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  • Vic Albury

    Birth Date: 05/12/1947
    Deceased: 04/18/2017

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    Vic Albury was born in Sanford, Florida and played with the Twins from 1973 to 1976.

    Albury signed with the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1965. Albury spent several years developing his craft in the minor leagues before being traded to the Minnesota Twins in 1969.

    Once in the Twins organization, the left-handed Albury worked his way through the minor league system, steadily improving and demonstrating his versatility on the mound. His dedication and perseverance paid off when he earned his call-up to the majors in 1973, marking the start of his MLB career with the Minnesota Twins.

    Albury made his MLB debut on April 7, 1973, and quickly established himself as a reliable option for the Twins' pitching staff. Over the course of his career, he appeared in 110 games, starting 44 of them. He accumulated a career win-loss record of 18–17 and 4.11 ERA.

    After leaving the Twins following the 1976 season, he retired from professional baseball.

    Vic Albury Statistics

    Standard Pitching Table
    Season Age Team Lg WAR W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ FIP WHIP H9 HR9 BB9 SO9 SO/BB Awards
    1973 26 MIN AL 0.6 1 0 1.000 2.70 14 0 5 0 0 0 23.1 13 7 7 1 19 2 13 0 1 5 96 148 4.45 1.371 5.0 0.4 7.3 5.0 0.68  
    1974 27 MIN AL 1.4 8 9 .471 4.12 32 22 4 4 1 0 164.0 159 83 75 19 80 1 85 6 0 4 707 92 4.62 1.457 8.7 1.0 4.4 4.7 1.06  
    1975 28 MIN AL -0.5 6 7 .462 4.53 32 15 12 2 0 1 135.0 115 82 68 16 97 1 72 4 0 8 606 86 5.31 1.570 7.7 1.1 6.5 4.8 0.74  
    1976 29 MIN AL 0.3 3 1 .750 3.58 23 0 11 0 0 0 50.1 51 22 20 0 24 3 23 2 0 4 221 101 3.27 1.490 9.1 0.0 4.3 4.1 0.96  
    4 Yrs 1.7 18 17 .514 4.11 101 37 32 6 1 1 372.2 338 194 170 36 220 7 193 12 1 21 1630 93 4.68 1.497 8.2 0.9 5.3 4.7 0.88  
    162 Game Avg 0.8 9 8 .514 4.11 50 18 16 3 0 0 183 167 96 84 18 108 3 95 6 0 10 803 93 4.68 1.497 8.2 0.9 5.3 4.7 0.88  
    Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table
    Generated 1/21/2025.

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    AceWrigley

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    I think Albury was moved to the Padres in 1969 as he pitched in their minor league system in '69 and '70. The Twins drafted him in the 1970 minor league draft.

    It's hard to maintain a modern major league career if you walk more guys than you strikeout, but he did have a winning record of 18-17, so there is that.

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    12 hours ago, Victor Jr. said:

    My father was actually born in Key West, FL.

    My interest is piqued.  I'm a member of the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) - if you know of it at all you might think it to be just a statistical group, but it's more about historical research than anything.  They have a Bio Project which aims to fill in the details beyond the numbers regarding major league players.  You can have a look at the project at  https://sabr.org/bioproject  - if you type in names of your father's teammates you'll find several of them have biographies already, and not just the big stars like Carew and Oliva and Blyleven and Bostock but also some of the guys like Disco Dan Ford or Steve Braun or Dave Goltz or Jerry Terrell.   It's a not-for-profit undertaking and these are not book-length bios, but they are significantly longer than the quick-start bios at Twins Daily, and go through a vetting/editing process to assure completeness and accuracy.  I see that your father passed away about 8 years ago (condolences - I bet you miss him greatly), which removes the possibility of getting first-hand accounts that help fill out a good bio with a bit of "color", but perhaps you have enough memories from the stories he told you to make something like this feasible.  This is just a whim on my part this morning based on you popping up like this, but if you are interested in collaborating, send me a note.

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