Silver Flint (1855)
Ed McFarland (1874)
Harry Heilmann (1894)
Jim Hegan (1920)
Roger Repoz (1940)
Dan Meyer (1952)
Bob Davidson (1952)
Jim Gott (1959)
Mike Jeffcoat (1959)
Sid Bream (1960)
Mackey Sasser (1962)
Kevin Elster (1964)
Rod Beck (1968)
Troy Glaus (1976)
Travis Bowyer (1981)
Right-hander Travis Bowyer made eight relief appearances for the Twins in 2005. He was born in Lynchburg, Virginia, went to high school in Bedford, Virginia, and was drafted by Minnesota in the twentieth round in 1999. He struggled as a starter, but turned things around when he was moved to the bullpen in 2002. He had some outstanding seasons as a reliever in the Twins' system; the best was the last one, 2005, when he went 4-2, 2.78 with 23 saves and a WHIP of 1.22 for AAA Rochester. He got a September call-up with the Twins, pitching 9.2 innings. He was 0-1, 5.59, but with a WHIP of 1.35. He did very well until his last outing, in which he gave up five runs in one inning. If you eliminate that, his numbers are 0-0, 1.04, 0.92 WHIP in 8.2 innings. After the 2005 season, Bowyer was traded to Florida with Scott Tyler for Luis Castillo. He was thought of as a potential closer, but sadly, he suffered a torn rotator cuff that spring. He spent a couple of years trying to come back, but was never able to do so, and did not pitch again. No information about what Travis Bowyer has done since that time was readily available.
I was pretty sure that I was in attendance for one of the games that Bowyer pitched in, but I see that he only played two in the Dome, The last Monday and Thursday of September 2005, both losses to the Royals. I did not attend either of those.
I remember being disappointed that the Twins had to trade Bowyer to get Castillo, but was happy to get Castillo. I thought he could be something, one hell of an injury there, cut down right as he was going to be a regular in the Majors, being the top prospect in a trade for one of the team's best players of all time.