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1969 Minnesota Twins Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1968 / 1970)
97-65, Finished 1st in AL West
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Scored 790 runs, Allowed 618 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 99-63
Manager: Billy Martin (97-65)
Ballpark: Metropolitan Stadium (ballparks.com)
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
Postseason:  Lost AL Championship Series (3-0) to Baltimore Orioles

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1968 / 1970 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
Redesign Note: Summary Batting, Pitching and Fielding Stats are below. Detailed Batting, Pitching, and Fielding Stats are available using the navigation bar just above this note or the "Detailed" links beside the table headers. Leaderboards have been removed since all tables are now sortable by clicking the headers. The all-stars and salaries are on the roster page linked above.

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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* 36 115 406 361 33 95 12 0 3 32 5 5 39 44 .263 .333 .321 .654 81 116 6 0 3 3 12
2 1B Rich Reese* 27 132 451 419 52 135 24 4 16 69 1 5 23 57 .322 .362 .513 .875 139 215 6 5 1 3 3
3 2B Rod Carew* 23 123 504 458 79 152 30 4 8 56 19 8 37 72 .332 .386 .467 .853 134 214 7 3 6 0 0
4 SS Leo Cardenas 30 160 665 578 67 162 24 4 10 70 5 6 66 96 .280 .353 .388 .741 104 224 19 4 8 9 12
5 3B Harmon Killebrew 33 162 709 555 106 153 20 2 49 140 8 2 145 84 .276 .427 .584 1.011 177 324 16 5 0 4 20
6 LF Bob Allison 34 81 220 189 18 43 8 2 8 27 2 4 29 39 .228 .333 .418 .751 106 79 8 1 1 0 5
7 CF Ted Uhlaender* 28 152 610 554 93 151 18 2 8 62 15 9 44 52 .273 .328 .356 .684 89 197 3 4 4 4 4
8 RF Tony Oliva* 30 153 692 637 97 197 39 4 24 101 10 13 45 66 .309 .355 .496 .851 133 316 10 3 2 5 12
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 UT Cesar Tovar 28 158 591 535 99 154 25 5 11 52 45 12 37 37 .288 .342 .415 .757 108 222 7 9 7 3 3
10 UT Graig Nettles* 24 96 261 225 27 50 9 2 7 26 1 2 32 47 .222 .319 .373 .693 91 84 6 1 1 2 1
11 C George Mitterwald 24 69 210 187 18 48 8 0 5 13 0 1 17 47 .257 .327 .380 .707 94 71 6 3 2 1 1
12 LF Charlie Manuel* 25 83 194 164 14 34 6 0 2 24 1 0 28 33 .207 .320 .280 .600 67 46 3 0 0 2 4
13 IF Frank Quilici 30 118 159 144 19 25 3 1 2 12 2 0 12 22 .174 .236 .250 .486 34 36 2 0 2 1 0
14 3B Rick Renick 25 71 154 139 21 34 3 0 5 17 0 1 12 32 .245 .307 .374 .681 87 52 4 1 1 1 1
15 C Tom Tischinski 24 37 56 47 2 9 0 0 0 2 0 0 8 8 .191 .309 .191 .501 41 9 0 0 1 0 0
16 UT Jim Holt* 25 12 14 14 3 5 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 4 .357 .357 .571 .929 153 8 0 0 0 0 0
17 UT Cotton Nash 26 6 10 9 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .222 .300 .222 .522 46 2 0 0 0 0 0
18 3B Ron Clark 26 5 8 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 .125 .125 .250 -31 1 1 0 0 0 0
19 C Rick Dempsey 19 5 7 6 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .500 .571 .667 1.238 241 4 0 0 0 0 0
20 Frank Kostro 31 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 CF Herman Hill* 23 16 2 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 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
22 P Dave Boswell 24 40 103 94 7 16 2 1 2 9 0 0 2 29 .170 .196 .277 .472 29 26 3 1 6 0 0
23 P Jim Perry# 33 47 101 93 8 16 3 1 0 7 0 0 3 24 .172 .204 .226 .430 19 21 5 1 3 1 0
24 P Jim Kaat* 30 43 95 87 8 18 8 0 2 10 0 0 4 20 .207 .247 .368 .615 68 32 0 1 2 1 0
25 P Tom Hall* 21 32 50 43 5 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 14 .186 .255 .209 .465 30 9 0 0 3 0 0
26 P Bob Miller 30 48 34 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 17 .000 .031 .000 .031 -91 0 1 0 2 0 0
27 P Dean Chance 28 20 32 24 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 19 .042 .148 .042 .190 -45 1 0 1 5 0 0
28 P Ron Perranoski* 33 75 30 24 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 14 .083 .154 .083 .237 -33 2 1 0 4 0 0
29 P Dick Woodson 24 44 29 27 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 16 .074 .138 .074 .212 -40 2 0 0 0 0 0
30 P Jerry Crider 27 21 9 9 3 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .444 .444 .667 1.111 203 6 0 0 0 0 0
31 P Joe Grzenda 32 38 7 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .000 .286 .000 .286 -15 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 P Al Worthington 40 46 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0
33 P Bucky Brandon 28 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 49 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 P Bill Zepp 22 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 28.8 162 6424 5677 790 1520 246 32 163 733 115 70 599 906 .268 .340 .408 .748 106 2319 114 43 65 40 78
Rank in 12 AL teams 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 6 6 1 2 3 2 1
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
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* - 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 Jim Perry 33 20 6 .769 2.82 46 36 4 12 3 0 261.2 244 87 82 18 66 10 153 9 0 3 1079 131 1.185 8.4 0.6 2.3 5.3 2.32
2 SP Dave Boswell 24 20 12 .625 3.23 39 38 0 10 0 0 256.1 215 105 92 18 99 2 190 8 0 10 1070 115 1.225 7.5 0.6 3.5 6.7 1.92
3 SP Jim Kaat* 30 14 13 .519 3.49 40 32 4 10 0 1 242.1 252 114 94 23 75 15 139 9 0 9 1048 106 1.349 9.4 0.9 2.8 5.2 1.85
4 SP Tom Hall* 21 8 7 .533 3.33 31 18 2 5 2 0 140.2 129 63 52 12 50 4 92 0 0 5 584 111 1.273 8.3 0.8 3.2 5.9 1.84
5 SP Dean Chance 28 5 4 .556 2.95 20 15 3 1 0 0 88.1 76 39 29 6 35 3 50 4 0 4 371 125 1.257 7.7 0.6 3.6 5.1 1.43
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 Ron Perranoski* 33 9 10 .474 2.11 75 0 52 0 0 31 119.2 85 32 28 4 52 16 62 1 0 0 484 176 1.145 6.4 0.3 3.9 4.7 1.19
7 RP Bob Miller 30 5 5 .500 3.02 48 11 15 1 0 3 119.1 118 42 40 9 32 7 57 0 0 5 486 123 1.257 8.9 0.7 2.4 4.3 1.78
8 RP Dick Woodson 24 7 5 .583 3.67 44 10 7 2 0 1 110.1 99 49 45 11 49 3 66 3 0 3 473 101 1.341 8.1 0.9 4.0 5.4 1.35
9 RP Al Worthington 40 4 1 .800 4.57 46 0 19 0 0 3 61.0 65 31 31 7 20 2 51 0 0 1 257 81 1.393 9.6 1.0 3.0 7.5 2.55
10 RP Joe Grzenda* 32 4 1 .800 3.88 38 0 7 0 0 3 48.2 52 23 21 4 17 4 24 1 1 7 207 95 1.418 9.6 0.7 3.1 4.4 1.41
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 Jerry Crider 27 1 0 1.000 4.71 21 1 5 0 0 1 28.2 31 15 15 3 15 6 16 2 0 1 130 79 1.605 9.7 0.9 4.7 5.0 1.07
12 Charlie Walters 22 0 0 5.40 6 0 1 0 0 0 6.2 6 4 4 1 3 0 2 1 0 0 30 69 1.350 8.1 1.4 4.1 2.7 0.67
13 Bill Zepp 22 0 0 6.75 4 0 1 0 0 0 5.1 6 7 4 1 4 1 2 0 0 0 27 55 1.875 10.1 1.7 6.8 3.4 0.50
14 Danny Morris 23 0 1 .000 5.06 3 1 1 0 0 0 5.1 5 4 3 1 4 1 1 0 0 0 26 73 1.688 8.4 1.7 6.8 1.7 0.25
15 Bucky Brandon 28 0 0 2.70 3 0 0 0 0 0 3.1 5 3 1 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 20 137 2.400 13.5 2.7 8.1 2.7 0.33
Team Totals 28.7 97 65 .599 3.25 162 162 121 41 5 43 1497.2 1388 618 541 119 524 76 906 38 1 48 6292 114 1.277 8.3 0.7 3.1 5.4 1.73
Rank in 12 AL teams 2 11 6 9 1 1 9 4 4 3 4 5
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
