1970 Minnesota Twins Statistics and Roster

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1970 Minnesota Twins (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1969/1971)
98-64, Finished 1st in AL Western Division
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Scored 744 runs, Allowed 605 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 96-66
Managed by Bill Rigney

Ballpark: Metropolitan Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,261,887 (3rd of 12)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 103, Pitching - 102
  (one-year): Batting - 98, Pitching - 97
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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

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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   George Mitterwald   25  117  369   36   82  12  2  15   46  34   84  .222  .291  .388   3   5  11   2   4   0   6   84
1B *Rich Reese          28  153  501   63  131  15  5  10   56  48   70  .261  .332  .371   5   4   7   7   4   4   5   92
2B  Danny Thompson      23   96  302   25   66   9  0   0   22   7   39  .219  .234  .248   0   0   6   0   6   3   0   32
3B  Harmon Killebrew    34  157  527   96  143  20  1  41  113 128   84  .271  .411  .546   0   3  28   2   0   8  23  159
SS  Leo Cardenas        31  160  588   67  145  34  4  11   65  42  101  .247  .300  .374   2   5  11   4  13   2   2   83
LF  Brant Alyea         29   94  258   34   75  12  1  16   61  28   51  .291  .366  .531   3   3  12   3   0   1   0  142
CF  Cesar Tovar         29  161  650  120  195  36 13  10   54  52   47  .300  .356  .442  30  15   9   8  10   6   5  117
RF *Tony Oliva          31  157  628   96  204  36  7  23  107  38   67  .325  .364  .514   5   4  16   3   1   4  12  137
   *Jim Holt            26  142  319   37   85   9  3   3   40  17   32  .266  .300  .342   3   1   9   0   1   4   3   75
   *Rod Carew           24   51  191   27   70  12  3   4   28  11   28  .366  .407  .524   4   6   1   2   0   0   0  152
    Rick Renick         26   81  179   20   41   8  0   7   25  22   29  .229  .317  .391   0   2   6   1   2   0   0   92
   *Paul Ratliff        26   69  149   19   40   7  2   5   22  15   51  .268  .363  .443   0   0   1   7   0   0   2  119
    Frank Quilici       31  111  141   19   32   3  0   2   12  15   16  .227  .297  .291   0   2   6   0   2   2   3   61
    Bob Allison         35   47   72   15   15   5  0   1    7  14   20  .208  .345  .319   1   0   2   1   0   0   0   83
   *Charlie Manuel      26   59   64    4   12   0  0   1    7   6   17  .188  .260  .234   0   0   1   1   0   2   2   36
    Tom Tischinski      25   24   46    6    9   0  0   1    2   9    6  .196  .327  .261   0   0   1   0   1   0   1   63
   *Herman Hill         24   27   22    8    2   0  0   0    0   0    6  .091  .091  .091   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  -50
   *Jim Nettles         23   13   20    3    5   0  0   0    0   1    5  .250  .286  .250   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   48
    Minnie Mendoza      36   16   16    2    3   0  0   0    2   0    1  .188  .188  .188   0   0   0   0   0   0   0    3
    Steve Brye          21    9   11    1    2   1  0   0    2   2    4  .182  .308  .273   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   60
    Rick Dempsey        20    5    7    1    0   0  0   0    0   1    1  .000  .125  .000   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  -63
    Cotton Nash         27    4    4    1    1   0  0   0    2   1    1  .250  .400  .250   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   82

   #Jim Perry           34   41   97    9   24   4  0   1    6   1   14  .247  .253  .320   0   0   1   0  10   1   0   55
   *Jim Kaat            31   56   76   17   15   1  0   1    8   6   20  .197  .262  .250   0   0   2   1   4   1   1   41
    Bert Blyleven       19   27   50    2    7   0  0   0    1   1   25  .140  .157  .140   0   0   0   0   7   0   0  -18
   *Tom Hall            22   53   44    4    8   0  0   0    1   0    9  .182  .182  .182   0   0   1   0   6   0   0    0
    Bill Zepp           23   43   44    3    6   0  0   0    0   1   31  .136  .156  .136   0   0   0   0   2   0   0  -20
    Luis Tiant          29   18   32    7   13   4  0   0    4   1    6  .406  .424  .531   1   0   0   0   3   0   0  159
    Dave Boswell        25   20   25    0    4   1  0   0    0   0   11  .160  .160  .200   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   -2
   *Ron Perranoski      34   67   24    0    1   0  0   0    0   0   15  .042  .042  .042   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  -77
    Stan Williams       33   68   19    0    0   0  0   0    0   0   13  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Hal Haydel          25    4    3    2    2   1  0   1    1   0    1  .667  .667 2.000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  600
    Steve Barber        22   19    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   1   0   0 -100
    Dick Woodson        25   21    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Pete Hamm           22   10    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.6  162 5483  744 1438 230 41 153  694 501  905  .262  .324  .403  57  52 132  42  79  38  65  104
    Rank among 12 AL teams         7    3    2   2  1   5       10    8     1     3     2   8   5                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        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  Jim Perry           34  40   3.04  24  12  0  40   0  13   4  278.7  258  112   94  20   57  168 1141   3   9  0  10 125
SP *Jim Kaat            31  45   3.56  14  10  0  34   3   4   1  230.3  244  110   91  26   58  120  972  11   3  0   8 107
SP  Bert Blyleven       19  27   3.18  10   9  0  25   1   5   1  164.0  143   66   58  17   47  135  675   2   2  3   6 119
SP  Luis Tiant          29  18   3.40   7   3  0  17   1   2   1   92.7   84   36   35  12   41   50  390   2   2  0   0 112
SP  Dave Boswell        25  18   6.42   3   7  0  15   1   0   0   68.7   80   55   49  12   44   45  325   3   2  0   3  59

CL *Ron Perranoski      34  67   2.43   7   8 34   0  52   0   0  111.0  108   38   30   7   42   55  471   1   1  0   7 156
RP  Stan Williams       33  68   1.99  10   1 15   0  36   0   0  113.3   85   34   25   8   32   76  455   2   5  1   6 191
RP *Tom Hall            22  52   2.55  11   6  4  11  13   1   0  155.3   94   46   44  11   66  184  619   3   2  0   4 149
RP  Bill Zepp           23  43   3.22   9   4  2  20   6   1   1  151.0  154   63   54   9   51   64  648   4   9  0   4 118
RP  Dick Woodson        25  21   3.82   1   2  1   0   8   0   0   30.7   29   18   13   2   19   22  141   1   0  0   0  99

    Steve Barber        22  18   4.61   0   0  2   0  10   0   0   27.3   26   14   14   1   18   14  125   4   2  0   2  82
    Pete Hamm           22  10   5.51   0   2  0   0   3   0   0   16.3   17   10   10   3    7    3   72   1   0  0   1  69
    Hal Haydel          25   4   3.00   2   0  0   0   2   0   0    9.0    7    3    3   2    4    4   37   1   0  0   0 126
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.1 162   3.23  98  64 58 162 136  26  12 1448.0 1329  605  520 130  486  940 6071  38  37  4  51 117
    Rank among 12 AL teams          2   2  11  1           9   2      7    4    3        1    3    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 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- GMitterwald 955 108 117 740 62 3 8 .996 8 26 34 39 PRatliff 333 38 53 183 11 4 4 .980 2 8 13 3 TTischinski 143 15 22 90 7 1 0 .990 1 4 6 5 RDempsey 16 1 3 12 0 1 0 .923 0 0 2 0 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1448 162 162 1025 80 9 12 .992 11 38 55 47 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 *9.59 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RReese 1183 127 146 1118 82 10 94 .992 9.13 HKillebrew 205 26 28 204 9 3 14 .986 9.35 BAllison 39 7 7 36 4 2 2 .952 9.23 CNash 9 0 2 11 0 0 2 1.000 11.00 JHolt 7 1 2 7 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 RCarew 5 1 1 6 0 0 0 1.000 10.80 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1448 162 162 1382 95 15 112 .990 9.18 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 *5.35 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DThompson 599 70 81 144 204 5 35 .986 5.22 FQuilici 402 41 73 107 121 3 25 .987 5.10 RCarew 376 45 45 73 122 8 26 .961 4.66 CTovar 56 6 8 17 10 2 5 .931 4.34 MMendoza 13 0 4 7 3 0 0 1.000 6.77 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1448 162 162 348 460 18 91 .978 5.02 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .949 *3.07 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- HKillebrew 1075 129 138 108 203 17 14 .948 2.60 RRenick 229 29 30 22 52 1 5 .987 2.91 DThompson 54 0 37 3 11 0 3 1.000 2.33 FQuilici 46 0 27 7 12 3 1 .864 3.72 CTovar 39 4 4 2 3 3 0 .625 1.15 MMendoza 5 0 5 1 2 0 0 1.000 5.40 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1448 162 162 143 283 24 23 .947 2.65 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 *4.94 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- LCardenas 1400 158 160 280 487 17 91 .978 4.93 DThompson 42 4 6 9 14 1 1 .958 4.93 FQuilici 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 RRenick 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1448 162 162 289 501 18 92 .978 4.91 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 *1.81 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BAlyea 500 73 73 92 4 2 0 .980 1.73 JHolt 435 40 75 95 0 0 0 1.000 1.97 CTovar 243 21 45 43 0 1 0 .977 1.59 RRenick 127 12 25 31 1 1 0 .970 2.27 BAllison 58 6 12 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.24 CManuel 42 5 9 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 SBrye 22 2 6 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.23 JNettles 17 2 5 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.18 HHill 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 JPerry 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1448 162 162 285 5 4 0 .986 1.80 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 *2.62 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CTovar 1041 125 132 316 10 8 1 .976 2.82 JHolt 322 29 53 104 2 1 0 .991 2.96 HHill 41 3 10 13 1 0 0 1.000 3.07 TOliva 31 4 4 11 0 0 0 1.000 3.19 JNettles 9 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 BAllison 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1448 162 162 446 13 9 1 .981 2.85 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 *1.98 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- TOliva 1344 152 154 346 12 12 4 .968 2.40 BAllison 25 3 4 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.88 JHolt 20 2 3 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.61 JNettles 18 1 5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 BAlyea 14 2 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.93 CManuel 10 1 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.90 SBrye 8 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.12 HHill 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 CTovar 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1448 162 162 367 12 12 4 .969 2.36 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 *2.14 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- TOliva 1375 156 157 351 12 12 4 .968 2.37 CTovar 1288 146 151 370 12 9 1 .977 2.67 JHolt 778 71 130 201 2 1 0 .995 2.35 BAlyea 514 75 75 93 4 2 0 .980 1.70 RRenick 127 12 25 30 2 1 0 .970 2.27 BAllison 87 9 17 18 0 0 0 1.000 1.86 CManuel 52 6 11 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.21 HHill 49 3 14 15 1 0 0 1.000 2.94 JNettles 44 4 11 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.64 SBrye 30 3 6 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.20 JPerry 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1448 162 162 1097 33 25 5 .978 2.34 162 162 162 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .951 *1.86 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JPerry 278 40 40 11 47 1 0 .983 1.87 JKaat 230 34 45 15 43 4 5 .935 2.27 BBlyleven 164 25 27 5 16 1 1 .955 1.15 THall 155 11 52 2 9 2 1 .846 0.64 BZepp 151 20 43 8 17 2 1 .926 1.49 SWilliams 113 0 68 8 8 0 0 1.000 1.27 RPerranoski 111 0 67 0 15 1 0 .937 1.22 LTiant 92 17 18 3 14 1 2 .944 1.65 DBoswell 68 15 18 6 5 0 1 1.000 1.44 DWoodson 30 0 21 1 6 2 1 .778 2.05 SBarber 27 0 18 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.32 PHamm 16 0 10 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.55 HHaydel 9 0 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1448 162 162 61 184 14 12 .946 1.52 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

