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