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1970 Minnesota Twins  (1969)  (1971) 92-70, 1st in AL Western Division Scored 801 runs, Allowed 650 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 98-64 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .719 Park Factor: Batting - 96 / Pitching - 95 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 97-65   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 98-64 Manager(s): Rick Ramacier Defeated New York Yankees in Championship Series, 3 games to 0. Defeated San Francisco Giants in World Series, 4 games to 0.

Team Batting (ordered by runs created)    Glossary        Team Schedule and Splits            Photos	Batting Splits     Pitching Splits
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 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     34  160  568  107  168  27   0  53  148   0   0  136   98  .296  .434  .623  161  10.4  4e24      100  
 OF *Tony Oliva           31  161  681  123  231  43   8  28  121   7   1   37   69  .339  .374  .549  135   7.7  2(-2)e13   45  
 OF  Cesar Tovar          30  162  697  135  214  45  15  16   71  46  15   52   61  .307  .358  .484  123   6.2  3(-1)e10   44  
 SS  Leo Cardenas         31  162  632   90  166  40   7  12   77   2   3   43  125  .263  .315  .405   82   4.2  2e17       46  
 1B  Donn Clendenon       34  130  390   58  108  17   3  28   67   2   0   40   91  .277  .347  .551   72   6.6  3e13       36  
 OF  Brant Alyea          29  116  259   42   76  10   3  18   54   1   2   34   49  .293  .390  .564   55   7.8  4(+1)e7    57  
 1B *Rich Reese           28  115  286   29   73   5   1   9   41   5   1   29   45  .255  .329  .374   37   4.6  2e12        0  
 C   George Mitterwald    25  118  372   28   78  17   2   6   30   2   3   25   84  .210  .257  .315   29   2.5  3(-2)e2  -108  
 2B *Rod Carew            24   64  203   29   63   6   4   2   26   7   4   11   34  .310  .347  .409   28   4.9  3e37     -174  
 OF *Jim Holt             26  122  319   31   74   8   3   1   18   2   1   27   30  .232  .289  .285   25   2.6  2(-2)e2   -68  
 C  *Paul Ratliff         26   56  153   20   37  12   1   3    7   0   0   16   44  .242  .337  .392   22   5.1  4(0)e8    -76  
 2B #Paul Popovich        29   75  164   18   45   4   4   3   28   0   0    7    8  .274  .316  .402   21   4.8  2e8        40  
 PH  Rick Renick          26   44   56    8   14   2   0   5   12   0   0   14    9  .250  .400  .554   12   7.8            246  
 2B  Danny Thompson       23   88  264   20   51   8   0   0   13   0   0    8   41  .193  .216  .223   12   1.5  3e13      -43  
 OF *John Lowenstein      23   13   42    5   14   7   1   2   10   0   0    1    8  .333  .364  .690   10   9.4  3(0)e4    340  
 C   Jack Hiatt           27   54  108   16   21   4   0   0    5   0   0   18   27  .194  .310  .231    8   2.6  3(+1)e6  -198  
 OF  Bob Allison          35   38   62    4    6   2   0   0    4   0   0   11   17  .097  .230  .129    2   1.2  4(+1)e7  -306  
 2B  Frank Quilici        31   25   44    2    9   0   0   0    5   0   0    4   10  .205  .271  .205    2   1.8  3e12     -113  
 PH  Joe Lis              23    5    8    0    1   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    5  .125  .125  .250    0   1.0           -235  
 PH *Charlie Manuel       26    2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0    .0           -495  
 C   Tom Tischinski       25    1    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0     ?  4(0)e15  -588  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 29                                                                           842                    9

