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1971 Minnesota Twins Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1970 / 1972)
74-86, Finished 5th in AL West
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Scored 654 runs, Allowed 670 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 78-82
Manager: Bill Rigney (74-86)
Ballpark: Metropolitan Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 940,858 (5th of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 103, Pitching - 102;   one-year: Batting - 104, Pitching - 104
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1970 / 1972 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
Brant Alyea 30 R R 6' 3" 215 Dec 8, 1940 5 79 44 79 79 0 0 0 0 0 0 47 0 1 48 35 0
Steve Barber 23 R R 6' 1" 190 Mar 13, 1948 2 6 2 6 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Bert Blyleven 20 R R 6' 3" 207 Apr 6, 1951 2 38 38 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Steve Braun 23 L R 5' 10" 180 May 8, 1948 1st 128 87 128 128 0 0 0 28 73 10 2 0 1 2 29 5
Steve Brye 22 R R 6' 0" 190 Feb 4, 1949 2 28 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 10 0 28 0 0
Sal Campisi 28 R R 6' 2" 210 Aug 11, 1942 3 6 0 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Leo Cardenas 32 R R 5' 10" 163 Dec 17, 1938 12 153 152 153 153 0 0 0 0 0 153 0 0 0 0 1 0 All-Star
Rod Carew HOF 25 L R 6' 0" 182 Oct 1, 1945 5 147 139 147 147 0 0 0 142 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 All-Star
Ray Corbin 22 R R 6' 2" 200 Feb 12, 1949 1st 52 11 52 52 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rick Dempsey 21 R R 6' 0" 190 Sep 13, 1949 3 6 4 6 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Bob Gebhard 28 R R 6' 2" 210 Jan 3, 1943 1st 17 0 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tom Hall 23 L L 6' 0" 155 Nov 23, 1947 4 49 11 49 49 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Pete Hamm 23 R R 6' 5" 210 Sep 20, 1947 2 13 8 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hal Haydel 26 R R 6' 0" 190 Jul 9, 1944 2 31 0 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Holt 27 L R 6' 0" 195 May 27, 1944 4 126 80 126 126 0 0 3 0 0 0 14 85 15 106 18 6
Jim Kaat 32 L L 6' 4" 217 Nov 7, 1938 13 54 38 54 54 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 12
Harmon Killebrew HOF 35 R R 5' 11" 213 Jun 29, 1936 18 147 142 147 147 0 0 90 0 64 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 All-Star
Steve Luebber 21 R R 6' 3" 195 Jul 9, 1949 1st 19 12 19 19 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Charlie Manuel 27 L R 6' 4" 200 Jan 4, 1944 3 18 0 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 17 0
George Mitterwald 26 R R 6' 2" 206 Jun 7, 1945 5 125 109 125 125 0 120 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
Jim Nettles 24 L L 6' 0" 186 Mar 2, 1947 2 70 42 70 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 59 3 62 8 4
Tony Oliva 32 L R 6' 2" 190 Jul 20, 1938 10 126 120 126 126 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 121 121 6 0 All-Star
Ron Perranoski 35 L L 6' 0" 192 Apr 1, 1936 11 36 0 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Perry 35 B R 6' 4" 200 Oct 30, 1935 13 40 39 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 All-Star
Paul Powell 23 R R 5' 11" 185 Mar 19, 1948 1st 20 6 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 15 2 8
Paul Ratliff 27 L R 6' 2" 190 Jan 23, 1944 3 21 12 21 21 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
Rich Reese 29 L L 6' 3" 200 Sep 29, 1941 8 120 82 120 120 0 0 95 0 0 0 8 0 1 9 21 4
Rick Renick 27 R R 6' 0" 190 Mar 16, 1944 4 27 9 27 27 0 0 0 0 7 0 7 0 0 7 16 0
Phil Roof 30 R R 6' 3" 210 Mar 5, 1941 9 31 28 31 31 0 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Eric Soderholm 22 R R 5' 11" 187 Sep 24, 1948 1st 21 20 21 21 0 0 0 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Jim Strickland 25 L L 6' 0" 175 Jun 12, 1946 1st 24 0 24 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
George Thomas 33 R R 190 Nov 29, 1937 13 23 3 23 23 0 0 1 0 1 0 11 0 0 11 15 0
Danny Thompson 24 R R 6' 0" 183 Feb 1, 1947 2 48 11 48 48 0 0 0 3 17 1 0 0 0 0 26 3
Tom Tischinski 26 R R 5' 10" 190 Jul 12, 1944 3 21 7 21 21 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cesar Tovar 30 R R 5' 9" 155 Jul 3, 1940 7 157 155 157 157 0 0 0 2 7 0 104 42 47 154 2 0
Stan Williams 34 R R 6' 5" 230 Sep 14, 1936 13 46 1 46 46 46 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

1970 / 1972 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played