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1954 Minnesota Twins
Record: 101-61
Finish: 1st in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 823
Runs Allowed: 639
Exp W-L: 99-63
 
Ballpark: Metropolitan Stadium
Attendance: 2,427,982
Manager: Joe Kuhel

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 71-66, 3rd in the AL
AA: 70-67, 4th in the AL
A: 62-75, 4th in the AL
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost World Championship 2-4 to St. Louis Cardinals
Won AL League Series 4-3 over Detroit Tigers
 
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
1B *Al Gionfriddo 32 155 564 92 162 21 5 5 49 45 22 88 44 .287 .382 .369 .750 85.2 14.8 3.5
LF  Del Ennis 29 156 583 122 176 43 6 38 117 0 0 69 50 .302 .373 .592 .964 119.2 26.1 3.7
RF *Duke Snider 27 155 541 104 143 34 2 48 126 0 0 102 152 .264 .378 .601 .978 121.0 26.4 5.0
3B  Bobby Thomson 30 151 571 96 158 23 3 29 88 0 0 60 73 .277 .343 .480 .823 91.3 16.5 3.8
3B *Johnny Pesky 34 154 577 80 184 36 6 6 68 4 4 36 16 .319 .358 .433 .791 80.8 15.1 9.3
3B  Al Rosen 30 150 536 81 108 25 0 35 80 1 2 55 104 .201 .279 .444 .723 64.4 6.6 3.3
C  Gil Hodges 30 150 517 86 139 29 4 41 114 0 0 62 80 .269 .349 .578 .927 99.9 19.9 7.0
SS  Johnny Logan 27 133 424 52 123 30 0 6 52 0 0 34 32 .290 .348 .403 .752 56.4 9.9 5.8
SS  Alvin Dark 32 106 217 26 64 10 1 5 27 1 3 14 14 .295 .335 .419 .754 26.6 3.8 2.8
RF *Paul Lehner 33 81 147 18 37 9 2 0 20 0 0 12 14 .252 .306 .340 .646 14.7 1.3 0.8
P  Bob Rush 28 44 126 5 15 3 0 0 4 0 0 1 45 .119 .126 .143 .269 -1.1 0.0 0.0
2B  Roy Hartsfield 28 94 120 16 29 8 0 2 17 3 0 6 12 .242 .276 .358 .634 12.5 1.3 0.9
C  Ferrell Anderson 36 32 102 8 24 9 0 0 8 0 0 10 19 .235 .301 .324 .624 8.8 0.4 1.5
P *Earl Johnson 35 36 88 6 17 5 0 0 5 0 0 1 24 .193 .200 .250 .450 4.4 0.0 0.0
P  Ernie White 37 37 85 6 13 0 1 0 4 1 0 2 10 .153 .182 .176 .358 1.5 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Miller 28 35 89 6 13 3 0 0 5 0 0 3 28 .146 .174 .180 .354 1.4 0.0 0.0
RF  Stan Rojek 35 53 72 7 14 1 1 0 6 1 0 5 10 .194 .247 .236 .483 4.3 0.0 0.6
RF *Ray Coleman 32 26 66 7 17 2 1 0 9 0 1 2 8 .258 .279 .318 .598 4.7 0.1 0.4
SS  Irv Hall 35 16 22 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 .136 .208 .136 .345 0.4 0.0 0.2
P *Bob Chipman 35 40 20 2 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 5 .150 .190 .200 .390 0.6 0.0 0.0
C  Dixie Howell 34 5 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .083 .154 .083 .237 -0.5 0.0 0.2
P *Bob Lemon 33 38 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.1 0.0 0.0
P *Bill Kennedy 33 50 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0 0.0
P  Eddie Erautt 29 52 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
P  Ken Holcombe 35 24 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Erv Palica 26 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 31.7 1976 5493 823 1444 292 32 215 802 56 32 566 752 .263 .331 .445 .776 795.7 142.3 48.6
  Rank among 8 AL teams 7 4 5 1 4 1 4 4 6 6 7 5 4 1 2 4  
* - 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 28 23 16 .590 44 44 0 365.0 335 131 16 64 160 3.23 27.7
*Earl Johnson 35 18 9 .667 36 36 0 268.0 242 94 21 110 121 3.16 22.9
*Ernie White 37 17 10 .630 37 37 0 264.0 246 125 31 108 154 4.26 13.8
 Bob Miller 28 17 10 .630 35 35 0 247.3 245 86 4 39 64 3.13 20.4
*Bob Chipman 35 11 6 .647 40 8 0 94.7 82 34 10 34 34 3.23 9.3
*Bill Kennedy 33 7 5 .583 50 1 11 70.7 48 18 9 30 51 2.29 11.7
 Eddie Erautt 29 6 1 .857 52 1 19 55.0 50 30 11 43 28 4.91 3.7
 Bob Lemon 33 1 1 .500 38 0 2 42.7 50 28 9 18 15 5.91 0.0
 Ken Holcombe 35 1 3 .250 24 0 2 33.3 29 17 3 28 13 4.59 1.5
 Mel Wright 26 0 0 .000 5 0 0 5.3 1 1 0 1 2 1.69 0.7
 Erv Palica 26 0 0 .000 3 0 0 5.3 3 2 1 2 2 3.38 0.4
Team Totals 31.4 101 61 .623 364 162 34 1451.3 1331 566 115 477 644 3.51 112.1
Rank among 8 AL teams 1 1 1 1 2 3 2 1 2 6 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 .991 32.3
G.Hodges 1168.3 133 134 530 49 9 1 .985 43.6
F.Anderson 255.0 26 29 123 7 1 0 .992 18.2
D.Howell 28.0 3 4 17 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1451.3 162 167 670 56 10 1 .986 37.3
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 12.28
B.Thomson 1300.3 148 148 1738 129 13 160 .993 12.92
P.Lehner 125.0 14 14 150 7 1 12 .994 11.30
G.Hodges 26.0 0 10 37 2 0 5 1.000 13.50
Team Total 1451.3 162 172 1925 138 14 177 .993 12.79
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 6.35
J.Logan 1057.0 128 129 228 495 14 100 .981 6.16
R.Hartsfield 193.7 20 37 51 88 11 18 .927 6.46
A.Dark 182.7 14 48 44 99 1 17 .993 7.05
J.Pesky 7.0 0 3 4 6 0 3 1.000 12.86
I.Hall 6.0 0 4 2 1 0 1 1.000 4.50
A.Rosen 5.0 0 3 2 2 0 1 1.000 7.20
Team Total 1451.3 162 224 331 691 26 140 .975 6.34
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .948 2.84
A.Rosen 1259.7 144 145 70 295 21 28 .946 2.61
A.Dark 141.0 15 19 12 29 2 3 .953 2.62
I.Hall 35.7 3 8 1 9 1 2 .909 2.52
B.Thomson 15.0 0 4 1 4 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1451.3 162 176 84 337 24 33 .946 2.61
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 5.54
J.Pesky 1272.7 148 149 198 590 17 111 .979 5.57
A.Dark 146.7 13 24 24 76 5 14 .952 6.14
S.Rojek 16.0 0 5 4 7 0 1 1.000 6.19
I.Hall 11.0 1 2 3 4 0 1 1.000 5.73
A.Rosen 3.0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 6.00
J.Logan 2.0 0 2 1 2 0 1 1.000 13.50
Team Total 1451.3 162 184 230 681 22 128 .976 5.65
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 1.91
D.Ennis 1314.3 146 147 294 3 12 0 .961 2.03
R.Coleman 121.0 15 15 25 0 1 0 .962 1.86
P.Lehner 13.0 1 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.77
B.Thomson 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1451.3 162 167 323 3 13 0 .962 2.02
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 2.41
D.Snider 1319.3 148 149 339 9 5 5 .986 2.37
P.Lehner 90.0 10 12 26 0 0 0 1.000 2.60
R.Coleman 38.0 4 6 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.37
B.Thomson 3.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
