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1965 Minnesota Twins (MLB)
+ American League
| Nickname: | |||
| W-L Record: | 102-60 .630 | ||
| Rank: | 1st in American League | ||
| Run Differential: | 774-600 + 174 | ||
| Manager(s): | Sam Mele | ||
| General Manager: | Calvin Griffith | ||
| Location: | Minneapolis, Minnesota | ||
| Ballpark: | Metropolitan Stadium | ||
| Attendance: | 1,463,258 5/20 | ||
| Playoffs: | Lost World Series (Dodgers) | ||
| Top Draft Pick: | Eddie Leon (#9) All picks | ||
| Years Active: | |||
| Franchise Information | |||
Coaching Staff
Assistant Coach: Jim LemonAssistant Coach: Billy Martin
Bullpen Coach: Hal Naragon
Pitching Coach: Johnny Sain
#1 Draft Picks
Organization Affiliates
MLB: Minnesota Twins (MLB-AL) 102-60Organizational Player Roster
Minnesota Twins Affiliate History
| American League Standings | |||||||||
| Team | W | L | WPct | GBL | |||||
| Minnesota | 102 | 60 | .630 | -- | |||||
| Chi White Sox | 95 | 67 | .586 | 7.0 | |||||
| Baltimore | 94 | 68 | .580 | 8.0 | |||||
| Detroit | 89 | 73 | .549 | 13.0 | |||||
| Cleveland | 87 | 75 | .537 | 15.0 | |||||
| NY Yankees | 77 | 85 | .475 | 25.0 | |||||
| California | 75 | 87 | .463 | 27.0 | |||||
| Washington | 70 | 92 | .432 | 32.0 | |||||
| Boston | 62 | 100 | .383 | 40.0 | |||||
| KC Athletics | 59 | 103 | .364 | 43.0 | |||||
| Batting Statistics |
| # | Player | Pos | Age | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | HBP | IBB | SH | SF | GDP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | ISO | secA | Babip | K/BB | AB/HR | TB | PA |
| 8 | Bernie Allen | 2B | 26 | 19 | 39 | 2 | 9 *Loading* (click to close) | 2 *Loading* (click to close) | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .231 | .326 | .282 | 608 | .051 | .205 | .281 | 1.33 | -- | 11 | 46 |
| 4 | Bob Allison | OF | 30 | 135 | 438 | 71 | 102 *Loading* (click to close) | 14 *Loading* (click to close) | 5 *Loading* (click to close) | 23 *Loading* (click to close) | 78 | 10 | 2 | 73 | 114 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | .233 | .339 | .445 | 784 | .212 | .397 | .258 | 1.56 | 19.0 | 195 | 517 |
| 10 | Earl Battey | C | 30 | 131 | 394 | 36 | 117 *Loading* (click to close) | 22 *Loading* (click to close) | 2 *Loading* (click to close) | 6 *Loading* (click to close) | 60 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 23 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 7 | .297 | .372 | .409 | 781 | .112 | .239 | .300 | 0.46 | 65.7 | 161 | 454 |
| 23 | Dave Boswell | P | 20 | 36 | 38 | 7 | 12 *Loading* (click to close) | 0 | 1 *Loading* (click to close) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .316 | .333 | .368 | 701 | .053 | .079 | .375 | 6.00 | -- | 14 | 39 |
| 26 | Jerry Fosnow | P | 24 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -- | -- | 0 | 5 |
| 33 | Mudcat Grant | P | 29 | 50 | 97 | 13 | 15 *Loading* (click to close) | 3 *Loading* (click to close) | 2 *Loading* (click to close) | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | .155 | .212 | .227 | 439 | .072 | .144 | .214 | 3.86 | -- | 22 | 109 |
| 7 | Jimmie Hall | OF | 27 | 148 | 522 | 81 | 149 *Loading* (click to close) | 25 *Loading* (click to close) | 4 *Loading* (click to close) | 20 *Loading* (click to close) | 86 | 14 | 7 | 51 | 79 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6 | .285 | .345 | .464 | 809 | .178 | .289 | .301 | 1.55 | 26.1 | 242 | 579 |
| 36 | Jim Kaat | P | 26 | 56 | 93 | 6 | 23 *Loading* (click to close) | 4 *Loading* (click to close) | 0 | 1 *Loading* (click to close) | 9 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .247 | .265 | .323 | 588 | .075 | .129 | .338 | 9.67 | 93.0 | 30 | 101 |
| 3 | Harmon Killebrew | 1B-3B | 29 | 113 | 401 | 78 | 108 *Loading* (click to close) | 16 *Loading* (click to close) | 1 *Loading* (click to close) | 25 *Loading* (click to close) | 75 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 69 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .269 | .379 | .501 | 880 | .232 | .411 | .269 | 0.96 | 16.0 | 201 | 475 |
| 16 | Jerry Kindall | 2B | 30 | 125 | 342 | 41 | 67 *Loading* (click to close) | 12 *Loading* (click to close) | 1 *Loading* (click to close) | 6 *Loading* (click to close) | 36 | 2 | 2 | 36 | 97 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 6 | .196 | .268 | .289 | 557 | .094 | .199 | .249 | 2.69 | 57.0 | 99 | 392 |
| 27 | Johnny Klippstein | P | 37 | 56 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .111 | .000 | 111 | .000 | .125 | .000 | 3.00 | -- | 0 | 11 |
| 8 | Andy Kosco | OF | 23 | 23 | 55 | 3 | 13 *Loading* (click to close) | 4 *Loading* (click to close) | 0 | 1 *Loading* (click to close) | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .236 | .241 | .364 | 605 | .127 | .145 | .293 | 15.00 | 55.0 | 20 | 58 |
| 11 | Frank Kostro | 2B-3B | 27 | 20 | 31 | 2 | 5 *Loading* (click to close) | 2 *Loading* (click to close) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .161 | .250 | .226 | 476 | .065 | .194 | .185 | 1.25 | -- | 7 | 36 |
| 26 | Jim Merritt | P | 21 | 16 | 22 | 1 | 3 *Loading* (click to close) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .136 | .208 | .136 | 344 | .000 | .091 | .375 | 7.00 | -- | 3 | 25 |
| 5 | Don Mincher | 1B | 27 | 128 | 346 | 43 | 87 *Loading* (click to close) | 17 *Loading* (click to close) | 3 *Loading* (click to close) | 22 *Loading* (click to close) | 65 | 1 | 3 | 49 | 73 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 3 | .251 | .341 | .509 | 850 | .257 | .393 | .255 | 1.49 | 15.7 | 176 | 401 |
| 29 | Mel Nelson | P | 29 | 28 | 9 | 0 | 1 *Loading* (click to close) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .111 | .111 | .111 | 222 | .000 | .000 | .250 | -- | -- | 1 | 10 |
| 24 | Joe Nossek | OF | 24 | 87 | 170 | 19 | 37 *Loading* (click to close) | 9 *Loading* (click to close) | 0 | 2 *Loading* (click to close) | 16 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | .218 | .246 | .306 | 552 | .088 | .141 | .236 | 3.14 | 85.0 | 52 | 182 |
| 6 | Tony Oliva | OF | 26 | 149 | 576 | 107 | 185 *Loading* (click to close) | 40 *Loading* (click to close) | 5 *Loading* (click to close) | 16 *Loading* (click to close) | 98 | 19 | 9 | 55 | 64 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 8 | .321 | .374 | .491 | 865 | .170 | .283 | .334 | 1.16 | 36.0 | 283 | 643 |
| 17 | Camilo Pascual | P | 31 | 27 | 60 | 7 | 12 *Loading* (click to close) | 1 *Loading* (click to close) | 0 | 2 *Loading* (click to close) | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .200 | .226 | .317 | 543 | .117 | .150 | .200 | 4.00 | 30.0 | 19 | 64 |
| 31 | Jim Perry | P | 29 | 36 | 53 | 3 | 9 *Loading* (click to close) | 1 *Loading* (click to close) | 1 *Loading* (click to close) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .170 | .185 | .226 | 411 | .057 | .075 | .243 | 16.00 | -- | 12 | 58 |
| 19 | Bill Pleis | P | 27 | 41 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -- | -- | 0 | 8 |
| 11 | Frank Quilici | 2B | 26 | 56 | 149 | 16 | 31 *Loading* (click to close) | 5 *Loading* (click to close) | 1 *Loading* (click to close) | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | .208 | .280 | .255 | 535 | .047 | .148 | .267 | 2.20 | -- | 38 | 168 |
| 13 | Rich Reese | 1B | 23 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 2 *Loading* (click to close) | 1 *Loading* (click to close) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .286 | .444 | .429 | 873 | .143 | .429 | .400 | 1.00 | -- | 3 | 9 |
| 30 | Garry Roggenburk | P | 25 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .250 | .000 | 250 | .000 | .333 | .000 | 1.00 | -- | 0 | 6 |
| 9 | Rich Rollins | 3B | 27 | 140 | 469 | 59 | 117 *Loading* (click to close) | 22 *Loading* (click to close) | 1 *Loading* (click to close) | 5 *Loading* (click to close) | 32 | 4 | 0 | 37 | 54 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 13 | .249 | .303 | .333 | 636 | .083 | .171 | .272 | 1.46 | 93.8 | 156 | 518 |
| 20,25,41 | John Sevcik | C | 22 | 12 | 16 | 1 | 1 *Loading* (click to close) | 1 *Loading* (click to close) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .062 | .118 | .125 | 243 | .062 | .125 | .091 | 5.00 | -- | 2 | 18 |
| 25 | Dwight Siebler | P | 27 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -- | -- | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Dick Stigman | P | 29 | 33 | 15 | 0 | 2 *Loading* (click to close) | 1 *Loading* (click to close) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .133 | .133 | .200 | 333 | .067 | .067 | .250 | -- | -- | 3 | 16 |
| 12 | Cesar Tovar | 2B | 24 | 18 | 25 | 3 | 5 *Loading* (click to close) | 1 *Loading* (click to close) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .259 | .240 | 499 | .040 | .200 | .227 | 1.50 | -- | 6 | 27 |
| 34 | Ted Uhlaender | OF | 24 | 13 | 22 | 1 | 4 *Loading* (click to close) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .182 | .182 | .182 | 364 | .000 | .045 | .200 | -- | -- | 4 | 22 |
| 28,47 | Sandy Valdespino | OF | 26 | 108 | 245 | 38 | 64 *Loading* (click to close) | 8 *Loading* (click to close) | 2 *Loading* (click to close) | 1 *Loading* (click to close) | 22 | 7 | 4 | 20 | 28 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | .261 | .313 | .322 | 635 | .061 | .155 | .288 | 1.40 | 245.0 | 79 | 271 |
| 2 | Zoilo Versalles | SS | 25 | 160 | 666 | 126 | 182 *Loading* (click to close) | 45 *Loading* (click to close) | 12 *Loading* (click to close) | 19 *Loading* (click to close) | 77 | 27 | 5 | 41 | 122 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 7 | .273 | .312 | .462 | 774 | .189 | .284 | .306 | 2.98 | 35.1 | 308 | 721 |
| 15 | Al Worthington | P | 36 | 62 | 10 | 1 | 1 *Loading* (click to close) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .100 | .250 | .100 | 350 | .000 | .200 | .167 | 2.00 | -- | 1 | 14 |
| 22 | Jerry Zimmerman | C | 30 | 83 | 154 | 8 | 33 *Loading* (click to close) | 1 *Loading* (click to close) | 1 *Loading* (click to close) | 1 *Loading* (click to close) | 11 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 23 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 6 | .214 | .271 | .253 | 524 | .039 | .117 | .246 | 1.92 | 154.0 | 39 | 174 |
| Pitching Statistics |
| # | Player | W | L | ERA | G | GS | CG | SHO | GF | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | SO | WP | BK | HB | WHIP | H9 | HR9 | BB9 | SO9 | K/BB | BABIP |
| 23 | Dave Boswell | 6 | 5 | 3.40 | 27 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 106 | 77 | 43 | 40 | 20 | 46 | 85 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1.16 | 6.54 | 1.70 | 3.91 | 7.22 | 1.85 | .209 |
| 18 | Dick Stigman | 4 | 2 | 4.37 | 33 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 70 | 59 | 34 | 34 | 14 | 33 | 70 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.31 | 7.59 | 1.80 | 4.24 | 9.00 | 2.12 | .256 |
| 25 | Dwight Siebler | 0 | 0 | 4.20 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.47 | 6.60 | 1.20 | 6.60 | 9.00 | 1.36 | .225 |
| 30 | Garry Roggenburk | 1 | 0 | 3.43 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 21 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.57 | 9.00 | 0.43 | 5.14 | 2.57 | 0.50 | .278 |
| 19 | Bill Pleis | 4 | 4 | 3.00 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 51 | 49 | 20 | 17 | 3 | 27 | 33 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1.49 | 8.65 | 0.53 | 4.76 | 5.82 | 1.22 | .287 |
| 31 | Jim Perry | 12 | 7 | 2.62 | 36 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 167 | 142 | 57 | 49 | 18 | 47 | 88 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1.12 | 7.61 | 0.96 | 2.52 | 4.71 | 1.87 | .245 |
| 17 | Camilo Pascual | 9 | 3 | 3.35 | 27 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 156 | 126 | 67 | 58 | 12 | 63 | 96 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1.21 | 7.27 | 0.69 | 3.63 | 5.54 | 1.52 | .242 |
| 29 | Mel Nelson | 0 | 4 | 4.09 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 54 | 57 | 29 | 25 | 7 | 23 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1.45 | 9.33 | 1.15 | 3.76 | 5.07 | 1.35 | .278 |
| 26 | Jim Merritt | 5 | 4 | 3.16 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 76 | 68 | 29 | 27 | 11 | 20 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.14 | 7.95 | 1.29 | 2.34 | 7.13 | 3.05 | .268 |
| 27 | Johnny Klippstein | 9 | 3 | 2.25 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 5 | 76 | 59 | 22 | 19 | 8 | 31 | 59 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1.18 | 6.99 | 0.95 | 3.67 | 6.99 | 1.90 | .249 |
| 36 | Jim Kaat | 18 | 11 | 2.83 | 45 | 42 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 264 | 267 | 121 | 83 | 25 | 63 | 154 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1.25 | 9.10 | 0.85 | 2.15 | 5.25 | 2.44 | .283 |
| 33 | Mudcat Grant | 21 | 7 | 3.30 | 41 | 39 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 270 | 252 | 107 | 99 | 34 | 61 | 142 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.16 | 8.40 | 1.13 | 2.03 | 4.73 | 2.33 | .258 |
| 26 | Jerry Fosnow | 3 | 3 | 4.40 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 46 | 33 | 29 | 23 | 7 | 25 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.23 | 6.32 | 1.34 | 4.79 | 6.70 | 1.40 | .202 |
| 35 | Pete Cimino | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -- | .000 |
| 15 | Al Worthington | 10 | 7 | 2.14 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 21 | 80 | 57 | 25 | 19 | 4 | 41 | 59 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1.22 | 6.41 | 0.45 | 4.61 | 6.64 | 1.44 | .249 |