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* - 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 34 63 53 437.0 98 94 4 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.2 0.3 0 0 2.02 1.56 LF-RF-1B
Dave Boswell 24 39 38 256.1 42 9 31 2 2 .952 0.0 0.0 1.40 1.03 P
Bucky Brandon 28 3 0 3.1 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 P
Leo Cardenas 30 160 159 1455.0 912 310 570 32 126 .965 16.8 13.9 13.8 2.4 11.4 3 5.44 5.50 SS
Rod Carew 23 118 106 965.1 563 244 302 17 80 .970 5.5 6.8 5.5 2.1 3.4 0 5.09 4.63 2B
Dean Chance 28 20 15 88.1 12 3 9 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.22 0.60 P
Ron Clark 26 2 2 13.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -18.5 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 0.69 0.50 3B
Jerry Crider 27 21 1 28.2 6 2 4 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.88 0.29 P
Rick Dempsey 19 3 0 10.2 6 5 0 1 0 .833 0.0 0.0 0 4.22 1.67 0 0 1 0 0% C
Joe Grzenda 32 38 0 48.2 14 0 14 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 2.59 0.37 P
Tom Hall 21 31 18 140.2 14 1 13 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.90 0.45 P
Herman Hill 23 2 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 -72.0 -0.3 -0.1 -0.2 0 0.00 0.00 CF
Jim Holt 25 6 0 21.2 5 5 0 0 1 1.000 -0.1 -5.5 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 2.08 0.83 RF-LF-1B
Jim Kaat 30 40 32 242.1 46 9 29 8 4 .826 0.0 0.0 1.41 0.95 P
Harmon Killebrew 33 185 162 1368.1 890 649 219 22 67 .975 -14.5 -12.7 -12.5 -6.7 -5.9 -2 5.71 4.69 3B-1B
Charlie Manuel 25 46 31 309.1 61 58 1 2 0 .967 -3.5 -13.6 -1.5 -2.1 0.5 -2 1.72 1.28 LF-RF-CF
Bob Miller 30 48 11 119.1 32 7 25 0 2 1.000 0.0 0.0 2.41 0.67 P
George Mitterwald 24 65 48 475.2 379 341 33 5 6 .987 -1.9 -4.8 0.1 0.0 0.1 0 -2 7.08 5.75 6 19 20 11 35% C-LF
Danny Morris 23 3 1 5.1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.69 0.33 P
Cotton Nash 26 7 1 27.2 34 29 5 0 0 1.000 1.5 65.1 1.5 0.8 0.7 0 11.06 4.86 1B-LF
Graig Nettles 24 75 60 480.0 136 90 44 2 3 .985 5.8 14.5 4.8 2.7 2.1 1 0 2.51 1.79 LF-3B-CF
Tony Oliva 30 152 151 1370.0 335 315 14 6 3 .982 11.2 9.8 6.2 -6.5 12.7 5 2.16 2.16 RF
Ron Perranoski 33 75 0 119.2 28 4 23 1 2 .964 0.0 0.0 2.03 0.36 P
Jim Perry 33 46 36 261.2 44 12 31 1 3 .977 0.0 0.0 1.48 0.93 P
Frank Quilici 30 121 30 442.1 244 99 139 6 17 .975 3.0 8.1 4.0 0.7 3.5 -1 4.84 1.97 3B-2B-SS
Rich Reese 27 122 98 905.2 995 931 57 7 97 .993 2.8 3.7 1.8 0.2 1.6 0 1 9.82 8.10 1B-LF
Rick Renick 25 46 33 282.0 106 37 59 10 7 .906 -3.6 -15.3 -3.6 -1.6 -2.0 0 0 3.06 2.09 3B-SS-LF-RF
Johnny Roseboro 36 111 102 877.1 650 585 52 13 16 .980 -3.0 -4.1 -3 6.53 5.74 11 27 45 21 32% C
Tom Tischinski 24 32 12 138.0 82 77 5 0 2 1.000 1.0 8.7 1 5.35 2.56 1 2 4 3 43% C
Cesar Tovar 28 178 123 1199.0 461 315 133 13 30 .972 9.8 9.8 7.8 -3.9 11.8 1 1 3.36 2.52 CF-2B-3B-LF-RF
Ted Uhlaender 28 156 125 1198.1 281 271 9 1 1 .996 -12.2 -12.2 -11.2 -7.7 -3.5 -1 2.10 1.79 CF-LF-RF
Charlie Walters 22 6 0 6.2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.35 0.17 P
Dick Woodson 24 44 10 110.1 25 3 22 0 3 1.000 0.0 0.0 2.04 0.57 P
Al Worthington 40 46 0 61.0 8 2 6 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.18 0.17 P
Bill Zepp 22 4 0 5.1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.69 0.25 P
Team Totals 29.0 162 1458 13479.0 6509 4503 1856 150 477 .977 18.1 1.6 16.1 -20.1 36.4 4 2 -4 4.25 3.03 18 48 70 35 33%
Rank in 12 AL teams 4 2 8
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

1968 / 1970 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics