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Minnesota Twins Team Leaders

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BATTING

GAMES

Willi Castro, 158
Carlos Santana, 150
Manuel Margot, 129

AT-BATS

Castro, 558
Santana, 521
Ryan Jeffers, 412

RUNS

Castro, 89
Santana, 63
Byron Buxton, 62

HITS

Castro, 138
Santana, 124
Jose Miranda, 114

DOUBLES

Castro, 31
Miranda, 28
Buxton, 27

TRIPLES

Castro, 5
Miranda, 4
Buxton, 3
Alex Kirilloff, 3

HOME RUNS

Santana, 23
Jeffers, 21
Buxton, 18

RBIs

Santana, 71
Jeffers, 64
Castro, 60

WALKS

Santana, 65
Castro, 51
Carlos Correa, 40
Trevor Larnach, 40

STRIKEOUTS

Castro, 150
Edouard Julien, 102
Buxton, 99
Santana, 99

STOLEN BASES

Castro, 14
Buxton, 7
Austin Martin, 7

CAUGHT STEALING

Castro, 9
Kyle Farmer, 5
Martin, 3

AVERAGE

Correa, .310
Miranda, .284
Buxton, .279

ON-BASE

Correa, .388
Matt Wallner, .372
Larnach, .338

SLUGGING

Buxton, .524
Wallner, .523
Correa, .517

OPS

Correa, .905
Wallner, .895
Buxton, .859

PITCHING

GAMES

Griffin Jax, 72
Cole Sands, 62
Caleb Thielbar, 59

STARTS

Pablo Lopez, 32
Bailey Ober, 31
Simeon Woods Richardson, 28

COMPLETE GAMES

Ober, 1

SHUTOUTS

None.

INNINGS

Lopez, 185.1
Ober, 178.2
Joe Ryan, 135

WINS

Lopez, 15
Ober, 12
Sands, 9

LOSSES

Lopez, 10
Jhoan Duran, 9
Ober, 9

SAVES

Duran, 23
Jax, 10
Sands, 4

HOME RUNS ALLOWED

Ober, 27
Lopez, 26
Ryan, 19

HIT BATSMEN

Lopez, 8
Duran, 6
Ober, 6
Sands, 6

WALKS ALLOWED

Woods Richardson, 48
Ober, 43
Lopez, 41

STRIKEOUTS

Lopez, 198
Ober, 191
Ryan, 147

ERA

Jax, 2.03
Jorge Alcala, 3.24
Ryan, 3.60

WHIP

Jax, 0.87
Ryan, 0.99
Sands, 1.00
Ober, 1.00

AVERAGE AGAINST

Jax, .184
Alcala, .190
Ober, .208

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Happy Birthday–September 30

Gabby Street (1882)
Nap Rucker (1884)
Bobby Williams (1895)
Johnny Allen (1904)
Robin Roberts (1926)
Johnny Podres (1932)
Craig Kusick (1948)
Dave Magadan (1962)
Yorkis Perez (1967)
Jose Lima (1972)
Carlos Guillen (1975)
Seth Smith (1982)
Kenley Jansen (1987)

Gabby Street was a light-hitting catcher who played in parts of eight major leagues seasons, mostly for the Washington Senators. He was Walter Johnson's primary catcher. He later did some managing and broadcasting. He is best remembered as the first man to catch a baseball dropped from the top of the Washington Monument.

Five players born on this day made their major league debut in 2019:  Jesus Luzardo, Travis Demeritte, Trent Thornton, Jack Mayfield, and Brian Moran.  I don't know that that's a record, but I don't know that it isn't, either.

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Happy Birthday–September 29

Dave Orr (1859)
Gus Weyhing (1866)
Harry Steinfeldt (1877)
Paul Giel (1932)
Mike McCormick (1938)
Rich Reese (1941)
Steve Busby (1949)
John McLaren (1951)
Warren Cromartie (1953)
Byron McLaughlin (1955)
Tim Flannery (1957)
Craig Lefferts (1957)
Rob Deer (1960)
Derek Parks (1968)
Jake Westbrook (1977)
Heath Bell (1977)
Joe Thurston (1979)
Jake Reed (1992)
Tyler Mahle (1994)

Dave Orr is considered the greatest nineteenth century slugger of all.  His career was cut short when he suffered a stroke in 1890 at the age of 31.

