Gary Wayne Serum (born October 24, 1956) is a retired

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. He played two and half seasons at the major league level for the Minnesota Twins. He was signed by the Twins as an amateur free agent in 1975. Serum played his last professional season with the

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' Double-A Nashville Sounds and Triple-A Columbus Clippers in 1982. Serum grew up in

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and graduated from Alexandria High School.

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