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1966 Minnesota Twins

1966 > Class Major League > 1966 American League
Overall: 89-73
Scored 663 runs, Allowed 581 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 91-71

Affiliation: none or n/a
Manager: Sam Mele
Represented: Minneapolis, MN
Ballpark: Metropolitan Stadium (Bloomington, MN)
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1965 / 1967

Team Batting

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer
Rk Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 Bernie Allen* 27 101 350 319 34 76 18 1 5 30 2 3 26 40 .238 .299 .348 .647 111 10 2 2 1 5
2 Bob Allison 31 70 203 168 34 37 6 1 8 19 6 0 30 34 .220 .345 .411 .756 69 2 3 0 2 2
3 Earl Battey 31 115 412 364 30 93 12 1 4 34 4 1 43 30 .255 .337 .327 .664 119 15 3 0 2 7
4 Dave Boswell 21 32 66 63 4 9 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 18 .143 .156 .159 .315 10 2 1 2 0 0
5 Pete Cimino 23 35 8 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .000 .143 .000 .143 0 0 0 1 0 0
6 Ron Clark 23 5 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 .500 1.000 1.500 1 0 0 0 1 0
7 Mudcat Grant 30 35 92 78 5 15 5 0 0 10 0 0 3 23 .192 .220 .256 .476 20 3 0 10 1 0
8 Jimmie Hall* 28 120 391 356 52 85 7 4 20 47 1 2 33 66 .239 .302 .449 .751 160 14 0 0 2 5
9 Jim Kaat* 27 47 124 118 12 23 2 1 2 13 0 0 5 41 .195 .228 .280 .507 33 1 0 1 0 0
10 Ron Keller 23 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Harmon Killebrew 30 162 677 569 89 160 27 1 39 110 0 2 103 98 .281 .391 .538 .929 306 12 2 0 3 18
12 Johnny Klippstein 38 26 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Andy Kosco 24 57 170 158 11 35 5 0 2 13 0 1 7 31 .222 .251 .291 .543 46 4 0 3 2 1
14 Jim Merritt* 22 31 46 39 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 16 .103 .182 .128 .310 5 1 0 2 1 0
15 Don Mincher* 28 139 497 431 53 108 30 0 14 62 3 2 58 68 .251 .340 .418 .758 180 13 2 3 3 9
16 George Mitterwald 21 3 5 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 1 0 0 0 0 0
17 Russ Nixon* 31 51 106 96 5 25 2 1 0 7 0 0 7 13 .260 .314 .302 .616 29 2 1 1 1 3
18 Tony Oliva* 27 159 677 622 99 191 32 7 25 87 13 7 42 72 .307 .353 .502 .854 312 16 5 2 6 10
19 Jim Ollom 20 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Camilo Pascual 32 21 39 37 3 8 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .216 .237 .243 .480 9 3 1 1 0 0
21 Jim Perry# 30 33 68 59 5 13 4 0 1 7 0 0 5 18 .220 .288 .339 .627 20 0 1 2 1 0
22 Rich Reese* 24 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 Rich Rollins 28 90 293 269 30 66 7 1 10 40 0 2 13 34 .245 .286 .390 .677 105 9 4 3 4 1
24 Dwight Siebler 28 23 13 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 .000 .154 .000 .154 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 Cesar Tovar 25 134 527 465 57 121 19 5 2 41 16 6 44 50 .260 .325 .335 .660 156 7 4 7 7 1
26 Ted Uhlaender* 26 105 403 367 39 83 12 2 2 22 10 2 27 33 .226 .280 .286 .566 105 4 1 6 2 1
27 Sandy Valdespino* 27 52 114 108 11 19 1 1 2 9 2 2 4 24 .176 .211 .259 .470 28 5 1 0 1 0
28 Zoilo Versalles 26 137 596 543 73 135 20 6 7 36 10 12 40 85 .249 .307 .346 .653 188 11 7 3 3 2
29 Al Worthington 37 65 11 11 2 3 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 6 .273 .273 .545 .818 6 0 0 0 0 0
30 Jerry Zimmerman 31 60 136 119 11 30 4 1 1 15 0 0 15 23 .252 .338 .328 .666 39 4 1 0 1 4
30 Players 27.8 162 6035 5390 663 1341 219 33 144 611 67 42 513 844 .249 .316 .382 .698 2058 138 39 49 44 69
Only players for whom we have stats are shown. See roster for more complete team list.

