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1968 Minnesota Twins

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1967 / 1969

79-83, Finished 7th in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Cal Ermer (79-83)
Scored 562 runs, Allowed 546 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 83-79

Ballparks: Metropolitan Stadium · Attendance: 1,143,257 (4th of 10)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 107, Pitching - 105 · one-year: Batting - 106, Pitching - 106

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1967 / 1969 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
Bob Allison 33 R R 6' 3" 205 Jul 11, 1934 11 145 127 145 133 0 0 17 0 0 0 116 1 1 117 14 2 2.2 $
Dave Boswell 23 R R 6' 3" 185 Jan 20, 1945 5 37 28 37 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.8 $
Rod Carew HOF 22 L R 6' 0" 170 Oct 1, 1945 2 127 115 127 118 0 0 0 117 0 4 0 0 0 0 11 0 1.4 $ All-Star
Dean Chance 27 R R 6' 3" 200 Jun 1, 1941 8 43 39 43 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.3 $
Ron Clark 25 R R 5' 10" 175 Jan 14, 1943 3 104 54 104 92 0 0 0 9 53 44 0 0 0 0 14 6 -0.5 $
Tom Hall 20 L L 6' 0" 150 Nov 23, 1947 1st 11 4 11 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 -0.5 $
Jackie Hernandez 27 R R 5' 11" 165 Sep 11, 1940 4 83 66 83 79 0 0 1 0 0 79 0 0 0 0 0 7 -0.3 $8,500
Jim Holt 24 L R 6' 0" 180 May 27, 1944 1st 70 20 70 39 0 0 1 0 0 0 23 2 14 38 29 8 -1.1 $21,000
Jim Kaat 29 L L 6' 4" 205 Nov 7, 1938 10 36 29 36 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 2.5 $60,000
Ron Keller 25 R R 6' 2" 200 Jun 3, 1943 2 8 1 8 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 $
Pat Kelly 23 L L 6' 1" 185 Jul 30, 1944 2 12 9 12 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 4 10 3 0 -0.2 $6,500
Harmon Killebrew HOF 32 R R 6' 0" 195 Jun 29, 1936 15 100 87 100 88 0 0 77 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 2.4 $80,000 All-Star
Frank Kostro 30 R R 6' 2" 190 Aug 4, 1937 6 63 15 63 30 0 0 5 0 0 0 15 0 10 25 39 1 -0.1 $
Bruce Look 25 L R 5' 11" 183 Jun 9, 1943 1st 59 29 59 41 0 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 0 0.2 $5,000
Jim Merritt 24 L L 6' 3" 175 Dec 9, 1943 4 38 34 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 $23,000
Bob Miller 29 R R 6' 1" 180 Feb 18, 1939 11 45 0 45 45 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $36,000
George Mitterwald 23 R R 6' 2" 195 Jun 7, 1945 2 11 10 11 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.3 $
Danny Morris 22 R R 6' 1" 200 Jun 11, 1946 1st 3 2 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Graig Nettles 23 L R 6' 0" 180 Aug 20, 1944 2 22 22 22 22 0 0 3 0 5 0 2 1 13 16 0 0 0.3 $
Tony Oliva 29 L R 6' 1" 175 Jul 20, 1938 7 128 126 128 126 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 126 126 2 0 3.6 $50,000 All-Star
Ron Perranoski 32 L L 6' 0" 180 Apr 1, 1936 8 66 0 66 66 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $48,000
Jim Perry 32 B R 6' 4" 190 Oct 30, 1935 10 32 18 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.1 $
Frank Quilici 29 R R 6' 1" 170 May 11, 1939 3 97 63 97 89 0 0 1 49 40 7 0 0 0 0 7 3 0.8 $
Rich Reese 26 L L 6' 3" 185 Sep 29, 1941 5 126 77 126 100 0 0 87 0 0 0 15 0 0 15 32 6 0.7 $
Rick Renick 24 R R 6' 0" 188 Mar 16, 1944 1st 42 30 42 40 0 0 0 0 0 40 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.1 $
Jim Roland 25 R L 6' 3" 175 Dec 14, 1942 6 29 4 29 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -0.6 $
Rich Rollins 30 R R 5' 10" 185 Apr 16, 1938 8 93 44 93 56 0 0 0 0 56 0 0 0 0 0 47 0 0.4 $
John Roseboro 35 L R 5' 11" 190 May 13, 1933 12 135 105 135 116 0 116 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 0 0.6 $60,000
Buzz Stephen 23 R R 6' 4" 205 Jul 13, 1944 1st 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $5,400
Cesar Tovar 27 R R 5' 9" 155 Jul 3, 1940 4 157 153 157 155 1 1 1 19 77 35 37 36 11 78 3 0 4.4 $17,000
Ted Uhlaender 28 L R 6' 2" 190 Oct 21, 1939 4 140 127 140 129 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 129 0 129 2 11 1.8 $15,000
Al Worthington 39 R R 6' 2" 195 Feb 5, 1929 13 54 0 54 54 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 $
Jerry Zimmerman 33 R R 6' 2" 185 Sep 21, 1934 8 24 18 24 24 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
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

Frank Kostro

Harmon Killebrew

Bob Allison

Tony Oliva

Frank Quilici

Ron Clark

Rich Rollins

Rick Renick
John Roseboro

Ted Uhlaender

Cesar Tovar

John Roseboro

Al Worthington

Ron Perranoski

Jim Merritt
Buzz Stephen

Ron Keller

Jim Roland

Rich Reese

Tom Hall
Bob Miller

Jerry Zimmerman

Dave Boswell

Jackie Hernandez

Bruce Look

Jim Merritt

Danny Morris

Graig Nettles

Rod Carew

Pat Kelly

Jim Perry

Dean Chance

George Mitterwald

Jim Kaat

Jim Holt

Bob Miller

1967 / 1969 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers