Bobby Wallace (1873)
Tommy Leach (1877)
Skeeter Webb (1909)
Carl Sawatski (1927)
Dick Groat (1930)
Tito Francona (1933)
Dick Selma (1943)
Doug Corbett (1952)
Jon Shave (1967)
Eric Karros (1967)
Carlos Baerga (1968)
Kevin Frederick (1976)
Carmen Cali (1978)
Chih-Wei Hu (1993)
Tommy Leach (1877)
Skeeter Webb (1909)
Carl Sawatski (1927)
Dick Groat (1930)
Tito Francona (1933)
Dick Selma (1943)
Doug Corbett (1952)
Jon Shave (1967)
Eric Karros (1967)
Carlos Baerga (1968)
Kevin Frederick (1976)
Carmen Cali (1978)
Chih-Wei Hu (1993)
Right-handed reliever Douglas Mitchell Corbett played for the
Twins from 1980-1982. Born and raised in Sarasota, Florida, he attended the University
of Florida. Kansas City signed him as a free agent in 1974. He did fairly well
in 11 outings in rookie ball, but the Royals released him in April of 1975. The
Reds signed him and he spent five years in their farm system as a reliever,
posting an ERA well under 3.00 every year, with two of those years coming in
AAA. Cincinnati was not impressed, however, and left Corbett unprotected in the
Rule 5 draft. The Twins signed him, and almost immediately made him their
closer. He saved 23 games that year, but was not used as closers are used
today: Corbett pitched 136 innings in 73 games. He finished third in the Rookie
of the Year voting in 1980, and made the all-star team in 1981, when he led the
league in appearances. After a slow start in 1982, Corbett was traded to the
Angels along with Rob Wilfong for Tom Brunansky, Mike Walters, and $400,000. He
was used mostly as a setup man for the Angels through 1986. He had some up
years and some down ones, and spent some time with AAA Edmonton in 1982-83. He
began 1987 with Edmonton, and despite the fact that he was pitching well there,
he was released in June. Baltimore signed him, but he did nothing for the
Orioles and was released in August, bringing his playing career to a close. As
a Twin, he was 10-14 with 43 saves. He pitched 246 innings in 137 games,
posting an ERA of 2.49, a WHIP of 1.20, and an ERA+ of 169. He is a member of
the University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame and was an assistant baseball
coach there for a few years. He also was a coach at the University of
Jacksonville. At last report, Doug Corbett was coaching high school
baseball in Jacksonville, Florida.
Infielder Jonathan Taylor Shave
played in nineteen games for the Twins in 1998. He was born in Waycross,
Georgia, went to high school in Fernandina Beach, Florida, attended Mississippi
State, and was drafted by Texas in the 5th round in 1990. He advanced fairly
quickly through the Rangers' system, reaching AAA by 1993. He spent about a
month with Texas in 1993 and did well, hitting .319 in 52 at-bats. He never hit
like that in AAA, however; in four seasons at Oklahoma City, his highest
average was .266. Shave became a free agent after the 1996 season and signed
with the Twins. He hit over .330 in two years with AAA Salt Lake, spending about
two months with the big club in 1998. The Twins put Shave on waivers in
November of 1998, and he was taken by the Rangers again. He was with Texas all
of 1999, his only full year in the majors, appearing in 43 games and batting
.288. In 2000, however, he was back in AAA, and was let go after the season.
Shave went to the Red Sox in 2001, but never got back to the majors and called
it quits after the season. As a Twin, he hit .250 with 1 home run in 40
at-bats. He owned a business called Hotspot Internet Center in Yulee, Florida,
when he was arrested in March of 2013 on several counts of racketeering and
money laundering. No information was readily available on how the case
came out, and in fact my quick google search does not even turn up any mention
of it any more. So, no information about what Jon Shave is doing now was
readily available.
Right-hander Kevin Albert Francis
Frederick made eight appearances for the Twins in 2002. He was born in
Evanston, Illinois, attended high school in Lincolnshire, Illinois, and then
attended Creighton University, where he was a two-time Missouri Valley
Conference all-star. He was drafted in the 34th round by the Twins in 1998.
Frederick was a reliever throughout his minor league career. He was apparently
injured much of 1999, but other than that progressed at a pace of roughly a
level a year, reaching AAA in 2002. He spent roughly a month with the Twins in
2002, posting a 10.03 ERA in 11.2 innings. The Twins put Frederick on waivers
near the end of 2003 spring training, and he was chosen by Toronto. He had a
tremendous year in the Blue Jays' minor league system in 2004, posting an ERA
of 1.11 in 38 appearances. He earned a couple more months in the big leagues
that year, but was not particularly effective, with an ERA of 6.59 in 22
appearances. He was out of baseball in 2005, but tried to make a comeback in
the Boston organization in 2006. Kevin Frederick last seen pitched for the Reno
Silver Sox in the Golden Baseball League in 2008. At last report, he had
returned to Illinois and was coaching youth baseball in Lake County.
Left-hander Carmen Salvatore Cali
appeared in twenty-four games for the Twins in 2007. He was born in Cleveland,
attended Florida Atlantic University and then was drafted by St. Louis in the
tenth round in 2000. He was a starter in rookie ball that year, but was
converted to the bullpen in 2001. Cali's minor league record is a pretty mixed
bag, but he is left-handed, which got him brief shots in the majors with the
Cardinals in 2004 and 2005. After the 2006 season, Cali was released by St.
Louis, and signed with Minnesota. He had a fine year with Rochester in 2007,
reaching the Twins in late May. He got off to a strong start, going unscored
upon in his first seven outings (5.1 innings), but gave up four runs in his
next appearance and was sent back to Rochester in early July, returning in
early August. He made 24 appearances as a Twin, pitching 21 innings with a 4.71
ERA and a 1.81 WHIP. He was in Rochester again in 2008, but was released after
the season. Cali spent 2009 in the Dodgers' organization, but was released in
late June, ending his playing career. At last report, Carmen Cali was a
project manager for Frontier Custom Homes in Naples, Florida.
Right-hander Chih-Wei Hu did not
play for the Twins but was originally signed by them. He was born in
Taichung, Taiwan and signed with the Twins in August of 2012 as a free agent at
the age of eighteen. He did extremely well in the low minors, reaching
high-A Fort Myers in 2015 and making one emergency start in Rochester that
year, where he also did well. At the July trade deadline, however, he was
traded to Tampa Bay along with Alexis Tapia for Kevin Jepsen. He had an
excellent year in AA in 2016. In 2017, the Rays switched him from starting
to the bullpen and he continued to pitch well for AAA Durham. He was
briefly up with the Rays several times, pitching a total of ten innings over
six appearances. He went 1-1, 2.70 with an 0.90 WHIP. He turns
twenty-four today. There are all kinds of things that can happen along
the way, but right now there's every reason to think Chih-Wei Hu is going to be
a fine major league pitcher.
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