1966 MINNESOTA TWINS

| Level: MLB

Location: Bloomington,MN
Team Record: 89-73 .549
Result: 2nd in American League
Manager(s): Sam Mele
General Manager: Calvin Griffith
Stadium: Metropolitan Stadium
Attendance: 1,259,374
Playoffs: Did not qualify

Minnesota Twins affiliate history

Oldest Player: Johnny Klippstein (38)
Youngest Player: George Mitterwald (20)
Longest Tenure: Camilo Pascual, Jim Kaat, Harmon Killebrew, Don Mincher, Earl Battey, Bob Allison, Bill Pleis, Rich Rollins, Zoilo Versalles (6)
Top Hitter: Harmon Killebrew (2)
Top Pitcher: Jim Kaat (1)
Top Draft Pick: Bob Jones (#20)

Roster Continuity: 82.64%

American League Standings

Teams	W	L	Pct	GB
Baltimore	97	63	.606	--
Minnesota	89	73	.549	9.0
Detroit	88	74	.543	10.0
Chi White Sox	83	79	.512	15.0
Cleveland	81	81	.500	17.0
California	80	82	.494	18.0
KC Athletics	74	86	.462	23.0
Washington	71	88	.447	25.5
Boston	72	90	.444	26.0
NY Yankees	70	89	.440	26.5

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
6	Tony Oliva	of	3	27	UDFA: 1961	MLB	159	622	99	191	32	7	25	87	13	7	42	72	5	10	2	6	16	.307	.353	.502	854	312	677	462	117	6.9	.313
3	Harmon Killebrew	1b-3b	2	30	UDFA: 1954	MLB	162	569	89	160	27	1	39	110	0	2	103	98	2	18	0	3	12	.281	.391	.538	929	306	677	426	127	8.1	.278
2	Zoilo Versalles	ss	42	26	-	MLB	137	543	73	135	20	6	7	36	10	12	40	85	7	2	3	3	11	.249	.307	.346	653	188	596	437	58	3.6	.282
12	Cesar Tovar	of-3b	29	25	UDFA: 1959	MLB	134	465	57	121	19	5	2	41	16	6	44	50	4	1	7	7	7	.260	.325	.335	660	156	527	371	59	4.3	.283
5	Don Mincher	1b	40	28	UDFA: 1956	MLB	139	431	53	108	30	0	14	62	3	2	58	68	2	9	3	3	13	.251	.340	.418	758	180	497	344	66	5.2	.267
16,34	Ted Uhlaender	of	72	25	UDFA: 1961	MLB	105	367	39	83	12	2	2	22	10	2	27	33	1	1	6	2	4	.226	.280	.286	566	105	403	298	33	3.0	.243
10	Earl Battey	c	-	31	-	MLB	115	364	30	93	12	1	4	34	4	1	43	30	3	7	0	2	15	.255	.337	.327	664	119	412	289	43	4.0	.268
7	Jimmie Hall	of	79	28	-	MLB	120	356	52	85	7	4	20	47	1	2	33	66	0	5	0	2	14	.239	.302	.449	751	160	391	289	47	4.4	.239
11,21	Bernie Allen	2b	-	27	UDFA: 1961	MLB	101	319	34	76	18	1	5	30	2	3	26	40	2	5	2	1	10	.238	.299	.348	647	111	350	259	34	3.5	.258
9	Rich Rollins	3b	-	28	-	MLB	90	269	30	66	7	1	10	40	0	2	13	34	4	1	3	4	9	.245	.286	.390	677	105	293	221	30	3.7	.245
4	Bob Allison	of	-	31	-	MLB	70	168	34	37	6	1	8	19	6	0	30	34	3	2	0	2	2	.220	.345	.411	756	69	203	135	28	5.6	.227
8	Andy Kosco	of	-	24	UDFA: 1959	MLB	57	158	11	35	5	0	2	13	0	1	7	31	0	1	3	2	4	.222	.251	.291	543	46	170	133	9	1.8	.260
22	Jerry Zimmerman	c	-	31	-	MLB	60	119	11	30	4	1	1	15	0	0	15	23	1	4	0	1	4	.252	.338	.328	666	39	136	94	13	3.7	.302
36	Jim Kaat	p	-	27	UDFA: 1957	MLB	47	118	12	23	2	1	2	13	0	0	5	41	0	0	1	0	1	.195	.228	.280	507	33	124	97	4	1.1	.280
47	Sandy Valdespino	of	-	27	-	MLB	52	108	11	19	1	1	2	9	2	2	4	24	1	0	0	1	5	.176	.211	.259	470	28	114	97	2	0.5	.205
20	Russ Nixon	c	-	31	-	MLB	51	96	5	25	2	1	0	7	0	0	7	13	1	3	1	1	2	.260	.314	.302	616	29	106	75	9	3.3	.298
33	Mudcat Grant	p	53	30	-	MLB	35	78	5	15	5	0	0	10	0	0	3	23	0	0	10	1	3	.192	.220	.256	476	20	92	77	2	0.8	.268
23	Dave Boswell	p	-	21	-	MLB	32	63	4	9	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	18	1	0	2	0	2	.143	.156	.159	315	10	66	58	-2	-1.1	.200
31	Jim Perry	p	-	30	UDFA: 1956	MLB	33	59	5	13	4	0	1	7	0	0	5	18	1	0	2	1	0	.220	.288	.339	627	20	68	49	6	3.2	.293
26	Jim Merritt	p	-	22	UDFA: 1962	MLB	31	39	2	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	4	16	0	0	2	1	1	.103	.182	.128	310	5	46	39	-2	-1.1	.167
17	Camilo Pascual	p	-	32	-	MLB	21	37	3	8	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	1	0	1	0	3	.216	.237	.243	480	9	39	33	1	0.6	.250
15	Al Worthington	p	-	37	-	MLB	65	11	2	3	3	0	0	3	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.273	.545	818	6	11	8	2	5.7	.600
25	Dwight Siebler	p	-	28	-	MLB	23	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.154	.000	154	0	13	11	-1	-2.8	.000
35	Pete Cimino	p	-	23	-	MLB	35	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.143	.000	143	0	8	7	-1	-2.7	.000
29	George Mitterwald	c	-	20	UDFA: 1965	MLB	3	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	400	1	5	4	0	1.1	.200
27	Johnny Klippstein	p	-	38	-	MLB	26	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	3	3	-	-	.000
30	Jim Ollom	p	-	20	-	MLB	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	2	2	-	-	.000
18	Rich Reese	1b	-	24	UDFA: 1962	MLB	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.333	.000	333	0	3	2	0	-1.6	.000
24,34	Ron Clark	3b-ss	-	23	-	MLB	5	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.000	.500	1.000	1500	1	2	1	1	17.7	.500
35	Ron Keller	p	-	23	1965-8-154	MLB	3	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: (30 players)							162	5390	663	1341	219	33	144	611	67	42	513	844	39	69	49	44	138	.249	.316	.382	698	2058	6035	4322	682	4.3	.269

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
36	Jim Kaat	1	27	UDFA: 1957	MLB	25	13	2.75	41	41	19	3	0	0	304.2	271	114	93	29	55	205	12	0	1.07	8.01	0.86	1.62	6.06	0.27	.263	1.16
33	Mudcat Grant	11	30	-	MLB	13	13	3.25	35	35	10	3	0	0	249.0	248	104	90	23	49	110	5	0	1.19	8.96	0.83	1.77	3.98	0.45	.274	1.15
31	Jim Perry	20	30	UDFA: 1956	MLB	11	7	2.54	33	25	8	1	2	0	184.1	149	61	52	17	53	122	6	0	1.10	7.27	0.83	2.59	5.96	0.43	.248	0.72
23	Dave Boswell	13	21	-	MLB	12	5	3.14	28	21	8	1	3	0	169.1	120	66	59	19	65	173	12	0	1.09	6.38	1.01	3.45	9.19	0.38	.242	1.02
26	Jim Merritt	48	22	UDFA: 1962	MLB	7	14	3.38	31	18	5	1	5	3	144.0	112	57	54	17	33	124	4	0	1.01	7.00	1.06	2.06	7.75	0.27	.245	0.76
17	Camilo Pascual	-	32	-	MLB	8	6	4.89	21	19	2	0	1	0	103.0	113	63	56	9	30	56	3	1	1.39	9.87	0.79	2.62	4.89	0.54	.305	1.25
15	Al Worthington	28	37	-	MLB	6	3	2.46	65	0	0	0	46	16	91.1	66	26	25	6	27	93	5	0	1.02	6.50	0.59	2.66	9.16	0.29	.256	1.04
35	Pete Cimino	-	23	-	MLB	2	5	2.92	35	0	0	0	16	4	64.2	53	27	21	4	30	57	4	0	1.28	7.38	0.56	4.18	7.93	0.53	.275	0.64
25	Dwight Siebler	-	28	-	MLB	2	2	3.44	23	2	0	0	9	1	49.2	47	26	19	6	14	24	0	0	1.23	8.52	1.09	2.54	4.35	0.58	.263	0.70
27	Johnny Klippstein	-	38	-	MLB	1	1	3.40	26	0	0	0	16	3	39.2	35	15	15	2	20	26	1	0	1.39	7.94	0.45	4.54	5.90	0.77	.277	1.50
30	Garry Roggenburk	-	26	-	MLB	1	2	5.84	12	0	0	0	7	1	12.1	14	8	8	4	10	3	0	0	1.95	10.22	2.92	7.30	2.19	3.33	.244	1.06
30	Jim Ollom	-	20	-	MLB	0	0	3.60	3	1	0	0	0	0	10.0	6	4	4	1	1	11	0	0	0.70	5.40	0.90	0.90	9.90	0.09	.208	0.90
19	Bill Pleis	-	28	-	MLB	1	2	1.93	8	0	0	0	4	0	9.1	5	6	2	1	4	9	0	0	0.96	4.82	0.96	3.86	8.68	0.44	.174	2.50
35	Ron Keller	-	23	1965-8-154	MLB	0	0	5.06	2	0	0	0	0	0	5.1	7	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	1.50	11.81	1.69	1.69	1.69	1.00	.300	2.00
32	Jim Roland	-	23	UDFA: 1961	MLB	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	4.50	0.00	.000	1.50
Totals: (30 players)						89	73	3.13	162	162	52	9	110	28	1,439	1246	581	501	144	392	1015	52	1	1.29	7.79	0.87	2.45	6.35	0.39	.261

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Earl Battey	C	113		705	45	4	9	.995	0.00
Jerry Zimmerman	C	59		264	16	1	5	.996	0.00
Russ Nixon	C	32		137	5	2	0	.986	0.00
George Mitterwald	C	3		13	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Don Mincher	1B	130		995	85	9	62	.992	0.00
Harmon Killebrew	1B	42		330	15	4	30	.989	0.00
Andy Kosco	1B	5		29	0	1	3	.967	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Bernie Allen	2B	89		191	214	11	46	.974	0.00
Cesar Tovar	2B	76		154	205	8	33	.978	0.00
Rich Rollins	2B	2		2	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Harmon Killebrew	3B	107		83	190	14	11	.951	0.00
Rich Rollins	3B	65		54	107	8	13	.953	0.00
Bernie Allen	3B	2		0	2	0	1	1.000	0.00
Ron Clark	3B	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Zoilo Versalles	SS	135		195	377	35	69	.942	0.00
Cesar Tovar	SS	31		47	67	6	10	.950	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Tony Oliva	OF	159		335	9	10	3	.972	0.00
Jimmie Hall	OF	103		175	6	4	1	.978	0.00
Ted Uhlaender	OF	100		258	4	4	2	.985	0.00
Bob Allison	OF	56		86	3	3	0	.967	0.00
Andy Kosco	OF	40		70	2	1	0	.986	0.00
Cesar Tovar	OF	24		53	2	0	1	1.000	0.00
Sandy Valdespino	OF	23		36	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Harmon Killebrew	OF	18		22	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Joe Nossek	OF	2		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Rich Rollins	OF	1		1	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Al Worthington	P	65	91	8	14	2	0	.917	2.17
Jim Kaat	P	41	304	19	46	3	5	.956	1.92
Pete Cimino	P	35	64	0	8	1	1	.889	1.12
Mudcat Grant	P	35	249	9	55	3	6	.955	2.31
Jim Perry	P	33	184	9	22	1	0	.969	1.52
Jim Merritt	P	31	144	7	20	0	0	1.000	1.69
Dave Boswell	P	28	169	10	29	2	0	.951	2.08
Johnny Klippstein	P	26	39	4	4	0	0	1.000	1.84
Dwight Siebler	P	23	49	3	5	1	0	.889	1.46
Camilo Pascual	P	21	103	11	25	0	1	1.000	3.15
Garry Roggenburk	P	12	12	1	2	0	0	1.000	2.23
Bill Pleis	P	8	9	0	1	1	0	.500	0.99
Jim Ollom	P	3	10	0	1	0	0	1.000	0.90
Ron Keller	P	2	5	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.76
Jim Roland	P	1	2	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00

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