2010 Event The New York Yankees beat the Minnesota Twins, progressing to Major League Baseball's 2010 American League Championship Series 1998 Event Twins trade Chuck Knoblauch to New York Yankees for $3M and 4 minor leaguers 1997 Event South African and U.S. surgeons separate Zambian Siamese twins joined at the head 1997 Event Yankees break Minnesota Twins Brad Radke's string of 12 straight wins 1997 Event Minnesota Twins retire Kirby Puckett's uniform number 1996 Event Paul Molitor of Twins is 21st player to reach 3,000 hits 1996 Event Kirby Puckett, retires from Minnesota Twins 1996 Event Highest scoring baseball game in 17 years - Twins 24, Tigers 11 1996 Event 15 day old siamese twins separated - Sarah Morales survives, Sarahi dies 1995 Event Twins Marty Cordova ties rookie record of home runs in 5 consecutive games 1995 Event Cleveland Indians tie record of scoring 8 runs before making an out, they beat Twins 10-0 1995 Event Twins beat Indians 10-9 in 17 innings, 6 hours and 36 minutes 1994 Event Twins righty Scott Erickson no-hits Brewers 6-0 1993 Event Minn Twins Dave Winfield, is 19th to get 3,000 hits 1993 Event Minnesota Twins beat Cleveland Indians 5-4 in 22 innings 1993 Event All star MVP: Kirby Puckett for the Minnesota Twins 1991 Event Minn Twins beat Altanta Braves 1-0 in 10 to win World Series in 7 1991 Event Minnesota Twins win AL pennant beating Toronto in 5 games 1991 Event Nolan Ryan's 4-3 victory over Twins is his 312th career win 1991 Event Twins Dave Winfield is 23rd to hit 400 home run 1991 Event Minnesota Twins win a team record 15 games in a row 1991 Event With 3 runs in 9th, Baltimore ends Twins 15 game win streak 6-5 1990 Event Minn Twins become 1st team to turn 2 triple plays in a game but lose to Boston Red Sox 1-0 1990 Event New York Yankees hit 6 home runs to beat Minnesota Twins 12-0 1989 Event Kirby Pucket signs record $3,000,000 per year Minnesota Twins contract 1989 Event Twins trade AL Cy Young Award winner Frank Viola to Mets 1989 Event New York Yankee Tommy John ties record of playing 26 seasons, his 287th win puts him 19th overall as Yankees beat Twins on opening day 4-2 1989 Death Trey Wilson, actor (Bull Durham, Twins, Raising Arizona), dies 1988 Event Minn Twins are 1st AL club ever to break 3 million season attendance 1988 Event Minnesota Twins pull 2nd triple-play of year and beat Cleveland 6-2 1987 Event Minnesota Twins win their 1st World Series championship beating St. Louis Cardinals, 4 games to 3 in 84th World Series 1987 Event Minnesota Twins beat Detroit Tigers for AL pennant 1987 Event Twins Joe Niekro is caught with a file on the mound and is ejected 1987 Event Yankees trailing by 7 score 7 in 7th on 7/7 and 5 in 8th-Beat Twins 12-7 1987 Event Expos trade Jeff Reardon to Twins for Neal Heaton 1986 Event Twins fire manager Ray Miller and replace him with coach Tom Kelly 1986 Event Game between Angels and Twins delayed for 9 minutes by strong winds 1985 Event Kent Hrbek signs 5-year, $6 million contract with Minnesota Twins 1984 Event Cleveland Indians down 0-10 to Minnesota Twins, win 11-10 1984 Event Calvin Griffith signs letter of intent to sell ownership of Twins 1984 Event Carl Pohlad becomes CEO of Minnesota Twins 1984 Event Boston's Roger Clemens beats Twins, 5-4, for his 1st victory 1984 Event Mackay pays $218,718 for 44,166 tickets to keep Twins in Minnesota Twins sell 51,863 tickets but only 6,346 fans show up for the game 1984 Event Minnesota Twins Kirby Puckett debuts with 4 singles 1983 Birthday Rachel and Ross Trudeau, twins of Jane Pauley and Gerry Trudeau 1983 Event Twins draft pitcher Tim Belcher #1 1982 Event Twins Terry Felton loses and runs career to 0-14 (en route to 0-16) 1982 Event Twins rookie outfielder Jim Eisenreich, who suffers from Tourette's Syndrome, removes himself, due to taunts from Red