Arthur Bobby Lee Darwin (born February 16, 1943) is an American

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and a former

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and

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who played for the

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Minnesota Twins The Minnesota Twins are an American professional baseball team based in Minneapolis. The Twins compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) Central Division. The team is named after the Twin Cities area w ...

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(1975-),

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(1976-) and

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(1977). Darwin began his career as a

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pitcher, appearing in one game with the Angels at the age of 19. After spending most of the next decade in the

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, during which time he switched positions to

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, Darwin established himself as a Major League player with the Twins in 1972. In his first three full seasons (1972-), Darwin hit 65

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s and drove in 264 runs, finishing in the top ten in the American League in home runs and

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for both 1972 and 1974, while also leading the American League in

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s in all three of those seasons. He was traded to the Brewers in the middle of the 1975 season for Johnny Briggs, and finished his career as a part-time player in 1976 and 1977. Darwin finished his pro career after the 1978 season. In 1983, he became a scout for the Dodgers, and was honored for longtime service with the club in 2010.

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