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1972 Minnesota Twins Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(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 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
Mike Adams 23 R R 5' 9" 180 Jul 24, 1948 1st 3 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1
Bert Blyleven 21 R R 6' 3" 207 Apr 6, 1951 3 39 38 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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
Steve Braun 24 L R 5' 10" 180 May 8, 1948 2 121 100 121 121 0 0 0 20 74 11 8 0 1 9 17 0
Steve Brye 23 R R 6' 0" 190 Feb 4, 1949 3 100 60 100 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 74 22 1 93 11 6
Rod Carew HOF 26 L R 6' 0" 182 Oct 1, 1945 6 142 133 142 142 0 0 0 139 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 All-Star
Ray Corbin 23 R R 6' 2" 200 Feb 12, 1949 2 34 19 34 34 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Bobby Darwin 29 R R 6' 2" 200 Feb 16, 1943 4 145 131 145 145 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 86 47 142 7 1
Rick Dempsey 22 R R 6' 0" 190 Sep 13, 1949 4 25 8 25 25 0 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
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
Dave Goltz 23 R R 6' 4" 215 Jun 23, 1949 1st 15 11 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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
Bucky Guth 24 R R 6' 1" 180 Aug 18, 1947 1st 3 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Jim Holt 28 L R 6' 0" 195 May 27, 1944 5 10 5 10 10 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 5 7 3 1
Jim Kaat 33 L L 6' 4" 217 Nov 7, 1938 14 24 15 24 24 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8
Harmon Killebrew HOF 36 R R 5' 11" 213 Jun 29, 1936 19 139 128 139 139 0 0 130 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
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
Steve Luebber 22 R R 6' 3" 195 Jul 9, 1949 2 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Charlie Manuel 28 L R 6' 4" 200 Jan 4, 1944 4 63 27 63 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 9 28 36 0
George Mitterwald 27 R R 6' 2" 206 Jun 7, 1945 6 64 44 64 64 0 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Dan Monzon 26 R R 5' 10" 182 May 17, 1946 1st 55 12 55 55 0 0 0 13 5 3 1 0 0 1 16 21
Jim Nettles 25 L L 6' 0" 186 Mar 2, 1947 3 102 58 102 102 0 0 1 0 0 0 12 58 9 78 23 5
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
Tony Oliva 33 L R 6' 2" 190 Jul 20, 1938 11 10 9 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 1 9 1 0
Jim Perry 36 B R 6' 4" 200 Oct 30, 1935 14 35 35 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rich Reese 30 L L 6' 3" 200 Sep 29, 1941 9 132 38 132 132 0 0 98 0 0 0 13 0 0 13 34 17
Rick Renick 28 R R 6' 0" 190 Mar 16, 1944 5 55 22 55 55 0 0 6 0 4 1 19 0 2 21 27 2
Phil Roof 31 R R 6' 3" 210 Mar 5, 1941 10 61 48 61 61 0 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Eric Soderholm 23 R R 5' 11" 187 Sep 24, 1948 2 93 75 93 93 0 0 0 0 79 0 0 0 0 0 12 3
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
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
Cesar Tovar 31 R R 5' 9" 155 Jul 3, 1940 8 141 134 141 141 0 0 0 0 0 0 41 5 100 139 3 1
Dick Woodson 27 R R 6' 5" 207 Mar 30, 1945 3 36 36 36 36 36 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

1971 / 1973 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played