Wayne Lee Twitchell (March 10, 1948 – September 16, 2010) was an American Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher. Early years Twitchell played basketball, football and baseball at Wilson High School in Portland, Oregon. The University of Arizona offered him a partial scholarship to play quarterback, but when the Houston Astros selected him with the third overall pick in the 1966 Major League Baseball draft, he opted for baseball, instead. He went 21–26 with a 3.53 earned run average and 402 strikeouts mostly as a starting pitcher over four seasons in the Astros' farm system. After the season, in one of their last transactions before relocating and becoming the Milwaukee Brewers, the Seattle Pilots purchased Twitchell. He went 9–12 with a 5.44 ERA and 103 strikeouts with the Portland Beavers. He received a call up to the majors that September, and struck out the side in the only inning he pitched in his major league debut. His second appearance didn't go as well. He entered in the fifth inning with the Brewers trailing the Kansas City Royals 5–2, and with runners on first and second and one out. He allowed both inherited runners to score, and gave up an additional three runs before getting out of the inning. During Spring training , he was traded to the Philadelphia Phillies for minor league outfielder Pat Skrable. Philadelphia Phillies Twitchell spent the 1971 season in triple A, and again received a call up to the majors when rosters expanded in September. His season debut was a start against the New York Mets, in which he allowed three unearned runs in four innings. He faced the Mets again the next day, this time in relief. In 3.1 innings, he struck out five batters. He earned his first career win on September 23 against the Montreal Expos. Over the month, he pitched sixteen innings without allowing an earned run. The Phillies began the season with Dick Selma in the starting rotation and Twitchell in the bullpen. On April 18, Twitchell earned his first career save. On June 10, he served up a grand slam to Hank Aaron that put Aaron into second place all-time home run list (649), passing Willie Mays. He was 2–1 with a 5.49 ERA when manager Frank Lucchesi was replaced with Paul Owens. Shortly after taking over the job, Owens switched Twitchell's and Selma's roles. Twitchell went 3-8 as a starter