1943 Minnesota Twins
Record: 69-93
Finish: 7th in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 753
Runs Allowed: 830
Exp W-L: 74-88
 
Ballpark: Metropolitan Stadium
Attendance: 1,243,463
Manager: Walter Johnson

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 52-85, 8th in the AL
AA: 78-59, 2nd in the AL
A: 72-65, 1st in the AL
 
 
 
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
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
LF  Ernie Koy 33 153 628 102 190 56 10 11 64 6 4 35 104 .303 .341 .476 .817 91.2 14.2 1.8
CF  Joe Dimaggio 28 158 593 106 183 35 9 23 95 0 1 62 16 .309 .369 .514 .883 105.4 17.4 3.4
1B  Zeke Bonura 34 159 595 91 171 39 9 19 94 0 0 53 62 .287 .345 .479 .824 91.2 13.4 1.9
C *Don Padgett 31 154 575 83 182 37 4 3 64 0 0 45 69 .317 .365 .410 .775 78.8 11.6 10.0
2B #Johnny Lucadello 24 152 499 57 126 28 3 5 66 0 0 92 55 .253 .368 .351 .719 66.4 8.0 3.1
2B  Billy Myers 32 155 513 55 152 28 3 7 62 2 0 37 81 .296 .343 .404 .747 63.6 8.2 4.3
1B  Fred Sington 33 138 408 52 107 26 2 7 71 0 0 67 75 .262 .362 .387 .750 59.1 7.4 1.8
3B  Hank Majeski 26 137 338 43 87 12 3 7 50 0 0 21 41 .257 .303 .373 .676 37.8 3.6 2.1
SS  Odell Hale 34 75 217 22 43 13 0 1 21 5 0 20 37 .198 .265 .272 .537 14.9 0.0 1.3
LF  George Case 27 115 187 31 54 13 1 2 26 5 2 5 20 .289 .309 .401 .710 22.5 2.8 0.6
RF  Johnny Rizzo 30 47 178 21 52 12 2 5 27 0 0 10 29 .292 .326 .466 .793 24.8 3.3 0.8
3B  Hal Luby 30 94 154 17 44 7 2 0 23 3 2 16 7 .286 .349 .357 .706 18.9 2.2 1.2
C  Mickey Owen 27 52 162 13 53 9 0 1 22 0 0 5 17 .327 .343 .401 .744 20.4 2.8 1.9
P  Butch Wensloff 27 44 126 5 14 0 0 0 6 0 0 1 52 .111 .118 .111 .229 -4.2 0.0 0.0
2B *Lonny Frey 32 108 104 17 24 6 0 0 16 1 0 18 13 .231 .344 .288 .633 11.3 1.0 0.5
P  Hank Wyse 25 42 108 8 16 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 19 .148 .148 .167 .315 0.2 0.0 0.0
LF *Chet Morgan 33 40 101 14 21 2 0 1 11 0 0 8 5 .208 .266 .257 .523 6.7 0.0 0.5
P  Clay Bryant 31 27 65 9 10 1 1 0 3 0 0 1 5 .154 .167 .200 .367 0.5 0.0 0.0
P  Bill Sayles 25 45 47 1 6 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 22 .128 .163 .149 .312 0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Dutch Leonard 34 34 41 0 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 8 .122 .143 .122 .265 -0.1 0.0 0.0
C  Ray Mueller 31 24 23 4 5 2 0 1 4 0 0 3 3 .217 .308 .435 .742 3.3 0.3 0.1
P  Gene Schott 29 58 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7 0.0 0.0
P  Jack Hallett 28 36 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .167 .286 .167 .452 0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Joe Beggs 32 16 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.8 0.2 0.0
P *Al Milnar 29 51 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Nick Strincevich 28 31 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Hank Borowy 27 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.6 2147 5686 753 1549 329 49 93 732 22 9 503 747 .272 .330 .397 .727 713.8 96.4 35.4
