Know your Twins pitchers

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  1. First ever Minnesota born pitcher to start in his major league debut for the Minnesota Twins.
  2. Nimrod native
  3. Knuckleballer who scaled Mount Kilimanjaro
  4. allowed 11 runs versus the Yankees
  5. I once pitched 13 innings in a start
  6. I was called for a balk before I delivered my first big league pitch
  7. Became first Twins pitcher to pitch 7 scoreless innings in ML debut
  8. Bull
  9. Holds Twins career games pitched mark
  10. The Gambler
  11. Pitched first Twins no-hitter
  12. One season I walked 127, struck out 130 and won 16 games
  13. Jim Grant nickname
  14. First native Minnesotan to appear in a Twins regular season game
  15. Pitching half of Twins oldest battery
  16. Bill Pleis nickname
  17. I hold Twins consecutive games lost record
  18. Had 144 KO's as a rookie
  19. Twins winningest pitcher
  20. I once gave up a league leading 129 earned runs
  21. Last Twins pitcher to bat in an All-Star game
  22. 14 pick-offs in one year
  23. Moore
  24. went hitless in 53 straight at bats
  25. Played baseball and football in high school with Ray Nitschke
  26. Seriously injured in a diving accident and paralyzed
  27. Last Twins pitcher to start an All-Star game
  28. El Gaupo
  29. As a rookie I pitched 265.2 innings
  30. Brunswick signed him to do off-season bowling exhibitions
  31. Wrote book called "I Played and I Won"

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  1. My father and I both gave up homeruns to Ted Williams.
  2. First player in MLB history to approve being traded under the new “ten and five” rule
  3. One season I walked 16 batters intentionally
  4. Candelaria
  5. This Twins first round pick was born in Spain
  6. 20 game loser in 1961
  7. I pitched in 75 games my rookie season
  8. Holds Twins consecutive shutout innings mark
  9. Once a Sandanista guerrilla fighter in Nicaragua
  10. Pitched in 90 games for the Twins one season
  11. Oldest Twin to make his professional debut as a Minnesota Twins starting pitcher
  12. One of five players on the final vote ballot for the 2007 All-Star game.
  13. 1987 Saves leader
  14. I went 17-5 with 3.00 ERA and had 20 saves
  15. First native Minnesotan signed by Twins to reach big leagues
  16. Bum's pitcher who shutout Pirates in final game at Ebbets Field.
  17. Twins career leader in K/9
  18. Sir Shrek
  19. I am credited with winning the first MLB game on the west coast
  20. Tied for most games started by a Twins rookie pitcher
  21. Frank Viola nickname
  22. First Twins pitcher to record 4 KO's in one inning
  23. Led league in ERA in 1988
  24. One of two pitchers to give up 15 hits in a game
  25. Balked 3 times in a game
  26. Bedrosian nickname
  27. Twins draftee that pitched in the "bigs" for 24 seasons
  28. First Venezuelan to pitch in a World Series
  29. Posted 23 saves as a rookie
  30. Twins first 20 game winner


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