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1972 Minnesota Twins Pitching Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1971 / 1973)
77-77, Finished 3rd in AL West
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Scored 537 runs, Allowed 535 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 77-77
Manager: Bill Rigney (36-34) and Frank Quilici (41-43)
Ballpark: Metropolitan Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 797,901 (7th of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 105, Pitching - 105;   one-year: Batting - 106, Pitching - 106
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1971 / 1973 Pitching Statistics

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 21 17 17 .500 2.73 39 38 1 11 3 0 287.1 247 93 87 22 69 7 228 10 1 7 1158 118 1.100 7.7 0.7 2.2 7.1 3.30
2 SP Dick Woodson 27 14 14 .500 2.72 36 36 0 9 3 0 251.2 193 93 76 19 101 5 150 2 1 4 1033 119 1.168 6.9 0.7 3.6 5.4 1.49
3 SP Jim Perry 36 13 16 .448 3.35 35 35 0 5 2 0 217.2 191 93 81 14 60 5 85 8 0 4 898 96 1.153 7.9 0.6 2.5 3.5 1.42
4 SP Ray Corbin 23 8 9 .471 2.62 31 19 5 5 3 0 161.2 135 56 47 12 53 3 83 6 0 2 657 123 1.163 7.5 0.7 3.0 4.6 1.57
5 SP Jim Kaat* 33 10 2 .833 2.06 15 15 0 5 0 0 113.1 94 36 26 6 20 2 64 0 0 2 443 156 1.006 7.5 0.5 1.6 5.1 3.20
6 SP Dave Goltz 23 3 3 .500 2.67 15 11 2 2 0 1 91.0 75 30 27 5 26 3 38 0 1 1 368 121 1.110 7.4 0.5 2.6 3.8 1.46
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
7 CL Wayne Granger 28 4 6 .400 3.01 63 0 40 0 0 19 89.2 83 42 30 7 28 6 45 2 0 0 378 107 1.238 8.3 0.7 2.8 4.5 1.61
8 RP Dave LaRoche* 24 5 7 .417 2.83 62 0 43 0 0 10 95.1 72 33 30 9 39 6 79 6 1 2 396 114 1.164 6.8 0.8 3.7 7.5 2.03
9 RP Jim Strickland* 26 3 1 .750 2.50 25 0 14 0 0 3 36.0 28 16 10 7 19 2 30 0 1 2 152 129 1.306 7.0 1.8 4.8 7.5 1.58
10 RP Tom Norton 22 0 1 .000 2.78 21 0 7 0 0 0 32.1 31 14 10 1 14 0 22 1 0 1 139 116 1.392 8.6 0.3 3.9 6.1 1.57
11 RP Bob Gebhard 29 0 1 .000 8.57 13 0 4 0 0 1 21.0 36 29 20 3 13 2 13 2 0 1 116 38 2.333 15.4 1.3 5.6 5.6 1.00
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
12 Steve Luebber 22 0 0 0.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 2.1 3 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 12 2.143 11.6 0.0 7.7 3.9 0.50
Team Totals 26.7 77 77 .500 2.86 154 154 117 37 11 34 1399.1 1188 535 444 105 444 42 838 37 5 26 5750 113 1.166 7.6 0.7 2.9 5.4 1.89
Rank in 12 AL teams 7 6 3 8 6 4 3 4 7 3 10 6 10175
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
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* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Pitching Ratios*

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Age IP Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB Opp DP %
Bert Blyleven 21 287.1 46% 1.9% 19.7% 6.0% 5.6% 26% 0.99 70% 189 21 11%
Ray Corbin 23 161.2 40% 1.8% 12.6% 8.1% 5.0% 24% 1.02 75% 99 15 15%
Bob Gebhard 29 21.0 44% 2.6% 11.2% 11.2% 12.9% 42% 1.29 72% 34 1 3%
Dave Goltz 23 91.0 41% 1.4% 10.3% 7.1% 4.9% 24% 1.60 80% 70 7 10%
Wayne Granger 28 89.2 38% 1.9% 11.9% 7.4% 5.3% 24% 2.38 77% 81 6 7%
*Jim Kaat 33 113.1 85% 1.4% 14.5% 4.5% 5.6% 27% 1.20 79% 72 14 19%
*Dave LaRoche 24 95.1 68% 2.3% 20.0% 9.9% 5.6% 31% 0.66 65% 69 3 4%
Steve Luebber 22 2.1 33% 0.0% 8.3% 16.7% 8.3% 33% 0.50 75% 1 0 0%
Tom Norton 22 32.1 37% 0.7% 15.8% 10.1% 4.3% 19% 2.17 72% 26 2 8%
Jim Perry 36 217.2 45% 1.6% 9.5% 6.7% 5.5% 26% 0.88 80% 165 13 8%
*Jim Strickland 26 36.0 64% 4.6% 19.7% 12.5% 7.2% 39% 1.60 62% 37 6 16%
Dick Woodson 27 251.2 44% 1.8% 14.5% 9.8% 5.0% 27% 0.94 73% 182 19 10%
League Average 54% 1.7% 14.6% 8.4% 5.4% 25% 1.09 73% 11%
Team Total 49% 1.8% 14.6% 7.7% 5.5% 27% 1.08 74% 1025 107 10%
Age IP Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB Opp DP %

