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1965 Minnesota Twins (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1964/1966)
102-60, Finished 1st in American League
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Won AL Pennant
Scored 774 runs, Allowed 600 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 100-62
Managed by Sam Mele

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

Postseason: Lost World Series (4-3) to Los Angeles Dodgers

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"I watched that team come to town with envy when I was with Cleveland. Being from Minnesota, I longed to be part of that. Up and down that lineup there were guys who just kind of took their turn carrying the ball club." -- Jerry Kindall.

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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   Earl Battey         30  131  394   36  117  22  2   6   60  50   23  .297  .375  .409   0   0   7   2   5   5   7  119
1B *Don Mincher         27  128  346   43   87  17  3  22   65  49   73  .251  .344  .509   1   3   3   2   2   4  15  135
2B  Jerry Kindall       30  125  342   41   67  12  1   6   36  36   97  .196  .274  .289   2   2   6   3   8   6   3   57
3B  Rich Rollins        27  140  469   59  117  22  1   5   32  37   54  .249  .309  .333   4   0  13   4  10   2   7   79
SS  Zoilo Versalles     25  160  666  126  182  45 12  19   77  41  122  .273  .319  .462  27   5   7   7   6   8   3  115
LF  Bob Allison         30  135  438   71  102  14  5  23   78  73  114  .233  .342  .445  10   2   5   2   1   5   4  118
CF *Jimmie Hall         27  148  522   81  149  25  4  20   86  51   79  .285  .347  .464  14   7   6   1   0   6   6  124
RF *Tony Oliva          26  149  576  107  185  40  5  16   98  55   64  .321  .378  .491  19   9   8   4   2  10  12  141
    Harmon Killebrew    29  113  401   78  108  16  1  25   75  72   69  .269  .384  .501   0   0  10   4   0   2  12  145
   *Sandy Valdespino    26  108  245   38   64   8  2   1   22  20   28  .261  .319  .322   7   4   5   2   3   3   3   80
    Joe Nossek          24   87  170   19   37   9  0   2   16   7   22  .218  .250  .306   2   0   5   1   3   2   1   54
    Jerry Zimmerman     30   83  154    8   33   1  1   1   11  12   23  .214  .275  .253   0   0   6   1   8   0   3   49
    Frank Quilici       26   56  149   16   31   5  1   0    7  15   33  .208  .280  .255   1   1   4   0   4   0   0   51
    Andy Kosco          23   23   55    3   13   4  0   1    6   1   15  .236  .241  .364   0   0   0   0   0   2   0   66
   *Bernie Allen        26   19   39    2    9   2  0   0    6   6    8  .231  .326  .282   0   0   0   0   0   1   2   72
    Frank Kostro        27   20   31    2    5   2  0   0    1   4    5  .161  .250  .226   0   0   1   0   0   1   0   34
    Cesar Tovar         24   18   25    3    5   1  0   0    2   2    3  .200  .259  .240   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   40
   *Ted Uhlaender       24   13   22    1    4   0  0   0    1   0    2  .182  .182  .182   1   0   0   0   0   0   0    2
    John Sevcik         22   12   16    1    1   1  0   0    0   1    5  .063  .118  .125   0   0   1   0   1   0   0  -32
   *Rich Reese          23   14    7    0    2   1  0   0    0   2    2  .286  .444  .429   0   0   0   0   0   0   1  145

    Mudcat Grant        29   50   97   13   15   3  2   0    8   7   27  .155  .212  .227   0   0   1   0   5   0   0   22
   *Jim Kaat            26   56   93    6   23   4  0   1    9   3   29  .247  .265  .323   2   0   1   0   3   2   0   63
    Camilo Pascual      31   27   60    7   12   1  0   2    8   2    8  .200  .226  .317   0   0   2   0   2   0   0   50
   #Jim Perry           29   36   53    3    9   1  1   0    3   1   16  .170  .200  .226   0   0   0   1   4   0   0   19
    Dave Boswell        20   36   38    7   12   0  1   0    1   1    6  .316  .333  .368   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   96
   *Jim Merritt         21   16   22    1    3   0  0   0    3   2   14  .136  .240  .136   0   0   0   1   1   0   0    8
    Dick Stigman        29   33   15    0    2   1  0   0    0   0    7  .133  .133  .200   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   -8
    Al Worthington      36   62   10    1    1   0  0   0    0   2    4  .100  .250  .100   0   0   0   0   2   0   0    2
    Mel Nelson          29   28    9    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    5  .111  .111  .111   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  -38
    Johnny Klippstein   37   56    8    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    3  .000  .111  .000   0   0   1   0   2   0   0  -66
   *Bill Pleis          27   41    7    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    3  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   1   0   0 -100
    Jerry Fosnow        24   29    5    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    4  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Garry Roggenburk    25   12    3    1    0   0  0   0    0   1    1  .000  .250  .000   0   0   0   0   2   0   0  -24
    Dwight Siebler      27    7    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.4  162 5488  774 1396 257 42 150  711 554  969  .254  .323  .399  92  33  93  35  77  59  79  106
    Rank among 10 AL teams         2    1    1   1  2   4        3    4     1     2     2   4   5                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        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 *Jim Kaat            26  45   2.83  18  11  2  42   2   7   2  264.3  267  121   83  25   63  154 1115   3   5  0   6 126
SP  Mudcat Grant        29  41   3.30  21   7  0  39   0  14   6  270.3  252  107   99  34   61  142 1095   8   0  0   2 108
SP  Camilo Pascual      31  27   3.35   9   3  0  27   0   5   1  156.0  126   67   58  12   63   96  659   7   5  1   0 106
SP  Jim Perry           29  36   2.63  12   7  0  19   3   4   2  167.7  142   57   49  18   47   88  679   4   3  0   2 135
SP *Jim Merritt         21  16   3.17   5   4  2   9   5   1   0   76.7   68   29   27  11   20   61  311   0   0  0   1 112

CL  Al Worthington      36  62   2.13  10   7 21   0  38   0   0   80.3   57   25   19   4   41   59  333   1   3  0   2 167
RP  Johnny Klippstein   37  56   2.24   9   3  5   0  24   0   0   76.3   59   22   19   8   31   59  314   4   3  0   4 159
RP *Bill Pleis          27  41   2.98   4   4  4   2  16   0   0   51.3   49   20   17   3   27   33  229   2   0  1   5 120
RP *Jerry Fosnow        24  29   4.44   3   3  2   0  11   0   0   46.7   33   29   23   7   25   35  202   2   1  0   2  80
RP *Mel Nelson          29  28   4.12   0   4  3   3  13   0   0   54.7   57   29   25   7   23   31  247   4   2  0   3  87

    Dave Boswell        20  27   3.40   6   5  0  12   1   1   0  106.0   77   43   40  20   46   85  435   1   5  0   0 105
   *Dick Stigman        29  33   4.37   4   2  4   8  12   0   0   70.0   59   34   34  14   33   70  296   5   0  0   3  81
   *Garry Roggenburk    25  12   3.43   1   0  2   0   3   0   0   21.0   21   10    8   1   12    6   95   2   0  0   2 104
    Dwight Siebler      27   7   4.20   0   0  0   1   1   0   0   15.0   11    7    7   2   11   15   68   1   0  0   0  85
    Pete Cimino         22   1   0.00   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    1.0    0    0    0   0    0    0    3   0   0  0   0    
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.5 162   3.14 102  60 45 162 130  32  12 1457.0 1278  600  508 166  503  934 6081  44  27  2  32 114
    Rank among 10 AL teams          3   1  10  2           6   6      5    5    4       10    3    7

    * - 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 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- EBattey 952 115 128 652 56 10 10 .986 12 34 28 26 JZimmerman 468 44 82 321 22 1 5 .997 4 8 19 8 JSevcik 36 3 11 32 5 0 1 1.000 0 2 6 2 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1457 162 162 1005 83 11 16 .990 16 44 53 36 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 *9.56 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DMincher 807 89 99 818 45 7 64 .992 9.62 HKillebrew 610 70 72 636 35 8 64 .988 9.90 AKosco 15 2 2 18 0 0 0 1.000 10.80 BAllison 13 1 3 16 1 0 1 1.000 11.77 RReese 12 0 6 14 1 0 0 1.000 11.25 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1457 162 162 1502 82 15 129 .991 9.78 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 *5.07 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JKindall 872 101 106 242 252 19 62 .963 5.09 FQuilici 365 39 52 93 112 2 33 .990 5.05 RRollins 111 12 16 32 35 5 4 .931 5.43 BAllen 71 8 10 18 19 0 6 1.000 4.69 FKostro 23 1 7 6 6 1 2 .923 4.70 CTovar 14 1 4 2 6 2 2 .800 4.90 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1457 162 162 393 430 29 109 .966 5.08 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .960 *3.13 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RRollins 952 110 112 112 229 15 21 .958 3.22 HKillebrew 352 40 44 37 78 4 3 .966 2.94 JNossek 74 8 9 8 25 2 0 .943 4.01 FKostro 36 2 6 4 12 4 4 .800 3.97 CTovar 17 1 2 0 8 1 0 .889 4.24 JKindall 17 0 10 0 4 2 1 .667 2.12 BAllen 9 1 1 0 3 0 0 1.000 3.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1457 162 162 161 359 28 29 .949 3.21 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .962 *4.74 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- ZVersalles 1406 158 160 248 487 39 105 .950 4.70 FQuilici 25 3 4 3 8 0 1 1.000 3.96 JKindall 24 1 7 4 10 2 0 .875 5.25 CTovar 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1457 162 162 255 505 41 106 .949 4.69 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 *1.87 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BAllison 1038 117 121 229 11 7 4 .972 2.08 SValdespino 350 38 43 71 3 1 1 .987 1.90 TUhlaender 28 3 4 7 1 0 0 1.000 2.51 JHall 28 3 6 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.96 DMincher 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 HKillebrew 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 JNossek 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.33 FKostro 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 RReese 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1457 162 162 311 15 8 5 .976 2.01 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 *2.40 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JHall 1139 129 139 280 7 7 2 .976 2.27 JNossek 256 24 46 63 0 2 0 .969 2.21 TOliva 47 7 11 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.89 CTovar 12 2 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 BAllison 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1457 162 162 356 7 9 2 .976 2.24 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 *1.85 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- TOliva 1232 140 142 274 10 11 4 .963 2.07 SValdespino 95 9 17 20 1 0 0 1.000 1.97 AKosco 93 11 14 17 3 0 1 1.000 1.94 JHall 17 1 7 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.06 JNossek 10 1 2 3 1 0 1 1.000 3.60 BAllison 8 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.12 FKostro 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1457 162 162 317 15 11 6 .968 2.05 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 *2.04 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- TOliva 1280 147 147 284 10 11 3 .964 2.07 JHall 1184 133 141 282 7 7 2 .976 2.20 BAllison 1048 117 122 231 11 7 4 .972 2.08 SValdespino 445 47 57 94 4 1 1 .990 1.98 JNossek 268 25 48 64 1 2 1 .970 2.18 AKosco 93 11 14 17 3 0 1 1.000 1.94 TUhlaender 28 3 4 7 1 0 0 1.000 2.51 CTovar 12 2 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 DMincher 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 HKillebrew 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 FKostro 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 RReese 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1457 162 162 982 37 28 12 .973 2.10 162 162 162 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .951 *2.04 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- MGrant 270 39 41 16 50 2 6 .971 2.20 JKaat 264 42 45 15 64 6 3 .929 2.69 JPerry 167 19 36 7 26 1 3 .971 1.77 CPascual 156 27 27 14 32 1 1 .979 2.65 DBoswell 106 12 27 5 14 1 1 .950 1.61 AWorthingto 80 0 62 3 24 1 0 .964 3.03 JMerritt 76 9 16 2 13 1 1 .937 1.76 JKlippstein 76 0 56 0 11 2 0 .846 1.30 DStigman 70 8 33 1 8 1 0 .900 1.16 MNelson 54 3 28 2 8 0 0 1.000 1.65 BPleis 51 2 41 1 7 0 1 1.000 1.40 JFosnow 46 0 29 1 12 3 0 .812 2.51 GRoggenburk 21 0 12 0 3 1 0 .750 1.29 DSiebler 15 1 7 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.80 PCimino 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1457 162 162 68 274 20 16 .945 2.11 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

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
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Batting Average Oliva .321

On-base % Oliva .378

Slugging % Oliva .491

OPS Oliva .869

Games Versalles 160

At Bats Versalles 666

Plate Appearances (approx.) Versalles 728

Runs Versalles 126

Hits Oliva 185

Total Bases Versalles 308

Doubles Versalles 45

Triples Versalles 12

Home Runs Killebrew 25

RBI Oliva 98

Bases on Balls Allison 73

Strikeouts Versalles 122

Stolen Bases Versalles 27

Singles Oliva 124

Adjusted OPS+ Oliva 141

Runs Created Oliva 109

Adjusted Batting Runs Oliva 33

Batting Wins Oliva 3.5

Extra-Base Hits Versalles 76

Times on Base Oliva 244

Offensive Win% Oliva .733

Hit By Pitch Versalles 7

Sac. Hits Rollins 10

Sac. Flies Oliva 10

Intentional Walks Mincher 15

Grounded into Double Plays Rollins 13

Caught Stealing Oliva 9

Power/Speed Number Versalles 22.3

At Bats per Strikeout Oliva 9.0

At Bats per Home Run Allison 19.0

Outs Versalles 510

Pitching Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

ERA Perry 2.63

Wins Grant 21

Won-Loss % Grant .750

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Perry 1.127

Hits Allowed/9IP Perry 7.62

Bases on Balls/9IP Grant 2.03

Strikeouts/9IP Kaat 5.24

Games Worthington 62

Saves Worthington 21

Innings Grant 270.3

Strikeouts Kaat 154

Games Started Kaat 42

Comp. Games Grant 14

Shutouts Grant 6

Home Runs Allow. Grant 34

Bases On Balls Allow. Kaat and Pascual 63

Hits Allowed Kaat 267

SO to Walk Kaat 2.44

Losses Kaat 11

Earned Runs Allow. Grant 99

Wild Pitches Grant 8

Hit Batsmen Boswell, Kaat, and Pascual 5

Batters Faced Kaat 1115

Games Finished Worthington 38

Adjusted ERA+ Perry 135

Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

All-Stars Box Score and Play-By-Play

Earl Battey (Starting C)
Mudcat Grant
Jimmie Hall
Harmon Killebrew (Starting 1B)
Tony Oliva
Zoilo Versalles

1964/1966

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