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1963 Minnesota Twins  (1962)  (1964) 81-81, 5th in American League Scored 758 runs, Allowed 760 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 81-81 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .709 Park Factor: Batting - 101 / Pitching - 101 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 95-67   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 91-70 Manager(s): Dan Gural

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 OF  Bob Allison          28  160  574  109  143  26   3  44   87   9   2  114  124  .249  .375  .535  122   7.4  3(-2)e12   -1  
 OF  Harmon Killebrew     27  152  577   92  148  26   0  54  128   0   0   70  114  .256  .338  .582  112   6.7  5(+1)e4    16  
 OF *Jimmie Hall          25  148  540   90  142  30   4  42   91   4   2   60  114  .263  .334  .567  101   6.3  3(0)e8     38  
 C   Earl Battey          28  150  561   64  155  22   1  22   71   0   0   48   81  .276  .342  .437   83   5.3  1(-3)e3   -66  
 3B  Ed Charles           30  159  586   70  161  34   5  18   68  29  10   48   75  .275  .335  .442   83   4.8  3e27       50  
 2B  Rich Rollins         25  144  567   84  176  17   2  15   46   1   1   33   51  .310  .354  .427   82   5.4  4e41      -22  
 1B  Joe Torre            22  151  569   71  163  26   3  25   75   1   4   37   88  .286  .330  .475   80   4.8  3e8        23  
 SS  Zoilo Versalles      23  154  558   67  150  25  17  15   68   3   2   28   55  .269  .306  .455   72   4.5  2e31       57  
 2B  Johnny Goryl         29   62  186   33   60   8   1  19   40   0   0   12   39  .323  .365  .683   46   9.7  4e39      155  
 C   Joe Azcue            23   32   80    8   22   3   0   6   12   0   0    3   10  .275  .301  .538    9   4.2  3(0)e4     69  
 OF  Willie Tasby         30   81  126   10   26   6   1   1    9   0   0   13   29  .206  .281  .294    9   2.5  2(+1)e7  -115  
 OF  Ken Hunt             28    8   23    6    6   2   0   3    6   1   0    9    8  .261  .469  .739    9  14.8  2(+1)e9   600  
 UT  Jerry Kindall        28   38   58   13   13   4   0   3    6   0   0   10   21  .224  .338  .448    9   5.3            226  
 OF  Wally Post           34    3   15    2    6   0   1   1    2   0   0    0    6  .400  .400  .733    4  13.2  4(-2)e6   608  
 PH  Nate Oliver          22   39   16    9    6   2   0   0    1   0   2    1    5  .375  .444  .500    2   6.4            340  
 1B *Vic Wertz            38   26   44    5    5   2   0   1    4   0   0    4    3  .114  .188  .227    1   1.2  4e13     -110  
 C   Jerry Zimmerman      28    1    4    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .250  .250  .250    0   2.2  3(-1)e2    -9  
 PH  George Smith         26    2    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000  .000  .000    0    .0           -585  
 PH  George Banks         24    3    2    0    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0    .0           -597  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 26                                                                           833                   21

     * - 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 *Dick Stigman         27  18  11  .621  36  36   6   0   0   0   1  252.1  219  113  100  37   93  194  3.57  111   4.0   -9  
  P  Ken Johnson          30  17  10  .630  38  29   9   7   0   0   1  242.1  221  107   97  22   74  131  3.60  106   3.9   22  
  P  Lee Stange           26   9   9  .500  26  24   5   1   0   0   0  184.1  180  112  101  35   61  115  4.93   98   4.7   70  
  P  Jim Perry            27   8   9  .471  47   7   2  28   3   1   1  119.1  126   76   63  14   57   37  4.75   69   5.1   40  
  P  Don Nottebart        27   8  13  .381  28  27   5   1   0   0   1  208.2  211  112   99  16   64  103  4.27  102   4.4   66  
  P  Gary Bell            26   5   5  .500  32   8   3  19   3   0   0   95.1   67   38   34  15   51   66  3.21   38   3.6  -12  
  P *Jim Roland           20   4   1  .800  28   1   0  21   4   3   0   52.0   42   18   14   4   21   36  2.42   19   3.4   22  
  P *Joe Gibbon           28   4   7  .364  23  15   2   4   1   1   0  108.2  135   65   54   6   30   80  4.47   64   5.2   38  
  P  Bill Dailey          28   3   4  .429  34   0   0  28  14   4   0   49.0   42   19   18   5   10   28  3.31   16   3.0   64  
  P  Mike Fornieles       31   2   0 1.000   7   0   0   4   0   1   0   16.0   12    5    4   0    8    4  2.25    4   2.4 -167  
  P *Jim Kaat             24   2  11  .154  19  12   5   5   1   0   0   92.2  121   65   57  19   36   51  5.54   80   7.9  106  
  P *Bill Pleis           25   1   1  .500  14   3   0   7   1   1   0   25.2   41   26   23   5    8   16  8.06   27   9.7  249  
  P  Ray Moore            37   0   0  .000   1   0   0   0   0   0   0    1.1    5    4    4   0    1    2 27.00    4  33.6  553  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 26                                                                                      745         40

     * - 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 1293 145 149 876 45 6 3 .994 14 8 Joe Azcue 146 16 21 93 7 1 0 .990 7 6 Jerry Zimmerman 8 1 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 0 1 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Joe Torre 1318 148 150 1395 158 12 125 .992 10.60 Vic Wertz 68 8 10 69 6 3 1 .962 9.88 Jerry Kindall 61 6 9 60 6 0 4 1.000 9.68 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Rich Rollins 1125 127 128 342 391 33 88 .957 5.87 Johnny Goryl 249 30 32 66 94 10 21 .941 5.78 Jerry Kindall 66 5 18 23 15 0 3 1.000 5.18 Nate Oliver 6 0 3 1 2 0 1 1.000 4.50 Willie Tasby 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Ed Charles 1387 156 157 96 369 19 24 .961 3.02 Rich Rollins 59 6 9 3 15 3 3 .857 2.76 Johnny Goryl 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Zoilo Versalles 1328 148 152 255 468 29 94 .961 4.90 Johnny Goryl 120 14 16 25 35 3 5 .952 4.51 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Harmon Killebrew 1322 150 150 226 8 2 0 .992 1.59 Ken Hunt 64 7 7 9 0 1 0 .900 1.27 Willie Tasby 49 4 12 10 1 0 0 1.000 2.01 Joe Torre 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Bob Allison 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Jimmie Hall 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Jimmie Hall 1201 142 144 331 10 6 1 .983 2.56 Willie Tasby 245 20 53 63 5 2 1 .971 2.50 Ken Hunt 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bob Allison 1416 159 159 277 9 17 2 .944 1.82 Wally Post 27 3 3 3 1 0 0 1.000 1.32 Willie Tasby 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Vic Wertz 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1963 Draft

Round 1 (#13):	Joe Adcock
Round 2 (#27):	Lee Stange
Round 3 (#42):	Jerry Kindall
Round 4 (#57):	Willie Tasby
Round 5 (#72):	Ken Hunt
Round 6 (#86):	Nate Oliver
Round 7 (#94):	George Smith
Round 8 (#101):	Cookie Rojas

Transactions

• 1963-01: traded Joe Adcock, Cookie Rojas to MLN for Joe Torre, Dick Stigman
• 1963 postseason: released Lee Stange

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