1972 Minnesota Twins Statistics and Roster

Baseball may be over, but check out our Football, Basketball, and Hockey Sites.


Quick Index: Play Index \| Players \| Teams \| Leagues \| Managers \| Leaders \| Awards \| Postseason \| Box Scores \| Minors \| Draft SportingNews.com \| Stat of the Day \| SR Blog \| Tutorial Videos \| All-Star \| Travel \| Bullpen Wiki \| Random
You Are Here > Baseball-Reference.com > Teams > Minnesota Twins > 1972 Statistics and Roster

1972 Minnesota Twins (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1971/1973)
77-77, Finished 3rd in AL Western Division
View League Standings and Leaders
Scored 537 runs, Allowed 535 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 77-77
Managed by Bill Rigney and Frank Quilici

Ballpark: Metropolitan Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 797,901 (7th of 12)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 105, Pitching - 105
  (one-year): Batting - 106, Pitching - 106
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

BR Bullpen: Minor League Affiliates
BaseballAmerica.com: Team Executives
Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniforms
News & Views: ThinkFactory, BallHype, ArmchairGM
BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)

Play free baseball sim games

Let people know you like this site. Sponsor this page for $10.

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1972 Stats (1971/1973) / Schedule / Transactions / Lineups / Batting Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / Gamelogs: Bat / Pitch / Amateur Draft

Click on the Player for career stats and accomplishments.

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   Glenn Borgmann      22   56  175   11   41   4  0   3   14  25   25  .234  .325  .309   0   0   4   0   0   3   8   86
1B  Harmon Killebrew    36  139  433   53  100  13  2  26   74  94   91  .231  .367  .450   0   1  16   1   0   4  12  138
2B *Rod Carew           26  142  535   61  170  21  6   0   51  43   60  .318  .369  .379  12   6  11   2   9   2   9  119
3B  Eric Soderholm      23   93  287   28   54  10  0  13   39  19   48  .188  .245  .359   3   3   6   3   3   1   2   75
SS  Danny Thompson      25  144  573   54  158  22  6   4   48  34   57  .276  .318  .356   3   4  14   2  13   2   1   97
LF  Steve Brye          23  100  253   18   61   9  3   0   12  17   38  .241  .292  .300   3   1   5   1   1   0   1   73
CF  Bobby Darwin        29  145  513   48  137  20  2  22   80  38  145  .267  .326  .442   2   3  24   8   1   2   4  123
RF  Cesar Tovar         31  141  548   86  145  20  6   2   31  39   39  .265  .329  .334  21  10   6  14   5   1   6   94
   *Steve Braun         24  121  402   40  116  21  0   2   50  45   38  .289  .360  .356   4   5  14   2   2   4   1  110
   *Jim Nettles         25  102  235   28   48   5  2   4   15  32   52  .204  .302  .294   4   3   5   1   0   0   3   75
   *Rich Reese          30  132  197   23   43   3  2   5   26  25   27  .218  .305  .330   0   1   4   0   0   1   4   86
    George Mitterwald   27   64  163   12   30   4  1   1    8   9   37  .184  .225  .239   0   1   5   0   0   1   2   36
    Phil Roof           31   61  146   16   30  11  1   3   12   6   27  .205  .235  .356   0   1   1   0   5   1   0   71
   *Charlie Manuel      28   63  122    6   25   5  0   1    8   4   16  .205  .233  .270   0   0   1   1   0   2   0   47
    Rick Renick         28   55   93   10   16   2  0   4    8  15   25  .172  .282  .323   0   1   5   0   0   2   0   76
    Dan Monzon          26   55   55   13   15   1  0   0    5   8   12  .273  .365  .291   1   0   1   0   2   0   0   94
    Rick Dempsey        22   25   40    0    8   1  0   0    0   6    8  .200  .304  .225   0   0   2   0   1   0   0   57
   *Tony Oliva          33   10   28    1    9   1  0   0    1   2    5  .321  .367  .357   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  112
   *Jim Holt            28   10   27    6   12   1  0   1    6   0    1  .444  .429  .593   0   0   1   0   0   1   0  196
    Mike Adams          23    3    6    0    2   0  0   0    0   0    1  .333  .333  .333   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   95
    Bucky Guth          24    3    3    1    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100

    Bert Blyleven       21   39   94    9   15   2  0   0    6   2   36  .160  .177  .181   0   0   1   0  11   0   0    5
    Dick Woodson        27   36   88    4    7   0  0   0    2   2   38  .080  .100  .080   0   0   0   0   8   0   0  -47
   #Jim Perry           36   35   71    3   11   1  0   0    1   3   14  .155  .187  .169   0   0   0   0   5   1   0    5
    Ray Corbin          23   34   49    1    4   1  0   0    2   2   19  .082  .118  .102   0   0   1   0   2   0   0  -35
   *Jim Kaat            33   24   45    3   13   3  0   2    4   1   16  .289  .304  .489   0   1   0   0   1   0   0  129
    Dave Goltz          23   15   29    0    3   0  0   0    1   2   17  .103  .161  .103   0   0   1   0   3   0   0  -21
   *Dave LaRoche        24   62   11    2    1   0  0   0    0   3    6  .091  .286  .091   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   14
    Wayne Granger       28   63   10    0    2   1  0   0    0   0    5  .200  .200  .300   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   45
   *Jim Strickland      26   25    3    0    1   0  0   0    2   1    2  .333  .500  .333   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  147
    Bob Gebhard         29   13    0    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    0       1.000         0   0   0   0   0   0   0     
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.3  154 5234  537 1277 182 31  93  506 478  905  .244  .307  .344  53  41 129  35  73  28  53   98
    Rank among 12 AL teams         1    7    4   7  3   7        8    4     4     4     7  10   8                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        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  Bert Blyleven       21  39   2.73  17  17  0  38   1  11   3  287.3  247   93   87  22   69  228 1158   7  10  1   7 118
SP  Dick Woodson        27  36   2.72  14  14  0  36   0   9   3  251.7  193   93   76  19  101  150 1033   4   2  1   5 119
SP  Jim Perry           36  35   3.35  13  16  0  35   0   5   2  217.7  191   93   81  14   60   85  898   4   8  0   5  96
SP  Ray Corbin          23  31   2.62   8   9  0  19   5   5   3  161.7  135   56   47  12   53   83  657   2   6  0   3 123
SP *Jim Kaat            33  15   2.06  10   2  0  15   0   5   0  113.3   94   36   26   6   20   64  443   2   0  0   2 156
SP  Dave Goltz          23  15   2.67   3   3  1  11   2   2   0   91.0   75   30   27   5   26   38  368   1   0  1   3 121

CL  Wayne Granger       28  63   3.01   4   6 19   0  40   0   0   89.7   83   42   30   7   28   45  378   0   2  0   6 107
RP *Dave LaRoche        24  62   2.83   5   7 10   0  43   0   0   95.3   72   33   30   9   39   79  396   2   6  1   6 114
RP *Jim Strickland      26  25   2.50   3   1  3   0  14   0   0   36.0   28   16   10   7   19   30  152   2   0  1   2 129
RP  Tom Norton          22  21   2.78   0   1  0   0   7   0   0   32.3   31   14   10   1   14   22  139   1   1  0   0 116
RP  Bob Gebhard         29  13   8.57   0   1  1   0   4   0   0   21.0   36   29   20   3   13   13  116   1   2  0   2  38

    Steve Luebber       22   2   0.00   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    2.3    3    0    0   0    2    1   12   0   0  0   1    
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 26.9 154   2.84  77  77 34 154 117  37  17 1399.0 1188  535  441 105  444  838 5750  26  37  5  42 113
    Rank among 12 AL teams          3   7   6  4           8   6      3    4    7       10    6    8

    * - 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 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- GBorgmann 474 54 56 304 31 12 4 .965 2 8 20 14 PRoof 408 48 61 257 11 6 0 .978 1 6 16 10 GMitterwald 404 44 61 272 33 5 4 .984 2 9 28 20 RDempsey 113 8 23 67 5 1 0 .986 2 3 5 4 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1399 154 154 900 80 24 8 .976 7 26 69 48 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 *9.75 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- HKillebrew 995 128 130 995 99 9 82 .992 9.89 RReese 388 26 98 392 30 5 35 .988 9.79 RRenick 10 0 6 11 1 0 0 1.000 10.80 JHolt 5 0 1 6 1 0 0 1.000 12.60 JNettles 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1399 154 154 1405 131 14 117 .991 9.88 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 *5.17 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RCarew 1184 133 139 331 378 16 85 .978 5.39 SBraun 138 13 20 36 39 2 12 .974 4.89 DMonzon 77 8 13 17 25 1 2 .977 4.91 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1399 154 154 384 442 19 99 .978 5.31 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 *2.98 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- ESoderholm 689 75 79 66 163 14 17 .942 2.99 SBraun 644 72 74 49 146 6 14 .970 2.72 RRenick 33 4 4 1 9 1 0 .909 2.70 DMonzon 32 3 5 5 5 0 0 1.000 2.81 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1399 154 154 121 323 21 31 .955 2.86 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 *4.99 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DThompson 1295 144 144 247 468 32 76 .957 4.97 SBraun 78 8 11 6 20 4 0 .867 3.00 DMonzon 16 1 3 7 8 0 5 1.000 8.44 BGuth 9 1 1 0 4 0 0 1.000 4.00 RRenick 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1399 154 154 260 500 36 81 .955 4.89 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 *1.89 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- SBrye 463 41 74 111 4 0 0 1.000 2.23 CTovar 335 38 41 66 1 0 0 1.000 1.80 CManuel 134 20 20 23 3 1 0 .963 1.75 RRenick 131 17 19 26 0 0 0 1.000 1.79 RReese 96 12 13 26 0 2 0 .929 2.44 JNettles 76 8 12 15 0 0 0 1.000 1.77 SBraun 56 6 8 17 2 0 0 1.000 3.05 TOliva 46 8 8 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.98 BDarwin 33 1 9 5 1 0 0 1.000 1.64 JHolt 17 2 2 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.12 MAdams 10 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.90 DMonzon 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1399 154 154 301 11 3 0 .990 2.01 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 *2.65 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BDarwin 758 84 86 188 5 5 0 .975 2.29 JNettles 458 49 58 136 4 3 1 .979 2.75 SBrye 161 19 22 57 4 1 1 .984 3.41 CTovar 21 2 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.11 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1399 154 154 386 13 9 2 .978 2.57 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 *2.12 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CTovar 838 94 100 218 9 5 2 .978 2.44 BDarwin 401 46 47 92 3 1 1 .990 2.13 CManuel 60 7 9 16 1 0 0 1.000 2.55 JNettles 37 1 9 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.97 JHolt 32 3 5 3 1 1 0 .800 1.12 SBraun 13 1 1 3 0 1 0 .750 2.08 RRenick 9 1 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 TOliva 8 1 1 1 0 1 0 .500 1.12 SBrye 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1399 154 154 339 14 9 3 .975 2.27 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 *2.22 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- CTovar 1194 134 139 287 10 5 2 .983 2.24 BDarwin 1193 131 142 289 8 6 1 .980 2.24 SBrye 625 60 93 170 9 1 1 .994 2.57 JNettles 571 58 78 156 5 3 1 .982 2.53 CManuel 194 27 28 39 4 1 0 .977 1.99 RRenick 140 18 21 27 0 0 0 1.000 1.74 RReese 96 12 13 27 0 2 0 .931 2.53 SBraun 69 7 9 19 2 1 0 .955 2.74 TOliva 54 9 9 6 0 1 0 .857 1.00 JHolt 49 5 7 10 1 1 0 .917 2.01 MAdams 10 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.90 DMonzon 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1399 154 154 1031 39 21 5 .981 2.29 154 154 154 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .950 *1.86 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BBlyleven 287 38 39 18 45 3 4 .955 1.97 DWoodson 251 36 36 17 43 4 1 .937 2.15 JPerry 217 35 35 21 28 6 3 .891 2.03 RCorbin 161 19 31 12 16 4 1 .875 1.56 JKaat 113 15 15 5 19 2 0 .923 1.91 DLaRoche 95 0 62 2 15 0 0 1.000 1.61 DGoltz 91 11 15 8 14 1 0 .957 2.18 WGranger 89 0 63 5 14 2 0 .905 1.91 JStrickland 36 0 25 3 6 2 1 .818 2.25 TNorton 32 0 21 4 9 0 0 1.000 3.62 BGebhard 21 0 13 2 5 0 1 1.000 3.00 SLuebber 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.91 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1399 154 154 97 215 24 11 .929 2.01 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

