1961 MINNESOTA TWINS

| Level: MLB

Location: Bloomington,MN
Team Record: 70-90 .437
Result: 7th in American League
Manager(s): Sam Mele, Cookie Lavagetto
General Manager: Calvin Griffith
Stadium: Metropolitan Stadium
Attendance: 1,256,723
Playoffs: Did not qualify

Minnesota Twins affiliate history

Oldest Player: Elmer Valo (40)
Youngest Player: Gary Dotter (18)
Longest Tenure:
Top Hitter: Harmon Killebrew (7)
Top Pitcher: Camilo Pascual (4)
Top Draft Pick:

Roster Continuity: 81.76%

American League Standings

Teams	W	L	Pct	GB
NY Yankees	109	53	.673	--
Detroit	101	61	.623	8.0
Baltimore	95	67	.586	14.0
Chi White Sox	86	76	.531	23.0
Cleveland	78	83	.484	30.5
Boston	76	86	.469	33.0
Minnesota	70	90	.437	38.0
LA Angels	70	91	.435	38.5
KC Athletics	61	100	.379	47.5
Washington	61	100	.379	47.5

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
7	Lenny Green	of	10	28	-	MLB	156	600	92	171	28	7	9	50	17	11	81	50	6	2	3	2	5	.285	.374	.400	774	240	692	450	106	6.4	.298
4	Bob Allison	of	14	26	-	MLB	159	556	83	136	21	3	29	105	2	7	103	100	5	1	5	8	17	.245	.363	.450	813	250	677	457	98	5.8	.246
3	Harmon Killebrew	1b-3b	7	25	UDFA: 1954	MLB	150	541	94	156	20	7	46	122	1	2	107	109	3	6	0	5	11	.288	.405	.606	1012	328	656	403	140	9.4	.281
2	Zoilo Versalles	ss	47	21	-	MLB	129	510	65	143	25	5	7	53	16	9	25	61	1	2	4	2	8	.280	.314	.390	704	199	542	390	67	4.7	.306
10	Earl Battey	c	38	26	-	MLB	133	460	70	139	24	1	17	55	3	3	53	66	3	3	5	1	18	.302	.377	.470	847	216	522	348	84	6.5	.323
23	Jim Lemon	of	53	33	-	MLB	129	423	57	109	26	1	14	52	1	1	44	98	4	2	2	6	11	.258	.329	.423	752	179	479	334	61	4.9	.300
1	Billy Martin	2b	-	33	-	MLB	108	374	44	92	15	5	6	36	3	2	13	42	3	0	5	3	9	.246	.275	.361	636	135	398	301	39	3.5	.261
13	Bill Tuttle	of	61	31	-	MLB	113	370	38	91	12	3	5	38	1	3	43	41	0	4	7	5	13	.246	.321	.335	656	124	425	307	42	3.7	.261
9	Billy Gardner	2b	-	33	-	MLB	45	154	13	36	9	0	1	11	0	0	10	14	0	1	7	0	7	.234	.280	.312	592	48	171	132	13	2.7	.252
5	Jose Valdivielso	ss	-	27	-	MLB	76	149	15	29	5	0	1	9	1	1	8	19	0	0	0	1	6	.195	.234	.248	482	37	158	128	6	1.2	.215
8	Hal Naragon	c	-	32	-	MLB	57	139	10	42	2	1	2	11	0	0	4	8	1	0	3	0	5	.302	.326	.374	700	52	147	105	17	4.5	.310
22	Dan Dobbek	of	-	26	-	MLB	72	125	12	21	3	1	4	14	1	2	13	18	2	1	0	1	2	.168	.255	.304	559	38	141	109	10	2.4	.163
6	Ted Lepcio	2b-3b	-	30	-	MLB	47	112	11	19	3	1	7	19	1	0	8	31	1	0	0	1	2	.170	.230	.402	631	45	122	96	10	2.8	.160
1	Reno Bertoia	3b-2b	82	26	-	MLB	35	104	17	22	2	0	1	8	0	0	20	12	0	1	2	2	3	.212	.333	.260	593	27	128	89	11	3.2	.226
28	Don Mincher	1b	-	23	UDFA: 1956	MLB	35	101	18	19	5	1	5	11	0	1	22	11	0	0	0	0	5	.188	.333	.406	739	41	123	88	15	4.7	.165
35	Joe Altobelli	1b-of	-	29	-	MLB	41	95	10	21	2	1	3	14	0	0	13	14	0	0	0	1	2	.221	.312	.358	670	34	109	77	12	4.1	.228
14,28	Pedro Ramos	p	-	26	-	MLB	53	93	8	16	1	0	3	11	0	0	3	42	1	0	2	1	1	.172	.204	.280	484	26	100	81	1	0.4	.265
