John Sevcik

John Joseph Sevcik (born July 11, 1942) is an American former baseball player who played one season in Major League Baseball for the 1965 Minnesota Twins. Sevcik was a catcher and was listed at tall and and threw and batted right-handed.

Early life John was born on July 11, 1942 in Oak Park, Illinois, to Joseph and Helen Sevcik , twenty minutes after his twin brother James (known as "Jim"). His sister Janet was born five years afterwards. His mother Helen was of Lithuanian descent and was a homemaker.

After spending his early years in Chicago, Sevcik and his family moved to Berwyn, Illinois when he was around seven. He attended Morton East High School in Cicero, Illinois before transferring to Morton West High School in Berwyn with the latter opened in 1958; he and his brother Jim played varsity baseball and football.

Playing career As he had signed under the bonus rule then in force, Sevcik spent the entire season on the roster of the Minnesota Twins. He appeared in 12 games that season, with one hit (a double off Wally Bunker of the Baltimore Orioles September 28) in 16 at bats (.063) and one run scored.

His brother Jim, an outfielder, spent four years in the Twins' farm system before retiring from baseball.

Personal life In 1964, Secvik married Glenda Lea Klipstein in a ceremony in Bismarck, North Dakota. They had met when he was attending the University of Missouri; she was a student at the nearby Stephens College.

After his baseball career ended, the couple initially lived in Minneapolis, Minnesota where Glenda opened an interior design and antiques business and John worked in construction equipment sales. Later in life, they moved to San Antonio, Texas where he worked in the liquor industry until he retired in 2006.

Since retiring, the couple have resided in Austin, Texas where Sevcik remains physically active by playing golf regularly at a local golf club. He is a fan of the Minnesota Twins.