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1969 Minnesota Twins  (1968)  (1970) 113-49, 1st in AL Western Division Scored 827 runs, Allowed 588 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 108-54 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .730 Park Factor: Batting - 103 / Pitching - 101 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 99-63   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 97-65 Manager(s): Rick Ramacier Lost to Baltimore Orioles in Championship Series, 3 games to 2.

 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     33  162  583  123  166  33   3  46  139   7   3  123   74  .285  .406  .588  144   8.7  4e35      -17  
 OF *Tony Oliva           30  161  684  135  228  44   5  29  115   1   1   40   74  .333  .369  .539  129   7.2  1(-2)e7    58  
 2B *Rod Carew            23  143  517  103  190  32   6  11   67  18   8   33   80  .368  .406  .516  110   8.4  3e25       69  
 1B *Rich Reese           27  132  442   67  149  25   8  16   69   0   2   28   69  .337  .379  .538   88   7.8  2e11       43  
 SS  Leo Cardenas         30  162  616   69  160  17   4   9   73   7   5   60  119  .260  .331  .344   69   3.9  2e33      -65  
 OF *Ted Uhlaender        29  149  502   72  145  18   0  14   56  14   4   29   52  .289  .328  .408   69   5.0  2(0)e1     53  
 OF  Cesar Tovar          29  153  585   87  155  19   3  15   51  57  26   29   50  .265  .310  .385   68   3.9  2(-1)e7   -63  
 C  *Johnny Roseboro      36  121  414   35  120  21   1   3   43   7   0   27   54  .290  .333  .367   50   4.5  2(-1)e11   46  
 C   George Mitterwald    24   79  204   21   59  12   0   2   21   0   0   11   49  .289  .326  .377   25   4.6  3(-1)e7    -3  
 3B  Rick Renick          25   70  138   16   38   5   0   9   28   0   0   19   37  .275  .361  .507   25   6.5  4e37      187  
 OF  Bob Allison          34   69  171   23   41  10   2   4   29   1   0   14   45  .240  .298  .392   20   4.2  4(+1)e8   -62  
 3B *Graig Nettles        24   93  161   17   32   7   1   4   14   0   0   21   30  .199  .295  .329   15   3.1  4e8       -68  
 2B #Paul Popovich        28   96  190   16   41   6   0   1   10   0   0   12   23  .216  .262  .263   14   2.4  2e20     -150  
 PH  Brant Alyea          28   43   57    5   11   1   0   3   15   0   0    5   14  .193  .262  .368    5   2.9           -116  
 OF *Charlie Manuel       25   25   33    3    4   1   0   1    3   0   0    8    9  .121  .286  .242    3   2.7  3(0)e12   -72  
 3B  Frank Quilici        30    8   12    3    4   0   1   0    3   0   0    1    2  .333  .357  .500    2   7.3  3e32      371  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 29                                                                           842                    4

     * - 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  Jim Perry            33  20   8  .714  40  37   2   1   0   0   0  260.0  245  116  102  25   71  155  3.53  104   3.6    0  
  P  Bill Hands           29  16   4  .800  22  22   8   0   0   0   3  171.1  141   55   49  12   29  100  2.57   52   2.8  -80  
  P  Dave Boswell         24  16  11  .593  36  36   3   0   0   0   2  232.2  202   96   84  22   94  178  3.25   99   3.8    2  
  P  Dean Chance          28  10   2  .833  57   0   0  18   5   5   0   74.1   50   23   19   6   23   31  2.30   20   2.4  -99  
  P *Ken Holtzman         23  10   3  .769  21  21   1   0   0   0   0  142.1  131   62   58  12   57   98  3.67   60   3.7  -28  
  P  Dick Woodson         24   9   2  .818  29   9   0   7   0   0   0   83.0   64   30   25   8   34   47  2.71   28   3.1  -95  
  P  Larry Dierker        22   8   6  .571  17  17   4   0   0   0   1  125.0  122   57   53  21   32   79  3.82   60   4.3  116  
  P *Ron Perranoski       33   7   3  .700  68   0   0  56  42   7   0   87.2   57   17   15   3   30   50  1.54   19   2.0  -62  
  P  Bob Locker           31   6   1  .857  56   0   0  32  11   2   0   72.2   63   26   26   8   18   30  3.22   27   3.5  -48  
  P *Jim Kaat             30   6   2  .750  14  14   0   0   0   0   0   86.1   83   28   28  11   26   51  2.92   37   3.9  -65  
  P *Tom Hall             21   3   4  .429  49   2   0  23   0   1   0   71.0   74   43   32  10   31   58  4.06   40   5.1   46  
  P  Bob Miller           30   2   1  .667  27   4   0   4   0   0   0   48.1   48   20   18   8    9   23  3.35   23   4.2   37  
  P *Joe Grzenda          32   0   2  .000  28   0   0   3   0   0   0   17.1   26   15   15   0    2    8  7.79   10   5.6   55  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 27                                                                                      584        -16

     * - 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 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Johnny Roseboro 985 113 120 670 34 10 2 .986 26 19 George Mitterwald 487 49 74 331 21 4 0 .989 16 12 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Rich Reese 930 101 114 850 61 7 89 .992 8.81 Harmon Killebrew 506 57 63 503 39 2 41 .996 9.65 Bob Allison 34 4 5 31 4 1 2 .972 9.26 Brant Alyea 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1.000 4.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Rod Carew 1053 120 130 323 315 14 72 .979 5.45 Paul Popovich 411 41 81 125 130 2 33 .992 5.58 Frank Quilici 5 1 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 5.40 Cesar Tovar 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Harmon Killebrew 940 105 114 97 161 15 22 .945 2.47 Graig Nettles 254 25 55 24 48 2 5 .973 2.55 Rick Renick 249 30 35 24 50 6 2 .925 2.68 Frank Quilici 20 1 4 4 6 1 3 .909 4.50 Cesar Tovar 9 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Leo Cardenas 1471 162 162 276 547 27 93 .968 5.04 Paul Popovich 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Ted Uhlaender 881 93 120 191 3 1 0 .995 1.98 Bob Allison 333 41 49 52 3 2 0 .965 1.49 Graig Nettles 94 10 19 18 1 1 0 .950 1.82 Charlie Manuel 57 6 12 9 0 1 0 .900 1.42 Brant Alyea 54 6 8 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.16 Rich Reese 29 4 5 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.26 Rick Renick 13 2 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.77 Cesar Tovar 11 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Cesar Tovar 1195 131 145 368 10 2 0 .995 2.85 Ted Uhlaender 276 31 39 84 3 0 0 1.000 2.84 Paul Popovich 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Tony Oliva 1464 161 161 338 10 3 1 .991 2.14 Ted Uhlaender 7 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57 Bob Allison 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1969 Draft

Round 1 (#6):	Leo Cardenas
Round 2 (#31):	Paul Popovich
Round 3 (#51):	Fred Gladding

Transactions

• 1969-01: traded Fred Gladding, MNA#2 to SEA for Bob Locker
• 1969-10: traded MNA#4 to WAA for Brant Alyea
• 1969-11: traded Larry Dierker, Jim Kaat, MNA#1 to CHN for Bill Hands, Ken Holtzman, KCA#2

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