Outfielder Warren Cromartie was drafted by the Twins in the third round of the January Secondary draft in 1972, but did not sign.

We would also like to wish a very happy anniversary to freealonzo's parents.

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Happy Birthday–September 28

Lou Bierbauer (1865)
Wilbur Good (1885)
Jack Fournier (1889)
Whitey Witt (1895)
Al Evans (1916)
Dick Gernert (1928)
Grant Jackson (1942)
Pete Filson (1958)
Jerry Layne (1958)
Todd Worrell (1959)
Ed Vosberg (1961)
Charlie Kerfeld (1963)
Matt Vasgersian (1967)
Mike DeJean (1970)
Ryan Zimmerman (1984)
Nick Greenwood (1987)
Eddie Rosario (1991)
Manuel Margot (1994)

Jerry Layne has been a major league umpire since 1989.

Matt Vasgersian has been a major league baseball broadcaster since 1997.

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Happy Birthday–September 27

Jelly Gardner (1895)
Whit Wyatt (1907)
Dick Hall (1930)
Dave Wickersham (1935)
Gary Sutherland (1944)
Mike Schmidt (1949)
Bob Veselic (1955)
Don Schulze (1962)
Todd Blyleven (1972)
Vicente Padilla (1977)
Jon Rauch (1978)
Jon Garland (1979)
Matt Shoemaker (1986)
Simeon Woods Richardson (2000)

Todd Blyleven is, as you probably know, the son of Bert Blyleven. He pitched in the minor leagues for seven years, getting as high as AA, then was a scout for eight years.

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Happy Birthday–September 26

Gus Schmelz (1850)
Bob Coleman (1890)
Bobby Shantz (1925)
Mel McGaha (1926)
Dave Duncan (1945)
Jim Gideon (1953)
Rich Gedman (1959)
Steve Buechele (1961)
Dave Martinez (1964)
Brian Shouse (1968)
Brian Looney (1969)
Sean Doolittle (1986)
Chris Archer (1988)
Jordan Luplow (1993)

Gus Schmelz managed several teams in the late 19th century.  He is one of the few who became a manager without having played professionally.

Bob Coleman managed in the minor leagues for thirty-five years.  He had the most wins as a minor league manager when he retired, 2,496, a mark since passed by Stan Wasiak.

Former Knicks player Mel McGaha was the manager of the Kansas City Athletics from 1964-1965.

We'd also like to wish a happy birthday to Beau's daughter.

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Minor Details: St. Paul Saints Team Leaders

