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1972 Minnesota Twins

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1971 / 1973

77-77, Finished 3rd in AL West (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Bill Rigney (36-34) and Frank Quilici (41-43)
Scored 537 runs, Allowed 535 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 77-77

Ballparks: Metropolitan Stadium · 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 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
Mike Adams 23 R R 5' 9" 180 Jul 24, 1948 1st 3 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 -0.1 $8,400
Bert Blyleven HOF 21 R R 6' 3" 200 Apr 6, 1951 3 39 38 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.3 $
Glenn Borgmann 22 R R 6' 4" 210 May 25, 1950 1st 56 54 56 56 0 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 $
Steve Braun 24 L R 5' 10" 180 May 8, 1948 2 121 100 121 109 0 0 0 20 75 11 8 0 1 9 17 0 1.8 $
Steve Brye 23 R R 6' 0" 190 Feb 4, 1949 3 100 60 100 94 0 0 0 0 0 0 74 22 1 94 11 6 0.9 $
Rod Carew HOF 26 L R 6' 0" 170 Oct 1, 1945 6 142 133 142 139 0 0 0 139 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 4.4 $ All-Star
Ray Corbin 23 R R 6' 2" 200 Feb 12, 1949 2 34 19 34 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.8 $
Bobby Darwin 29 R R 6' 2" 190 Feb 16, 1943 4 145 131 145 142 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 86 47 142 7 1 2.4 $11,000
Rick Dempsey 22 R R 6' 0" 190 Sep 13, 1949 4 25 8 25 23 0 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.1 $9,000
Bob Gebhard 29 R R 6' 2" 210 Jan 3, 1943 2 13 0 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2.0 $11,000
Dave Goltz 23 R R 6' 4" 200 Jun 23, 1949 1st 15 11 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9 $
Wayne Granger 28 R R 6' 2" 165 Mar 15, 1944 5 63 0 63 63 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.1 $42,500
Bucky Guth 24 R R 6' 1" 180 Aug 18, 1947 1st 3 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.0 $
Jim Holt 28 L R 6' 0" 180 May 27, 1944 5 10 5 10 8 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 5 7 3 1 0.3 $
Jim Kaat 33 L L 6' 4" 205 Nov 7, 1938 14 24 15 24 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 2.1 $47,750
Harmon Killebrew HOF 36 R R 6' 0" 195 Jun 29, 1936 19 139 128 139 130 0 0 130 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 2.8 $115,000
Dave LaRoche 24 L L 6' 2" 200 May 14, 1948 3 62 0 62 62 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9 $25,000
Steve Luebber 22 R R 6' 3" 185 Jul 9, 1949 2 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Charlie Manuel 28 L R 6' 4" 195 Jan 4, 1944 4 63 27 63 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 9 28 36 0 -0.6 $
George Mitterwald 27 R R 6' 2" 195 Jun 7, 1945 6 64 44 64 61 0 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 -0.8 $23,000
Dan Monzon 26 R R 5' 10" 182 May 17, 1946 1st 55 12 55 21 0 0 0 13 5 3 1 0 0 1 16 21 0.6 $
Jim Nettles 25 L L 6' 0" 186 Mar 2, 1947 3 102 58 102 80 0 0 1 0 0 0 12 58 9 79 23 5 -0.2 $
Tom Norton 22 R R 6' 1" 200 Apr 26, 1950 1st 21 0 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Tony Oliva 33 L R 6' 1" 175 Jul 20, 1938 11 10 9 10 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 1 9 1 0 -0.1 $105,000
Jim Perry 36 B R 6' 4" 190 Oct 30, 1935 14 35 35 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Rich Reese 30 L L 6' 3" 185 Sep 29, 1941 9 132 38 132 102 0 0 98 0 0 0 13 0 0 13 34 17 0.0 $27,000
Rick Renick 28 R R 6' 0" 188 Mar 16, 1944 5 55 22 55 30 0 0 6 0 4 1 19 0 2 21 27 2 -0.3 $15,800
Phil Roof 31 R R 6' 2" 190 Mar 5, 1941 10 61 48 61 61 0 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $27,000
Eric Soderholm 23 R R 5' 11" 187 Sep 24, 1948 2 93 75 93 79 0 0 0 0 79 0 0 0 0 0 12 3 0.7 $
Jim Strickland 26 L L 6' 0" 175 Jun 12, 1946 2 25 0 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Danny Thompson 25 R R 6' 0" 183 Feb 1, 1947 3 144 144 144 144 0 0 0 0 0 144 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 $
Cesar Tovar 31 R R 5' 9" 155 Jul 3, 1940 8 141 134 141 139 0 0 0 0 0 0 41 5 100 139 3 1 2.9 $55,000
Dick Woodson 27 R R 6' 5" 205 Mar 30, 1945 3 36 36 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.5 $
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

Bobby Darwin

Harmon Killebrew

Steve Braun

Danny Thompson

Tony Oliva

Jim Nettles

Phil Roof

Charlie Manuel

Rick Renick

Steve Brye

Cesar Tovar

Dick Woodson

Dan Monzon

George Mitterwald

Bob Gebhard

Dave LaRoche

Jim Strickland

Rich Reese

Wayne Granger

Tom Norton

Ray Corbin

Glenn Borgmann

Mike Adams
Rick Dempsey
Bucky Guth

Jim Holt

Glenn Borgmann
Bucky Guth

Bert Blyleven

Rod Carew

Dave Goltz

Jim Perry

Steve Luebber

Jim Kaat

Dave Goltz

Tom Norton

1971 / 1973 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers