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1971 Minnesota Twins

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1970 / 1972

74-86, Finished 5th in AL West (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Bill Rigney (74-86)
Scored 654 runs, Allowed 670 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 78-82

Ballparks: Metropolitan Stadium · 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 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
Brant Alyea 30 R R 6' 3" 215 Dec 8, 1940 5 79 44 79 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 47 0 1 48 35 0 -1.2 $23,100
Steve Barber 23 R R 6' 1" 190 Mar 13, 1948 2 6 2 6 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -0.5 $
Bert Blyleven HOF 20 R R 6' 3" 200 Apr 6, 1951 2 38 38 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.7 $
Steve Braun 23 L R 5' 10" 180 May 8, 1948 1st 128 87 128 107 0 0 0 28 73 10 2 0 1 3 29 5 1.3 $
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 -0.4 $
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 0.0 $14,000
Leo Cardenas 32 R R 5' 11" 150 Dec 17, 1938 12 153 152 153 153 0 0 0 0 0 153 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.3 $45,000 All-Star
Rod Carew HOF 25 L R 6' 0" 170 Oct 1, 1945 5 147 139 147 144 0 0 0 142 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 2.3 $ 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 0.2 $
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 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 0.3 $
Tom Hall 23 L L 6' 0" 150 Nov 23, 1947 4 49 11 49 48 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.6 $16,000
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 -1.0 $
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 0.0 $
Jim Holt 27 L R 6' 0" 180 May 27, 1944 4 126 80 126 108 0 0 3 0 0 0 14 85 15 106 18 6 -0.8 $
Jim Kaat 32 L L 6' 4" 205 Nov 7, 1938 13 54 38 54 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 12 4.0 $48,000
Harmon Killebrew HOF 35 R R 6' 0" 195 Jun 29, 1936 18 147 142 147 144 0 0 90 0 64 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 3.4 $115,000 All-Star
Steve Luebber 21 R R 6' 3" 185 Jul 9, 1949 1st 19 12 19 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -1.1 $
Charlie Manuel 27 L R 6' 4" 195 Jan 4, 1944 3 18 0 18 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 17 0 -0.2 $
George Mitterwald 26 R R 6' 2" 195 Jun 7, 1945 5 125 109 125 120 0 120 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 1.7 $
Jim Nettles 24 L L 6' 0" 186 Mar 2, 1947 2 70 42 70 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 59 3 62 8 4 1.1 $
Tony Oliva 32 L R 6' 1" 175 Jul 20, 1938 10 126 120 126 121 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 121 121 6 0 3.9 $98,000 All-Star
Ron Perranoski 35 L L 6' 0" 180 Apr 1, 1936 11 36 0 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2.6 $61,500
Jim Perry 35 B R 6' 4" 190 Oct 30, 1935 13 40 39 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.5 $ All-Star
Paul Powell 23 R R 5' 11" 185 Mar 19, 1948 1st 20 6 20 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 15 2 8 0.0 $
Paul Ratliff 27 L R 6' 2" 190 Jan 23, 1944 3 21 12 21 15 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 -0.1 $14,000
Rich Reese 29 L L 6' 3" 185 Sep 29, 1941 8 120 82 120 103 0 0 95 0 0 0 8 0 1 9 21 4 -1.4 $25,000
Rick Renick 27 R R 6' 0" 188 Mar 16, 1944 4 27 9 27 14 0 0 0 0 7 0 7 0 0 7 16 0 0.1 $
Phil Roof 30 R R 6' 2" 190 Mar 5, 1941 9 31 28 31 29 0 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.1 $28,000
Eric Soderholm 22 R R 5' 11" 187 Sep 24, 1948 1st 21 20 21 20 0 0 0 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 0.1 $
George Thomas 33 R R 6' 3" 190 Nov 29, 1937 13 23 3 23 13 0 0 1 0 1 0 11 0 0 11 15 0 -0.2 $
Danny Thompson 24 R R 6' 0" 183 Feb 1, 1947 2 48 11 48 20 0 0 0 3 17 1 0 0 0 0 26 3 0.1 $
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 -0.4 $
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 3.8 $50,000
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 -0.8 $40,000
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

Eric Soderholm

Harmon Killebrew

Steve Braun

Danny Thompson

Tony Oliva

Jim Nettles
Paul Powell

Paul Ratliff
Phil Roof

Charlie Manuel

Rick Renick

Brant Alyea

Cesar Tovar

George Mitterwald

Bob Gebhard
Ron Perranoski

Leo Cardenas

Sal Campisi
Jim Strickland

Rich Reese

Tom Hall

Tom Tischinski

Ray Corbin

Steve Barber
Pete Hamm
George Thomas

Jim Holt

Bert Blyleven

Rod Carew

Hal Haydel

Jim Perry

Steve Luebber

Pete Hamm

Pete Hamm

Stan Williams

Jim Kaat

Steve Brye

Rick Dempsey

Jim Nettles

Ray Corbin

Eric Soderholm

Jim Strickland

1970 / 1972 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers