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Luis Raúl Quiñones Torruellas was born on April 28, 1962 in Puerto Rico. The San Diego Padres signed him as an amateur free agent in 1980. He made his Major League debut for the Oakland Athletics in 1983, after getting selected in the Rule-5 Draft. Quiñones spent all of 1984 and 1985 in the minor leagues after hitting .190 as a rookie. He resurfaced at the big league level as a member of the San Francisco Giants in 1986. Quiñones played for the Chicago Cubs in 1987, and then found a home with the Cincinnati Reds beginning in 1988. He spent four years there as a backup infielder, helping them win the 1990 World Series. His pinch hit RBI single in game six of the 1990 NLCS gave Cincinnati a 2-1 lead in the seventh inning. That held up as the final score in what turned out to be a series clinching win. The Minnesota Twins signed Quiñones to a minor league deal in 1992. He spent most of the season in Triple-A, batting .243 with 12 home runs. Quiñones made a brief three game cameo in the Majors, going 1-for-5 with a sacrifice fly. This was the end of his Major League career, but he continued to play professionally through 1999. He was a longtime minor league hitting coach after retiring as a player. Quiñones coached at various levels and with various organizations from 2001 through 2016. View full player

Dillon Kyle Gee was born on April 28, 1986 in Cleburne, Texas. The New York Mets selected him in round 21 of the 2007 MLB Draft. He made his Major League debut in 2010 as a September call-up, impressing with a 2.18 ERA over five starts. Gee began the 2010 season 7-0 with a 2.86 ERA through nine starts, eventually finishing the season at 13-6 with a 4.43 ERA. He continued to pitch for the Mets through 2015, going 40-37 with a 4.03 ERA. They designated him for assignment on June 3, 2015. Gee, who had been batting a groin injury, was displeased with the thought of moving to the bullpen after rookies Noah Syndegaard and Steven Matz began to emerge. He went unclaimed, and finished the season out with in Triple-A for the Mets. The Kansas City Royals singed Gee to a minor league deal during the off-season. He made their Opening Day roster, and went 8-9 with a 4.68 ERA that season. Gee began the 2017 campaign in the Texas Rangers minor league system. He was called up to make four appearances, including one start. They designated him for assignment after he posted a 4.15 ERA over 13.1 innings. The Minnesota Twins signed Ge to a minor league deal after he cleared waivers. Minnesota turned into sellers at the deadline, sending starter Jaime Garcia and reliever Brandon Kintzler off to new teams. This opened up a roster spot for Gee, who filled in as a hybrid starter and long reliever. He tossed three shutout innings against the Rangers in his Twins debut on August 3rd. Gee got a four inning save against the Milwaukee Brewers just four days later. It was the only save of his Major League career. His first start with the Twins came in the second game of a double header on August 21st. Gee pitched six innings and allowed just one run against the Detroit Tigers, picking up his first win of the season. He finished his two month tenure in Minnesota with a 3-2 record and a 3.22 ERA over 36.1 innings, making three starts and 11 relief appearances. The Twins rallied to make the playoffs as a wild card team after selling off pieces at the deadline. Gee did not pitch in the 2017 AL Wild Card Game, which Minnesota lost. He spent the 2018 season pitching in Japan, and then announced his retirement. View full player

Michael Bryant Maksudian was born on May 28, 1966 in Bellville, Illinois. The Chicago White Sox signed him as an amateur free agent in 1987. He was traded multiple times as a prospect, and made his Major League debut for the Toronto Blue Jays in 1992. Maksudian was 0-for-3 at the plate in limited action, and was waived in the off-season. The Minnesota Twins claimed him. Maksudian played five games for the Twins in 1993, going 2-for-12 (.167) with four walks. His first big league RBI came on a sacrifice fly against Shawn Hillegas of the Oakland Athletics. He got his first Major League hit against Mike Witt of the New York Yankees, which was a run scoring double. Minnesota released him after the season, and he signed a minor league deal with the Chicago Cubs. He played 26 games for the Cubs in 1994. His final professional season came in 1995 in the Athletics minor league system. View full player

Lester Jesus Oliveros was born on May 28. 1988 in Venezuela. The Detroit Tigers signed him as an amateur free agent in 2006. He made his Major League debut for them in 2011, posting a 5.63 ERA over nine relief appearances. The Minnesota Twins acquired him on August 16, 2011 in a post-deadline waiver trade for Delmon Young. Oliveros pitched 13.1 innings out of the Minnesota bullpen down the stretch in 2011, owning a 4.05 ERA. This was ballooned by an August 26th outing where he allowed three runs in just 0.2 innings. He spent almost all of 2012 in the minors, going 2-3 with a 2.42 ERA and eight saves for Triple-A Rochester and Double-A New Britain. Oliveros did briefly pop up to the big leagues for one appearance on June 14th. He allowed one run over 1.2 innings. Injuries limited him to just six games in 2013, all in rookie ball on a rehab assignment. A healthy Oliveros dominated the minors in 2014, recording a 1.64 ERA with over 12 strikeouts per nine across 65.2 innings. He was called up for a seven game stint in the Majors, but it did not go well. Oliveros allowed five runs in 6.1 innings. They outrighted him off the 40-man roster during the off-season. Oliveros went unclaimed on waivers and spent all of 2015 in Rochester. He signed a minor league contract with the Kansas City Royals ahead of 2016, but never appeared in a game due to various injuries. Oliveros spent the rest of his career pitching in various foreign or independent leagues. He last pitched in 2023. View full player

Benjamin Damon Sampson was born on April 27, 1975 in Des Moines, Iowa. The Minnesota Twins selected him in round six of the 1993 MLB Draft. He reached the Majors during the September roster expansion in 1998. Sampson began his big league career with a 1-2-3 inning out of the Twins bullpen on September 9th against the Anaheim Angels. He followed that up with a scoreless inning against the Oakland Athletics on September 13th. His scoreless streak continued into outing number three, when Sampson allowed two hits and no runs over 2.1 relief innings on September 15th against the Seattle Mariners. Twins manager Tom Kelly trusted Sampson with a start against the Detroit Tigers on September 20th. He tossed six scoreless innings, allowing just three hits and striking out nine. This performance helped Sampson earn his first career win. The scoreless inning streak finally came to an end in the fourth inning of his next start, surrendering a sacrifice fly against Manny Ramirez of the Cleveland Indians. He finished that game with three runs allowed over seven innings, striking out four. It was his final outing of the season. Sampson opened 1999 in the Twins rotation, but was quickly demoted to relief work after posting a 16.88 ERA through three starts. He started to pitch a little better, recording a 3.75 ERA over his next ten outings. Due to his role as a long reliever, these ten appearances covered 24.0 innings. Sampson began to struggle again in the middle and later portions of the season, finishing the year with an 8.11 ERA over 71.0 innings. He stayed in the Twins minor league system through the end of 2002, but never got back to the Majors again after 1999. Sampson spent 2003 in the Colorado Rockies minor league system, and pitched for a team in China during the 2004 campaign. View full player

David Michael Hollins was born on May 25, 1966 in Buffalo, New York. The San Diego Padres selected him in round six of the 1987 MLB Draft. He was acquired by the Philadelphia Phillies as a Rule-5 Draft choice, and debuted for them in 1989. Hollins spent seven seasons with the Phillies, batting .257 with 67 home runs over 550 games. He was an All-Star in 1993. Philadelphia reached the World Series that same year, falling to the Toronto Blue Jays. Hollins had two home runs and six RBI during that postseason. He was traded to the Boston Red Sox at the deadline in 1995, and then signed a one year deal with the Minnesota Twins as a free agent that winter. Hollins got off to a hot start with the Twins, driving in two runs during their Opening Day win over the Detroit Tigers in 1996. He finished April with a 1.034 OPS and 22 RBI across 25 games. More importantly, Minnesota finished the month with a winning record. The franchise had suffered through three consecutive losing seasons, and had finished tied for baseball's worst record in 1995. But the Twins cooled off, and so did Hollins. He hit .185 with just four RBI during the month of May, and Minnesota found themselves several games below the .500 mark. Hollins was traded to the Seattle Mariners on August 29th in a post-deadline waiver deal. His Twins tenure ended with a .242/.364/.396 slash line over 121 games, adding 13 home runs and 53 RBI. Hollins was a force during his short 28 game stint with the Mariners, hitting .351 with 25 RBI. Unfortunately, it wasn't enough to push Seattle into the playoffs. They fell three games short of the American League wild card spot. Even worse, those 28 games from Hollins cost them first base prospect David Ortiz. The Anaheim Angels signed Hollins as a free agent. He hit .271 with 27 homers and 127 RBI over two seasons with them. He also had injury riddled stints with the Blue Jays and Cleveland Indians, before returning to Philadelphia in 2002. Since retiring, he has been a longtime scout for the Phillies. View full player