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
Glossary - Select a player to see their individual page.

Batting Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

Batting Average Carew .318

On-base % Carew .369

Slugging % Killebrew .450

OPS Killebrew .817

Games Darwin 145

At Bats Thompson 573

Plate Appearances (approx.) Thompson 624

Runs Tovar 86

Hits Carew 170

Total Bases Darwin 227

Doubles Thompson 22

Triples Carew, Thompson, and Tovar 6

Home Runs Killebrew 26

RBI Darwin 80

Bases on Balls Killebrew 94

Strikeouts Darwin 145

Stolen Bases Tovar 21

Singles Carew 143

Adjusted OPS+ Killebrew 138

Runs Created Carew 75

Adjusted Batting Runs Killebrew 24

Batting Wins Killebrew 2.6

Extra-Base Hits Darwin 44

Times on Base Carew 215

Offensive Win% Killebrew .684

Hit By Pitch Tovar 14

Sac. Hits Thompson 13

Sac. Flies Braun and Killebrew 4

Intentional Walks Killebrew 12

Grounded into Double Plays Darwin 24

Caught Stealing Tovar 10

Power/Speed Number Soderholm 4.9

At Bats per Strikeout Tovar 14.1

At Bats per Home Run Killebrew 16.7

Outs Thompson 448

Pitching Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

ERA Corbin 2.62

Wins Blyleven 17

Won-Loss % Kaat .833

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Blyleven 1.100

Hits Allowed/9IP Woodson 6.90

Bases on Balls/9IP Blyleven 2.16

Strikeouts/9IP Blyleven 7.14

Games Granger 63

Saves Granger 19

Innings Blyleven 287.3

Strikeouts Blyleven 228

Games Started Blyleven 38

Comp. Games Blyleven 11

Shutouts Blyleven, Corbin, and Woodson 3

Home Runs Allow. Blyleven 22

Bases On Balls Allow. Woodson 101

Hits Allowed Blyleven 247

SO to Walk Blyleven 3.30

Losses Blyleven 17

Earned Runs Allow. Blyleven 87

Wild Pitches Blyleven 7

Hit Batsmen Blyleven 10

Batters Faced Blyleven 1158

Games Finished LaRoche 43

Adjusted ERA+ Corbin 123

Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

All-Stars Box Score and Play-By-Play

Rod Carew (Starting 2B)

1971/1973

Compare Other Links@google.com Report an error

Pages Updated through October 30,2008. Pages designed and created by Baseball-Reference part of Sports Reference, Inc. (Copyright ©2000-2007). Statistics may come from our work, the Baseball Databank, or other sources including SABR.org and RetroSheet.org..
You Are Here > Baseball-Reference.com > Teams > Minnesota Twins > 1972 Statistics and Roster
Quick Index: Play Index \| Players \| Teams \| Leagues \| Managers \| Leaders \| Awards \| Postseason \| Box Scores \| Minors \| Draft SportingNews.com \| Stat of the Day \| SR Blog \| Tutorial Videos \| All-Star \| Travel \| Bullpen Wiki \| Random

Stats updated through October 30, 2008.

Partner With: FantasyPlayers.com. Contact Fantasy Sports Ventures for advertising information.