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    1990 7 74 88       1993 6 71 91           1997 4 68 94       Click  
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    1992 2 90 72       1995 5 56 88           1999 5 63 97          
                  1996 4 78 84                            
                                                       
   
  Titles: Top Twins Players of the Nineties  
  1991 - World Champs (Beat the Braves)  
    Pitchers:  
  BallPark: Rick Aguilera (13.79) -    71  
  Metrodome Brad Radke (21.55) -    54  
    Kevin Tapani (18.43) -    48  
  Team Name:  Scott Erickson (12.72) -    34  
  Twins LaTroy Hawkins (0.34) -    14  
    Jack Morris (4.33) -    12  
  Owner:  Eric Milton (6.24) -    12  
  Carl Pohlad John Smiley (5.09) -    11  
    Jim DeShaies (1.54) -    11  
  General Managers: Bob Tewksbury (6.51) -    10  
  Andy MacPhail (1990-1994) Mike Trombley (7.97) -   8  
  Terry Ryan (1995-1999) Mark Guthrie (4.14) -   4  
    Greg Swindell (4.62) -   2  
  Managers:    
  Tom Kelly Catchers:  
    Brian Harper (9.54) -    28  
  No Hitters: Terry Steinbach (3.15) -    23  
  Scott Erickson (1994)    
  Eric Milton (1999) First Basemen:  
    Kent Hrbek (8.2) -    32  
  Hall of Famers: David Ortiz (0.19) -    1  
  Kirby Puckett    
  Paul Molitor  Second Basemen:  
  Dave Winfield Chuck Knoblauch (37.97) -    61  
  David Ortiz Todd Walker (2.34) -    9  
  Jack Morris Paul Molitor (5.22) -    8  
       
  Rookie of the Year: ShortStop:  
  Chuck Knoblauch (1991) Pat Meares (5.97) -    27  
  Marty Cordova (1995) Greg Gagne (7.09) -    19  
       
  MVP: Third Base:  
  None Scott Leius (4.76) -   9  
    Jeff Reboulet (5.79) -   8  
  Cy Young: Mike Pagliarulo (4.01) -    7  
  None    
    Outfield:  
  Notable Events: Kirby Puckett (22.33) -    53  
    Shane Mack (19.64) -    51  
  1990 - From 1987 thru 1992, the Twins are one of the top teams in Marty Cordova (5.75) -    29  
  baseball. They win 90 or more games three times in the stretch and Matt Lawton (6.75) -    22  
  win two world titles. There was a two year lull, 1989 and 1990 in the Rich Becker (6.47) -    22  
  stretch, however, where the Twins reinvented themselves from the Pedro Munoz (1.3) -    17  
  first two years of the run '87-'88 to the last two years of the run  '91-'92.  Chilli Davis (5.22) -    11  
  Only two star players span the two mini-runs, Kent Hrbek and Kirby Puckett.  Dave Winfield (0.29) -    4  
  The other stars of the first mini-run are gone by the second: Frank Viola,    
  Gary Gaeitti, Bert Blyleven, Tom Brunansky, and Jeff Reardon Notable Events:  
       
  1990 - Outfielder Shane Mack, 26, is picked up in the Rule 5 draft   1992 - Jack Morris signs with the Blue Jays as a free agent after one   
  from the Padres. eventful season with the Twins. A consumate winner,  
     Morris leads the Jays to the 1992 World Title.  
  1990 - The Twins turn two triple plays in a single game July 17 against    
  the Red Sox. How about that! 1993 - Hall of Famer and native Minnesotan Dave Winfield signs   
    with the Twins at the age of forty one. He collects his 3000th hit  
  1990 - Shane Mack, twenty six year old outfielder, is selected from the  with Minnesota.  
  Padres in the Rule 5 draft.    
    1993 - The mini-dyanasty is over as the Twins drop 19 games in the  
  1990 - Twenty two year old righthander Scott Erickson is a rookie. standings. They remain doormats for the rest of the decade.  
   He was a fourth round pickin the '89 draft.    
    1994 - Kent Hrbek retires  
  1991 - Twenty two year old second baseman Chuck Knoblauch is a rookie.    
   He was a first round pick in the 1989 draft. 1994 - General Manager Andy MacPhail leaves the Twins for the Cubs.  
    This hurts as MacPhail's replacement, Terry Ryan, takes several years   
  1991 - Hard hitting twenty six year old DH Chili Davis is signed as a free agent to get his mojo going and the Twins flounder in the interim.  
       
  1991 - Minnesota signs pitcher Jack Morris as a Free Agent. No one thinks  1995 - Righthander Brad Radke comes up at the age of twenty two.  
  that this signing is of much significance at the time as Morris was thirty six He was an eighth round pick in the 1991 draft  
   years old coming off a 15-18 year with Detroit.    
    1996 - Future Hall of Famer Kirby Puckett is forced to retire with glaucoma  
  1991 - The Twins roller coaster ride thru baseball history continues    
  as they gain twenty one games in the standings and win the Division. 1997 - Centerfielder Torii Hunter, 21, is a rookie. He was a first  
  Minnesota goes on to beat the Blue Jays in the ALCS and the Braves in the  round pick in the 1993 draft  
  World Series. Jack Morris is their post season star. The players     
  leading the way are Morris, 1B Kent Hrbek OF Kirby Puckett OF Shane Mack,   1998 - Paul Molitor retires  
  DH Chili Davis, 2B Chuck Knoblauch, and pitchers Kevin Tapani, Rick Aguilera    
    and Scott Erickson. Tapani and Aguilera had been acquired in '89 for 1998 - 2B Chuck Knoblauch is dealt to the Yankees for twenty four   
   Frank Viola. Other contributors to both mini-runs were catcher Brian Harper, year old lefthander Eric Milton and twenty one year old shortstop   
   shortstop Greg Gagne, and outfielder Dan Gladden  Cristian Guzman in a steal of a deal for the Twins.  
     
   1992 - 27 year old lefty John Smiley is picked up from the Pirates in a deal for 1999 - Lefthander Johan Santana is stolen from the Marlins in   
   23 year old lefty Denny Neagle. Neagle was a hot prospect, but the Twins exchange for Jared Camp  
    needed Smiley to keep them on top. He wins 16 games.    
   The Bucs dealt Smiley away because he was in his free agent walk year. 1999 - Outfielder Jacque Jones, 24, is brought up as a rookie. He  
   Smiley leaves the Twins after the season.  was a second round pick in the 1996 draft.