division title and faced the Orioles in the inaugural AL Championship Series. Worthington relieved Tom Hall with the Twins trailing 5–1 and pitched a scoreless fifth inning. However, after retiring Jim Palmer to start the sixth, he allowed three straight hits, including an RBI single to Frank Robinson, before he was replaced on the mound by Joe Grzenda. It was his last major league appearance, as the Orioles swept the Twins in three games. In a 14-year career, Worthington compiled a 75–82 record with 834 strikeouts, a 3.39 ERA, and 110 saves in innings pitched. Pitching style Worthington was a sinkerball pitcher who also threw a slider and curveball. "The best pitches I had? My fastball slid and sank. It was a natural slider that also sunk. I didn't have a thing to do with that. Just put my hand on it. God gave me that. It just sunk. Then I had a curveball. Those were my two pitches," Worthington said. Sal Maglie, a teammate of Worthington with the Giants and later his pitching coach with Boston, told The Boston Globe that the pitcher was "pretty quick and had a good sinker....He has developed a good slider and curve to go with his fast sinker, and I believe he will help [the Red Sox]." The Associated Press called his slider "elegant." Earl Battey, who caught Worthington with the Twins, said, "He gives you that big motion and keeps the ball down and throws at the corners … an amazing pitcher." Coaching career Following his major league career, Worthington sold life insurance for two years. After that, he replaced the retired Marv Grissom as the pitching coach for the Twins, serving in that capacity from 1972 through 1973. In 1974, he joined Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia, where he helped start the Liberty University Flames baseball team, becoming the ballclub's first head coach. Worthington first found out about Liberty in 1973 when he heard Jerry Falwell speaking about it on the radio. Calling him, Worthington said the school should have a good Christian baseball coach; he wanted the job no matter what the salary. He served 13 seasons as the Flames' head coach, and the team's first season was its only losing one under his tenure. As of 2010, he was the winningest head coach in Liberty's history, with a 343-189-1 record (64.4 winning percentage). Future major leaguers Sid Bream, Lee