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1968 Minnesota Twins
Record: 83-79
Finish: 3rd in AL Players Division Division
Runs Scored: 641
Runs Allowed: 607
Exp W-L: 85-77
 
Ballpark: Metropolitan Stadium
Attendance: 2,298,544
Manager: Sam Mele

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 50-87, 10th in the American League
AA: 64-73, 5th in the American League
A: 49-88, 10th in the American League
 
 
 
 
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Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
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Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
CF *Matty Alou 29 154 628 75 202 26 5 5 46 22 15 25 55 .322 .349 .403 .751 79.7 17.4 3.0
C  Joe Torre 27 158 575 92 164 33 2 20 83 1 4 57 58 .285 .351 .454 .805 84.2 18.4 5.6
1B *Carl Yastrzemski 28 154 539 74 152 39 2 13 70 3 5 87 71 .282 .382 .434 .816 85.8 19.7 2.5
1B  Donn Clendenon 32 147 573 82 157 19 4 13 59 31 12 34 120 .274 .316 .389 .705 68.9 13.0 3.6
RF  Rocky Colavito 34 155 510 56 123 18 1 13 58 0 0 51 120 .241 .311 .357 .668 55.9 9.2 2.5
SS  Ken Boyer 37 156 520 57 120 16 4 12 63 8 3 35 103 .231 .279 .346 .626 49.7 6.0 9.3
SS *Dick McAuliffe 28 129 413 40 88 12 3 17 68 15 8 52 75 .213 .301 .380 .682 50.7 7.8 3.6
C *Sammy Taylor 35 124 413 52 114 22 2 5 50 1 1 48 63 .276 .355 .375 .730 53.0 11.1 5.2
C  Don Pavletich 29 99 259 31 58 12 2 8 36 3 0 17 50 .224 .267 .378 .645 27.3 3.7 2.5
SS  Glenn Beckert 27 126 237 24 61 15 2 0 32 2 4 8 16 .257 .281 .338 .619 18.5 1.7 2.2
LF *Jim Small 31 110 211 26 71 10 0 1 28 0 1 14 33 .336 .376 .398 .774 27.8 6.4 1.0
P  Joe Moeller 25 44 118 3 18 2 0 0 7 0 0 0 44 .153 .153 .169 .322 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Dave Wickersham 32 42 113 2 7 1 0 0 6 0 0 1 46 .062 .070 .071 .141 -5.4 0.0 0.0
P  George Brunet 33 44 104 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 52 .038 .057 .048 .105 -6.9 0.0 0.0
P  Gene Conley 37 32 86 7 16 2 0 0 3 0 0 2 12 .186 .205 .209 .414 3.0 0.0 0.0
C *Bill Heath 29 20 40 4 6 1 0 1 7 0 0 8 2 .150 .292 .250 .542 2.8 0.0 0.5
LF  Tommie Reynolds 26 25 23 5 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 8 .130 .231 .130 .361 0.7 0.0 0.1
SS  Pedro Gonzalez 30 24 17 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .235 .235 .235 .471 0.5 0.0 0.2
P  Orlando Pena 34 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
P  Casey Cox 26 14 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Fred Lasher 26 18 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Raul Sanchez 37 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Ken Sanders 26 78 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 30.3 1876 5387 633 1368 229 27 108 617 88 53 441 932 .254 .311 .367 .678 595.0 114.6 41.8
  Rank among 10 AL teams 7 7 6 5 8 8 7 3 7 8 1 5 7 7 7 7  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Joe Moeller 25 18 18 .500 44 44 0 351.7 319 113 22 79 253 2.89 27.4
 Dave Wickersham 32 16 19 .457 42 42 0 332.3 327 143 26 117 212 3.87 13.3
*George Brunet 33 20 13 .606 44 44 0 328.7 264 96 23 78 268 2.63 27.8
 Gene Conley 37 10 16 .385 32 32 0 240.7 229 119 39 86 175 4.45 6.4
 Ken Sanders 26 10 8 .556 78 0 14 84.7 80 38 5 36 55 4.04 8.6
 Fred Lasher 26 4 0 1.000 18 0 0 24.7 13 1 0 13 22 0.36 5.2
 Bob Duliba 33 4 3 .571 26 0 4 24.7 23 12 3 13 15 4.38 2.2
 Casey Cox 26 1 0 1.000 14 0 1 24.0 21 12 4 12 6 4.50 1.0
 Raul Sanchez 37 0 1 .000 16 0 0 20.3 18 9 4 7 10 3.98 0.8
 Orlando Pena 34 0 1 .000 7 0 0 9.7 19 15 2 5 4 13.98 0.0
Team Totals 30.9 83 79 .512 321 162 19 1441.3 1313 558 128 446 1020 3.48 92.6
Rank among 10 AL teams 5 5 10 5 8 4 3 2 3 6 3  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 36.5
S.Taylor 984.0 108 121 721 47 5 0 .994 29.2
D.Pavletich 372.3 44 47 258 26 4 1 .986 48.7
B.Heath 83.0 10 10 70 4 1 0 .987 27.3
J.Torre 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0
T.Reynolds 1.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1441.3 162 180 1051 77 10 1 .991 35.0
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 11.19
D.Clendenon 1247.3 141 146 1443 112 9 115 .994 11.22
D.Pavletich 166.0 19 25 171 14 2 16 .989 10.03
B.Heath 17.0 2 3 20 2 0 2 1.000 11.65
C.Yastrzemski 8.0 0 5 7 2 0 0 1.000 10.13
J.Torre 3.0 0 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 12.00
Team Total 1441.3 162 182 1645 130 11 133 .994 11.08
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 5.51
D.McAuliffe 1061.0 121 126 207 413 17 79 .973 5.26
G.Beckert 345.0 40 46 68 124 5 27 .975 5.01
P.Gonzalez 10.0 0 5 3 4 0 1 1.000 6.30
K.Boyer 4.3 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.08
Team Total 1420.3 161 179 278 542 22 107 .974 5.20
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .956 2.70
J.Torre 1319.3 148 152 89 307 18 29 .957 2.70
G.Beckert 78.0 9 12 6 22 1 4 .966 3.23
Team Total 1397.3 157 164 95 329 19 33 .957 2.73
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 4.95
K.Boyer 1288.7 150 153 212 515 15 82 .980 5.08
G.Beckert 79.0 7 23 11 32 0 4 1.000 4.90
P.Gonzalez 15.3 0 11 1 8 0 1 1.000 5.28
D.McAuliffe 5.0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.60
R.Colavito 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1389.0 157 190 224 557 15 87 .981 5.06
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 1.68
C.Yastrzemski 1285.7 146 146 240 8 4 2 .984 1.74
J.Small 120.0 13 16 23 1 0 0 1.000 1.80
T.Reynolds 32.7 3 8 11 0 0 0 1.000 3.03
D.Pavletich 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
P.Gonzalez 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
M.Alou 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1441.3 162 173 276 9 4 2 .986 1.78
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 2.22
M.Alou 1307.3 149 152 305 4 13 1 .960 2.13
J.Small 127.0 12 21 33 0 0 0 1.000 2.34
T.Reynolds 7.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29
Team Total 1441.3 162 174 339 4 13 1 .963 2.14
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 1.82
R.Colavito 1277.7 149 152 261 4 8 1 .971 1.87
J.Small 137.7 12 35 31 2 0 1 1.000 2.16
T.Reynolds 15.0 0 7 2 1 2 1 .600 1.80
P.Gonzalez 9.0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
D.Clendenon 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
M.Alou 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1441.3 162 198 296 7 10 3 .968 1.89
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 2.08
J.Moeller 351.7 44 44 24 39 0 2 1.000 1.61
D.Wickersham 332.3 42 42 27 61 1 4 .989 2.38
G.Brunet 328.7 44 44 23 47 1 5 .986 1.92
G.Conley 240.7 32 32 11 30 4 2 .911 1.53
K.Sanders 84.7 0 78 4 19 0 2 1.000 2.45
B.Duliba 24.7 0 26 2 4 0 0 1.000 2.19
F.Lasher 24.7 0 18 2 3 0 0 1.000 1.82
C.Cox 24.0 0 14 0 4 0 0 1.000 1.50
R.Sanchez 20.3 0 16 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.77
O.Pena 9.7 0 7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1441.3 162 321 94 210 6 15 .981 1.90
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Alou .322
On-Base Pct Yastrzemski .382
Slugging Pct Torre .454
OPS Yastrzemski .816
XR Yastrzemski 85.8
Games Torre 158
At-Bats Alou 628
Runs Torre 92
Hits Alou 202
Total Bases Torre 261
Singles Alou 166
Doubles Yastrzemski 39
Triples Alou 5
Homeruns Torre 20
RBIs Torre 83
Stolen Bases Clendenon 31
Caught Stealing Alou 15
Walks Yastrzemski 87
Strikeouts Clendenon, Colavito 120
ERA Brunet 2.63
Wins Brunet 20
Losses Wickersham 19
Winning Pct Brunet .606
Saves Sanders 14
Games Pitched Sanders 78
Games Started Brunet, Moeller 44
Complete Games Moeller, Wickersham 24
Shutouts Wickersham 4
Innings Pitched Moeller 351.7
Hits Allowed Wickersham 327
Homeruns Allowed Conley 39
Strikeouts Brunet 268
Walks Allowed Wickersham 117
Walks per 9IP Moeller 2.0
Hits per 9IP Brunet 7.2
Strikeouts per 9IP Brunet 7.3
WHiP Brunet 1.04
OAVG Brunet .218
OOBP Brunet .267
OSLG Brunet .332
OOPS Brunet .599
Team All-Stars
Ken Sanders
Player Salaries
Joe Torre $ 8,750,000
Ken Boyer $ 8,000,000
George Brunet $ 6,800,000
Gene Conley $ 6,000,000
Sammy Taylor $ 5,000,000
Joe Moeller $ 4,592,857
Carl Yastrzemski $ 4,280,000
Dick McAuliffe $ 3,990,000
Bob Duliba $ 3,750,000
Donn Clendenon $ 3,500,000
Dave Wickersham $ 3,000,000
Orlando Pena $ 2,500,000
Rocky Colavito $ 2,000,000
Matty Alou $ 1,700,000
Don Pavletich $ 517,143
Raul Sanchez $ 370,000
Jack Lamabe $ 350,000
Bubba Morton $ 350,000
Pedro Gonzalez $ 300,000
Bill Heath $ 300,000
Casey Cox $ 300,000
Tommie Reynolds $ 300,000
Ken Sanders $ 300,000
Jim Small $ 300,000
Glenn Beckert $ 300,000
Fred Lasher $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Chuck Hinton
Ken Sanders		 Montreal Eli Grba
$10,000,000
3/3 Traded Eli Grba Montreal Ken Sanders
3/3 Traded Pedro Ramos Detroit Gene Conley
Orlando Pena
Pedro Gonzalez
6/16 Released Dick Groat    
 
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