Here we have the Minnesota Twins HOF class for 2022. Congratulations to Ron Gardenhire, Dan Gladden and Cesar Tovar. It is about time that Pepe gets his due. Now when will see some of the voting results Mr. St. Peter?
Twins HOF class for 2022
Tag: Dan Gladden
2020 Twins and MLB coming to life in spite of COVID-19
Star Tribune Twins beat writer La Velle E. Neal III must have been up bright and early this morning as he posted that the Minnesota Twins will not allow their two oldest coaches, bullpen coach Bob McClure, 68, and major league coach Bill Evers, 66, to work games this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Pete Maki, the minor league pitching coordinator, is in line to step in as the new bullpen coach, while Evers’ role is expected to be filled in the near future. McClure is on the left and Evers is on the right in the images above.
Minnesota Twins Top 10 Left Fielders
Between 1961-2018 there have been 70 players that have played at least 10 games in left field for our Minnesota Twins. However, to qualify for this list which ranks them in Baseball-Reference WAR order the player must have played left field in at least 51% of their games while wearing a Twins uniform. This eliminates players like Harmon Killebrew, Bob Allison, Tony Oliva, Gary Gaetti, Torii Hunter and Cesar Tovar who played left field at different points in their careers. Dan Gladden is the Twins all-time leader in games played in left field.
| Rk | Player | WAR/pos | From | To | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | BA | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shane Mack | 19.6 | 1990 | 1994 | 633 | 2161 | 351 | 668 | 67 | 315 | .309 | .854 |
| 2 | Larry Hisle | 17.2 | 1973 | 1977 | 662 | 2437 | 369 | 697 | 87 | 409 | .286 | .811 |
| 3 | Gary Ward | 10.6 | 1979 | 1983 | 417 | 1543 | 216 | 439 | 51 | 219 | .285 | .794 |
| 4 | Eddie Rosario | 8.8 | 2015 | 2018 | 503 | 1889 | 278 | 529 | 74 | 237 | .280 | .784 |
| 5 | Marty Cordova | 5.8 | 1995 | 1999 | 628 | 2322 | 336 | 643 | 79 | 385 | .277 | .799 |
| 6 | Dan Gladden | 5.7 | 1987 | 1991 | 644 | 2470 | 358 | 661 | 38 | 238 | .268 | .700 |
| 7 | Shannon Stewart | 4.9 | 2003 | 2006 | 333 | 1373 | 179 | 404 | 29 | 162 | .294 | .772 |
| 8 | Josh Willingham | 4.8 | 2012 | 2014 | 324 | 1132 | 161 | 263 | 61 | 192 | .232 | .799 |
| 9 | Delmon Young | 1.0 | 2008 | 2011 | 497 | 1845 | 233 | 530 | 47 | 273 | .287 | .753 |
| 10 | Brant Alyea | 0.5 | 1970 | 1971 | 173 | 416 | 47 | 103 | 18 | 76 | .248 | .753 |
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Minnesota Twins radio “Dark Ages” finally over
The Minnesota Twins announced today that their radio broadcast have returned to WCCO, 830 on your AM radio dial after an 11 year absence. The 50,000 watt WCCO was the radio home of the Minnesota Twins from the time they moved to Minnesota in 1961 through the 2006 season. The Midwest “Good Neighbor” was outbid for the rights to Twins games after the 2006 season and the Twins switched to KSTP 1500 AM where they stayed for six seasons. KSTP had a decent signal but the station seemed to have no clue on how to promote Minnesota Twins baseball and their in-house broadcasters for pre and post game shows sounded like a bunch of clowns doing rookie league baseball.
The Pohlad family then switched the Twins radio broadcasts to a FM station at 96.3 (that the family bought back in 2007) starting with the 2013 baseball season. Switching MLB broadcasts from AM to FM seemed to be a hot trend at the time. The greedy Pohlads jumped on the bandwagon and figured that they could make more money from ad revenue rather than by selling the rights to Twins radio broadcasts. The Pohlad owned radio station changed call signs over the next few years more often than Paul Molitor brought in relief pitchers and their promotion of Twins games was non-existent on a station that features alternative rock music when the Twins weren’t playing. If the Twins were not playing, there was no baseball talk on the station. The station signal was so weak you had to almost stand next to the radio station itself to get a signal. It was almost as if the Minnesota Twins had no radio outlet at all.
The wheels in the Minnesota Twins organization turn ever so slowly and the rights to their radio broadcasts seem to fit right in, it took the organization 11 years to correct their original mistake and make things right again. When the Twins left WCCO it was like their team had lost its major league status and was sent to the minors. Eleven seasons of bush league baseball and now the Minnesota Twins have been upgraded to the major leagues once again, it’s about time. The Minnesota Twins radio “Dark Ages” have finally ended.
WCCO is expected to retain the current Twins broadcasting team of Cory Provus and Dan Gladden who are actually Minnesota Twins employees.
Major League Debuts as Minnesota Twins – Lee, Olson and Luebber
We have three more players that made their major league debut as Twins on June 27.
Derek Lee (OF) – June 27, 1993 – Selected off waivers by the Minnesota Twins from the Chicago White Sox on October 5, 1992. Debuted in left field at the Dome in a Twins 2-0 win over the California Angels but went 0 for 4 with 2 strikeouts.
Greg Olson (C) – June 27, 1989 – Signed as a Free Agent with the Minnesota Twins on November 30, 1988. Debuted at the Dome but was 0 for 1. His entire Twins career lasted but 3 games and 2 PA’s before becoming a free agent and signing with Atlanta. Greg Olson was more famous in Twins history as the Atlanta Braves catcher in game 1 of the 1991 World Series and his big collision with Dan Gladden.
Steve Luebber (P) – June 27, 1971 – Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 13th round of the 1967 amateur draft. Debut was a tough one in game 2 of a DH at the Met in a 8-5 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers. Five innings pitched allowing 6 hits and 4 walks and 5 earned runs. Came within one out of pitching a no-hitter for the Twins against the Rangers in a 3-1 Twins victory on August 7, 1976.
Sometimes it is hard to be a Minnesota Twins fan
I went out to the CenturyLink Sports Complex on Tuesday morning and it was pretty much what I expected with the team on the road in Port Charlotte to play the Rays in an exhibition game. The players that stayed behind went through some light workouts and I watched Jose Berrios and Trevor May throw in the bullpen for a short time. Brian Dozier and Joe Mauer stayed behind according to old baseball tradition they have earned the right not to have to travel to road games. Some things never change I guess.
The one odd thing I noticed when I first drove into the complex was some guy flying a drone over the back fields where the minor league players who have not officially started camp yet were going through their paces. I wish I would have stopped and chatted with him to find out who he was and what he was doing but I didn’t. It did get me to thinking though about how long this kind of thing will be allowed. Who was this guy anyway? Maybe just a fan, maybe a Twins employee, maybe a reporter, or maybe a spy… We will never know unless he shows up again I guess.
Rhett Bollinger wrote this morning outfield prospect Alex Kirilloff, the Twins’ first-round pick in the 2016 draft suffered a partial tear of his ulnar collateral ligament and will undergo season-ending Tommy John surgery on March 8. Kirilloff is the second high Twins position player prospect in recent years to require Tommy John surgery. Miguel Sano missed the 2014 season due to the same procedure. Kirilloff was apparently injured at Elizabethton in late August and a platelet-rich plasma injection therapy was attempted but Kirilloff experienced pain again this spring. I know surgery is always a last resort but had he had the surgery right away, Kirilloff would be almost six months behind the surgery at this point. I know, easy to say now after the fact, but that is the beauty of doing this blog, it gives me the fredom to do so. Is this just a coincidence that the Twins have had two highly rated position players require TJ surgery in three years? This old guy does not believe in coincidences but I am not sure what to make of it, maybe it goes back to those trees being taken out of Target field back in 2010 when the Twins downward spiral began.
I was doing some painting yesterday at our condo and listening to the Twins play the Rays in Port Charlotte. I could not believe what I was hearing as the Rays ripped pretty much every pitcher the Twins sent to the mound. The Twins didn’t even get a hit until the 7th inning I believe. The game I was listening to was a Rays station so it was interesting to hear their perspective on things. Former player Dante Bichette who had a 14 year big league career was one of the announcers and he had some interesting thoughts and observations as the game went along, I enjoyed listening to him much more than I do to our guy Dan Gladden. But losing 19-0, how can you lose a spring training game 19 to zip and only get three hits yourself? That is dismal, actually it is pathetic, and to think the Twins had numerous Twins “regulars” playing. I am confident that the Twins will be a better team in 2017 than what they showed in 2016 but games like this won’t sell tickets and put fans in the seats.
