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- First Twins trainer
- Utility Pole
- Earl Battey was offered a contract to play basketball for the
- Twins coach played in the bigs for 13 seasons and had one HR in 2,692 PA's.
- First player to go through the arbitration process
- Minnesota native remembered most for his ERA being infinity
- Twins pitcher who struck out 7 batters in a row
- Had a 24 game hitting streak in 1961
- Swept the Twins in 1969 ALCS
- Whiffed five times in one game
- Pllayed football and baseball in high school with NFL Hall of Famer Ray Nitschke
- President
- The first Twins switch-hitter to bat in a game
- Game 7 loser in 1965
- He died of leukemia at age 29
- Part of the only all Cuban triple play
- Former Twins announcer called Don Larsen’s perfect game in the 1956 World Series and the famous 1958 NFL Championship over-time game between the New York Giants and the Baltimore Colts
- Met Stadium was in
- He and Kralick hit home runs and became only the 6th pitching duo in baseball history to hit home runs for the same team in the same game
- Hit Twins first-ever inside the park home run at the Met
- Led AL in saves in 1968 with 17
- Only Twins position player to be a starting pitcher for the Twins
- Twins pitcher and great bowler
- Led 1961 Twins in hitting with .302 average
- Played for Twins and the San Francisco 49'ers
- Kept a number of voodoo dolls dressed in opponents’ uniforms in his locker
- Caught stealing twice in All-Star game
- Twins 1961 TV station
- Onr time Twins pitcher is credited with winning the first MLB game on the west coast when he pitched the Giants to an 8-0 win over the Dodgers
- Twins inaugural home game opponent
- Twins broadcasting legend Herb Carneal opened each of his Twins broadcasts by saying what?
- Jim Kaat called his firing a "Great Mistake"
- Runner-up to Johnny Lattner for the 1953 Heisman Trophy
- Who did the Twins acquire in their first ever trade?
- Pitching for Brooklyn he shut out the Pirates 3-0 in final MLB game at Ebbets Field
- I was the first player to play for the Twins that was drafted by the Twins in the June amateur draft
- Only player to hit for the cycle in the College World Series.
- Twins opening day starter in 1969
- Born in Italy, moved to Canada at the age of one and played briefly for the Twins
- Nimrod, MN native
- Twins 2B went on to manage the Mariners in 1988
- Hitter of Twins first GS home run at the Met
- The Twins finished 1961 in what spot in the 10 team AL
- This Twins player scored 114 points in a Pennsylvania high school basketball game
- Infielder Thaddeus Stanley
- Pitched first Twins no-hitter
- Bill Pleis nickname
- This Twins player went on to become president of Southern League
- Credited with having best curve ball in early 60's
- Twins first clean-up hitter and sour tasting fruit
- Born in 1921 in Rybnik
- Twins skipper in 1969
- Twins "Holey Cow" announcer
- Drafted by San Francisco Warriors to play basketball
- Twins 2B was Purdue QB
- Twins opponent in '65 world series
- True or false, Twins most expensive seat in 1961 was $3
- Played pro basketball with LA Lakers and Kentucky Colonels
- First Twins rookie to hit HR in first major league at bat
- Won first ever World Series game for the Twins
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- Hit Twins first home run at the Met
- Pitcher that hit a World Series home run
- Golld Glove winning first baseman in the '60s.
- St. Paul newspaper writer and former Twins pitcher
- Opening day catcher for Twins 1965 championship season
- Twins pitcher who led AL in strikeouts from 1961-1963
- First U.S. player in the prime of his career who opted to leave MLB to play in Japan.
- One time Twins pitcher gave up a home run to Ted Williams in 1960 just like his father Thornton did in 1939.
- This catcher was the youngest Twins position player to appear in a game.
- First Latin player to win MVP award
- This Twins catcher had a twin brother Jim who never reached the big leagues
- Two hits in a World Series game
- Designed famous Twins Minnie & Paul shaking hands logo
- This Twins traveling secretary took a punch to the face from Billy Martin
- Duck
- In high school he was 52-1 with 17 no-hitters
- Broke the AL rookie record for the most home runs previously held by Ted Williams
- The last Washington Senators pitcher to be credited with a win before the team moved to Minnesota after the 1960 season
- Younger brother of NFL HOF running back Leroy Kelly
- Victor Felipe Pellot Pove
- Most Twins home runs in a single game
- Twins owner
- First player to make his major league debut in a Minnesota Twins uniform
- First player to approve being traded under "ten and five" rule
- Chocolate chip and Twins manaager in 1961
- FIRST TWINS PLAYER TO BAT IN A GAME
- This Twins back-up catcher went on to manage the Reds and Braves
- KO'd by skipper Billy Martin in Detroit
- 1969 Twins opening day LF
- Replaced Lavagetto as Twins manager in 1961
- Had the first hit off a Minnesota Twins pitcher
- Twins opening day opponent in 1961
- Bill Bethea nickname
- Twins catcher who stole home
- Father of Olympian female Skelton racer
- All-Star 3B in '62
- Only player under age 19 to play for Twins
- All-Star game played at the Met MVP
- This former Twins coach is one of two major league players to appear in a World Series without playing a regular-season game in the same year.
- Twins radio station in the '60s
- First Twins pitching coach
- Twins opening day 3B in 1963
- Hit Twins first pinch-hit grand slam home run
- Lost 20 games in a season for Minnesota
- Won't you come home Bill
- From the land of sky blue waters
- Allison made great catch in WS game 2, who hit the sinking liner?
- Twins 1965 patsies
- Threw out the honorary first pitch at Met Stadium for game 1 of the 1965 World Series
- High school baseball field named in this former catcher's honor
- Gemeinweiser
- Drown in tragic accident at age of 25
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