1970 Minnesota Twins

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W-L Record: 98-64 -- 1st in American League West Manager: Bill Rigney Location: Bloomington,MN Baseball Stadium: Metropolitan Stadium Top Draft Pick: Bob Gorinski (#22) Attendance: 1,261,887 Youngest Player: Bert Blyleven (19) Oldest Player: Minnie Mendoza (36) Longest Tenure: Jim Kaat, Harmon Killebrew, Bob Allison (10) Playoffs: Lost ALCS (Orioles)

Statistics

Roster

Personnel

Baseball Roster for 1970 Minnesota Twins

#	Player Name	Pos	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	Born	Place	High Level	mlbYears	Salary
4	Bob Allison	OF	35	R	R	6-4	220	7/11/1934	Raytown,Missouri	MLB	1958-1970
11	Brant Alyea	OF	29	R	R	6-3	215	12/8/1940	Passaic,New Jersey	MLB	1965-1972
24	Steve Barber	P	22	R	R	6-1	190	3/13/1948	Grand Rapids,Michigan	MLB	1970-1971
28	Bert Blyleven	P	19	R	R	6-3	207	4/6/1951	Zeist,Netherlands	MLB	1970-1992
23	Dave Boswell	P	25	R	R	6-3	185	1/20/1945	Baltimore,Maryland	MLB	1964-1971
37	Steve Brye	OF	21	R	R	6-0	190	2/4/1949	Alameda,California	MLB	1970-1978
5,17	Leo Cardenas	SS	31	R	R	5-10	163	12/17/1938	Matanza,Cuba	MLB	1960-1975
29	Rod Carew	1B-2B	24	L	R	6-0	182	10/1/1945	Gatun,Panama	MLB	1967-1985
38	Rick Dempsey	C	20	R	R	6-0	190	9/13/1949	Fayetteville,Tennessee	MLB	1969-1992
21	Tom Hall	P	22	L	L	6-0	155	11/23/1947	Thomasville,North Carolina	MLB	1968-1977
34	Pete Hamm	P	22	R	R	6-5	210	9/20/1947	Buffalo,New York	MLB	1970-1971
30	Hal Haydel	P	25	R	R	6-0	190	7/9/1944	Houma,Louisiana	MLB	1970-1971
19	Herman Hill	OF	24	L	R	6-2	190	10/12/1945	Tuskegee,Alabama	MLB	1969-1970
26	Jim Holt	OF-1B	26	L	R	6-0	195	5/27/1944	Graham,North Carolina	MLB	1968-1976
36	Jim Kaat	P	31	L	L	6-4	217	11/7/1938	Zeeland,Michigan	MLB	1959-1983
3	Harmon Killebrew	1B-3B	34	R	R	5-11	214	6/29/1936	Payette,Idaho	MLB	1954-1975
9	Charlie Manuel	OF	26	L	R	6-3	200	1/4/1944	Northfork,West Virginia	MLB	1969-1975
27	Minnie Mendoza	3B-2B	36	R	R	6-0	180	11/16/1933	Ceiba del Agua,Cuba	MLB	1970-1970
15	George Mitterwald	C	24	R	R	6-2	206	8/7/1945	Berkeley,California	MLB	1966-1977
40	Cotton Nash	1B	27	R	R	6-6	220	7/24/1942	Jersey City,New Jersey	MLB	1967-1970
34,39	Jim Nettles	OF	23	L	L	6-0	186	3/2/1947	San Diego,California	MLB	1970-1981
6	Tony Oliva	OF	28	L	R	6-2	190	7/20/1941	Pinar del Rio,Cuba	MLB	1962-1976
16	Ron Perranoski	P	34	L	L	6-0	192	4/1/1936	Paterson,New Jersey	MLB	1961-1973
31	Jim Perry	P	34	B	R	6-4	200	10/30/1935	Williamston,North Carolina	MLB	1959-1975
7	Frank Quilici	2B-3B	31	R	R	6-0	175	5/11/1939	Chicago,Illinois	MLB	1965-1970
8	Paul Ratliff	C	26	L	R	6-2	190	1/23/1944	San Diego,California	MLB	1963-1972
20	Rich Reese	1B	28	L	L	6-3	200	9/29/1941	Leipsic,Ohio	MLB	1964-1973
10	Rick Renick	3B-OF	26	R	R	6-0	190	3/16/1944	London,Ohio	MLB	1968-1972
5,55	Danny Thompson	SS-3B	23	R	R	6-0	183	2/1/1947	Wichita,Kansas	MLB	1970-1976
33	Luis Tiant	P	29	R	R	5-11	190	11/23/1940	Mariano,Cuba	MLB	1964-1982
22	Tom Tischinski	C	25	R	R	5-10	190	7/12/1944	Kansas City,Missouri	MLB	1969-1971
12	Cesar Tovar	OF-3B	29	R	R	5-9	155	7/3/1940	Caracas,Venezuela	MLB	1965-1976
35	Stan Williams	P	33	R	R	6-5	230	9/14/1936	Enfield,New Hampshire	MLB	1958-1972
32	Dick Woodson	P	25	R	R	6-5	207	3/30/1945	Oelwein,Iowa	MLB	1969-1974
25	Bill Zepp	P	23	R	R	6-2	185	7/22/1946	Detroit,Michigan	MLB	1969-1971

Team Personnel

Frank Buetel (Broadcaster)
Herb Carneal (Broadcaster)
Ray Christensen (Broadcaster)
Frankie Crosetti (Assistant Coach)
Calvin Griffith (General Manager)
Marv Grissom (Pitching Coach)
Halsey Hall (Broadcaster)
Vern Morgan (Third Base Coach)
Bill Rigney (Manager)
Sherry Robertson (Assistant Coach)
Buck Rodgers (Bullpen Coach)

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