Minnesota Twins History - 1970 Summary

Team Results

Year	W	L	WPct	Finish	GB	Exp Rec	Diff	Avg	ERA	Playoffs	Champion	Attendance	Expenses	Revenue
1970 Minnesota Twins	98	64	.605	1^st	-	96-66	2	.262	3.23	X		1,261,887	$0	$0

Batting Stats

Pos	Player	Age	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SH	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	VORP
CF	Cesar Tovar	29	161	650	195	36	13	10	54	120	52	8	10	6	47	30	15	.300	.356	.442	.798	0.0
RF	Tony Oliva	31	157	628	204	36	7	23	107	96	38	3	1	4	67	5	4	.325	.364	.514	.878	0.0
3B	Harmon Killebrew	34	157	527	143	20	1	41	113	96	128	2	0	8	84	0	3	.271	.411	.546	.957	0.0
SS	Leo Cardenas	31	160	588	145	34	4	11	65	67	42	4	13	2	101	2	5	.247	.300	.374	.674	0.0
1B	Rich Reese	28	153	501	131	15	5	10	56	63	48	7	4	4	70	5	4	.261	.332	.371	.703	0.0
C	George Mitterwald	25	117	369	82	12	2	15	46	36	34	2	4	0	84	3	5	.222	.291	.388	.679	0.0
LF	Jim Holt	26	142	319	85	9	3	3	40	37	17	0	1	4	32	3	1	.266	.300	.342	.642	0.0
2B	Danny Thompson	23	96	302	66	9	0	0	22	25	7	0	6	3	39	0	0	.219	.234	.248	.482	0.0
LF	Brant Alyea	29	94	258	75	12	1	16	61	34	28	3	0	1	51	3	3	.291	.366	.531	.897	0.0
2B	Rod Carew	24	51	191	70	12	3	4	28	27	11	2	0	0	28	4	6	.366	.407	.524	.930	0.0
3B	Rick Renick	26	81	179	41	8	0	7	25	20	22	1	2	0	29	0	2	.229	.317	.391	.708	0.0
C	Paul Ratliff	26	69	149	40	7	2	5	22	19	15	7	0	0	51	0	0	.268	.363	.443	.806	0.0
2B	Frank Quilici	31	111	141	32	3	0	2	12	19	15	0	2	2	16	0	2	.227	.297	.291	.588	0.0
P	Jim Perry	34	41	97	24	4	0	1	6	9	1	0	10	1	14	0	0	.247	.253	.320	.572	0.0
P	Jim Kaat	31	56	76	15	1	0	1	8	17	6	1	4	1	20	0	0	.197	.262	.250	.512	0.0
LF	Bob Allison	35	47	72	15	5	0	1	7	15	14	1	0	0	20	1	0	.208	.345	.319	.664	0.0
LF	Charlie Manuel	26	59	64	12	0	0	1	7	4	6	1	0	2	17	0	0	.188	.260	.234	.495	0.0
P	Bert Blyleven	19	27	50	7	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	7	0	25	0	0	.140	.157	.140	.297	0.0
C	Tom Tischinski	25	24	46	9	0	0	1	2	6	9	0	1	0	6	0	0	.196	.327	.261	.588	0.0
P	Tom Hall	22	53	44	8	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	6	0	9	0	0	.182	.182	.182	.364	0.0
P	Bill Zepp	23	43	44	6	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	2	0	31	0	0	.136	.156	.136	.292	0.0
P	Luis Tiant	29	18	32	13	4	0	0	4	7	1	0	3	0	6	1	0	.406	.424	.531	.955	0.0
P	Dave Boswell	25	20	25	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	.160	.160	.200	.360	0.0
P	Ron Perranoski	34	67	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	15	0	0	.042	.042	.042	.083	0.0
CF	Herman Hill	24	27	22	2	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	.091	.091	.091	.182	0.0
LF	Jim Nettles	23	13	20	5	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	5	0	1	.250	.286	.250	.536	0.0
P	Stan Williams	33	68	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0
3B	Minnie Mendoza	36	16	16	3	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.188	.188	.188	.375	0.0
LF	Steve Brye	21	9	11	2	1	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	.182	.308	.273	.580	0.0
C	Rick Dempsey	20	5	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.125	.000	.125	0.0
1B	Cotton Nash	27	4	4	1	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	.250	.400	.250	.650	0.0
P	Hal Haydel	25	4	3	2	1	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.667	.667	2.000	2.667	0.0
P	Steve Barber	22	19	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0
P	Dick Woodson	25	21	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0
P	Pete Hamm	22	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0
35 Players		28.7	2200	5483	1438	230	41	153	694	744	501	42	79	38	905	57	52	.262	.327	.403	.730	0.0

Pitching Stats

Player	Age	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	HLD	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	VORP
Jim Perry	34	40	40	24	12	0	3.04	278.7	258	112	94	20	57	168	0	13	4	1.13	.271	0.0
Jim Kaat	31	45	34	14	10	0	3.56	230.3	244	110	91	26	58	120	0	4	1	1.31	.288	0.0
Bert Blyleven	19	27	25	10	9	0	3.18	164.0	143	66	58	17	47	135	0	5	1	1.16	.269	0.0
Tom Hall	22	52	11	11	6	4	2.55	155.3	94	46	44	11	66	184	0	1	0	1.03	.236	0.0
Bill Zepp	23	43	20	9	4	2	3.22	151.0	154	63	54	9	51	64	0	1	1	1.36	.284	0.0
Stan Williams	33	68	0	10	1	15	1.99	113.3	85	34	25	8	32	76	0	0	0	1.03	.235	0.0
Ron Perranoski	34	67	0	7	8	34	2.43	111.0	108	38	30	7	42	55	0	0	0	1.35	.281	0.0
Luis Tiant	29	18	17	7	3	0	3.40	92.7	84	36	35	12	41	50	0	2	1	1.35	.253	0.0
Dave Boswell	25	18	15	3	7	0	6.42	68.7	80	55	49	12	44	45	0	0	0	1.81	.311	0.0
Dick Woodson	25	21	0	1	2	1	3.82	30.7	29	18	13	2	19	22	0	0	0	1.57	.276	0.0
Steve Barber	22	18	0	0	0	2	4.61	27.3	26	14	14	1	18	14	0	0	0	1.61	.284	0.0
Pete Hamm	22	10	0	0	2	0	5.51	16.3	17	10	10	3	7	3	0	0	0	1.47	.241	0.0
Hal Haydel	25	4	0	2	0	0	3.00	9.0	7	3	3	2	4	4	0	0	0	1.22	.185	0.0
13 Pitchers	28.0	431	162	98	64	58	3.23	1448.3	1329	605	520	130	486	940	0	26	8	1.25	.271	0.0

Fielding Stats

Pitchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Range
Jim Perry	40	40	11	47	0	59	1	.983	278.7	1.87
Jim Kaat	45	34	15	43	5	62	4	.935	230.3	2.27
Bert Blyleven	27	25	5	16	1	22	1	.955	164.0	1.15
Tom Hall	52	11	2	9	1	13	2	.846	155.3	0.64
Bill Zepp	43	20	8	17	1	27	2	.926	151.0	1.49
Stan Williams	68	0	8	8	0	16	0	1.000	113.3	1.27
Ron Perranoski	67	0	0	15	0	16	1	.938	111.0	1.22
Luis Tiant	18	17	3	14	2	18	1	.944	92.7	1.65
Dave Boswell	18	15	6	5	1	11	0	1.000	68.7	1.44
Dick Woodson	21	0	1	6	1	9	2	.778	30.7	2.05
Steve Barber	18	0	1	3	0	4	0	1.000	27.3	1.32
Pete Hamm	10	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	16.3	0.55
Hal Haydel	4	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.000	9.0	1.00
Totals	431	162	61	184	12	259	14	.946	1448.3	1.52

Catchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Range	PB	RTO%
George Mitterwald	117	0	740	62	8	805	3	.996	936.0	7.71	8	0.0
Paul Ratliff	53	0	183	11	4	198	4	.980	424.0	4.12	2	0.0
Tom Tischinski	22	0	90	7	0	98	1	.990	176.0	4.96	1	0.0
Rick Dempsey	3	0	12	0	0	13	1	.923	24.0	4.50	0	0.0
Totals	195	0	1025	80	12	1114	9	.992	1560.0	6.38	11	0.0

First Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Range
Rich Reese	146	0	1118	82	94	1210	10	.992	1168.0	9.25
Harmon Killebrew	28	0	204	9	14	216	3	.986	224.0	8.56
Bob Allison	7	0	36	4	2	42	2	.952	56.0	6.43
Cotton Nash	2	0	11	0	2	11	0	1.000	16.0	6.19
Jim Holt	2	0	7	0	0	7	0	1.000	16.0	3.94
Rod Carew	1	0	6	0	0	6	0	1.000	8.0	6.75
Totals	186	0	1382	95	112	1492	15	.990	1488.0	8.93

Second Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Range
Danny Thompson	81	0	144	204	35	353	5	.986	648.0	4.83
Frank Quilici	73	0	107	121	25	231	3	.987	584.0	3.51
Rod Carew	45	0	73	122	26	203	8	.961	360.0	4.88
Cesar Tovar	8	0	17	10	5	29	2	.931	64.0	3.80
Minnie Mendoza	4	0	7	3	0	10	0	1.000	32.0	2.81
Totals	211	0	348	460	91	826	18	.978	1688.0	4.31

Third Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Range
Harmon Killebrew	138	0	108	203	14	328	17	.948	1104.0	2.54
Danny Thompson	37	0	3	11	3	14	0	1.000	296.0	0.43
Rick Renick	30	0	22	52	5	75	1	.987	240.0	2.77
Frank Quilici	27	0	7	12	1	22	3	.864	216.0	0.79
Minnie Mendoza	5	0	1	2	0	3	0	1.000	40.0	0.67
Cesar Tovar	4	0	2	3	0	8	3	.625	32.0	1.41
Totals	241	0	143	283	23	450	24	.947	1928.0	1.99

Shortstops
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Range
Leo Cardenas	160	0	280	487	91	784	17	.978	1280.0	5.39
Danny Thompson	6	0	9	14	1	24	1	.958	48.0	4.31
Frank Quilici	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	8.0	0.00
Rick Renick	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	8.0	0.00
Totals	168	0	289	501	92	808	18	.978	1344.0	5.29

Left Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Range
Jim Holt	76	0	118	1	0	120	1	.992	608.0	1.76
Brant Alyea	73	0	91	4	0	97	2	.979	584.0	1.46
Cesar Tovar	39	0	96	3	0	101	2	.980	312.0	2.86
Rick Renick	25	0	30	2	0	33	1	.970	200.0	1.44
Bob Allison	12	0	13	0	0	13	0	1.000	96.0	1.22
Charlie Manuel	9	0	6	0	0	6	0	1.000	72.0	0.75
Steve Brye	6	0	4	0	0	4	0	1.000	48.0	0.75
Jim Nettles	5	0	4	0	0	4	0	1.000	40.0	0.90
Herman Hill	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	16.0	1.12
Jim Perry	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	8.0	0.00
Totals	248	0	364	10	0	380	6	.984	1984.0	1.70

Center Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Range
Cesar Tovar	134	0	328	11	1	347	8	.977	1072.0	2.85
Jim Holt	52	0	80	1	0	81	0	1.000	416.0	1.75
Herman Hill	10	0	11	1	0	12	0	1.000	80.0	1.35
Tony Oliva	3	0	7	0	0	7	0	1.000	24.0	2.62
Rick Renick	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	8.0	1.12
Jim Nettles	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	8.0	1.12
Bob Allison	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	8.0	1.12
Totals	202	0	429	13	1	450	8	.982	1616.0	2.46

Right Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Range
Tony Oliva	154	0	344	12	4	368	12	.967	1232.0	2.60
Jim Nettles	5	0	4	0	0	4	0	1.000	40.0	0.90
Jim Holt	4	0	6	0	0	6	0	1.000	32.0	1.69
Bob Allison	4	0	4	0	0	4	0	1.000	32.0	1.12
Herman Hill	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	16.0	1.12
Cesar Tovar	2	0	5	0	0	5	0	1.000	16.0	2.81
Charlie Manuel	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	16.0	0.56
Brant Alyea	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	16.0	1.12
Steve Brye	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	8.0	1.12
Totals	176	0	369	12	4	393	12	.969	1408.0	2.44

Team Leaders

Batting Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Batting Average	Tony Oliva	.325
On-Base Percentage	Harmon Killebrew	.411
Slugging Percentage	Harmon Killebrew	.546
OPS	Harmon Killebrew	.957
Games	Cesar Tovar	161
At-Bats	Cesar Tovar	650
Runs	Cesar Tovar	120
Hits	Tony Oliva	204
Doubles	Cesar Tovar, Tony Oliva	36
Triples	Cesar Tovar	13
Home Runs	Harmon Killebrew	41
Runs Batted In	Harmon Killebrew	113
Stolen Bases	Cesar Tovar	30
Caught Stealing	Cesar Tovar	15
Walks	Harmon Killebrew	128
Strikeouts	Leo Cardenas	101

Pitching Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Wins	Jim Perry	24
Losses	Jim Perry	12
Saves	Ron Perranoski	34
Games	Stan Williams	68
Games Started	Jim Perry	40
Complete Games	Jim Perry	13
Shutouts	Jim Perry	4
Innings Pitched	Jim Perry	278.7
Hits Allowed	Jim Perry	258
Home Runs Allowed	Jim Kaat	26
Strikeouts	Tom Hall	184
Walks Allowed	Tom Hall	66
Earned Run Average	Jim Perry	3.04
Walks + Hits per IP	Jim Perry	1.13
BABIP	Bert Blyleven	.269