Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
June 5, 1979: 1979 Major League Baseball draft. Randy Bush was drafted by the Twins in the 2nd round. [8] Mike Kinnunen was drafted by the Twins in the 10th round. [9] June 29, 1979: Rudy Meoli was purchased by the Twins from the Philadelphia Phillies. [10] July 25, 1979: Craig Kusick was purchased from the Twins by the Toronto Blue Jays. [11]
The Minnesota Twins franchise has won three World Series in 1924, 1987 and 1991, the first of which occurred when the team was in Washington D.C. As the Senators, the team were annual doormats for the AL except 1924-1933 when the team played in three World Series (winning one).
1979 Minnesota Twins season; ... 1979 World Series This page was last edited on 3 December 2024, at 00:50 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
February 3 – The Minnesota Twins trade Rod Carew to the California Angels for Ken Landreaux, Dave Engle, Paul Hartzell and Brad Havens. His first season with the Angels, he helps his new team reach the post season for the first time, batting over .300 for the next five seasons, and being selected for the next six American League All-Star teams.
Twins' pitcher and Minnesota native Jack Morris was the star of the series in 1991, going 2–0 in his three starts with a 1.17 ERA. [ 57 ] 1991 also marked the first time that any team that finished in last place in their division would advance to the World Series the following season; both the Twins and the Braves did this in 1991. [ 58 ]
Editor's note: Fourth in a six-part series. The 1991 Stanley Cup Final started on May 15, and the 1992 Final Four came to a conclusion on April 6. A Minnesota team or venue was involved in those ...
The 1979 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 1979 season. The 76th edition of the World Series was a best-of-seven playoff between the National League (NL) champion Pittsburgh Pirates (98–64) and the American League (AL) champion Baltimore Orioles (102–57). The Pirates won in seven games, becoming the ...
In the final and deciding game, Jack Morris pitched a 10-inning shutout, viewed by many baseball historians as one of the greatest pitching performances in a 7th game of the World Series, to beat the Braves 1–0 and bring home the championship to Minnesota. 1991 was considered to be the first season that any team that ended in last place the ...