Twins History by the Numbers: 7
Quite a list of sevens:
Lenny Green, 1961-64
Jimmie Hall, 1964-66
Frank Quilici, 1967-70
Paul Ray Powell, 1971
Jim Nettles, 1971-72
Jerry Terrell, 1973-74
Danny Walton, 1975
Dave McKay, 1975-76
Rob Wilfong, 1977-82
Larry Milbourne, 1982
Boomer Wells, 1982
Scott Ullger, 1983
Dave Meier, 1984-85
Greg Gagne, 1987-92
Denny Hocking, 1993-2003
Joe Mauer, 2004-08
It looks like at least one person has worn Twins #7 every season except 1986.
Scotty Ullger also has a birthday this week. He’s one of only two Twins players whose last name starts with the letter “U” - can you name the other?
Other sevens:
The Twins are 2-1 in post season Game 7’s - all of the games came in the World Series.
Chip Hale had seven home runs in his Twins career.
Eddie Bane had seven wins in his Twins career.
June 16th, 2008 at 9:48 am
How many Twins players have seven letters in their first name? How many in their last name?
The other “U” is currently with the San Francisco Giants organization, longtime Director of Player Personnel.
June 17th, 2008 at 8:34 am
Today is the first time I have looked at your blog. I just wanted to write and tell you that I thoroughly enjoyed it and will look more often. Being a Twins fan since 1961, you bring back a lot of memories for me. My first favorite player was #17, Camilo Pascual.
And I sure wish my mom hadn’t thrown away all my baseball cards from the early ’60s.
Keep up the good work! And thank you.
June 17th, 2008 at 9:48 am
On behalf of the entire TwinsCards.com staff, thanks for the kind words. Scot is our lead blogger and does a great job. You may also be interested in his own blog, Coffeyville Whirlwind, which provides more Twins history as well as franchise history dating back to the beginning of the Senators franchise.
We hope you keep coming back. Please feel free to peruse the other areas of the site…it’s not just cards.
June 30th, 2008 at 3:42 pm
Ted Ullander
June 30th, 2008 at 3:45 pm
Ted Uhlaender,sorry