Telling the stories of the professional ballplayers who grew up in Minnesota. Sister project of @TwinsAlmanac.
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Only about 152 major leaguers have grown up in Minnesota.
• 11 played in just one game.
• 44 played in fewer than 10 games.
• 47 played in just one major league season.
• 59 made their major league debuts before World War II.
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On This Date in 1998: In a blockbuster trade that the @LATimes called “one of baseball’s biggest,” the Dodgers send Mike Piazza and Todd Zeile to the Marlins for Gary Sheffield, Bobby Bonilla, Charles Johnson, St. Cloud legend Jim Eisenreich, and minor leaguer Manuel Barrios.
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#OTD in 1884, Charles Albert Bender was born in Crow Wing County, MN. Here’s my painting of the Ojibwe tribesman before the fourth game of the 1911 World Series. I don’t think I’m in the minority of people who wouldn’t kill for that sweater.
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Happy 26th birthday to 2015 Wayzata graduate Joey Gerber, who made it to the majors with the Mariners in 2020.
Didn't allow a hit in his first two MLB relief appearances, retiring Albert Pujols, Mike Trout, and Shohei Ohtani.
Pitched for the townball @MNHamelHawks in 2016.
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Kent Hrbek had six-straight multi-hit games between April 24th and 30th, 1988, going 13-for-24 (.542) with nine of those 13 hits going for extra bases (five doubles and four homers).
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With the addition of Jerry Kindall’s 1958 rookie card, I now have every @Topps card of a Minnesota high school graduate from the 1950s.
Sauk Rapids native Rip Repulski began the 1955 season with a 10-game hitting streak during which he went 20-for-48 (.417), concluding with a three-hit game 68 years ago today.
Hill-Murray graduate Tom Quinlan had a nice stretch of games between April 17th and 23rd, 1988, connecting for four home runs at double-A Knoxville.
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Lou Galvin was born in St. Paul on this date in 1863. He went 0-2 in three starts with the 1884 St. Paul White Caps of the Union Association (generally considered a major league).
Read more about this date in Minnesota baseball history in the Almanac. TwinsAlmanac.com/April/#23.1…
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Outstate Minnesota natives Charley Albert Bender, “Bullet” Joe Bush, and Rube Walberg all won World Series rings with the Philadelphia A’s.
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31-year-old St. Paul native and former major league spitballer Hank Gehring was set to pitch for the Kansas City Blues in 1912, but tragically died of kidney failure (uremia) on this date.
Read more about Gehring on the Almanac ⇨ TwinsAlmanac.com/January/#Ha…
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Happy 64th birthday to 1977 St. Cloud Tech graduate and @StCloudState Hall of Famer Jim Eisenreich.
He made his major league debut batting leadoff and playing center field in the #MNTwins' first-ever regular season game at the Metrodome.
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1954 Edina-Morningside graduate Bob “Rocky” Johnson hit his 44th and final major league home run off the #MNTwins’ Jim Kaat at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum on this date in 1970.
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St. Paul native Walt "Moose" Moryn spoiled former Rochester townball pitcher Sam Jones's no-hit bid with a two-out pinch-hit homer in the eighth on this date in 1960.
Interesting notes on both below.
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April 15, 1930: After being out of the majors for five seasons, Albany (MN) High School alumnus Showboat Fisher goes 4-for-5 with the @Cardinals on Opening Day.
Fisher threw out Rogers Hornsby at the plate, but the @Cubs still won 9-8. twinsalmanac.com/showboatfis…
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Chet Wieczorek was born in Winona on this date in 1915.
Hit .342 with 37 HRs and 111 runs batted in with the Duluth Dukes in 1936. Hit .366 w/ 28 HRs and 130 RBI at Portsmouth, OH in 1938.
After being out of pro ball in 1944 & '45 (presumably WWII), he made it to Triple A.
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Former major league center fielder Bill Barnes was born in Shakopee on this date in 1858 ⇨ TwinsAlmanac.com/April/#Bill…
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Playing for the visiting Angels, @DaveWinfieldHOF hit for 15 total bases at the Metrodome on this date in 1991, going 5-for-6 with three home runs and a double.
That's the most total bases ever by a major leaguer on Minnesota soil (Met Stadium, the Dome, or Target Field).
