1961 Minnesota Twins

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W-L Record: 70-90 -- 7th in American League - Manager: Sam Mele, Cookie Lavagetto Location: Bloomington,MN Baseball Stadium: Metropolitan Stadium Top Draft Pick: Attendance: 1,256,723 Youngest Player: Gary Dotter (18) Oldest Player: Elmer Valo (40)

Statistics

Roster

Personnel

Baseball Roster for 1961 Minnesota Twins

#	Player Name	Pos	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	Born	Place	High Level	mlbYears	Salary
4	Bob Allison	OF	26	R	R	6-4	220	7/11/1934	Raytown,Missouri	MLB	1958-1970
35	Joe Altobelli	1B-OF	29	L	L	6-0	185	5/26/1932	Detroit,Michigan	MLB	1955-1961
42	Gerry Arrigo	P	20	L	L	6-1	195	6/12/1941	Chicago,Illinois	MLB	1961-1970
10	Earl Battey	C	26	R	R	6-1	205	1/5/1935	Los Angeles,California	MLB	1955-1967
29	Julio Becquer	1B	29	L	L	5-11	178	12/20/1931	Havana,Cuba	MLB	1955-1963
1	Reno Bertoia	3B-2B	26	R	R	5-11	185	1/8/1935	St. Vido Utine,Italy	MLB	1953-1962
38	Fred Bruckbauer	P	23	R	R	6-1	185	5/27/1938	New Ulm,Minnesota	MLB	1961-1961
6	Billy Consolo	SS-2B	26	R	R	5-11	180	8/18/1934	Cleveland,Ohio	MLB	1953-1962
16	Bert Cueto	P	23	R	R	6-4	170	8/14/1937	San Luis,Cuba	MLB	1961-1961
22	Dan Dobbek	OF	26	L	R	6-0	195	12/6/1934	Ontonagon,Michigan	MLB	1959-1961
41	Gary Dotter	P	18	L	L	6-1	180	8/7/1942	St. Louis,Missouri	MLB	1961-1964
9	Billy Gardner	2B	33	R	R	6-0	180	7/19/1927	Waterford,Connecticut	MLB	1954-1963
18	Paul Giel	P	29	R	R	5-11	185	2/29/1932	Winona,Minnesota	MLB	1954-1961
7	Lenny Green	OF	28	L	L	5-11	170	1/6/1933	Detroit,Michigan	MLB	1957-1968
11	Ron Henry	C	24	R	R	6-1	180	8/7/1936	Chester,Pennsylvania	MLB	1961-1964
	Jake Jacobs	OF	24	R	R	6-0	175	6/9/1937	Youngstown,Ohio	MLB	1960-1961
36	Jim Kaat	P	22	L	L	6-4	217	11/7/1938	Zeeland,Michigan	MLB	1959-1983
3	Harmon Killebrew	1B-3B	25	R	R	5-11	214	6/29/1936	Payette,Idaho	MLB	1954-1975
15	Jack Kralick	P	26	L	L	6-2	180	6/1/1935	Youngstown,Ohio	MLB	1959-1967
20	Don Lee	P	27	R	R	6-4	210	2/26/1934	Globe,Arizona	MLB	1957-1966
23	Jim Lemon	OF	33	R	R	6-4	200	3/23/1928	Covington,Virginia	MLB	1950-1963
6	Ted Lepcio	2B-3B	30	R	R	5-10	177	7/28/1930	Utica,New York	MLB	1952-1961
1	Billy Martin	2B	33	R	R	5-11	165	5/16/1928	Berkeley,California	MLB	1950-1961
18	Danny McDevitt	P	28	L	L	5-10	175	11/18/1932	New York,New York	MLB	1957-1962
28	Don Mincher	1B	23	L	R	6-3	213	6/24/1938	Huntsville,Alabama	MLB	1960-1972
21	Ray Moore	P	35	R	R	6-1	205	6/1/1926	Meadows,Maryland	MLB	1952-1963
8	Hal Naragon	C	32	L	R	6-0	175	10/1/1928	Zanesville,Ohio	MLB	1951-1962
24,40	Ed Palmquist	P	28	R	R	6-3	195	6/10/1933	Los Angeles,California	MLB	1960-1961
17	Camilo Pascual	P	27	R	R	5-11	185	1/20/1934	Havana,Cuba	MLB	1954-1971
40	Bill Pleis	P	23	L	L	5-10	175	8/5/1937	St. Louis,Missouri	MLB	1961-1966
14,28	Pedro Ramos	P	26	B	R	6-0	185	4/28/1935	Pinar del Rio,Cuba	MLB	1955-1970
9	Rich Rollins	3B	23	R	R	5-10	185	4/16/1938	Mount Pleasant,Pennsylvania	MLB	1961-1970
35	Ted Sadowski	P	25	R	R	6-1	190	4/1/1936	Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania	MLB	1960-1962
43	Al Schroll	P	29	R	R	6-2	210	3/22/1932	New Orleans,Louisiana	MLB	1958-1961
6	Jim Snyder	2B	28	R	R	6-1	185	8/15/1932	Dearborn,Michigan	MLB	1961-1964
39	Lee Stange	P	24	R	R	5-10	170	10/27/1936	Chicago,Illinois	MLB	1961-1970
27	Chuck Stobbs	P	31	L	L	6-1	185	7/2/1929	Wheeling,West Virginia	MLB	1947-1961
13	Bill Tuttle	OF	31	R	R	6-0	190	7/4/1929	Elwood,Illinois	MLB	1952-1963
5	Jose Valdivielso	SS	27	R	R	6-1	175	5/22/1934	Matanzas,Cuba	MLB	1955-1961
32	Elmer Valo	OF	40	L	R	5-11	190	3/5/1921	Ribnik,Czech Republic	MLB	1940-1961
2	Zoilo Versalles	SS	21	R	R	5-10	150	12/18/1939	Veldado,Cuba	MLB	1959-1971
24	Pete Whisenant	OF	31	R	R	6-2	200	12/14/1929	Asheville,North Carolina	MLB	1952-1961

Team Personnel

Floyd Baker (Assistant Coach)
Joe Cambria (Scout)
Calvin Griffith (General Manager)
Halsey Hall (Broadcaster)
Cookie Lavagetto (Manager)
Ed Lopat (Assistant Coach)
Clyde McCullough (Assistant Coach)
Sam Mele (Assistant Coach)
Sam Mele (Manager)
Ray Scott (Broadcaster)
Bob Wolff (Broadcaster)

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