1968 Minnesota Twins Statistics and Roster

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1968 Minnesota Twins (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1967/1969)
79-83, Finished 7th in American League
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Scored 562 runs, Allowed 546 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 83-79
Managed by Cal Ermer

Ballpark: Metropolitan Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,143,257 (4th of 10)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 107, Pitching - 105
  (one-year): Batting - 106, Pitching - 106
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Team Batting Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C  *Johnny Roseboro     35  135  380   31   82  12  0   8   39  46   57  .216  .300  .311   2   3   7   2   2   5   9   81
1B  Harmon Killebrew    32  100  295   40   62   7  2  17   40  70   70  .210  .361  .420   0   0  13   2   0   4   9  130
2B *Rod Carew           22  127  461   46  126  27  2   1   42  26   71  .273  .312  .347  12   4  11   1   2   2   1   95
3B  Cesar Tovar         27  157  613   89  167  31  6   6   47  34   41  .272  .326  .372  35  13   2  17   5   4   0  106
SS  Jackie Hernandez    27   83  199   13   35   3  0   2   17   9   52  .176  .218  .221   5   2   3   2   6   1   2   30
LF  Bob Allison         33  145  469   63  116  16  8  22   52  52   98  .247  .324  .456   9   7  16   2   1   2   5  128
CF *Ted Uhlaender       27  140  488   52  138  21  5   7   52  28   46  .283  .324  .389  16   7   3   3   6   2   3  110
RF *Tony Oliva          29  128  470   54  136  24  5  18   68  45   61  .289  .357  .477  10   9  10   7   1   5  16  144
   *Rich Reese          26  126  332   40   86  15  2   4   28  18   36  .259  .301  .352   3   1   6   3   4   2   4   93
    Frank Quilici       29   97  229   22   56  11  4   1   22  21   45  .245  .305  .341   0   0   5   1   3   5   0   90
    Ron Clark           25  104  227   14   42   5  1   1   13  16   44  .185  .245  .229   3   2   2   2   5   0   2   41
    Rich Rollins        30   93  203   14   49   5  0   6   30  10   34  .241  .287  .355   3   1   6   3   2   0   2   89
   *Bruce Look          25   59  118    7   29   4  0   0    9  20   24  .246  .353  .280   0   1   5   0   0   1   3   89
    Frank Kostro        30   63  108    9   26   4  1   0    9   6   20  .241  .274  .296   0   0   2   0   1   3   1   68
   *Jim Holt            24   70  106    9   22   2  1   0    8   4   20  .208  .236  .245   0   1   3   0   1   0   2   42
    Rick Renick         24   42   97   16   21   5  2   3   13   9   42  .216  .283  .402   0   0   2   0   0   0   1  100
   *Graig Nettles       23   22   76   13   17   2  1   5    8   7   20  .224  .298  .474   0   0   2   1   0   0   1  125
    Jerry Zimmerman     33   24   45    3    5   1  0   0    2   3   10  .111  .180  .133   0   0   0   1   0   1   0   -6
   *Pat Kelly           23   12   35    2    4   2  0   1    2   3   10  .114  .205  .257   0   2   1   1   1   0   0   36
    George Mitterwald   23   11   34    1    7   1  0   0    1   3    8  .206  .270  .235   0   0   1   0   1   0   0   50

    Dean Chance         27   43   93    0    5   0  0   0    3   3   63  .054  .093  .054   0   0   0   1   9   0   0  -56
   *Jim Kaat            29   36   77    7   12   3  0   0    5   2   18  .156  .177  .195   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   10
   *Jim Merritt         24   38   71    1   10   2  0   0    1   5   22  .141  .197  .169   0   1   2   0   4   0   0    9
    Dave Boswell        23   37   60    9   14   3  1   1    4   2   24  .233  .254  .367   0   0   1   0   5   1   0   81
   #Jim Perry           32   32   42    4    6   1  0   2    5   2   12  .143  .182  .310   0   0   1   0   4   0   0   43
   *Tom Hall            20   11    9    2    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   1   0   0 -100
    Jim Roland          25   29    8    0    0   0  0   0    1   1    4  .000  .111  .000   0   0   0   0   2   0   0  -65
    Bob Miller          29   45    7    0    1   0  0   0    1   0    3  .143  .143  .143   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -15
   *Ron Perranoski      32   66    7    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    3  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Al Worthington      39   54    7    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    5  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   2   0   0 -100
    Danny Morris        22    3    3    1    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Buzz Stephen        23    2    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   1   0   0 -100
    Ron Keller          25    8    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.1  162 5373  562 1274 207 41 105  522 445  966  .237  .295  .350  98  54 106  49  69  38  61   98
    Rank among 10 AL teams         6    5    3   3  1   6        8    5     2     5     4   3   4                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