15	Jack Kralick	p	-	26	-	MLB	33	86	8	13	0	0	1	6	0	0	2	15	0	0	6	0	1	.151	.170	.186	357	16	94	80	0	-0.1	.171
17	Camilo Pascual	p	-	27	-	MLB	35	85	4	14	3	0	0	4	0	0	5	15	0	0	5	0	5	.165	.211	.200	411	17	95	81	0	0.2	.200
29	Julio Becquer	1b	-	29	-	MLB	57	84	13	20	1	2	5	18	0	1	2	12	0	1	0	1	1	.238	.253	.476	729	40	87	67	11	4.5	.221
36	Jim Kaat	p	-	22	UDFA: 1957	MLB	47	63	10	15	3	1	0	1	0	0	4	13	1	0	3	0	2	.238	.294	.317	612	20	71	53	6	2.8	.300
32	Elmer Valo	of	-	40	-	MLB	33	32	0	5	2	0	0	4	0	0	3	3	1	1	0	0	2	.156	.250	.219	469	7	36	29	1	1.1	.172
20	Don Lee	p	-	27	-	MLB	37	30	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	11	0	0	3	1	0	.067	.065	.067	131	2	34	32	-3	-2.3	.100
11	Ron Henry	c	-	24	-	MLB	20	28	1	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	7	0	0	0	1	3	.143	.194	.143	336	4	31	28	-1	-1.3	.182
43	Al Schroll	p	-	29	-	MLB	11	18	3	5	1	0	1	3	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	.278	.350	.500	850	9	20	13	3	7.1	.308
9	Rich Rollins	3b	-	23	-	MLB	13	17	3	5	1	0	0	3	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	.294	.400	.353	753	6	20	12	3	6.7	.333
40	Bill Pleis	p	-	23	-	MLB	37	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.111	.111	222	1	9	8	-1	-2.7	.250
25	Jake Jacobs	of	-	24	-	MLB	4	8	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	500	2	8	6	0	1.3	.333
27	Chuck Stobbs	p	-	31	-	MLB	24	8	2	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.375	.444	.500	944	4	9	5	2	10.1	.500
24	Pete Whisenant	of	-	31	-	MLB	10	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.143	.000	143	0	7	6	-1	-2.3	.000
35	Ted Sadowski	p	-	25	-	MLB	15	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	6	6	-	-	.000
16	Bert Cueto	p	-	23	-	MLB	7	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	.000	.167	.000	167	0	8	7	0	-0.9	.000
6	Billy Consolo	ss-2b	-	26	-	MLB	11	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	0	0	5	6	-1	-4.2	.000
6	Jim Snyder	2b	-	28	-	MLB	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	5	5	-	-	.000
21	Ray Moore	p	-	35	-	MLB	46	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	.000	.333	.000	333	0	7	6	0	-0.8	.000
24,40	Ed Palmquist	p	-	28	-	MLB	9	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	5	5	-	-	.000
18	Danny McDevitt	p	-	28	-	MLB	16	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	3	3	-	-	.000
42	Gerry Arrigo	p	-	20	-	MLB	7	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1000	1	2	1	0	13.4	.500
18	Paul Giel	p	-	29	-	MLB	15	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1000	1	2	1	0	9.9	1.000
39	Lee Stange	p	-	24	-	MLB	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	1	-	-	.000
41	Gary Dotter	p	-	18	-	MLB	2	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: (41 players)							160	5417	707	1353	215	40	167	665	47	43	597	840	33	25	67	42	141	.250	.326	.397	723	2149	6156	4357	745	4.6	.266

