1960's Minnesota Twins puzzle

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  1. First Twins trainer
  2. Utility Pole
  3. Earl Battey was offered a contract to play basketball for the
  4. Twins coach played in the bigs for 13 seasons and had one HR in 2,692 PA's.
  5. First player to go through the arbitration process
  6. Minnesota native remembered most for his ERA being infinity
  7. Twins pitcher who struck out 7 batters in a row
  8. Had a 24 game hitting streak in 1961
  9. Swept the Twins in 1969 ALCS
  10. Whiffed five times in one game
  11. Pllayed football and baseball in high school with NFL Hall of Famer Ray Nitschke
  12. President
  13. The first Twins switch-hitter to bat in a game
  14. Game 7 loser in 1965
  15. He died of leukemia at age 29
  16. Part of the only all Cuban triple play
  17. Former Twins announcer called Don Larsen’s perfect game in the 1956 World Series and the famous 1958 NFL Championship over-time game between the New York Giants and the Baltimore Colts
  18. Met Stadium was in
  19. He and Kralick hit home runs and became only the 6th pitching duo in baseball history to hit home runs for the same team in the same game
  20. Hit Twins first-ever inside the park home run at the Met
  21. Led AL in saves in 1968 with 17
  22. Only Twins position player to be a starting pitcher for the Twins
  23. Twins pitcher and great bowler
  24. Led 1961 Twins in hitting with .302 average
  25. Played for Twins and the San Francisco 49'ers
  26. Kept a number of voodoo dolls dressed in opponents’ uniforms in his locker
  27. Caught stealing twice in All-Star game
  28. Twins 1961 TV station
  29. Onr time Twins pitcher is credited with winning the first MLB game on the west coast when he pitched the Giants to an 8-0 win over the Dodgers
  30. Twins inaugural home game opponent
  31. Twins broadcasting legend Herb Carneal opened each of his Twins broadcasts by saying what?
  32. Jim Kaat called his firing a "Great Mistake"
  33. Runner-up to Johnny Lattner for the 1953 Heisman Trophy
  34. Who did the Twins acquire in their first ever trade?
  35. Pitching for Brooklyn he shut out the Pirates 3-0 in final MLB game at Ebbets Field
  36. I was the first player to play for the Twins that was drafted by the Twins in the June amateur draft
  37. Only player to hit for the cycle in the College World Series.
  38. Twins opening day starter in 1969
  39. Born in Italy, moved to Canada at the age of one and played briefly for the Twins
  40. Nimrod, MN native
  41. Twins 2B went on to manage the Mariners in 1988
  42. Hitter of Twins first GS home run at the Met
  43. The Twins finished 1961 in what spot in the 10 team AL
  44. This Twins player scored 114 points in a Pennsylvania high school basketball game
  45. Infielder Thaddeus Stanley
  46. Pitched first Twins no-hitter
  47. Bill Pleis nickname
  48. This Twins player went on to become president of Southern League
  49. Credited with having best curve ball in early 60's
  50. Twins first clean-up hitter and sour tasting fruit
  51. Born in 1921 in Rybnik
  52. Twins skipper in 1969
  53. Twins "Holey Cow" announcer
  54. Drafted by San Francisco Warriors to play basketball
  55. Twins 2B was Purdue QB
  56. Twins opponent in '65 world series
  57. True or false, Twins most expensive seat in 1961 was $3
  58. Played pro basketball with LA Lakers and Kentucky Colonels
  59. First Twins rookie to hit HR in first major league at bat
  60. Won first ever World Series game for the Twins

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  1. Hit Twins first home run at the Met
  2. Pitcher that hit a World Series home run
  3. Golld Glove winning first baseman in the '60s.
  4. St. Paul newspaper writer and former Twins pitcher
  5. Opening day catcher for Twins 1965 championship season
  6. Twins pitcher who led AL in strikeouts from 1961-1963
  7. First U.S. player in the prime of his career who opted to leave MLB to play in Japan.
  8. One time Twins pitcher gave up a home run to Ted Williams in 1960 just like his father Thornton did in 1939.
  9. This catcher was the youngest Twins position player to appear in a game.
  10. First Latin player to win MVP award
  11. This Twins catcher had a twin brother Jim who never reached the big leagues
  12. Two hits in a World Series game
  13. Designed famous Twins Minnie & Paul shaking hands logo
  14. This Twins traveling secretary took a punch to the face from Billy Martin
  15. Duck
  16. In high school he was 52-1 with 17 no-hitters
  17. Broke the AL rookie record for the most home runs previously held by Ted Williams
  18. The last Washington Senators pitcher to be credited with a win before the team moved to Minnesota after the 1960 season
  19. Younger brother of NFL HOF running back Leroy Kelly
  20. Victor Felipe Pellot Pove
  21. Most Twins home runs in a single game
  22. Twins owner
  23. First player to make his major league debut in a Minnesota Twins uniform
  24. First player to approve being traded under "ten and five" rule
  25. Chocolate chip and Twins manaager in 1961
  26. FIRST TWINS PLAYER TO BAT IN A GAME
  27. This Twins back-up catcher went on to manage the Reds and Braves
  28. KO'd by skipper Billy Martin in Detroit
  29. 1969 Twins opening day LF
  30. Replaced Lavagetto as Twins manager in 1961
  31. Had the first hit off a Minnesota Twins pitcher
  32. Twins opening day opponent in 1961
  33. Bill Bethea nickname
  34. Twins catcher who stole home
  35. Father of Olympian female Skelton racer
  36. All-Star 3B in '62
  37. Only player under age 19 to play for Twins
  38. All-Star game played at the Met MVP
  39. This former Twins coach is one of two major league players to appear in a World Series without playing a regular-season game in the same year.
  40. Twins radio station in the '60s
  41. First Twins pitching coach
  42. Twins opening day 3B in 1963
  43. Hit Twins first pinch-hit grand slam home run
  44. Lost 20 games in a season for Minnesota
  45. Won't you come home Bill
  46. From the land of sky blue waters
  47. Allison made great catch in WS game 2, who hit the sinking liner?
  48. Twins 1965 patsies
  49. Threw out the honorary first pitch at Met Stadium for game 1 of the 1965 World Series
  50. High school baseball field named in this former catcher's honor
  51. Gemeinweiser
  52. Drown in tragic accident at age of 25


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