1971 Minnesota Twins Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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

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 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	26	125	434	388	38	97	13	1	13	44	3	3	39	104	.250	.316	.389	.705	97	151	9	0	3	4	9
2	1B	Harmon Killebrew	35	147	624	500	61	127	19	1	28	119	3	2	114	96	.254	.386	.464	.850	138	232	21	0	0	10	14
3	2B	Rod Carew*	25	147	632	577	88	177	16	10	2	48	6	7	45	81	.307	.356	.380	.736	107	219	23	1	6	3	1
4	SS	Leo Cardenas	32	153	624	554	59	146	25	4	18	75	3	3	51	69	.264	.321	.421	.741	107	233	16	1	7	11	5
5	3B	Steve Braun*	23	128	402	343	51	87	12	2	5	35	8	3	48	50	.254	.350	.344	.694	95	118	8	5	2	4	4
6	LF	Cesar Tovar	30	157	718	657	94	204	29	3	1	45	18	14	45	39	.311	.356	.368	.725	104	242	5	3	11	2	5
7	CF	Jim Holt*	27	126	361	340	35	88	11	3	1	29	5	1	16	28	.259	.292	.318	.610	71	108	11	1	2	2	4
8	RF	Tony Oliva*	32	126	518	487	73	164	30	3	22	81	4	1	25	44	.337	.369	.546	.915	154	266	21	2	0	4	8
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	1B	Rich Reese*	29	120	359	329	40	72	8	3	10	39	7	4	20	35	.219	.270	.353	.623	74	116	9	5	0	5	2
10	CF	Jim Nettles*	24	70	190	168	17	42	5	1	6	24	3	2	19	24	.250	.321	.399	.720	101	67	3	0	0	3	2
11	LF	Brant Alyea	30	79	188	158	13	28	4	0	2	15	1	1	24	38	.177	.282	.241	.522	48	38	7	1	0	5	3
12	LF	Steve Brye	22	28	115	107	10	24	1	0	3	11	3	1	7	15	.224	.270	.318	.587	64	34	4	0	0	1	0
13	C	Phil Roof	30	31	95	87	6	21	4	0	0	6	0	1	8	18	.241	.305	.287	.593	67	25	6	0	0	0	0
14	3B	Eric Soderholm	22	21	78	64	9	10	4	0	1	4	0	1	10	17	.156	.299	.266	.564	60	17	1	3	1	0	1
15	IF	Danny Thompson	24	48	68	57	10	15	2	0	0	7	0	0	7	12	.263	.338	.298	.637	80	17	5	0	3	1	0
16	UT	Rick Renick	27	27	52	45	4	10	2	0	1	8	0	0	5	14	.222	.308	.333	.641	80	15	1	1	0	1	2
17	C	Paul Ratliff*	27	21	49	44	3	7	1	0	2	6	0	0	4	17	.159	.224	.318	.543	51	14	0	0	0	1	1
18	CF	Paul Powell	23	20	35	31	7	5	0	0	1	2	0	0	3	12	.161	.235	.258	.493	38	8	1	0	1	0	0
19	UT	George Thomas	33	23	34	30	4	8	1	0	0	2	0	0	4	3	.267	.353	.300	.653	85	9	0	0	0	0	0
20	C	Tom Tischinski	26	21	25	23	0	3	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	4	.130	.200	.217	.417	17	5	2	1	0	0	0
21	RF	Charlie Manuel*	27	18	17	16	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	8	.125	.176	.188	.364	2	3	0	0	0	0	0
22	C	Rick Dempsey	21	6	14	13	2	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.308	.357	.385	.742	108	5	1	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#	35	40	103	92	10	17	0	0	0	5	0	0	7	18	.185	.242	.185	.427	21	17	4	0	4	0	0
24	P	Jim Kaat*	32	54	102	93	6	15	3	0	0	5	2	0	2	16	.161	.179	.194	.372	5	18	0	0	7	0	0
25	P	Bert Blyleven	20	38	100	91	3	12	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	37	.132	.151	.143	.293	-17	13	0	1	7	0	0
26	P	Ray Corbin	22	52	40	34	3	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	17	.206	.250	.206	.456	29	7	0	0	4	0	0
27	P	Tom Hall*	23	49	36	34	5	9	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	.265	.286	.294	.580	63	10	1	0	1	0	0
28	P	Steve Luebber	21	19	21	19	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.053	.053	.053	.105	-70	1	0	0	2	0	0