D.Ennis 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1451.3 162 169 376 9 5 5 .987 2.39
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 1.97
A.Gionfriddo 1299.3 148 154 269 4 8 1 .972 1.89
S.Rojek 101.0 13 14 29 0 0 0 1.000 2.58
P.Lehner 23.0 1 10 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.57
D.Snider 14.0 0 6 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.29
D.Ennis 10.0 0 6 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.90
B.Thomson 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Coleman 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1451.3 162 192 305 4 8 1 .975 1.92
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 2.34
B.Rush 365.0 44 44 33 77 7 8 .940 2.71
E.Johnson 268.0 36 36 13 59 1 4 .986 2.42
E.White 264.0 37 37 17 48 6 4 .915 2.22
B.Miller 247.3 35 35 18 45 2 2 .969 2.29
B.Chipman 94.7 8 40 3 22 0 2 1.000 2.38
B.Kennedy 70.7 1 50 7 13 1 0 .952 2.55
E.Erautt 55.0 1 52 3 19 0 2 1.000 3.60
B.Lemon 42.7 0 38 2 10 0 0 1.000 2.53
K.Holcombe 33.3 0 24 3 7 0 1 1.000 2.70
M.Wright 5.3 0 5 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.69
E.Palica 5.3 0 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.69
Team Total 1451.3 162 364 99 302 17 23 .959 2.49
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Pesky .319
On-Base Pct Gionfriddo .382
Slugging Pct Snider .601
OPS Snider .978
XR Snider 121.0
Games Ennis 156
At-Bats Ennis 583
Runs Ennis 122
Hits Pesky 184
Total Bases Ennis 345
Singles Pesky 136
Doubles Ennis 43
Triples Ennis, Pesky 6
Homeruns Snider 48
RBIs Snider 126
Stolen Bases Gionfriddo 45
Caught Stealing Gionfriddo 22
Walks Snider 102
Strikeouts Snider 152
ERA Miller 3.13
Wins Rush 23
Losses Rush 16
Winning Pct Johnson .667
Saves Erautt 19
Games Pitched Erautt 52
Games Started Rush 44
Complete Games Rush 22
Shutouts Chipman, Johnson, Miller, Rush 1
Innings Pitched Rush 365.0
Hits Allowed Rush 335
Homeruns Allowed White 31
Strikeouts Rush 160
Walks Allowed Johnson 110
Walks per 9IP Miller 1.4
Hits per 9IP Johnson 8.1
Strikeouts per 9IP White 5.3
WHiP Rush 1.09
OAVG Johnson .241
OOBP Rush .275
OSLG Miller .328
OOPS Miller .614
Team All-Stars
Del Ennis
Gil Hodges
Earl Johnson
Bob Rush
Duke Snider
Player Salaries
Duke Snider $ 10,180,000
Earl Johnson $ 9,500,000
Gil Hodges $ 8,340,000
Bob Rush $ 6,864,286
Del Ennis $ 5,670,000
Bob Miller $ 4,771,429
Bobby Thomson $ 4,000,000
Bob Chipman $ 3,750,000
Al Rosen $ 3,328,571
Al Gionfriddo $ 2,750,000
Ernie White $ 2,680,000
Alvin Dark $ 2,500,000
Johnny Pesky $ 2,250,000
Bill Kennedy $ 1,537,143
Ken Holcombe $ 1,071,429
Paul Lehner $ 750,000
Bob Lemon $ 700,007
Eddie Erautt $ 614,286
Ferrell Anderson $ 350,000
Roy Hartsfield $ 350,000
Irv Hall $ 350,000
Erv Palica $ 350,000
Ray Coleman $ 350,000
Stan Rojek $ 350,000
Dixie Howell $ 300,000
Mel Wright $ 300,000
Johnny Logan $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
3/3 Traded Joe Dimaggio
Lou Klein		 Montreal Earl Johnson
Johnny Logan
Al Rosen
$4,000,000
 
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