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1965 Minnesota Twins

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1964 / 1966

102-60, Finished 1st in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Sam Mele (102-60)
Scored 774 runs, Allowed 600 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 100-62

Ballparks: Metropolitan Stadium · Attendance: 1,463,258 (1st of 10)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 105, Pitching - 103 · one-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 99


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1964 / 1966 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 26 L R 6' 0" 175 Apr 16, 1939 4 19 9 19 11 0 0 0 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 -0.1 $
Bob Allison 30 R R 6' 3" 205 Jul 11, 1934 8 135 118 135 123 0 0 3 0 0 0 121 1 1 122 15 2 4.6 $
Earl Battey 30 R R 6' 1" 205 Jan 5, 1935 11 131 115 131 128 0 128 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 3.8 $ All-Star
Dave Boswell 20 R R 6' 3" 185 Jan 20, 1945 2 36 12 36 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1.1 $
Pete Cimino 22 R R 6' 2" 195 Oct 17, 1942 1st 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Jerry Fosnow 24 R L 6' 4" 195 Sep 21, 1940 2 29 0 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.2 $
Mudcat Grant 29 R R 6' 1" 186 Aug 13, 1935 8 50 39 50 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 2.5 $21,500 All-Star
Jimmie Hall 27 L R 6' 0" 175 Mar 7, 1938 3 148 133 148 141 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 139 7 141 15 0 5.1 $ All-Star
Jim Kaat 26 L L 6' 4" 205 Nov 7, 1938 7 56 42 56 45 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 8 1.1 $27,000
Harmon Killebrew HOF 29 R R 6' 0" 195 Jun 29, 1936 12 113 110 113 110 0 0 72 0 43 0 2 0 0 2 3 0 4.7 $50,000 All-Star
Jerry Kindall 30 R R 6' 2" 175 May 27, 1935 9 125 102 125 123 0 0 0 106 11 7 0 0 0 0 2 1 0.1 $15,000
Johnny Klippstein 37 R R 6' 1" 173 Oct 17, 1927 16 56 0 56 56 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 $
Andy Kosco 23 R R 6' 3" 205 Oct 5, 1941 1st 23 13 23 16 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 14 14 9 0 -0.1 $
Frank Kostro 27 R R 6' 2" 190 Aug 4, 1937 4 20 3 20 14 0 0 0 7 6 0 1 0 1 2 8 0 -0.3 $10,000
Jim Merritt 21 L L 6' 3" 175 Dec 9, 1943 1st 16 9 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 $
Don Mincher 27 L R 6' 3" 205 Jun 24, 1938 6 128 90 128 100 0 0 99 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 33 0 2.3 $
Mel Nelson 29 R L 6' 0" 185 May 30, 1936 3 28 3 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.8 $
Joe Nossek 24 R R 6' 0" 178 Nov 8, 1940 2 87 33 87 57 0 0 0 0 9 0 2 46 2 48 33 10 -0.3 $
Tony Oliva 26 L R 6' 1" 175 Jul 20, 1938 4 149 147 149 147 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 142 147 2 0 6.0 $20,000 All-Star
Camilo Pascual 31 R R 5' 11" 170 Jan 20, 1934 12 27 27 27 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9 $46,500
Jim Perry 29 B R 6' 4" 190 Oct 30, 1935 7 36 19 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.5 $
Bill Pleis 27 L L 5' 10" 170 Aug 5, 1937 5 41 2 41 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Frank Quilici 26 R R 6' 1" 170 May 11, 1939 1st 56 42 56 53 0 0 0 52 0 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 -0.4 $
Rich Reese 23 L L 6' 3" 185 Sep 29, 1941 2 14 0 14 7 0 0 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 7 1 0.0 $
Garry Roggenburk 25 R L 6' 6" 195 Apr 16, 1940 2 12 0 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Rich Rollins 27 R R 5' 10" 185 Apr 16, 1938 5 140 122 140 127 0 0 0 16 112 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 1.6 $16,000
John Sevcik 22 R R 6' 2" 205 Jul 11, 1942 1st 12 3 12 11 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.4 $
Dwight Siebler 27 R R 6' 2" 184 Aug 5, 1937 3 7 1 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Dick Stigman 29 R L 6' 3" 200 Jan 24, 1936 6 33 8 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Cesar Tovar 24 R R 5' 9" 155 Jul 3, 1940 1st 18 4 18 9 0 0 0 4 2 1 0 2 0 2 5 5 -0.1 $6,000
Ted Uhlaender 25 L R 6' 2" 190 Oct 21, 1939 1st 13 3 13 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 8 1 -0.2 $
Sandy Valdespino 26 L L 5' 8" 170 Jan 24, 1939 1st 108 47 108 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 43 0 17 57 56 0 1.0 $
Zoilo Versalles 25 R R 5' 10" 146 Dec 18, 1939 7 160 158 160 160 0 0 0 0 0 160 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.6 $28,000 All-Star
Al Worthington 36 R R 6' 2" 195 Feb 5, 1929 10 62 0 62 62 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.4 $22,000
Jerry Zimmerman 30 R R 6' 2" 185 Sep 21, 1934 5 83 44 83 82 0 82 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

Tony Oliva

Jimmie Hall

Bernie Allen
Andy Kosco

Rich Rollins

Earl Battey

Frank Kostro
Frank Quilici

Cesar Tovar

Rich Reese

Al Worthington

Jerry Kindall

Camilo Pascual

Dick Stigman

Bill Pleis

John Sevcik

Jerry Zimmerman

Dave Boswell

Joe Nossek

John Sevcik
Dwight Siebler

Jerry Fosnow
Jim Merritt

Johnny Klippstein

Sandy Valdespino

Mel Nelson

Garry Roggenburk

Jim Perry

Mudcat Grant

Dwight Siebler
Ted Uhlaender

Pete Cimino

Jim Kaat

John Sevcik

Sandy Valdespino

1964 / 1966 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers