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Major League Debuts as Minnesota Twins – Herrmann, Barnes, Rivas & Wolfe

Major league debuts as Minnesota Twins on September 16.

Chris Herrmann

Chris Herrmann (C/OF) – September 16, 2012 – Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 6th round of the 2009 MLB June Amateur Draft. Debuted at Target Field in a Twins 9-2 loss to the White Sox as a replacement for catcher Ryan Doumit and went 0 for 1.

John Barnes (OF) – September 16, 2000 – Traded by the Boston Red Sox with Joe Thomas (minors) and Matt Kinney to the Minnesota Twins for Orlando Merced and Greg Swindell on July 31, 1998. Barnes debuted in the same game as Luis Rivas did at the Dome in a Anaheim Angels 7-6 win over the Twins. Barnes was the starting center fielder hitting seventh and he was 1 for 3 with a walk and a RBI.

Luis Rivas – Credit: Getty Images

Luis Rivas (2B/SS) – September 16, 2000 – Signed by the Minnesota Twins as an amateur free agent on October 9, 1995. Rivas debuted in the same game as John Barnes did at the Dome in a Anaheim Angels 7-6 win over the Twins. Rivas started at second base hitting second and he was 1 for 4 with a single to center in his first big league at bat.

Larry Wolfe (3B/2B/SS) – September 16, 1977 – Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 9th round of the 1973 amateur draft. The Twins beat the Rangers 9-7 at Arlington Stadium in Wolfe’s big league debut starting at third base hitting fifth and going 1 for 5 with two RBI.

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Major League Debuts as Minnesota Twins – Kinney & Fife

Two players today, August 18, that made their big league debuts as Minnesota Twins.

Matt Kinney (P) – August 18, 2000 – Traded by the Boston Red Sox with Joe Thomas (minors) and John Barnes to the Minnesota Twins for Orlando Merced and Greg Swindell on July 31, 1998. Debuted at the Skydome against the Blue Jays and took the loss in a 3-2 game but he pitched well going 6.1 innings and allowing just 2 runs on 5 hits and 4 walks and was lifted trailing 2-0.

Dan Fife

Danny Fife (P) – August 18, 1973 – Traded by the Detroit Tigers with cash to the Minnesota Twins in March 1973. Debuted in relief pitching 3 innings at Cleveland Stadium allowing no runs, 2 hits and 1 walk and struck out one in a Twins 5-0 loss to the Indians as Gaylord Perry shutout the Twins on 3 hits.

According to Elias

Josmil Pinto
Josmil Pinto

Twins rookie catcher Josmil Pinto went 3 for 4 on Monday, with all three hits being doubles, leaving him with 13 hits in 23 at-bats, a .565 batting average, in seven games in the major leagues. Since 1980, only one player has had at least 20 at-bats and a higher batting average than Pinto in his first seven games in the big leagues; Jay Bruce was 15 for 26 (.577) at that point of his career.

 

 Hot starts with minimum of 20 at-bats for the Twins rookies

Player BA H G Year Age PA AB R 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB OBP SLG OPS
Josmil Pinto .565 13 7 2013 24 25 23 6 5 0 1 4 2 2 0 .600 .913 1.513
Gary Ward (RoY-9th) .463 19 13 1980 26 46 41 11 6 2 1 10 3 6 0 .489 .780 1.269
Glenn Williams .425 17 13 2005 27 43 40 3 1 0 0 3 2 7 1 .452 .450 .902
Mike Ryan .393 24 27 2003 25 68 61 13 7 0 5 13 6 12 2 .441 .754 1.195
Steve Lombardozzi .370 20 28 1985 25 65 54 10 4 1 0 6 6 6 3 .426 .481 .908
Tommy Watkins .357 10 9 2007 27 32 28 2 0 0 0 0 4 4 1 .438 .357 .795
Player BA H G Year Age PA AB R 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB OBP SLG OPS
Chris Parmelee .355 27 21 2011 23 88 76 8 6 0 4 14 12 13 0 .443 .592 1.035
John Barnes .351 13 11 2000 24 41 37 5 4 0 0 2 2 6 0 .415 .459 .874
Chip Hale .333 62 69 1993 28 213 186 25 6 1 3 27 18 17 2 .408 .425 .832
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