Twins Trivia Questions

You think you know all there is to know about the Minnesota Twins? Test your Twins knowledge here and maybe you can win a free copy of TWINS TRIVIA. If you are the first one this month to e-mail me at jjswol@twinstrivia.com with the correct answers, I will send you a signed copy of my book TWINS TRIVIA.

February Questions (some tough ones this month)

 

1. What former Twins pitcher said, “I think I throw the ball as hard as anyone, the ball just doesn’t get there as fast”.

2. Who was the first Twins player to be named as Baseball America’s Minor League Player of the Year?

3. What Twins player was the first player in major league history to hit three homers with at least two runners on base in his team’s first five games of the season?

4. Who was the last pitcher to leave the Twins organization from the group of the original Minnesota Twins that moved to Minnesota in 1961 when Calvin Griffith moved the franchise from Washington D.C. ?

5. This Twins pitcher had an unusual motion, he would tap the mound with his foot before releasing the ball. Who was he?

 

Previous months questions and answers

1. The Twins have had four Cy Young award winners, all but one of those winners won 20 or more games. What Twins pitcher won the Cy Young award but did not win 20 games? Johan Santana was 19-6 in 2006

2. What Twins player became the first player in MLB history to approve being traded under the new “ten and five” rule? Jim Perry when Minnesota sent him to the Detroit Tigers in 1973

3. Who was the first Twins player to make $10 million or more in a single season and what year did it happen? Brad Radke in 2004

4. I am the only former Twins manager to appear in a Twins opening day line-up as a Twins player. Who am I? What position did I play and what was the year? Billy Gardner was the Twins opening day 2B in 1961

5. Late in my career I played for the Minnesota Twins but in my first major league game (not with the Twins), I set a major league record (that has since been tied) when I had a hit in my first two big league at bats and they were both in the same inning. Who am I? Billy Martin with the New York Yankees in 1950

Congratulations to our January winner, Mariam Touba from New York City.