From Cuba, Zolio Versalles (or “Zorro” as he was commonly known as) would first suit up for the Washington Senators as a 19-year-old and win the starting job at Shortstop the first year the franchise moved to Minnesota.  Versalles is a very interesting baseball player to talk about here, and perhaps at first glance, his position here might seem very low especially for a former MVP.

Patrolling the Shortstop position for over a decade for the Washington Senators, George McBride was one of the best defensive infielders of his day.  McBride had seven seasons where he had a Defensive bWAR over 2.0 and two where he went over 3.0.  Career wise, McBride would lead the AL in Defensive bWAR four times (though granted in a time where this wasn’t a statistic) and as of this writing he is 25th overall career wise in that metric.

When Rick Aguilera was traded midway through the 1989 season he was hoping to remain a starter, which he was until the end of the year.  That changed in 1990 when he was named the team closer, a move that benefited both Aguilera and the Twins.

A 20 Game winner in 1977, Dave Goltz would win another 76 Games over his career as a Minnesota Twin.  Goltz would have two seasons where he finished in the top five in bWAR for Pitchers and had a sixth-place finish in Cy Young voting in ‘77.  

Goltz had a Twins record of 96-79 with an ERA of 3.48.