1971 Minnesota Twins Statistics and Roster

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1971 Minnesota Twins (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1970/1972)
74-86, Finished 5th in AL Western Division
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Scored 654 runs, Allowed 670 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 78-82
Managed by Bill Rigney

Ballpark: Metropolitan Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 940,858 (5th of 12)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 103, Pitching - 102
  (one-year): Batting - 104, Pitching - 104
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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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   George Mitterwald   26  125  388   38   97  13  1  13   44  39  104  .250  .316  .389   3   3   9   0   3   4   9   97
1B  Harmon Killebrew    35  147  500   61  127  19  1  28  119 114   96  .254  .386  .464   3   2  21   0   0  10  14  138
2B *Rod Carew           25  147  577   88  177  16 10   2   48  45   81  .307  .356  .380   6   7  23   1   6   3   1  107
3B *Steve Braun         23  128  343   51   87  12  2   5   35  48   50  .254  .350  .344   8   3   8   5   2   4   4   95
SS  Leo Cardenas        32  153  554   59  146  25  4  18   75  51   69  .264  .321  .421   3   3  16   1   7  11   5  107
LF  Cesar Tovar         30  157  657   94  204  29  3   1   45  45   39  .311  .356  .368  18  14   5   3  11   2   5  104
CF *Jim Holt            27  126  340   35   88  11  3   1   29  16   28  .259  .292  .318   5   1  11   1   2   2   4   71
RF *Tony Oliva          32  126  487   73  164  30  3  22   81  25   44  .337  .369  .546   4   1  21   2   0   4   8  154
   *Rich Reese          29  120  329   40   72   8  3  10   39  20   35  .219  .270  .353   7   4   9   5   0   5   2   74
   *Jim Nettles         24   70  168   17   42   5  1   6   24  19   24  .250  .321  .399   3   2   3   0   0   3   2  101
    Brant Alyea         30   79  158   13   28   4  0   2   15  24   38  .177  .282  .241   1   1   7   1   0   5   3   48
    Steve Brye          22   28  107   10   24   1  0   3   11   7   15  .224  .270  .318   3   1   4   0   0   1   0   64
    Phil Roof           30   31   87    6   21   4  0   0    6   8   18  .241  .305  .287   0   1   6   0   0   0   0   67
    Eric Soderholm      22   21   64    9   10   4  0   1    4  10   17  .156  .299  .266   0   1   1   3   1   0   1   60
    Danny Thompson      24   48   57   10   15   2  0   0    7   7   12  .263  .338  .298   0   0   5   0   3   1   0   80
    Rick Renick         27   27   45    4   10   2  0   1    8   5   14  .222  .308  .333   0   0   1   1   0   1   2   80
   *Paul Ratliff        27   21   44    3    7   1  0   2    6   4   17  .159  .224  .318   0   0   0   0   0   1   1   51
    Paul Powell         23   20   31    7    5   0  0   1    2   3   12  .161  .235  .258   0   0   1   0   1   0   0   38
    George Thomas       33   23   30    4    8   1  0   0    2   4    3  .267  .353  .300   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   85
    Tom Tischinski      26   21   23    0    3   2  0   0    2   1    4  .130  .200  .217   0   0   2   1   0   0   0   17
   *Charlie Manuel      27   18   16    1    2   1  0   0    1   1    8  .125  .176  .188   0   0   0   0   0   0   0    2
    Rick Dempsey        21    6   13    2    4   1  0   0    0   1    1  .308  .357  .385   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  108

   *Jim Kaat            32   54   93    6   15   3  0   0    5   2   16  .161  .179  .194   2   0   0   0   7   0   0    5
   #Jim Perry           35   40   92   10   17   0  0   0    5   7   18  .185  .242  .185   0   0   4   0   4   0   0   21
    Bert Blyleven       20   38   91    3   12   1  0   0    2   1   37  .132  .151  .143   0   0   0   1   7   0   0  -17
    Ray Corbin          22   52   34    3    7   0  0   0    2   2   17  .206  .250  .206   0   0   0   0   4   0   0   29
   *Tom Hall            23   49   34    5    9   1  0   0    1   1    5  .265  .286  .294   0   0   1   0   1   0   0   63
    Steve Luebber       21   19   19    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    7  .053  .053  .053   0   0   0   0   2   0   0  -70
    Pete Hamm           23   13   11    1    3   1  0   0    0   0    5  .273  .273  .364   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   77
    Stan Williams       34   46   10    1    0   0  0   0    0   1    8  .000  .091  .000   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  -73
    Steve Barber        23    6    5    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Hal Haydel          26   31    3    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    1  .333  .333  .333   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   88
   *Ron Perranoski      35   36    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   1   0   0 -100
   *Jim Strickland      25   24    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    0  .000  .500  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   51
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.4  160 5414  654 1406 197 31 116  618 512  846  .260  .324  .372  66  44 159  25  64  57  61  101
    Rank among 12 AL teams         5    5    1   7  4   6        9    8     2     3     6   8   7                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        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  Jim Perry           35  40   4.23  17  17  1  39   1   8   0  270.0  263  135  127  39  102  126 1146   5   5  0  10  84
SP  Bert Blyleven       20  38   2.81  16  15  0  38   0  17   5  278.3  267   95   87  21   59  224 1126   5   5  1   1 126
SP *Jim Kaat            32  39   3.32  13  14  0  38   0  15   4  260.3  275  104   96  16   47  137 1098   8   6  0   9 107
SP  Steve Luebber       21  18   5.03   2   5  1  12   2   0   0   68.0   73   42   38   7   37   35  308   1   4  0   3  70
SP  Pete Hamm           23  13   6.75   2   4  0   8   3   1   0   44.0   55   33   33   7   18   16  201   1   1  0   1  52