Team Pitching Glossary

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Dean Chance         27  43   2.53  16  16  1  39   3  15   6  292.0  224   96   82  15   63  234 1161  12  10  1   8 124
SP *Jim Merritt         24  38   3.25  12  16  1  34   4  11   1  238.3  207  102   86  21   52  181  968   1   7  1   1  96
SP *Jim Kaat            29  30   2.94  14  12  0  29   0   9   2  208.0  192   78   68  16   40  130  854   5   3  0   0 106
SP  Dave Boswell        23  34   3.32  10  13  0  28   0   7   2  190.0  148   79   70  19   87  143  799   9   7  0   2  94
SP  Jim Perry           32  32   2.27   8   6  1  18   4   3   2  139.0  113   37   35   8   26   69  556   2   5  0   2 138

CL  Al Worthington      39  54   2.71   4   5 18   0  34   0   0   76.3   67   26   23   1   32   57  323   6   0  1   9 115
RP *Ron Perranoski      32  66   3.10   8   7  6   0  41   0   0   87.0   86   36   30   5   38   65  391   4   0  1  12 101
RP  Bob Miller          29  45   2.74   0   3  2   0  14   0   0   72.3   65   26   22   1   24   41  303   1   5  0   7 114
RP *Jim Roland          25  28   3.50   4   1  0   4  12   1   0   61.7   55   33   24   3   24   36  262   7   2  1   2  89
RP  Ron Keller          25   7   2.81   0   1  0   1   2   0   0   16.0   18    6    5   2    4   11   66   0   1  0   1 111

   *Tom Hall            20   8   2.43   2   1  0   4   2   0   0   29.7   27   15    8   1   12   18  127   2   1  0   2 129
    Buzz Stephen        23   2   4.76   1   1  0   2   0   0   0   11.3   11    7    6   0    7    4   49   1   1  0   0  66
    Danny Morris        22   3   1.69   0   1  0   2   0   0   0   10.7   11    5    2   0    4    6   46   2   0  0   0 185
    Cesar Tovar         27   1   0.00   0   0  0   1   0   0   0    1.0    0    0    0   0    1    1    4   0   0  1   0    
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.9 162   2.89  79  83 29 162 116  46  14 1433.0 1224  546  460  92  414  996 5909  52  42  6  46 108
    Rank among 10 AL teams          6   7   4  6           5   6     10    5    7        1    1    5

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Team Fielding Glossary League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- JRoseboro 917 105 117 689 52 7 5 .991 5 35 46 22 BLook 282 29 41 202 20 1 5 .996 3 12 19 8 JZimmerman 145 18 24 109 7 1 0 .991 0 1 6 5 GMitterwald 87 10 10 69 4 3 0 .961 1 4 7 1 CTovar 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1433 162 162 1070 83 12 10 .990 9 52 78 36 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .989 *9.59 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- HKillebrew 652 77 77 594 56 4 50 .994 8.97 RReese 586 64 87 620 38 6 36 .991 10.10 BAllison 151 17 17 150 12 2 14 .988 9.66 FKostro 23 1 5 24 0 0 1 1.000 9.39 GNettles 16 3 3 17 0 0 1 1.000 9.56 JHernandez 2 0 1 3 0 0 1 1.000 13.50 JHolt 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1.000 9.00 FQuilici 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1.000 9.00 CTovar 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1433 162 162 1410 107 12 105 .992 9.53 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 *5.11 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RCarew 981 112 117 262 280 18 48 .968 4.97 FQuilici 319 34 48 93 101 0 21 1.000 5.46 CTovar 97 12 18 29 24 2 6 .964 4.90 RClark 34 4 10 10 16 1 1 .963 6.74 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1433 162 162 394 421 21 76 .975 5.12 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .951 *3.05 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CTovar 545 68 75 48 147 14 8 .933 3.22 RRollins 365 44 56 28 93 9 4 .931 2.98 FQuilici 231 24 40 28 64 3 9 .968 3.58 RClark 185 12 52 17 51 5 4 .932 3.30 HKillebrew 69 10 11 7 15 3 1 .880 2.87 GNettles 37 4 5 5 7 1 1 .923 2.92 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1433 162 162 133 377 35 27 .936 3.20 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .962 *4.79 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JHernandez 571 66 79 119 197 25 43 .927 4.98 RClark 348 38 43 56 106 11 14 .936 4.18 RRenick 262 30 40 50 91 8 13 .946 4.83 CTovar 185 20 35 31 59 5 9 .947 4.36 FQuilici 43 5 6 8 11 2 3 .905 3.98 RCarew 22 3 4 4 5 0 2 1.000 3.68 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1433 162 162 268 469 51 84 .935 4.63 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 *1.85 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BAllison 914 110 116 168 4 6 0 .966 1.69 CTovar 160 15 37 35 0 4 0 .897 1.97 JHolt 128 13 23 23 0 1 0 .958 1.62 RReese 110 13 15 23 0 0 0 1.000 1.88 FKostro 92 8 15 15 0 0 0 1.000 1.46 GNettles 16 2 2 4 1 0 0 1.000 2.81 PKelly 13 1 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.69 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1433 162 162 269 5 11 0 .961 1.72 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 *2.53 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- TUhlaender 1108 127 129 285 3 4 1 .986 2.34 CTovar 269 29 36 81 4 1 1 .988 2.84 PKelly 40 5 5 15 0 0 0 1.000 3.38 JHolt 10 1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.80 GNettles 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 BAllison 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1433 162 162 385 8 5 2 .987 2.47 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 *1.88 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- TOliva 1099 126 126 229 7 4 1 .983 1.93 GNettles 107 13 13 22 1 1 0 .958 1.93 CTovar 73 8 11 20 1 0 0 1.000 2.58 JHolt 64 6 14 10 1 0 0 1.000 1.55 FKostro 61 6 10 16 1 0 0 1.000 2.48 PKelly 25 3 4 4 1 1 0 .833 1.80 BAllison 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1433 162 162 301 12 6 1 .981 1.97 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 *2.08 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- TUhlaender 1108 127 129 283 3 4 1 .986 2.32 TOliva 1099 126 126 227 7 4 1 .983 1.92 BAllison 919 110 117 166 4 6 0 .966 1.66 CTovar 502 52 78 138 4 5 1 .966 2.54 JHolt 202 20 38 34 2 1 0 .973 1.60 FKostro 154 14 24 30 2 0 0 1.000 1.87 GNettles 127 15 16 28 2 1 0 .968 2.13 RReese 110 13 15 22 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 PKelly 78 9 10 20 1 1 0 .955 2.42 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1433 162 162 948 25 22 3 .978 2.04 162 162 162 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .957 *1.89 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DChance 292 39 43 15 57 5 3 .935 2.22 JMerritt 238 34 38 7 38 0 2 1.000 1.70 JKaat 208 29 30 10 31 1 0 .976 1.77 DBoswell 190 28 34 17 15 3 1 .914 1.52 JPerry 139 18 32 10 26 3 1 .923 2.33 RPerranoski 87 0 66 4 13 1 0 .944 1.76 AWorthingto 76 0 54 5 11 1 0 .941 1.89 BMiller 72 0 45 3 15 0 2 1.000 2.24 JRoland 61 4 28 2 14 1 1 .941 2.33 THall 29 4 8 1 4 1 0 .833 1.52 RKeller 16 1 7 2 2 0 0 1.000 2.25 BStephen 11 2 2 1 2 1 0 .750 2.39 DMorris 10 2 3 0 2 0 1 1.000 1.68 CTovar 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1433 162 162 77 230 17 11 .948 1.93 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.
* indicates Innings Played rather than Games Played was used in Range Factor (RnF) calculations. Team Totals for Innings Played are Innings Pitched by the team's pitchers.

Team Leaders
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Batting Average Oliva .289

On-base % Oliva .357

Slugging % Oliva .477

OPS Oliva .834

Games Tovar 157

At Bats Tovar 613

Plate Appearances (approx.) Tovar 673

Runs Tovar 89

Hits Tovar 167

Total Bases Tovar 228

Doubles Tovar 31

Triples Allison 8

Home Runs Allison 22

RBI Oliva 68

Bases on Balls Killebrew 70

Strikeouts Allison 98

Stolen Bases Tovar 35

Singles Tovar 124

Adjusted OPS+ Oliva 144

Runs Created Tovar 80

Adjusted Batting Runs Oliva 26

Batting Wins Oliva 2.9

Extra-Base Hits Oliva 47

Times on Base Tovar 218

Offensive Win% Oliva .712

Hit By Pitch Tovar 17

Sac. Hits Chance 9

Sac. Flies Oliva, Quilici, and Roseboro 5

Intentional Walks Oliva 16

Grounded into Double Plays Allison 16

Caught Stealing Tovar 13

Power/Speed Number Oliva 12.9

At Bats per Strikeout Tovar 15.0

At Bats per Home Run Allison 21.3

Outs Tovar 470

Pitching Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

ERA Chance 2.53

Wins Chance 16

Won-Loss % Perry .571

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Chance 0.983

Hits Allowed/9IP Chance 6.90

Bases on Balls/9IP Kaat 1.73

Strikeouts/9IP Chance 7.21

Games Perranoski 66

Saves Worthington 18

Innings Chance 292.0

Strikeouts Chance 234

Games Started Chance 39

Comp. Games Chance 15

Shutouts Chance 6

Home Runs Allow. Merritt 21

Bases On Balls Allow. Boswell 87

Hits Allowed Chance 224

SO to Walk Chance 3.71

Losses Chance and Merritt 16

Earned Runs Allow. Merritt 86

Wild Pitches Chance 12

Hit Batsmen Chance 10

Batters Faced Chance 1161

Games Finished Perranoski 41

Adjusted ERA+ Chance 124

Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

All-Stars Box Score and Play-By-Play

Rod Carew (Starting 2B)
Harmon Killebrew (Starting 1B)
Tony Oliva

1967/1969

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