Team Batting Against*

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Age IP G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
Bert Blyleven 21 287.1 39 1158 1059 93 247 37 6 22 18 9 69 228 .233 .285 .342 .627 .276 362 21 10 14 6 7
Ray Corbin 23 161.2 31 657 587 56 135 18 3 12 8 11 53 83 .230 .299 .332 .631 .248 195 15 6 8 3 3
Bob Gebhard 29 21.0 13 116 97 29 36 10 2 3 0 0 13 13 .371 .447 .608 1.056 .398 59 1 2 2 2 2
Dave Goltz 23 91.0 15 368 335 30 75 12 1 5 2 2 26 38 .224 .278 .310 .589 .238 104 7 0 5 2 3
Wayne Granger 28 89.2 63 378 342 42 83 10 3 7 3 3 28 45 .243 .303 .351 .654 .261 120 6 2 5 1 6
*Jim Kaat 33 113.1 15 443 414 36 94 17 2 6 6 3 20 64 .227 .260 .321 .582 .253 133 14 0 5 4 2
*Dave LaRoche 24 95.1 62 396 345 33 72 13 0 9 4 4 39 79 .209 .300 .325 .625 .245 112 3 6 6 0 6
Steve Luebber 22 2.1 2 12 9 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 .333 .417 .444 .861 .333 4 0 0 0 1 1
Tom Norton 22 32.1 21 139 123 14 31 5 0 1 2 1 14 22 .252 .333 .317 .650 .300 39 2 1 1 0 0
Jim Perry 36 217.2 35 898 809 93 191 29 6 14 3 7 60 85 .236 .292 .339 .631 .246 274 13 8 12 9 5
*Jim Strickland 26 36.0 25 152 131 16 28 3 1 7 1 0 19 30 .214 .313 .412 .726 .223 54 6 0 2 0 2
Dick Woodson 27 251.2 36 1033 913 93 193 28 5 19 22 8 101 150 .211 .290 .315 .605 .232 288 19 2 11 6 5
League Average .240 .307 .344 .651 .268
Team Total 357 5750 5164 535 1188 183 29 105 69 48 444 838 .230 .294 .338 .632 .255 1744 107 37 71 34 42
Age IP G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB

Team Starting Pitching*

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Age IP G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
Bert Blyleven 21 287.1 39 38 17 16 5 2 12 19 19 .500 0 1 11 3 31 82% 62 88 30 12 3 21 5 3.8 3.6 7.5
Ray Corbin 23 161.2 31 19 6 9 4 0 5 7 12 .368 1 1 5 3 14 74% 57 81 21 9 6 9 6 3.4 3.3 6.9
Dave Goltz 23 91.0 15 11 3 3 5 0 1 6 5 .545 2 1 2 0 7 64% 55 73 42 6 1 3 3 3.3 3.5 7.2
*Jim Kaat 33 113.1 15 15 10 2 3 0 2 12 3 .800 1 2 5 0 14 93% 62 91 28 8 1 7 2 4.0 3.8 7.6
Jim Perry 36 217.2 35 35 13 16 6 0 7 16 19 .457 1 5 5 2 22 63% 53 84 14 27 8 16 8 3.3 3.4 6.2
Dick Woodson 27 251.2 36 36 14 14 8 0 9 17 19 .472 4 2 9 3 26 72% 58 88 19 30 14 17 6 3.1 3.4 7.0
League Average .499 61% 55 101 -3 3.5 3.4 6.6
Team Total 357 154 63 60 31 2 36 77 77 .500 9 12 37 11 114 74% 58 91 14 141 49 73 30 3.4 3.5 7.0
Age IP G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max

Team Relief Pitching*

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Age IP G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
Bert Blyleven 21 287.1 39 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 1.078 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0
Ray Corbin 23 161.2 31 12 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 2 25% 2 1.040 3 4 5 0 4 8 5 7 10 1 10 0 7.4
Bob Gebhard 29 21.0 13 13 4 0 1 1 1 0 100% 1 0 4 2 50% 5 0.608 3 0 10 1 2 10 3 10 6 4 6 2 4.8
Dave Goltz 23 91.0 15 4 2 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 2 1 50% 1 0.915 0 1 3 1 0 3 1 3 3 0 3 0 9.0
Wayne Granger 28 89.2 63 63 40 4 6 25 19 6 76% 29 4 50 18 36% 7 1.733 37 6 20 30 11 22 27 36 26 15 28 20 4.3
*Dave LaRoche 24 95.1 62 62 43 5 7 13 10 3 77% 17 3 44 11 25% 8 1.428 27 9 23 18 12 32 25 37 31 13 32 20 4.6
Steve Luebber 22 2.1 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 5 0.461 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 1 1 1 0 3.5
Tom Norton 22 32.1 21 21 7 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 6 2 33% 7 0.530 4 1 15 1 3 17 5 16 11 5 11 5 4.6
*Jim Strickland 26 36.0 25 25 14 3 1 4 3 1 75% 5 0 28 11 39% 7 0.907 10 3 12 5 2 18 14 11 13 8 13 8 4.3
League Average 74% 33% 1.074 4.8
Team Total 357 203 117 14 17 44 34 10 77% 54 8 145 50 34% 1.080 85 25 89 56 35 112 82 121 101 47 104 55 4.7
Age IP G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR

Team Baserunning/Situational*

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Age IP PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
Bert Blyleven 21 287.1 1159 247 22 0 9 13 9 14 8 48 19 14 40% 8 7 2 393 18 9 67% 17 8 1 0 0 1 5 1 18 0
Ray Corbin 23 161.2 657 135 12 0 5 8 4 3 9 21 12 6 57% 8 2 1 226 8 11 42% 7 7 1 2 0 2 2 0 8 0
Bob Gebhard 29 21.0 116 36 3 0 5 0 3 1 2 8 7 0 88% 6 1 0 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Dave Goltz 23 91.0 368 75 5 0 8 1 4 1 4 14 8 1 57% 5 1 0 130 2 2 50% 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 7 0
Wayne Granger 28 89.2 378 83 7 0 18 4 3 7 0 30 15 1 50% 8 0 1 135 3 3 50% 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
*Jim Kaat 33 113.1 443 94 6 0 3 5 1 3 3 19 13 2 68% 10 2 0 143 6 3 67% 4 3 2 0 0 0 4 2 6 0
*Dave LaRoche 24 95.1 396 72 9 1 12 5 4 5 4 20 7 5 35% 6 2 0 155 4 4 50% 4 4 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 0
Steve Luebber 22 2.1 12 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 67% 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Tom Norton 22 32.1 139 31 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 5 3 0 60% 1 1 0 53 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0
Jim Perry 36 217.2 898 191 14 1 19 6 8 6 8 45 29 2 64% 15 4 1 295 3 7 30% 3 6 0 0 0 1 2 0 17 0
*Jim Strickland 26 36.0 152 28 7 0 7 5 2 1 6 17 4 3 24% 3 2 1 62 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 0
Dick Woodson 27 251.2 1033 193 19 0 15 8 11 12 7 47 22 11 47% 15 4 1 363 22 8 73% 19 7 1 1 2 0 2 0 17 0
League Average 47% 62%
Team Total 5751 1188 105 2 104 55 50 54 51 277 141 45 51% 85 26 7 2019 69 48 59% 62 40 5 4 2 4 23 4 93 0
Age IP PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu

Team Neutralized Pitching

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Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact Gact
Bert Blyleven 21 17 13 .567 3.56 278.0 285 122 110 25 80 221 12 1.313 9.2 2.6 7.2 2.76 0.8 39 39
Ray Corbin 23 10 7 .588 3.43 155.0 155 66 59 14 61 80 7 1.394 9.0 3.5 4.6 1.31 0.8 31 31
Bob Gebhard 29 0 2 .000 11.70 20.0 43 29 26 4 16 12 2 2.950 19.4 7.2 5.4 0.75 1.8 13 13
Dave Goltz 23 5 4 .556 3.40 90.0 86 38 34 6 30 38 0 1.289 8.6 3.0 3.8 1.27 0.6 15 15
Wayne Granger 28 5 4 .556 3.99 88.0 97 43 39 8 33 44 2 1.477 9.9 3.4 4.5 1.33 0.8 63 63
*Jim Kaat 33 8 4 .667 2.68 111.0 108 37 33 7 23 63 0 1.180 8.8 1.9 5.1 2.74 0.6 15 15
*Dave LaRoche 24 5 5 .500 3.82 92.0 84 43 39 10 46 76 7 1.413 8.2 4.5 7.4 1.65 1.0 62 62
Steve Luebber 22 0 0 0.00 2.0 4 0 0 0 3 1 0 3.500 18.0 13.5 4.5 0.33 0.0 2 2
Tom Norton 22 2 1 .667 3.77 31.0 36 14 13 1 16 21 1 1.677 10.5 4.6 6.1 1.31 0.3 21 21
Jim Perry 36 11 12 .478 4.29 214.0 220 113 102 16 69 84 9 1.350 9.3 2.9 3.5 1.22 0.7 35 35
*Jim Strickland 26 2 1 .667 3.34 35.0 33 14 13 8 22 29 0 1.571 8.5 5.7 7.5 1.32 2.1 25 25
Dick Woodson 27 15 12 .556 3.51 246.0 223 107 96 22 117 147 2 1.382 8.2 4.3 5.4 1.26 0.8 36 36
Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact Gact

Team Cumulative Pitching

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Age Yrs 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 ERA+
Bert Blyleven 21 3 43 41 .512 2.86 104 101 2 33 9 0 729.2 657 254 232 60 175 14 587 17 5 14 2959 121 1.140 8.1 0.7 2.2 7.2 3.35 121
Ray Corbin 23 2 16 20 .444 3.31 83 30 24 7 3 3 302.0 276 130 111 31 123 14 166 9 0 9 1277 102 1.321 8.2 0.9 3.7 4.9 1.35 102
Bob Gebhard 29 2 1 3 .250 6.00 30 0 14 0 0 1 39.0 53 35 26 3 24 5 26 3 0 1 201 56 1.974 12.2 0.7 5.5 6.0 1.08 56
Dave Goltz 23 1 3 3 .500 2.67 15 11 2 2 0 1 91.0 75 30 27 5 26 3 38 0 1 1 368 121 1.110 7.4 0.5 2.6 3.8 1.46 121
Wayne Granger 28 5 30 25 .545 2.88 324 0 214 0 0 96 463.0 439 192 148 32 135 38 229 13 2 11 1937 123 1.240 8.5 0.6 2.6 4.5 1.70 123
*Jim Kaat 33 14 179 147 .549 3.27 455 405 19 126 21 6 2832.2 2776 1242 1029 253 690 60 1758 92 3 103 11864 112 1.224 8.8 0.8 2.2 5.6 2.55 112
*Dave LaRoche 24 3 14 9 .609 2.86 156 0 86 0 0 23 217.0 168 74 69 18 87 22 186 11 2 5 902 116 1.175 7.0 0.7 3.6 7.7 2.14 116
Steve Luebber 22 2 2 5 .286 4.86 20 12 3 0 0 1 70.1 76 42 38 7 39 4 36 4 0 1 320 73 1.635 9.7 0.9 5.0 4.6 0.92 73
Tom Norton 22 1 0 1 .000 2.78 21 0 7 0 0 0 32.1 31 14 10 1 14 0 22 1 0 1 139 116 1.392 8.6 0.3 3.9 6.1 1.57 116
Jim Perry 36 14 180 139 .564 3.37 536 360 62 92 27 10 2725.1 2553 1140 1021 260 835 72 1395 64 3 49 11357 108 1.243 8.4 0.9 2.8 4.6 1.67 108
*Jim Strickland 26 2 4 1 .800 2.00 49 0 22 0 0 4 67.1 48 30 15 9 37 4 51 2 1 5 285 168 1.262 6.4 1.2 4.9 6.8 1.38 168
Dick Woodson 27 3 22 21 .512 3.07 101 46 15 11 3 2 392.2 321 160 134 32 169 8 238 5 1 8 1647 111 1.248 7.4 0.7 3.9 5.5 1.41 111
Age Yrs 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 ERA+

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.


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