1970 MINNESOTA TWINS

| Level: MLB

Location: Bloomington,MN
Team Record: 98-64 .605
Result: 1st in American League - West Division
Manager(s): Bill Rigney
General Manager: Calvin Griffith
Stadium: Metropolitan Stadium
Attendance: 1,261,887
Playoffs: Lost ALCS (Orioles)

Minnesota Twins affiliate history

Oldest Player: Minnie Mendoza (36)
Youngest Player: Bert Blyleven (19)
Longest Tenure: Jim Kaat, Harmon Killebrew, Bob Allison (10)
Top Hitter: Cesar Tovar (5)
Top Pitcher: Jim Perry (2)
Top Draft Pick: Bob Gorinski (#22)

Roster Continuity: 72.52%

American League Standings

West	W	L	Pct	GB
Minnesota	98	64	.605	--
Oakland	89	73	.549	9.0
California	86	76	.531	12.0
KC Royals	65	97	.401	33.0
Milwaukee	65	97	.401	33.0
Chi White Sox	56	106	.346	42.0

BATTING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

Extra

Batting Orders

Defensive Lineups

Feats

Splits Analysis

#	Player	Pos	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	PA	OUT	RC	RC/G	babip
12	Cesar Tovar	of-3b	5	29	UDFA: 1959	MLB	161	650	120	195	36	13	10	54	30	15	52	47	8	5	10	6	9	.300	.356	.442	798	287	726	495	118	6.4	.309
6	Tony Oliva	of	6	31	UDFA: 1961	MLB	157	628	96	204	36	7	23	107	5	4	38	67	3	12	1	4	16	.325	.364	.514	878	323	674	449	124	7.5	.334
5,17	Leo Cardenas	ss	27	31	UDFA: 1957	MLB	160	588	67	145	34	4	11	65	2	5	42	101	4	2	13	2	11	.247	.300	.374	674	220	649	474	69	3.9	.280
3	Harmon Killebrew	1b-3b	7	34	UDFA: 1954	MLB	157	527	96	143	20	1	41	113	0	3	128	84	2	23	0	8	28	.271	.411	.546	957	288	665	423	122	7.8	.249
20	Rich Reese	1b	56	28	UDFA: 1962	MLB	153	501	63	131	15	5	10	56	5	4	48	70	7	5	4	4	7	.261	.332	.371	703	186	564	389	68	4.7	.285
15	George Mitterwald	c	-	24	UDFA: 1965	MLB	117	369	36	82	12	2	15	46	3	5	34	84	2	6	4	0	11	.222	.291	.388	679	143	409	307	38	3.4	.248
26	Jim Holt	of-1b	-	26	UDFA: 1966	MLB	142	319	37	85	9	3	3	40	3	1	17	32	0	3	1	4	9	.266	.300	.342	642	109	341	249	34	3.7	.285
5,55	Danny Thompson	ss-3b	-	23	1968-1-11	MLB	96	302	25	66	9	0	0	22	0	0	7	39	0	0	6	3	6	.219	.234	.248	482	75	318	251	14	1.5	.248
11	Brant Alyea	of	-	29	UDFA: 1962	MLB	94	258	34	75	12	1	16	61	3	3	28	51	3	0	0	1	12	.291	.366	.531	897	137	290	199	49	6.6	.307
29	Rod Carew	1b-2b	-	24	UDFA: 1964	MLB	51	191	27	70	12	3	4	28	4	6	11	28	2	0	0	0	1	.366	.407	.524	930	100	204	128	41	8.7	.415
10	Rick Renick	3b-of	-	26	UDFA: 1965	MLB	81	179	20	41	8	0	7	25	0	2	22	29	1	0	2	0	6	.229	.317	.391	708	70	204	148	23	4.1	.238
8	Paul Ratliff	c	74	26	-	MLB	69	149	19	40	7	2	5	22	0	0	15	51	7	2	0	0	1	.268	.363	.443	806	66	171	110	24	5.8	.376
7	Frank Quilici	2b-3b	-	31	-	MLB	111	141	19	32	3	0	2	12	0	2	15	16	0	3	2	2	6	.227	.297	.291	588	41	160	121	11	2.4	.240
31	Jim Perry	p	63	34	UDFA: 1956	MLB	41	97	9	24	4	0	1	6	0	0	1	14	0	0	10	1	1	.247	.253	.320	572	31	109	85	8	2.6	.277
36	Jim Kaat	p	-	31	UDFA: 1957	MLB	56	76	17	15	1	0	1	8	0	0	6	20	1	1	4	1	2	.197	.262	.250	512	19	88	68	3	1.3	.250
4	Bob Allison	of	-	35	-	MLB	47	72	15	15	5	0	1	7	1	0	14	20	1	0	0	0	2	.208	.345	.319	664	23	87	59	8	3.9	.275
9	Charlie Manuel	of	-	26	UDFA: 1963	MLB	59	64	4	12	0	0	1	7	0	0	6	17	1	2	0	2	1	.187	.260	.234	495	15	73	55	2	1.2	.229
28	Bert Blyleven	p	-	19	1969-3-55	MLB	27	50	2	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	25	0	0	7	0	0	.140	.157	.140	297	7	58	50	-3	-1.4	.280
22	Tom Tischinski	c	-	25	-	MLB	24	46	6	9	0	0	1	2	0	0	9	6	0	1	1	0	1	.196	.327	.261	588	12	56	39	4	3.0	.205
25	Bill Zepp	p	-	23	1967-7-127	MLB	43	44	3	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	31	0	0	2	0	0	.136	.156	.136	292	6	47	40	-4	-2.4	.462
21	Tom Hall	p	-	22	1966-3-53	MLB	53	44	4	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	9	0	0	6	0	1	.182	.182	.182	364	8	50	43	0	-0.2	.229
33	Luis Tiant	p	-	29	UDFA: 1962	MLB	18	32	7	13	4	0	0	4	1	0	1	6	0	0	3	0	0	.406	.424	.531	955	17	36	22	8	9.4	.500
23	Dave Boswell	p	-	25	-	MLB	20	25	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	.160	.160	.200	360	5	25	21	-1	-0.8	.286
16	Ron Perranoski	p	-	34	UDFA: 1958	MLB	67	24	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	0	0	1	0	0	.042	.042	.042	83	1	25	24	-3	-3.8	.111
19	Herman Hill	of	-	24	-	MLB	27	22	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	1	0	0	.091	.091	.091	182	2	23	21	-2	-2.0	.125
34,39	Jim Nettles	of	-	23	1968-4-76	MLB	13	20	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.286	.250	536	5	21	16	1	1.2	.333
35	Stan Williams	p	-	33	-	MLB	68	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	19	19	-	-	.000
27	Minnie Mendoza	3b-2b	-	36	-	MLB	16	16	2	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.187	.187	.187	375	3	16	13	0	0.5	.200
37	Steve Brye	of	-	21	1967-1-17	MLB	9	11	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.308	.273	580	3	13	9	1	2.7	.286
38	Rick Dempsey	c	-	20	1967-15-296	MLB	5	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.125	.000	125	0	8	8	-	-	.000
40	Cotton Nash	1b	-	27	-	MLB	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.400	.250	650	1	5	4	0	0.9	.333
30	Hal Haydel	p	-	25	-	MLB	4	3	2	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	2.000	2667	6	3	1	3	76.8	1.000
24	Steve Barber	p	-	22	-	MLB	19	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	3	3	-	-	.000
32	Dick Woodson	p	-	25	UDFA: 1965	MLB	21	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	2	2	-	-	.000
34	Pete Hamm	p	-	22	1967-9-156	MLB	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	1	-	-	.000
Totals: (35 players)							162	5483	744	1438	230	41	153	694	57	52	501	905	42	65	79	38	132	.262	.327	.403	730	2209	6143	4346	752	4.7	.288

PITCHING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

Extra

Starting Pitcher Log

Feats

Splits Analysis

Draft Picks

#	Player	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	Bk	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	BB/SO	BABIP	GB/FB
31	Jim Perry	2	34	UDFA: 1956	MLB	24	12	3.04	40	40	13	4	0	0	278.2	258	112	94	20	57	168	3	0	1.13	8.33	0.65	1.84	5.43	0.34	.272	0.85
36	Jim Kaat	30	31	UDFA: 1957	MLB	14	10	3.56	45	34	4	1	3	0	230.1	244	110	91	26	58	120	11	0	1.31	9.53	1.02	2.27	4.69	0.48	.291	1.24
28	Bert Blyleven	19	19	1969-3-55	MLB	10	9	3.18	27	25	5	1	1	0	164.0	143	66	58	17	47	135	2	3	1.16	7.85	0.93	2.58	7.41	0.35	.272	0.96
21	Tom Hall	48	22	1966-3-53	MLB	11	6	2.55	52	11	1	0	13	4	155.1	94	46	44	11	66	184	3	0	1.03	5.45	0.64	3.82	10.66	0.36	.238	0.57
25	Bill Zepp	-	23	1967-7-127	MLB	9	4	3.22	43	20	1	1	6	2	151.0	154	63	54	9	51	64	4	0	1.36	9.18	0.54	3.04	3.81	0.80	.287	1.73
35	Stan Williams	37	33	-	MLB	10	1	1.99	68	0	0	0	36	15	113.1	85	34	25	8	32	76	2	1	1.03	6.75	0.64	2.54	6.04	0.42	.238	0.71
16	Ron Perranoski	28	34	UDFA: 1958	MLB	7	8	2.43	67	0	0	0	52	34	111.0	108	38	30	7	42	55	1	0	1.35	8.76	0.57	3.41	4.46	0.76	.285	1.33
33	Luis Tiant	-	29	UDFA: 1962	MLB	7	3	3.40	18	17	2	1	1	0	92.2	84	36	35	12	41	50	2	0	1.35	8.16	1.17	3.98	4.86	0.82	.257	0.72
23	Dave Boswell	-	25	-	MLB	3	7	6.42	18	15	0	0	1	0	68.2	80	55	49	12	44	45	3	0	1.81	10.49	1.57	5.77	5.90	0.98	.313	0.93
32	Dick Woodson	-	25	UDFA: 1965	MLB	1	2	3.82	21	0	0	0	8	1	30.2	29	18	13	2	19	22	1	0	1.57	8.51	0.59	5.58	6.46	0.86	.284	0.70
24	Steve Barber	-	22	-	MLB	0	0	4.61	18	0	0	0	10	2	27.1	26	14	14	1	18	14	4	0	1.61	8.56	0.33	5.93	4.61	1.29	.301	0.38
34	Pete Hamm	-	22	1967-9-156	MLB	0	2	5.51	10	0	0	0	3	0	16.1	17	10	10	3	7	3	1	0	1.47	9.37	1.65	3.86	1.65	2.33	.237	0.92
30	Hal Haydel	-	25	-	MLB	2	0	3.00	4	0	0	0	2	0	9.0	7	3	3	2	4	4	1	0	1.22	7.00	2.00	4.00	4.00	1.00	.200	0.83
Totals: (35 players)						98	64	3.23	162	162	26	8	136	58	1,448	1329	605	520	153	486	940	38	4	1.34	8.26	0.81	3.02	5.84	0.52	.270

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
George Mitterwald	C	117		740	62	3	8	.996	0.00
Paul Ratliff	C	53		183	11	4	4	.980	0.00
Tom Tischinski	C	22		90	7	1	0	.990	0.00
Rick Dempsey	C	3		12	0	1	0	.923	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Rich Reese	1B	146		1118	82	10	94	.992	0.00
Harmon Killebrew	1B	28		204	9	3	14	.986	0.00
Bob Allison	1B	7		36	4	2	2	.952	0.00
Jim Holt	1B	2		7	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Cotton Nash	1B	2		11	0	0	2	1.000	0.00
Rod Carew	1B	1		6	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Danny Thompson	2B	81		144	204	5	35	.986	0.00
Frank Quilici	2B	73		107	121	3	25	.987	0.00
Rod Carew	2B	45		73	122	8	26	.961	0.00
Cesar Tovar	2B	8		17	10	2	5	.931	0.00
Minnie Mendoza	2B	4		7	3	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Harmon Killebrew	3B	138		108	203	17	14	.948	0.00
Danny Thompson	3B	37		3	11	0	3	1.000	0.00
Rick Renick	3B	30		22	52	1	5	.987	0.00
Frank Quilici	3B	27		7	12	3	1	.864	0.00
Minnie Mendoza	3B	5		1	2	0	0	1.000	0.00
Cesar Tovar	3B	4		2	3	3	0	.625	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Leo Cardenas	SS	160		280	487	17	91	.978	0.00
Danny Thompson	SS	6		9	14	1	1	.958	0.00
Frank Quilici	SS	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Rick Renick	SS	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Tony Oliva	OF	157		351	12	12	4	.968	0.00
Cesar Tovar	OF	151		370	12	9	1	.977	0.00
Jim Holt	OF	130		201	2	1	0	.995	0.00
Brant Alyea	OF	75		93	4	2	0	.980	0.00
Rick Renick	OF	25		30	2	1	0	.970	0.00
Bob Allison	OF	17		18	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Herman Hill	OF	14		15	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Charlie Manuel	OF	11		7	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Jim Nettles	OF	11		8	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Steve Brye	OF	6		4	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Jim Perry	OF	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Stan Williams	P	68	113	8	8	0	0	1.000	1.27
Ron Perranoski	P	67	111	0	15	1	0	.937	1.22
Tom Hall	P	52	155	2	9	2	1	.846	0.64
Jim Kaat	P	45	230	15	43	4	5	.935	2.27
Bill Zepp	P	43	151	8	17	2	1	.926	1.49
Jim Perry	P	40	278	11	47	1	0	.983	1.88
Bert Blyleven	P	27	164	5	16	1	1	.955	1.15
Dick Woodson	P	21	30	1	6	2	1	.778	2.09
Steve Barber	P	18	27	1	3	0	0	1.000	1.33
Dave Boswell	P	18	68	6	5	0	1	1.000	1.45
Luis Tiant	P	18	92	3	14	1	2	.944	1.66
Pete Hamm	P	10	16	1	0	0	0	1.000	0.56
Hal Haydel	P	4	9	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.00

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