BATTING

GAMES

Yunior Severino, 128
DaShawn Keirsey, 111
Diego Castillo, 110

AT-BATS

Severino, 489
Keirsey, 443
Castillo, 385

RUNS

Keirsey, 71
Severino, 66
Anthony Prato, 60

HITS

Keirsey, 133
Severino, 124
Castillo, 100

DOUBLES

Castillo, 22
Keirsey, 22
Severino, 21

TRIPLES

Keirsey, 7
Prato, 6
Payton Eeles, 4

HOME RUNS

Severino, 21
Matt Wallner, 19
Chris Williams, 17

RBI

Keirsey, 81
Severino, 79
Castillo, 54

WALKS

Prato, 67
Severino, 67
Castillo, 60

STRIKEOUTS

Severino, 154
Keirsey, 116
Williams, 106

STOLEN BASES

Keirsey, 36
Eeles, 20
Castillo, 13
Will Holland, 13

AVERAGE

Brooks Lee, .308
Keirsey, .300
Holland, .299
Eeles, .299

ON-BASE

Holland, .428
Eeles, .419
Edouard Julien, .395

SLUGGING

Lee, .606
Holland, .556
Wallner, .544

OPS

Holland, .984
Lee, .974
Eeles, .919

PITCHING

GAMES

Hobie Harris, 44
Ryan Jensen, 44
Diego Castillo, 40

STARTS

Caleb Boushley, 26
Randy Dobnak, 24
Louie Varland, 16

INNINGS

Boushley, 134.1
Dobnak, 133.1
Varland, 83.1

WINS

Dobnak, 12
Boushley, 7
Adam Plutko, 6

SAVES

Castillo, 8
Harris, 5
Josh Winder, 4

HOME RUNS ALLOWED

Boushley, 22
Dobnak, 14
Nick Wittgren, 14

WALKS ALLOWED

Dobnak, 63
Jensen, 50
Varland, 32

STRIKEOUTS

Dobnak, 136
Boushley, 108
Varland, 96

ERA

Ronny Henriquez, 3.44
Andrew Morris, 3.48
Scott Blewett, 3.79

WHIP

Plutko, 1.10
Morris, 1.13
David Festa, 1.36

AVERAGE AGAINST

Morris, .218
Jensen, .221
Plutko, .227

That concludes Minor Details for another season.  Thanks for reading, if, in fact, anybody did.  I enjoyed it, and I hope you did, too.

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Happy Birthday–September 25

Pat Malone (1902)
Phil Rizzuto (1917)
Johnny Sain (1917)
Sal Butera (1952)
Glenn Hubbard (1957)
Geno Petralli (1959)
Oscar Munoz (1969)
David Weathers (1969)
Tony Womack (1969)
Wil Nieves (1977)
Joel Pineiro (1978)
Rocco Baldelli (1981)
Vance Worley (1987)
Ben Rortvedt (1997)

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Minor Details: Wichita Wind Surge Team Leaders

BATTING

GAMES

Ben Ross, 123
Tanner Schobel, 122
Jorel Ortega, 121
Jake Rucker, 121

AT-BATS

Rucker, 468
Schobel, 450
Ross, 410

RUNS

Schobel, 67
Carson McCusker, 56
Rucker, 55

HITS

Rucker, 122
McCusker, 104
Schobel, 96

DOUBLES

McCusker, 26
Rucker, 23
Jeferson Morales, 21

TRIPLES

Schobel, 4
Andrew Cossetti, 3
McCusker, 3
Ortega, 3

HOME RUNS

McCusker, 15
Ross, 11
3 tied at 10

RBI

Rucker, 68
McCusker, 64
Schobel, 53

WALKS

Schobel, 59
Ortega, 44
Noah Cardenas, 43

STRIKEOUTS

Ross, 136
Schobel, 124
McCusker, 117

STOLEN BASES

Ross, 20
Schobel, 13
Alerick Soularie, 12

AVERAGE

Emmanuel Rodriguez, .298
McCusker, .281
Luke Keaschall, .281

ON-BASE

Rodriguez, .479
Keaschall, .393
McCusker, .357

SLUGGING

Rodriguez, .621
McCusker, .489
Keaschall, .439

OPS

Rodriguez, 1.100
McCusker, .846
Keaschall, .832

PITCHING

GAMES

Taylor Floyd, 44
John Stankiewicz, 41
Miguel Rodriguez, 37

STARTS

Marco Raya, 24
Travis Adams, 19
Jaylin Nowlin, 15
Pierson Ohl, 15

WINS

Andrew Morris, 6
Adams, 5
Nowlin, 5
Aaron Rozek, 5

SAVES

Rodriguez, 5
Jared Solomon, 4
Cody Laweryson, 3

INNINGS

Adams, 108
Ohl, 102
Nowlin, 96.1

HOMERS ALLOWED

Ohl, 14
Nowlin, 11
Adams 9

WALKS ALLOWED

Nowlin, 48
Raya, 44
Cory Lewis, 34

STRIKEOUTS

Adams, 109
Raya, 99
Nowlin, 97

WHIP

Zebby Matthews, 0.76
Rozek, 0.99
Morris, 1.02

AVERAGE AGAINST

Matthews, .180
Christian MacLeod, .191
Morris, .210

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Happy Birthday–September 24

Mike Gonzalez (1890)
Tommie Dukes (1906)
Dixie Walker (1910)
Clyde Vollmer (1921)
George Banks (1938)
Chuck Nieson (1942)
Norm Angelini (1947)
Eric Soderholm (1948)
Hubie Brooks (1956)
Jim Acker (1958)
Rafael Palmeiro (1964)
Scott Leius (1965)
Bernard Gilkey (1966)
Kevin Millar (1971)
John McDonald (1974)
Levale Speigner (1980)
Hunter Strickland (1988)

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