Sox bleacher fans 1980 Event Twins Ken Landreaux ends his hitting streak after 31 games 1979 Event Twins John Castino and Jays Alfredo Griffin tie for AL Rookie of Year 1979 Event Minnesota Twins trade Rod Carew to California for 4 players 1978 Death Lyman Bostock, professional baseball player, outfielder, Minnesota Twins and California Angels Major League Baseball teams, dies in Gary, Indiana, at age 27, murdered by Leonard Smith 1976 Event Former Twins relief ace Bill Campbell is 1st free-agent to sign with a new team, joining the Red Sox for $1 million over 4 years 1976 Event Yankees beat Twins 5-4 in 19 innings 1976 Event Yankee stadium reopens, Yankees beat Twins after trailing 4-0 1974 Event 1st baseball arbitration Twins pitcher Dick Woodson seeking $29,000 wins, Twins offered $23,000 1973 Event In an exhibition game with the Pirates, Twins Larry Hisle becomes the 1st designated hitter (he hits 2 home runs and knocks in 7 RBIs) 1972 Birthday Francisco Rodriguez, born in Brooklyn, New York, pitcher for the Minnesota Twins 1972 Birthday Brad Radke, Eau Claire WI, pitcher for the Minnesota Twins 1972 Event Milwaukee Brewers beat Minnesota Twins, 4-3, in 22 innings (started 5/12) 1972 Event Milwaukee Brewers beat Minnesota Twins, 4-3, in 22 innings (completed 5/13) 1972 Birthday Richard Becker, Aurora, Illinois, outfielder for the Minnesota Twins 1971 Birthday Matthew Lawton, Gulfport MS, outfielder for the Minnesota Twins 1971 Event Twins' Harmon Killebrew is 10th to amass 500 home runs, and adds his 501st 1971 Birthday Greg Hansell, born in Bellflower, California, pitcher for the Minnesota Twins 1970 Event Twins Jim Perry wins AL Cy Young Award 1970 Birthday Eddie Guardado, Stockton California, pitcher for the Minnesota Twins 1970 Event Oakland A's Vida Blue no-hits Minnesota Twins, 6-0 1970 Birthday Scott Stahoviak, born in Waukegan, Ilinois, infielder for the Minnesota Twins 1970 Birthday Dave Stevens, Fullerton California, pitcher for the Minnesota Twins 1970 Birthday Daniel Naulty, born in Los Angeles, California, pitcher for the Minnesota Twins 1969 Event Billy Martin fired as Twins' manager 1969 Event Billy Martin (97-65) is fired as manager of AL West-winning Twins 1969 Event Baseball's 1st divisional playoff games, Mets beat Braves 9-5 and Orioles beat Twins 4-3 in 12 innings 1969 Birthday Matthew Walbeck, Sacramento California, catcher for the Minnesota Twins 1969 Birthday Marty Cordova, born in Las Vegas, Nevada, outfielder for the Minnesota Twins 1968 Event Cincinnati trades shortstop Leo Cardenas to Twins for pitcher Jim Merritt 1968 Birthday Mike Trombley, Springfield, Massachusetts, pitcher for the Minnesota Twins 1968 Event Billy Martin named manager of Twins 1968 Event Twins' Cesar Tovar pitched a hitless inning and plays all 9 positions 1968 Birthday Rich Robertson, Nacogdoches, Texas, pitcher for the Minnesota Twins 1968 Birthday Pat Meares, born in Salina, Kansas, infielder for the Minnesota Twins 1968 Birthday Chuck Knoblauch, born in Houston, Texas, shortstop, New York Yankees, Minnesota Twins 1968 Event Cleveland Indian Luis Tiant strikes out 19 Minnesota Twins 1968 Birthday Scott Aldred, born in Flint, Michigan, pitcher for the Minnesota Twins 1968 Event Yankees turn 21st triple-play in their history lose 4-3 to Twins 1968 Event Jim (Catfish) Hunter of Oakland pitches perfect game vs Twins (4-0) 1968 Birthday Mike Milchin, born in Knoxville, Tennessee, pitcher for the Minnesota Twins 1968 Birthday Scott Erickson, born in Long Beach, California, pitcher, Minnesota Twins, Baltimore Orioles 1967 Event Dean Chance pitches a 2-1 no-hitter, and Twins sweep Cleveland 1967 Event Twins beat Yankees 3-2 in 18 1966 Birthday Ron Coomer, Crest Hill, Illinois, infielder for the Minnesota Twins 1966 Event 5 Minnesota Twins (Rich Rollins, Zolio Versailes, Tony Oliva, Don Michner, and Harmon Killebrew) all homer in 7th inning to beat A's 9-4 1966 Birthday Dave Hollins, Buffalo, New York, infielder for the Minnesota Twins 1966 Birthday Greg Myers, born in Riverside, California, catcher for the Minnesota Twins 1965 Event Twins SS Zoilo Versalles is named AL MVP 1965 Event Dodgers and Sandy Koufax win 7th game of 62nd World Series vs Twins 1965 Event Sandy Koufax hurls his 2nd shutout of World Series beating Twins 2-0 1964 Birthday Chip Hale, Santa Clara California, infielder for the Minnesota Twins 1964 Birthday Roberto Kelly, born in Panama, outfielder, New York Yankees, for the Cincinnati Reds, Minnesota Twins 1964 Birthday Jeff Reboulet, born in Dayton, Ohio, infielder for the Minnesota Twins 1964 Birthday Kevin Tapani, Des Moines, Iowa, pitcher, Chicago White Sox, Minnesota Twins 1963 Event Harmon Killebrew (Twins) home runs off Pete Burnside (Senators) in DH 1962 Birthday Kelly Preston, born in Honolulu, Hawaii, actress, Mischief, Twins, A Tigers Tale 1962 Event Minn Twins Jack Kralick no-hits Kansas City A's, 1-0 1962 Event Minn Twins Bob Allison and Harmon Killebrew hit grand slams in 1st inn and Harmon Killebrew connect in a club-record, 11-run 1st inning 1962 Birthday Kirby Puckett, centerfielder for the Minnesota Twins 1961 Birthday Rick Aguilera, San Gabriel California, pitcher for the Minnesota Twins 1961 Event Baltimore Oriole Jim Gentile hits 2 grand slams (9 RBIs) vs Minnesota Twins 1961 Event Twins agree on $500,000 payment to AA for Minn/St. Paul territory 1960 Event Minneapolis-St. Paul baseball club takes the name Twins 1960 Event AL approves Washington Senators move to become Minnesota Twins and announces franchises in LA and Washington D.C. for 1961 1960 Birthday Frank Viola, Hempstead, New York, pitcher, Twins, Mets/Cy Young-1988 1957 Birthday Alannah Currie, Auckland New Zealand, rock xylophone/vocalist, Thompson Twins 1956 Birthday Paul Molitor, born in St. Paul, Minnesota, infielder, Mn Twins, 1993 World Series MVP 1955 Birthday Joe Leeway, born in Islington, England, musician, songwriter for the Thompson Twins, played bongos, congas for album, 'A Product of ... (Participation)' 1953 Event 1st successful separation of Siamese twins 1952 Birthday Nicolette Larson, born in Kansas City, Missouri, rock vocalist, Twins, Lotta Love 1952 Birthday Rick Waits, baseball pitcher, Rangers, Indians, Twins 1952 Event Ron Necciai of Pitts Pirate's Bristol Twins Class D farm team, strikes out 27, as he no-hits Welch Minors, 4 Minors do reach base 1951 Birthday Ron and Don Gaylon, midwest U.S., siamese twins, Jerry Springer Show 1951 Birthday Dave Winfield, baseball outfielder, New York Yankees, Blue Jays, Twins 1950 Birthday Lyman Bostock, professional baseball player, outfielder, Minnesota Twins and California Angels Major League Baseball teams 1944 Birthday Danny DeVito, Neptune, New Jersey, actor, Taxi, Ruthless People, Twins 1944 Birthday Danny DeVito, born in Neptune, New Jersey, actor, Louie-Taxi, Twins 1941 Death John S Plaskett, Canadian astronomer (Plaskett's twins), dies 1938 Birthday James Katt, pitcher/sportscaster, New York Yankees, Minnesota Twins 1936 Birthday Harmon Killebrew, baseball player, Minnesota Twins 1926 Birthday Roy Smalley, shortstop, Cubs, Braves, Phillies, Twins, Yankees 1912 Death Millie and Christine, Siamese twins, dies at 61 1875 Birthday Giovanni and Giacomo Tocci, Italy, siamese twins 1874 Death Chang and Eng Bunker, Chinese/Thai Siamese twins, dies at 62 1865 Birthday John S Plaskett, Canadian astronomer, Plaskett's twins 1851 Birthday Millie and Christine, North Carolina, siamese twins 1829 Event Siamese twins Chang and Eng Bunker arrive in Boston to be exhibited 1829 Birthday Ritta and Christina, Siamese twins, in Sardinia 1811 Birthday Chang and Eng Bunker, Chinese Siamese twins
