October 14

Joe Start (1842)

Paul Radford (1861)

Ivy Olson (1885)

Oscar Charleston (1896)

Harry Brecheen (1914)

Ken Heintzelman (1915)

Tom Cheney (1934)

Tommy Harper (1940)

Al Oliver (1946)

Frank Duffy (1946)

Ed Figueroa (1948)

Kiko Garcia (1953)

Willie Aikens (1954)

Jesus Vega (1955)

Joe Girardi (1964)

Midre Cummings (1971)

Ryan Church (1978)

Boof Bonser (1981)

Carlos Marmol (1982)

First baseman Jesus Anthony (Morales) Vega played for the Twins in 1979 and 1980 and again in 1982. He was born in Bayamon, Puerto Rico and signed with the Brewers as a free agent in 1975. Vega hit over .300 for three consecutive years in Class A, adding 23 homers in 1977 for Burlington. The Brewers were so impressed that they left him unprotected, and the Twins selected him in the off-season minor-league draft. Vega continued to hit well, first in AA, and then in AAA. He got a September call-up with the Twins in 1979 and spent about two weeks with them in May 1980. He had his first off-year in the minors in 1981, a year he split between the Twins AAA Toledo team and Tidewater in the Mets' organization. Vega was back with the Twins in 1982, and spent the whole year with them, his only full season in the big leagues. Used primarily as a part-time DH, his numbers were rather mundane, and he was back in the minors the next year. Vega hit only .258 at AAA in 1983, and the Twins let him go after the season. He went to AAA Albuquerque in the Dodgers' organization in 1984, but hit only .177 and was done. His only time in the big leagues was with the Twins: he hit .246/.275/.335 in 236 at-bats. No information about Jesus Vega's current life was readily available, but there's a Jesus Vega, Jr. from Puerto Rico who is currently playing at Cumberland County College and is apparently considered a pretty good prospect.

Outfielder Midre Almeric Cummings played for the Twins from 1999-2000. He was born in St. Croix, Virgin Islands, went to high school in Miami, and was drafted by the Twins in the first round in 1990. He hit over .300 in rookie ball in 1990, and did it again in Class A in 1991. The Twins were coming off a World Series, however, and were trying to win now, so they traded him to Pittsburgh with Denny Neagle during 1992 spring training for John Smiley. While his average dropped a little as he went up the minor-league ladder, he continued to hit well, and actually hit for a little power, providing 29 home runs over the 1992 and 1993 seasons. He reached AAA in 1993 at age 21, but spent three and a half years there, getting brief trials in the majors each season but failing to impress. Cummings made the Pirates out of spring training in 1997, but hit only .189 in a part-time role. Placed on waivers at mid-season, he was picked up by Philadelphia. The move paid off for the Phillies, as Cummings hit .303 in 208 at-bats with them. The Phils were underwhelmed, however, and released him in February 1998. The Reds signed him, but put him on waivers three weeks later. Cummings then went to the Red Sox, where he had his best year in the big leagues, batting .283 with an OBP of .381 in 120 at-bats. The Red Sox released him at the end of spring training of 1999, and he signed with the Twins in May. He hit well in the minors, getting a September call-up, and was with the Twins in 2000. He again played well in a reserve role, but the Twins were nowhere near first place, so he was traded to Boston at the end of August for Hector De Los Santos. Cummings was released at the end of the season, and would never spend significant time in the majors again. He hung in there, though, playing five more years in AAA for Arizona, Milwaukee, the Cubs, Tampa Bay, and Baltimore. He made brief appearances in the majors in 2001 for the Diamondbacks, 2004 for the Devil Rays, and 2005 for the Orioles before his American career ended. He played in a few games in Taiwan in 2006, but decided to retire instead. Midre Cummings appeared in 93 games for the Twins, getting 219 at-bats and batting .273/.325/.388. There is a park named after him in St. Croix. He is currently living in Tarpon Springs, Florida, a suburb of Tampa, and coaches youth baseball. His U12 team won the 2008 AAU state championship.

Right-hander Boof Bonser pitched for the Twins from 2006-2008. He was born in St. Petersburg, Florida. He attended Gibbs High School there, played in the 2000 Florida high school all-star game, and was drafted by San Francisco in the first round in 2000. Born John Paul Bonser, he had his name legally changed to Boof in 2001. He pitched well in Class A in 2001 and 2002. He was not quite as good in AA in 2003, though not terrible. In the 2003-2004 off-season, he was traded along with Francisco Liriano and Joe Nathan for A. J. Pierzynski, a trade that worked out fairly well for the Twins. He had two fairly decent years in the Twins system, one in AA and one in AAA. In 2006, Bonser got off to a very good start for AAA Rochester, and was promoted to the Twins in May. He was in the Twins starting rotation for the rest of that year and all of the next one. He got off to a poor start in 2008, however, and after twelve starts was moved to the bullpen, where he spent the rest of the season. Bonser was injured early in 2009 spring training, tearing his labrum and his rotator cuff, and spent the entire year on the disabled list. When he came back, he was no longer with the Twins, getting traded in December of 2009 for a player to be named later (Chris Province). As a Twin, Boof Bonser appeared in 96 games, 60 of them starts. He was 18-25 with a 5.12 ERA, a 1.45 WHIP, and an ERA+ of 84. He pitched poorly in Pawtucket in nine games in 2010, made two appearances for the Red Sox, and was released in late June. Oakland signed him a few days later, and after sending him to Sacramento for a month brought him up in early August. He made thirteen appearances, but did not do especially well.  He signed with the Mets for 2011, but made only one appearance in AAA.  He signed with San Francisco for 2012 and made eleven appearances, seven of them starts, for AAA Fresno.  He’s now 31.  It's hard to root against him, but the odds would seem to be against him making it back.