All about Wayne Terwilliger, aka "Twig"
60th season in professional baseball as player, coach and manager

2003 Ft. Worth Cats manager Dodgers 1951 cats celebrate championship twig and tony oliva acknowledge crowd 8/18/07

book cover Making history: 2005 was a year of milestones: Twig became the second man ever to manage at age 80, led the Ft. Worth Cats to a league championship, posted a franchise record for wins, was Manager of the Year, retired and quickly unretired.

Author: Twig's 2006 autobiography published by Globe-Pequot.

At a glance: BIOGRAPHY...YEAR BY YEAR SUMMARY...GALLERY

Player: Cubs (1949-51), Dodgers (1951), Senators (1953-54), Giants (1955-56), KC Athletics (1959-60), and 6 teams in the minors. DETAILS

Coach: Senators (1969-71), Rangers (1972, 1981-85), Twins (1986-94), St. Paul Saints (1995-2002), Ft. Worth Cats (2006-). DETAILS

Manager: Managed 12 minor-league teams; 1,224-1,089 record including 2005 Central League championship. DETAILS

Personal: Born in Clare, Mich., graduated from Western Michigan University; served in the Marines during WWII; now lives in Texas. DETAILS

briggs card

Baseball cards

Recent clippings: book and bling
...Accessorizes a title with an earring New York Times, 7/11/06
Review of book Ft. Worth Weekly, 7/5/06
Twig's story is unique St. Paul Pioneer Press, 5/26/06
Manager goes long New York Times, 12/07/05
Terwilliger bunts one for the books Ft. Worth Weekly, 5/05 (an especially good story)

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