Ervin Santana's 4/15/17 Gem Ranks High On AT Twins List

Who says there's no pitching in today's MLB?

Today's lovely 6-0, 1 hit, 1 walk, 8 strikeout, nine inning shutout  win against the Chicago White Sox by Ervin Santana vaults him to a nice spot near the top of the Twins All-Time Top 116 single game pitching performances, as measured by his 92 Game Score. It tied him with several other greats in Twins history, namely Johan Santana, Jim Kaat, Dave Goltz, Gerry Arrigo and Milton, again. Game Score is a 1980s Bill James creation, as explained in my "Brief & Damn Near Worthless Sabrmetrics Guide. In brief, it awards points for strikeouts, innings pitched, and outs recorded, while subtracting points for hits, walks, and earned runs allowed.

It really helps distinguish the wonderfully dominating starts that characterize elite pitchers from those outings of pitchers that needed a fair amount of fielding luck and walks and hits to get through nine innings.

Eric Milton is #1 on our list, whose 1999 no-hitter versus the Angels  (You Tube) was above all other starts in team history in terms of quality and economy. It was fast. It was dominating. And It was clean, like Santana's was today. He faced 28 batters. Santana, 29. Milton punched out 13 in his gem, which clocked in at 2:28. Santana, again, k'd 8 in a zippy 2:26, by comparison. Pretty comparable, right? The main seperator between them was the five extra strikeouts, and one hit allowed by Santana.

It's probably worth noting that Bert Blyleven has pitched 5 of the TOP 25 Game Score games in team history, more than any other hurler. You should also note that Santana's game today rates higher than no-hit games pitched by Jack Kralick in 1962 (#34 on our list), Scott Erickson in 1994 (#48), and Francisco Liriano in 2011.

Photo: Jim Mones, AP

Part of the fun of lists like these is that they give Twins fans, old and young, an opportunity to recall the great games they remember seeng in person, or on radio or TV. Anyone born as early as the 1980s remembers watching Scott Baker's no-hit bid against KC in 2007 (#7), or Andrew Albers's 2013 2-hitter versus the Tribe (#116), for example. I obviously fit into the "prehistoric duffer" category, as I can readily recall the 1973 Joe Decker 15 strikeout game (#14), or the Dave Goltz 11 inning 2-1, complete game win in 1977 (#20). Feel free to post your favorite game reminiscences from those you see in the list!  

NO HIT PITCHERS IN RED CAPS, others referenced appear in BLUE.
-I'm adding box score links to the dates, check back sometime to check 'em out-

Rk             Player          Date Opp   Rslt   IP H R BB SO GSc
1         ERIC MILTON    1999-09-11 ANA  W 7-0  9.0 0 0  2 13  98

2       Bert Blyleven    1975-08-27 MIL  W 1-0 11.0 6 0  1 13  97
3        Dave Boswell    1966-07-30 BAL  W 7-0  9.0 1 0  1 11  95
4         Jim Merritt 1967-05-30(2) NYY  W 3-0  9.0 2 0  0 11  94
5       Bert Blyleven    1986-08-01 OAK W 10-1  9.0 2 1  1 15  93
6        Kevin Tapani    1992-06-24 CAL W 11-0  9.0 2 0  0 10  93
7         Scott Baker 2007-08-31(2) KCR  W 5-0  9.0 1 0  1  9  93

NEW!      Ervin Santana  2017-04-15 CHI  W 6-0  9.0 1 0  1  8  92
8       Johan Santana    2004-07-06 KCR  W 4-0  9.0 3 0  2 13  92
9            Jim Kaat    1967-09-18 KCA  W 2-0 10.0 6 0  0 12  92
10        Eric Milton    2002-08-01 CHW  W 6-0  9.0 3 0  0 11  92
11         Dave Goltz 1976-08-31(1) MIL  W 4-0  9.0 2 0  2 11  92
12         Dave Goltz    1977-08-23 BOS  W 7-0  9.0 1 0  3 10  92
13       Gerry Arrigo 1964-06-26(1) CHW  W 2-0  9.0 1 0  1  8  92
14         Joe Decker    1973-06-26 CHW  W 4-0  9.0 4 0  3 15  91
15     Camilo Pascual 1961-07-19(1) LAA  W 6-0  9.0 5 0  1 15  91
16        Jim Merritt    1966-07-21 WSA  W 1-0  9.0 3 0  2 12  91
17        Dean Chance    1968-06-19 WSA  W 4-0  9.0 3 0  0 10  91
18        Frank Viola    1986-10-05 CHW  W 3-0  9.0 2 0  1  9  91
19      Ervin Santana    2016-07-06 OAK  W 4-0  9.0 2 0  0  8  91
20         Dave Goltz    1977-07-25 OAK  W 2-1 11.0 8 1  1 14  90
21      Bert Blyleven    1973-09-14 CHW  W 6-0  9.0 4 0  1 12  90
22     Camilo Pascual    1963-09-18 DET W 10-0  9.0 2 0  3 10  90
23      Bert Blyleven    1973-09-26 OAK  W 4-1  9.0 1 1  1  8  90
24      Bert Blyleven    1973-05-24 KCR  W 2-0  9.0 1 0  2  7  90
25          Jim Perry    1970-09-25 KCR  W 1-0  9.0 2 0  0  7  90
26       Mudcat Grant 1965-09-25(1) WSA  W 5-0  9.0 1 0  2  7  90
27       Dave Boswell    1968-05-29 CLE  W 1-0  9.0 3 0  2 10  89
28           Jim Kaat    1962-04-22 LAA  W 5-0  9.0 4 0  0 10  89
29      Johan Santana    2005-08-12 OAK  W 1-0  9.0 3 0  1  9  89
30       Kevin Slowey    2008-06-29 MIL  W 5-0  9.0 3 0  0  8  89
31         Brad Radke    2005-05-05 CLE  W 9-0  9.0 3 0  0  8  89
32     Scott Erickson    1991-05-01 BOS  W 1-0  9.0 2 0  1  7  89
33        Jim Merritt    1967-09-21 KCA  W 4-0  9.0 2 0  0  6  89
34       JACK KRALICK    1962-08-26 KCA  W 1-0  9.0 0 0  1  3  89
35      Bert Blyleven    1974-05-24 TEX  W 9-0  9.0 5 0  0 11  88
36       Dick Woodson    1972-08-01 TEX  W 3-0  9.0 3 0  3 10  88
37      Bert Blyleven    1972-05-03 MIL  W 7-0  9.0 4 0  1 10  88
38      Johan Santana    2005-06-08 ARI W 10-0  9.0 4 0  0  9  88
39      Bert Blyleven    1986-07-13 NYY  W 5-0  9.0 3 0  1  8  88
40         Dave Goltz    1976-09-09 TEX  W 6-0  9.0 3 0  1  8  88
41           Jim Kaat    1973-07-01 CAL  W 2-1  9.0 1 1  0  7  88
42        Dean Chance    1968-09-23 CAL  W 3-0  9.0 3 0  0  7  88
43           Jim Kaat    1962-06-23 LAA  W 5-0  9.0 3 0  0  7  88
44       Bill Krueger    1992-06-30 CAL  W 2-0  9.0 2 0  1  6  88
45     Scott Erickson    1991-06-24 NYY  W 5-0  9.0 2 0  1  6  88
46         Geoff Zahn    1980-06-06 TOR  W 5-0  9.0 1 0  3  6  88
47        Scott Baker    2009-08-14 CLE W 11-0  9.0 2 0  0  5  88
48     SCOTT ERICKSON   1994-04-27 MIL   W 6-0  9.0 0 0  4  5  88
49         Gary Serum    1978-08-19 TOR  W 5-0  9.0 2 0  0  5  88
50      Bert Blyleven    1974-08-30 BOS  W 3-2  9.0 4 2  2 14  87
51     Camilo Pascual    1963-07-23 CLE  L 2-3 12.2 7 3  2 11  87
52         Brad Radke    1997-07-20 OAK  W 1-0  9.0 5 0  0 10  87
53         Joe Decker    1973-08-24 MIL  W 3-0  9.0 4 0  2 10  87
54           Jim Kaat    1966-09-25 DET  W 1-0  9.0 4 0  1  9  87
55       Dick Stigman    1963-05-29 WSA W 10-1  9.0 2 1  3  9  87
56         Dave Goltz    1976-09-25 CAL  W 6-0  9.0 2 0  4  8  87
57        Dean Chance    1968-04-10 WSA  W 2-0  9.0 4 0  0  8  87
58        Dean Chance    1967-05-11 KCA  W 8-0  9.0 1 0  6  8  87
59     Camilo Pascual    1963-05-25 CHW  W 6-0  9.0 2 0  4  8  87
60        Eric Milton    1999-07-31 ANA  W 8-0  9.0 3 0  1  7  87
61    Darrell Jackson 1978-07-07(2) OAK  W 1-0  9.0 3 0  1  7  87
62          Jim Perry    1970-08-07 OAK  W 2-1 11.0 5 1  3  7  87
63     Camilo Pascual    1962-09-30 BAL  W 1-0  9.0 3 0  1  7  87
64     Camilo Pascual 1961-09-23(2) WSA W 10-0  9.0 2 0  3  7  87
65      Scott Diamond    2012-07-27 CLE W 11-0  9.0 3 0  0  6  87
66           Joe Mays    2002-08-16 BOS  W 5-0  9.0 2 0  2  6  87
67         Dave Goltz    1974-10-01 TEX  W 6-0  9.0 2 0  1  5  87
68       Dick Stigman    1964-07-03 NYY  W 1-0 10.0 4 0  2  5  87
69       Dave Boswell    1969-09-19 SEP  W 2-1  9.0 5 1  1 14  86
70           Jim Kaat    1968-09-02 BOS  W 5-1  9.0 3 1  2 11  86
71     Camilo Pascual    1962-07-13 WSA  W 4-0  9.0 4 0  3 10  86
72       Kevin Tapani    1990-05-06 MIL  W 4-0  9.0 5 0  0  9  86
73          Jim Perry 1970-09-01(1) MIL  W 4-0  9.0 5 0  0  9  86
74     Camilo Pascual    1961-08-29 NYY  W 3-0  9.0 4 0  2  9  86
75     Camilo Pascual    1961-05-20 KCA  W 2-0  9.0 5 0  0  9  86
76         Brad Radke    1998-06-09 CHC  W 8-0  9.0 4 0  1  8  86
77      Bert Blyleven    1970-08-26 BOS  W 7-0  9.0 4 0  1  8  86
78      Bert Blyleven    1970-06-27 CHW  W 9-1  9.0 2 1  1  8  86
79        DEAN CHANCE 1967-08-25(2) CLE  W 2-1  9.0 0 1  5  8  86
80         Brad Radke    2001-06-12 HOU  W 7-0  9.0 4 0  0  7  86
81      Jerry Koosman    1979-09-04 KCR  W 5-1  9.0 2 1  0  7  86
82      Bert Blyleven    1973-06-16 DET  W 5-0  9.0 4 0  0  7  86
83           Jim Kaat    1966-08-27 CHW  W 1-0  9.0 3 0  2  7  86
84     Camilo Pascual    1961-05-15 CHW  W 5-0  9.0 4 0  0  7  86
85        Frank Viola    1984-05-19 BOS  W 7-0  9.0 3 0  1  6  86
86         Geoff Zahn    1977-07-10 SEA W 15-0  9.0 3 0  1  6  86
87         Luis Tiant    1970-04-26 DET  W 6-0  9.0 3 0  1  6  86
88     Camilo Pascual    1961-08-23 CHW  W 4-0  9.0 2 0  3  6  86
89       Dick Woodson    1972-09-06 TEX  W 2-0  9.0 2 0  2  5  86
90          Jim Perry 1966-07-19(2) WSA  W 4-0  9.0 2 0  2  5  86
91     Scott Erickson 1992-07-24(1) BOS  W 5-0  9.0 1 0  2  3  86
92        Dean Chance 1967-07-02(1) WSA  W 4-1  9.0 5 1  0 12  85
93           Jim Kaat 1963-07-24(2) CLE  W 5-0  9.0 6 0  1 11  85
94        Dean Chance    1967-06-01 BOS  W 4-0  9.0 5 0  2 10  85
95          Jim Perry    1966-08-16 CAL  W 8-1  9.0 3 1  4 10  85
96           Jim Kaat 1961-09-14(2) LAA  W 3-1  9.0 3 1  2 10  85
97         Brad Radke    1997-09-21 MIL  W 2-1 10.0 6 1  0  9  85
98          Jim Perry 1966-06-26(2) DET  W 7-1  9.0 3 1  3  9  85
99         Kyle Lohse    2002-08-20 CHW  W 5-0  9.0 4 0  2  8  85
100     Bert Blyleven    1985-08-17 SEA  W 2-0  9.0 3 0  4  8  85
101     Bert Blyleven    1972-09-22 CAL  W 1-0  9.0 5 0  0  8  85
102          Tom Hall    1969-08-24 NYY  W 1-0  9.0 4 0  2  8  85
103       Dean Chance    1968-08-03 DET  W 4-0  9.0 4 0  2  8  85
104          Joe Mays    1999-07-17 CHC  W 8-0  9.0 3 0  3  7  85
105      Dick Woodson    1973-05-13 KCR  W 5-0  9.0 3 0  3  7  85
106       Jim Merritt    1968-06-04 NYY  W 3-0  9.0 4 0  1  7  85
107         Jim Perry    1968-04-13 NYY  W 6-0  9.0 4 0  1  7  85
108     Bert Blyleven    1986-08-11 CAL  W 2-0  9.0 3 0  2  6  85
109          Tom Hall    1969-04-18 CAL  W 6-0  9.0 2 0  4  6  85
110    Camilo Pascual    1963-05-10 KCA  W 2-0  9.0 3 0  2  6  85
111     Bert Blyleven    1973-06-08 BAL  W 2-0  9.0 2 0  3  5  85
112      Jack Kralick    1963-04-25 WSA  W 3-0  9.0 3 0  1  5  85
113      Dick Stigman    1963-04-18 LAA  W 3-0  9.0 3 0  1  5  85
114          Jim Kaat    1962-07-19 CLE  W 8-0  9.0 3 0  1  5  85
115       Pedro Ramos    1961-04-11 NYY  W 6-0  9.0 3 0  1  5  85
116     Andrew Albers    2013-08-12 CLE  W 3-0  9.0 2 0  0  2  85

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To generate this list at Baseball Reference, I began at 85 as my absolute bottom benchmark score. Any game lower than this failed to make the list, like Francisco Liriano's 83 in his 2011 no-hitter. I vividly recall saying in my "25 Best Pitched Twins Games" * post that that game wasn't even close to  being the best pitched game of his career, and being chastised as being ridiculous by one friend ("A no-hitter HAS to be the best game he's ever thrown!"). Because throwing a no-hitter is the be-all/end-all criterion, and nothing else matters, I guess. Walk 11 or 12 guys, strike out 3, and have your fielders catch 4 "At-em" balls? No matter!

* A post that now looks hopelessly arbitrary, unscientific, and very subjective today, as there's no rank order, and I was going completely off of memory. Of course, I didn't have the benefit of the "BBRef Play Index" to guide me 6 years ago!

But owing to Liriano's 6 walks and a mere 2 strikeouts in that effort, I stand by my earlier idea. I think most people would agree a game that is as clean as Santana's was today, nice to watch and tinged with an artistic flair, is qualitatively better. I don't care if I see a 10 walk, 4 strikeout, 12-inning complete game no-hitter tomorrow, I'll still maintain a "clean," economical pitching effort with 2 hits allowed gets the nod.

"So long, everybody!" - Herb Carneal

Game Of The Week: #1 Pick Eddie Bane Debuts For The Twins-July 4, 1973

It was 43 years ago this week, Wednesday, July 4, 1973  that Eddie Bane, the Twins sparkly and sizzling draft pick in Round One of the 1973 MLB Amateur Draft, made his debut less than one month after he was drafted (June 7, 1973). The Sporting News chose him as that spring's College Player Of The Year  (see link!) over players that would eventually be enshrined in the National Baseball Hall Of Fame. But he is an example of an individual whose talent could not live up to the hype, as a junkballing, Luis Tiant clone.

A PHOTO FROM MY CHILDHOOD BASEBALL SCRAPBOOK! 

[above] Interesting, odd juxtaposition "photoshopping" Bane into crowd: was the Star Trib implying Bane imbibed before his debut? Or that he'd gone into the stands drunkenly believing he could pitch just fine, thank you, from that spot to the KC lineup? (Steve Schluter photo: Minneapolis Star, Thursday, July 5, 1973)

By the time the ’73 season rolled around, it had already seemed a lifetime since the Twins had last been to the postseason. Following their loss to Baltimore in the 1970 ALCS, the Twins had finished in 5^th place (1971), and 3^rd (1972) in the six team American League West.

Yes, it was only $55,000 in 1973 money. But Bane sure had the satisfied look of a man who’d just gotten away with a bank robbery. And, in a way, he had…[photo VIA Minnesota Twins, from "The Twins At The Met," Bob Showers, 2009).

The Hype

The talent pool in the Minors had become shallow, with Steve Braun, Jim Holt, Steve Brye and Dave Goltz showing only mixed promise in their brief stints in the Majors.  Attendance at The Met was slacking off, alarmingly. Those mustachioed sluggers from Oakland had won the ’72 World Series, and the Royals were steadily stockpiling talent down in K.C.

Something had to give. And in a move that was never contemplated in the modern cases of Bryce Harper, Stephen Strasburg, and Mike Trout (whom Eddie scouted and recommended signing when he was with the Angels), Gerritt Cole, David Price, et. al, the Twins went against common practice – long, steady seasoning through years in the minors – and decided to plug him into the starting rotation while the publicity iron was hot. It wasn’t without precedent, however.

My friend John Swol at the superb Twins Trivia site (THANK YOU, JOHN!!) contributes this entertaining excerpt of a conversation he had with Eddie a couple years ago. As it sometimes happens, the recorded phone interview suffers from a less-than-perfect feed, a bit of tinny, trebly reception. But once you get past that, it is a wonderful first-person account of his debut by the man himself, who shows himself to be a humble, nice guy. He compares himself most deprecatingly to fellow rookie David Clyde as saying "the Twins didn't hamper my development at all by starting me immediately, I was as good as I was going to be anyhow..." to paraphrase his words. He explains the reason for his relative success in college versus the Majors, with reference to his curveball deserting him after he got to the show. I think you'll enjoy this bit! If I'm you, I'd head to his site, and go to his "Interview Archives" to hear the whole interview!

The Twins went all-out, handed out
this promotional photo card on debut night

The Twins were following the lead of the Texas Rangers, who just 8 days previously sent their top pick, the aforementioned 18-year old Texas high school phenom David Clyde (no. 1 overall) to the mound against the Twins in Arlington (see draft chart below). Bane was the eleventh overall pick in the nation out of Arizona State.  New Padres pick Dave Winfield (no. 4 overall) had played his first game nearly three weeks earlier, going 1 for 4 against the Astros Jerry Reuss in a 7-3 loss. I guess in the meantime, then, Bane had slow, steady seasoning in the bullpen workouts in front of coaches Vern Morgan and Al Worthington, by comparison...

He came to Minnesota with alluring numbers: 15-1 as a senior, 192 strikeouts in 140 innings pitched, and a 1.93 ERA.  Overall, he'd compiled a 41-4 record in three seasons against college hitters.  He was selected as The Sporting News Player of The Year, and became the Twins pick, right after Pat Rockett was chosen at no. 10 by the Braves. He thus came to Minnesota with a hunka hunka huge hype and with all the expectations that come with it. 

After that, The Twins must have felt a measure of justification when Bane shut out the Minnesota Golden Gophers and fellow draftee Dave Winfield 3-0, in the College World Series

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The Game

I will merely give some basics, with the Winona Daily News of July 5, 1973  as well as the Jefferson City Post Tribune linked to supply extra detail. The start of the game was delayed, as Owner Cal Griffith ordered the field staff and umpires to wait until the turnstiles finally saw an ebb in the walkup rate. Then, Bane went out that and threw seven good innings, gave up only three hits, three walks, one run, and one run earned. But, laughingly, my mentality as a young fan was such that I was disappointed he didn't A. get the win, and B. that he didn't toss a complete game shutout - - so, I was definitely a sucker for the hype. But Bane's performance was actually all the more impressive for the fact he had not pitched in a actual game in weeks other than the bullpen sessions with the Twins. In facing 26 Royals batters, 13 of his outs came via the groundball (including one double play), and only three outfield chances (one flyout to left field, two to center), one lineout that Bane caught, and one runner caught stealing. The rest were strikeouts, three. The only trouble he encountered was Fran Healy's one out RBI double to right, scoring Hal McRae in the third, who had reached on a single. And that was about it for K.C. fireworks that evening.

My only other memory of that game was when Bane struck out Lou Piniella, his first, in the top of the second; I also took it as a point of pride that it took until the third for Hal MaCrae to record Kansas City's first hit, that single to left. He had a STELLAR first outing against the nucleaus of what would become the Royal's first championship team (in 1976). He was replaced by Ray Corbin in the start of the 8th inning. He pitched a scoreless 8th, but then allowed Kansas City to storm ahead with four runs in the 9th, to give them a 5-4 win.

For the remainder of that year, Twins management couldn't have been at all encouraged by Eddie's output. Of his 23 games in 1973, he only started 5, ending up with an 0-5 record, an ERA of 4.92 (although his fielding independent pitching (FIP) was 3.84, suggesting he wasn't ably supported by his teammates in the field in the games he pitched). He pitched into 1976, compiling an underwhelming 7-13 lifetime record, with a 4.66 ERA in what was basically a pitching-dominated era. The American League collective ERA in 1976 was 3.52, so Bane lifetime was an entire run + above that. His time with Minnesota ended in November, 1977, when he was granted his free agency status, and signed with the White Sox. He never appeared in a ML game with them, however, and he would later be traded to the Royals, ironically, in 1980 - and again, never surfaced in the Majors. 

  
Baseball Reference listed  Bane at 5'9", 160 lb - it was as if I were on the mound. Same size, same unimposing presence.

          Note: at second base in that first game (frame 2) is Hall Of Famer Twin Rod Carew. Nice support..

The Twins did have other choices in later rounds: Fred Lynn, Len Barker, Ruppert Jones, Eddie Murray, Floyd Bannister, LaMarr Hoyt, Mike Flanigan, Matt Keough, etc., all players that became all-star caliber guys - but the Twins tabbed Bane. Well, okay then...this was a case of the Twins not having enough diverse talent evaluation. Griffith and company were obviously seduced by the above college numbers, and without a Sherry Robertson, the former farm director around to trade notes, Calvin Griffith took the bait.

OvPck	Tm		Pos	Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com">WAR	G	Drafted Out of
1	Rangers	David Clyde (minors)	LHP	0.2	85	Westchester HS (Houston, TX)
2	Phillies	John Stearns (minors)	C	18.5	810	University of Colorado (Boulder, CO)
3	Brewers	Robin Yount (minors)	SS	72.4	2856	Taft HS (Woodland Hills, CA)
4	Padres	Dave Winfield (minors)	RHP	59.4	2973	University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, MN)
5	Indians	Glenn Tufts (minors)	INF			Raynham HS (Bridgewater, MA)
6	Giants	Johnnie LeMaster (minors)	SS	-6.8	1039	Paintsville HS (Paintsville, KY)
7	Angels	Billy Taylor (minors)	OF			Windsor Forest HS (Savannah, GA)
8	Expos	Gary Roenicke (minors)	SS	14.4	1064	Edgewood HS (West Covina, CA)
9	Royals	Lew Olsen (minors)	RHP			San Ramon Valley HS (Danville, CA)
10	Braves	Pat Rockett (minors)	2B	-5.7	152	Robert E. Lee HS (San Antonio, TX)
11	Twins	Eddie Bane (minors)	LHP	-1.2	45	Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ)
12	Cardinals	Joe Edelen (minors)	3B	-0.9	27	Gracemont HS (Gracemont, OK)
13	Yankees	Doug Heinhold (minors)	RHP			Stroman HS (Victoria, TX)
14	Mets	Lee Mazzilli (minors)	OF	13.9	1475	Abraham Lincoln HS (Brooklyn, NY)
15	Orioles	Mike Parrott (minors)	RHP	1.4	119	Adolfo Camarillo HS (Camarillo, CA)
16	Cubs	Jerry Tabb (minors)	1B	-0.8	74	University of Tulsa (Tulsa, OK)
17	Red Sox	Ted Cox (minors)	SS	-1.9	272	Midwest City HS (Midwest City, OK)
18	Dodgers	Ted Farr (minors)	C			Shadle Park HS (Spokane, WA)
19	Tigers	Charles Bates (minors)	3B			California State University Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA)
20	Astros	Calvin Portley (minors)	SS			Longview HS (Longview, TX)
21	White Sox	Steve Swisher (minors)	C	-2.5	509	Ohio University (Athens, OH)
22	Reds	Bradford Kessler (minors)	OF			Claremont HS (Claremont, CA)
23	Athletics	Randy Scarbery (minors)	RHP	0.5	60	University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA)
24	Pirates	Steve Nicosia (minors)	C	0.8	358	North Miami Beach HS (Opalocka, FL)

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Generated 7/4/2012.

"So Long Everybody"- Herb Carneal