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1970 Minnesota Twins

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1969 / 1971

98-64, Finished 1st in AL West (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Bill Rigney (98-64)
Scored 744 runs, Allowed 605 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 96-66

Ballparks: Metropolitan Stadium · 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 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 35 R R 6' 3" 205 Jul 11, 1934 13 47 16 47 23 0 0 7 0 0 0 12 1 4 17 24 3 0.3 $
Brant Alyea 29 R R 6' 3" 215 Dec 8, 1940 4 94 75 94 75 0 0 0 0 0 0 73 0 2 75 19 0 2.0 $14,500
Steve Barber 22 R R 6' 1" 190 Mar 13, 1948 1st 19 0 19 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -0.3 $
Bert Blyleven HOF 19 R R 6' 3" 200 Apr 6, 1951 1st 27 25 27 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 $
Dave Boswell 25 R R 6' 3" 185 Jan 20, 1945 7 20 15 20 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -2.1 $40,000
Steve Brye 21 R R 6' 0" 190 Feb 4, 1949 1st 9 3 9 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 1 6 1 2 0.0 $
Leo Cardenas 31 R R 5' 11" 150 Dec 17, 1938 11 160 158 160 160 0 0 0 0 0 160 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 $
Rod Carew HOF 24 L R 6' 0" 170 Oct 1, 1945 4 51 46 51 46 0 0 1 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 2.2 $ All-Star
Rick Dempsey 20 R R 6' 0" 190 Sep 13, 1949 2 5 1 5 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 -0.3 $
Tom Hall 22 L L 6' 0" 150 Nov 23, 1947 3 53 11 53 52 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.1 $
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 -0.3 $
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 0.3 $6,000
Herman Hill 24 L R 6' 2" 190 Oct 12, 1945 2 27 3 27 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10 2 14 6 12 -0.3 $8,000
Jim Holt 26 L R 6' 0" 180 May 27, 1944 3 142 72 142 130 0 0 2 0 0 0 75 53 3 129 15 16 1.0 $
Jim Kaat 31 L L 6' 4" 205 Nov 7, 1938 12 56 34 56 45 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 8 1.6 $50,000
Harmon Killebrew HOF 34 R R 6' 0" 195 Jun 29, 1936 17 157 155 157 157 0 0 28 0 139 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5.8 $95,000 All-Star
Charlie Manuel 26 L R 6' 4" 195 Jan 4, 1944 2 59 6 59 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 2 11 52 0 -0.3 $
Minnie Mendoza 36 R R 6' 0" 180 Nov 16, 1933 1st 16 0 16 9 0 0 0 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 10 1 -0.2 $
George Mitterwald 25 R R 6' 2" 195 Jun 7, 1945 4 117 108 117 117 0 117 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2.3 $
Cotton Nash 27 R R 6' 6" 220 Jul 24, 1942 3 4 0 4 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0 $
Jim Nettles 23 L L 6' 0" 186 Mar 2, 1947 1st 13 4 13 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 5 11 1 2 -0.2 $
Tony Oliva 31 L R 6' 1" 175 Jul 20, 1938 9 157 156 157 157 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 154 157 1 0 7.4 $70,000 All-Star
Ron Perranoski 34 L L 6' 0" 180 Apr 1, 1936 10 67 0 67 67 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.5 $54,000
Jim Perry 34 B R 6' 4" 190 Oct 30, 1935 12 41 41 41 41 40 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 4.4 $ All-Star
Frank Quilici 31 R R 6' 1" 170 May 11, 1939 5 111 41 111 101 0 0 0 74 26 1 0 0 0 0 4 20 -0.4 $
Paul Ratliff 26 L R 6' 2" 190 Jan 23, 1944 2 68 38 68 53 0 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 0 1.2 $
Rich Reese 28 L L 6' 3" 185 Sep 29, 1941 7 153 127 153 146 0 0 146 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 1.4 $30,000
Rick Renick 26 R R 6' 0" 188 Mar 16, 1944 3 81 41 81 55 0 0 0 0 31 1 25 0 0 25 36 0 1.1 $
Danny Thompson 23 R R 6' 0" 183 Feb 1, 1947 1st 96 74 96 94 0 0 0 81 36 6 0 0 0 0 3 2 -0.4 $
Luis Tiant 29 R R 6' 0" 180 Nov 23, 1940 7 18 17 18 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 $50,000
Tom Tischinski 25 R R 5' 10" 190 Jul 12, 1944 2 24 15 24 22 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.2 $
Cesar Tovar 29 R R 5' 9" 155 Jul 3, 1940 6 161 156 161 158 0 0 0 9 4 0 45 132 2 150 3 1 4.4 $40,000
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 1.8 $30,000
Dick Woodson 25 R R 6' 5" 205 Mar 30, 1945 2 21 0 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
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 1.6 $6,000
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

Uniform Numbers

Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniform Colors and Appearance

Harmon Killebrew
Bob Allison
Leo Cardenas
Danny Thompson
Tony Oliva
Frank Quilici
Paul Ratliff
Charlie Manuel
Rick Renick

Brant Alyea
Cesar Tovar
George Mitterwald
Ron Perranoski
Leo Cardenas
Herman Hill
Rich Reese
Tom Hall

Tom Tischinski
Dave Boswell
Steve Barber
Pete Hamm
Bill Zepp
Jim Holt
Minnie Mendoza
Bert Blyleven
Rod Carew

Hal Haydel
Jim Perry
Dick Woodson
Luis Tiant
Pete Hamm
Jim Nettles
Stan Williams
Jim Kaat
Steve Brye

Rick Dempsey
Cotton Nash

1969 / 1971 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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