1950 Minnesota Twins
Record: 97-65
Finish: 4th in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 909
Runs Allowed: 752
Exp W-L: 95-67
 
Ballpark: Metropolitan Stadium
Attendance: 1,865,743
Manager: Joe Kuhel

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 57-80, 8th in the AL
AA: 66-71, 6th in the AL
A: 64-73, 5th 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  Del Ennis 25 155 600 124 186 38 2 42 135 5 2 68 51 .310 .379 .590 .969 121.5 21.3 3.1
3B *Johnny Pesky 30 152 598 102 211 37 10 8 90 7 4 46 24 .353 .399 .488 .887 105.5 18.6 6.6
RF *Duke Snider 23 146 555 104 151 39 4 37 115 5 2 68 153 .272 .350 .557 .907 102.3 16.3 5.6
1B *Jack Bolling 33 140 515 67 167 43 0 8 71 0 0 37 38 .324 .371 .454 .825 76.8 11.7 2.5
C  Roy Campanella 28 137 481 74 121 18 0 29 91 0 0 63 61 .252 .336 .470 .806 78.8 10.2 8.8
3B  Bobby Thomson 26 140 438 82 115 18 1 21 74 4 1 52 58 .263 .341 .452 .793 68.1 8.2 2.7
3B *Vern Benson 25 134 311 70 89 22 2 16 53 0 0 74 64 .286 .424 .524 .948 67.5 12.1 1.9
SS  Alvin Dark 28 118 327 46 96 25 0 4 47 2 1 27 17 .294 .347 .407 .754 45.4 6.2 3.8
1B *Al Gionfriddo 28 126 291 54 87 14 3 1 34 18 13 61 14 .299 .418 .378 .796 47.6 6.4 1.9
LF  George Case 34 86 286 45 92 22 5 6 35 11 6 15 43 .322 .356 .497 .853 44.7 7.0 1.6
LF *Jeff Heath 35 52 193 41 60 14 2 8 32 1 1 32 31 .311 .405 .528 .934 39.0 6.8 1.4
SS  Creepy Crespi 32 72 179 21 43 6 1 3 22 0 0 15 25 .240 .303 .335 .638 18.4 0.7 2.5
C  Bobby Bragan 32 51 133 9 23 2 0 1 9 0 0 15 3 .173 .257 .211 .467 5.9 0.0 2.6
RF  Stan Rojek 31 92 130 20 35 6 2 2 13 2 1 12 5 .269 .329 .392 .721 16.4 1.5 0.6
P  Bob Rush 24 43 122 9 18 2 0 0 9 0 0 3 42 .148 .168 .164 .332 0.3 0.0 0.0
P *Bob Chipman 31 44 116 4 16 2 0 1 6 0 0 1 35 .138 .143 .181 .324 1.7 0.0 0.0
SS  Irv Hall 31 38 100 12 27 8 0 2 18 0 0 4 8 .270 .295 .410 .705 11.5 1.0 1.3
3B  Lee Handley 36 53 74 5 15 5 0 0 8 2 1 7 5 .203 .272 .270 .542 4.9 0.0 1.0
P  Bill Voiselle 31 47 50 4 6 2 0 1 8 0 0 2 11 .120 .145 .220 .365 2.4 0.0 0.0
CF *Russ Derry 33 30 62 8 11 2 0 3 7 0 0 9 13 .177 .282 .355 .637 6.8 0.1 0.5
P  Jack Salveson 36 22 48 4 12 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 .250 .245 .292 .537 3.3 0.0 0.0
P  Al Javery 32 10 27 1 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 6 .185 .267 .185 .452 1.4 0.0 0.0
P  Frank Barrett 36 14 29 0 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 11 .172 .200 .172 .372 0.8 0.0 0.0
C  Ferrell Anderson 32 19 19 2 2 0 0 1 4 0 0 2 3 .105 .190 .263 .454 0.7 0.0 0.1
P  Ken Holcombe 31 23 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Miller 24 60 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .200 .000 .200 0.0 0.0 0.0
P *Bill Kennedy 29 33 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Gerry Staley 29 68 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P *Jack Banta 25 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 30.0 2114 5699 909 1594 327 32 194 887 57 32 618 733 .280 .349 .450 .800 871.3 128.3 48.4
  Rank among 8 AL teams 2 4 3 1 4 3 4 3 7 8 6 4 6 3 3 3  
* - 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
 Bob Rush 24 20 15 .571 43 43 0 335.3 331 145 11 105 135 3.89 24.5
*Bob Chipman 31 25 9 .735 44 44 0 334.7 284 106 25 89 153 2.85 35.0
 Bill Voiselle 31 15 12 .556 47 27 0 206.3 193 121 24 157 142 5.28 8.3
 Jack Salveson 36 11 5 .688 22 22 0 143.7 138 62 14 66 73 3.88 11.7
 Frank Barrett 36 6 5 .545 14 14 0 88.7 83 40 8 56 50 4.06 6.6
 Gerry Staley 29 7 0 1.000 68 0 6 82.3 76 27 4 31 23 2.95 10.6
 Al Javery 32 4 4 .500 10 10 0 81.7 90 49 10 39 31 5.40 3.3
 Bob Miller 24 3 5 .375 60 0 34 64.3 78 26 3 19 17 3.64 10.3
*Bill Kennedy 29 2 4 .333 33 1 0 49.3 44 23 5 33 17 4.20 3.4
 Ken Holcombe 31 1 0 1.000 23 1 0 27.0 37 19 6 17 11 6.33 0.2
 Erv Palica 22 1 2 .333 23 0 1 26.7 31 25 2 25 14 8.44 0.0
 Bill Reeder 28 1 3 .250 11 0 0 11.7 13 12 4 10 6 9.26 0.0
 Jack Banta 25 0 1 .000 9 0 0 10.0 16 12 4 8 2 10.80 0.0
 Eddie Erautt 25 1 0 1.000 7 0 0 5.7 6 2 0 7 1 3.18 0.3
Team Totals 28.8 97 65 .599 414 162 41 1467.3 1420 669 120 662 675 4.10 114.2
Rank among 8 AL teams 4 4 1 4 1 2 1 1 4 3 1  
* - 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 .992 32.3
R.Campanella 1134.7 124 133 533 48 3 0 .995 41.0
B.Bragan 316.0 37 42 155 12 1 1 .994 35.7
F.Anderson 13.7 1 5 6 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
A.Gionfriddo 3.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1467.3 162 181 696 60 4 1 .995 39.6
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .989 12.09
J.Bolling 1080.0 125 131 1395 110 13 130 .991 12.54
V.Benson 269.3 27 40 351 33 6 38 .985 12.83
B.Thomson 117.0 10 23 138 13 1 9 .993 11.62
G.Case 0.6 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 15.00
Team Total 1466.9 162 195 1884 157 20 177 .990 12.52
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 6.21
A.Dark 640.3 72 86 154 296 9 70 .980 6.32
C.Crespi 448.0 55 55 101 222 12 40 .964 6.49
I.Hall 243.0 27 35 69 103 5 19 .972 6.37
L.Handley 110.7 8 32 32 49 0 13 1.000 6.59
B.Bragan 20.3 0 8 6 10 0 0 1.000 7.08
J.Pesky 5.0 0 3 1 5 1 2 .857 10.80
Team Total 1467.3 162 219 363 685 27 144 .975 6.43
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .955 2.87
B.Thomson 855.0 95 102 54 204 11 16 .959 2.72
V.Benson 434.0 48 52 39 94 3 7 .978 2.76
A.Dark 88.0 10 13 3 29 2 3 .941 3.27
L.Handley 83.0 9 13 4 25 2 0 .935 3.14
A.Gionfriddo 2.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Bolling 2.0 0 2 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00
S.Rojek 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
I.Hall 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1467.3 162 185 100 352 19 26 .960 2.77
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 5.52
J.Pesky 1284.0 144 148 231 595 28 121 .967 5.79
S.Rojek 159.0 18 24 26 57 4 13 .954 4.70
C.Crespi 11.3 0 7 4 5 0 2 1.000 7.15
A.Dark 7.0 0 5 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.57
B.Bragan 4.0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
I.Hall 2.0 0 1 2 2 0 2 1.000 18.00
Team Total 1467.3 162 187 265 661 32 138 .967 5.68
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 1.97
D.Ennis 1312.3 145 149 227 9 4 1 .983 1.62
J.Heath 297.1 34 34 75 1 3 1 .962 2.30
G.Case 275.3 34 34 60 0 2 0 .968 1.96
A.Gionfriddo 76.0 8 13 13 0 0 0 1.000 1.54
R.Derry 33.0 4 4 8 1 0 0 1.000 2.45
B.Thomson 4.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
Team Total 1997.7 225 235 384 11 9 2 .978 1.78
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 2.55
D.Snider 1234.3 138 143 358 10 1 3 .997 2.68
R.Derry 100.0 13 15 29 1 3 0 .909 2.70
A.Gionfriddo 65.0 4 14 16 0 1 0 .941 2.22
G.Case 24.7 3 4 6 1 1 1 .875 2.55
B.Thomson 10.0 1 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
C.Crespi 9.0 1 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.00
J.Heath 2.4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1445.4 160 182 415 12 6 4 .986 2.66
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 2.10
A.Gionfriddo 497.7 52 77 112 2 4 0 .966 2.06
G.Case 267.9 37 37 58 1 2 0 .967 1.98
J.Heath 149.1 17 17 31 1 2 0 .941 1.93
S.Rojek 21.0 2 6 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.86
R.Derry 9.0 0 5 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
D.Snider 9.0 0 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00
D.Ennis 6.0 0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 6.00
B.Thomson 4.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 963.7 108 152 210 4 8 0 .964 2.00
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 2.35
B.Rush 335.3 43 43 19 71 4 3 .957 2.42
B.Chipman 334.7 44 44 18 64 0 5 1.000 2.21
B.Voiselle 206.3 27 47 9 32 2 3 .953 1.79
J.Salveson 143.7 22 22 12 24 2 2 .947 2.26
F.Barrett 88.7 14 14 5 14 0 1 1.000 1.93
G.Staley 82.3 0 68 3 14 0 0 1.000 1.86
A.Javery 81.7 10 10 5 20 1 2 .962 2.75
B.Miller 64.3 0 60 3 12 0 2 1.000 2.10
B.Kennedy 49.3 1 33 5 14 0 0 1.000 3.47
K.Holcombe 27.0 1 23 1 4 0 0 1.000 1.67
E.Palica 26.7 0 23 6 7 0 0 1.000 4.39
B.Reeder 11.7 0 11 1 3 0 0 1.000 3.09
J.Banta 10.0 0 9 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.80
E.Erautt 5.7 0 7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1467.3 162 414 87 281 9 18 .976 2.26
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Pesky .353
On-Base Pct Pesky .399
Slugging Pct Ennis .590
OPS Ennis .969
XR Ennis 121.5
Games Ennis 155
At-Bats Ennis 600
Runs Ennis 124
Hits Pesky 211
Total Bases Ennis 354
Singles Pesky 156
Doubles Bolling 43
Triples Pesky 10
Homeruns Ennis 42
RBIs Ennis 135
Stolen Bases Gionfriddo 18
Caught Stealing Gionfriddo 13
Walks Benson 74
Strikeouts Snider 153
ERA Chipman 2.85
Wins Chipman 25
Losses Rush 15
Winning Pct Chipman .735
Saves Miller 34
Games Pitched Staley 68
Games Started Chipman 44
Complete Games Rush 14
Shutouts Chipman 1
Innings Pitched Rush 335.3
Hits Allowed Rush 331
Homeruns Allowed Chipman 25
Strikeouts Chipman 153
Walks Allowed Voiselle 157
Walks per 9IP Chipman 2.4
Hits per 9IP Chipman 7.6
Strikeouts per 9IP Voiselle 6.2
WHiP Chipman 1.11
OAVG Chipman .229
OOBP Chipman .281
OSLG Chipman .336
OOPS Chipman .617
Team All-Stars
Bob Chipman
Del Ennis
Bob Miller
Johnny Pesky
Bob Rush
Duke Snider
Player Salaries
Bob Chipman $ 7,500,000
Al Javery $ 6,510,000
Del Ennis $ 5,371,429
Johnny Pesky $ 5,000,000
Jeff Heath $ 4,900,000
Roy Campanella $ 4,635,714
Jack Salveson $ 4,600,000
Frank Barrett $ 4,500,000
Jack Bolling $ 4,500,000
Bill Voiselle $ 4,460,000
Alvin Dark $ 2,237,143
Al Gionfriddo $ 1,707,143
Bobby Bragan $ 350,000
Al Glossop $ 350,000
Stan Rojek $ 350,000
Gerry Staley $ 350,000
Bobby Thomson $ 300,000
Vern Benson $ 300,000
Duke Snider $ 300,000
Bob Rush $ 300,000
Irv Hall $ 300,000
Bill Reeder $ 300,000
Ken Holcombe $ 300,000
Russ Derry $ 300,000
Erv Palica $ 300,000
Eddie Erautt $ 300,000
Bob Miller $ 300,000
Ferrell Anderson $ 300,000
Bill Kennedy $ 300,000
Ray Coleman $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Released Johnny Rigney    
2/2 Signed     Frank Barrett
2/8 Signed     Lee Handley
7/1 Traded Jack Sanford
Round Draft Pick.
Tampa Bay Jack Salveson
7/31 Traded Alex Kellner
Creepy Crespi
George Case
Tampa Bay Jeff Heath
7/31 Traded Lee Handley
Jack Banta
Pittsburgh Al Javery