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

Team Pitching   Glossary
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     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            34  22   8  .733  40  39   8   0   0   0   4  293.1  233   93   79  26   68  182  2.42   93   2.8  -62  
  P *Ken Holtzman         24  18  14  .562  40  40   6   0   0   0   0  260.2  247  131  124  29   90  188  4.28  127   4.4  -15  
  P  Fergie Jenkins       27  13   5  .722  22  21  11   0   0   0   2  163.0  144   69   61  16   39  142  3.37   67   3.7    2  
  P  Bill Hands           30  11  13  .458  40  39   1   0   0   0   1  239.1  262  137  123  31   85  157  4.63  143   5.4   32  
  P *Ron Perranoski       34   7   6  .538  55   0   0  35  21   8   0   65.0   69   31   25  10   27   42  3.46   35   4.9   75  
  P *Tom Hall             22   6   7  .462  72   5   0  23   5   2   0  161.0  108   52   48  13   64  198  2.68   49   2.7   12  
  P  Stan Williams        33   5   4  .556  61   0   0  42  15   3   0   87.0   53   19   17   8   21   43  1.76   19   2.0  -75  
  P  Bert Blyleven        19   4   2  .667  16   7   2   4   0   0   1   59.0   54   25   23   8   21   51  3.51   26   4.1    7  
  P  Ted Abernathy        37   2   4  .333  40   0   0  18   3   2   0   52.0   31   21   15   4   37   41  2.60   16   2.7  -54  
  P  Bill Zepp            23   2   5  .286  40  10   0  10   1   2   0   97.2  116   64   54  11   34   33  4.98   67   6.2   94  
  P  Dick Woodson         25   1   1  .500   8   0   0   1   0   0   0   10.0    5    3    3   0   12   10  2.70    2   1.9 -238  
  P  Dave Boswell         25   0   1  .000   2   1   0   0   0   0   0    4.2    7    5    5   3    3    3  9.64    7  13.9  347  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                                      655         -3

     * - 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 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- George Mitterwald 905 95 116 735 28 3 3 .996 24 12 Paul Ratliff 351 42 51 261 26 1 0 .997 14 16 Jack Hiatt 237 25 35 198 14 6 0 .972 22 9 Tom Tischinski 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Donn Clendenon 840 95 108 796 60 12 82 .986 9.17 Rich Reese 637 65 94 568 57 8 48 .987 8.83 Harmon Killebrew 17 2 3 14 1 0 1 1.000 7.79 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Danny Thompson 654 80 84 187 184 8 48 .979 5.10 Rod Carew 384 43 55 100 101 6 21 .971 4.71 Paul Popovich 335 28 67 105 96 3 25 .985 5.41 Frank Quilici 113 10 22 28 33 0 3 1.000 4.87 Cesar Tovar 6 0 4 2 4 0 0 1.000 9.00 John Lowenstein 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.86 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Harmon Killebrew 1436 157 158 117 244 15 7 .960 2.26 Rick Renick 49 5 7 6 15 0 4 1.000 3.83 Paul Popovich 6 0 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.00 Cesar Tovar 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Leo Cardenas 1478 161 162 262 563 15 103 .982 5.02 Paul Popovich 10 0 2 2 3 0 1 1.000 4.50 Danny Thompson 6 1 1 3 1 0 0 1.000 6.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Cesar Tovar 660 76 86 124 4 2 0 .985 1.75 Brant Alyea 510 57 74 90 2 1 0 .989 1.62 Jim Holt 138 10 31 23 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 Bob Allison 123 12 24 27 4 0 0 1.000 2.26 Rick Renick 29 3 6 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.24 John Lowenstein 27 3 3 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.33 Joe Lis 7 1 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Cesar Tovar 813 86 101 226 11 4 1 .983 2.62 Jim Holt 629 70 84 201 8 1 0 .995 2.99 John Lowenstein 53 6 6 16 0 0 0 1.000 2.72 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Tony Oliva 1446 157 159 287 12 23 1 .929 1.86 Jim Holt 41 4 6 8 1 0 0 1.000 1.99 John Lowenstein 8 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.12 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1970 Draft

Round 2 (#21):	Ted Abernathy
Round 3 (#58):	Jack Hiatt
Round 5 (#88):	John Lowenstein
Round 6 (#101):	Joe Lis

Transactions

• 1970-01: traded MNA#1 to CHA for Donn Clendenon
• 1970-12: traded Bert Blyleven, MNA#4 to CHN for Fergie Jenkins, CHN#2
• 1970 postseason: released Joe Lis, John Lowenstein, Charlie Manuel, Paul Popovich, Stan Williams

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