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Tag Archives: Jim Kaat
This Day in Twins History – June 11, 1972
Forty one years ago today on June 11, 1972 Jim Kaat hit a home run off Cleveland pitcher Vince Colbert in a Twins 5-3 victory at Cleveland Stadium. It was career home run number 14 for the left-handed swinging Kaat. This … Continue reading
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Tagged Cleveland Indians, Dom Zanni, Jim Kaat, Joe Niekro, Vince Colbert
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This Day in Twins History – May 24
5/24/1964 – Harmon Killebrew of the Minnesota Twins hit the longest home run in Baltimore’s Memorial Stadium, a 471-foot shot to left-center off right-hander Milt Pappas in the 8th inning of a 7-6 loss to the Orioles in game two of a … Continue reading
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
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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
The Twins and tie games
Who says that there no tie games in baseball? In major league baseball, games end with tie scores only in rare cases when conditions make it impossible to continue play. A tie game does not count as a game in … Continue reading
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Tagged Al Downing, Al Smith, Bill Freehan, Bill Tuttle, Billy Pierce, Bob Allison, Cal Ermer, Camilo Pascual, Cesar Tovar, Comiskey Park II, Danny Goodwin, Dave Engle, Detroit Tigers, Dick Drago, Doug Mientkiewicz, Earl Battey, Earl Wilson, Gary Ward, Gerry Arrigo, Harmon Killebrew, Jack Kralick, Jim Kaat, Jim Merritt, John Goryl, Met Stadium, MIckey Mantle, Mudcat Grant, New York Yankees, Pete Mackanin, Rich Rollins, Rod Carew, Ron Jackson, Sal Butera, Seattle Mariners, Stew Thornley, Tiger Stadium, Tony Oliva, Torii Hunter, Washington Senators, White Sox, Yankee Stadium I, Zoilo Versalles
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This Day in Twins History – October 7, 1965
The Twins win game 2 of the 1965 World Series when Jim Kaat beats Sandy Koufax and the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-1 in front of 48,700 delirious fans at the Met. Bob Allison makes a fantastic catch sliding across the … Continue reading
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Tagged Bob Allison, Jim Kaat, Jim Lefebrve, Los Angeles Dodgers
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First and only hit a bunt single
The only hit Baltimore pitchers allowed on Friday night in a game against the Boston Red Sox was a bunt single by Scott Podsednik to lead off the first inning. Podsednik ended up scoring on a sacrifice fly but the … Continue reading
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Tagged Baltimore Orioles, Cesar Tovar, Jim Kaat, Red Sox, Scott Podsednik, senators
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This Day in Twins History – July 2
1969 – In a very unusual 3 game series against the Chicago White Sox, the Twins play the first and last game against the White Sox in White Sox Park but play the middle game in County Stadium in Milwaukee. … Continue reading
This Day in Twins History – May 24, 1972
In one of the best pitching duels in Twins history, the Twins Jim Kaat and the Kansas City Royals Dick Drago go hammer and tong for 11 scoreless innings before the Twins Danny Thompson doubles to center to lead off the … Continue reading
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Tagged Danny Thompson, Dick Drago, Jim Kaat, Rod Carew, Royals, Wayne Granger
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On this Day in Twins History – May 14
1972 – Twins starter Jim Kaat hits a 2 run home run off Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Skip Lockwood in the third inning at Met Stadium in a Twins 4-2 victory. It turns out that this is the last home run … Continue reading
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Tagged Brewers, Jim Kaat, Luis Castillo, Mark Buehrle, Matt LeCroy, Rick Reed, Royals, Runelvys Hernandez, Skip Lockwood
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How Twins have fared on Opening Day
When the Minnesota Twins open the 2012 season in Baltimore on Friday, April 6 it will mark the 32nd time in 52 season openers that the team has opened their baseball season as road warriors. As a cold weather team, the Twins have … Continue reading
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Tagged Blue Jays, Brad Radke, Brewers, California Angels, Indians, Jim Kaat, Justin Morneau, Kansas City A's, Kent Hrbek, Los Angeles Angels, Mariners, Met Stadium, Metrodome, Oakland A's, Orioles, Pedro Ramos, Rangers, Rays, Red Sox, Royals, Target Field, Tigers, Torii Hunter, Washington Senators, White Sox, Yankees
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Former Twins 1B Don Mincher passes away
Donald Ray Mincher a former Minnesota Twin and baseball lifer in every sense of the word passed away yesterday in Huntsville, Alabama after a lengthy illness at the age of 73. Mincher was signed by the Chicago White Sox as … Continue reading
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Tagged Brewers, California Angels, Calvin Griffith, Catfish Hunter, Dean Chance, Don Drysdale, Don Mincher, Earl Battey, Frank Quilici, Harmon Killebrew, Huntsville Stars, Jackie Hernandez, Jim Kaat, Jimmie Hall, Kansas City A's, Lori Webb, Los Angeles Dodgers, Met Stadium, Oakland A's, Paul Lindblad, Pete Cimino, Rangers, Rich Rollins, Roy Sievers, Sam Mele, Seattle Pilots, Southern League, Tony Oliva, Washington Senators, White Sox, Zoilo Versalles
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Checking on those pitchers and catchers
Today was my first opportunity to observe all those pitchers and catchers since they started official workouts yesterday and I will tell you, there are a lot of guys out there fighting for a few open slots. Lots of pitchers … Continue reading
Keep’em Dancing
June 25, 2011 - To be a good pitcher they say, you need to keep the hitters off balance and you can’t let the hitters get comfortable at the plate. If you look at the Twins pitching history, you will see … 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
My Twins all-time starting five
July 14, 2010 - I thought that it might be interesting for me to pick my all-time Twins starting 5 pitchers. It turned out to be more difficult than what I had imagined it would be. What do you rank them … Continue reading
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Tagged Bert Blyleven, Camilo Pascual, Frank Viola, Jim Kaat, Jim Perry, Johan Santana
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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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Tagged Bert Blyleven, Bob Groom, Brad Radke, Camilo Pascual, Casey Patten, Dave Goltz, Dutch Leonard, Early Wynn, Eric Milton, Frank Viola, Jim Kaat, Jim Perry, Jim Shaw, Johan Santana, Kevin Tapani, Sid Hudson, Tom Hughes, Tom Zachary, Walter Johnson
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Twins Home Run Leaders by Position
October 21, 2009 - I thought that it would be fun to take a look back over the Twins history just to see who the Twins leaders are in home runs at each position. Some of the numbers that I … Continue reading
A Difficult Opening Day
December 28, 2008 - Very heavy snowfall had piled up in early 1965 and the prolonged deep cold temperatures in March delayed the melt. When winter loosened its icy grip on the state, spring came with a vengeance. Rains in early … Continue reading
Veterans committee finalist’s announced for Hall of Fame
December 1, 2008 - Ten former major league players whose careers started in 1943 or later have been named as finalists for election and entry into the MLB Hall of Fame in 2009. Three former Minnesota Twins players, Tony Oliva, Jim … Continue reading
