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By: mickey mental

mickey mental — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 15:25:14 +0000

1977 was the only year larry hisle hit more than 20 home runs for the twins (28). he hit 34 the next year for milwaukee (and finished third in mvp voting). he hit as many as 20 only one other time (phillies in 1969), although he did hit 19 with the twins in ‘74. decent player but not exactly a power hitter.

By: sane

sane — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 15:24:18 +0000

Sorry,
Typing the link doesn’t work.
Just log onto mlb.com.
Click on stats.
Then in lower left corner under “Player Stats by Team”
select a team (Twins)
select a year (1977)
click on “go”

By: sane

sane — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 15:08:36 +0000

correction–

mlb.mlb.com/mlb/stats/index.jsp

By: sane

sane — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 15:06:33 +0000

craig, JimCrikket,
The reliever in 1977 was Tom Johnson (71 games, 16-7 with 15 saves).
Check mlb.mlb.com/stats/index.jsp
select a team (Twins) and a year (1977).

By: JimCrikket

JimCrikket — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 14:48:08 +0000

I hadn’t remembered the 77 team as being that prolific at scoring, but I’ll take your word for it. Mauch must have developed about 4 ulcers with the teams he had to try to win with in Minnesota.

What I do remember about that team was Dave Goltz. I honestly couldn’t name another pitcher from that staff (was Redfern with them then? could be)… they were not good. But Goltz won 20 games, pitched 300+ innings and had 19 complete games that season. I don’t think any other starter had a winning record. I also seem to recall them having a reliever who had a very good year and benefited from a lot of late-game rallies by the offense. No idea what the guy’s name is but I guess I could look it up. Have to remember I was 21 years old that summer and, not living in Minnesota, I was spending most of my evenings in pursuits that did not involve baseball (still not sure how I lived through that period).

Hard to imagine how bad a starting pitching staff has to be to have one guy with winning record in a year they score that many runs.

By: thrylos98

thrylos98 — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 14:32:07 +0000

I doubt that Tolbert would be ready before the September call up. He cannot grab a bat…