CL *Tom Hall            23  48   3.33   4   7  9  11  20   0   0  129.7  104   54   48  13   58  137  548   4   0  0   5 106
RP  Stan Williams       34  46   4.15   4   5  4   1  18   0   0   78.0   63   44   36   7   44   47  344   4   8  1   7  85
RP  Ray Corbin          22  52   4.10   8  11  3  11  19   2   0  140.3  141   74   64  19   70   83  620   7   3  0  11  86
RP *Ron Perranoski      35  36   6.75   1   4  5   0  22   0   0   42.7   60   39   32   2   28   21  218   2   3  1   4  52
RP  Hal Haydel          26  31   4.28   4   2  1   0  13   0   0   40.0   33   19   19   3   20   29  165   1   2  0   1  83

   *Jim Strickland      25  24   1.44   1   0  1   0   8   0   0   31.3   20   14    5   2   18   21  133   3   2  0   2 246
    Bob Gebhard         28  17   3.00   1   2  0   0  10   0   0   18.0   17    6    6   0   11   13   85   0   1  0   3 118
    Steve Barber        23   4   6.17   1   0  0   2   0   0   0   11.7    8    9    8   2   13    4   56   1   0  0   1  57
    Sal Campisi         28   6   4.15   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    4.3    5    2    2   1    4    2   21   0   0  0   0  85
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.3 160   3.81  74  86 25 160 117  43   9 1416.0 1384  670  599 139  529  895 6069  42  40  3  58  93
    Rank among 12 AL teams         11   9   4 10           7  11     10   11   11       11    6    6

    * - 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 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- GMitterwald 969 109 120 656 53 10 7 .986 6 31 48 30 PRoof 234 28 29 185 16 3 2 .985 5 4 10 6 PRatliff 100 12 15 73 6 0 0 1.000 0 3 4 2 TTischinski 76 7 21 49 6 1 3 .982 1 3 7 3 RDempsey 37 4 6 30 4 2 0 .944 0 1 4 2 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1416 160 160 993 85 16 12 .985 12 42 73 43 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 *9.59 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- HKillebrew 706 82 90 658 56 2 52 .997 9.10 RReese 692 76 95 673 43 4 71 .994 9.30 JHolt 16 2 3 10 0 0 1 1.000 5.62 GThomas 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1416 160 160 1341 99 6 124 .996 9.15 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 *5.31 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RCarew 1209 137 142 321 329 16 76 .976 4.84 SBraun 173 20 28 41 58 1 11 .990 5.13 DThompson 24 3 3 4 6 1 0 .909 3.75 CTovar 10 0 2 1 4 0 1 1.000 4.50 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1416 160 160 367 397 18 88 .977 4.86 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .956 *3.04 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- SBraun 543 59 73 48 106 11 7 .933 2.55 HKillebrew 510 60 64 42 93 11 3 .925 2.38 ESoderholm 176 20 20 17 48 4 2 .942 3.31 DThompson 73 8 17 9 17 3 2 .897 3.18 CTovar 45 5 7 3 9 2 1 .857 2.38 RRenick 44 5 7 3 8 2 0 .846 2.23 RCarew 14 2 2 3 2 0 0 1.000 3.21 GThomas 9 1 1 1 1 1 0 .667 2.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1416 160 160 126 284 34 15 .923 2.61 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .965 *4.90 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- LCardenas 1332 152 153 266 445 11 89 .985 4.80 SBraun 81 8 10 18 29 1 6 .979 5.22 DThompson 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1416 160 160 284 475 12 95 .984 4.82 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 *1.93 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CTovar 747 81 104 186 6 3 1 .985 2.31 BAlyea 301 44 47 46 3 2 0 .961 1.47 SBrye 174 19 22 31 2 1 0 .971 1.70 JHolt 69 5 14 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.56 RReese 46 5 8 5 1 0 0 1.000 1.17 RRenick 38 4 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.66 GThomas 37 2 11 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.95 SBraun 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1416 160 160 291 12 6 1 .981 1.93 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 *2.73 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JHolt 631 71 85 191 4 3 2 .985 2.78 JNettles 400 41 59 142 3 2 1 .986 3.26 CTovar 237 33 42 81 2 1 0 .988 3.15 SBrye 74 9 10 22 2 1 0 .960 2.91 PPowell 73 6 15 24 0 0 0 1.000 2.95 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1416 160 160 460 11 7 3 .985 2.99 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 *2.05 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- TOliva 1018 120 121 216 6 7 3 .969 1.96 CTovar 331 36 47 81 5 1 2 .989 2.34 JHolt 43 2 15 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.29 JNettles 13 1 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.68 RReese 7 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 BAlyea 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 SBraun 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 CManuel 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1416 160 160 310 11 8 5 .976 2.04 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 *2.24 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- CTovar 1315 150 154 348 14 5 3 .986 2.48 TOliva 1018 120 121 216 6 7 3 .969 1.96 JHolt 744 78 106 209 4 3 2 .986 2.58 JNettles 414 42 62 139 3 2 1 .986 3.09 BAlyea 303 44 48 47 3 2 0 .962 1.49 SBrye 248 28 28 53 4 2 0 .966 2.06 PPowell 73 6 15 24 0 0 0 1.000 2.95 RReese 53 6 9 6 1 0 0 1.000 1.19 RRenick 38 4 7 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.89 GThomas 37 2 11 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.95 SBraun 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 CManuel 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1416 160 160 1054 35 21 9 .981 2.31 160 160 160 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .958 *1.98 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BBlyleven 278 38 38 19 38 2 0 .966 1.84 JPerry 270 39 40 17 44 0 4 1.000 2.03 JKaat 260 38 39 13 41 1 4 .982 1.87 RCorbin 140 11 52 7 30 2 0 .949 2.37 THall 129 11 48 8 19 1 0 .964 1.87 SWilliams 78 1 46 4 8 1 1 .923 1.38 SLuebber 68 12 18 2 12 0 1 1.000 1.85 PHamm 44 8 13 6 7 0 0 1.000 2.66 RPerranoski 42 0 36 1 8 2 0 .818 1.90 HHaydel 40 0 31 1 7 1 0 .889 1.80 JStrickland 31 0 24 4 5 1 0 .900 2.59 BGebhard 18 0 17 0 7 0 0 1.000 3.50 SBarber 11 2 4 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.54 SCampisi 4 0 6 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.09 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1416 160 160 83 228 11 10 .966 1.98 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

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 Oliva .337

On-base % Killebrew .386

Slugging % Oliva .546

OPS Oliva .915

Games Tovar 157

At Bats Tovar 657

Plate Appearances (approx.) Tovar 718

Runs Tovar 94

Hits Tovar 204

Total Bases Oliva 266

Doubles Oliva 30

Triples Carew 10

Home Runs Killebrew 28

RBI Killebrew 119

Bases on Balls Killebrew 114

Strikeouts Mitterwald 104

Stolen Bases Tovar 18

Singles Tovar 171

Adjusted OPS+ Oliva 154

Runs Created Killebrew 92

Adjusted Batting Runs Oliva 32

Batting Wins Oliva 3.4

Extra-Base Hits Oliva 55

Times on Base Tovar 252

Offensive Win% Oliva .730

Hit By Pitch Braun and Reese 5

Sac. Hits Tovar 11

Sac. Flies Cardenas 11

Intentional Walks Killebrew 14

Grounded into Double Plays Carew 23

Caught Stealing Tovar 14

Power/Speed Number Reese 8.2

At Bats per Strikeout Tovar 16.8

At Bats per Home Run Killebrew 17.9

Outs Tovar 485

Pitching Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

ERA Blyleven 2.81

Wins Perry 17

Won-Loss % Blyleven .516

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Blyleven 1.171

Hits Allowed/9IP Blyleven 8.63

Bases on Balls/9IP Kaat 1.62

Strikeouts/9IP Blyleven 7.24

Games Corbin 52

Saves Hall 9

Innings Blyleven 278.3

Strikeouts Blyleven 224

Games Started Perry 39

Comp. Games Blyleven 17

Shutouts Blyleven 5

Home Runs Allow. Perry 39

Bases On Balls Allow. Perry 102

Hits Allowed Kaat 275

SO to Walk Blyleven 3.80

Losses Perry 17

Earned Runs Allow. Perry 127

Wild Pitches Kaat 8

Hit Batsmen Williams 8

Batters Faced Perry 1146

Games Finished Perranoski 22

Adjusted ERA+ Blyleven 126

Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

All-Stars Box Score and Play-By-Play

Leo Cardenas
Rod Carew (Starting 2B)
Harmon Killebrew
Tony Oliva
Jim Perry

1970/1972

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