In 2015 the Twins started the season 1-6 and last year they started 0-9 before putting a game in the “w” column. If the Twins get off to another miserable start in 2017, I am thinking that manager Paul Molitor will be looking for a new job before the end of April. The Twins can’t afford a third consecutive slow start and ticket sales certainly can’t handle that kind of stress. I find it interesting that nothing is being written about the Twins slow starts under Molitor and what happens if the same scenario takes place in 2017. Derek Falvey and Thad Levine have no loyalty to Paul Molitor and his leash could be a short one.
Twins and post season play
As 2014 is coming to an end it is a good time to look back on another Twins season, their fourth in a row without post season play. But you have to be a winner to make post season play and the Twins have been anything but a winner the last few years. It has been a toss-up when you try to determine who has been more inept, the Twins players on the field or the ownership and Twins executives that sit behind their desks and make the decisions that determine the experience that Twins fans will have to live with during the up-coming season.
The Twins have had many losing seasons over the years and the real core Twins fans complained but they accepted the team they had and they looked forward to the next season with renewed hope for more wins “next year”. But it is seems different now, I am not sure why, maybe the fans are more passionate, maybe it is social media that allows Twins fans to better express their frustrations but today’s Twins fans are just plain mad and disgusted with the caliber of play their home team has displayed since the 2010 ended. Hopefully the Minnesota Twins organization feels some of the passion that Twins fans have and will start to look at the product from the fans perspective and see what they can do to make the fans experience a little more fun and and not so tough on the wallet.
Since the Washington Senators moved to Minnesota after the 1960 season and became the Minnesota Twins the team has played 8,617 regular season games, winning 4,274, losing 4,335 and playing to a tie on eight occasions in 54 seasons of play. Boy, how time flies by, I still remember that 1961 season.
Looking back at Twins history they have two World Series winners and a third World Series appearance in which they lost game seven to Sandy Koufax and the Los Angeles Dodgers. In addition to the 8,617 regular season games the team has played a total of 64 post season games winning 25 and losing 39. Their last post season appearance was in 2010 and that brief playoff run lasted just three games when they were swept by the New York Yankees 3 games to zip. The teams last post season win was back in 2004 (if I am not mistaken that is about 10 years ago, YIKES!) when they beat the Yankees in game 1 of the ALDS series before losing the next three games.
So let’s take a look at the hitting and pitching statistics of the Minnesota Twins in post season play. Let’s see who stood out under the bright lights of post season play and who couldn’t or didn’t deliver when the pressure was on. The names you will see below will bring back many memories, some good, some bad, some sad and in some cases you will say “who in the hell is so and so, I don’t remember him”. But it is fun looking back.
Hitting in Post Season (had at least one PA)
| Rk | Player | #Matching | PA ? | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dan Gladden | 24 | 115 | 104 | 17 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 12 | .279 | .348 | .771 | 7 |
| 2 | Kirby Puckett | 24 | 109 | 97 | 16 | 30 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 8 | 17 | .309 | .361 | .897 | 3 |
| 3 | Kent Hrbek | 24 | 103 | 91 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 12 | .154 | .252 | .516 | 0 |
| 4 | Greg Gagne | 24 | 96 | 89 | 12 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 22 | .213 | .271 | .675 | 0 |
| 5 | Torii Hunter | 21 | 88 | 80 | 15 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 11 | .300 | .337 | .875 | 2 |
| 6 | Jacque Jones | 18 | 79 | 76 | 6 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 23 | .197 | .215 | .557 | 0 |
| 7 | Michael Cuddyer | 21 | 78 | 74 | 5 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 18 | .338 | .372 | .845 | 0 |
| 8 | Corey Koskie | 18 | 78 | 67 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 21 | .224 | .321 | .679 | 0 |
| 9 | Cristian Guzman | 18 | 75 | 67 | 9 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 12 | .239 | .301 | .630 | 3 |
| 10 | Doug Mientkiewicz | 14 | 56 | 53 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 5 | .226 | .268 | .626 | 0 |
| 11 | Chuck Knoblauch | 12 | 55 | 46 | 8 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 5 | .326 | .407 | .799 | 6 |
| 12 | Harmon Killebrew | 13 | 54 | 40 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 10 | .250 | .444 | .944 | 0 |
| 13 | Tony Oliva | 13 | 53 | 51 | 7 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 | .314 | .340 | .928 | 1 |
| 14 | Gary Gaetti | 12 | 53 | 47 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 8 | .277 | .340 | .914 | 2 |
| 15 | A.J. Pierzynski | 14 | 50 | 45 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 4 | .311 | .360 | .849 | 0 |
| 16 | Tom Brunansky | 12 | 50 | 42 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 7 | .286 | .400 | .924 | 1 |
| 17 | Shane Mack | 11 | 44 | 41 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 11 | .220 | .250 | .567 | 2 |
| 18 | Luis Rivas | 14 | 43 | 38 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 | .158 | .195 | .379 | 0 |
| 19 | Tim Laudner | 12 | 43 | 36 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 9 | .222 | .349 | .710 | 0 |
| 20 | Chili Davis | 11 | 42 | 35 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 11 | .257 | .381 | .867 | 1 |
| 21 | Brian Harper | 11 | 41 | 39 | 3 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | .333 | .366 | .802 | 0 |
| 22 | Joe Mauer | 9 | 39 | 35 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | .286 | .359 | .673 | 0 |
| 23 | Shannon Stewart | 8 | 38 | 35 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | .286 | .316 | .659 | 1 |
| 24 | Steve Lombardozzi | 11 | 37 | 32 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | .344 | .417 | .885 | 0 |
| 25 | Jason Kubel | 8 | 32 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | .069 | .156 | .260 | 0 |
| 26 | Bob Allison | 10 | 30 | 26 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | .077 | .167 | .397 | 1 |
| 27 | Zoilo Versalles | 7 | 30 | 28 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | .286 | .333 | .833 | 1 |
| 28 | David Ortiz | 9 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 | .276 | .276 | .655 | 0 |
| 29 | Justin Morneau | 7 | 29 | 29 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | .310 | .310 | .931 | 0 |
| 30 | Mike Pagliarulo | 11 | 28 | 26 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | .308 | .333 | .910 | 0 |
| 31 | Matt LeCroy | 10 | 28 | 26 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 | .269 | .321 | .591 | 0 |
| 32 | Denard Span | 6 | 28 | 28 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .357 | .357 | .750 | 1 |
| 33 | Delmon Young | 6 | 27 | 24 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .208 | .296 | .630 | 1 |
| 34 | Cesar Tovar | 6 | 27 | 26 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .231 | .259 | .567 | 1 |
| 35 | Randy Bush | 11 | 26 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | .227 | .308 | .671 | 3 |
| 36 | Frank Quilici | 9 | 26 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | .182 | .308 | .580 | 0 |
| 37 | Leo Cardenas | 6 | 26 | 24 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | .167 | .200 | .450 | 0 |
| 38 | Don Mincher | 7 | 25 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | .130 | .200 | .461 | 0 |
| 39 | Earl Battey | 7 | 25 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | .120 | .120 | .320 | 0 |
| 40 | Nick Punto | 6 | 25 | 21 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | .286 | .375 | .708 | 0 |
| 41 | Don Baylor | 7 | 21 | 18 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .389 | .476 | 1.032 | 0 |
| 42 | Joe Nossek | 6 | 21 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 0 |
| 43 | Rich Reese | 5 | 21 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | .158 | .238 | .396 | 0 |
| 44 | Scott Leius | 9 | 20 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | .278 | .350 | .794 | 0 |
| 45 | Rod Carew | 5 | 17 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .063 | .118 | .180 | 0 |
| 46 | George Mitterwald | 4 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | .333 | .375 | .775 | 0 |
| 47 | Dustan Mohr | 7 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .500 | .533 | 1.176 | 1 |
| 48 | Orlando Cabrera | 3 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .154 | .267 | .421 | 1 |
| 49 | Lew Ford | 4 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | .250 | .357 | .690 | 1 |
| 50 | Luis Castillo | 3 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .273 | .429 | .701 | 0 |
| 51 | Jim Thome | 3 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .100 | .308 | .408 | 0 |
| 52 | Orlando Hudson | 3 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .333 | .333 | .917 | 0 |
| 53 | Gene Larkin | 12 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .273 | .333 | .697 | 0 |
| 54 | Rondell White | 3 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .417 | .417 | 1.167 | 0 |
| 55 | Brendan Harris | 3 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .250 | .250 | .667 | 0 |
| 56 | Al Newman | 6 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .222 | .300 | .744 | 0 |
| 57 | Sandy Valdespino | 5 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .273 | .273 | .636 | 0 |
| 58 | Danny Valencia | 3 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | .222 | .273 | .606 | 0 |
| 59 | Jason Bartlett | 3 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .273 | .273 | .636 | 0 |
| 60 | Henry Blanco | 4 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .250 | .222 | .847 | 0 |
| 61 | J.J. Hardy | 3 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .100 | .100 | .300 | 0 |
| 62 | Danny Thompson | 3 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .125 | .222 | .472 | 0 |
| 63 | Mudcat Grant | 3 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .250 | 1.000 | 0 |
| 64 | Brant Alyea | 3 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .000 | .222 | .222 | 0 |
| 65 | Bobby Kielty | 7 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .000 | .125 | .125 | 0 |
| 66 | Junior Ortiz | 4 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 0 |
| 67 | Jason Tyner | 2 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .250 | .250 | 1 |
| 68 | Jimmie Hall | 2 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .143 | .250 | .393 | 0 |
| 69 | Jim Kaat | 4 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 0 |
| 70 | Rick Renick | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 0 |
| 71 | Denny Hocking | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .500 | .500 | 1.167 | 0 |
| 72 | Ted Uhlaender | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 0 |
| 73 | Matt Tolbert | 2 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .200 | .333 | .533 | 0 |
| 74 | Carlos Gomez | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .333 | .333 | 0 |
| 75 | John Roseboro | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 0 |
| 76 | Jim Holt | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 77 | Paul Sorrento | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 | .250 | .250 | 0 |
| 78 | Roy Smalley | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .500 | .750 | 1.750 | 0 |
| 79 | Jim Perry | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 80 | Paul Ratliff | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 0 |
| 81 | Dave Boswell | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 82 | Rich Rollins | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .333 | .333 | 0 |
| 83 | Jose Offerman | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 84 | Tom Prince | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 85 | Phil Nevin | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 86 | Jose Morales | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 87 | Sal Butera | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .667 | .667 | 1.333 | 0 |
| 88 | Charlie Manuel | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .500 | .500 | 0 |
| 89 | Les Straker | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 90 | Jack Morris | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 91 | Jarvis Brown | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 92 | Pat Borders | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 93 | Bert Blyleven | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 94 | Jerry Zimmerman | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 95 | Dick Woodson | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 0 |
| 96 | Stan Williams | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | ||
| 97 | Frank Viola | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 98 | Kevin Tapani | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 99 | Mike Ryan | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 100 | Ron Perranoski | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 101 | Camilo Pascual | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 102 | Graig Nettles | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 0 |
| 103 | Tom Hall | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 104 | Scott Erickson | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 105 | Mark Davidson | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 106 | Rick Aguilera | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
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Pitching in Post Season (faced at least one batter)
| Rk | Player | #Matching | W | L | GS | CG | SHO | SV | IP ? | H | ER | HR | BB | SO | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jack Morris | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.23 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 36.1 | 35 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 22 | 1.24 |
| 2 | Brad Radke | 6 | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3.60 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35.0 | 37 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 1.29 |
| 3 | Johan Santana | 11 | 1 | 3 | .250 | 3.97 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34.0 | 35 | 15 | 2 | 10 | 32 | 1.32 |
| 4 | Frank Viola | 5 | 3 | 1 | .750 | 4.31 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31.1 | 31 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 25 | 1.24 |
| 5 | Bert Blyleven | 5 | 3 | 1 | .750 | 3.18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28.1 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 1.13 |
| 6 | Mudcat Grant | 3 | 2 | 1 | .667 | 2.74 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 1.04 |
| 7 | Kevin Tapani | 4 | 1 | 2 | .333 | 6.04 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.1 | 29 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 1.52 |
| 8 | Jim Perry | 5 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.75 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.1 | 21 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 1.56 |
| 9 | Joe Mays | 3 | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.76 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1.35 |
| 10 | Jim Kaat | 4 | 1 | 3 | .250 | 4.41 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16.1 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 1.71 |
| 11 | Eric Milton | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.65 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.1 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 0.98 |
| 12 | Scott Erickson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4.91 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.2 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 1.50 | |
| 13 | Dave Boswell | 2 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1.35 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.1 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 1.43 |
| 14 | Carl Pavano | 2 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 4.15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 1.23 |
| 15 | Carl Willis | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2.92 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.1 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0.81 | |
| 16 | Kyle Lohse | 5 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 3.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 0.92 |
| 17 | Les Straker | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6.94 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.2 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 1.63 | |
| 18 | Rick Reed | 3 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 8.18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 1.55 |
| 19 | Juan Berenguer | 7 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10.1 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 1.35 |
| 20 | Jeff Reardon | 8 | 1 | 1 | .500 | 2.70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10.0 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 1.50 |
| 21 | J.C. Romero | 12 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.2 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1.66 |
| 22 | Juan Rincon | 8 | 0 | 0 | 5.19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 1.38 | |
| 23 | Dan Schatzeder | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 1.04 |
| 24 | Rick Aguilera | 7 | 1 | 1 | .500 | 1.08 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8.1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0.96 |
| 25 | Brian Duensing | 2 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 11.25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2.00 |
| 26 | Joe Nathan | 6 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7.2 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 1.83 |
| 27 | Francisco Liriano | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5.87 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.2 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 1.43 | |
| 28 | Ron Perranoski | 5 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 10.29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2.00 |
| 29 | LaTroy Hawkins | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.2 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 1.50 |
| 30 | Mark Guthrie | 6 | 1 | 1 | .500 | 1.35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1.05 |
| 31 | Tom Hall | 3 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1.67 |
| 32 | Stan Williams | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0.50 | |
| 33 | Boof Bonser | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1.33 | |
| 34 | David West | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 1.94 |
| 35 | Nick Blackburn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.59 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0.88 | |
| 36 | Al Worthington | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.69 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1.31 | |
| 37 | Eddie Guardado | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5.0 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2.40 | |
| 38 | Carlos Silva | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 10.80 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2.00 |
| 39 | Camilo Pascual | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.40 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.80 |
| 40 | Matt Guerrier | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0.43 | |
| 41 | Steve Bedrosian | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3.86 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1.71 | |
| 42 | Jim Merritt | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.60 | |
| 43 | Jon Rauch | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1.00 | |
| 44 | Terry Mulholland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 | |
| 45 | Dick Woodson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10.12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3.38 | |
| 46 | Johnny Klippstein | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1.50 | |
| 47 | Brian Fuentes | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.38 | |
| 48 | Grant Balfour | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | |
| 49 | Terry Leach | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3.86 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.86 | |
| 50 | Scott Baker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.86 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1.29 | |
| 51 | Jose Mijares | 5 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1.50 |
| 52 | Joe Niekro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | |
| 53 | George Frazier | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.50 | |
| 54 | Dean Chance | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2.00 | |
| 55 | Michael Jackson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4.80 | |
| 56 | Jesse Crain | 4 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 16.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4.80 |
| 57 | Ron Mahay | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0.60 | |
| 58 | Keith Atherton | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.20 | |
| 59 | Bob Miller | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.40 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 |
| 60 | Bill Zepp | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3.00 | |
| 61 | Kenny Rogers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1.50 | |
| 62 | Tony Fiore | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4.50 | |
| 63 | Bob Wells | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2.00 | |
| 64 | Dennys Reyes | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3.00 | |
| 65 | Pat Neshek | 2 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.00 |
| 66 | Bill Pleis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 | |
| 67 | Matt Capps | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 | |
| 68 | Luis Tiant | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.50 | |
| 69 | Joe Grzenda | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| 70 | Glen Perkins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.00 |
Since the Twins started play in 1961 through the 2014 season a total of 751 players have put on a Minnesota Twins uniform and appeared in a game either as a hitter or a pitcher. Only 162 of them or 21.57% have appeared in a Twins post season game over the 54 seasons the Twins have called Minnesota home.
This and That
According to Elias – Danny Santana was 3-for-5 with a double, triple, and stolen base in the Twins’ 8-4 home win over the Tigers. It was the second time this season that Santana delivered at least three hits, two extra-base hits, and a steal from the leadoff slot; he also did it against the White Sox on August 3. The only other Twins leadoff hitters to have more than one such game in a season since the team moved to Minnesota in 1961 were Dan Gladden (3 in 1988) and Jacque Jones (2 in 2002).
The Chattanooga Lookouts are pleased to announce that the organization has signed a four-year player development contract with the Minnesota Twins. Chattanooga is part of the 10 team Southern League which is split into the Northern and Southern Division. The Lookouts are in the Northern Division. The Lookouts who were affiliated with the Los Angeles Dodgers this past season will replace the previous Twins Double-A affiliate the New Britain Rock Cats (Eastern league) who had been the Twins Double-A home since 1995. New Britain has announced a new two-year player development agreement with the Colorado Rockies.
The Twins finally announced that Glen Perkins will be under-going an MRI, what took them so long? In his last eight games going back to August 26 Perkins has pitched 6.1 innings giving up 12 hits, two walks, five home runs, and 10 earned runs while striking out two batters. Did I mention that in those 6+ innings he has faced 32 batters and posted a 14.21 ERA? You think there is a problem here? Is this another case of a Twins player hiding an injury? Can’t be sure, but I am getting tired of players that keep playing when they are injured, they are no better in my eyes than the players that beg out of a game when they have a hang-nail. These players are professionals that are paid big money to play major league baseball, it is a shame a number of them don’t act like it. Just what the Twins need, another question mark heading into the 2015 season.
So what will happen with manager Ron Gardenhire? Will the Twins fire him or will Gardy announce that he has resigned? My guess is that Gardy will walk away after the 2014 season finally ends to recharge his batteries and spend more time with his family and take a job with MLB TV for the 2015 season and then take another managing job next season when a manager gets axed or after the 2015 season ends. Just think how much fun it will be to watch Gardy on MLB TV, they should give him his own show. The Twins still don’t like firing people and a Gardenhire resignation will work best for everyone involved. Everyone except the current Twins coaching staff, but they have all earned the right to become free agents and a clean sweep of the Twins coaching ranks is in order. The term “getting it right” has been used a lot in the Twin Cities the last week or so with another professional team that calls Minnesota home and the Twins can borrow that phrase and put it to good use. I have always liked Ron Gardenhire but the time has come when a change needs to be made, it is kind of like when we have to get rid of a car that we have had for a long time and we really liked. The car has served us well over the many years we owned it and we have gotten used to its many idiosyncracies and most of the time it got us to where we needed to go but now it has broken down again and it is time to call the tow truck and have it taken away. There is always someone out there that thinks another mans junk is another mans treasure and Gardy is too young to be sent to the manager scrap heap so you will see him managing again soon, maybe against our Minnesota Twins.
This Day In Twins History – August 8
8/8/1962 – With the score tied at 3 apiece at Municipal Stadium in Kansas City, A’s rookie third baseman Ed Charles steals home with two out in the ninth to score the winning run in a A’s 4-3 win over the Twins. Ray Moore and Jerry Zimmerman were the Twins battery at the time.
8/8/1974 – The Royals – Twins game at Royals Stadium is briefly interrupted by President Nixon’s resignation speech. The speech is broadcast after it begins and the next inning is delayed until the conclusion of the speech. The Twins prevail over the host Royals‚ 3 – 2 in 14 innings when Tony Oliva‘s sacrifice fly drives home Rod Carew. Bill Campbell pitches 7 innings of relief for the win.
8/8/1976 – This has nothing to do with the Minnesota Twins but still it deserves to be remembered for its “strangeness”. Thirty-seven years ago, on Aug. 8, 1976, the Chicago White Sox made sartorial history by wearing shorts in a win over the Royals. The Bermudas were the idea of—who else?—owner Bill Veeck. The shorts were worn in a total of three games.
