeda and Jair Camargo.  He pitched very well for them in 2020.  He missed most of the first half of the 2021 season but pitched well upon his return.  He had a fine 2022 season, but again missed about six weeks due to injury.  In 2023 he has stayed healthy and had an excellent season.  In 2024, however, injury problems returned and he appeared in just seven major league games.  He did not pitched at all in 2025.  In 2026 he made for rehab appearances and was injured again, this time needing back surgery which ended his season.  He turns twenty-eight today.  He's been a very good pitcher when healthy.  Injuries seem like the only thing that could keep Brusdar Graterol from having a fine major league career, but it's looking like they may do it.

August 25

Dick Rudolph (1887)

Darrell Johnson (1928)

Choo Choo Coleman (1937)

Dooley Womack (1939)

Rollie Fingers (1946)

Dave Heaverlo (1950)

Stan Perzanowski (1950)

Pete Redfern (1954)

Oddibe McDowell (1962)

Albert Belle (1966)

Doug Glanville (1970)

Gary Matthews (1974)

Logan Morrison (1987)

Justin Upton (1987)

Max Muncy (1990)

Chandler Shepherd (1992)

Max Muncy (2002)

"Max Muncy" is not a particularly common name.  The odds of there being two of them to play major league baseball seem pretty high.  The odds of them playing at the same time would seem higher still.  The odds of them both playing third base would seen even higher. The odds of them having the same birthday, well, someone must have been using the infinite improbability drive.

The less successful cousin of ex-Twin Ron Perranoski, right-hander Stanley Perzanowski pitched for the Twins in 1978.  He was born in East Chicago, Indiana, went to high school in Hammond, Indiana, and was drafted in the 16th round by the White Sox in 1968. He was apparently rather thin: he is listed as 6′ 2″, 170 pounds. He pitched well in the minors, and made his major-league debut in June of 1971 with Chicago. He did not do well, however, and he spent 1972, 1973, and most of 1974 (other than another brief major league trial) at AAA Iowa. In spring training of 1975, Perzanowski was traded to the Texas Rangers. He again was in AAA most of the year, but pitched well in 12 games (eight starts for the Rangers, going 3-3 with a 3.00 ERA. He got off to a poor start in 1976, however, and was traded to Cleveland in May, pitching for their AAA team the rest of the season. At the end of 1977 spring training, Perzanowski was traded to California, and was immediately sent to their AAA team. He pitched poorly in his sixth year of AAA, and was released in August. The Twins signed him near the end of spring training in 1978, and after pitching well in Toledo, he was called up to the Twins. It did not go well in Minnesota; in 13 games, seven of them starts, he went 2-7, 5.24, 1.50 WHIP (he did pitch one complete game). He began 1979 in Toledo again, but started poorly and released. Perzanowski pitched over a thousand innings in AAA, but only 142.2 in the majors. In 1997, he was inducted into the Hammond (IN) High School Sports Hall of Fame, and in 2008, he was named as the catcher on the all-tournament team at the Amateur Softball Association’s Men’s 50 and over Class AA slow-pitch national tournament, playing for the Indiana Old Stars.  At last report, Stan Perzanowski was living in East Chicago, Indiana.

Right-hander Peter Irvine Redfern pitched for the Twins from 1976-1982.  He was born in Glendale, California, went to high school in Sylmar, California, and was drafted by the Twins out of the University of Southern California with the first pick of the secondary phase of the 1976 draft. Redfern made four starts with AAA Tacoma that year, and was with the big club the rest of the season, going 8-8 with an ERA of 3.51 in 23 starts. He was unable to repeat his success the next year, posting an ERA of 5.18, and spent most of 1978 with AAA Toledo. He came back to the Twins the next year and had a good season, going 7-3 mostly in relief, with an ERA of 3.49 in 40 games. He was decent the next couple of years, mainly as a starter, but fell apart in 1982, going 5-11 with an ERA of 6.58. The Twins released him toward the end of spring training in 1983. He pitched briefly in AAA for the Dodgers, but did poorly and called it a career at the age of 28. In his big league career, all of which came with the Twins, he was 42-48 with a 4.54 ERA in 714 innings. He made 111 starts in 170 appearances, and was the starting pitcher in the Twins’ first game at the Metrodome. Sadly, he was paralyzed in a diving accident in October of 1983, and remains confined to a wheelchair. Redfern remains interested in baseball, however, and has coached American Legion, high school, and small college teams.  At last report, Pete Redfern was living in his home town of Sylmar, California.  His son, Chad, pitched in the low minors in the Atlanta and Tampa Bay organizations.

First baseman Justis Logan Morrison played for the Twins in 2018.  He was born in Kansas City, went to high school in Sidell, Louisiana, attended Maple Woods Community College in Kansas City (also attended by Albert Pujols), and was drafted by Florida in the twenty-second round in 2005.  He struggled in 2006 but then hit his stride, moving up a level a year and hitting well at every stop.  He reached the majors in late July of 2010 and with exception of rehab assignments has stayed there ever since.  He was primarily a left fielder with the Marlins through 2012, moving to first base in 2013.  He stayed the healthiest, got the most playing time, and had his best season as a Marlin in 2011, hitting 23 home runs and posting an OPS of .797.  He was traded to Seattle at the end of the 2013 season and was a Mariner for two years.  He was not particularly good there, batting .241 with an OPS of .706.  A free agent after the 2015 season, he signed with Tampa Bay for 2016.  He was not much better in 2016 but had by far his best season in 2017, batting .246/.353/.516 with thirty-eight home runs at age twenty-nine.  He was again a free agent after that season and signed with Minnesota for 2018.  He promptly fell on his face, batting .186/.276/.368 before having his season ended by a hip injury.  He later said that the hip had bothered him all season.  He went unsigned until April of 2019, when he signed with the Yankees.  He went to AAA and did quite well, hitting fifteen home runs in just forty-three games, but was released on July 4.  He signed with Philadelphia on July 15, again went to AAA, and again did very well.  He was called up to the Phillies for the last month and a half of the season and was mostly used as a pinch-hitter.  He signed with Milwaukee for 2020 but was released after just twenty-five at-bats.  He went unsigned over the off-season, went to the Atlantic League, then signed with Cincinnati in mid-June of 2021, where he did well in limited action.  A free agent after the season, he went back to the Atlantic League in 2022.  He hit well there, but apparently decided it was time to move on, as his playing career came to an end after that.  At last report, Logan Morrison was living in Jupiter, Florida.

