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This clubhouse comic and team energizer sometimes wears a batting helmet with a propeller on it. He became the nation's darling with his 1988 postseason play. After hitting only one HR all year, he homered in the first inning of the first and final WS games and made the finest defensive plays of the Series. An enthusiastic, hustling player, he would have been WS MVP but for Orel Hershiser. Hatcher spent six seasons with the Twins as an effective utility player, then was released during the spring of 1987 before signing with the Dodgers. (TG)

FROM THE BASEBALL CHRONOLOGY » March 30, 1981: The Twins trade OF Ken Landreaux to the Dodgers for OF-3B Mickey Hatcher, minor-leaguer Kelly Snider, and P Matt Reeves. » May 16, 1983: Despite six 9th-inning runs on solo home runs by Dave Engle and Bobby Mitchell and 2-run shots by Gary Gaetti and Mickey Hatcher, the Twins lose 7–6 to Oakland. Engle's and Hatcher's are pinch hits. » April 28, 1985: Mickey Hatcher goes 4-for-5 as the Twins post their 8th consecutive win, 10–1 over Oakland. Hatcher was 5-for-5 the day before, giving him a club record nine consecutive hits. » September 23, 1988: At Candlestick Park, the Dodgers win 3-0, behind Orel Hershiser (23-8) who pitches a complete game shutout to extend his record-tying streak to 49 consecutive shutout innings. Mickey Hatcher's 2-out, 3-run homer in the 8th off starter Atlee Hammaker is all the scoring. » October 20, 1988: Series MVP Orel Hershiser ends his dream season with a 5–2 four-hitter over the A's in game five of the World Series. Mickey Hatcher starts the Dodger scoring with a 2-run home run in the 1st off Storm Davis, Hatcher's 2nd home run of the Series. The win gives the Dodgers their first World Championship since 1981. Los Angeles is the only team to win more than one World Series in the 1980s.