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Former Cub Wayne Terwilliger has passed away

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Wayne Terwilliger has died at 95. Remembered here mostly as Twins coach, Twig played w/ St. Paul Saints (1952) as Brooklyn Dodgers farmhand & for Mpls Millers (1955-56-57) as NY Giants farmhand. Meaning, he had Lexington, Nicollet & the Met as home parks playing here.

— Reusse (@Patrick_Reusse) February 3, 2021

Wayne Terwilliger, who most of you have probably never heard of, signed a contract with the Cubs before the 1948 season. He made his major-league debut late in 1949 and played the rest of that season, all of 1950 and part of 1951 with the Cubs.