Team Pitching

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer
Rk Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 Dave Boswell 21 12 5 .706 3.14 28 21 3 8 1 0 169.1 120 66 59 19 65 2 173 5 0 12 691 1.093 6.4 1.0 3.5 9.2 2.66
2 Pete Cimino 23 2 5 .286 2.92 35 0 16 0 0 4 64.2 53 27 21 4 30 3 57 1 0 4 276 1.284 7.4 0.6 4.2 7.9 1.90
3 Mudcat Grant 30 13 13 .500 3.25 35 35 0 10 3 0 249.0 248 104 90 23 49 2 110 6 0 5 1031 1.193 9.0 0.8 1.8 4.0 2.24
4 Jim Kaat* 27 25 13 .658 2.75 41 41 0 19 3 0 304.2 271 114 93 29 55 4 205 3 0 12 1227 1.070 8.0 0.9 1.6 6.1 3.73
5 Ron Keller 23 0 0 5.06 2 0 0 0 0 0 5.1 7 4 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 24 1.500 11.8 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.00
6 Johnny Klippstein 38 1 1 .500 3.40 26 0 16 0 0 3 39.2 35 15 15 2 20 2 26 2 0 1 172 1.387 7.9 0.5 4.5 5.9 1.30
7 Jim Merritt* 22 7 14 .333 3.38 31 18 5 5 1 3 144.0 112 57 54 17 33 3 124 0 0 4 570 1.007 7.0 1.1 2.1 7.8 3.76
8 Jim Ollom* 20 0 0 3.60 3 1 0 0 0 0 10.0 6 4 4 1 1 0 11 1 0 0 38 0.700 5.4 0.9 0.9 9.9 11.00
9 Camilo Pascual 32 8 6 .571 4.89 21 19 1 2 0 0 103.0 113 63 56 9 30 0 56 2 1 3 447 1.388 9.9 0.8 2.6 4.9 1.87
10 Jim Perry 30 11 7 .611 2.54 33 25 2 8 1 0 184.1 149 61 52 17 53 4 122 5 0 6 742 1.096 7.3 0.8 2.6 6.0 2.30
11 Bill Pleis* 28 1 2 .333 1.93 8 0 4 0 0 0 9.1 5 6 2 1 4 0 9 0 0 0 38 0.964 4.8 1.0 3.9 8.7 2.25
12 Jim Roland* 23 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.5
13 Dwight Siebler 28 2 2 .500 3.44 23 2 9 0 0 1 49.2 47 26 19 6 14 2 24 1 0 0 210 1.228 8.5 1.1 2.5 4.3 1.71
14 Al Worthington 37 6 3 .667 2.46 65 0 46 0 0 16 91.1 66 26 25 6 27 3 93 1 0 5 364 1.018 6.5 0.6 2.7 9.2 3.44
14 Players 28.8 89 73 .549 3.13 162 162 110 52 11 28 1438.2 1246 581 501 139 392 25 1015 27 1 52 5896 1.139 7.8 0.9 2.5 6.3 2.59

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS% lgCS% PO
Earl Battey 113 705 45 4 9 .995 6.64 3 41 25 38%
Jerry Zimmerman 59 264 16 1 5 .996 4.75 2 11 10 48%
Russ Nixon 32 137 5 2 0 .986 4.44 0 13 5 28%
George Mitterwald 3 13 0 0 0 1.000 4.33 0 0 0

1B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Don Mincher 130 995 85 9 62 .992 8.31
Harmon Killebrew 42 330 15 4 30 .989 8.21
Andy Kosco 5 29 0 1 3 .967 5.80

2B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Bernie Allen 89 191 214 11 46 .974 4.55
Cesar Tovar 76 154 205 8 33 .978 4.72
Rich Rollins 2 2 1 0 0 1.000 1.50

3B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Harmon Killebrew 107 83 190 14 11 .951 2.55
Rich Rollins 65 54 107 8 13 .953 2.48
Bernie Allen 2 0 2 0 1 1.000 1.00
Ron Clark 1 0 0 0 0 0.00

SS

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Zoilo Versalles 135 195 377 35 69 .942 4.24
Cesar Tovar 31 47 67 6 10 .950 3.68

LF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Jimmie Hall 69 0.00
Bob Allison 44 0.00
Andy Kosco 31 0.00
Sandy Valdespino 22 0.00
Harmon Killebrew 18 0.00
Cesar Tovar 4 0.00
Ted Uhlaender 4 0.00
Rich Rollins 1 0.00

CF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Ted Uhlaender 96 0.00
Jimmie Hall 27 0.00
Cesar Tovar 20 0.00
Tony Oliva 19 0.00
Andy Kosco 7 0.00
Bob Allison 1 0.00
Sandy Valdespino 1 0.00

RF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Tony Oliva 140 0.00
Jimmie Hall 12 0.00
Bob Allison 11 0.00
Andy Kosco 5 0.00

OF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Tony Oliva 159 335 9 10 3 .972 2.16
Jimmie Hall 103 175 6 4 1 .978 1.76
Ted Uhlaender 100 258 4 4 2 .985 2.62
Bob Allison 56 86 3 3 0 .967 1.59
Andy Kosco 40 70 2 1 0 .986 1.80
Cesar Tovar 24 53 2 0 1 1.000 2.29
Sandy Valdespino 23 36 0 0 0 1.000 1.57
Harmon Killebrew 18 22 0 0 0 1.000 1.22
Rich Rollins 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.00

P

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Al Worthington 65 8 14 2 0 .917 0.34
Jim Kaat 41 19 46 3 5 .956 1.59
Pete Cimino 35 0 8 1 1 .889 0.23
Mudcat Grant 35 9 55 3 6 .955 1.83
Jim Perry 33 9 22 1 0 .969 0.94
Jim Merritt 31 7 20 0 0 1.000 0.87
Dave Boswell 28 10 29 2 0 .951 1.39
Johnny Klippstein 26 4 4 0 0 1.000 0.31
Dwight Siebler 23 3 5 1 0 .889 0.35
Camilo Pascual 21 11 25 0 1 1.000 1.71
Bill Pleis 8 0 1 1 0 .500 0.13
Jim Ollom 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.33
Ron Keller 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.50
Jim Roland 1 0 0 0 0 0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Birthplace
Bernie Allen 27 L R 6' 0.0" 175 Apr 16, 1939 East Liverpool, OH, US 1966-04-12 1966-10-02
Bob Allison 31 R R 6' 3.0" 205 Jul 11, 1934 Raytown, MO, US 1966-04-13 1966-10-02
Earl Battey 31 R R 6' 1.0" 205 Jan 5, 1935 Los Angeles, CA, US 1966-04-12 1966-09-28
Dave Boswell 21 R R 6' 3.0" 185 Jan 20, 1945 Baltimore, MD, US 1966-04-15 1966-09-24
Pete Cimino 23 R R 6' 2.0" 195 Oct 17, 1942 Philadelphia, PA, US 1966-04-15 1966-10-02
Ron Clark 23 R R 5' 10.0" 175 Jan 14, 1943 Fort Worth, TX, US 1966-09-11 1966-09-23
Mudcat Grant 30 R R 6' 1.0" 186 Aug 13, 1935 Lacoochee, FL, US 1966-04-12 1966-09-30
Jimmie Hall 28 L R 6' 0.0" 175 Mar 7, 1938 Mount Holly, NC, US 1966-04-12 1966-10-02
Jim Kaat 27 L L 6' 4.0" 205 Nov 7, 1938 Zeeland, MI, US 1966-04-14 1966-10-02
Ron Keller 23 R R 6' 2.0" 200 Jun 3, 1943 Indianapolis, IN, US 1966-07-09 1966-07-26
Harmon Killebrew 30 R R 6' 0.0" 195 Jun 29, 1936 Payette, ID, US 1966-04-12 1966-10-02
Johnny Klippstein 38 R R 6' 1.0" 173 Oct 17, 1927 Washington, DC, US 1966-04-13 1966-09-05
Andy Kosco 24 R R 6' 3.0" 205 Oct 5, 1941 Youngstown, OH, US 1966-04-23 1966-09-23
Jim Merritt 22 L L 6' 3.0" 175 Dec 9, 1943 Altadena, CA, US 1966-04-14 1966-09-30
Don Mincher 28 L R 6' 3.0" 205 Jun 24, 1938 Huntsville, AL, US 1966-04-12 1966-10-02
George Mitterwald 21 R R 6' 2.0" 195 Jun 7, 1945 Berkeley, CA, US 1966-09-15 1966-09-21
Russ Nixon 31 L R 6' 1.0" 195 Feb 19, 1935 Cleves, OH, US 1966-04-15 1966-10-02
Joe Nossek 25 R R 6' 0.0" 178 Nov 8, 1940 Cleveland, OH, US 1966-04-15 1966-05-09
Tony Oliva 27 L R 6' 1.0" 175 Jul 20, 1938 Pinar del Rio, Pinar del Rio, CU 1966-04-12 1966-10-02
Jim Ollom 20 R L 6' 4.0" 210 Jul 8, 1945 Snohomish, WA, US 1966-09-03 1966-09-18
Camilo Pascual 32 R R 5' 11.0" 170 Jan 20, 1934 La Habana, La Habana, CU 1966-04-13 1966-09-05
Jim Perry 30 S R 6' 4.0" 190 Oct 30, 1935 Williamston, NC, US 1966-04-22 1966-10-02
Bill Pleis 28 L L 5' 10.0" 170 Aug 5, 1937 St. Louis, MO, US 1966-07-09 1966-09-15
Rich Reese 24 L L 6' 3.0" 185 Sep 29, 1941 Leipsic, OH, US 1966-09-20 1966-09-24
Garry Roggenburk 26 R L 6' 6.0" 195 Apr 16, 1940 Cleveland, OH, US 1966-04-25 1966-07-06
Jim Roland 23 R L 6' 3.0" 175 Dec 14, 1942 Franklin, NC, US 1966-09-20 1966-09-20
Rich Rollins 28 R R 5' 10.0" 185 Apr 16, 1938 Mount Pleasant, PA, US 1966-04-19 1966-10-02
Dwight Siebler 28 R R 6' 2.0" 184 Aug 5, 1937 Columbus, NE, US 1966-04-15 1966-08-28
Cesar Tovar 25 R R 5' 9.0" 155 Jul 3, 1940 Caracas, Distrito Federal, VE 1966-04-15 1966-10-02
Ted Uhlaender 26 L R 6' 2.0" 190 Oct 21, 1939 Chicago Heights, IL, US 1966-04-15 1966-10-02
Sandy Valdespino 27 L L 5' 8.0" 170 Jan 24, 1939 San Jose de las Lajas, Mayabeque, CU 1966-04-12 1966-10-02
Zoilo Versalles 26 R R 5' 10.0" 146 Dec 18, 1939 La Habana, La Habana, CU 1966-04-12 1966-10-02
Al Worthington 37 R R 6' 2.0" 195 Feb 5, 1929 Birmingham, AL, US 1966-04-16 1966-10-02
Jerry Zimmerman 31 R R 6' 2.0" 185 Sep 21, 1934 Omaha, NE, US 1966-04-16 1966-10-02

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