Twins Almanac (6/28): The Big Hurt Joins the 500 Home Run Club

[Matt Johnson]

In Today's Almanac:

• Frank Thomas hits 500th home run vs. Twins
• Joe Mauer reaches base 12 times in a three-game series
• A Twin with a .425 career average
• Happy birthday to a Minnesotan with a 0.00 MLB ERA
• The longest pitcher hitting streaks in Twins history
• Minnesota native has a four-HR game

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The Big Hurt Joins 500 HR Club

Blue Jays DH Frank Thomas hit a three-run first-inning bomb off Carlos Silva to become the 21st member of the 500 Home Run Club on this date in 2007. (The Twins won the game 8-5.)

Thomas hit more home runs against the Twins than any other team, including the first of his career off Gary Wayne on August 28, 1990.

 

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Mauer Reaches Base 12 Times in a Three-Game Series
Joe Mauer reached base in 12 out of 14 plate appearances (.857 OBP) during a three-game home series against the Dodgers between June 26 and this date in 2006. He went 11-for-13 with a walk, two doubles, and triple, six RBI, and four runs scored over the three games.

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Williams Hits in 100% of Career Games
27-year-old rookie (and Australia native) Glenn Williams got a hit in his 13th-straight game to start (and end) his major league career on this date in 2005. He was injured in the game and never made it back to the majors, retiring with a .425 average.

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Happy Birthday, Todd Revenig
Happy 56th birthday to 1987 Brainerd graduate and Mankato State all-time great Todd Revenig, owner of a 0.00 MLB ERA. (He only made two one-inning appearances with the Oakland A's in 1992.) Believe it or not, he is one of TWO Mankato State alumni with a 0.00 MLB ERA. Infielder Jerry Terrell made two scoreless pitching appearances with the Royals in 1979 and '80. (And since we're on the topic, Terrell isn't the only former Twins position player with a 0.00 ERA. Catcher Sal Butera pitched one scoreless inning each with the Expos in 1985 and Reds in 1986.) 

Revening finished his high school career with a 0.65 ERA and .342 batting average. He was all-conference his final two years, and played in the 1987 high school All-Star Game (an exciting summer for baseball in Minnesota). 

 

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Jim Kaat Hitting Streak

Jim Kaat hit in his seventh-straight game on this date in 1972, raising his average to .317. 

Jim Perry also had a seven-game hitting streak in 1972, the two longest hitting streaks by a pitcher in Twins history. (Perry had a six-game hitting streak in 1970.)

 

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Minnesota Native Has Four-HR Game
Playing for single-A Spokane, Eagan High School graduate B.J. Cashman hit FOUR home runs at knocked in NINE runs on this date in 2004. (Sidenote: Minnesota native Jack Crooks had the first four-home run game in professional baseball history back in 1889.)

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