Minnesota Twins Daily Morning Dip for September 26, 2017
Minnesota Twins Daily Dip, September 26th, 2017
Welcome to the September 26th edition of the Daily Dip, your daily piece of news and notes here on Puckett’s Pond. You’ll find the scores and a quick summary of every level of the Minnesota Twins organization and links to any information you need to know to follow the Minnesota Twins here every morning!
News and Notes
Minnesota Twins had their final day off of the season
September 26th Probable Starter: Bartolo Colon @ Cleveland Indians,
6:10PM CT
Wild Card Standings
- New York Yankees, 87-69, +5.0
- Minnesota Twins, 82-74, —
- Los Angeles Angels, 77-79, -5.0
- Texas Rangers, 76-80, -6.0
- Kansas City Royals, 76-80, -6.0
- Tampa Bay Rays, 76-80, -6.0
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Notes from around baseball
- Judge blasts 2 HR to set rookie HR mark
- Darvish dominant to help Dodgers win 100th
- Cubs replace nachos knocked over during play
- Astros win, but Altuve hurt
- Indians clinch ALDS home field
- Cubs come out fast and defeat Cardinals to move magic number to 1
- Rockies drop another, still up 1.5 games in NL Wild Card
- Red Sox fall to Jays
- Angels on edge of elimination after loss to White Sox
- Marlins remember Fernandez on anniversary of his death
Next: Twins 2017 Draft Picks First Season Results
One Last Thing
With Aaron Judge setting the rookie record for HR in a season Monday night, it led to the question of the rookie records for the Twins, so here they are!
Batting Average: Tony Oliva .323 (led league)
On Base Percentage: Lew Ford .381
Slugging Percentage: Tony Oliva .557
Doubles: Tony Oliva 43 (led league)
Triples: Eddie Rosario 15 (led league)
Home Runs: Jimmie Hall 33
Stolen Bases: Ben Revere 34
Innings: Roger Erickson 265 2/3
Games Pitched: Jesse Crain 75
Earned Run Average: Bert Blyleven 3.18
Walks/Hits per Inning Pitched: Bert Blyleven 1.16
Strikeouts: Francisco Liriano 144
Wins: Jim Hughes 16
Saves: Doug Corbett 23
The Twins have had Rookie of the Year award winners in 1964 (Tony Oliva .323/.359/.557), 1967 (Rod Carew .292/.341/.409), 1979 (John Castino .285/.331/.397), 1991 (Chuck Knoblauch .281/.351/.350), and 1995 (Marty Cordova .277/.352/.486). Interestingly, no Twins pitcher has ever won the award.