1970 Minnesota Twins Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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1970 Minnesota Twins Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Team Batting

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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	George Mitterwald	25	117	409	369	36	82	12	2	15	46	3	5	34	84	.222	.291	.388	.679	84	143	11	2	4	0	6
2	1B	Rich Reese*	28	153	564	501	63	131	15	5	10	56	5	4	48	70	.261	.332	.371	.703	92	186	7	7	4	4	5
3	2B	Danny Thompson	23	96	318	302	25	66	9	0	0	22	0	0	7	39	.219	.234	.248	.482	32	75	6	0	6	3	0
4	SS	Leo Cardenas	31	160	649	588	67	145	34	4	11	65	2	5	42	101	.247	.300	.374	.674	83	220	11	4	13	2	2
5	3B	Harmon Killebrew	34	157	665	527	96	143	20	1	41	113	0	3	128	84	.271	.411	.546	.957	159	288	28	2	0	8	23
6	LF	Brant Alyea	29	94	290	258	34	75	12	1	16	61	3	3	28	51	.291	.366	.531	.897	142	137	12	3	0	1	0
7	CF	Cesar Tovar	29	161	726	650	120	195	36	13	10	54	30	15	52	47	.300	.356	.442	.798	117	287	9	8	10	6	5
8	RF	Tony Oliva*	31	157	674	628	96	204	36	7	23	107	5	4	38	67	.325	.364	.514	.878	137	323	16	3	1	4	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	OF	Jim Holt*	26	142	341	319	37	85	9	3	3	40	3	1	17	32	.266	.300	.342	.642	75	109	9	0	1	4	3
10	2B	Rod Carew*	24	51	204	191	27	70	12	3	4	28	4	6	11	28	.366	.407	.524	.930	152	100	1	2	0	0	0
11	3B	Rick Renick	26	81	204	179	20	41	8	0	7	25	0	2	22	29	.229	.317	.391	.708	92	70	6	1	2	0	0
12	C	Paul Ratliff*	26	69	171	149	19	40	7	2	5	22	0	0	15	51	.268	.363	.443	.806	119	66	1	7	0	0	2
13	2B	Frank Quilici	31	111	160	141	19	32	3	0	2	12	0	2	15	16	.227	.297	.291	.588	61	41	6	0	2	2	3
14	UT	Bob Allison	35	47	87	72	15	15	5	0	1	7	1	0	14	20	.208	.345	.319	.664	83	23	2	1	0	0	0
15	OF	Charlie Manuel*	26	59	73	64	4	12	0	0	1	7	0	0	6	17	.188	.260	.234	.495	36	15	1	1	0	2	2
16	C	Tom Tischinski	25	24	56	46	6	9	0	0	1	2	0	0	9	6	.196	.327	.261	.588	63	12	1	0	1	0	1
17	OF	Herman Hill*	24	27	23	22	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.091	.091	.091	.182	-50	2	0	0	1	0	0
18	OF	Jim Nettles*	23	13	21	20	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	.250	.286	.250	.536	48	5	0	0	0	0	0
19	IF	Minnie Mendoza	36	16	16	16	2	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.188	.188	.188	.375	3	3	0	0	0	0	0
20	OF	Steve Brye	21	9	13	11	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	4	.182	.308	.273	.580	60	3	0	0	0	0	0
21	C	Rick Dempsey	20	5	8	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.125	.000	.125	-63	0	1	0	0	0	0
22	1B	Cotton Nash	27	4	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	1	.250	.400	.250	.650	82	1	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
23	P	Jim Perry#	34	41	109	97	9	24	4	0	1	6	0	0	1	14	.247	.253	.320	.572	55	31	1	0	10	1	0
24	P	Jim Kaat*	31	56	88	76	17	15	1	0	1	8	0	0	6	20	.197	.262	.250	.512	41	19	2	1	4	1	1
25	P	Bert Blyleven	19	27	58	50	2	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	25	.140	.157	.140	.297	-18	7	0	0	7	0	0
26	P	Tom Hall*	22	53	50	44	4	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	9	.182	.182	.182	.364	-0	8	1	0	6	0	0
27	P	Bill Zepp	23	43	47	44	3	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	31	.136	.156	.136	.292	-20	6	0	0	2	0	0
28	P	Luis Tiant	29	18	36	32	7	13	4	0	0	4	1	0	1	6	.406	.424	.531	.955	159	17	0	0	3	0	0
29	P	Ron Perranoski*	34	67	25	24	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	.042	.042	.042	.083	-77	1	0	0	1	0	0
30	P	Dave Boswell	25	20	25	25	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	.160	.160	.200	.360	-2	5	0	0	0	0	0
31	P	Stan Williams	33	68	19	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	P	Steve Barber	22	19	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0
33	P	Hal Haydel	25	4	3	3	2	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	.667	.667	2.000	2.667	600	6	0	0	0	0	0
34	P	Dick Woodson	25	21	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	P	Pete Hamm	22	10	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	28.7	162	6143	5483	744	1438	230	41	153	694	57	52	501	905	.262	.327	.403	.730	98	2209	132	42	79	38	65
		Rank in 12 AL teams				7	3	2	2	1	5		8	5	10	8	1	3	2	3		3
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

* - 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	34	24	12	.667	3.04	40	40	0	13	4	0	278.2	258	112	94	20	57	10	168	9	0	3	1141	125	1.130	8.3	0.6	1.8	5.4	2.95
2	SP	Jim Kaat*	31	14	10	.583	3.56	45	34	3	4	1	0	230.1	244	110	91	26	58	8	120	3	0	11	972	107	1.311	9.5	1.0	2.3	4.7	2.07
3	SP	Bert Blyleven	19	10	9	.526	3.18	27	25	1	5	1	0	164.0	143	66	58	17	47	6	135	2	3	2	675	119	1.159	7.8	0.9	2.6	7.4	2.87
4	SP	Luis Tiant	29	7	3	.700	3.40	18	17	1	2	1	0	92.2	84	36	35	12	41	0	50	2	0	2	390	112	1.349	8.2	1.2	4.0	4.9	1.22
5	SP	Dave Boswell	25	3	7	.300	6.42	18	15	1	0	0	0	68.2	80	55	49	12	44	3	45	2	0	3	325	59	1.806	10.5	1.6	5.8	5.9	1.02
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*	34	7	8	.467	2.43	67	0	52	0	0	34	111.0	108	38	30	7	42	7	55	1	0	1	471	156	1.351	8.8	0.6	3.4	4.5	1.31
7	RP	Tom Hall*	22	11	6	.647	2.55	52	11	13	1	0	4	155.1	94	46	44	11	66	4	184	2	0	3	619	149	1.030	5.4	0.6	3.8	10.7	2.79
8	RP	Bill Zepp	23	9	4	.692	3.22	43	20	6	1	1	2	151.0	154	63	54	9	51	4	64	9	0	4	648	118	1.358	9.2	0.5	3.0	3.8	1.25
9	RP	Stan Williams	33	10	1	.909	1.99	68	0	36	0	0	15	113.1	85	34	25	8	32	6	76	5	1	2	455	191	1.032	6.8	0.6	2.5	6.0	2.38
10	RP	Dick Woodson	25	1	2	.333	3.82	21	0	8	0	0	1	30.2	29	18	13	2	19	0	22	0	0	1	141	99	1.565	8.5	0.6	5.6	6.5	1.16
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		Steve Barber	22	0	0		4.61	18	0	10	0	0	2	27.1	26	14	14	1	18	2	14	2	0	4	125	82	1.610	8.6	0.3	5.9	4.6	0.78
12		Pete Hamm	22	0	2	.000	5.51	10	0	3	0	0	0	16.1	17	10	10	3	7	1	3	0	0	1	72	69	1.469	9.4	1.7	3.9	1.7	0.43
13		Hal Haydel	25	2	0	1.000	3.00	4	0	2	0	0	0	9.0	7	3	3	2	4	0	4	0	0	1	37	126	1.222	7.0	2.0	4.0	4.0	1.00
		Team Totals	28.0	98	64	.605	3.23	162	162	136	26	8	58	1448.1	1329	605	520	130	486	51	940	37	4	38	6071	117	1.253	8.3	0.8	3.0	5.8	1.93
		Rank in 12 AL teams		2	11		2				9	2	1	7	4	3	2	1	3		10958
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

* - 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	35	24	16	126.0	59	53	4	2	2	.966	-0.2	-1.9	-0.2	0.1	-0.2	0	0		4.07	2.38						LF-1B-RF-CF
Brant Alyea	29	75	75	514.0	101	95	4	2	0	.980	-7.0	-16.3	-5.0	-4.4	-0.6	-2			1.73	1.32						LF-RF
Steve Barber	22	18	0	27.1	4	1	3	0	0	1.000									1.32	0.22						P
