Chart: Top Twins pitchers in their first two starts

August 17, 2013 at 3:25AM

How they fared

Here's a look at how five of the top pitchers in Twins history fared in their first two major league starts:

PitcherDebutFirst two startsCareer record

Johan Santana20000-1, 8.31 ERA93-44, 3.22 ERA

Frank Viola19820-0, 6.23 ERA176-150, 3.73 ERA

Bert Blyleven19701-1, 1.93 ERA287-250, 3.31 ERA

Jim Kaat*19590-2, 15.75 ERA283-237, 3.45 ERA

Brad Radke19951-1, 4.09 ERA148-139, 4.22 ERA

*Made debut with Washington Senators before franchise moved here in 1961.

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Chip Scoggins

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Chip Scoggins is a sports columnist and enterprise writer for the Star Tribune. He has worked at the Star Tribune since 2000 and previously covered the Vikings, Gophers football, Wild, Wolves and high school sports.

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