Right-hander James Chandler Shepherd did not pitch for the Twins, but was in their minor league system in 2021.  He was born in Ashland, Kentucky, went to high school in Louisa, Kentucky, attended the University of Kentucky, and was drafted by Boston in the thirteenth round in 2014.  A reliever through his early minor league career, he did pretty well in the lower minors and reached AAA in 2016.  He did pretty well there, too, in 2016, but not as well in 2017.  He switched to starting in 2018 and has been okay in AAA, but nothing special. since.  The Red Sox waived him in mid-May of 2019.  He was claimed by the Cubs, but waived again that same day, this time claimed by Baltimore.  He appeared in five games for the Orioles, starting three of them, and went 0-0, 6.63 with a 1.53 WHIP.  Those are his major league numbers so far, as he has not yet made it back.  He was released by Baltimore in September of 2020.  The Twins signed him for 2021 and kept him in AAA for all season, where he went 9-6, 5.33, 1.55 WHIP in 104.2 innings.  He pitched in the Mexican League in 2022 and did not do very well, bringing his playing career to an end.  He is the first person to go by the first name "Chandler" to have played in the major leagues.  At last report, Chandler Shepherd was working in business development for HR Wise, a payroll and HR services firm in Scottsdale, Arizona.

August 24

Harry Hooper (1887)

Hank Gowdy (1889)

Hal Woodeshick (1932)

Tony Bernazard (1956)

Cal Ripken (1960)

Tim Salmon (1968)

Kevin Correia (1980)

Brett Gardner (1983)

Nick Adenhart (1986)

Kike Hernandez (1991)

Luke Jackson (1991)

Right-hander Kevin John Correia pitched for the Twins from 2013-2014.  He was born in San Diego, went to high school in La Mesa, California, attended Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo, and was drafted by San Francisco in the fourth round in 2002.  He had an indifferent time in low class A that season, but started 2003 in AA, was promoted to AAA, and reached the majors by mid-August.  He did well there, too, going 3-1, 3.66 in 39.1 innings.  He split 2004 between AAA and the majors, not doing particularly well in either place.  2005 was similar.  In 2006, however, he was shifted to the bullpen and spent the whole year in San Francisco, going 2-0, 3.49, 1.23 WHIP in 69.2 innings.  He continued to do well as a reliever in 2007.  2008, however, was pretty much a disaster for him, and he became a free agent after the season.  He signed with San Diego and spent two years with them, doing all right in 2009 but not so well in 2010.  A free agent again, he signed with Pittsburgh and spent two years there as well.  He made the all-star team in 2011, but was not particularly good (although not awful, either) in both years.  His career numbers at that point were 60-65, 4.54, 1.41 WHIP.  Once again a free agent, he signed with Minnesota for 2013.  He got off to a hot start, but for the season pitched pretty much as he had his whole career--adequately, but no more.  He repeated that performance for the Twins in 2014 until August, when he was traded to the Dodgers for a player to be named later or cash.  As a Twin, Kevin Correia was 14-26, 4.49, 1.44 WHIP, numbers pretty much in line with what his career has been.  He pitched poorly for the Dodgers, became a free agent, signed with Seattle for 2015, was released at the end of March, signed with the Giants, was granted free agency at the end of May, and signed with Philadelphia, for whom he made five mostly poor starts before being sent to AAA.   He did not sign with anyone for 2016, bringing his playing career to an end.  You wouldn't necessarily call it a distinguished career--his top ten similarity scores include ex-Twin Mike Smithson--but he pitched in all or part of thirteen major league seasons and appeared in 358 major league games, and that ain't chicken feed.  He is in the Cal Poly Athletics Hall of Fame.  At last report, Kevin Correia was living in Del Mar, California.

August 23

This is a reprint from last year.

George Davis (1870)

Guy Bush (1901)

Lonny Frey (1910)

Nels Potter (1911)

Carl Pohlad (1915)

Dale Mitchell (1921)

George Kell (1922)

Sherm Lollar (1924)

Harry Dalton (1928)

John Romano (1934)

Marty Martinez (1941)

Ron Blomberg (1948)

Jerry White (1952)

Mike Boddicker (1957)

Julio Franco (1958)

Randy St. Claire (1960)

Casey Blake (1973)

Mark Bellhorn (1974)

Miles Mikolas (1988)

Mike Yastrzemski (1990)

Tyler Glasnow (1993)

Carl Pohlad, of course, was the owner of the Twins from 1984 until his death in 2009.

Harry Dalton was the general manager of the Baltimore Orioles, the California Angels, and the Milwaukee Brewers.

