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How important are 30 or more starts in a season from each starting pitcher?
The Twins and Terry Ryan have put in a lot of time this off-season to try to round up some pitchers that they can put in the starting rotation so that manager Gardenhire can hopefully call on each of them to start 30-35 games … Continue reading
Posted in General Blogging, Washington Senators 1901-1960
Tagged Bert Blyleven, Boof Bonser, Brad Radke, Camilo Pascual, Carl Pavano, Carlos Silva, Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Indians, Dave Boswell, Dave Goltz, Detroit Tigers, Eric Milton, Francisco Liriano, Frank Viola, Jim Kaat, Jim Perry, Joe Mays, Johan Santana, Kansas City Royals, Kenny Rogers, Kevin Tapani, Kyle Lohse, NIck Blackburn, Rick Reed, Ron Gardenhire, Scott Baker, Scott Diamond, Scott Erickson, Terry Ryan, Walter Johnson, Washington Senators
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Twins pitchers with great ERA’s
The Twins finished with a 66-96 record in 2012 and the teams starting pitching was blamed for the teams poor play. The teams starting pitching had a league worst 5.40 ERA and the starters posted a 39-75 record. As a … Continue reading
This Day in Twins History – July 25, 1977
Coming off a double header sweep (with the 2nd game going 12 innings) of the A’s the day before, the Twins are again going up against the boys from Oakland at Met Stadium. The game goes 11 innings before the … Continue reading
Do you know your Twins pitching history?
January 22, 2011 - The 2006 Twins pitching staff holds the team record for strikeouts in a single season with 1,164. Johan Santana led the staff with 245 KO’s. On the other hand, the 1994 Twins pitching staff only struck out … Continue reading
Franchise Pitching Game Started leaders
Minnesota Twins Names Seasons Games started Complete games Jim Kaat 13 422 133 Brad Radke 12 377 37 Bert Blyleven 11 345 141 Frank Viola 8 259 54 Jim Perry 10 249 61 Dave Goltz 8 215 80 Kevin … Continue reading
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Twins Opening Day pitchers
April 10, 2010 - In the Twins 50 years they are 24-26 on opening day. The Twins have had 25 different pitchers take the mound on opening day on their behalf and only four pitchers have had that honor more than … Continue reading
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Tagged Bert Blyleven, Brad Radke, Dave Goltz, Frank Viola
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