1969 Minnesota Twins Statistics and Roster

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1969 Minnesota Twins (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1968/1970)
97-65, Finished 1st in AL Western Division
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Scored 790 runs, Allowed 618 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 99-63
Managed by Billy Martin

Ballpark: Metropolitan Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,349,328 (3rd of 12)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 104, Pitching - 102
  (one-year): Batting - 107, Pitching - 105
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

Postseason: Lost AL Championship Series (3-0) to Baltimore Orioles

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Team Batting Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C  *Johnny Roseboro     36  115  361   33   95  12  0   3   32  39   44  .263  .333  .321   5   5   6   0   3   3  12   81
1B *Rich Reese          27  132  419   52  135  24  4  16   69  23   57  .322  .362  .513   1   5   6   5   1   3   3  139
2B *Rod Carew           23  123  458   79  152  30  4   8   56  37   72  .332  .386  .467  19   8   7   3   6   0   0  134
3B  Harmon Killebrew    33  162  555  106  153  20  2  49  140 145   84  .276  .427  .584   8   2  16   5   0   4  20  177
SS  Leo Cardenas        30  160  578   67  162  24  4  10   70  66   96  .280  .353  .388   5   6  19   4   8   9  12  104
LF  Bob Allison         34   81  189   18   43   8  2   8   27  29   39  .228  .333  .418   2   4   8   1   1   0   5  106
CF *Ted Uhlaender       28  152  554   93  151  18  2   8   62  44   52  .273  .328  .356  15   9   3   4   4   4   4   89
RF *Tony Oliva          30  153  637   97  197  39  4  24  101  45   66  .309  .355  .496  10  13  10   3   2   5  12  133
    Cesar Tovar         28  158  535   99  154  25  5  11   52  37   37  .288  .342  .415  45  12   7   9   7   3   3  108
   *Graig Nettles       24   96  225   27   50   9  2   7   26  32   47  .222  .319  .373   1   2   6   1   1   2   1   91
    George Mitterwald   24   69  187   18   48   8  0   5   13  17   47  .257  .327  .380   0   1   6   3   2   1   1   94
   *Charlie Manuel      25   83  164   14   34   6  0   2   24  28   33  .207  .320  .280   1   0   3   0   0   2   4   67
    Frank Quilici       30  118  144   19   25   3  1   2   12  12   22  .174  .236  .250   2   0   2   0   2   1   0   34
    Rick Renick         25   71  139   21   34   3  0   5   17  12   32  .245  .307  .374   0   1   4   1   1   1   1   87
    Tom Tischinski      24   37   47    2    9   0  0   0    2   8    8  .191  .309  .191   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   41
   *Jim Holt            25   12   14    3    5   0  0   1    2   0    4  .357  .357  .571   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  153
    Cotton Nash         26    6    9    0    2   0  0   0    0   1    2  .222  .300  .222   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   46
    Ron Clark           26    5    8    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    0  .125  .125  .125   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  -31
    Rick Dempsey        19    5    6    1    3   1  0   0    0   1    0  .500  .571  .667   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  241
   *Herman Hill         23   16    2    4    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   1   2   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Frank Kostro        31    2    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100

    Dave Boswell        24   40   94    7   16   2  1   2    9   2   29  .170  .196  .277   0   0   3   1   6   0   0   29
   #Jim Perry           33   47   93    8   16   3  1   0    7   3   24  .172  .204  .226   0   0   5   1   3   1   0   19
   *Jim Kaat            30   43   87    8   18   8  0   2   10   4   20  .207  .247  .368   0   0   0   1   2   1   0   68
   *Tom Hall            21   32   43    5    8   1  0   0    0   4   14  .186  .255  .209   0   0   0   0   3   0   0   30
    Bob Miller          30   48   31    0    0   0  0   0    0   1   17  .000  .031  .000   0   0   1   0   2   0   0  -91
    Dick Woodson        24   44   27    3    2   0  0   0    0   2   16  .074  .138  .074   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -40
    Dean Chance         28   20   24    1    1   0  0   0    1   2   19  .042  .148  .042   0   0   0   1   5   0   0  -45
   *Ron Perranoski      33   75   24    1    2   0  0   0    1   2   14  .083  .154  .083   0   0   1   0   4   0   0  -33
    Jerry Crider        27   21    9    3    4   2  0   0    0   0    2  .444  .444  .667   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  203
    Joe Grzenda         32   38    5    1    0   0  0   0    0   2    3  .000  .286  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -15
    Al Worthington      40   46    5    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    4  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   1   0   0 -100
    Bucky Brandon       28    3    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    0  .000  .500  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   49
    Bill Zepp           22    4    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.7  162 5677  790 1520 246 32 163  733 599  906  .268  .338  .408 115  70 114  43  65  40  78  113
    Rank among 12 AL teams         1    1    1   1  4   4        6    6     1     2     3   4   2                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