Bert Blyleven	19	27	25	164.0	22	5	16	1	1	.955									1.15	0.78						P
Dave Boswell	25	18	15	68.2	11	6	5	0	1	1.000									1.44	0.61						P
Steve Brye	21	7	3	30.0	4	4	0	0	0	1.000	-0.1	-4.0	-0.1	0.3	-0.5	0			1.20	0.57						LF-RF
Leo Cardenas	31	160	158	1400.1	784	280	487	17	91	.978	10.3	8.8	11.3	4.1	7.2		-1		4.93	4.79						SS
Rod Carew	24	46	46	381.2	209	79	122	8	26	.962	-0.1	-0.3	0.9	-1.6	2.5		-1		4.74	4.37						2B-1B
Rick Dempsey	20	3	1	16.0	13	12	0	1	0	.923	-1.0	-75.0						-1	6.75	4.00	0	0	2	0	0%	C
Tom Hall	22	52	11	155.1	13	2	9	2	1	.846									0.64	0.21						P
Pete Hamm	22	10	0	16.1	1	1	0	0	0	1.000									0.55	0.10						P
Hal Haydel	25	4	0	9.0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000									1.00	0.25						P
Herman Hill	24	14	3	49.0	16	15	1	0	0	1.000	0.7	17.1	0.7	0.2	0.5	0			2.94	1.14						CF-LF-RF
Jim Holt	26	133	72	785.0	215	212	2	1	0	.995	15.1	23.1	13.1	9.5	3.6	2			2.45	1.61						LF-CF-RF-1B
Jim Kaat	31	45	34	230.1	62	15	43	4	5	.935									2.27	1.29						P
Harmon Killebrew	34	166	155	1280.1	544	312	212	20	28	.963	-10.1	-9.5	-9.1	-5.7	-3.4		-1		3.68	3.16						3B-1B
Charlie Manuel	26	11	6	52.0	7	7	0	0	0	1.000	-0.1	-2.3	-0.1	0.2	-0.4	0			1.21	0.64						LF-RF
Minnie Mendoza	36	9	0	18.1	13	8	5	0	0	1.000	0.4	26.2	0.4	0.4	-0.1		0		6.38	1.44						2B-3B
George Mitterwald	25	117	108	955.2	805	740	62	3	8	.996	11.0	13.8						11	7.55	6.85	8	26	34	39	53%	C
Cotton Nash	27	2	0	9.0	11	11	0	0	2	1.000	0.1	13.3	0.1	0.0	0.1		0		11.00	5.50						1B
Jim Nettles	23	11	4	44.0	7	7	0	0	0	1.000	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	0.7	-0.7	0			1.43	0.64						RF-LF-CF
Tony Oliva	31	158	156	1375.2	381	357	12	12	4	.969	21.0	18.3	15.0	9.0	6.0	6			2.41	2.34						RF-CF
Ron Perranoski	34	67	0	111.0	16	0	15	1	0	.938									1.22	0.22						P
Jim Perry	34	41	41	278.2	59	11	47	1	0	.983									1.87	1.41						P-LF
Frank Quilici	31	101	41	453.2	253	114	133	6	26	.976	-0.3	-0.8	0.7	-0.1	0.9		-1		4.90	2.45						2B-3B-SS
Paul Ratliff	26	53	38	333.1	198	183	11	4	4	.980	-2.0	-7.2						-2	5.24	3.66	2	8	13	3	19%	C
Rich Reese	28	146	127	1183.1	1210	1118	82	10	94	.992	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.4	0.5		0		9.13	8.22						1B
Rick Renick	26	56	41	357.0	108	53	53	2	5	.981	4.1	13.8	4.1	2.5	1.5	0	0		2.67	1.89						3B-LF-SS
Danny Thompson	23	124	74	695.2	391	156	229	6	39	.985	10.5	18.1	10.5	3.3	7.3		0		4.98	3.10						2B-3B-SS
Luis Tiant	29	18	17	92.2	18	3	14	1	2	.944									1.65	0.94						P
Tom Tischinski	25	22	15	143.1	98	90	7	1	0	.990	1.0	8.4						1	6.09	4.41	1	4	6	5	45%	C
Cesar Tovar	29	191	156	1383.1	416	379	23	14	6	.966	-1.4	-1.2	-0.4	-4.0	3.8	-1	0		2.62	2.10						CF-LF-2B-3B-RF
Stan Williams	33	68	0	113.1	16	8	8	0	0	1.000									1.27	0.24						P
Dick Woodson	25	21	0	30.2	9	1	6	2	1	.778									2.05	0.33						P
Bill Zepp	23	43	20	151.0	27	8	17	2	1	.926									1.49	0.58						P
Team Totals	28.4	162	1458	13035.0	6104	4345	1636	123	347	.980	52.8	4.9	42.8	14.9	28.0	5	-4	9	4.13	2.95	11	38	55	47	46%
Rank in 12 AL teams								10	12	3
	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

1969 / 1971 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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