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 Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

Batting Average Oliva .325

On-base % Killebrew .411

Slugging % Killebrew .546

OPS Killebrew .957

Games Tovar 161

At Bats Tovar 650

Plate Appearances (approx.) Tovar 726

Runs Tovar 120

Hits Oliva 204

Total Bases Oliva 323

Doubles Oliva and Tovar 36

Triples Tovar 13

Home Runs Killebrew 41

RBI Killebrew 113

Bases on Balls Killebrew 128

Strikeouts Cardenas 101

Stolen Bases Tovar 30

Singles Oliva 138

Adjusted OPS+ Killebrew 159

Runs Created Killebrew 116

Adjusted Batting Runs Killebrew 49

Batting Wins Killebrew 4.9

Extra-Base Hits Oliva 66

Times on Base Killebrew 273

Offensive Win% Killebrew .728

Hit By Pitch Tovar 8

Sac. Hits Cardenas 13

Sac. Flies Killebrew 8

Intentional Walks Killebrew 23

Grounded into Double Plays Killebrew 28

Caught Stealing Tovar 15

Power/Speed Number Tovar 15.0

At Bats per Strikeout Tovar 13.8

At Bats per Home Run Killebrew 12.9

Outs Tovar 495

Pitching Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

ERA Perry 3.04

Wins Perry 24

Won-Loss % Zepp .692

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Perry 1.130

Hits Allowed/9IP Blyleven 7.85

Bases on Balls/9IP Perry 1.84

Strikeouts/9IP Blyleven 7.41

Games Williams 68

Saves Perranoski 34

Innings Perry 278.7

Strikeouts Hall 184

Games Started Perry 40

Comp. Games Perry 13

Shutouts Perry 4

Home Runs Allow. Kaat 26

Bases On Balls Allow. Hall 66

Hits Allowed Perry 258

SO to Walk Perry 2.95

Losses Perry 12

Earned Runs Allow. Perry 94

Wild Pitches Kaat 11

Hit Batsmen Perry and Zepp 9

Batters Faced Perry 1141

Games Finished Perranoski 52

Adjusted ERA+ Perry 125

Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

All-Stars Box Score and Play-By-Play

Rod Carew
Harmon Killebrew (Starting 3B)
Tony Oliva
Jim Perry

1969/1971

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