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Twitchell's best season by far came in 1973, when he went 13-9 for the last-place Phillies; his 2.50 ERA was the second best in the NL, and he was third in fewest hits per nine innings (6.93) and tied for third in shutouts (5). He pitched a scoreless inning in the All-Star Game. Except for 1976, when he went 3-1, 1.75, mostly in relief, 1973 was his only winning season and his only ERA below 4.00. He suffered a knee injury playing basketball in November 1973 and was out until the end of May 1974. (SFS)

FROM THE BASEBALL CHRONOLOGY » June 15, 1977: The Phillies swap batteries with Montreal sending P Wayne Twitchell and C Tim Blackwell for C Barry Foote and P Dan Warthen. Then Philadelphia ships P Tom Underwood, OF Rick Bosetti and 1B Dane Iorg to the Cardinals for Bake McBride and Steve Waterbury. McBride will hit .339 after arriving in Philley.