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1961 Minnesota Twins  (1960)  (1962)
69-85, 6th in American League
Scored 753 runs, Allowed 799 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 72-82
Defensive Efficiency Rating: .693
Park Factor: Batting - 93 / Pitching - 94 (over 100 favors batters)
Pyth2 W-L: 70-84   (What is this?)

Actual W-L record in MLB: 70-90
Manager(s): Larry Cupp (50-62), Rick Field (19-23)

Team Batting (ordered by runs created)    Glossary        Team Schedule and Splits            Photos
 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 3B  Harmon Killebrew     25  154  538  113  162  33   6  52  130   0   0  121  105  .301  .427  .675  163  11.2  4e37       90  
 OF  Bob Allison          26  154  546  100  129  25   3  34   94   1   3  110   93  .236  .365  .480   98   6.0  2(-2)e9    33  
 C   Earl Battey          26  133  488   79  147  30   2  16   63   0   0   61   68  .301  .381  .469   88   6.7  1(-3)e3     3  
 OF  Ken Hunt             26  132  485   93  117  33   3  33   69   4   1   48  134  .241  .311  .526   82   5.8  2(-1)e16   27  
 1B  Vic Power            33  148  567   74  154  29   6   7   64   2   2   41   15  .272  .318  .381   66   4.1  1e10       20  
 SS  Zoilo Versalles      21  138  538   54  141  30   5   6   48   8   1   20   68  .262  .287  .370   54   3.5  3e40      -47  
 OF  Bill Tuttle          32  134  474   58  101  13   5   3   31   1   1   37   58  .213  .270  .281   38   2.6  1(-1)e14 -108  
 2B  Billy Martin         33  110  356   31   86  13   8   6   48   0   1    8   38  .242  .258  .374   32   3.1  4e32        6  
 OF  Earl Robinson        24   91  213   29   49  13   4  10   33   2   1   26   51  .230  .311  .469   29   4.6  3(-1)e10  -29  
 2B  Billy Gardner        33   81  190   24   46  24   0   2   25   0   0   15   24  .242  .304  .400   22   3.9  3e23      121  
 C   Joe Torre            20   70  162   21   43   7   1   5   20   0   0   14   21  .265  .322  .414   20   4.5  2(-3)e8   -18  
 PH *Hal Naragon          32   84   78    9   27   4   0   3   12   0   0    2    4  .346  .362  .513   13   6.9            175  
 OF *Joe Altobelli        29   15   48    9   13   1   1   6   17   0   0    7    6  .271  .357  .708   12   8.9  4(+2)e16  396  
 OF #Dave Philley         41   35   56    7   16   1   2   1    5   0   0    4   11  .286  .333  .429    8   5.6  4(+1)e7   108  
 1B *Julio Becquer        29    8   22    6    8   0   2   2    7   0   0    1    5  .364  .391  .818    7  13.8  2e16      535  
 2B  Ted Lepcio           31   53   67   10   11   2   0   4   12   1   0    6   20  .164  .230  .373    5   2.8  4e10      -24  
 OF *Dan Dobbek           26   29   28    3    4   1   0   1    6   1   0    3    6  .143  .226  .286    2   2.3  2(0)e6    -48  
 SS  Jose Valdivielso     27   55   84    9   11   2   0   0    3   0   0    1   16  .131  .141  .155    1    .7  3e23     -187  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 27                                                                           749                   14

     * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, otherwise bats right-handed

Team Pitching   Glossary

     Player               Ag  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV  BS SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   ERA   RC  RC/27  OPS
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
  P  Gary Bell            24  14  10  .583  39  34   0   3   0   0   0  217.1  215  100   89  24   88  144  3.69  110   4.6  -44  
  P  Jim Perry            25  12  11  .522  40  38   0   1   0   0   0  208.0  244  134  120  27   93   81  5.19  127   5.4    3  
  P  Don Lee              27   9   7  .562  80   0   0  30   3  10   0  115.2  125   64   51  12   45   74  3.97   62   4.8   83  
  P *Joe Gibbon           26   8  18  .308  44  29   2   4   0   3   1  195.0  187   97   82  21   68  152  3.78   92   4.2   -1  
  P *Jim Kaat             22   7  13  .350  36  28   0   4   0   0   0  185.1  193  125  117  13   99  113  5.68  107   5.2   53  
  P  Frank Sullivan       31   6   6  .500  58  16   0  17   3   1   0  147.1  142   66   59  15   60  115  3.60   72   4.4  -63  
  P *Bill Pleis           23   4   2  .667  38   0   0  13   3   2   0   38.1   41   21   14   6   18   18  3.29   20   4.7  -35  
  P  Dick Drott           25   4   6  .400  68   1   0  33   9   3   0   87.2   92   62   51  14   77   48  5.24   65   6.7  124  
  P  Ray Moore            35   2   4  .333  47   0   0  22   9   2   0   49.1   46   39   30   8   43   36  5.47   33   5.8   -5  
  P  Jim Donohue          23   2   5  .286  69   2   0  20   5   3   0   96.1   89   67   62  19   59   77  5.79   63   5.7   11  
  P  Al Schroll           29   1   3  .250  17   6   0   3   0   0   0   43.0   33   17   17   5   20   23  3.56   17   3.7 -151  
  P  Ted Sadowski         25   0   0  .000   5   0   0   1   0   0   0    2.2    5    6    6   1    2    4 20.25    4  16.6  370  
  P *Chuck Stobbs         32   0   0  .000   2   0   0   1   0   0   0    2.2    3    1    1   0    0    0  3.37    1   4.6  -55  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 25                                                                                      780          5

     * - throws left-handed, otherwise throws right-handed


Team Fielding   (completed seasons only)
 An asterisk after a player's name means his fielding stats are for multiple teams.

 Catchers              Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP   FP  OSB OCS
+--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---
 Earl Battey          1116 120 131  820   28   3   5  .996   7  10
 Joe Torre             272  34  35  192    4   1   1  .995   0   1
 Hal Naragon             1   0   1    1    0   0   0 1.000   0   0
+--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---

First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Vic Power 1288 143 146 1220 123 12 146 .991 9.39 Harmon Killebrew 57 6 7 53 8 1 6 .984 9.63 Julio Becquer 40 5 5 46 3 0 5 1.000 11.02 Dave Philley 2 0 1 3 0 1 0 .750 13.50 Bob Allison 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 Hal Naragon 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Billy Martin 853 105 106 267 269 23 78 .959 5.66 Billy Gardner 382 43 60 131 110 6 36 .976 5.68 Ted Lepcio 127 6 37 31 38 3 10 .958 4.90 Ken Hunt 15 0 9 6 9 2 2 .882 9.00 Bill Tuttle 7 0 5 1 4 0 1 1.000 6.43 Jose Valdivielso 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 Vic Power 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Harmon Killebrew 1268 146 147 107 276 34 26 .918 2.72 Billy Gardner 101 7 25 8 22 1 5 .968 2.68 Bill Tuttle 12 0 5 1 1 0 1 1.000 1.50 Ted Lepcio 8 1 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.25 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Zoilo Versalles 1160 137 138 173 455 20 103 .969 4.87 Jose Valdivielso 222 17 51 37 94 6 16 .956 5.31 Ted Lepcio 7 0 2 1 3 0 1 1.000 5.14 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

 Left Field            Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP   FP    RF
+--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
 Ken Hunt              759  88  90  146    5   6   1  .962  1.79
 Earl Robinson         393  41  59   63    6   6   0  .920  1.58
 Joe Altobelli         128  15  15   27    0   1   0  .964  1.90
 Dave Philley           70   9   9    8    1   1   0  .900  1.16
 Dan Dobbek             38   1  15    8    0   0   0 1.000  1.89
 Harmon Killebrew        1   0   1    0    0   0   0  .000  0.00
+--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bill Tuttle 1087 121 129 350 11 13 2 .965 2.99 Ken Hunt 252 28 34 74 5 0 1 1.000 2.82 Earl Robinson 32 3 6 10 2 0 0 1.000 3.38 Dan Dobbek 17 2 5 3 1 0 1 1.000 2.12 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bob Allison 1377 154 154 277 14 6 2 .980 1.90 Dan Dobbek 6 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.42 Ken Hunt 5 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1961 Draft


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