2008 Chaska graduate Brad Hand led all major league pitchers with 82 appearances in 2016. He had a career year in 2017, posting a 2.16 ERA, 0.933 WHIP, earning 21 saves, and making his first All-Star team. He also held Twins hitters 0-for-7 with three strikeouts in his first two career appearances versus his hometown team in 2017.
1987 Apple Valley graduate Dan Smith made 17 appearances with the Texas Rangers between 1992 and ’94.
The Twins trade 1979 All-Star Roy Smalley and 1975 Alexandria High School graduate Gary Serum to the Yankees for Ron Davis, Paul Boris, and Greg Gagne.
1969 St. Paul Murray graduate Tom Johnson earned two wins and save in his first three major league appearances with the Twins in 1974.
The day-by-day history of the Minnesota Twins and Minnesotan major leaguers.
The day-by-day history of the Minnesota Twins and Minnesotan major leaguers.
The day-by-day history of the Minnesota Twins and Minnesotan major leaguers.
The day-by-day history of the Minnesota Twins and Minnesotan major leaguers.
The day-by-day history of the Twins and Minnesotan major leaguers.
After missing the first 22 games of the 2009 season with a lower back injury, Joe Mauer homered on his first swing back from the disabled list. He went on to hit 11 home runs and drive in 32 runs in the month of May. He set career-highs with 28 home runs and 96 RBI on the season, and won his third AL batting title with a .365 average, the best by a catcher in major league history.
Down 9-4 to the Angels in the bottom of the eighth, the Twins score three on Mike Redmond and Denard Span hits. After Brendan Harris (who homered earlier in the game) strikes out for the second out of the inning, the Angels, still clinging to a two-run lead, intentionally walk Justin Morneau to load the bases for Jason Kubel, who …
Cal Ripken Jr. became the 24th player to reach 3,000 hits in a 6-4 Orioles win at the Metrodome on April 15, 2000. Ripken entered the game sitting at 2,997, having collected one hit the night before in a wild Twins come-from-behind win. In that game, the Twins trailed 4-9 …
Ron Coomer, Jacque Jones, and Matt LeCroy hit back-to-back-to-back home runs in Kansas City. Royals batters also hit three consecutive homers in the game.
1973 Highland Park graduate Jack Morris pitched a no-hitter in Chicago on April 7, 1984. He also pitched three one-hitters in his career, including against the Twins on August 21, 1980.
The Twins record for hits allowed in a complete game shutout is 13, by Jim “Mudcat” Grant on July 15, 1964. There have been three 11-hit complete game shutouts in Twins history: Jim Kaat on 7/11/71, Rick Lysander on 8/1/83, and Carlos Silva on 8/3/04.
Bob Allison hit three grand slams in 1961, still tied for the team record with Rod Carew (1976), Kent Hrbek (1985), Kirby Puckett (1992), and Torii Hunter (2007). The Twins as a team hit a franchise record eight grand slams that season.
