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1972 Minnesota Twins

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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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 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 85 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 93 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 56 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 4 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 4 10
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 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 119 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 2 657 124 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 2 443 157 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 0 378 108 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 2 152 131 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 1 139 118 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 2.84 154 154 117 37 11 34 1399.1 1188 535 441 105 444 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 8
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 CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary
Mike Adams 23 1 1 1 10.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -60 0.90 1.00 LF
Bert Blyleven 21 39 38 11 287.1 66 18 45 3 4 .955 1.97 1.62 18 9 33% 0 P
Glenn Borgmann 22 56 54 45 474.1 347 304 31 12 4 .965 2 5 6.36 5.98 2 8 20 14 41% 3 C
Steve Braun 24 109 100 93 929.1 331 111 207 13 26 .961 6 7 3.08 2.79 3B-2B-SS-LF-RF
Steve Brye 23 94 60 49 625.2 178 169 8 1 1 .994 13 25 2.55 1.82 LF-CF-RF
Rod Carew 26 139 133 123 1184.1 725 331 378 16 85 .978 6 6 5.39 5.10 2B
Ray Corbin 23 31 19 5 161.2 32 12 16 4 1 .875 1.56 0.90 8 11 58% 1 P
Bobby Darwin 29 142 131 124 1193.0 300 285 9 6 1 .980 -1 -1 2.22 2.07 CF-RF-LF
Rick Dempsey 22 23 8 7 113.0 73 67 5 1 0 .986 0 0 5.73 3.13 2 3 5 4 44% 0 C
Bob Gebhard 29 13 0 0 21.0 7 2 5 0 1 1.000 3.00 0.54 0 0 0 P
Dave Goltz 23 15 11 2 91.0 23 8 14 1 0 .957 2.18 1.47 2 2 50% 1 P
Wayne Granger 28 63 0 0 89.2 21 5 14 2 0 .905 1.91 0.30 3 3 50% 0 P
Bucky Guth 24 1 1 1 9.0 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 1 120 4.00 4.00 SS
Jim Holt 28 8 5 3 54.1 18 15 2 1 0 .944 -2 -46 2.82 2.13 RF-LF-1B
Jim Kaat 33 15 15 5 113.1 26 5 19 2 0 .923 1.91 1.60 6 3 33% 3 P
Harmon Killebrew 36 130 128 52 995.1 1103 995 99 9 82 .992 0 0 9.89 8.42 1B
Dave LaRoche 24 62 0 0 95.1 17 2 15 0 0 1.000 1.60 0.27 4 4 50% 4 P
Steve Luebber 22 2 0 0 2.1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.86 0.50 0 0 0 P
Charlie Manuel 28 28 27 9 194.0 44 39 4 1 0 .977 -0 -1 1.99 1.48 LF-RF
George Mitterwald 27 61 44 35 404.0 310 272 33 5 4 .984 2 6 6.79 5.00 2 9 28 20 42% 0 C
Dan Monzon 26 21 12 5 126.0 68 29 38 1 7 .985 3 29 4.79 3.05 2B-3B-SS-LF
Jim Nettles 25 80 58 52 572.2 163 156 4 3 1 .982 3 6 2.51 2.00 CF-LF-RF-1B
Tom Norton 22 21 0 0 32.1 13 4 9 0 0 1.000 3.62 0.62 2 1 33% 1 P
Tony Oliva 33 9 9 1 54.0 7 6 0 1 0 .857 -2 -38 1.00 0.67 LF-RF
Jim Perry 36 35 35 5 217.2 55 21 28 6 3 .891 2.03 1.40 3 7 70% 1 P
Rich Reese 30 102 38 27 484.0 455 418 30 7 35 .985 3 8 8.33 4.04 1B-LF
Rick Renick 28 30 22 10 184.1 50 39 10 1 0 .980 1 10 2.39 1.53 LF-3B-1B-RF-SS
Phil Roof 31 61 48 25 408.0 274 257 11 6 0 .978 1 3 5.91 4.39 1 6 16 10 38% 0 C
Eric Soderholm 23 79 75 74 689.2 243 66 163 14 17 .942 7 11 2.99 2.90 3B
Jim Strickland 26 25 0 0 36.0 11 3 6 2 1 .818 2.25 0.36 1 0 0% 0 P
Danny Thompson 25 144 144 138 1295.1 747 247 468 32 76 .957 2 2 4.97 4.97 SS
Cesar Tovar 31 139 134 117 1194.1 304 289 10 5 2 .984 14 14 2.25 2.05 RF-LF-CF
Dick Woodson 27 36 36 9 251.2 64 17 43 4 1 .938 2.15 1.67 22 8 27% 0 P
Team Totals 27.2 154 1386 1028 12594.0 6087 4198 1730 159 352 .974 59 6 4.24 3.24 7 26 69 48 41% 14
Rank in 12 AL teams 2 12 11
Age G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary
Mike Adams 23 6 0 0 0 0 -0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $8,400 Traded /7
Bert Blyleven 21 107 -11 0 0 1 0 7 3 0 -0.2 0 0.0 -0.2 $ Amateur Draft 1
Glenn Borgmann 22 203 -4 0 -1 0 2 4 7 8 0.7 6 0.7 0.0 $ Amateur Draft 2
Steve Braun* 24 455 5 -4 -3 -2 6 2 15 19 1.8 13 1.4 0.4 $ Amateur Draft 546/79
Steve Brye 23 272 -9 0 0 1 13 -3 9 11 0.9 -2 -0.2 1.1 $ Amateur Draft 78/9
Rod Carew* 26 591 9 3 -1 1 6 4 19 41 4.4 35 3.8 0.6 $ Amateur Free Agent *4
Ray Corbin 23 53 -8 0 1 0 0 4 2 -1 -0.3 -1 -0.1 -0.2 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Bobby Darwin 29 562 11 -1 2 -5 -1 -4 19 22 2.4 22 2.4 0.0 $11,000 Traded *89/7
Rick Dempsey 22 47 -2 -1 0 0 0 1 2 0 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $9,000 Amateur Draft 2
Bob Gebhard 29 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $11,000 Amateur Draft 1
Dave Goltz 23 34 -4 0 0 0 0 2 1 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ Amateur Draft 1
Wayne Granger 28 10 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $42,500 Traded 1
Bucky Guth 24 3 -1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 -1 -0.1 0.1 $ Unknown /6
Jim Holt* 28 28 3 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 0.3 4 0.4 -0.1 $ Rule 5 Draft /973
Jim Kaat* 33 47 1 -1 0 0 0 3 2 5 0.5 5 0.5 0.0 $47,750 Amateur Free Agent 1
Harmon Killebrew 36 532 19 -4 1 -2 0 -7 18 25 2.8 25 2.7 0.1 $115,000 Amateur Free Agent--bonus baby *3
Dave LaRoche* 24 15 -1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0.2 1 0.1 0.1 $25,000 Traded 1
Charlie Manuel* 28 129 -8 0 0 1 -0 -1 4 -4 -0.6 -4 -0.4 -0.2 $ Amateur Free Agent 7/9
George Mitterwald 27 173 -13 -1 -1 0 2 3 6 -4 -0.8 -6 -0.7 -0.1 $23,000 Amateur Free Agent 2
Dan Monzon 26 65 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 6 0.6 2 0.2 0.4 $ Amateur Draft 4/567
Jim Nettles* 25 268 -8 -2 -1 0 3 -1 9 1 -0.2 -3 -0.3 0.1 $ Amateur Draft 87/93
Tony Oliva* 33 30 0 0 0 0 -2 0 1 -1 -0.1 1 0.1 -0.2 $105,000 Amateur Free Agent /79
Jim Perry# 36 80 -8 -1 0 0 0 5 2 -2 -0.4 -2 -0.2 -0.2 $ Traded 1
Rich Reese* 30 223 -4 -1 -1 0 3 -3 7 1 0.0 -2 -0.2 0.2 $27,000 1st Yr Draft 37
Rick Renick 28 110 -2 -1 -1 -1 2 -1 4 -1 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $15,800 Amateur Free Agent 7/3596
Phil Roof 31 158 -6 0 0 0 1 3 5 3 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $27,000 Traded 2
Eric Soderholm 23 313 -10 0 0 0 7 2 10 9 0.7 2 0.2 0.5 $ Amateur Draft 5
Jim Strickland* 26 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ MinorLg Draft 1
Danny Thompson 25 624 -5 -2 -4 2 2 10 19 23 2.1 20 2.2 -0.1 $ Amateur Draft *6
Cesar Tovar 31 607 -6 6 1 1 14 -7 19 28 2.9 14 1.5 1.4 $55,000 Traded *97/8
Dick Woodson 27 98 -15 -1 1 1 0 7 3 -4 -0.8 -4 -0.4 -0.4 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Team Total 27.5 5848 -78 -11 -6 -2 59 32 189 186 16.4 124 13.5 2.9 $522,450
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired
Bert Blyleven 21 287.1 38 93 130 12 1.0 37 4.5 $ Amateur Draft
Ray Corbin 23 161.2 19 56 74 7 1.0 18 2.1 $ Amateur Free Agent
Bob Gebhard 29 21.0 0 29 9 1 .6 -20 -2.0 $ Amateur Draft
Dave Goltz 23 91.0 11 30 40 4 .9 10 1.1 $ Amateur Draft
Wayne Granger 28 89.2 0 42 40 4 1.6 -2 -1.1 $ Traded
Jim Kaat* 33 113.1 15 36 49 5 1.0 13 1.6 $ Amateur Free Agent
Dave LaRoche* 24 95.1 0 33 43 4 1.3 10 0.7 $ Traded
Steve Luebber 22 2.1 0 0 1 0 .4 1 0.1 $ Amateur Draft
Tom Norton 22 32.1 0 14 14 1 .4 0 -0.2 $ Amateur Free Agent
Jim Perry 36 217.2 35 93 94 10 1.0 1 0.1 $ Traded
Jim Strickland* 26 36.0 0 16 16 1 .8 0 -0.2 $ MinorLg Draft
Dick Woodson 27 251.2 36 93 111 11 1.0 18 2.3 $ Amateur Free Agent
Team Total 26.7 1399.1 154 535 621 60 1.0 86 9.0 $
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired

1971 / 1973 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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