As we start a new year in 2021 and hope to get the COVID-19 pandemic behind us and head out to Target Field to watch the Twins play ball I wanted to share a list of former Minnesota Twins players and people associated with the Twins that passed away in 2021. We lost some great ones.
Stan Williams was born on September 14, 1936 in Enfield, New Hampshire and passed away at the age of 84 in Laughlin, Nevada on February 20, 2021.
Williams started pitching in pro ball at the age of 17 in 1954 and threw his last pitch 20 years later in 1974. In between “Big Daddy” pitched in the majors for 14 seasons with the Dodgers, Yankees, Indians, Twins, Cardinals and the Red Sox starting his career as a starter and finishing up in the bullpen. Williams pitched for Minnesota in 1970-1971 putting up a stellar season in 1970 at the age of 33.