Sunday, March 25, 2018

Former Phillie of the Day - Wayne Twitchell

Wayne Twitchell is your FPOTD. His claim to fame in Philadelphia is being the team's lone All-Star for the 1973 game. He won 13 games that year for a truly bad team that had Steve Carlton win 13 and lose 20. The 73 Phils had two more 13-game winners–Ken Brett and Jim Lonborg. But Twitchell got to go to Kansas City, where he pitched a scoreless 6th inning, allowing one hit and striking out one.

Here's career highlights for this member of the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame. 


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