Infielder Orlando (Oliva) “Marty” Martinez played in 37 games for the Twins in 1962.  He was born in Havana, Cuba and was signed by Washington as a free agent in 1960.  An infielder, he made his major league debut in 1962 with the Twins as a bench player, appearing in 37 games but getting only 24 plate appearances, batting .167/.286/.278.  Sent back to the minors, Martinez did not start to hit until 1966, when he hit .313 as a 24-year-0ld at AAA Denver.  That was good enough to get him noticed, and the Atlanta Braves selected him at the end of the season in the Rule 5 draft.  Martinez spent the next six years in the big leagues, mostly as a reserve.  His only year as a semi-regular was in 1968, when he got 356 at-bats with the Braves and hit .230.  Traded to Houston that off-season for Bob Aspromonte, Martinez had his best year in 1969, batting .308 in 198 at-bats.  It did not translate into any more playing time, however, and after two less-productive seasons he was traded to St. Louis.  Martinez played for three teams in 1972, St. Louis, Oakland, and Texas, totalling only 88 at-bats.  Martinez then turned to coaching and managing, first as a player-coach, then taking a full-time job on the bench.  He managed in the Texas and Seattle organizations in the minor leagues, coached for Seattle at the major-league level, and was interim manager for Seattle for one game in 1986.  Marty Martinez passed away on March 8, 2007.

Outfielder Jerome Cardell White did not play for the Twins, but coached for them for several years.  He was born in Shirley, Massachusetts, went to high school in San Francisco, and was drafted by Montreal in the fourteenth round in 1970.  He quietly progressed about a level a season, never particularly standing out but never having a really bad year, either.  He got a September call-up in 1974 and started 1975 in Montreal as a rarely-used reserve; through May 20 he had played in fifteen games and gotten six at-bats.  The Expos finally decided that wasn’t particularly useful so they sent him back to AAA Memphis, where he hit .297 with ten homers at AAA Memphis.  He was again called up in September, was given a chance to play, and went on to hit over .300 the rest of the year.  He got his first full major league season in 1976, but could not take advantage of it, hitting only .245 as a part-time player.  White was back in AAA in 1977, getting just a September call-up.  He started 1978 in Montreal, but it was a rerun of 1975; through May 20, he played in eighteen games and had ten at-bats.  He was sent down and then traded to the Cubs in late June.  He stayed in the majors the rest of that season, but then the Cubs sent him back to the Expos.  He finally stuck with Montreal in 1979, staying through 1983.  Used as a reserve outfielder and pinch-hitter, he only once got as many as 200 at-bats and his averages varied quite a bit.  He became a free agent after the 1983 season and went to Japan for a couple of years, coming back to the United States with St. Louis in 1986.  That was his swan song; he batted twenty-four times, getting three hits, and was released in mid-June, ending his playing career.  He joined the Twins’ organization in 1987 as a roving outfield and baserunning coach.  He was with the Twins from 1987-2012 other than 1997, when he was the first base and baserunning coach for Detroit.   He was the Twins’ first base coach in 2012, but was let go after the season.  Jerry White did not get another job in baseball, and at last report was enjoying his hobby of restoring classic cars.  He is a member of the Caribbean Baseball Hall of Fame.

Pitcher Randy Anthony St. Claire was with the Twins in 1989.  He was born in Glens Falls, New York, and was signed by the Montreal Expos as a free agent in 1978.  He stuggled in his first few years in the minors, but got things going in 1983, and earned a September callup to Montreal in 1994.  St. Claire bounced back and forth between AAA and Montreal until 1988, when he was traded to Cincinnati in a deal that also included ex-Twin Jeff Reed.  Released by the Reds at the end of spring training 1989, the Twins quickly signed him.  He again split the season between AAA and the majors, pitching well in Portland, but not so well in Minnesota.  St. Claire spent all of 1990 at AAA with Texas and Houston, 1991-92 bouncing between AAA and Atlanta, 1993 in AAA with Atlanta, Seattle, and Toronto, most of 1994 at AAA with a two-game cup of coffee with Toronto, and 1995 at AAA with Pittsburgh.  In all that bouncing around, he always pitched well in AAA (3.38 ERA), and not all that badly in the majors, really (4.14 ERA, 1.37 WHIP).  St. Claire never spent a full season in the big leagues, but he was there in parts of nine seasons.  As a Twin, he was 1-0 with a 5.24 ERA in 22.1 innings.  Randy St. Claire also got into coaching at the end of his playing days, and was the pitching coach for the Montreal/Washington franchise for 6 1/2 years until he was fired in June of 2009.  He was the pitching coach for the Miami Marlins from 2010-2012.  Randy St. Claire was the pitching coach for the Las Vegas 51s in the Mets organization in 2013 and was the pitching coach for the Buffalo Bisons in the Toronto organization in 2014-15, after which he retired.  His father, Ebba St. Claire, was a major league catcher from 1951-1954.  His brother, Steve St. Claire, was an outfielder in the Expos organization from 1984-1988.  He is the uncle of the professional wrestler known as Ryback.

Third baseman William Casey Blake played for the Twins from 2000-2002.  He was born in Des Moines, went to high school in Indianola, Iowa, went to Wichita State, and was drafted in the seventh round by the Toronto Blue Jays in 1996.  He struggled his first two years in the minors, then had a big year in 1998 hitting a combined .357 with 18 homers and 103 RBI, although as a 24-year-old at advanced A and AA.  Promoted to AAA in 1999, Blake hit only .245, although with 22 home runs.  He played 14 games with Toronto that year, but was back in AAA at the start of 2000, and batting only .217 there, when he was taken off waivers by the Twins in June.  The move seemed to help him, as he hit .317 with AAA Salt Lake and made a brief appearance in Minnesota.  2001 was similar, with Blake hitting well in Edmonton and appearing briefly with the Twins.  Blake was put on waivers in September of that year, and selected by Baltimore,  He played for the Orioles the rest of the season, but was again waived in October and the Twins took him back.  Blake again played mostly for Edmonton, with a brief appearance in Minnesota, in 2002.  As a Twin, he hit .241/.338/.310 in 58 at-bats.  Released by the Twins after that season, he signed with Cleveland, where he became the regular third baseman at the age of 29 and stayed there for all but one of the next 5 1/2 seasons (he played right field one year).  In July of 2008, Blake was traded to the Dodgers.  He played well for them through 2009, but struggled in 2010 and became a part-time player in 2011.  He signed with the Rockies for 2012 but was released in late March, could not find another playing job, and announced his retirement in early May.  Casey Blake was never a star, but he was a solid major league regular for several years.  He was inducted into the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame in 2020.  Blake lives in both Indianola and Los Angeles.  He owns The Yard, a baseball instructional facility in Indianola.  His father, Joe Blake, was a pitcher in the Yankees organization from 1971-1974. and was the pitching coach at Simpson College for many years.  His brother, Ben Blake, was the head coach at Simpson.

August 22

Ned Hanlon (1857)

Howie Camnitz (1881)

Wally Schang (1889)

Carl Yastrzemski (1939)

Bill Burbach (1947)

Doug Bair (1949)

Ray Burris (1950)

Paul Molitor (1956)

Darrin Jackson (1962)

Mike Everitt (1964)

Gary Scott (1968)

Hipolito Pichardo (1969)

Steve Kline (1972)

Jeff Weaver (1976)

Randy Wolf (1976)

Alan Busenitz (1990)

Chris Stratton (1990)

Mike Everitt was a major league umpire from 1996-2019.

Right-hander William David Burbach did not play for the Twins, but was in AAA for them in 1972.  Born and raised in Dickeyville, Wisconsin, he attended Loras College in Dubuque, Iowa, one of three players produced by that college (Hall of Famer Red Faber and Frank Quilici).  He also attended the University of Iowa.  He was drafted in the first round by the Yankees in 1965.  He progressed one level per season and was solid at each stop, never outstanding but always pretty good.  He came up to the Yankees at the start of 1969 and spent the entire year with them, going 6-8, 3.65, but with a WHIP of 1.52 due to the fact that he walked 102 batters in 140.2 innings.  Control had been a problem for him early in his minor league career, but he seemed to have overcome it in the high minors.  He started 1970 with the Yankees but pitched poorly in four starts and was back in AAA the rest of the season.  He made two appearances for the Yankees in 1971, but then was traded to Baltimore for Jim Hardin and never made it back to the majors.  The Orioles traded him to Detroit in February of 1972.  B-r.com does not reveal how he made his way to the Twins' organization, but he was in the bullpen for AAA Tacoma that season.  He did not pitch well, going 2-1, 4.50, 1.75 WHIP with 25 walks in 40 innings.  That brought his playing career to an end.  His major league numbers are 6-11, 4.48, 1.60 WHIP in 160.2 innings (37 games, 28 starts).  After baseball, he moved to Johnson City, Tennessee, the place he had started his major league career.  He worked for a local country club for many years before retiring.  Bill Burbach passed away on July 20, 2022 in Elizabethton, Tennessee.

Hall of Famer Paul Leo Molitor played for the Twins from 1996-1998 and was their manager from 2015-2018.  Born and raised in St. Paul, he attended the University of Minnesota and was chosen by Milwaukee with the third pick of the 1977 draft. He spent only one year in the minors, hitting .346 with Class A Burlington, before jumping to the big leagues. He was a fixture in the Brewers lineup for the next fifteen years, playing regularly at second base, center field, third base, and designated hitter, as well as playing a little shortstop. He made the all-star team five times in Milwaukee, received MVP consideration five times, finishing as high as fifth in 1987, and twice won the Silver Slugger award. After the 1992 season, Molitor became a free agent and went to Toronto, where he helped the Blue Jays win a world championship in 1993 and finished second in the MVP balloting to Frank Thomas. He made the all-star team in 1993 and 1994, but his average dropped to .270 in 1995, so the Blue Jays allowed him to again go the free-agent route. This time he came to Minnesota, and showed that his bat had plenty of life left. In his first year with the Twins, a year in which he turned forty, Molitor batted .341, led the league in hits, had 113 RBIs, won his fourth Silver Slugger award, and finished thirteenth in the MVP balloting. He played with the Twins for two more seasons before retiring at age 42. As a Twin, Paul Molitor hit .312/.362/.432 in exactly 1700 at-bats, driving in 271 runs. For his career, he batted .306 and had 3,319 hits. He was elected to the major league baseball Hall of Fame in 2004.  He was the manager for the Minnesota Twins from 2015-2018, making the playoffs twice.  He is currently a special assistant to baseball operations for the Twins and occasionally fills in on radio and television broadcasts.

Outfielder Darrin Jay Jackson played in 49 games for the Twins in 1997.  He was born in Los Angeles, went to high school in Culver City, California, and was drafted by the Cubs in the second round in 1981. He was fairly nondescript in the minors, with his best year prior to his major league debut coming in 1984, when he hit .270 with 15 homers at AA Midland. He got a brief cup of coffee with the Cubs in 1985, but then started to pick up the pace a little, and after a solid season with AAA Iowa in 1987 (.274, 23 homers), he spent all of 1988 with Chicago, getting 188 at-bats as a bench player. In August of 1989, he was sent to the Padres in a multi-player deal, and saw his playing time gradually increase, becoming a semi-regular in 1991 and a full-time regular in 1992, the only season in which he got more than 403 at-bats. He was decent that year, but that’s all, .249 with 17 homers and 70 RBIs. Jackson was traded to Toronto at the end of 1993 spring training, and in June the Blue Jays sent him to the Mets for Tony Fernandez. He became a free agent at the end of the season and signed with the White Sox, where he had easily his best season in 1994, batting .312 as a semi-regular. Jackson played for the Seibu Lions in 1995-96, but returned to the United States in 1997, when the Twins signed him as a free agent. He played in 49 games for the Twins, batting .254/.272/.354 with 3 homers and 21 RBIs, before the Twins traded him to Milwaukee in August for the immortal Mick Fieldbinder. He stayed with the Brewers in 1998 before rounding out his career back with the White Sox, batting decently (.275) in a reserve role in 1999. His numbers are not particularly impressive, but he spent parts of 12 years in a big-league uniform, and a guy could do a lot worse. Darrin Jackson is currently a broadcaster for the White Sox radio network.

Third baseman Gary Thomas Scott did not play for the Twins, but was in their minor league system for a short time.  He was born in New Rochelle, New York, went to high school in Pelham, New York, and then attended Villanova.  Scott was drafted by the Cubs in the second round in 1989. He had a couple of solid years in A and AA, and after a tremendous spring training in 1991, he was installed with much fanfare as the regular third baseman with the big club. Unfortunately, he was not up to the task, and was sent back to the minors after hitting only .165 in 31 games. He did poorly in the minors that year, too, hitting only .208 at AAA Iowa. He came back some in 1992, but when promoted to the Cubs late in the season he was awful again, batting .156 in 36 games. The Cubs gave up on Scott and traded him to Florida at the end of the season. He never played for Florida, however, as the Marlins traded him to Cincinnati for Hector Carrasco just prior to the 1994 season. The Reds sent him to AAA Indianapolis, and at the end of June traded him to the Twins for Tom Houk and Alan Newman. He hit .291 at AAA Portland, but it did not convince the Twins of anything, and they let him go after the season. Scott then played at AAA for the Giants, Braves, and Padres with mixed results, but never got another chance in the majors. Overall, he played in 67 big league games and had a batting line of .160/.250/.240, with 3 home runs and 16 RBIs.  At last report, Gary Scott was an oil broker for Compagnie Financiere Tradition in Stamford, Connecticut.

Right-hander Alan Paul Busenitz played for the Twins in 2017 and 2018.  He was born in Watkinsville, Georgia, went to high school in Athens, Georgia, attended Kennesaw State University in Kennesaw, Georgia, and was drafted by the Angels in the twenty-fifth round in 2013.  He pitched quite well in the low minors his first two seasons.  He stumbled when he was promoted to AA in 2015 but did quite well there in 2016.  On August 1 of 2016 he was traded to the Twins with Hector Santiago for Ricky Nolasco, Alex Meyer, and cash.  He finished that season in the minors with Minnesota, making five appearances in Chattanooga and six in Rochester.  He started 2017 in Rochester and did very well there.  He came up to Minnesota for about two weeks in June and did very well there, too, but was sent back anyway because the Twins needed "a fresh arm for the bullpen".  He came back in late July and continued to do well.  2018 did not go as well for him--he pitched very well in Rochester, but not very well in limited chances in Minnesota.  He went to Japan for 2019 and pitched pretty well for Rakuten through 2022.  He signed with Cincinnati in 2023.  He spent most of the year at AAA, but made four major league appearances in May, one in August, and one in October.  He was again in AAA for the Reds in 2024 and did okay, but pitched poorly in three games in the majors.  He was once more in AAA for the Reds in 2025, but did not pitch well and his playing career came to an end.  It was a pretty long career, though, even if not that much of it was spent in the majors.  As a Twin, he was 5-2, 4.58, 1.44 WHIP in 57 innings (51 games, all in relief).  No information about what Alan Busenitz is doing now was readily available, but we wouldn't be surprised if he's involved in baseball somehow, somewhere.

August 21

Frank Isbell (1875)
Ed Stone (1909)
Murray Dickson (1916)
Gerry Staley (1920)
Jim Beauchamp (1939)
Felix Millan (1943)
John Ellis (1948)
John Stearns (1951)
Frank Pastore (1957)
John Wetteland (1966)
Mike Misuraca (1968)
Craig Counsell (1970)
Ismael Valdez (1973)
Akili Smith (1975)
Jason Marquis (1978)
Jesse Chavez (1983)
Melvin Upton (1984)
J. D. Martinez (1987)
Ehire Adrianza (1989)
Tim Collins (1989)
Elliot Soto (1989)
Christian Vazquez (1990)
Brandon Drury (1992)
Luke Weaver (1993)
Eric Orze (1997)

Akili Smith, better known as an NFL quarterback, played for three seasons in the Pittsburgh organization, reaching AA.

Right-hander Frank Enrico Pastore pitched for the Twins in 1986.  He was born in Alhambra, California, went to high school in La Verne, California, and was drafted in the second round by Cincinnati in 1975, Pastore pitched well at every stop along the way in the minors, and made the Reds at the beginning of 1979. He pitched mostly out of the bullpen that year, but became a solid member of the rotation in 1980. That was his best year: he went 13-7 with an ERA of 3.27 in 27 starts. He pitched well in 1981 and 1982, but started to slip after that, and also apparently started to have injury problems. He was primarily a reliever in 1985, became a free agent, and signed with the Twins in April of 1986. The Twins ran through a lot of relief pitchers that year, and Pastore was actually one of the better ones they had: in 33 games, he was 3-1 with a 4.01 ERA and 2 saves, but walked 24 in 49.1 innings and had a WHIP of 1.58. He again became a free agent after the season, and signed with the Texas Rangers, but pitched poorly for AAA Oklahoma City and his career was over. After baseball, Frank Pastore went back to school and obtained degrees in business administration, philosophy of religion and ethics, political philosophy, and American government. He became the host of a radio program, The Frank Pastore Show, which was described by wikipedia as the largest Christian talk show in the United States.  Sadly, Frank Pastore passed away December 17, 2012 as a result of injuries following a motorcycle accident.

Right-hander Michael William Misuraca did not play for the Twins, but he was in their farm system for over seven years.  He was born in Long Beach, California and signed with Minnesota as a free agent in 1988.  A starter for most of his career, he pitched fairly well in the low minors, but never well enough to attract anyone’s attention.  He reached Class A in 1989, but did not advance past there until 1993, when he finally got to AA Nashville.  He reached AAA in 1994, but did not pitch well in Salt Lake, posting ERAs over five each season there.  He was sent to Milwaukee in a conditional deal in June of 1996 and sent to AAA New Orleans.  He did not pitch any better in AAA for the Brewers, but was brought up to the majors for about three weeks in 1997.  It did not go well:  in five appearances (10.1 innings), he put up an ERA of 11.32 and a WHIP of 2.13, allowing five home runs.  His playing career came to an end after that season.  He may not have been in the big leagues for long, but as an undrafted free agent, he beat the odds to get there at all.  He has stayed in baseball, and at last report was a supervisor of scouting for the Cincinnati Reds.

Right-hander Jason Scott Marquis made seven starts for the Twins at the beginning of 2012.  He was born in Manhasset, New York, went to high school in Staten Island, and was drafted by Atlanta in the first round in 1996.  He advanced slowly, mostly because he really didn’t pitch all that well.  he had a good year in AA in 2000, though, and ended up spending nearly half the season in the majors.  2001 was his first full year in the majors and was one of his best years there.  He started in the bullpen, but made the rotation by mid-June and ended up posting a 3.48 ERA.  He came nowhere near those numbers in 2002 and was back in the minors for about half of 2003.  That off-season he was traded to St. Louis.  He had a fine year for the Cardinals in 2004, going 15-7, 3.71, though with a WHIP of 1.42.  He was still pretty good in 2005 but had a terrible 2006, leading the league in earned runs allowed and home runs allowed.  He was a free agent after the season and signed with the Cubs.  He was adequate for the Cubs for two seasons, then was traded to Colorado before the 2009 season.  Given that he was pitching in Coors Field, he actually had a pretty good year for the Rockies, but became a free agent again and signed with Washington.  He was on the disabled list much of 2010 and was pretty awful when he did pitch, but he bounced back in 2011 and was having a decent season when he was traded to Arizona at the deadline.  He again was injured and was awful in the three starts he did make for the Diamondbacks.  A free agent again, he signed with Minnesota for 2012.  It was hoped he would bring a veteran presence to the rotation, but his time with the Twins was a disaster:  2-4, 8.47, 1.94 WHIP in 34 innings.  He was released in late May and signed with San Diego the next day.  He was actually fairly good with the Padres the rest of the season and was adequate in 2013 as well, although he issued a lot of walks.  A free agent after that season, he did not sign for 2014 until early June, when he signed with Philadelphia and made nine minor league starts.  Once again a free agent, he signed with Cincinnati for 2015 and made the team, but was pretty bad in nine starts and was released in June.  He pitched for Team Israel in the World Baseball Classic in 2017 and said that he was still interested in playing professional baseball, but no professional baseball team was interested in having him play.  He expressed an interest in pitching for Israel in the Olympics in 2021, but whether by his choice or the team's he did not do so.  At last report, Jason Marquis had returned to Staten Island to live.  He at one time expressed an interest in coaching, but nothing appears to have come of it.

Infielder Ehire Enrique Adrianza was with the Twins from 2017-2020.  He was born in Guarenas, Venezuela and was signed by the Giants as a free agent in 2006.  He spent two years in the Dominican Summer League and was apparently injured for much of 2008, as he played in only eighteen games.  He reached class A in 2009, AA in 2012, and AAA in 2013.  He had a strong year in AAA in 2013, batting .310 with an OPS of .851, and got a September call-up that season.  He spent about half of each season with the Giants from 2014-16, playing mostly second base and shortstop.  He was a reserve most of that time and batted like one, batting .220/.292/.313 for the Giants.  They waived him at the end of January of 2017 and he was claimed by Milwaukee.  A week later Milwaukee waived him and he was claimed by Minnesota.  He started 2017 in AAA but came up in early May.  He was fairly decent as a reserve in 2017, batting .265 with an OPS of .707.  He began 2018 again in a reserve role, but the Twins ran into a shortage of infielders for a variety of reasons, and he became a mostly regular for a couple of months.  He did okay in that role, too.  2019 was his best year so far--he played less than in 2018 but took advantage of the time he got, batting .272 with an OPS of .765.  He was again a reserve in 2020 but had a poor season and became a free agent.   He signed with Atlanta for 2021 and did fairly well in a super utility role.  A free agent again, he signed with Washington, had a poor season, and was traded to Atlanta on August 1, for whom he continued to struggle in a limited role.  He remains with the Braves in 2023 but was injured most of the season, appearing in just five games.  He signed with the Angels for 2024, but appeared in just eight games for them and was released in mid-June.  That brought his playing career to an end.  At last report, Ehire Adrianza was an assistant for player development for the Minnesota Twins.

Left-hander Timothy Michael Collins did not play for the Twins, but was in spring training with them in 2019.  Born and raised in Worcester, Massachusetts, he was signed by Toronto as a free agent in 2007.  A reliever all the way, he reached AAA in 2010, but by then he was no longer a Blue Jay.  He was traded to Atlanta in the middle of July and then was traded to Kansas City a few weeks later.  He started 2011 with the Royals and was in their bullpen for the next three and a half seasons.  He was a reliable set-up man for them--not great, but certainly not bad, either.  He was injured in mid-June of 2014, coming back in September.  He then had Tommy John surgery and missed all of the next two seasons.  He signed with Washington for 2017, but was able to pitch in just eighteen minor league games.  He split 2018 between AAA and the majors, where he wasn't horrible but was a step down from what he'd been before his injury.  He signed with Minnesota for 2019, but was released in late March.  He signed with the Cubs the next day and was back-and-forth between AAA and the majors until being granted free agency at the end of July.  He signed with Cincinnati, for whom he made five minor league appearances.  He signed with Colorado for 2020 but opted out of the 2020 season.  That appears to have led to him opting out of his playing career, as he never played again.  He became a pitching coach in the Philadelphia organization in 2024 and was the pitching coach for the high-A Jersey Shore BlueClaws in 2025, but does not appear to be with them in 2026.  At last report, Tim Collins was offering private pitching instruction at timcollinsbaseball.com.

Infielder Elliot Sebastian Soto did not play for the Twins, but was in their minor league system in 2022 and 2023.  He was born in Elgin, Illinois, went to high school in Carpentersville, Illinois, attended Creighton, and was drafted by the Cubs in the fifteenth round in 2010.  He had actually been drafted by the Twins in the thirteenth round in 2007, but did not sign.  He was never been much with the bat:  he has an OPS of .651 in low A, .605 in medium A, .645 in high-A, .624 in AA , and .684 in AAA.  He primarily played shortstop, although he saw substantial time and second and third and played a few games in the outfield.  It's tough to judge minor league defensive statistics, but teams clearly thought he was a superior defender or he wouldn't have played fourteen seasons in the minors.  He was in the Cubs organization through 2015, went to Miami, was back with the Cubs in 2017, was with Colorado in 2018-2019, was with the Angels in 2020, the Dodgers in 2021, and was with the Twins in 2022 and 2023.  He played in three major league games with the Angels at the end of the 2020 season, going 2-for-6 with a double, a walk, and two runs.  He spent his time in the Twins' organization in St. Paul, batting .223 in 2022 and .213 in 2023 with little power.  A free agent, he returned to the Angels in 2024 and batted .224 in AAA.  He did not sign anywhere for 2025, so his playing career is presumably over.  At last report, Elliot Soto had returned to Carpentersville, Illinois and was an instructor with Athletes HQ.

Catcher Christian Rafale Vazquez has played for the Twins since 2023.  He was born in Bayamon, Puerto Rico, attended the Puerto Rico Baseball Academy, and was drafted by Boston in the ninth round in 2008.  He did not hit much his first couple of years, but broke through in 2011, batting .283 with 18 homers for Class A Greenville.  He struggled in AA the next season but batted .290 there in 2013.  He split 2014 between AAA and the majors, missed 2015 due to injury, and split 2016 between AAA and the majors.  He finally reached the majors to stay in 2017 and batted .290 as he shared catching duties with Sandy Leon.  Again sharing catching duties in 2018 he fell to just .207.  He became the full-time catcher in 2019, however, and rewarded the Red Sox with three and a half solid seasons before being traded to Houston on August 1 on 2022.  A free agent after the season, he signed with Minnesota and again shared catching duties, this time with Ryan Jeffers, in an odd every other game arrangement.  He did not bat as well as might have been hoped, batting .215/.267/.311 in 811 at-bats as a Twin.  He signed with Houston for 2026 and has batted slightly better, but not a lot.  He turns thirty-six today.  He has never hit other than when he was with the Red Sox, but he's repuated to be a good defensive catcher.  We assume he'll go to spring training with someone in 2027.

Right-handed reliever Eric Paul Orze came to the Twins in 2026.  He was born in Elk Grove, Illinois, went to high school in Carol Stream, Illinois, attended the University of New Orleans, and was drafted by the Mets in the fifth round in 2020.  He pitched in only thirteen games in college, partly due to testicular cancer and melanoma and partly due to the COVID shutdown in 2020.  There's nothing impressive about those thirteen games, but he rose quickly through the Mets' system, reaching AAA by 2021.  Perhaps too quickly, as he struggled in AAA in 2022 and 2023.  He had a fine season there in 2024, however, and appeared in two games with the Mets in July of that year.  He was traded to Tampa Bay that off-season.  From all appearances he was pitching quite well for the Rays in 2025, but he was still sent to AAA in July and didn't come back until September.  He was traded to Minnesota after the season for Jacob Kisting.  With the Twins he pitched well at times, but not enough times, going 2-2, 5.56, 1 save, 1.52 WHIP before being sent back to AAA in early July.  He has pitched well there, so perhaps we'll see him in Minnesota again, or perhaps not.  He has a great story, and you have to root for him, but unfortunately, you don't win ball games with stories.

August 20

Pepper Daniels (1902)

Al Lopez (1908)

Jim Reeves (1923)

Fred Norman (1942)

Graig Nettles (1944)

Bobby Cuellar (1952)

Tom Brunansky (1960)

Mark Langston (1960)

Andy Benes (1967)

Todd Helton (1973)

Matt Hague (1985)

Country singer Jim Reeves was a right-handed pitcher in the low minors from 1945-1949,

Third baseman Graig Nettles played for the Twins in parts of seasons from 1967-1969.  Born and raised in San Diego, he was drafted by the Twins out of San Diego State in the fourth round in 1965. He showed instant power, hitting 69 home runs in three minor league seasons. He made his debut with Minnesota as a September callup in 1967 and reached the big leagues for good in 1969, his first full season, when he was a part-time player with the Twins. Nettles played more outfield than third base as a Twin, which seems surprising until one remembers that Harmon Killebrew was the Twins’ third baseman at the time. Nettles did not do a lot in 1969, and the Twins were trying to win now, so they traded him, along with Dean Chance, Bob Miller, and Ted Uhlaender, to Cleveland for Luis Tiant and Stan Williams. Tiant and Williams helped the Twins win the division in 1970, but after that the trade does not look so good for Minnesota. On the other hand, how does it look for Cleveland? After Nettles put up three solid seasons for the Indians, hitting a total of 71 homers and getting a tenth-place vote for MVP in 1971, Cleveland traded him to the Yankees with Jerry Moses for John Ellis, Jerry Kenney, Charlie Spikes, and Rusty Torres. New York, of course, is where Nettles became a star. He hit over 20 homers in each of his first seven seasons for the Yankees, twice hitting over 30; drove in over 90 runs four times, made the all-star team five times, and won a pair of Gold Gloves. At the end of 1984, the Yankees traded Nettles to San Diego, a trade many said was prompted by the release of a book Nettles wrote in which he was critical of George Steinbrenner. In San Diego, he became the starting third baseman for the Padres’ World Series team. He made the all-star team the next year, at age 40, but it was his last productive season. After the 1986 season, the Padres let Nettles go, and he spent 1987 with Atlanta and 1988 with Montreal, mostly as a pinch-hitter. As a Twin, Graig Nettles hit .224/.314/.401 with 12 homers and 34 RBIs in 304 at-bats. He was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2007, but had surgery and at last report was cancer-free.  He is a member of the San Diego State Hall of Fame.  At last report, he was a spring training instructor for the Yankees and was living in Lenoir City, Tennessee, just outside Knoxville.

Robert Cuellar never pitched for the Twins, but has been a minor league pitching coach and manager for them for several years.  He was born in Alice, Texas, and was drafted out of the University of Texas by the Rangers in the 29th round in 1974.  Cuellar pitched well in relief for eight years in the minors, five of them at AAA. He posted a minor-league ERA of 3.06 during this time, with a AAA ERA of 3.20, but never really got a chance in the majors. Cuellar’s only time in the big leagues was as a September call-up in 1977; he gave up only one run and four hits in 6.2 innings spread over four games, for an ERA of 1.35. He left the Rangers organization after the 1978 season, playing three years for the Cleveland organization and one year in the Mexican League. After his playing career ended in 1982, he turned to coaching. He has been a minor league coach, minor league manager, and major league coach, including serving as the pitching coach for Seattle and Montreal and as the bullpen coach for Pittsburgh. For the Twins, Cuellar was the pitching coach for the Rochester Red Wings from 2003-2005, managed the New Britain Rock Cats in 2008, and returned to the Red Wings as their pitching coach in 2009-2012. Among the minor leaguers Cuellar has coached are Pedro Martinez and Johan Santana, both of whom credit Cuellar for teaching them the changeup.  Bobby Cuellar was the bullpen coach of the Minnesota Twins from 2013-2014.  He was been a minor league pitching coach in the Dodgers organization after that.  He received the Mike Coolbaugh award, for outstanding skill in mentoring young players, in 2023.  Bobby Cuellar passed away from a heart attach in Houston on January 20, 2025.

The brother-in-law of Dave Engle, outfielder Thomas Andrew Brunansky played for the Twins from 1982 through the first part of 1988.  He was born in Covina, California, went to high school in West Covina, California, attended Cal Poly–Pomona, and was drafted by the California Angels with the 14th pick of the 1978 draft. He hit well in his four minor league seasons, average more than 20 homers and hitting over .300. He made the Angels out of spring training in 1981, but hit .152 over 41 at-bats and was returned to the minors. He started 1982 in the minors, but in May was traded with Mike Walters to the Twins for Doug Corbett and Rob Wilfong. The Twins immediately installed him in their outfield, and Brunansky had what was arguably his best season, batting .272 with 20 homers. He never hit for as high an average again, but his power numbers increased, as he hit over 20 homers each year through 1989. After winning the World Series in 1987, the Twins got off to a slow start in 1988, and Brunansky was traded to St. Louis for Tom Herr in what even Andy McPhail would later admit was a panic move. Brunansky continued to be a solid player, but his low-average slugging did not really fit with the Cardinals running style, and after a poor start in 1990 he was traded to Boston for Lee Smith. He was a productive player for the Red Sox through 1992, went to Milwaukee as a free agent in 1993, and returned to the Red Sox in June of 1994 to finish his career. As a Twin, Tom Brunansky batted .250/.330/.452 with 163 homers and 469 RBIs in what works out to be about six full seasons, and holds the distinction of being the only Twin to hit an inside-the-park grand slam. Brunansky is coached high school baseball in Poway, California.  He became the batting coach for the GCL Twins in late June of 2010, was the batting coach for the New Britain Rock Cats in 2011, was the batting coach for the Rochester Red Wings in 2012, and was the batting coach for the Minnesota Twins from 2013-16.  He was let go after the 2016 season and was the batting coach of the University of Saint Katherine in San Marcos, California from 2017-2022.  At last report, Tom Brunansky was living in Poway, California and was available for speaking engagements.

First baseman Matthew Donald Hague did not play for the Twins, but was in AAA Rochester in 2017.  He was born in Bellevue, Washington, went to high school in Covington, Washington, and attended both the University of Washington and Oklahoma State University.  He was drafted by Pittsburgh in the ninth round in 2008.  He hit well in the minors, posting high doubles totals and hitting some but not a lot of home runs.  He reached AA in 2010, AAA in 2011, and made it to the majors in 2012.  He was with the Pirates most of the first half of the season as a reserve first baseman but got only seventy at-bats, being frequently used as a pinch-hitter.  He didn't do particularly well, batting .229 with an OPS of .527.  He went back to AAA and continued to hit well, but did not get to the majors at all in 2013 and got only two big-league at-bats in 2014.  He was waived in mid-August of 2014 and was chosen by Toronto.  He had an outstanding year with AAA Buffalo and got a September call-up, but got only twelve at-bats.  He went to Japan in 2016 and came back to the United States in 2017, signing with Minnesota.  He had a fine season in Rochester, but did not get a call-up to the majors.  He became a free agent and signed with Seattle for 2018, but he was sent to AAA and then was released in late April.  He then signed with Washington and again went to AAA, but was released in mid-June.  That appears to have ended his playing career.  His major league stats are .226/.286/.262 in 84 at-bats.  Being a first baseman without home run power has undoubtedly hurt him, but in nearly three thousand AAA at-bats he hit .298/.376/.423.  It seems like he could've helped someone if he'd been given the chance, but it never happened.  Matt Hague was a scout for the Toronto Blue Jays, became the team's assistant batting coach in 2024, and has been the batting coach for the Pittsburgh Pirates since 2025.