29	P	Pete Hamm	23	13	12	11	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.273	.273	.364	.636	77	4	0	0	1	0	0
30	P	Stan Williams	34	46	12	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	.000	.091	.000	.091	-73	0	0	0	1	0	0
31	P	Steve Barber	23	6	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	P	Ron Perranoski*	35	36	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0
33	P	Hal Haydel	26	31	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	88	1	0	0	0	0	0
34	P	Jim Strickland*	25	24	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	51	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	P	Bob Gebhard	28	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
36	P	Sal Campisi	28	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	28.6	160	6072	5414	654	1406	197	31	116	618	66	44	512	846	.260	.323	.372	.695	95	2013	159	25	64	57	61
		Rank in 12 AL teams				5	5	1	7	4	6		8	7	9	8	2	3	6	5		5
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	Bert Blyleven	20	16	15	.516	2.81	38	38	0	17	5	0	278.1	267	95	87	21	59	1	224	5	1	5	1126	126	1.171	8.6	0.7	1.9	7.2	3.80
2	SP	Jim Perry	35	17	17	.500	4.23	40	39	1	8	0	1	270.0	263	135	127	39	102	10	126	5	0	5	1146	84	1.352	8.8	1.3	3.4	4.2	1.24
3	SP	Jim Kaat*	32	13	14	.481	3.32	39	38	0	15	4	0	260.1	275	104	96	16	47	9	137	6	0	8	1098	107	1.237	9.5	0.6	1.6	4.7	2.91
4	SP	Steve Luebber	21	2	5	.286	5.03	18	12	2	0	0	1	68.0	73	42	38	7	37	3	35	4	0	1	308	70	1.618	9.7	0.9	4.9	4.6	0.95
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
5	CL	Tom Hall*	23	4	7	.364	3.33	48	11	20	0	0	9	129.2	104	54	48	13	58	5	137	0	0	4	548	106	1.249	7.2	0.9	4.0	9.5	2.36
6	RP	Ray Corbin	22	8	11	.421	4.10	52	11	19	2	0	3	140.1	141	74	64	19	70	11	83	3	0	7	620	86	1.504	9.0	1.2	4.5	5.3	1.19
7	RP	Stan Williams	34	4	5	.444	4.15	46	1	18	0	0	4	78.0	63	44	36	7	44	7	47	8	1	4	344	85	1.372	7.3	0.8	5.1	5.4	1.07
8	RP	Ron Perranoski*	35	1	4	.200	6.75	36	0	22	0	0	5	42.2	60	39	32	2	28	4	21	3	1	2	218	52	2.063	12.7	0.4	5.9	4.4	0.75
9	RP	Hal Haydel	26	4	2	.667	4.28	31	0	13	0	0	1	40.0	33	19	19	3	20	1	29	2	0	1	165	83	1.325	7.4	0.7	4.5	6.5	1.45
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
10		Pete Hamm	23	2	4	.333	6.75	13	8	3	1	0	0	44.0	55	33	33	7	18	1	16	1	0	1	201	52	1.659	11.3	1.4	3.7	3.3	0.89
11		Jim Strickland*	25	1	0	1.000	1.44	24	0	8	0	0	1	31.1	20	14	5	2	18	2	21	2	0	3	133	246	1.213	5.7	0.6	5.2	6.0	1.17
12		Bob Gebhard	28	1	2	.333	3.00	17	0	10	0	0	0	18.0	17	6	6	0	11	3	13	1	0	0	85	118	1.556	8.5	0.0	5.5	6.5	1.18
13		Steve Barber	23	1	0	1.000	6.17	4	2	0	0	0	0	11.2	8	9	8	2	13	1	4	0	0	1	56	57	1.800	6.2	1.5	10.0	3.1	0.31
14		Sal Campisi	28	0	0		4.15	6	0	1	0	0	0	4.1	5	2	2	1	4	0	2	0	0	0	21	85	2.077	10.4	2.1	8.3	4.2	0.50
		Team Totals	27.3	74	86	.463	3.82	160	160	117	43	9	25	1416.2	1384	670	601	139	529	58	895	40	3	42	6069	93	1.350	8.8	0.9	3.4	5.7	1.69
		Rank in 12 AL teams		9	4		11				7	11	10	10	11	11	10	11	6		10415
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
Brant Alyea	30	48	44	303.0	51	46	3	2	0	.961	-1.7	-6.7	-1.7	-0.8	-0.8	0			1.46	1.02						LF-RF
Steve Barber	23	4	2	11.2	2	1	1	0	0	1.000									1.54	0.50						P
Bert Blyleven	20	38	38	278.1	59	19	38	2	0	.966									1.84	1.50						P
Steve Braun	23	114	87	801.2	313	107	193	13	24	.958	-4.7	-7.0	-5.7	-1.5	-4.0	0	1		3.37	2.63						3B-2B-SS-LF-RF
Steve Brye	22	32	28	248.2	59	53	4	2	0	.966	0.5	2.4	-0.5	0.6	-1.1	1			2.06	1.78						LF-CF
Sal Campisi	28	6	0	4.1	1	0	1	0	0	1.000									2.08	0.17						P
Leo Cardenas	32	153	152	1332.2	722	266	445	11	89	.985	-1.3	-1.2	-2.3	-0.2	-2.1		1		4.80	4.65						SS
Rod Carew	25	144	139	1223.0	671	324	331	16	76	.976	-11.9	-11.7	-10.9	-7.2	-3.8		-1		4.82	4.55						2B-3B
Ray Corbin	22	52	11	140.1	39	7	30	2	0	.949									2.37	0.71						P
Rick Dempsey	21	6	4	37.0	36	30	4	2	0	.944	0.0	0.0						0	8.27	5.67	0	1	4	2	33%	C
Bob Gebhard	28	17	0	18.0	7	0	7	0	0	1.000									3.50	0.41						P
Tom Hall	23	48	11	129.2	28	8	19	1	0	.964									1.87	0.56						P
Pete Hamm	23	13	8	44.0	13	6	7	0	0	1.000									2.66	1.00						P
Hal Haydel	26	31	0	40.0	9	1	7	1	0	.889									1.80	0.26						P
Jim Holt	27	117	80	760.0	231	224	4	3	3	.987	-4.1	-6.5	-5.1	-3.8	-1.5	1	0		2.70	1.95						CF-LF-RF-1B
Jim Kaat	32	39	38	260.1	55	13	41	1	4	.982									1.87	1.38						P
Harmon Killebrew	35	154	142	1216.2	862	700	149	13	55	.985	-6.1	-6.0	-5.1	-0.1	-5.0		-1		6.28	5.51						1B-3B
Steve Luebber	21	18	12	68.0	14	2	12	0	1	1.000									1.85	0.78						P
Charlie Manuel	27	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		-0.1	-120.0	-0.1	0.0	-0.1				0.00	0.00						RF
George Mitterwald	26	120	109	969.2	719	656	53	10	7	.986	1.0	1.2						1	6.58	5.91	6	31	48	30	38%	C
Jim Nettles	24	62	42	414.0	148	143	3	2	1	.986	5.3	15.4	4.3	0.3	4.0	1			3.17	2.35						CF-RF
Tony Oliva	32	121	120	1018.0	229	216	6	7	3	.969	-9.1	-10.7	-10.1	-2.5	-7.6	1			1.96	1.83						RF
Ron Perranoski	35	36	0	42.2	11	1	8	2	0	.818									1.90	0.25						P
Jim Perry	35	40	39	270.0	61	17	44	0	4	1.000									2.03	1.53						P
Paul Powell	23	15	6	73.1	24	24	0	0	0	1.000	1.9	31.1	1.9	1.7	0.2	0			2.95	1.60						CF
Paul Ratliff	27	15	12	100.0	79	73	6	0	0	1.000	0.0	0.0						0	7.11	5.27	0	3	4	2	33%	C
Rich Reese	29	104	82	745.2	727	679	44	4	71	.994	-8.0	-12.9	-7.0	-5.8	-1.2	-1	0		8.73	6.95						1B-LF-RF
Rick Renick	27	14	9	82.1	20	10	8	2	0	.900	-0.6	-8.7	-1.6	0.0	-1.5	1	0		1.97	1.29						3B-LF
Phil Roof	30	29	28	234.0	204	185	16	3	2	.985	0.0	0.0						0	7.73	6.93	5	4	10	6	38%	C
Eric Soderholm	22	20	20	176.2	69	17	48	4	2	.942	2.1	14.3	2.1	2.3	-0.3		0		3.31	3.25						3B
Jim Strickland	25	24	0	31.1	10	4	5	1	0	.900									2.59	0.38						P
George Thomas	33	13	3	48.2	7	5	1	1	0	.857	-2.3	-56.7	-2.3	-1.3	-1.0	0	0		1.11	0.46						LF-3B-1B
Danny Thompson	24	21	11	100.2	41	13	24	4	2	.902	0.2	2.4	0.2	-0.2	0.4		0		3.31	1.76						3B-2B-SS
Tom Tischinski	26	21	7	76.0	56	49	6	1	3	.982	-1.0	-15.8						-1	6.51	2.62	1	3	7	3	30%	C
Cesar Tovar	30	202	155	1370.2	385	352	26	7	5	.982	7.5	6.6	7.5	5.2	2.5	0	0		2.48	1.87						LF-RF-CF-3B-2B
Stan Williams	34	46	1	78.0	13	4	8	1	1	.923									1.38	0.26						P
Team Totals	28.2	160	1440	12750.0	5969	4248	1603	118	353	.980	-32.4	-3.0	-36.4	-13.3	-22.9	4	0	0	4.13	3.10	12	42	73	43	37%
Rank in 12 AL teams								7	11	7
	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

1970 / 1972 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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