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.
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 was more than worthy of it, batting .334/.399/.439. He was the regular second baseman in 2020, and while a down stretch in August led to some doubts, he ended up batting .321/.364/.402 in the shortened season. For his major league career he is batting ..333/.395/.430 in 456 at-bats at this writing. He turns twenty-four today. The thought for 2021 is that he's going to be a super-utility player. So far, he's been the regular leadoff batter, and as long as he keeps putting up numbers like he has, he'll be in the lineup at some position pretty much every day.
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