Minnesota Twins

Rod Carew, Harmon Killebrew and Tony Oliva are shown offering sage advice to Delmon Young, Bill Hudson reports (0:51). video.aol.com

By Scot The 6′5″ tall Lehigh University graduate came to the Twins in the Rod Carew trade. He had pitched well for the Angels in three seasons, but came out with a losing record. His 1979 season was by far the worst of his career to that point, and Hatrzell was released by the Twins following the season. H...

By Scot Twins single-season VORP leaders (taken partially from SBG’s work): 1. Chuck Knoblauch 1996 – 99.3 2. Rod Carew 1977 – 92.4 3. Joe Mauer 2009 – 91.0 4. Rod Carew 1974 – 75.4 5. Harmon Killebrew 1969 – 75.2 6. Kirby Puckett 1988 – 75.1 SLG 1. Killebrew 1961 .606 2. Mauer 2009 .587 3. Killebrew 1969 .584

By Scot 1978 Minnesota Twins Manager: Gene Mauch 19th Season (3rd with Minnesota 242-243) 73 W 89 L 666 RS 678 RA 4th AL West 19.0 GB (Kansas City 92-70) 4.11 RPG (AL = 4.20) 3.71 ERA (AL = 3.78) .700 DER (11th AL) All Stars (1) Rod Carew Franchise (1901-1978) 5733-6244-110; 11-21 Post Season; 11-15 WS Washi...

By Aaron(noreply@blogger.com) Joe Mauer 2008 .328Over the 15 seasons from 1964 to 1978, Rod Carew and Tony Oliva combined to win 10 batting titles, including six in seven years from Carew. Not surprisingly Carew is the Twins' all-time leader in batting average at .334, followed by Kirby Puckett (.318) and Mauer (.317). No. 4 on...

By Leitch In 2006 the Twins used an amazing second-half run to claim their fourth division title in five years, winning more than 95 games for the first time since Harmon Killebrew, Tony Oliva, Rod Carew, Jim Perry, Jim Kaat, and a 19-year-old, pre-"I just fucked it up" Bert Blyleven went 98-64 in 19...