StaTuesday: Twins’ Gimenez making history … on the mound

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Chris Gimenez is making history, albeit some he likely never expected or wished.

The Minnesota Twins’ backup catcher has also become the team’s emergency reliever this season. Unlike most position players who get a chance to take the mound, Gimenez hasn’t been used just once. Or even twice. But, with the All-Star break a few weeks away, he’s pitched five times.

Since World War II, no position player has appeared in more games in relief in a season than Gimenez. This doesn’t include Willie Smith, who in 1963-64 was used regularly as pitcher and outfielder for the Tigers and Angles, or players like Rick Ankiel, who began as a pitcher, or Johnny Lindell, an outfielder who moved…