Team Pitching Glossary

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Dave Boswell        24  39   3.23  20  12  0  38   0  10   0  256.3  215  105   92  18   99  190 1070  10   8  0   2 115
SP  Jim Perry           33  46   2.82  20   6  0  36   4  12   3  261.7  244   87   82  18   66  153 1079   3   9  0  10 131
SP *Jim Kaat            30  40   3.49  14  13  1  32   4  10   0  242.3  252  114   94  23   75  139 1048   9   9  0  15 106
SP *Tom Hall            21  31   3.33   8   7  0  18   2   5   2  140.7  129   63   52  12   50   92  584   5   0  0   4 111
SP  Dean Chance         28  20   2.95   5   4  0  15   3   1   0   88.3   76   39   29   6   35   50  371   4   4  0   3 125

CL *Ron Perranoski      33  75   2.11   9  10 31   0  52   0   0  119.7   85   32   28   4   52   62  484   0   1  0  16 176
RP  Al Worthington      40  46   4.57   4   1  3   0  19   0   0   61.0   65   31   31   7   20   51  257   1   0  0   2  81
RP *Joe Grzenda         32  38   3.88   4   1  3   0   7   0   0   48.7   52   23   21   4   17   24  207   7   1  1   4  95
RP  Bob Miller          30  48   3.02   5   5  3  11  15   1   0  119.3  118   42   40   9   32   57  486   5   0  0   7 123
RP  Dick Woodson        24  44   3.67   7   5  1  10   7   2   0  110.3   99   49   45  11   49   66  473   3   3  0   3 101

    Jerry Crider        27  21   4.71   1   0  1   1   5   0   0   28.7   31   15   15   3   15   16  130   1   2  0   6  79
    Charlie Walters     22   6   5.40   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    6.7    6    4    4   1    3    2   30   0   1  0   0  69
    Danny Morris        23   3   5.06   0   1  0   1   1   0   0    5.3    5    4    3   1    4    1   26   0   0  0   1  73
    Bill Zepp           22   4   6.75   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    5.3    6    7    4   1    4    2   27   0   0  0   1  55
    Bucky Brandon       28   3   2.70   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    3.3    5    3    1   1    3    1   20   0   0  0   2 137
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.9 162   3.24  97  65 43 162 121  41   8 1497.0 1388  618  539 119  524  906 6292  48  38  1  76 114
    Rank among 12 AL teams          3   2  11  1           6   9      1    9    4        3    4    5

