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1968 Minnesota Twins Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1967 / 1969)
79-83, Finished 7th in American League
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Scored 562 runs, Allowed 546 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 83-79
Manager: Cal Ermer (79-83)
Ballpark: Metropolitan Stadium (ballparks.com)
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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Team Batting

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Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	C	Johnny Roseboro*	35	135	435	380	31	82	12	0	8	39	2	3	46	57	.216	.300	.311	.611	81	118	7	2	2	5	9
2	1B	Harmon Killebrew	32	100	371	295	40	62	7	2	17	40	0	0	70	70	.210	.361	.420	.782	130	124	13	2	0	4	9
3	2B	Rod Carew*	22	127	492	461	46	126	27	2	1	42	12	4	26	71	.273	.312	.347	.659	95	160	11	1	2	2	1
4	SS	Jackie Hernandez	27	83	217	199	13	35	3	0	2	17	5	2	9	52	.176	.218	.221	.439	30	44	3	2	6	1	2
5	3B	Cesar Tovar	27	157	673	613	89	167	31	6	6	47	35	13	34	41	.272	.326	.372	.698	106	228	2	17	5	4	0
6	LF	Bob Allison	33	145	526	469	63	116	16	8	22	52	9	7	52	98	.247	.324	.456	.780	128	214	16	2	1	2	5
7	CF	Ted Uhlaender*	27	140	527	488	52	138	21	5	7	52	16	7	28	46	.283	.324	.389	.714	110	190	3	3	6	2	3
8	RF	Tony Oliva*	29	128	528	470	54	136	24	5	18	68	10	9	45	61	.289	.357	.477	.833	144	224	10	7	1	5	16
Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
9	1B	Rich Reese*	26	126	359	332	40	86	15	2	4	28	3	1	18	36	.259	.301	.352	.654	93	117	6	3	4	2	4
10	IF	Frank Quilici	29	97	259	229	22	56	11	4	1	22	0	0	21	45	.245	.305	.341	.645	90	78	5	1	3	5	0
11	IF	Ron Clark	25	104	250	227	14	42	5	1	1	13	3	2	16	44	.185	.245	.229	.474	41	52	2	2	5	0	2
12	3B	Rich Rollins	30	93	218	203	14	49	5	0	6	30	3	1	10	34	.241	.287	.355	.642	89	72	6	3	2	0	2
13	C	Bruce Look*	25	59	139	118	7	29	4	0	0	9	0	1	20	24	.246	.353	.280	.632	89	33	5	0	0	1	3
14	UT	Frank Kostro	30	63	118	108	9	26	4	1	0	9	0	0	6	20	.241	.274	.296	.570	68	32	2	0	1	3	1
15	OF	Jim Holt*	24	70	111	106	9	22	2	1	0	8	0	1	4	20	.208	.236	.245	.482	42	26	3	0	1	0	2
16	SS	Rick Renick	24	42	106	97	16	21	5	2	3	13	0	0	9	42	.216	.283	.402	.685	100	39	2	0	0	0	1
17	UT	Graig Nettles*	23	22	84	76	13	17	2	1	5	8	0	0	7	20	.224	.298	.474	.771	125	36	2	1	0	0	1
18	C	Jerry Zimmerman	33	24	50	45	3	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	3	10	.111	.180	.133	.313	-6	6	0	1	0	1	0
19	OF	Pat Kelly*	23	12	40	35	2	4	2	0	1	2	0	2	3	10	.114	.205	.257	.462	36	9	1	1	1	0	0
20	C	George Mitterwald	23	11	38	34	1	7	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	8	.206	.270	.235	.506	50	8	1	0	1	0	0
Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
21	P	Dean Chance	27	43	106	93	0	5	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	63	.054	.093	.054	.147	-56	5	0	1	9	0	0
22	P	Jim Merritt*	24	38	80	71	1	10	2	0	0	1	0	1	5	22	.141	.197	.169	.366	9	12	2	0	4	0	0
23	P	Jim Kaat*	29	36	79	77	7	12	3	0	0	5	0	0	2	18	.156	.177	.195	.372	10	15	2	0	0	0	0
24	P	Dave Boswell	23	37	68	60	9	14	3	1	1	4	0	0	2	24	.233	.254	.367	.621	81	22	1	0	5	1	0
25	P	Jim Perry#	32	32	48	42	4	6	1	0	2	5	0	0	2	12	.143	.182	.310	.491	43	13	1	0	4	0	0
26	P	Jim Roland	25	29	11	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	.000	.111	.000	.111	-65	0	0	0	2	0	0
27	P	Tom Hall*	20	11	10	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0
28	P	Al Worthington	39	54	9	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	2	0	0
29	P	Bob Miller	29	45	7	7	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.143	.143	.143	.286	-15	1	0	0	0	0	0
30	P	Ron Perranoski*	32	66	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	P	Buzz Stephen	23	2	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0
32	P	Danny Morris	22	3	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	P	Ron Keller	25	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	28.1	162	5974	5373	562	1274	207	41	105	522	98	54	445	966	.237	.299	.350	.649	91	1878	106	49	69	38	61
		Rank in 10 AL teams				6	5	3	3	1	6		3	4	8	5	2	5	4	4		2
Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB

* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1	SP	Dean Chance	27	16	16	.500	2.53	43	39	3	15	6	1	292.0	224	96	82	15	63	8	234	10	1	12	1161	124	0.983	6.9	0.5	1.9	7.2	3.71
2	SP	Jim Merritt*	24	12	16	.429	3.25	38	34	4	11	1	1	238.1	207	102	86	21	52	1	181	7	1	1	968	96	1.087	7.8	0.8	2.0	6.8	3.48
3	SP	Jim Kaat*	29	14	12	.538	2.94	30	29	0	9	2	0	208.0	192	78	68	16	40	0	130	3	0	5	854	106	1.115	8.3	0.7	1.7	5.6	3.25
4	SP	Dave Boswell	23	10	13	.435	3.32	34	28	0	7	2	0	190.0	148	79	70	19	87	2	143	7	0	9	799	94	1.237	7.0	0.9	4.1	6.8	1.64
5	SP	Jim Perry	32	8	6	.571	2.27	32	18	4	3	2	1	139.0	113	37	35	8	26	2	69	5	0	2	556	138	1.000	7.3	0.5	1.7	4.5	2.65
Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
6	CL	Al Worthington	39	4	5	.444	2.71	54	0	34	0	0	18	76.1	67	26	23	1	32	9	57	0	1	6	323	115	1.297	7.9	0.1	3.8	6.7	1.78
7	RP	Ron Perranoski*	32	8	7	.533	3.10	66	0	41	0	0	6	87.0	86	36	30	5	38	12	65	0	1	4	391	101	1.425	8.9	0.5	3.9	6.7	1.71
8	RP	Bob Miller	29	0	3	.000	2.74	45	0	14	0	0	2	72.1	65	26	22	1	24	7	41	5	0	1	303	114	1.230	8.1	0.1	3.0	5.1	1.71
9	RP	Jim Roland*	25	4	1	.800	3.50	28	4	12	1	0	0	61.2	55	33	24	3	24	2	36	2	1	7	262	89	1.281	8.0	0.4	3.5	5.3	1.50
10	RP	Ron Keller	25	0	1	.000	2.81	7	1	2	0	0	0	16.0	18	6	5	2	4	1	11	1	0	0	66	111	1.375	10.1	1.1	2.3	6.2	2.75
Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
11		Tom Hall*	20	2	1	.667	2.43	8	4	2	0	0	0	29.2	27	15	8	1	12	2	18	1	0	2	127	129	1.315	8.2	0.3	3.6	5.5	1.50
12		Buzz Stephen	23	1	1	.500	4.76	2	2	0	0	0	0	11.1	11	7	6	0	7	0	4	1	0	1	49	66	1.588	8.7	0.0	5.6	3.2	0.57
13		Danny Morris	22	0	1	.000	1.69	3	2	0	0	0	0	10.2	11	5	2	0	4	0	6	0	0	2	46	185	1.406	9.3	0.0	3.4	5.1	1.50
14		Cesar Tovar	27	0	0		0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	4		1.000	0.0	0.0	9.0	9.0	1.00
		Team Totals	27.5	79	83	.488	2.89	162	162	116	46	13	29	1433.1	1224	546	461	92	414	46	996	42	6	52	5909	108	1.143	7.7	0.6	2.6	6.3	2.41
		Rank in 10 AL teams		7	4		6				5	6	6	10	5	7	6	1	1		9642
Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB

* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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	Age	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzrd	Rtzhm	Rof	Rdp	Rctch	RF/9	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	Pos. Summary
Bob Allison	33	135	127	1070.0	344	320	16	8	14	.977	-1.1	-1.2	-0.1	0.8	-0.8	-1	0		2.83	2.49						LF-1B-RF-CF
Dave Boswell	23	34	28	190.0	35	17	15	3	1	.914									1.52	0.94						P
Rod Carew	22	121	115	1003.2	569	266	285	18	50	.968	-1.0	-1.2	0.0	4.8	-4.8		-1		4.94	4.55						2B-SS
Dean Chance	27	43	39	292.0	77	15	57	5	3	.935									2.22	1.67						P
Ron Clark	25	105	54	569.0	273	83	173	17	19	.938	1.8	3.8	0.8	2.6	-1.9		1		4.05	2.44						SS-3B-2B
Tom Hall	20	8	4	29.2	6	1	4	1	0	.833									1.52	0.63						P
Jackie Hernandez	27	80	66	573.1	344	122	197	25	44	.927	1.8	3.8	0.8	-1.8	2.6		1		5.01	3.99						SS-1B
Jim Holt	24	40	20	203.0	38	35	2	1	1	.974	-2.6	-15.4	-2.6	-1.6	-1.0	0			1.64	0.93						LF-RF-CF-1B
Jim Kaat	29	30	29	208.0	42	10	31	1	0	.976									1.77	1.37						P
Ron Keller	25	7	1	16.0	4	2	2	0	0	1.000									2.25	0.57						P
Pat Kelly	23	11	9	78.0	22	20	1	1	0	.955	0.5	7.7	0.5	1.4	-0.9	0			2.42	1.91						CF-RF-LF
Harmon Killebrew	32	88	87	721.0	679	601	71	7	51	.990	2.3	3.8	1.3	-0.3	1.5		1		8.39	7.64						1B-3B
Frank Kostro	30	30	15	177.0	56	55	1	0	1	1.000	0.6	4.1	0.6	0.1	0.5	0	0		2.85	1.87						LF-RF-1B
Bruce Look	25	41	29	282.2	223	202	20	1	5	.996	-1.0	-4.2						-1	7.07	5.41	3	12	19	8	30%	C
Jim Merritt	24	38	34	238.1	45	7	38	0	2	1.000									1.70	1.18						P
Bob Miller	29	45	0	72.1	18	3	15	0	2	1.000									2.24	0.40						P
George Mitterwald	23	10	10	87.0	76	69	4	3	0	.961	-2.0	-27.6						-2	7.55	7.30	1	4	7	1	13%	C
Danny Morris	22	3	2	10.2	2	0	2	0	1	1.000									1.69	0.67						P
Graig Nettles	23	24	22	180.0	60	49	9	2	2	.967	0.2	1.3	-0.8	0.6	-1.4	1	0		2.90	2.42						RF-3B-1B-LF-CF
Tony Oliva	29	126	126	1099.1	240	229	7	4	1	.983	1.6	1.7	0.6	1.3	-0.7	1			1.93	1.87						RF
Ron Perranoski	32	66	0	87.0	18	4	13	1	0	.944									1.76	0.26						P
Jim Perry	32	32	18	139.0	39	10	26	3	1	.923									2.33	1.13						P
Frank Quilici	29	95	63	594.2	311	130	176	5	34	.984	0.6	1.2	1.6	-2.0	3.6		-1		4.63	3.22						2B-3B-SS-1B
Rich Reese	26	102	77	696.1	687	643	38	6	36	.991	1.2	2.1	0.2	1.4	-1.2	0	1		8.80	6.68						1B-LF
Rick Renick	24	40	30	262.2	149	50	91	8	13	.946	-6.6	-30.2	-5.6	-2.1	-3.5		-1		4.83	3.53						SS
Jim Roland	25	28	4	61.2	17	2	14	1	1	.941									2.34	0.57						P
Rich Rollins	30	56	44	365.0	130	28	93	9	4	.931	-1.5	-4.9	-0.5	-1.9	1.3		-1		2.98	2.16						3B
Johnny Roseboro	35	117	105	917.2	748	689	52	7	5	.991	-2.0	-2.6						-2	7.27	6.33	5	35	46	22	32%	C
Buzz Stephen	23	2	2	11.1	4	1	2	1	0	.750									2.38	1.50						P
Cesar Tovar	27	215	153	1334.1	507	245	236	26	24	.949	6.3	5.7	4.3	0.1	4.3	2	0	0	3.24	2.24	0	0	0	0		3B-CF-SS-LF-2B-RF-C-P-1B
Ted Uhlaender	27	129	127	1108.0	292	285	3	4	1	.986	-8.0	-8.7	-4.0	-1.0	-2.9	-4			2.34	2.23						CF
Al Worthington	39	54	0	76.1	17	5	11	1	0	.941									1.89	0.30						P
Jerry Zimmerman	33	24	18	145.0	117	109	7	1	0	.991	2.0	16.6						2	7.20	4.83	0	1	6	5	45%	C
Team Totals	28.3	162	1458	12900.0	6182	4300	1712	170	316	.973	-6.9	-0.6	-2.9	2.4	-5.3	-1	0	-3	4.19	3.05	9	52	78	36	32%
Rank in 10 AL teams								1	10	10
	Age	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzrd	Rtzhm	Rof	Rdp	Rctch	RF/9	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	Pos. Summary

1967 / 1969 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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