Horace Stoneham was the owner of the Giants from 1936-1976.
John Rice was an American League umpire from 1955-1973.
Greg Kosc was an American League umpire from 1976-1999.
Left-hander Benjamin Damon Sampson pitched for the Twins for parts of two season from 1998-1999. He was born in Des Moines and went to high school in Ankeny, Iowa. Minnesota drafted him in the sixth round in 1993. He pitched well in the low minors, but less well as he went up the ladder. In parts of four AAA seasons, totally nearly three hundred innings, he never had an ERA below five. Despite that, he got two shots with the Twins, which is probably more of a statement about the Twins’ pitching in the late 1990s than anything else. He got a September call-up in 1998 following his best AAA season, when he went 10-7, 5.14 with a WHIP of 1.55 for Salt Lake. He made the Twins out of spring training in 1999 and was their fifth starter. That lasted for three starts, by which time Sampson had an ERA of 15.00. He stayed in the majors most of the season, pitching out of the bullpen except for one start in early August. He did not pitch well in either role, and was sent to the minors on August 19. He was in the organization three more years, pitching well in Ft. Myers in 2001 and in New Britain in 2002, but flopped again when promoted to AAA Edmonton later in 2002. The Twins finally let him go after that season and he signed with Colorado, for whom he had a good year at AA Tulsa. He then went to Taiwan for 2004 and to Italy for 2005 before retiring as a professional player. Benj Sampson’s big-league numbers, all with Minnesota, are 4-2, 6.83 with a WHIP of 1.78 in 88.1 innings. He appeared in 35 games, six of them starts. After retirement, he went into the business world. From 2006 to 2008, he was an account manager for USA ScoreTables, working with high schools in Texas to install scrolling media into gymnasiums, arenas, and stadiums. At last report, Benj Sampson was a regional sales director and senior national accounts manager for Fuel Education, LLC in the Dallas area.
Right-hander Luis M. Perdomo was with the Twins for about two months in 2012. He was born in San Cristobal, Dominican Republic, and was signed by Cleveland as a free agent in 2003. He apparently spent a couple of years in the Dominican Summer League, as b-r doesn’t give any stats for him until 2006. A reliever his entire career, his numbers in the low minors are pretty good. Still, he did not make AA until mid-way through the 2008 season and was traded to St. Louis in late July. He was left unprotected that off-season and was chosen by San Francisco in the Rule 5 draft. The Giants kept him, but put him on waivers in early April before he had played a game for them. San Diego claimed him and kept him in the majors almost the entire season. He did not pitch particularly well, however, going 1-0, 4.80, 1.52 WHIP in 35 appearances (60 innings). He did pitch well in AAA in 2010, but did not pitch well when sent there again in 2011 and was allowed to become a free agent. Minnesota signed him and sent him to New Britain. He pitched very well there, continued to pitch well when promoted to Rochester, and spent nearly two months in the majors, where he did okay in seventeen innings. In 2013, however, his luck ran out. He did very poorly in Rochester and was released in late August. He continued pitching, however, going to the Mexican League in 2014 and to the Atlantic League in 2015-16 before his playing career ended. As a Twin, Luis Perdomo was 0-0, 3.18, 1.59 WHIP in fifteen appearances. Wikipedia says he was nicknamed "The Dominican Blur", which I don't remember at all. When one goes to Google for information, one mostly finds stuff about the former San Diego pitcher, who does not appear to be related to "our" Luis Perdomo. Thus, no information about this Luis Perdomo was readily available.
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