Looking Back at Minnesota's One Hit Wonders

Nice research,  That was fun, I will look forward to others that people remember in the posts.  I am sure there will be some good memories and some player disappointment.  In our inaugural year Fred Bruckbauer from New Ulm Minnesota came in for one game, faced 4 batters and gave up 3 runs. He gave up three hits and a walk.  He had been a star pitcher for the Gophers before going pro. He passed away in 2007. 

Depending on his future, Edwar Colina had his one game debut and holds an era of 81.00 

I can't remember any 1 hit wonders that only had 1 hit in a twins uniform  ..

While reading this my mind wandered to Nolan Ryan and what player had a cup of coffee and his only hit ever in the major leagues came against the Ryan express  ...

That would be a great story to tell their grandchildren ..

My only hit in the majors was against one of the best pitchers in the game and his name was Nolan Ryan  ( Ryan express )

3 hours ago, mikelink45 said:

Nice research,  That was fun, I will look forward to others that people remember in the posts.  I am sure there will be some good memories and some player disappointment.  In our inaugural year Fred Bruckbauer from New Ulm Minnesota came in for one game, faced 4 batters and gave up 3 runs. He gave up three hits and a walk.  He had been a star pitcher for the Gophers before going pro. He passed away in 2007. 

Depending on his future, Edwar Colina had his one game debut and holds an era of 81.00 

Colina's now in the Rangers org, so unless he ends up on waivers and we claim him, he's going to end his Twins career with that sparkling 81.00 ERA.

I initially thought this article may be about former Twins that had 1 solid season with the club, then never repeated those numbers.

A few names came to mind immediately, such as Lew Ford, Danny Valencia, Brian Buscher and Scott Diamond. 

If TD hasn't done a piece on this yet, please do!!

Bobby Korecky's game was at the Twins' first attempt at the "all-you-can-eat" promotion at the Metrodome. I remember the lines were long and the food options were disappointing - the pre-heated hotdogs in soggy buns; a cup of popcorn; basically Dixie cups of Coke - but I didn't think it was terrible. The issue came with extra innings; they stopped serving after the 9th, and the game went another hour. But who wouldn't be excited about a Howie Clark walk-off??? (The Twins owned up to the failed experiment of AYCE, and offered everyone free tickets to another game that season.)

21 hours ago, Devilsadvocate said:

I initially thought this article may be about former Twins that had 1 solid season with the club, then never repeated those numbers.

A few names came to mind immediately, such as Lew Ford, Danny Valencia, Brian Buscher and Scott Diamond. 

If TD hasn't done a piece on this yet, please do!!

I was thinking even smaller than that when I read the headline; I opened the article expecting to read about Glenn Williams' 13-game career with the Twins (which included a 13-game hitting streak) before he got injured and retired, having collected a hit in every major league game he played in.

Bob Miller — 1 for 38. Ouch! But at least he had a walk, right? 

In the case of pitchers, it’s a bit of asterisk because of the DH. A guy like Rincon was such a solid contributor for a period of time that it’s hard to think of him as a one-hit wonder in the big scheme of things. But Taylor Motter, on the other hand…

The Juan Rincon memory is several autographed baseballs for my kids. I’ve named this on several occasions, but my impression is that Joe Nathan’s role as bullpen leader set the tone for the bullpen of that era (Nathan, Rincon, J.C. Romero, Jesse Crain, Matt Guerrier, etc.) to be very willing autograph signers. Comiskey’s lone redeeming factor is a low fence down the right field line, and the bullpen guys were always willing to sign for my kids.