1972 Minnesota Twins Statistics

1971 Season 1973 Season

Record: 77-77-0, Finished 3rd in AL_West (Schedule and Results)

Managers: Bill Rigney (36-34) and Frank Quilici (41-43)

Farm Director: George Brophy

Ballpark: Metropolitan Stadium

Attendance: 797,901 (7th of 12)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 105, Pitching - 105
One-year: Batting - 106, Pitching - 106

Pythagorean W-L: 77-77, 537 Runs, 535 Runs Allowed

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Top 12 Players

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Team Batting

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Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	C	Glenn Borgmann	22	56	203	175	11	41	4	0	3	14	0	0	25	25	.234	.325	.309	.634	86	54	4	0	0	3	8
2	1B	Harmon Killebrew	36	139	532	433	53	100	13	2	26	74	0	1	94	91	.231	.367	.450	.817	138	195	16	1	0	4	12
3	2B	Rod Carew*	26	142	591	535	61	170	21	6	0	51	12	6	43	60	.318	.369	.379	.749	119	203	11	2	9	2	9
4	SS	Danny Thompson	25	144	624	573	54	158	22	6	4	48	3	4	34	57	.276	.318	.356	.674	97	204	14	2	13	2	1
5	3B	Eric Soderholm	23	93	313	287	28	54	10	0	13	39	3	3	19	48	.188	.245	.359	.604	75	103	6	3	3	1	2
6	LF	Steve Brye	23	100	272	253	18	61	9	3	0	12	3	1	17	38	.241	.292	.300	.592	73	76	5	1	1	0	1
7	CF	Bobby Darwin	29	145	562	513	48	137	20	2	22	80	2	3	38	145	.267	.326	.442	.769	123	227	24	8	1	2	4
8	RF	César Tovar	31	141	607	548	86	145	20	6	2	31	21	10	39	39	.265	.329	.334	.663	94	183	6	14	5	1	6
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
9	IF	Steve Braun*	24	121	455	402	40	116	21	0	2	50	4	5	45	38	.289	.360	.356	.716	110	143	14	2	2	4	1
10	CF	Jim Nettles*	25	102	268	235	28	48	5	2	4	15	4	3	32	52	.204	.302	.294	.596	75	69	5	1	0	0	3
11	1B	Rich Reese*	30	132	223	197	23	43	3	2	5	26	0	1	25	27	.218	.305	.330	.635	86	65	4	0	0	1	4
12	C	George Mitterwald	27	64	173	163	12	30	4	1	1	8	0	1	9	37	.184	.225	.239	.465	36	39	5	0	0	1	2
13	C	Phil Roof	31	61	158	146	16	30	11	1	3	12	0	1	6	27	.205	.235	.356	.591	71	52	1	0	5	1	0
14	OF	Charlie Manuel*	28	63	129	122	6	25	5	0	1	8	0	0	4	16	.205	.233	.270	.503	47	33	1	1	0	2	0
15	LF	Rick Renick	28	55	110	93	10	16	2	0	4	8	0	1	15	25	.172	.282	.323	.604	76	30	5	0	0	2	0
16	IF	Dan Monzon	26	55	65	55	13	15	1	0	0	5	1	0	8	12	.273	.365	.291	.656	94	16	1	0	2	0	0
17	C	Rick Dempsey	22	25	47	40	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	8	.200	.304	.225	.529	57	9	2	0	1	0	0
18	OF	Tony Oliva*	33	10	30	28	1	9	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	5	.321	.367	.357	.724	112	10	1	0	0	0	0
19	UT	Jim Holt*	28	10	28	27	6	12	1	0	1	6	0	0	0	1	.444	.429	.593	1.021	196	16	1	0	0	1	0
20	LF	Mike Adams	23	3	6	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	95	2	0	0	0	0	0
21	SS	Bucky Guth	24	3	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
22	P	Bert Blyleven	21	39	107	94	9	15	2	0	0	6	0	0	2	36	.160	.177	.181	.358	5	17	1	0	11	0	0
23	P	Dick Woodson	27	36	98	88	4	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	38	.080	.100	.080	.180	-47	7	0	0	8	0	0
24	P	Jim Perry#	36	35	80	71	3	11	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	14	.155	.187	.169	.356	5	12	0	0	5	1	0
25	P	Ray Corbin	23	34	53	49	1	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	19	.082	.118	.102	.220	-35	5	1	0	2	0	0
26	P	Jim Kaat*	33	24	47	45	3	13	3	0	2	4	0	1	1	16	.289	.304	.489	.793	129	22	0	0	1	0	0
27	P	Dave Goltz	23	15	34	29	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	17	.103	.161	.103	.265	-21	3	1	0	3	0	0
28	P	Dave LaRoche*	24	62	15	11	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	6	.091	.286	.091	.377	14	1	0	0	1	0	0
29	P	Wayne Granger	28	63	10	10	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.200	.200	.300	.500	45	3	0	0	0	0	0
30	P	Jim Strickland*	26	25	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	2	.333	.500	.333	.833	147	1	0	0	0	0	0
31	P	Bob Gebhard	29	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000				0	0	0	0	0	0
32	P	Steve Luebber	22	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
33	P	Tom Norton	22	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	27.5	154	5848	5234	537	1277	182	31	93	506	53	41	478	905	.244	.310	.344	.654	91	1800	129	35	73	28	53
		Rank in 12 AL teams				1	7	4	7	3	7		10	4	8	9	4	4	7	7		6		4		10
		Non-Pitcher Totals	27.6	154	5399	4834	515	1220	174	31	91	488	53	40	461	752	.252	.320	.358	.678	98	1729	126	35	42	27	53
		Pitcher Totals	27.0	154	449	400	22	57	8	0	2	18	0	1	17	153	.143	.177	.178	.355	4	71	3	0	31	1	0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB

Team Pitching

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Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	SP	Bert Blyleven	21	17	17	.500	2.73	39	38	1	11	3	0	287.1	247	93	87	22	69	7	228	10	1	7	1158	119	2.63	1.100	7.7	0.7	2.2	7.1	3.30
2	SP	Dick Woodson	27	14	14	.500	2.72	36	36	0	9	3	0	251.2	193	93	76	19	101	5	150	2	1	4	1033	119	3.42	1.168	6.9	0.7	3.6	5.4	1.49
3	SP	Jim Perry	36	13	16	.448	3.35	35	35	0	5	2	0	217.2	191	93	81	14	60	5	85	8	0	4	898	96	3.39	1.153	7.9	0.6	2.5	3.5	1.42
4	SP	Ray Corbin	23	8	9	.471	2.62	31	19	5	5	3	0	161.2	135	56	47	12	53	3	83	6	0	2	657	124	3.43	1.163	7.5	0.7	3.0	4.6	1.57
5	SP	Jim Kaat*	33	10	2	.833	2.06	15	15	0	5	0	0	113.1	94	36	26	6	20	2	64	0	0	2	443	157	2.49	1.006	7.5	0.5	1.6	5.1	3.20
6	SP	Dave Goltz	23	3	3	.500	2.67	15	11	2	2	0	1	91.0	75	30	27	5	26	3	38	0	1	1	368	121	3.14	1.110	7.4	0.5	2.6	3.8	1.46
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
7	CL	Wayne Granger	28	4	6	.400	3.01	63	0	40	0	0	19	89.2	83	42	30	7	28	6	45	2	0	0	378	108	3.41	1.238	8.3	0.7	2.8	4.5	1.61
8	RP	Dave LaRoche*	24	5	7	.417	2.83	62	0	43	0	0	10	95.1	72	33	30	9	39	6	79	6	1	2	396	114	3.39	1.164	6.8	0.8	3.7	7.5	2.03
9	RP	Jim Strickland*	26	3	1	.750	2.50	25	0	14	0	0	3	36.0	28	16	10	7	19	2	30	0	1	2	152	131	4.84	1.306	7.0	1.8	4.8	7.5	1.58
10	RP	Tom Norton	22	0	1	.000	2.78	21	0	7	0	0	0	32.1	31	14	10	1	14	0	22	1	0	1	139	118	2.83	1.392	8.6	0.3	3.9	6.1	1.57
11	RP	Bob Gebhard	29	0	1	.000	8.57	13	0	4	0	0	1	21.0	36	29	20	3	13	2	13	2	0	1	116	38	5.16	2.333	15.4	1.3	5.6	5.6	1.00
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
12		Steve Luebber	22	0	0		0.00	2	0	1	0	0	0	2.1	3	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	12		4.11	2.143	11.6	0.0	7.7	3.9	0.50
		Team Totals	26.7	77	77	.500	2.84	154	154	117	37	11	34	1399.1	1188	535	441	105	444	42	838	37	5	26	5750	113	3.21	1.166	7.6	0.7	2.9	5.4	1.89
		Rank in 12 AL teams		7	6		3				8	6	4	3	4	7	3	10	6		8
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W