[Terry D]

Doug Corbett was a graduate of the Florida baseball program. The Royals signed him in 1974 as an undrafted amateur free agent but released him after just one season. Corbett signed with the Reds organization and pitched well for them for four seasons in the minors, but Cincy sent him to the Twins in 1979. Corbett made the Twins in 1980 as a 27-year old rookie. At that time the Twins' relief ace was Mike Marshall. Marshall was a fine pitcher over the course of his career but he was a) getting old, b) active in the players' union, and c) a rather contentious sort who alienated many people. So, when Marshall started off '80 pitching poorly and Corbett started well, the Twins released Mike and gave the top job to Corbett. Doug was excellent that year and excellent again in '81, but in '82 the Twins sent him and second baseman Rob Wilfong to the Angels for $400,000 cash, minor league pitcher Mike Walters, and some guy named Tom Brunansky. Bruno, of course, went on to a long and highly successful career as a slugging rightfielder for Minnesota. Corbett flopped hard that year in California and his career with the Angels was a roller coaster thereafter. Corbett hit one of the peaks in '86, when he served as a table setter for Donnie Moore and saved 10 games in the Angels' race to the divisional title. Corbett won game 4 of the '86 ALCS, but he didn't pitch very well. The Angels released him in the spring of '87 and he signed on with the Orioles in June. Corbett went 0-2 in 23 innings for Baltimore, with one save and a 7.83 ERA. Corbett suffered a knee injury and when he couldn't pitch on it he asked the O's to release him, which they did in August. Here are two options for him, courtesy of newspapers.com.