Bob Gebhard A 31 game career....Insignificant resume on the field....a relief pitcher with a career total of one win, two losses....totals 31 games mostly with his home state team, Minnesota....add a one game two inning appearance for Montreal.....More highly significant in MLB history is his role of general manager of the 1st year Colorado Rockies in 1993.....imported talent more much more accessible by free agency....made playoff in 1995.....length of service in the Rocky Mountains terminated in 1999....continues to work in front office capacity for Cardinals and Diamondbacks.....also worked his way up through the Expos and Twins organizations....recently announced retirement from baseball.
Steve Brye....California born not to be confused with teammate Steve Braun.....came with a decent line bat and strong minor league vita....was able to hold a spot on the 1974 Minnesota Twins rising above his sub platoon status....batted a career best .284....follow up performance did not materialize....returned for two more Twinkie campaigns as a subsitute.....last inning as a Twin was cemented in controversy.....on 10/3/76 was accused of a lackadaisical outfield play allowing Royal George Brett an inside the park homer giving him the AL hitting title....Brye is sold to Milwaukee where his role and output remain the same during 1977....BA a bit under .250 with the drawback of his OBP and power being substandard.....released and is signed by the Pirates where he is relegated to pinch hitter....took a demotion to AAA Hawaii in 1979 where his numbers matched his diminishing production.
Hal Haydel First game was his greatest game....A late season start in 1970, pitched 5 innings, gave up 2 runs, and added a home run to his cause to take the contest 8-3 vs. White Sox....the homer was especially surprising in that Haydel only hit .115 in minors that year....added another unexpected win on 9/30 when he was asked to mop in the 9th with Twins trailing 4-2.....Twinkies racked up 4 runs in bottom of ninth.....on paper would look promising but Haydel carried a long minor league resume and his debut was at age 28.....did return to the cup of coffee club in 1971....took W’s out of four of six decisions.....but ERA rose considerably.....not invited back after a meltdown in AAA during 1972....died in 2018 in same town of his birth Houma, LA
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