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1972 Minnesota Twins Batting, Pitching, & Fielding 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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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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 Glenn Borgmann 22 56 203 175 11 41 4 0 3 14 0 0 25 25 .234 .325 .309 .634 86 54 4 0 0 3 8
2 1B Harmon Killebrew 36 139 532 433 53 100 13 2 26 74 0 1 94 91 .231 .367 .450 .817 138 195 16 1 0 4 12
3 2B Rod Carew* 26 142 591 535 61 170 21 6 0 51 12 6 43 60 .318 .369 .379 .749 119 203 11 2 9 2 9
4 SS Danny Thompson 25 144 624 573 54 158 22 6 4 48 3 4 34 57 .276 .318 .356 .674 97 204 14 2 13 2 1
5 3B Eric Soderholm 23 93 313 287 28 54 10 0 13 39 3 3 19 48 .188 .245 .359 .604 75 103 6 3 3 1 2
6 LF Steve Brye 23 100 272 253 18 61 9 3 0 12 3 1 17 38 .241 .292 .300 .592 73 76 5 1 1 0 1
7 CF Bobby Darwin 29 145 562 513 48 137 20 2 22 80 2 3 38 145 .267 .326 .442 .769 123 227 24 8 1 2 4
8 RF Cesar Tovar 31 141 607 548 86 145 20 6 2 31 21 10 39 39 .265 .329 .334 .663 94 183 6 14 5 1 6
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 IF Steve Braun* 24 121 455 402 40 116 21 0 2 50 4 5 45 38 .289 .360 .356 .716 110 143 14 2 2 4 1
10 CF Jim Nettles* 25 102 268 235 28 48 5 2 4 15 4 3 32 52 .204 .302 .294 .596 75 69 5 1 0 0 3
11 1B Rich Reese* 30 132 223 197 23 43 3 2 5 26 0 1 25 27 .218 .305 .330 .635 86 65 4 0 0 1 4
12 C George Mitterwald 27 64 173 163 12 30 4 1 1 8 0 1 9 37 .184 .225 .239 .465 36 39 5 0 0 1 2
13 C Phil Roof 31 61 158 146 16 30 11 1 3 12 0 1 6 27 .205 .235 .356 .591 71 52 1 0 5 1 0
14 OF Charlie Manuel* 28 63 129 122 6 25 5 0 1 8 0 0 4 16 .205 .233 .270 .503 47 33 1 1 0 2 0
15 LF Rick Renick 28 55 110 93 10 16 2 0 4 8 0 1 15 25 .172 .282 .323 .604 76 30 5 0 0 2 0
16 UT Dan Monzon 26 55 65 55 13 15 1 0 0 5 1 0 8 12 .273 .365 .291 .656 94 16 1 0 2 0 0
17 C Rick Dempsey 22 25 47 40 0 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 8 .200 .304 .225 .529 57 9 2 0 1 0 0
18 OF Tony Oliva* 33 10 30 28 1 9 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 5 .321 .367 .357 .724 112 10 1 0 0 0 0
19 UT Jim Holt* 28 10 28 27 6 12 1 0 1 6 0 0 0 1 .444 .429 .593 1.021 196 16 1 0 0 1 0
20 LF Mike Adams 23 3 6 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 95 2 0 0 0 0 0
21 SS Bucky Guth 24 3 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 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
22 P Bert Blyleven 21 39 107 94 9 15 2 0 0 6 0 0 2 36 .160 .177 .181 .358 5 17 1 0 11 0 0
23 P Dick Woodson 27 36 98 88 4 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 38 .080 .100 .080 .180 -47 7 0 0 8 0 0
24 P Jim Perry# 36 35 80 71 3 11 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 14 .155 .187 .169 .356 5 12 0 0 5 1 0
25 P Ray Corbin 23 34 53 49 1 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 19 .082 .118 .102 .220 -35 5 1 0 2 0 0
26 P Jim Kaat* 33 24 47 45 3 13 3 0 2 4 0 1 1 16 .289 .304 .489 .793 129 22 0 0 1 0 0
27 P Dave Goltz 23 15 34 29 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 17 .103 .161 .103 .265 -21 3 1 0 3 0 0
28 P Dave LaRoche* 24 62 15 11 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 .091 .286 .091 .377 14 1 0 0 1 0 0
29 P Wayne Granger 28 63 10 10 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .200 .200 .300 .500 45 3 0 0 0 0 0
30 P Jim Strickland* 26 25 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 .333 .500 .333 .833 147 1 0 0 0 0 0
31 P Bob Gebhard 29 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 P Steve Luebber 22 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 P Tom Norton 22 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 27.5 154 5848 5234 537 1277 182 31 93 506 53 41 478 905 .244 .310 .344 .654 91 1800 129 35 73 28 53
Rank in 12 AL teams 1 7 4 7 3 7 10 8 8 4 4 4 7 7 6
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
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* - 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 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 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
Mike Adams 23 1 1 10.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -60.0 -0.5 0.0 -0.5 0 0.90 1.00 LF
Bert Blyleven 21 39 38 287.1 66 18 45 3 4 .955 1.97 1.62 P
Glenn Borgmann 22 56 54 474.1 347 304 31 12 4 .965 2.0 5.1 2 6.36 5.98 2 8 20 14 41% C
Steve Braun 24 114 100 929.1 331 111 207 13 26 .961 5.7 7.4 4.7 2.5 2.1 0 1 3.08 2.79 3B-2B-SS-LF-RF
Steve Brye 23 97 60 625.2 178 169 8 1 1 .994 13.1 25.1 12.1 5.6 6.6 1 2.55 1.82 LF-CF-RF
Rod Carew 26 139 133 1184.1 725 331 378 16 85 .978 5.7 5.8 3.7 1.1 2.5 2 5.39 5.10 2B
Ray Corbin 23 31 19 161.2 32 12 16 4 1 .875 1.56 0.90 P
Bobby Darwin 29 142 131 1193.0 300 285 9 6 1 .980 -0.8 -0.8 -1.8 -1.1 -0.8 1 2.22 2.07 CF-RF-LF
Rick Dempsey 22 23 8 113.0 73 67 5 1 0 .986 0.0 0.0 0 5.73 3.13 2 3 5 4 44% C
Bob Gebhard 29 13 0 21.0 7 2 5 0 1 1.000 3.00 0.54 P
Dave Goltz 23 15 11 91.0 23 8 14 1 0 .957 2.18 1.47 P
Wayne Granger 28 63 0 89.2 21 5 14 2 0 .905 1.91 0.30 P
Bucky Guth 24 1 1 9.0 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 0.9 120.0 0.9 0.0 0.9 0 4.00 4.00 SS
Jim Holt 28 8 5 54.1 18 15 2 1 0 .944 -2.1 -46.4 -1.1 -0.8 -0.3 -1 0 2.82 2.13 RF-LF-1B
Jim Kaat 33 15 15 113.1 26 5 19 2 0 .923 1.91 1.60 P
Harmon Killebrew 36 130 128 995.1 1103 995 99 9 82 .992 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 -0.2 0 9.89 8.42 1B
Dave LaRoche 24 62 0 95.1 17 2 15 0 0 1.000 1.60 0.27 P
Steve Luebber 22 2 0 2.1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.86 0.50 P
Charlie Manuel 28 29 27 194.0 44 39 4 1 0 .977 -0.2 -1.2 -0.2 0.1 -0.4 0 1.99 1.48 LF-RF
George Mitterwald 27 61 44 404.0 310 272 33 5 4 .984 2.0 5.9 2 6.79 5.00 2 9 28 20 42% C
Dan Monzon 26 22 12 126.0 68 29 38 1 7 .985 3.0 28.6 4.0 2.1 1.9 -1 4.79 3.05 2B-3B-SS-LF
Jim Nettles 25 80 58 572.2 163 156 4 3 1 .982 2.7 5.7 2.7 0.3 2.4 0 2.51 2.00 CF-LF-RF-1B
Tom Norton 22 21 0 32.1 13 4 9 0 0 1.000 3.62 0.62 P
Tony Oliva 33 9 9 54.0 7 6 0 1 0 .857 -1.7 -37.8 -1.7 -0.3 -1.4 0 1.00 0.67 LF-RF
Jim Perry 36 35 35 217.2 55 21 28 6 3 .891 2.03 1.40 P
Rich Reese 30 111 38 484.0 455 418 30 7 35 .985 3.4 8.4 4.4 1.8 2.7 -1 0 8.33 4.04 1B-LF
Rick Renick 28 32 22 184.1 50 39 10 1 0 .980 1.5 9.8 1.5 -0.3 2.0 0 0 2.39 1.53 LF-3B-1B-RF-SS
Phil Roof 31 61 48 408.0 274 257 11 6 0 .978 1.0 2.9 1 5.91 4.39 1 6 16 10 38% C
Eric Soderholm 23 79 75 689.2 243 66 163 14 17 .942 6.6 11.5 5.6 2.9 2.8 1 2.99 2.90 3B
Jim Strickland 26 25 0 36.0 11 3 6 2 1 .818 2.25 0.36 P
Danny Thompson 25 144 144 1295.1 747 247 468 32 76 .957 2.5 2.3 3.5 -5.5 8.9 -1 4.97 4.97 SS
Cesar Tovar 31 146 134 1194.1 304 289 10 5 2 .984 13.9 14.0 10.9 6.5 4.4 3 2.25 2.05 RF-LF-CF
Dick Woodson 27 36 36 251.2 64 17 43 4 1 .938 2.15 1.67 P
Team Totals 27.2 154 1386 12594.0 6087 4198 1730 159 352 .974 58.8 5.6 48.8 15.1 33.6 3 2 5 4.24 3.24 7 26 69 48 41%
Rank in 12 AL teams 2 12 11
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

1971 / 1973 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics