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1962 Minnesota Twins

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1961 / 1963

91-71, Finished 2nd in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Sam Mele (91-71)
Scored 798 runs, Allowed 713 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 89-73

Ballparks: Metropolitan Stadium · Attendance: 1,433,116 (2nd of 10)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 104, Pitching - 103 · one-year: Batting - 105, Pitching - 104

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1961 / 1963 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 Salary
Bernie Allen 23 L R 6' 0" 175 Apr 16, 1939 1st 159 158 159 158 0 0 0 158 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.4 $
Bob Allison 27 R R 6' 3" 205 Jul 11, 1934 5 149 142 149 147 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 145 147 0 2 4.5 $
Gerry Arrigo 21 L L 6' 1" 185 Jun 12, 1941 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
George Banks 23 R R 5' 11" 185 Sep 24, 1938 1st 63 20 63 23 0 0 0 0 6 0 7 0 11 17 42 0 0.2 $
Earl Battey 27 R R 6' 1" 205 Jan 5, 1935 8 148 143 148 147 0 147 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.5 $ All-Star
Joe Bonikowski 21 R R 6' 0" 175 Jan 16, 1941 1st 30 13 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 $
Jackie Collum 35 L L 5' 7" 160 Jun 21, 1927 9 8 3 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1.2 $
Jim Donohue 23 R R 6' 4" 190 Oct 31, 1938 2 6 1 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Ruben Gomez 34 R R 6' 0" 170 Jul 13, 1927 9 6 2 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Johnny Goryl 28 R R 5' 10" 175 Oct 21, 1933 4 37 2 37 5 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 22 12 0.2 $
Lenny Green 29 L L 5' 11" 170 Jan 6, 1933 6 158 151 158 156 0 0 0 0 0 0 87 147 0 156 3 0 2.9 $
Jim Kaat 23 L L 6' 4" 205 Nov 7, 1938 4 48 35 48 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 5.7 $ All-Star
Harmon Killebrew HOF 26 R R 6' 0" 195 Jun 29, 1936 9 155 152 155 153 0 0 4 0 0 0 151 0 0 151 2 0 2.7 $
Jack Kralick 27 L L 6' 2" 180 Jun 1, 1935 4 39 37 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 $
Don Lee 28 R R 6' 4" 205 Feb 26, 1934 5 9 9 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $
Jim Lemon 34 R R 6' 4" 200 Mar 23, 1928 11 12 2 12 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 10 0 -0.2 $
Jim Manning 18 R R 6' 1" 185 Jul 21, 1943 1st 5 1 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $
Georges Maranda 30 R R 6' 2" 195 Jan 15, 1932 2 32 4 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Marty Martinez 20 B R 6' 0" 170 Aug 23, 1941 1st 37 6 37 12 0 0 0 0 1 11 0 0 0 0 0 29 0.4 $
Don Mincher 24 L R 6' 3" 205 Jun 24, 1938 3 86 20 86 25 0 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 63 0 1.1 $
Ray Moore 36 R R 6' 0" 195 Jun 1, 1926 10 49 0 49 49 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Hal Naragon 33 L R 6' 0" 160 Oct 1, 1928 10 24 5 24 9 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 -0.4 $
Tony Oliva 23 L R 6' 1" 175 Jul 20, 1938 1st 9 2 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 6 1 0.3 $
Camilo Pascual 28 R R 5' 11" 170 Jan 20, 1934 9 34 33 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.7 $29,500 All-Star
Bill Pleis 24 L L 5' 10" 170 Aug 5, 1937 2 21 4 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Vic Power 34 R R 6' 0" 186 Nov 1, 1927 9 144 141 144 142 0 0 142 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1.3 $
Jim Roland 19 R L 6' 3" 175 Dec 14, 1942 1st 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Rich Rollins 24 R R 5' 10" 185 Apr 16, 1938 2 159 158 159 159 0 0 0 0 159 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4.2 $ All-Star
Ted Sadowski 26 R R 6' 1" 190 Apr 1, 1936 3 19 0 19 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Jim Snyder 29 R R 6' 1" 185 Aug 15, 1932 2 12 3 12 6 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 -0.2 $
Lee Stange 25 R R 5' 10" 170 Oct 27, 1936 2 44 6 44 44 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.8 $
Dick Stigman 26 R L 6' 3" 200 Jan 24, 1936 3 40 15 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.7 $
Frank Sullivan 32 R R 6' 6" 215 Jan 23, 1930 10 21 0 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Bill Tuttle 32 R R 6' 0" 190 Jul 4, 1929 10 110 27 110 105 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 94 16 105 8 1 -0.6 $
Zoilo Versalles 22 R R 5' 10" 146 Dec 18, 1939 4 160 157 160 160 0 0 0 0 0 160 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.8 $
Jerry Zimmerman 27 R R 6' 2" 185 Sep 21, 1934 2 34 15 34 34 0 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 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 Salary

Zoilo Versalles

Harmon Killebrew

Bob Allison

Don Mincher

Jim Snyder

Lenny Green

Hal Naragon

Rich Rollins

Earl Battey

George Banks

Bernie Allen

Bill Tuttle

Jack Kralick

Johnny Goryl

Camilo Pascual

Dick Stigman

Jim Donohue
Bill Pleis

Don Lee
Frank Sullivan

Ray Moore

Jerry Zimmerman

Jim Lemon

Vic Power

Joe Bonikowski
Jackie Collum
Ruben Gomez

Jim Kaat

Tony Oliva

Marty Martinez

Lee Stange

Jim Manning

Jim Roland

Ted Sadowski

Gerry Arrigo

Georges Maranda

Joe Bonikowski

1961 / 1963 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers