6/5/1973: Rod Carew and Harmon Killebrew both lost homers in a rained out game in Cleveland. Carew led off the game for the Twins with a homer off Dick Bosman. In the third, Killebrew hit one off Bosman with one on and two out.
On June 27, 1973, Twenty days after pitching his high school team, Houston’s Westchester High School to a state championship, 18-year-old David Clyde, who had been drafted first overall in the 1973 amateur draft earlier in the month, makes his debut with the Texas Rangers. The largest crowd of the year pack Arlington Stadium, a…
The Twins’ Bert Blyleven one-hits the Royals to win‚ 2 – 0. Ed Kirkpatrick’s bunt single in the 5th is the only hit.
On March 27, 1973, veteran pitcher Jim Perry of the Minnesota Twins becomes the first player to approve of being traded under the new “ten and five” rule. The Twins send Perry to the Detroit Tigers for pitcher Dan Fife and cash. Perry, a 24-game winner in 1970, will win 14 games for the Tigers…
1973 – Larry Hisle of the Minnesota Twins becomes the first designated hitter in major league history during an exhibition game against the Pittsburgh Pirates. Hisle makes the new American League rule look good by collecting two home runs and seven runs batted in.
On March 2, 1973, Arizona State left-hander Eddie Bane pitches a perfect game against Cal State Northridge. The five-foot, nine-inch Bane, who wins a 9-0 decision, Bane will rack up a record of 41-4 in college. He will eventually reach the major leagues with the Minnesota Twins, but will win only seven games in three…
On July 31, 1972, At Metropolitan Stadium, Dick Allen of the Chicago White Sox becomes only the seventh player in major league history to hit two inside-the-park home runs in a game and the first since 1939. Allen’s two circuit clouts, which come against Bert Blyleven of the Minnesota Twins, in the first…
On June 27, 1972 Nolan Ryan (8-5) triples and scores the go-ahead run in the 7th as California beats the Twins, 3 – 1. Poor baserunning in the 4th doesn’t help the Twins’ cause: with Harmon Killebrew on third base and Steve Braun on second with no outs, Jim Nettles flies out to Jim Spencer in left field. Killebrew fakes a dash to the plate and Braun…
Harmon Killebrew joins the 500-home run club
On April 13, 1971, the Kansas City Royals and Minnesota Twins tie a major league record by combining to hit seven batters with pitches. Kansas City’s Tom Burgmeier and Minnesota’s Ron Perranoski each hit two batters in the Royals’ wild 5-3 victory over the Twins…
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