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Team Fielding Glossary League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- JRoseboro 877 102 111 585 52 13 16 .980 11 27 45 21 GMitterwald 471 48 63 340 33 5 6 .987 6 19 20 11 TTischinski 138 12 32 77 5 0 2 1.000 1 2 4 3 RDempsey 10 0 3 5 0 1 0 .833 0 0 1 0 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1497 162 162 1007 90 19 24 .983 18 48 70 35 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 *9.63 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RReese 874 95 117 924 56 7 97 .993 10.08 HKillebrew 590 66 80 574 34 2 55 .997 9.27 CNash 24 1 6 29 5 0 0 1.000 12.39 BAllison 7 0 3 5 1 0 0 1.000 7.71 JHolt 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 1.000 18.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1497 162 162 1534 96 9 153 .995 9.80 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 *5.21 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RCarew 965 106 118 244 302 17 80 .970 5.09 CTovar 316 33 41 78 99 7 25 .962 5.04 FQuilici 216 23 36 84 81 1 15 .994 6.88 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1497 162 162 406 482 25 120 .973 5.34 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .955 *3.16 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- HKillebrew 778 96 105 75 185 20 12 .929 3.01 FQuilici 223 7 84 15 57 5 2 .935 2.90 RRenick 208 27 30 21 42 6 5 .913 2.73 GNettles 140 16 21 12 42 1 3 .982 3.45 CTovar 134 14 20 12 26 2 2 .950 2.54 RClark 13 2 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.69 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1497 162 162 135 353 34 24 .935 2.93 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .966 *4.96 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- LCardenas 1455 159 160 310 570 32 126 .965 5.44 RRenick 39 3 6 9 17 4 2 .867 5.89 FQuilici 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1497 162 162 319 588 36 128 .962 5.45 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 *1.99 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BAllison 421 52 58 88 3 0 1 1.000 1.95 GNettles 338 44 53 78 2 1 0 .988 2.13 CManuel 292 31 41 54 1 2 0 .965 1.70 TUhlaender 258 28 44 44 2 0 0 1.000 1.60 CTovar 119 3 40 29 2 0 0 1.000 2.34 RReese 31 3 5 7 1 0 0 1.000 2.32 RRenick 20 1 8 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.22 JHolt 10 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.90 GMitterwald 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 CNash 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1497 162 162 307 11 3 1 .991 1.91 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 *2.50 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- TUhlaender 937 97 111 227 7 1 1 .996 2.25 CTovar 551 65 69 177 6 4 3 .979 2.99 HHill 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 CManuel 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 GNettles 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1497 162 162 404 13 5 4 .988 2.51 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 *1.91 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- TOliva 1370 151 152 315 14 6 3 .982 2.16 CTovar 77 8 8 19 0 0 0 1.000 2.20 CManuel 14 0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.52 RRenick 14 2 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 JHolt 10 0 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.68 BAllison 9 1 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 TUhlaender 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1497 162 162 343 14 6 3 .983 2.15 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 *2.13 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- TOliva 1370 151 152 311 14 6 3 .982 2.14 TUhlaender 1198 125 150 278 8 1 1 .997 2.15 CTovar 748 76 113 225 9 4 3 .983 2.82 BAllison 430 53 58 91 2 0 1 1.000 1.95 GNettles 339 44 54 76 2 1 0 .987 2.07 CManuel 309 31 46 57 2 2 0 .967 1.72 RRenick 34 3 10 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.05 RReese 31 3 5 5 1 0 0 1.000 1.74 JHolt 20 0 5 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.87 HHill 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 GMitterwald 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 CNash 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1497 162 162 1049 38 14 8 .987 2.18 162 162 162 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .951 *1.88 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JPerry 261 36 46 12 31 1 3 .977 1.48 DBoswell 256 38 39 9 31 2 2 .952 1.40 JKaat 242 32 40 9 29 8 4 .826 1.41 THall 140 18 31 1 13 0 0 1.000 0.90 RPerranoski 119 0 75 4 23 1 2 .964 2.03 BMiller 119 11 48 7 25 0 2 1.000 2.41 DWoodson 110 10 44 3 22 0 3 1.000 2.04 DChance 88 15 20 3 9 0 1 1.000 1.22 AWorthingto 61 0 46 2 6 0 1 1.000 1.18 JGrzenda 48 0 38 0 14 0 1 1.000 2.59 JCrider 28 1 21 2 4 0 1 1.000 1.88 CWalters 6 0 6 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.34 DMorris 5 1 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.70 BZepp 5 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.70 BBrandon 3 0 3 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1497 162 162 53 209 13 20 .953 1.58 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.
* indicates Innings Played rather than Games Played was used in Range Factor (RnF) calculations. Team Totals for Innings Played are Innings Pitched by the team's pitchers.

Team Leaders
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Batting Average Carew .332

On-base % Killebrew .427

Slugging % Killebrew .584

OPS Killebrew 1.011

Games Killebrew 162

At Bats Oliva 637

Plate Appearances (approx.) Killebrew 709

Runs Killebrew 106

Hits Oliva 197

Total Bases Killebrew 324

Doubles Oliva 39

Triples Tovar 5

Home Runs Killebrew 49

RBI Killebrew 140

Bases on Balls Killebrew 145

Strikeouts Cardenas 96

Stolen Bases Tovar 45

Singles Oliva 130

Adjusted OPS+ Killebrew 177

Runs Created Killebrew 146

Adjusted Batting Runs Killebrew 64

Batting Wins Killebrew 6.5

Extra-Base Hits Killebrew 71

Times on Base Killebrew 303

Offensive Win% Killebrew .809

Hit By Pitch Tovar 9

Sac. Hits Cardenas 8

Sac. Flies Cardenas 9

Intentional Walks Killebrew 20

Grounded into Double Plays Cardenas 19

Caught Stealing Oliva 13

Power/Speed Number Tovar 17.7

At Bats per Strikeout Tovar 14.5

At Bats per Home Run Killebrew 11.3

Outs Oliva 470

Pitching Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

ERA Perry 2.82

Wins Boswell and Perry 20

Won-Loss % Perry .769

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Perry 1.185

Hits Allowed/9IP Boswell 7.55

Bases on Balls/9IP Perry 2.27

Strikeouts/9IP Boswell 6.67

Games Perranoski 75

Saves Perranoski 31

Innings Perry 261.7

Strikeouts Boswell 190

Games Started Boswell 38

Comp. Games Perry 12

Shutouts Perry 3

Home Runs Allow. Kaat 23

Bases On Balls Allow. Boswell 99

Hits Allowed Kaat 252

SO to Walk Perry 2.32

Losses Kaat 13

Earned Runs Allow. Kaat 94

Wild Pitches Boswell 10

Hit Batsmen Kaat and Perry 9

Batters Faced Perry 1079

Games Finished Perranoski 52

Adjusted ERA+ Perry 131

Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

All-Stars Box Score and Play-By-Play

Rod Carew (Starting 2B)
Harmon Killebrew
Tony Oliva
Johnny Roseboro

1968/1970

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