1970 Minnesota Twins Statistics

1969 Season 1971 Season

Record: 98-64-0, Finished 1st in AL_West (Schedule and Results)

Postseason: Lost AL Championship Series (3-0) to Baltimore Orioles

Manager: Bill Rigney (98-64)

General Manager: Calvin Griffith

Farm Director: Sherry Robertson

Ballpark: Metropolitan Stadium

Attendance: 1,261,887 (3rd of 12)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 102
One-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 97

Pythagorean W-L: 96-66, 744 Runs, 605 Runs Allowed

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162. Oct 1, MIN (98-64) beat KCR, 4-0

Top 12 Players

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Team Batting

League Register

Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	C	George Mitterwald	25	117	409	369	36	82	12	2	15	46	3	5	34	84	.222	.291	.388	.679	84	143	11	2	4	0	6
2	1B	Rich Reese*	28	153	564	501	63	131	15	5	10	56	5	4	48	70	.261	.332	.371	.703	92	186	7	7	4	4	5
3	2B	Danny Thompson	23	96	318	302	25	66	9	0	0	22	0	0	7	39	.219	.234	.248	.482	32	75	6	0	6	3	0
4	SS	Leo Cárdenas	31	160	649	588	67	145	34	4	11	65	2	5	42	101	.247	.300	.374	.674	83	220	11	4	13	2	2
5	3B	Harmon Killebrew	34	157	665	527	96	143	20	1	41	113	0	3	128	84	.271	.411	.546	.957	159	288	28	2	0	8	23
6	LF	Brant Alyea	29	94	290	258	34	75	12	1	16	61	3	3	28	51	.291	.366	.531	.897	142	137	12	3	0	1	0
7	CF	César Tovar	29	161	726	650	120	195	36	13	10	54	30	15	52	47	.300	.356	.442	.798	117	287	9	8	10	6	5
8	RF	Tony Oliva*	31	157	674	628	96	204	36	7	23	107	5	4	38	67	.325	.364	.514	.878	137	323	16	3	1	4	12
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
9	OF	Jim Holt*	26	142	341	319	37	85	9	3	3	40	3	1	17	32	.266	.300	.342	.642	75	109	9	0	1	4	3
10	2B	Rod Carew*	24	51	204	191	27	70	12	3	4	28	4	6	11	28	.366	.407	.524	.930	152	100	1	2	0	0	0
11	3B	Rick Renick	26	81	204	179	20	41	8	0	7	25	0	2	22	29	.229	.317	.391	.708	92	70	6	1	2	0	0
12	C	Paul Ratliff*	26	69	171	149	19	40	7	2	5	22	0	0	15	51	.268	.363	.443	.806	119	66	1	7	0	0	2
13	2B	Frank Quilici	31	111	160	141	19	32	3	0	2	12	0	2	15	16	.227	.297	.291	.588	61	41	6	0	2	2	3
14	UT	Bob Allison	35	47	87	72	15	15	5	0	1	7	1	0	14	20	.208	.345	.319	.664	83	23	2	1	0	0	0
15	OF	Charlie Manuel*	26	59	73	64	4	12	0	0	1	7	0	0	6	17	.188	.260	.234	.495	36	15	1	1	0	2	2
16	C	Tom Tischinski	25	24	56	46	6	9	0	0	1	2	0	0	9	6	.196	.327	.261	.588	63	12	1	0	1	0	1
17	OF	Herman Hill*	24	27	23	22	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.091	.091	.091	.182	-50	2	0	0	1	0	0
18	OF	Jim Nettles*	23	13	21	20	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	.250	.286	.250	.536	48	5	0	0	0	0	0
19	IF	Minnie Mendoza	35	16	16	16	2	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.188	.188	.188	.375	3	3	0	0	0	0	0
20	OF	Steve Brye	21	9	13	11	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	4	.182	.308	.273	.580	60	3	0	0	0	0	0
21	C	Rick Dempsey	20	5	8	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.125	.000	.125	-63	0	1	0	0	0	0
22	1B	Cotton Nash	27	4	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	1	.250	.400	.250	.650	82	1	0	0	0	0	0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
23	P	Jim Perry#	34	41	109	97	9	24	4	0	1	6	0	0	1	14	.247	.253	.320	.572	55	31	1	0	10	1	0
24	P	Jim Kaat*	31	56	88	76	17	15	1	0	1	8	0	0	6	20	.197	.262	.250	.512	41	19	2	1	4	1	1
25	P	Bert Blyleven	19	27	58	50	2	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	25	.140	.157	.140	.297	-18	7	0	0	7	0	0
26	P	Tom Hall*	22	53	50	44	4	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	9	.182	.182	.182	.364	0	8	1	0	6	0	0
27	P	Bill Zepp	23	43	47	44	3	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	31	.136	.156	.136	.292	-20	6	0	0	2	0	0
28	P	Luis Tiant	29	18	36	32	7	13	4	0	0	4	1	0	1	6	.406	.424	.531	.955	159	17	0	0	3	0	0
29	P	Ron Perranoski*	34	67	25	24	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	.042	.042	.042	.083	-77	1	0	0	1	0	0
30	P	Dave Boswell	25	20	25	25	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	.160	.160	.200	.360	-2	5	0	0	0	0	0
31	P	Stan Williams	33	68	19	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	P	Steve Barber	22	19	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0
33	P	Hal Haydel	25	4	3	3	2	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	.667	.667	2.000	2.667	600	6	0	0	0	0	0
34	P	Dick Woodson	25	21	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	P	Pete Hamm	22	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	28.8	162	6143	5483	744	1438	230	41	153	694	57	52	501	905	.262	.327	.403	.730	98	2209	132	42	79	38	65
		Rank in 12 AL teams				7	3	2	2	1	5		8	8	10	5	1	3	2	3		3		3		7
		Non-Pitcher Totals	28.9	162	5677	5064	700	1358	219	41	150	673	56	52	491	760	.268	.336	.416	.752	104	2109	128	41	45	36	64
		Pitcher Totals	28.1	162	466	419	44	80	11	0	3	21	1	0	10	145	.191	.211	.239	.449	23	100	4	1	34	2	1
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB

Team Pitching

League Register

Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	SP	Jim Perry	34	24	12	.667	3.04	40	40	0	13	4	0	278.2	258	112	94	20	57	10	168	9	0	3	1141	125	3.08	1.130	8.3	0.6	1.8	5.4	2.95
2	SP	Jim Kaat*	31	14	10	.583	3.56	45	34	3	4	1	0	230.1	244	110	91	26	58	8	120	3	0	11	972	107	3.86	1.311	9.5	1.0	2.3	4.7	2.07
3	SP	Bert Blyleven	19	10	9	.526	3.18	27	25	1	5	1	0	164.0	143	66	58	17	47	6	135	2	3	2	675	119	3.24	1.159	7.8	0.9	2.6	7.4	2.87
4	SP	Luis Tiant	29	7	3	.700	3.40	18	17	1	2	1	0	92.2	84	36	35	12	41	0	50	2	0	2	390	112	4.63	1.349	8.2	1.2	4.0	4.9	1.22
5	SP	Dave Boswell	25	3	7	.300	6.42	18	15	1	0	0	0	68.2	80	55	49	12	44	3	45	2	0	3	325	59	5.61	1.806	10.5	1.6	5.8	5.9	1.02
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
6	CL	Ron Perranoski*	34	7	8	.467	2.43	67	0	52	0	0	34	111.0	108	38	30	7	42	7	55	1	0	1	471	156	3.63	1.351	8.8	0.6	3.4	4.5	1.31
7	RP	Tom Hall*	22	11	6	.647	2.55	52	11	13	1	0	4	155.1	94	46	44	11	66	4	184	2	0	3	619	149	2.50	1.030	5.4	0.6	3.8	10.7	2.79
8	RP	Bill Zepp	23	9	4	.692	3.22	43	20	6	1	1	2	151.0	154	63	54	9	51	4	64	9	0	4	648	118	3.76	1.358	9.2	0.5	3.0	3.8	1.25
9	RP	Stan Williams	33	10	1	.909	1.99	68	0	36	0	0	15	113.1	85	34	25	8	32	6	76	5	1	2	455	192	3.19	1.032	6.8	0.6	2.5	6.0	2.38
10	RP	Dick Woodson	25	1	2	.333	3.82	21	0	8	0	0	1	30.2	29	18	13	2	19	0	22	0	0	1	141	101	3.91	1.565	8.5	0.6	5.6	6.5	1.16
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
11		Steve Barber	22	0	0		4.61	18	0	10	0	0	2	27.1	26	14	14	1	18	2	14	2	0	4	125	83	4.28	1.610	8.6	0.3	5.9	4.6	0.78
12		Pete Hamm	22	0	2	.000	5.51	10	0	3	0	0	0	16.1	17	10	10	3	7	1	3	0	0	1	72	71	5.94	1.469	9.4	1.7	3.9	1.7	0.43
13		Hal Haydel	25	2	0	1.000	3.00	4	0	2	0	0	0	9.0	7	3	3	2	4	0	4	0	0	1	37	132	5.97	1.222	7.0	2.0	4.0	4.0	1.00
		Team Totals	28.0	98	64	.605	3.23	162	162	136	26	8	58	1448.1	1329	605	520	130	486	51	940	37	4	38	6071	118	3.59	1.253	8.3	0.8	3.0	5.8	1.93
		Rank in 12 AL teams		2	11		2				9	2	1	7	4	3	2	1	3		5
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W