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1961 Minnesota Twins

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1960 / 1962

70-90, Finished 7th in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Cookie Lavagetto (23-36) and Sam Mele (47-54)
Scored 707 runs, Allowed 778 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 73-87

Ballparks: Metropolitan Stadium · Attendance: 1,256,723 (3rd of 10)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 106, Pitching - 106 · one-year: Batting - 106, Pitching - 107

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1960 / 1962 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR
Bob Allison 26 R R 6' 3" 205 Jul 11, 1934 4 159 157 159 158 0 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 150 150 1 0 1.7
Joe Altobelli 29 L L 6' 0" 185 May 26, 1932 3 41 22 41 26 0 0 2 0 0 0 25 0 0 25 19 0 0.0
Gerry Arrigo 20 L L 6' 1" 185 Jun 12, 1941 1st 7 2 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5
Earl Battey 26 R R 6' 1" 205 Jan 5, 1935 7 133 127 133 131 0 131 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2.8
Julio Becquer 29 L L 5' 11" 178 Dec 20, 1931 6 57 8 57 24 1 0 18 0 0 0 5 0 1 5 44 0 -0.3
Reno Bertoia 26 R R 5' 11" 185 Jan 8, 1935 9 35 31 35 32 0 0 0 0 32 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 -0.5
Fred Bruckbauer 23 R R 6' 1" 185 May 27, 1938 1st 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Billy Consolo 26 R R 5' 11" 180 Aug 18, 1934 9 12 0 12 8 0 0 0 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 4 -0.1
Bert Cueto 23 R R 6' 4" 170 Aug 14, 1937 1st 7 5 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.1
Dan Dobbek 26 L R 6' 0" 195 Dec 6, 1934 3 72 22 72 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 11 13 48 28 2 -0.6
Gary Dotter 18 L L 6' 1" 180 Aug 7, 1942 1st 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Billy Gardner 33 R R 6' 0" 170 Jul 19, 1927 8 45 43 45 43 0 0 0 41 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -1.1
Paul Giel 28 R R 5' 11" 185 Sep 29, 1932 6 15 0 15 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 -1.6
Lenny Green 28 L L 5' 11" 170 Jan 6, 1933 5 156 153 156 153 0 0 0 0 0 0 58 140 4 153 3 0 1.7
Ron Henry 24 R R 6' 1" 180 Aug 7, 1936 1st 20 4 20 6 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 -0.4
Jake Jacobs 24 R R 6' 0" 175 Jun 9, 1937 2 4 2 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 1 0 -0.2
Jim Kaat 22 L L 6' 4" 205 Nov 7, 1938 3 47 29 47 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 2.5
Harmon Killebrew HOF 25 R R 6' 0" 195 Jun 29, 1936 8 150 150 150 150 0 0 119 0 45 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 5.5 All-Star
Jack Kralick 26 L L 6' 2" 180 Jun 1, 1935 3 33 33 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.2
Don Lee 27 R R 6' 4" 205 Feb 26, 1934 4 37 10 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.7
Jim Lemon 33 R R 6' 4" 200 Mar 23, 1928 10 129 119 129 120 0 0 0 0 0 0 120 0 1 120 10 0 0.0
Ted Lepcio 31 R R 5' 10" 177 Jul 28, 1929 10 47 29 47 44 0 0 0 22 35 6 0 0 0 0 3 0 -0.2
Billy Martin 33 R R 5' 11" 165 May 16, 1928 11 108 91 108 106 0 0 0 105 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 -1.1
Danny McDevitt 28 L L 5' 10" 175 Nov 18, 1932 5 16 1 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3
Don Mincher 23 L R 6' 3" 205 Jun 24, 1938 2 35 24 35 29 0 0 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 -0.1
Ray Moore 35 R R 6' 0" 195 Jun 1, 1926 9 46 0 46 46 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.1
Hal Naragon 32 L R 6' 0" 160 Oct 1, 1928 9 57 30 57 36 0 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 0 -0.2
Ed Palmquist 28 R R 6' 3" 195 Jun 10, 1933 2 9 2 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.1
Camilo Pascual 27 R R 5' 11" 170 Jan 20, 1934 8 35 33 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.7 All-Star
Bill Pleis 23 L L 5' 10" 170 Aug 5, 1937 1st 37 0 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4
Pedro Ramos 26 B R 6' 0" 175 Apr 28, 1935 7 53 34 53 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 3.7
Rich Rollins 23 R R 5' 10" 185 Apr 16, 1938 1st 13 4 13 9 0 0 0 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0.1
Ted Sadowski 25 R R 6' 1" 190 Apr 1, 1936 2 15 1 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.8
Al Schroll 29 R R 6' 2" 210 Mar 22, 1932 4 11 8 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Jim Snyder 28 R R 6' 1" 185 Aug 15, 1932 1st 3 1 3 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1
Lee Stange 24 R R 5' 10" 170 Oct 27, 1936 1st 7 0 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1
Chuck Stobbs 31 L L 6' 1" 185 Jul 2, 1929 15 24 3 24 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.8
Bill Tuttle 31 R R 6' 0" 190 Jul 4, 1929 9 113 104 113 113 0 0 0 2 85 0 0 63 6 64 1 2 -0.1
Jose Valdivielso 27 R R 6' 1" 175 May 22, 1934 5 76 41 76 71 0 0 0 15 14 43 0 0 0 0 1 11 -1.4
Elmer Valo 40 L R 5' 11" 190 Mar 5, 1921 20 33 0 33 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 33 0 -0.3
Zoilo Versalles 21 R R 5' 10" 146 Dec 18, 1939 3 129 126 129 129 0 0 0 0 0 129 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Pete Whisenant 31 R R 6' 2" 190 Dec 14, 1929 8 10 0 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 5 6 3 -0.1
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR

Uniform Numbers

Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniform Colors and Appearance

Reno Bertoia
Billy Martin
Zoilo Versalles
Harmon Killebrew
Bob Allison
Jose Valdivielso
Billy Consolo
Ted Lepcio
Jim Snyder
Lenny Green
Hal Naragon

Billy Gardner
Rich Rollins
Earl Battey
Ron Henry
Bill Tuttle
Pedro Ramos
Jack Kralick
Bert Cueto
Ted Sadowski
Camilo Pascual

Paul Giel
Danny McDevitt
Lee Stange
Don Lee
Ray Moore
Dan Dobbek
Jim Lemon
Danny McDevitt
Ed Palmquist
Pete Whisenant
Jake Jacobs
Chuck Stobbs

Julio Becquer
Don Mincher
Pedro Ramos
Julio Becquer
Elmer Valo
Joe Altobelli
Gerry Arrigo
Ted Sadowski
Jim Kaat
Fred Bruckbauer
Lee Stange
Bill Pleis

Gary Dotter
Al Schroll

1960 / 1962 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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