  Rank among 8 AL teams 3 6 4 1 1 7 6 6 2 7 8 4 7 5 6 6  
* - 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
 Butch Wensloff 27 18 23 .439 44 44 0 351.0 380 154 20 124 180 3.95 19.6
 Hank Wyse 25 19 16 .543 42 42 0 314.3 373 160 20 105 70 4.58 14.7
 Bill Sayles 25 6 13 .316 45 22 3 172.3 173 107 18 121 114 5.59 2.9
 Dutch Leonard 34 4 16 .200 34 22 0 170.7 207 86 14 46 44 4.54 6.4
 Clay Bryant 31 8 11 .421 27 27 0 170.0 186 98 19 94 66 5.19 4.7
 Gene Schott 29 4 5 .444 58 3 3 80.7 80 39 6 44 26 4.35 5.3
*Al Milnar 29 6 3 .667 51 0 11 60.7 49 19 2 35 28 2.82 10.7
 Jack Hallett 28 3 1 .750 36 2 2 60.7 51 22 3 28 28 3.26 5.9
 Nick Strincevich 28 1 5 .167 31 0 9 34.0 37 15 4 16 17 3.97 3.5
 Joe Beggs 32 0 0 .000 16 0 0 23.3 31 10 2 7 4 3.86 1.5
 Hank Borowy 27 0 0 .000 2 0 0 3.3 7 7 3 2 0 18.92 0.0
Team Totals 28.6 69 93 .426 386 162 28 1441.0 1574 717 111 622 577 4.48 75.2
Rank among 8 AL teams 7 7 4 7 7 6 4 6 7 7 6  
* - 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 .988 32.9
D.Padgett 1135.7 126 135 502 38 5 3 .991 51.6
M.Owen 292.3 35 37 98 12 2 0 .982 50.0
R.Mueller 13.0 1 4 7 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1441.0 162 176 607 50 7 3 .989 50.0
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 12.17
Z.Bonura 1286.7 144 153 1637 133 11 149 .994 12.38
C.Morgan 100.0 13 13 133 3 3 12 .978 12.24
F.Sington 49.0 5 10 62 6 1 6 .986 12.49
O.Hale 4.3 0 3 3 0 0 1 1.000 6.24
L.Frey 1.0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 27.00
Team Total 1441.0 162 180 1838 142 15 168 .992 12.37
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 6.17
J.Lucadello 593.7 68 74 149 270 12 47 .972 6.35
O.Hale 549.0 71 71 133 236 15 52 .961 6.05
H.Luby 184.7 20 38 45 87 6 18 .957 6.43
L.Frey 109.7 3 44 37 54 3 15 .968 7.47
B.Myers 4.0 0 2 2 2 0 2 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1441.0 162 229 366 649 36 134 .966 6.34
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .959 3.03
H.Majeski 719.3 82 93 45 192 9 11 .963 2.97
J.Lucadello 639.7 73 75 44 158 9 13 .957 2.84
H.Luby 81.0 7 18 10 17 0 2 1.000 3.00
O.Hale 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1441.0 162 187 99 367 18 26 .963 2.91
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .965 5.64
B.Myers 1247.3 150 153 235 583 50 109 .942 5.90
H.Luby 94.0 10 20 19 56 0 8 1.000 7.18
L.Frey 62.0 2 23 12 25 3 4 .925 5.37
H.Majeski 25.7 0 13 4 8 2 0 .857 4.21
G.Case 5.0 0 3 1 3 0 0 1.000 7.20
O.Hale 5.0 0 2 2 4 0 2 1.000 10.80
C.Morgan 2.0 0 1 2 1 0 1 1.000 13.50
Team Total 1441.0 162 215 275 680 55 124 .946 5.96
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 2.05
E.Koy 1231.3 145 148 229 13 15 2 .942 1.77
C.Morgan 101.0 12 15 32 0 0 0 1.000 2.85
F.Sington 71.7 5 21 22 0 0 0 1.000 2.76
D.Padgett 19.0 0 10 3 0 2 0 .600 1.42
G.Case 15.0 0 8 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.40
J.Rizzo 3.0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1441.0 162 203 293 13 17 2 .947 1.91
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 2.71
J.Dimaggio 1297.0 145 157 387 3 7 2 .982 2.71
G.Case 136.0 17 26 36 2 0 2 1.000 2.51
C.Morgan 8.0 0 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1441.0 162 186 427 5 7 4 .984 2.70
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 2.02
F.Sington 826.7 93 99 184 6 5 1 .974 2.07
J.Rizzo 384.7 46 46 90 2 3 0 .968 2.15
G.Case 186.0 19 31 34 1 3 0 .921 1.69
D.Padgett 36.3 4 5 11 1 1 0 .923 2.97
C.Morgan 5.3 0 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.38
H.Majeski 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1441.0 162 186 322 10 12 1 .965 2.07
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 2.28
B.Wensloff 351.0 44 44 23 77 6 2 .943 2.56
H.Wyse 314.3 42 42 20 53 3 1 .961 2.09
B.Sayles 172.3 22 45 8 32 2 1 .952 2.09
D.Leonard 170.7 22 34 14 37 1 0 .981 2.69
C.Bryant 170.0 27 27 2 39 3 1 .932 2.17
G.Schott 80.7 3 58 6 17 0 2 1.000 2.57
A.Milnar 60.7 0 51 3 2 1 0 .833 0.74
J.Hallett 60.7 2 36 3 12 0 2 1.000 2.23
N.Strincevich 34.0 0 31 2 3 1 0 .833 1.32
J.Beggs 23.3 0 16 2 5 0 1 1.000 2.70
H.Borowy 3.3 0 2 2 2 0 1 1.000 10.81
Team Total 1441.0 162 386 85 279 17 11 .955 2.27
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Padgett .317
On-Base Pct Dimaggio .369
Slugging Pct Dimaggio .514
OPS Dimaggio .883
XR Dimaggio 105.4
Games Bonura 159
At-Bats Koy 628
Runs Dimaggio 106
Hits Koy 190
Total Bases Dimaggio 305
Singles Padgett 138
Doubles Koy 56
Triples Koy 10
Homeruns Dimaggio 23
RBIs Dimaggio 95
Stolen Bases Koy 6
Caught Stealing Koy 4
Walks Lucadello 92
Strikeouts Koy 104
ERA Wensloff 3.95
Wins Wyse 19
Losses Wensloff 23
Winning Pct Wyse .543
Saves Milnar 11
Games Pitched Schott 58
Games Started Wensloff 44
Complete Games Wensloff 20
Shutouts Wensloff 3
Innings Pitched Wensloff 351.0
Hits Allowed Wensloff 380
Homeruns Allowed Wensloff, Wyse 20
Strikeouts Wensloff 180
Walks Allowed Wensloff 124
Walks per 9IP Leonard 2.4
Hits per 9IP Sayles 9.0
Strikeouts per 9IP Sayles 6.0
WHiP Wensloff 1.44
OAVG Sayles .259
OOBP Wensloff .331
OSLG Wensloff .397
OOPS Wensloff .729
Team All-Stars
Joe Dimaggio
Don Padgett
Butch Wensloff
Player Salaries
Joe Dimaggio $ 11,000,000
Zeke Bonura $ 6,000,000
Don Padgett $ 6,000,000
Clay Bryant $ 5,500,000
Dutch Leonard $ 4,500,000
Al Milnar $ 4,071,429
Bill Sayles $ 3,971,429
Johnny Rizzo $ 3,664,286
Ernie Koy $ 3,078,571
Odell Hale $ 3,000,000
Billy Myers $ 2,650,000
Fred Sington $ 2,250,000
Jack Hallett $ 2,085,714
Gene Schott $ 1,428,571
Lonny Frey $ 1,250,000
Hal Luby $ 350,000
Joe Beggs $ 350,000
Ray Mueller $ 350,000
Chet Morgan $ 350,000
George Case $ 300,000
Hank Borowy $ 300,000
Hank Majeski $ 300,000
Hank Wyse $ 300,000
Mickey Owen $ 300,000
Nick Strincevich $ 300,000
Butch Wensloff $ 300,000
Johnny Lucadello $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/3 Traded George Mcquinn
Cy Blanton
Detroit Don Padgett
Fred Sington
Lonny Frey
Dutch Leonard