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1969 Minnesota Twins

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1968 / 1970

97-65, Finished 1st in AL West (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Billy Martin (97-65)
Scored 790 runs, Allowed 618 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 99-63

Ballparks: Metropolitan Stadium · Attendance: 1,349,328 (3rd of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 104, Pitching - 102 · one-year: Batting - 107, Pitching - 105

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1968 / 1970 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 34 R R 6' 3" 205 Jul 11, 1934 12 81 53 81 60 0 0 3 0 0 0 58 0 2 58 25 1 -0.1 $
Dave Boswell 24 R R 6' 3" 185 Jan 20, 1945 6 40 38 40 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.1 $
Bucky Brandon 28 R R 6' 2" 200 Jul 8, 1940 4 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Leo Cardenas 30 R R 5' 11" 150 Dec 17, 1938 10 160 159 160 160 0 0 0 0 0 160 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.6 $36,500
Rod Carew HOF 23 L R 6' 0" 170 Oct 1, 1945 3 123 106 123 118 0 0 0 118 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 5.1 $ All-Star
Dean Chance 28 R R 6' 3" 200 Jun 1, 1941 9 20 15 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 $55,000
Ron Clark 26 R R 5' 10" 175 Jan 14, 1943 4 5 2 5 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 -0.1 $10,000
Jerry Crider 27 R R 6' 2" 200 Sep 2, 1941 1st 21 1 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Rick Dempsey 19 R R 6' 0" 190 Sep 13, 1949 1st 5 0 5 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.1 $
Joe Grzenda 32 R L 6' 2" 180 Jun 8, 1937 5 38 0 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Tom Hall 21 L L 6' 0" 150 Nov 23, 1947 2 32 18 32 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.8 $
Herman Hill 23 L R 6' 2" 190 Oct 12, 1945 1st 16 0 16 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 13 -0.1 $
Jim Holt 25 L R 6' 0" 180 May 27, 1944 2 12 0 12 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 5 7 2 0.2 $
Jim Kaat 30 L L 6' 4" 205 Nov 7, 1938 11 43 32 43 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1.7 $55,000
Harmon Killebrew HOF 33 R R 6' 0" 195 Jun 29, 1936 16 162 162 162 162 0 0 81 0 105 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.1 $80,000 All-Star
Frank Kostro 31 R R 6' 2" 190 Aug 4, 1937 7 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.1 $
Charlie Manuel 25 L R 6' 4" 195 Jan 4, 1944 1st 83 31 83 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 41 1 4 46 44 2 -0.8 $
Bob Miller 30 R R 6' 1" 180 Feb 18, 1939 12 48 11 48 48 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.4 $
George Mitterwald 24 R R 6' 2" 195 Jun 7, 1945 3 69 48 69 64 0 63 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 9 0 0.3 $
Danny Morris 23 R R 6' 1" 200 Jun 11, 1946 2 3 1 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Cotton Nash 26 R R 6' 6" 220 Jul 24, 1942 2 6 1 6 6 0 0 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0.1 $
Graig Nettles 24 L R 6' 0" 180 Aug 20, 1944 3 96 60 96 74 0 0 0 0 21 0 53 1 0 54 32 0 0.5 $
Tony Oliva 30 L R 6' 1" 175 Jul 20, 1938 8 153 151 153 152 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 152 152 1 0 4.4 $55,000 All-Star
Ron Perranoski 33 L L 6' 0" 180 Apr 1, 1936 9 75 0 75 75 75 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.8 $44,000
Jim Perry 33 B R 6' 4" 190 Oct 30, 1935 11 47 36 47 46 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5.3 $
Frank Quilici 30 R R 6' 1" 170 May 11, 1939 4 118 30 118 109 0 0 0 36 84 1 0 0 0 0 8 14 -0.5 $
Rich Reese 27 L L 6' 3" 185 Sep 29, 1941 6 132 98 132 120 0 0 118 0 0 0 5 0 0 5 23 2 2.8 $15,000
Rick Renick 25 R R 6' 0" 188 Mar 16, 1944 2 71 33 71 44 0 0 0 0 31 6 8 0 2 10 33 1 -0.1 $
John Roseboro 36 L R 5' 11" 190 May 13, 1933 13 115 102 115 111 0 111 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 0.3 $60,000 All-Star
Tom Tischinski 24 R R 5' 10" 190 Jul 12, 1944 1st 37 12 37 32 0 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 -0.1 $
Cesar Tovar 28 R R 5' 9" 155 Jul 3, 1940 5 158 123 158 152 0 0 0 41 23 0 40 69 8 112 11 13 4.3 $30,000
Ted Uhlaender 29 L R 6' 2" 190 Oct 21, 1939 5 152 125 152 150 0 0 0 0 0 0 44 111 1 150 6 9 -0.6 $25,000
Charlie Walters 22 R R 6' 4" 190 Feb 21, 1947 1st 6 0 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Dick Woodson 24 R R 6' 5" 205 Mar 30, 1945 1st 44 10 44 44 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $
Al Worthington 40 R R 6' 2" 195 Feb 5, 1929 14 46 0 46 46 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $
Bill Zepp 22 R R 6' 2" 185 Jul 22, 1946 1st 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
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
Graig Nettles

Harmon Killebrew

Bob Allison

Leo Cardenas

Tony Oliva

Frank Quilici

Ron Clark
Rick Dempsey

Charlie Manuel

Rick Renick

Ted Uhlaender

Cesar Tovar

John Roseboro

George Mitterwald

Ron Perranoski

Joe Grzenda

Dick Woodson

Herman Hill
Al Worthington
Bill Zepp

Rich Reese

Tom Hall

Tom Tischinski

Dave Boswell

Bucky Brandon
Danny Morris

Bill Zepp

Jim Holt

Jerry Crider
Charlie Walters

Rod Carew

Jim Perry

Dean Chance

Joe Grzenda

Cotton Nash

Dick Woodson

Jim Kaat

Bob Miller

Charlie Walters

1968 / 1970 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers