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1973 Minnesota Twins

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1972 / 1974

81-81, Finished 3rd in AL West (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Frank Quilici (81-81)
Scored 738 runs, Allowed 692 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 86-76

Ballparks: Metropolitan Stadium · Attendance: 907,499 (10th of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 104, Pitching - 104 · one-year: Batting - 105, Pitching - 104

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1972 / 1974 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 DH PH PR WAR Salary
Mike Adams 24 R R 5' 9" 180 Jul 24, 1948 2 55 22 55 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 1 0 24 16 2 29 0.4 $
Vic Albury 26 L L 6' 0" 190 May 12, 1947 1st 14 0 0 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $
Eddie Bane 21 R L 5' 9" 160 Mar 22, 1952 1st 23 6 0 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $
Bert Blyleven HOF 22 R R 6' 3" 200 Apr 6, 1951 4 40 40 0 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9.2 $33,000 All-Star
Glenn Borgmann 23 R R 6' 4" 210 May 25, 1950 2 12 12 12 12 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Steve Braun 25 L R 5' 10" 180 May 8, 1948 3 115 104 115 108 0 0 0 0 101 0 7 0 0 7 1 10 0 3.0 $18,000
Steve Brye 24 R R 6' 0" 190 Feb 4, 1949 4 92 74 92 87 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 73 2 88 3 2 6 1.5 $
Bill Campbell 24 R R 6' 3" 185 Aug 9, 1948 1st 28 2 0 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 $
Rod Carew HOF 27 L R 6' 0" 170 Oct 1, 1945 7 149 142 149 147 0 0 0 147 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 6.9 $60,000 All-Star
Ray Corbin 24 R R 6' 2" 200 Feb 12, 1949 3 51 7 0 51 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.8 $
Bobby Darwin 30 R R 6' 2" 190 Feb 16, 1943 5 145 138 145 140 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 140 140 1 7 0 0.2 $
Joe Decker 26 R R 6' 0" 180 Jun 16, 1947 5 29 24 0 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.5 $
Danny Fife 23 R R 6' 3" 175 Oct 5, 1949 1st 10 7 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $
Dave Goltz 24 R R 6' 4" 200 Jun 23, 1949 2 32 10 0 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 $
Bill Hands 33 R R 6' 2" 185 May 6, 1940 9 39 15 0 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.6 $53,000
Larry Hisle 26 R R 6' 2" 193 May 5, 1947 5 143 139 143 143 0 0 0 0 0 0 50 93 3 146 0 1 2 3.0 $18,000
Jim Holt 29 L R 6' 0" 180 May 27, 1944 6 132 114 132 128 0 0 33 0 0 0 80 3 21 104 0 11 0 2.0 $
Jim Kaat 34 L L 6' 4" 205 Nov 7, 1938 15 31 28 2 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0.7 $
Harmon Killebrew HOF 37 R R 6' 0" 195 Jun 29, 1936 20 69 66 69 57 0 0 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 3 0 0.3 $110,000
Craig Kusick 24 R R 6' 3" 210 Sep 30, 1948 1st 15 13 15 13 0 0 11 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 2 0 -0.1 $
Joe Lis 26 R R 6' 0" 175 Aug 15, 1946 4 103 68 103 96 0 0 96 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 6 -0.1 $
George Mitterwald 28 R R 6' 2" 195 Jun 7, 1945 7 125 117 125 122 0 122 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 0 2.3 $22,500
Dan Monzon 27 R R 5' 10" 182 May 17, 1946 2 39 19 39 31 0 0 0 17 14 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 6 0.0 $
Tony Oliva 34 L R 6' 1" 175 Jul 20, 1938 12 146 138 146 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 142 8 0 0.7 $91,000
Rich Reese 31 L L 6' 3" 185 Sep 29, 1941 10 22 4 22 17 0 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 2 0.3 $
Phil Roof 32 R R 6' 2" 190 Mar 5, 1941 11 47 36 47 47 0 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -0.2 $
Ken Sanders 31 R R 5' 11" 168 Jul 8, 1941 7 27 0 0 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.0 $
Eric Soderholm 24 R R 5' 11" 187 Sep 24, 1948 3 35 29 35 34 0 0 0 0 33 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1.3 $
Jim Strickland 27 L L 6' 0" 175 Jun 12, 1946 3 7 0 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $11,000
Jerry Terrell 26 R R 5' 11" 165 Jul 13, 1946 1st 124 106 124 121 0 0 0 15 30 81 0 0 1 1 1 4 1 0.1 $7,500
Danny Thompson 26 R R 6' 0" 183 Feb 1, 1947 4 99 92 99 96 0 0 0 0 1 95 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 -0.8 $
Danny Walton 25 R R 6' 0" 195 Jul 14, 1947 5 37 25 37 19 0 0 0 0 1 0 15 0 3 18 13 9 2 -0.1 $15,500
Dick Woodson 28 R R 6' 5" 205 Mar 30, 1945 4 23 23 0 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 $18,500
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR WAR Salary

Rich Reese
Eric Soderholm

Bobby Darwin

Harmon Killebrew

Steve Braun

Danny Thompson

Tony Oliva

Jerry Terrell

Phil Roof

Larry Hisle

Joe Lis

Steve Brye

Danny Walton

Dick Woodson

Dan Monzon

George Mitterwald

Danny Fife

Bill Hands

Eddie Bane

Jim Strickland

Vic Albury
Ken Sanders

Joe Decker

Craig Kusick

Ray Corbin

Glenn Borgmann
Bill Campbell

Mike Adams

Jim Holt

Bert Blyleven

Rod Carew

Dave Goltz

Jerry Terrell

Jim Kaat

Danny Walton

1972 / 1974 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers