1972 MINNESOTA TWINS

| Level: MLB

Location: Bloomington,MN
Team Record: 77-77 .500
Result: 3rd in American League - West Division
Manager(s): Frank Quilici, Bill Rigney
General Manager: Calvin Griffith
Stadium: Metropolitan Stadium
Attendance: 797,901
Playoffs: Did not qualify

Minnesota Twins affiliate history

Oldest Player: Jim Perry (36)
Youngest Player: Bert Blyleven (21)
Longest Tenure: Jim Kaat, Harmon Killebrew (12)
Top Hitter: Harmon Killebrew (16)
Top Pitcher: Bert Blyleven (7)
Top Draft Pick: Dick Ruthven (#8)

Roster Continuity: 72.80%

American League Standings

West	W	L	Pct	GB
Oakland	93	62	.600	--
Chi White Sox	87	67	.565	5.5
Minnesota	77	77	.500	15.5
KC Royals	76	78	.494	16.5
California	75	80	.484	18.0
Texas	54	100	.351	38.5

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
5	Danny Thompson	ss-3b	30	25	1968-1-11	MLB	144	573	54	158	22	6	4	48	3	4	34	57	2	1	13	2	14	.276	.318	.356	674	204	624	448	69	4.2	.300
12	Cesar Tovar	of-3b	19	31	UDFA: 1959	MLB	141	548	86	145	20	6	2	31	21	10	39	39	14	6	5	1	6	.265	.329	.334	663	183	607	425	70	4.5	.281
29	Rod Carew	1b-2b	23	26	UDFA: 1964	MLB	142	535	61	170	21	6	0	51	12	6	43	60	2	9	9	2	11	.318	.369	.379	749	203	591	393	81	5.5	.356
2	Bobby Darwin	of	20	29	UDFA: 1962	MLB	145	513	48	137	20	2	22	80	2	3	38	145	8	4	1	2	24	.267	.326	.442	769	227	562	406	65	4.3	.330
3	Harmon Killebrew	1b-3b	16	36	UDFA: 1954	MLB	139	433	53	100	13	2	26	74	0	1	94	91	1	12	0	4	16	.231	.367	.450	817	195	532	354	75	5.7	.231
4	Steve Braun	of-3b	-	24	1966-10-200	MLB	121	402	40	116	21	0	2	50	4	5	45	38	2	1	2	4	14	.289	.360	.356	716	143	455	311	56	4.8	.311
1	Eric Soderholm	3b	-	23	1968-1-1	MLB	93	287	28	54	10	0	13	39	3	3	19	48	3	2	3	1	6	.188	.245	.359	604	103	313	246	25	2.7	.181
11	Steve Brye	of	-	23	1967-1-17	MLB	100	253	18	61	9	3	0	12	3	1	17	38	1	1	1	0	5	.241	.292	.300	592	76	272	199	22	3.0	.284
7	Jim Nettles	of	-	25	1968-4-76	MLB	102	235	28	48	5	2	4	15	4	3	32	52	1	3	0	0	5	.204	.302	.294	596	69	268	195	19	2.7	.246
20	Rich Reese	1b	-	30	UDFA: 1962	MLB	132	197	23	43	3	2	5	26	0	1	25	27	0	4	0	1	4	.218	.305	.330	635	65	223	160	21	3.5	.229
24	Glenn Borgmann	c	-	22	1971-1-9	MLB	56	175	11	41	4	0	3	14	0	0	25	25	0	8	0	3	4	.234	.325	.309	634	54	203	141	19	3.6	.253
15	George Mitterwald	c	-	26	UDFA: 1965	MLB	64	163	12	30	4	1	1	8	0	1	9	37	0	2	0	1	5	.184	.225	.239	465	39	173	140	4	0.7	.230
8	Phil Roof	c	-	31	UDFA: 1959	MLB	61	146	16	30	11	1	3	12	0	1	6	27	0	0	5	1	1	.205	.235	.356	591	52	158	124	13	2.9	.231
9	Charlie Manuel	of	-	28	UDFA: 1963	MLB	63	122	6	25	5	0	1	8	0	0	4	16	1	0	0	2	1	.205	.233	.270	503	33	129	100	7	2.0	.224
28	Bert Blyleven	p	83	21	1969-3-55	MLB	39	94	9	15	2	0	0	6	0	0	2	36	0	0	11	0	1	.160	.177	.181	358	17	107	91	-2	-0.6	.259
10	Rick Renick	3b-of	-	28	UDFA: 1965	MLB	55	93	10	16	2	0	4	8	0	1	15	25	0	0	0	2	5	.172	.282	.323	604	30	110	85	7	2.1	.182
13	Dick Woodson	p	-	27	UDFA: 1965	MLB	36	88	4	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	38	0	0	8	0	0	.080	.100	.080	180	7	98	89	-8	-2.3	.140
31	Jim Perry	p	-	36	UDFA: 1956	MLB	35	71	3	11	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	14	0	0	5	1	0	.155	.187	.169	356	12	80	66	0	0.1	.190
14	Dan Monzon	2b-3b	-	26	1967-2-23	MLB	55	55	13	15	1	0	0	5	1	0	8	12	0	0	2	0	1	.273	.365	.291	656	16	65	43	6	3.9	.349
23	Ray Corbin	p	-	23	UDFA: 1967	MLB	34	49	1	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	19	0	0	2	0	1	.082	.118	.102	220	5	53	48	-4	-2.0	.133
36	Jim Kaat	p	-	33	UDFA: 1957	MLB	24	45	3	13	3	0	2	4	0	1	1	16	0	0	1	0	0	.289	.304	.489	793	22	47	34	6	4.8	.407
25	Rick Dempsey	c	-	22	1967-15-296	MLB	25	40	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	8	0	0	1	0	2	.200	.304	.225	529	9	47	35	2	1.7	.250
30	Dave Goltz	p	-	23	1967-5-96	MLB	15	29	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	17	0	0	3	0	1	.103	.161	.103	265	3	34	30	-2	-2.2	.250
6	Tony Oliva	of	-	33	UDFA: 1961	MLB	10	28	1	9	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	5	0	0	0	0	1	.321	.367	.357	724	10	30	20	3	4.7	.391
26	Jim Holt	of-1b	-	28	UDFA: 1966	MLB	10	27	6	12	1	0	1	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	.444	.429	.593	1021	16	28	17	7	10.7	.423
17	Dave LaRoche	p	-	24	1967-5-86	MLB	62	11	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	6	0	0	1	0	0	.091	.286	.091	377	1	15	11	0	-0.3	.200
21	Wayne Granger	p	-	28	UDFA: 1965	MLB	63	10	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.300	500	3	10	8	0	0.8	.400
25	Mike Adams	of-2b	-	23	1967-1-2	MLB	3	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	667	2	6	4	1	4.2	.400
19	Jim Strickland	p	-	24	UDFA: 1964	MLB	25	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.500	.333	833	1	4	2	0	6.3	1.000
27	Bucky Guth	ss	-	24	1969-20-466	MLB	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	3	3	-	-	.000
16	Bob Gebhard	p	-	29	1965-44-732	MLB	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.000	.000	1000	0	1	0	0	--	.000
Totals: (31 players)							154	5234	537	1277	182	31	93	506	53	41	478	905	35	53	73	28	129	.244	.310	.344	654	1800	5848	4228	560	3.6	.278

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
28	Bert Blyleven	7	21	1969-3-55	MLB	17	17	2.73	39	38	11	3	1	0	287.1	247	93	87	22	69	228	7	1	1.10	7.74	0.69	2.16	7.14	0.30	.278	0.96
13	Dick Woodson	23	27	UDFA: 1965	MLB	14	14	2.72	36	36	9	3	0	0	251.2	193	93	76	19	101	150	4	1	1.17	6.90	0.68	3.61	5.36	0.67	.234	0.94
31	Jim Perry	37	36	UDFA: 1956	MLB	13	16	3.35	35	35	5	2	0	0	217.2	191	93	81	14	60	85	4	0	1.15	7.90	0.58	2.48	3.51	0.71	.249	0.89
23	Ray Corbin	45	23	UDFA: 1967	MLB	8	9	2.62	31	19	5	3	5	0	161.2	135	56	47	12	53	83	2	0	1.16	7.52	0.67	2.95	4.62	0.64	.250	0.98
36	Jim Kaat	-	33	UDFA: 1957	MLB	10	2	2.06	15	15	5	0	0	0	113.1	94	36	26	6	20	64	2	0	1.01	7.46	0.48	1.59	5.08	0.31	.256	1.21
17	Dave LaRoche	33	24	1967-5-86	MLB	5	7	2.83	62	0	0	0	43	10	95.1	72	33	30	9	39	79	2	1	1.16	6.80	0.85	3.68	7.46	0.49	.245	0.68
30	Dave Goltz	-	23	1967-5-96	MLB	3	3	2.67	15	11	2	0	2	1	91.0	75	30	27	5	26	38	1	1	1.11	7.42	0.49	2.57	3.76	0.68	.240	1.61
21	Wayne Granger	29	28	UDFA: 1965	MLB	4	6	3.01	63	0	0	0	40	19	89.2	83	42	30	7	28	45	0	0	1.24	8.33	0.70	2.81	4.52	0.62	.262	2.37
19	Jim Strickland	-	24	UDFA: 1964	MLB	3	1	2.50	25	0	0	0	14	3	36.0	28	16	10	7	19	30	2	1	1.31	7.00	1.75	4.75	7.50	0.63	.223	1.45
22	Tom Norton	-	22	UDFA: 1969	MLB	0	1	2.78	21	0	0	0	7	0	32.1	31	14	10	1	14	22	1	0	1.39	8.63	0.28	3.90	6.12	0.64	.300	2.22
16	Bob Gebhard	-	29	1965-44-732	MLB	0	1	8.57	13	0	0	0	4	1	21.0	36	29	20	3	13	13	1	0	2.33	15.43	1.29	5.57	5.57	1.00	.407	1.65
32	Steve Luebber	-	22	1967-13-256	MLB	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	0	1	0	2.1	3	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	2.14	11.57	0.00	7.71	3.86	2.00	.375	0.50
Totals: (31 players)						77	77	2.86	154	154	37	11	117	34	1,399	1188	535	444	93	444	838	26	5	1.25	7.64	0.68	2.86	5.39	0.53	.259

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
George Mitterwald	C	61	404	272	33	5	4	.984	6.79
Phil Roof	C	61	408	257	11	6	0	.978	5.91
Glenn Borgmann	C	56	474	304	31	12	4	.965	6.36
Rick Dempsey	C	23	113	67	5	1	0	.986	5.73
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Harmon Killebrew	1B	130	995	995	99	9	82	.992	9.89
Rich Reese	1B	98	388	392	30	5	35	.988	9.79
Rick Renick	1B	6	10	11	1	0	0	1.000	10.80
Jim Holt	1B	1	5	6	1	0	0	1.000	12.60
Jim Nettles	1B	1	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	9.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Rod Carew	2B	139	1184	331	378	16	85	.978	5.39
Steve Braun	2B	20	138	36	39	2	12	.974	4.89
Dan Monzon	2B	13	77	17	25	1	2	.977	4.91
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Eric Soderholm	3B	79	689	66	163	14	17	.942	2.99
Steve Braun	3B	75	644	49	146	6	14	.970	2.72
Dan Monzon	3B	5	32	5	5	0	0	1.000	2.81
Rick Renick	3B	4	33	1	9	1	0	.909	2.72
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Danny Thompson	SS	144	1295	247	468	32	76	.957	4.97
Steve Braun	SS	11	78	6	20	4	0	.867	3.00
Dan Monzon	SS	3	16	7	8	0	5	1.000	8.44
Bucky Guth	SS	1	9	0	4	0	0	1.000	4.00
Rick Renick	SS	1	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Bobby Darwin	OF	142	1193	289	8	6	1	.980	2.24
Cesar Tovar	OF	139	1194	287	10	5	2	.983	2.24
Steve Brye	OF	94	625	170	9	1	1	.994	2.58
Jim Nettles	OF	79	571	156	5	3	1	.982	2.54
Charlie Manuel	OF	28	194	39	4	1	0	.977	1.99
Rick Renick	OF	21	140	27	0	0	0	1.000	1.74
Rich Reese	OF	13	96	27	0	2	0	.931	2.53
Steve Braun	OF	9	69	19	2	1	0	.955	2.74
Tony Oliva	OF	9	54	6	0	1	0	.857	1.00
Jim Holt	OF	7	49	10	1	1	0	.917	2.02
Mike Adams	OF	1	10	1	0	0	0	1.000	0.90
Dan Monzon	OF	1	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Wayne Granger	P	63	89	5	14	2	0	.905	1.92
Dave LaRoche	P	62	95	2	15	0	0	1.000	1.61
Bert Blyleven	P	39	287	18	45	3	4	.955	1.97
Dick Woodson	P	36	251	17	43	4	1	.937	2.15
Jim Perry	P	35	217	21	28	6	3	.891	2.03
Ray Corbin	P	31	161	12	16	4	1	.875	1.56
Jim Strickland	P	25	36	3	6	2	1	.818	2.25
Tom Norton	P	21	32	4	9	0	0	1.000	3.64
Dave Goltz	P	15	91	8	14	1	0	.957	2.18
Jim Kaat	P	15	113	5	19	2	0	.923	1.91
Bob Gebhard	P	13	21	2	5	0	1	1.000	3.00
Steve Luebber	P	2	2	0	1	0	0	1.000	4.29

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