Neil Andrew Ramírez was born on May 25, 1989 in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The Texas Rangers selected him in round one of the 2007 MLB Draft. He was traded to the Chicago Cubs in 2013, and made his Major League debut for them the following season. Ramírez posted a 1.44 ERA with over ten strikeouts per nine innings across 50 relief appearances as a rookie, earning three saves. Shoulder and abdominal injuries limited him to just 14 games in 2015. He struggled early in 2016, and was designated for assignment. Ramírez was claimed on waivers by the Milwaukee Brewers, but was waived again after making just two appearances. The Minnesota Twins, who were struggling to a franchise worst 103 loss season, claimed him to help eat innings for a struggling bullpen. His first five outings with the Twins were solid, allowing just two runs with eight strikeouts over 9.2 innings. But things unraveled a bit in his sixth outing for the club, allowing three runs without recording a single out. Ramírez allowed multiple runs in each of his next two appearances after that, and he was designated for assignment. No team claimed him on waivers, and Ramírez was assigned to Triple-A. He posted a 3.10 ERA with 27 strikeouts over 20.2 innings for the Rochester Red Wings down the stretch, and became a free agent after the season. The San Francisco Giants signed him to a minor league deal, and Ramírez spent the next several seasons in Quad-A limbo. He pitched for the Giants (2017), New York Mets (2017), Cleveland Indians (2018-19) and Toronto Blue Jays (2019). After not pitching between 2020 and 2022, Ramírez spent the 2023 and 2024 seasons with the High Point Rockers of the Atlantic League. View full player

Gerald Donald Kindall was born on May 27, 1935 in St. Paul, Minnesota. He helped lead the Minnesota Golden Gophers to a College World Series championship in 1956, and then signed with the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent. Kindall made his Major League debut just days later, and played 32 games for the Cubs that summer. He remained in Chicago through 1961, playing primarily as a backup middle infielder. Kindall had a career year with the Cleveland Indians in 1962, hitting 13 home runs with 55 RBI. He stayed with the Indians until the Minnesota Twins acquired him in a trade on June 11, 1964. Kindall played parts of two seasons for his hometown club, batting .183 with seven home runs over 187 games. The University of Minnesota, his alma mater, hired him as an assistant coach in 1966. Kindall worked under legendary head coach Dick Siebert, before getting hired by the University of Arizona in 1972. He became one of the best coaches in college baseball history, winning three College World Series titles with the Wildcats. Kindall retired from coaching in 1996. He worked as a radio broadcaster for the program through the 2016 season. Kindall passed away in 2017 at the age of 82. View full player

Frederick John Bruckbauer was born on May 27, 1938 in New Ulm, Minnesota. He had a fantastic career at the University of Minnesota, helping them capture Big Ten championships in 1958 and 1959. Bruckbauer was an All-American, and signed with the Washington Senators as an amateur free agent in 1959. His $50,000 signing bonus was one of the largest in Major League history, at the time. Bruckbauer posted a 3.66 minor league ERA during the 1960 season, and was called up to the Senators when rosters expanded in September. He did not make an appearance. The franchise relocated to his home state of Minnesota in 1961, and Bruckbauer finally got into a big league game on April 25th. His debut did not go well, allowing all four runners he faced to reach base. Three of them scored. The Twins sent him back to the minor leagues, and he never made it back as injuries began to plague the once promising prospect. As of 2025, he is the most recent pitcher to retire with an ERA of infinity. Anyone with an infinite ERA since 1961 was rostered as a position player. Bruckbauer worked over three decades for John Deere after retiring from professional baseball. He passed away in 2007 at the age of 69. View full player

Patrick Michael Dean was born on May 25, 1989 in Waterbury, Connecticut. The Minnesota Twins selected him in round three of the 2010 MLB Draft out of Boston College. He made his Major League debut for them on May 11, 2016. Dean pitched 2.2 innings out of the Twins bullpen, allowing two runs and striking out three batters. His second outing went a little better. Dean tossed 5.1 innings and allowed just two runs in relief of fellow rookie José Berríos, who had allowed seven first inning runs against the Detroit Tigers. This allowed Minnesota to get back into the game, but they wound up losing 10-8. He earned his first big league win on May 27th against the Seattle Mariners, allowing just two runs over 7.0 innings. Another great start of his came on June 12th against the Boston Red Sox. Dean pitched 6.1 innings, and allowed only one run. The Twins wound up winning that game in extras. He wound up making 19 appearances for the Twins that summer, including nine starts. Dean posted a 6.28 ERA with a 1-6 record. Minnesota removed him from the 40-man roster that off-season, and he signed with the Kia Tigers of the KBO League. He never reached the Majors again, but continued to pitch professionally through 2019. View full player

Christopher Joseph Latham was born on May 26, 1973 in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. The Los Angeles Dodgers took him in round 11 of the 1991 MLB Draft. He was one of four prospects traded to the Minnesota Twins in 1995 for veteran pitchers Kevin Tapani and Mark Guthrie. Latham made his big league debut as a pinch runner on April 12, 1997. He came around to score a run that day, helping Minnesota defeat the Kansas City Royals. Latham appeared in 15 games for the Twins that season, going 4-for-22 (.182) at the plate. His lone RBI and extra base hit came on a double against Allen Watson of the Anaheim Angels on April 16th. He played 34 games for the Twins in 1998, slashing .160/.262/.202 with four stolen bases. Latham hit his first career home run on September 26th against Dave Burba of the Toronto Blue Jays. It was a game tying home run in the fourth inning. He was 2-for-22 (.083) in 14 games for the Twins in 1999. They traded him to the Colorado Rockies after the season. Latham spent all of 2000 in Triple-A, eventually resurfacing at the big league level in 2001 with the Toronto Blue Jays. He also had a short stint with the New York Yankees in 2003. View full player

Kevin John Mulvey was born on May 26, 1985 in Sayreville, New Jersey. The New York Mets selected him in round two of the 2006 MLB Draft out of Villanova University. He blossomed into one of their better pitching prospects, and played in the 2007 Futures Game on All-Star weekend. New York traded him to the Minnesota Twins as part of the Johan Santana trade. At the time of the deal, Baseball America ranked Mulvey as the Mets fourth best prospect. Mulvey made his Major League debut for the Twins on July 20, 2009 in a high leverage relief appearance. Minnesota was trailing by a run in the eighth inning with two outs and a runner on second base. Ron Gardenhire gave the ball to Mulvey, who got Oakland Athletics shortstop Orlando Cabrera to line out. The Twins had 2-3-4 due up in the ninth inning, but they weren't able to score a game tying run. His second relief appearance came two days later, but was not as successful. Mulvey allowed four runs in one inning, and was optioned back to Triple-A after the game. Minnesota acquired veteran reliever Jon Rauch from the Arizona Diamondbacks for a player to be named later in a post-deadline waiver deal later that season. They designated Mulvey for assignment to make room for Rauch on the 40-man roster, and he was claimed on waivers by the Diamondbacks. The two teams later agreed to call Mulvey the de facto player to be named later. He made four starts and four more relief appearances for the Diamondbacks over parts of two seasons, going 0-3 with a 6.92 ERA. Mulvey returned to the Mets on a minor league deal in 2012 after spending all of 2011 in Triple-A. He struggled that April, and retired in May. Mulvey has been the head coach at Villanova University, his alma mater, since 2017. Through 2025, he is 139-256-1. View full player