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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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Lost AL Championship Series (3-0) to Baltimore Orioles |
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| Age | B | T | Ht | Wt | DoB | Yrs | G | GS | Batting | Defense | P | C | 1B | 2B | 3B | SS | LF | CF | RF | OF | PH | PR | WAR | |||
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| 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 |