8/8/1987 – The Twins beat the Oakland A’s 9-2 at the Metrodome as Twins pitcher Steve Carlton wins the 329th and final game of his Hall of Fame career. Carlton pitches 8 2/3 innings giving up 2 runs while striking out two batters.
8/8/1988 – The Indians and the Twins were scoreless after 3 innings at the Metrodome with Allan Anderson on the mound for the local nine. In the top of the fourth inning with no one out, the Indians Ron Washington and Willie Upshaw singled to put runners on first and second and then Joe Carter smashed a long drive to the left field corner where Twins outfielder Dan Gladden snagged it for an out and wheeled and fired a strike to Steve Lombardozzi at 2B to nail Washington and then Lombo relayed the ball to Gene Larkin at first to get the runner there by at least 5 feet and completed the unusual 7-4-3 triple play. The Twins went on to win the game by a 7-2 score with Galdden going 3 for 5 with a run scored, a stolen base, and a RBI. Catcher Brian Harper was 4 for 4 but played second fiddle to Gladden on this day.
8/8/1998 – Paul Molitor stole his 500th base in Minnesota’s 6-3 loss to Baltimore to become only the fifth player ever with 3,000 hits and 500 steals. Molitor joined Ty Cobb, Honus Wagner, Eddie Collins and Lou Brock.
8/8/2004 – The A’s beat the Twins 6 – 5 in 18 innings. It is the second-longest game in the 23-year history of the Metrodome. With the score tied 3 to 3, the A’s score 3 in the top of the 18th off Terry Mulholland to take a 6-3 lead. The Twins come back with 2 in the bottom of the 18th with a Morneau home run but leave Matthew LeCroy stranded on first when Koskie and Cuddyer flyout to end the rally and the Twins hope of a huge comeback victory. The game lasts 4 hours and 57 minutes.
8/8/2005 – One time Minnesota Twins manger (1976-1980) Gene Mauch passes away at the age of 79. Mauch was the seventh manager in Twins history. I think one of my favorite Gene Mauch quotes was “I’m not the manager because I am always right, but I am always right because I am the manager”.
8/8/2009 – The Twins third manager, Cal Ermer passed away at the age of 85 in Chattanooga, Tenn. Ermer replaced the fired Sam Mele in June 1967 with the Twins in sixth place with a 25-25 record. The Twins went 66-46 the rest of the season but lost the American League pennant on the final day of the season. Ermer was fired after the Twins finished in seventh place in 1968 with a 79-83 record.
According to Elias
Ricky Nolasco, after 222 previous major-league starts, finally got to pitch against the Yankees for the first time in his career, the most starts among active pitchers who had never played a game against the Yankees. And it was worth the wait. While Nolasco allowed seven hits, four walks and two stolen bases over six innings, the Bombers scored just one run, and Nolasco earned credit for the Twins’ 6-1 victory.
Minnesota right fielder Oswaldo Arcia homered and threw out two Yankees runners at the plate as they tried to score on singles. It’s been nearly 25 years since a Twins outfielder hit a homer and threw out two runners at the plate in the same game; that last to do that was Dan Gladden in a 9-4 victory at Toronto on Sept. 3, 1989.
The Twins are 9-4 against AL East opponents in 2014, winning five of their last six and seven of their last nine. In those last six, the Twins have averaged 5.5 runs-per-game (33 runs) and averaged 11.2 hits-per-game while pitchers have posted a 3.11 ERA (55.0 IP, 19 ER). The Twins averaged just 11.5 wins against that division from 2010-13, posting a .324 winning percentage (46-96) in that span.
The Twins are 7-6 in their last 13 games in New York, dating back to May 16, 2010. The Twins have out-scored the Yankees 63-52 in that span. In the last nine games in Yankee Stadium, the Twins are hitting .276 (92-for-333) with 24 doubles, 14 home runs and 46 runs scored. The Twins current three-game winning streak in New York is their longest since May 2 – July 6, 1992 (also 3). Their last four-game winning streak in the Big Apple was June 6-August 9-11, 1968. (Source – Twins Notes)