Power was a Puerto Rican and I remember the announcers calling him "flashy".  He solidified the defense in the infield for sure, but Harmon had to play left field. 

Stigman was a Minnesota native, from tiny Nimrod in northern Minnesota.  He had a couple good years with the Twins.

And then we traded him and Lenny Green for Jerry Kindall and Frank Kostro. Billy Moran was the odd guy in the deal. Twins and Indians and Angels doing one of those three-ways. Power basically went downhill. Green had a couple of sparkles. Less said about  Kindall was a bit better than modern day Drew Butera. In 5 seasons Kostro barely put together a half-season of at-bats.

There were three Twins trades in the 1961. None of them had the impact on the playing field but all involved players whose would go on to very significant careers.

Ernie Oravetz was traded for Ed Palmquist and Joe Altobelli. All three were career minor leaguers and Palmquist and Altobelli did play some for the Twins after they acquired them. Altobelli managed in the major leagues for the Giants, Orioles and Cubs. He won a World Series for the Orioles. People in Rochester know him as Mr. Baseball. Following his season with the Twins he played in Rochester in 1962. He has also served as coach, manager, general manager and broadcaster.

http://m.milb.com/news/article/2014090192377228/

The franchises second trade also involved a World Series winning manager. The Twins traded Billy Consolo for Billy Martin. Martin retired from baseball after 1961 and stayed in the organization as a scout, third base coach, AAA manager and finally manager in 1969. He was part of the Twins first two playoff teams in 1965 and 1969. I believe the stretch from 1961-69 was his longest continual stretch with any organization. It lasted until he knocked out Dave Boswell with punches in the alley behind the Lindell A.C. bar.

On the same day as the Martin trade, the Twins traded Paul Giel and Reno Bertoia for Bill Tuttle and a player to be named later. Nine days later the player to be named later was one of the original players in the trade - Paul Giel.

Paul did not want to leave Minnesota and after one start with his new club he retired from baseball. Giel was a football and baseball star for the Gophers in the early 50s and runner up for the Heisman in 1953. After his return to the Twins and retirement, he was the Vikings announcer from 1962-1969 and University of Minnesota Athletic Director from 1971-1989.

The Twins didn't see much on the playing field from Altobelli, Martin and Giel but all three stepped out into significant careers following their last games as a Major Leaguer in 1961.

Enjoyed facts about Bill Martin, Altobelli, Giel trade factoid, et. al.

Oddly enough, it makes for a great trivia question: the 1961 Twins had FOUR members in the organization (at least!) who would become World Series winning managers. The above mentioned, and then add Sam Mele and "Trader"Jack McKeon, managing the Wilson Tobs (A) that season (managerial record).

http://images1.miaminewtimes.com/imager/marlins-manager-jack-mckeon-in-400-years/u/original/6526430/mckeon_wilson_thumb_220x316.jpg

My previous comment would be even better had the Twins actually won the 1965 World Series. Suffices that they all made it to the World Series, an impressive development any way you cut it.