PITCHING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

Extra

Starting Pitcher Log

Feats

Splits Analysis

#	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
14,28	Pedro Ramos	7	26	-	MLB	11	20	3.95	42	34	9	3	6	2	264.1	265	134	116	39	79	174	5	0	1.30	9.02	1.33	2.69	5.92	0.45	.277	0.76
17	Camilo Pascual	4	27	-	MLB	15	16	3.46	35	33	15	8	1	0	252.1	205	114	97	26	100	221	7	0	1.21	7.31	0.93	3.57	7.88	0.45	.256	1.17
15	Jack Kralick	13	26	-	MLB	13	11	3.61	33	33	11	2	0	0	242.0	257	101	97	21	64	137	4	0	1.33	9.56	0.78	2.38	5.10	0.47	.303	0.92
36	Jim Kaat	27	22	UDFA: 1957	MLB	9	17	3.90	36	29	8	1	3	0	200.2	188	105	87	12	82	122	10	1	1.35	8.43	0.54	3.68	5.47	0.67	.283	1.46
20	Don Lee	-	27	-	MLB	3	6	3.52	37	10	4	0	14	3	115.0	93	49	45	12	35	65	1	0	1.11	7.28	0.94	2.74	5.09	0.54	.236	0.92
21	Ray Moore	36	35	-	MLB	4	4	3.67	46	0	0	0	38	14	56.1	49	23	23	8	38	45	5	0	1.54	7.83	1.28	6.07	7.19	0.84	.259	0.51
40	Bill Pleis	-	23	-	MLB	4	2	4.95	37	0	0	0	16	2	56.1	59	35	31	4	34	32	1	0	1.65	9.43	0.64	5.43	5.11	1.06	.297	0.84
43	Al Schroll	-	29	-	MLB	4	4	5.22	11	8	2	0	1	0	50.0	53	36	29	5	27	24	4	0	1.60	9.54	0.90	4.86	4.32	1.13	.282	1.90
27	Chuck Stobbs	-	31	-	MLB	2	3	7.46	24	3	0	0	8	2	44.2	56	37	37	8	15	17	1	0	1.59	11.28	1.61	3.02	3.43	0.88	.310	0.46
35	Ted Sadowski	-	25	-	MLB	0	2	6.82	15	1	0	0	6	0	33.0	49	29	25	6	11	12	2	0	1.82	13.36	1.64	3.00	3.27	0.92	.350	1.00
18	Danny McDevitt	-	28	-	MLB	1	0	2.36	16	1	0	0	5	0	26.2	20	11	7	1	19	15	1	0	1.46	6.75	0.34	6.41	5.06	1.27	--	1.24
16	Bert Cueto	-	23	-	MLB	1	3	7.17	7	5	0	0	0	0	21.1	27	24	17	7	10	5	0	0	1.73	11.39	2.95	4.22	2.11	2.00	.256	0.71
24,40	Ed Palmquist	-	28	-	MLB	1	1	9.43	9	2	0	0	3	0	21.0	33	23	22	7	13	13	0	0	2.19	14.14	3.00	5.57	5.57	1.00	.361	0.92
18	Paul Giel	-	29	-	MLB	1	0	9.78	12	0	0	0	4	0	19.1	24	27	21	6	17	14	0	0	2.12	11.17	2.79	7.91	6.52	1.21	.286	1.14
39	Lee Stange	-	24	-	MLB	1	0	2.92	7	0	0	0	3	0	12.1	15	6	4	1	10	10	1	0	2.03	10.95	0.73	7.30	7.30	1.00	.350	1.00
42	Gerry Arrigo	-	20	-	MLB	0	1	10.24	7	2	0	0	3	0	9.2	9	12	11	0	10	6	0	0	1.97	8.38	0.00	9.31	5.59	1.67	.321	1.78
41	Gary Dotter	-	18	-	MLB	0	0	9.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	6.0	6	6	6	0	4	2	0	0	1.67	9.00	0.00	6.00	3.00	2.00	.300	0.60
29	Julio Becquer	-	29	-	MLB	0	0	20.25	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.1	4	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	3.75	27.00	0.00	6.75	0.00	--	.500	3.00
38	Fred Bruckbauer	-	23	-	MLB	0	0	--	1	0	0	0	0	0	--	3	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	--	--	--	--	--	--	1.000	--
Totals: (41 players)						70	90	4.28	160	160	49	14	111	23	1,432	1415	778	681	167	570	914	42	1	1.36	8.89	1.02	3.58	5.74	0.62	.287

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Earl Battey	C	131		812	60	6	9	.993	0.00
Hal Naragon	C	36		168	12	1	4	.994	0.00
Ron Henry	C	5		21	2	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Harmon Killebrew	1B	119		972	67	14	91	.987	0.00
Don Mincher	1B	29		234	18	8	28	.969	0.00
Bob Allison	1B	18		117	4	2	9	.984	0.00
Julio Becquer	1B	18		55	3	0	8	1.000	0.00
Joe Altobelli	1B	2		15	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Ron Henry	1B	1		1	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Billy Martin	2B	105		217	224	17	61	.963	0.00
Billy Gardner	2B	41		86	96	5	32	.973	0.00
Ted Lepcio	2B	22		39	51	1	18	.989	0.00
Jose Valdivielso	2B	15		16	18	1	2	.971	0.00
Rich Rollins	2B	5		3	4	0	1	1.000	0.00
Billy Consolo	2B	3		5	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Jim Snyder	2B	3		4	3	0	1	1.000	0.00
Bill Tuttle	2B	2		3	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Bill Tuttle	3B	85		66	165	14	15	.943	0.00
Harmon Killebrew	3B	45		28	75	9	10	.920	0.00
Ted Lepcio	3B	35		13	21	3	2	.919	0.00
Reno Bertoia	3B	32		22	59	9	3	.900	0.00
Jose Valdivielso	3B	14		2	2	1	0	.800	0.00
Rich Rollins	3B	4		2	6	0	1	1.000	0.00
Billy Gardner	3B	2		0	3	2	0	.600	0.00
Billy Consolo	3B	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Zoilo Versalles	SS	129		229	371	30	74	.952	0.00
Jose Valdivielso	SS	43		49	87	4	18	.971	0.00
Ted Lepcio	SS	6		0	5	2	0	.714	0.00
Billy Consolo	SS	3		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Billy Martin	SS	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Lenny Green	OF	153		356	3	8	0	.978	0.00
Bob Allison	OF	150		300	14	8	3	.975	0.00
Jim Lemon	OF	120		182	7	12	0	.940	0.00
Bill Tuttle	OF	64		72	1	1	1	.986	0.00
Dan Dobbek	OF	48		64	1	1	0	.985	0.00
Joe Altobelli	OF	25		39	0	2	0	.951	0.00
Julio Becquer	OF	5		7	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Pete Whisenant	OF	5		2	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Jake Jacobs	OF	3		2	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Harmon Killebrew	OF	2		3	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Elmer Valo	OF	1		2	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Ray Moore	P	46	56	6	6	0	0	1.000	1.93
Pedro Ramos	P	42	264	14	28	2	2	.955	1.43
Don Lee	P	37	115	8	29	2	1	.949	2.90
Bill Pleis	P	37	56	3	3	1	0	.857	0.96
Jim Kaat	P	36	200	19	41	2	8	.968	2.70
Camilo Pascual	P	35	252	14	40	1	0	.982	1.93
Jack Kralick	P	33	242	12	47	1	4	.983	2.19
Chuck Stobbs	P	24	44	3	3	0	0	1.000	1.22
Danny McDevitt	P	16	26	0	8	1	0	.889	2.75
Ted Sadowski	P	15	33	1	9	0	0	1.000	2.73
Paul Giel	P	12	19	1	5	2	0	.750	2.83
Al Schroll	P	11	50	2	8	0	0	1.000	1.80
Ed Palmquist	P	9	21	1	5	0	1	1.000	2.57
Gerry Arrigo	P	7	9	0	2	0	0	1.000	1.96
Bert Cueto	P	7	21	2	4	1	0	.857	2.56
Lee Stange	P	7	12	1	2	0	0	1.000	2.23
Gary Dotter	P	2	6	1	1	0	0	1.000	3.00
Julio Becquer	P	1	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Fred Bruckbauer	P	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00

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