Camilo Pascual played 18 seasons in the Major Leagues, including 13 with the Twins and first Washington Senators franchise (1954-1966). He was a five-time all-star and lead the A.L. in strikeouts three times. During the Twins' first four years in Bloomington, Pascual compiled a 71-48 with 65 complete games and 846 strikeouts (211.5 per season), winning 20 and 21 games in 1962 and 1963 respectively.
He is the 24th member of the Hall Of Fame.
Pascual made his debut April 15, 1954 for Calvin Griffith's
Washington Senators, mopping up the last three innings of a 6-1 loss to Boston. As a 20-year-old, he put in an encouraging rookie season but plagued by wildness and had a strikeout-to-walk ratio of less than one. He was able to harness his pitching by 1959 when he made his first all-star team and finished the season at 17-10, with a 2.64 ERA and 185 strikeouts in 238 2/3 innings.
His years in Minnesota were his best, and currently ranks second on the franchise's All-Time list in shutouts (31), third in strikeouts (1,885), fourth in innings pitched (2,465.0) and fifth in wins (145) and starts (331).
Arm problems slowed Pascual down and Griffith traded him and Bernie Allen to the Bob Short's Washington franchise for reliever Ron Kline after the 1966 season. He resurged to win 25 games over the next years for a very bad Senator's team then was sold to Cincinnati midway through the 1969 season. Pascual retired after pitching for both the Los Angeles Dodgers and Cleveland Indians in 1970 and 1971 respectively.
Pascual is the younger brother of former major league pitcher Carlos Pascual, whose nickname of "Potato" earned Pascual the nickname of "Little Potato."
After his playing career ended, Pascual retired to Miami where he had lived since 1960. From 1978 to 1980, Pascual was the Minnesota Twins pitching coach for manager Gene Mauch. Since 1989, he has worked as international scout for the Oakland Athletics, New York Mets, and the Los Angeles Dodgers, for whom he currently scouts Venezuela. Among the major leaguers Pascual has signed are Jose Canseco, Alex Cora, Omar Daal, Miguel Cairo, and Franklin Gutierrez.
