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Twins players with just one hit on their Minnesota Twins resume

The players listed below had just one hit while wearing a Minnesota Twins uniform. Most had more than one big league hit in their big league careers but for our purposes we are just looking for those players that had just one hit while wearing Minnesota Twins colors.

As you might suspect, since this list covers players that played for the Minnesota Twins from 1961 (when pitchers still batted) through 2019 the list has a lot of pitchers on it. The right-hand column on the list shows you the positions played by that player.

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The Minnesota Twins have had 53 players (41 pitchers (nine lefties) and 12 position players) that stood at least 6’5″ tall. The Twins have spent the last few years accumulating tall pitchers but so far the fruits of their labors have not been all that eveident.

The tallest player in major league history, Jon Rauch, played for 11 years with seven different major league teams including a stop in Minnesota from 2009-2010. The right-handed Rauch won an Olympic gold medal for the United States in the 2000 Sydney Olympics. The same year, he was also named Baseball America and The Sporting News Minor League Player of the Year. Keith Hernandez referred to Rauch as “The Wookiee” during SNY broadcasts in 2006.

Rauch wasn’t exactly the friendliest baseball player around and his grumpy, grouchy, surly and testy personality along with his intimidating size and inked body caused most fans that wanted an autograph to pass and look for the next player to come by.

Here I have put together a list of Minnesota Twins players that stood at least 6’5″ tall.

Rk	Player	Ht	From	To	Age	G	Pos
1	Jon Rauch	83	2009	2010	30-31	76	/*1
2	Alex Meyer	81	2015	2016	25-26	4	/*1
3	Mike Smithson	80	1984	1987	29-32	128	*1
4	Michael Tonkin	79	2013	2016	23-26	122	*1
5	Mike Pelfrey	79	2013	2015	29-31	64	/*1
6	John Candelaria	79	1990	1990	36-36	34	/*1
7	Walt Bond	79	1967	1967	29-29	10	/*H7
8	Kyle Gibson	78	2013	2016	25-28	96	/*1
9	Jim Hoey	78	2011	2011	28-28	26	/*1
10	Michael Restovich	78	2002	2004	23-25	61	/H97D
11	Dan Naulty	78	1996	1998	26-28	97	/*1
12	Mo Sanford	78	1995	1995	28-28	11	/*1
13	Dave Winfield	78	1993	1994	41-42	220	*D/9H3
14	David West	78	1989	1992	24-27	63	/*1
15	Greg Booker	78	1989	1989	29-29	6	/*1
16	Jeff Little	78	1982	1982	27-27	33	/*1
17	Mike Poepping	78	1975	1975	24-24	14	/*9H
18	Cotton Nash	78	1969	1970	26-27	10	/*3H7
19	Garry Roggenburk	78	1963	1966	23-26	60	/*1
20	Frank Sullivan	78	1962	1963	32-33	31	/*1
21	Phil Hughes	77	2014	2016	28-30	71	/*1
22	Pat Light	77	2016	2016	25-25	13	/*1
23	Joe Mauer	77	2004	2016	21-33	1589	*23D/H9
24	Trevor May	77	2014	2016	24-26	102	*1
25	Kennys Vargas	77	2014	2016	23-25	147	/*D3H
26	A.J. Achter	77	2014	2015	25-26	18	/*1
27	Jared Burton	77	2012	2014	31-33	203	*1
28	Tyler Robertson	77	2012	2013	24-25	42	/*1
29	Carl Pavano	77	2009	2012	33-36	88	/*1
30	Kyle Waldrop	77	2011	2012	25-26	24	/*1
31	Bobby Keppel	77	2009	2009	27-27	37	/*1
32	Garrett Jones	77	2007	2007	26-26	31	/D3H79
33	LaTroy Hawkins	77	1995	2003	22-30	366	*1
34	Todd Sears	77	2002	2003	26-27	31	/*3HD
35	Matt Kinney	77	2000	2002	23-25	22	/*1
36	Mark Redman	77	1999	2001	25-27	46	/*1
37	Scott Stahoviak	77	1993	1998	23-28	344	*3/H5D9
38	Greg Hansell	77	1996	1996	25-25	50	/*1
39	Dave McCarty	77	1993	1995	23-25	167	/*379H8D
40	Erik Schullstrom	77	1994	1995	25-26	46	/*1
41	Bill Krueger	77	1992	1992	34-34	27	/*1
42	Steve Shields	77	1989	1989	30-30	11	/*1
43	George Frazier	77	1986	1987	31-32	69	/*1
44	Curt Wardle	77	1984	1985	23-24	37	/*1
45	Mike Walters	77	1983	1984	25-26	46	/*1
46	Greg Wells	77	1982	1982	28-28	15	/*3DH
47	John Verhoeven	77	1980	1981	27-28	69	/*1
48	Paul Hartzell	77	1979	1979	25-25	28	/*1
49	Jeff Holly	77	1977	1979	24-26	39	/*1
50	Dick Woodson	77	1969	1974	24-29	129	*1
51	Pete Hamm	77	1970	1971	22-23	23	/*1
52	Stan Williams	77	1970	1971	33-34	114	*1
53	Don Williams	77	1963	1963	27-27	3	/*1

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Remembering 1965 – Part 21 – Meet the Manager, Coaches & Players from 1965

The 1965 Minnesota Twins had 35 different players suit up and play ball wearing a Twins logo across their chest against the nine other members of the American league. Their manager, Sam Mele had four coaches at his disposal to help guide the team. Here are the images of the players and coaching staff that made up the 1965 American League champions. Team owner Calvin Griffith also served as the teams General Manager.

Just click on any player image to see a larger image

Earl Battey - Catcher

Don Mincher - 1B

Jerry Kindall - 2B

Zoilo Versalles - SS

Rich Rollins - 3B

Bob Allison - OF

Jimmie Hall - OF

Tony Oliva - OF

Harmon Killebrew - 1B/3B/OF

Sandy Valdespino - OF

Joe Nossek - OF/3B

Jerry Zimmerman - Catcher

Frank Quilici - 2B/SS

Andy Kosco - OF/1B

Bernie Allen - 2B/3B

Frank Kostro - 2B/3B/OF

Cesar Tovar - 2B/SS/3B/OF

Ted Uhlaender - OF

John Sevcik - Catcher

Rich Reese - 1B/OF

Jim "Mudcat" Grant - Pitcher

Jim Kaat - Pitcher

Camilo Pascual - Pitcher

Jim Perry - Pitcher

Dave Boswell - Pitcher

Jim Merritt - Pitcher

Dick Stigman - Pitcher

Al Worthington - Pitcher

Mel Nelson - Pitcher

Johnny Klippstein - Pitcher

Bill Pleis - Pitcher

Garry Roggenburk - Pitcher

Jerry Fosnow - Pitcher

Dwight Siebler - Pitcher

Pete Cimino - Pitcher

Sam Mele - Manager

Billy Martin - Coach

L-R: Johnny Sain - Pitching Coach with Manager Sam Mele

Jim Lemon - Coach

Hal Naragon - Coach

Calvin Griffith - Owner and GM

1965 Twins team picture

Remembering 1965 – Part 19 – 50th anniversary celebration pictures and video

The Minnesota Twins hosted a 59th anniversary celebration on July 31 and August 1 for the 1965 American League champions. On July 31st the organization put on a “Championship Breakfast” that was attended by about 250 Twins fans and 11 players from the 1965 championship team that won a Twins record 102 games. Twins TV broadcaster Dick Bremer served as the master of ceremonies.

I was able to attend the breakfast which was held in the Metropolitan Club at Target Field and had a great time meeting other Twins fans and chatting briefly with some of the players. The cost of the breakfast was $75 for season ticket holders and $100 if you were not a Twins season ticket holder with the proceeds going to the Twins Community Fund.

There were 35 players that appeared in a Minnesota Twins uniform in 1965 and 20 of them were in town for the 50 year anniversary celebration. Bernie Allen, Jerry Fosnow, Jim “Mudcat” Grant, Jim Kaat, Jerry Kindall, Andy Kosco, Frank Kostro, Jim Merritt, Mel Nelson, Joe Nossek, Tony Oliva, Camilo Pascual, Jim Perry, Frank Quilici, Rich Reese, Garry Roggenburk, Rich Rollins, Dick Stigman, Sandy Valdespino, and Al Worthington. Coach Hal Naragon was also in attendance.

The ten player’s have passed on are Bob Allison, Earl Battey, Dave Boswell, Harmon Killebrew, Johnny Klippstein, Don Mincher, Cesar Tovar, Ted Uhlaender, Zoilo Versalles, and Jerry Zimmerman. RIP gentlemen and thank you for all the wonderful memories.

John Sevcik and Bill Pleis were unable to attend due to family health issues. Jimmie Hall also was invited but was not in attendance. Why he was not here is unclear, I saw some where that he was not able to change his schedule in time to attend and the other reason that has floated around for a long time is that Hall likes to stay close to home and that he is not a huge fan of the Twins organization due to some conflicts that have arisen in the past over medical claims. I have no idea why Dwight Siebler or Pete Cimino were not in attendance other than Siebler only appeared in seven games and Cimino only appeared in one game.As nored earlier, coach Hal Naragon was in attendance.

Manager Sam Mele who is 93 was not able to attend due to health concerns but he did make a short video that was played for the crowd. Coaches Billy Martin, Johnny Sain, and Jim Lemon have also passed on. Coach Hal Naragon as mentioned earlier was in attendance.

I took a few pictures at the championship breakfast that I will share with you here. Just click on the first thumbnail image to get started.