In honor of this weekend’s Twins/Cubs series at Wrigley, the Cubs’ first taste of interleague play this year, I enlisted the incomparable Baseball-Reference.com to pull up a list of all players who have worn both Cubs’ and Twins’ uniforms.

My observations:

Best Cub to also play for the Twins: One candidate would be righthanded pitcher Bill Hands, who won 92 games for the Cubs between 1966 and ‘72, but went just 11-15 in two seasons in Minnesota.

Overall, though,the nod has to go to longtime Cub catcher, Randy Hundley, a cornerstone of the tragic ‘69 team, who caught more than 900 games for the Cubs between ‘66 and ‘77. Along the way, Hundley set some records for durability—playing in 160 games in 1968—but he also destroyed his knees. That helps explain why he was so useless by the time he landed in Minneapolis in 1974, hitting just .193 in 32 games.

Best Twin to also play for the Cubs: Would have to be third baseman Gary Gaetti, who was a Twin between ‘81 and ‘90, hit 201 HRs as a Minnesotan, and played on two World Series-winning clubs for manager Tom Kelly.

As a Cub in ‘98 and ‘99, Gaetti hit 17 HRs, the most memorable of which helped the Cubs beat the Giants in a one-game playoff for the Wild Card berth.

Other players of recent vintage with Twins/Cubs pedigrees:

Rick Aguilera (pictured)
Henry Blanco
LaTroy Hawkins
Jacque Jones
Matt Lawton
Damian Miller
Craig Monroe
Phil Nevin
Augie Ojeda
Kevin Tapani
Rondell White

And if you’re asking, “Where the hell is George Mitterwald on that list?” remember, this is recent vintage. But rest assured, all weekend long, I will be saying to myself, “C’mon Cubs, let’s win this one for The Baron.”