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1970 Minnesota Twins Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1969 / 1971)
98-64, Finished 1st in AL West
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Scored 744 runs, Allowed 605 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 96-66
Manager: Bill Rigney (98-64)
Ballpark: Metropolitan Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,261,887 (3rd of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 102;   one-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 97
Postseason:  Lost AL Championship Series (3-0) to Baltimore Orioles
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1969 / 1971 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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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
Bob Allison 35 R R 6' 4" 220 Jul 11, 1934 13 47 16 47 47 0 0 7 0 0 0 12 1 4 17 24 3
Brant Alyea 29 R R 6' 3" 215 Dec 8, 1940 4 94 75 94 94 0 0 0 0 0 0 73 0 2 75 19 0
Steve Barber 22 R R 6' 1" 190 Mar 13, 1948 1st 19 0 19 19 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Bert Blyleven 19 R R 6' 3" 207 Apr 6, 1951 1st 27 25 27 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dave Boswell 25 R R 6' 3" 185 Jan 20, 1945 7 20 15 20 20 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Steve Brye 21 R R 6' 0" 190 Feb 4, 1949 1st 9 3 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 1 6 1 2
Leo Cardenas 31 R R 5' 10" 163 Dec 17, 1938 11 160 158 160 160 0 0 0 0 0 160 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rod Carew HOF 24 L R 6' 0" 182 Oct 1, 1945 4 51 46 51 51 0 0 1 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 All-Star
Rick Dempsey 20 R R 6' 0" 190 Sep 13, 1949 2 5 1 5 5 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Tom Hall 22 L L 6' 0" 155 Nov 23, 1947 3 53 11 53 53 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Pete Hamm 22 R R 6' 5" 210 Sep 20, 1947 1st 10 0 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hal Haydel 25 R R 6' 0" 190 Jul 9, 1944 1st 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Herman Hill 24 L R 6' 2" 190 Oct 12, 1945 2 27 3 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10 2 14 6 12
Jim Holt 26 L R 6' 0" 195 May 27, 1944 3 142 72 142 142 0 0 2 0 0 0 75 53 3 130 15 16
Jim Kaat 31 L L 6' 4" 217 Nov 7, 1938 12 56 34 56 56 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 8
Harmon Killebrew HOF 34 R R 5' 11" 213 Jun 29, 1936 17 157 155 157 157 0 0 28 0 138 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 All-Star
Charlie Manuel 26 L R 6' 4" 200 Jan 4, 1944 2 59 6 59 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 2 11 52 0
Minnie Mendoza 36 R R 6' 0" 180 Nov 16, 1933 1st 16 0 16 16 0 0 0 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 10 1
George Mitterwald 25 R R 6' 2" 206 Jun 7, 1945 4 117 108 117 117 0 117 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Cotton Nash 27 R R 6' 6" 220 Jul 24, 1942 3 4 0 4 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Jim Nettles 23 L L 6' 0" 186 Mar 2, 1947 1st 13 4 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 5 11 1 2
Tony Oliva 31 L R 6' 2" 190 Jul 20, 1938 9 157 156 157 157 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 154 157 1 0 All-Star
Ron Perranoski 34 L L 6' 0" 192 Apr 1, 1936 10 67 0 67 67 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Perry 34 B R 6' 4" 200 Oct 30, 1935 12 41 41 41 41 40 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 All-Star
Frank Quilici 31 R R 6' 0" 175 May 11, 1939 5 111 41 111 111 0 0 0 73 27 1 0 0 0 0 4 20
Paul Ratliff 26 L R 6' 2" 190 Jan 23, 1944 2 69 38 69 69 0 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 0
Rich Reese 28 L L 6' 3" 200 Sep 29, 1941 7 153 127 153 153 0 0 146 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0
Rick Renick 26 R R 6' 0" 190 Mar 16, 1944 3 81 41 81 81 0 0 0 0 30 1 25 0 0 25 36 0
Danny Thompson 23 R R 6' 0" 183 Feb 1, 1947 1st 96 74 96 96 0 0 0 81 37 6 0 0 0 0 3 2
Luis Tiant 29 R R 5' 11" 190 Nov 23, 1940 7 18 17 18 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tom Tischinski 25 R R 5' 10" 190 Jul 12, 1944 2 24 15 24 24 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Cesar Tovar 29 R R 5' 9" 155 Jul 3, 1940 6 161 156 161 161 0 0 0 8 4 0 45 132 2 151 3 1
Stan Williams 33 R R 6' 5" 230 Sep 14, 1936 12 68 0 68 68 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dick Woodson 25 R R 6' 5" 207 Mar 30, 1945 2 21 0 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bill Zepp 23 R R 6' 2" 185 Jul 22, 1946 2 43 20 43 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR

1969 / 1971 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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