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Tag Archives: Jim Perry
Pitch to contact was not in their vocabulary
Many of us that watch the Twins day in and day out complain about the number of hits that the Twins pitchers allow and bemoan the Twins so-called pitching philosophy of “pitch to contact”. The baseball glossary defines ”pitch to … Continue reading
According to Elias
Kevin Correia hurled eight shutout innings and earned the victory in the Twins’ 5-0 win over the Rangers yesterday afternoon. Correia has now pitched at least seven innings and allowed three or fewer runs in each of his five starts this … Continue reading
Posted in According to Elias
Tagged Brad Radke, Jim Perry, Kevin Correia, Scott Erickson
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This Day in Twins History – March 27
3/27/1973 – Twins’ pitcher Jim Perry becomes the first player to use the ’10 and 5 rule’ when he ok’s his own trade to the Tigers for minor league pitcher Dan Fife and cash. Perry won 20 games for the Minnesota Twins … Continue reading
Posted in This Day in Twins History
Tagged Bob Casey, Brad Havens, Dan Fife, Jim Perry, Mark Brown, Target Field, Terry Steinbach
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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
One of the original Minnesota Twins, Jack Kralick passes away at 77
One of the original Minnesota Twins, pitcher John Francis (Jack) Kralick who was born on June 1, 1935 in Youngstown, Ohio passed away at his home in San Blas, Mexico on September 18 at the age of 77. The Chicago White Sox … Continue reading
Posted in General Blogging, Uncategorized, Washington Senators 1901-1960
Tagged Billy Consolo, Bobby Del Greco, Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Indians, Earl Battey, Gary Bell, George Alusik, Jack Kralick, Jim Perry, Met Stadium, Mets, Red Sox, Rich Rollins, Vic Power, Washington Senators
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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
Twins opening day tidbits
March 31, 2011 – I thought that it would be fun to look over the Twins 50 year history of Opening Days and see who has started the most games at each position. Through their first fifty years, the Twins … Continue reading
Posted in General Blogging
Tagged Billy Gardner, Bob Allison, Brad Radke, Brant Alyea, Butch Wynegar, Cesar Tovar, Dan Gladden, Earl Battey, Gary Gaetti, George Mitterwald, Glenn Adams, Greg Gagne, Harmon Killebrew, Jacques Jones, Jim Lemon, Jim Perry, Joe Mauer, Kent Hrbek, Lenny Green, Leo Cardenas, Marty Cordova, Mickey Hatcher, Paul Molitor, Pedro Ramos, Randy Bush, Reno Bertoia, Rich Reese, Roy Smalley, Torii Hunter, Zoilo Versalles
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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
Posted in General Blogging
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
Posted in General Blogging, Washington Senators 1901-1960
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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