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1956 Minnesota Twins
Record: 89-73
Finish: 2nd in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 790
Runs Allowed: 708
Exp W-L: 89-73
 
Ballpark: Metropolitan Stadium
Attendance: 2,424,359
Manager: Cookie Lavagetto

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 59-78, 6th in the AL
AA: 63-74, 5th in the AL
A: 81-56, 1st in the AL
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost AL League Series 3-4 to Tampa Bay Devil Rays
 
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
2B  Roy Hartsfield 30 153 624 91 175 30 0 14 61 14 7 41 91 .280 .325 .396 .721 79.8 13.8 6.1
RF *Duke Snider 29 154 521 115 147 44 2 41 108 0 0 114 117 .282 .407 .610 1.018 122.1 28.8 3.7
1B *Vic Wertz 31 153 557 108 153 26 1 45 101 0 0 68 51 .275 .354 .567 .921 104.9 22.3 3.5
SS  Johnny Logan 29 145 540 76 164 28 4 15 73 0 0 44 54 .304 .356 .454 .810 84.8 17.5 5.1
3B  Bobby Thomson 32 145 543 70 131 33 5 24 96 0 1 40 69 .241 .292 .453 .745 69.6 10.4 2.7
LF *Jerry Lynch 25 149 545 63 148 37 3 22 83 0 2 31 67 .272 .309 .472 .780 73.0 12.5 2.4
3B  Luis Olmo 36 152 546 65 138 23 3 6 56 4 2 19 69 .253 .278 .339 .617 48.0 4.2 4.0
C  Gil Hodges 32 147 474 81 120 30 2 30 75 0 0 59 89 .253 .334 .515 .849 80.1 15.6 4.6
RF *Paul Lehner 35 103 211 17 50 7 1 0 13 1 2 17 25 .237 .297 .280 .577 16.8 1.1 1.2
SS  Gene Mauch 30 106 205 28 59 11 1 3 27 4 1 17 26 .288 .341 .395 .736 26.3 4.6 1.8
1B  Darrell Johnson 27 100 198 16 46 1 0 3 23 0 0 13 27 .232 .277 .283 .560 15.6 0.4 1.6
RF *Ray Coleman 34 67 124 25 30 7 3 0 8 1 4 6 18 .242 .275 .347 .622 9.1 0.3 0.5
P  Paul Foytack 25 44 102 6 16 5 1 2 5 0 0 4 35 .157 .189 .284 .473 5.4 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Miller 30 44 93 5 11 2 0 0 6 0 1 2 36 .118 .137 .140 .277 -0.7 0.0 0.0
P *Earl Johnson 37 34 88 4 13 6 1 0 4 0 0 0 30 .148 .148 .239 .386 0.7 0.0 0.0
P *Luis Arroyo 29 33 64 5 19 1 0 0 10 0 0 1 13 .297 .303 .313 .616 6.3 0.7 0.0
1B  Virgil Stallcup 34 50 61 10 19 8 1 1 14 0 0 1 4 .311 .323 .525 .847 9.3 2.2 0.2
3B  Pete Castiglione 35 17 34 1 8 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 4 .235 .278 .265 .542 1.4 0.0 0.4
SS  Kermit Wahl 33 14 12 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 3 .167 .286 .167 .452 0.8 0.0 0.1
C  Dixie Howell 36 4 11 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .182 .250 .182 .432 0.2 0.0 0.1
P *Jack Banta 31 61 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .100 .100 .100 .200 -0.7 0.0 0.0
P *Bill Kennedy 35 94 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .125 .125 .125 .250 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P *Ken Johnson 33 36 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Porterfield 32 22 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 31.7 2027 5578 790 1453 300 28 206 768 24 20 481 836 .260 .318 .435 .753 752.1 134.5 38.0
  Rank among 8 AL teams 3 3 3 1 7 1 3 4 6 7 4 4 5 1 3 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
 Paul Foytack 25 18 19 .486 44 44 0 338.0 311 145 20 120 206 3.86 20.4
 Bob Miller 30 18 15 .545 44 44 0 317.0 288 98 9 46 149 2.78 27.1
*Earl Johnson 37 15 10 .600 34 34 0 248.7 254 121 27 110 116 4.38 11.6
*Luis Arroyo 29 10 9 .526 33 33 0 204.7 186 94 18 95 122 4.13 10.3
*Bill Kennedy 35 10 9 .526 94 2 16 113.7 107 49 14 58 76 3.88 10.0
 Jack Banta 31 9 5 .643 61 4 8 99.0 84 34 7 54 59 3.09 10.6
 Jim Hearn 35 3 1 .750 51 0 3 59.0 63 26 7 25 24 3.97 4.2
*Ken Johnson 33 4 4 .500 36 1 3 52.7 57 31 6 54 32 5.30 0.3
 Bob Porterfield 32 2 1 .667 22 0 1 26.0 38 17 6 11 4 5.88 0.0
Team Totals 31.9 89 73 .549 419 162 31 1458.6 1388 615 114 573 788 3.79 94.5
Rank among 8 AL teams 2 2 2 2 2 4 1 3 5 5 2  
* - 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 .995 34.1
G.Hodges 1082.7 120 122 599 37 4 0 .994 26.2
D.Johnson 349.7 39 42 197 14 1 0 .995 42.9
D.Howell 26.3 3 4 11 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1458.7 162 168 807 51 5 0 .994 30.4
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.68
V.Wertz 1286.3 145 146 1591 144 12 141 .993 12.14
P.Lehner 110.0 12 19 140 7 0 13 1.000 12.03
V.Stallcup 44.3 5 7 56 11 0 6 1.000 13.60
D.Snider 7.0 0 5 8 0 1 0 .889 10.29
D.Johnson 7.0 0 3 12 0 0 0 1.000 15.43
B.Thomson 3.0 0 2 5 1 0 0 1.000 18.00
G.Hodges 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1458.7 162 183 1812 163 13 160 .993 12.19
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 5.70
R.Hartsfield 1305.7 147 151 279 597 30 110 .967 6.04
G.Mauch 131.7 14 19 22 55 4 8 .951 5.26
K.Wahl 21.3 1 8 6 8 0 3 1.000 5.91
Team Total 1458.7 162 178 307 660 34 121 .966 5.97
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .963 2.81
L.Olmo 1308.0 150 150 69 333 12 21 .971 2.77
G.Mauch 89.0 9 15 5 31 0 1 1.000 3.64
P.Castiglione 34.0 3 9 2 12 0 2 1.000 3.71
B.Thomson 17.7 0 8 1 3 0 0 1.000 2.04
D.Johnson 8.0 0 5 0 3 0 0 1.000 3.38
K.Wahl 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1458.7 162 188 77 382 12 24 .975 2.83
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 5.11
J.Logan 1231.7 139 143 217 518 28 100 .963 5.37
G.Mauch 173.0 18 28 24 80 2 18 .981 5.41
P.Castiglione 41.0 5 5 5 21 2 3 .929 5.71
V.Stallcup 10.0 0 7 2 2 0 0 1.000 3.60
L.Olmo 3.0 0 1 2 0 1 0 .667 6.00
Team Total 1458.7 162 184 250 621 33 121 .963 5.37
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 1.86
J.Lynch 1192.7 138 144 241 6 8 1 .969 1.86
R.Coleman 190.0 22 24 34 1 4 0 .897 1.66
G.Hodges 26.7 0 15 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.36
P.Lehner 22.7 2 4 4 0 1 0 .800 1.59
B.Thomson 12.7 0 6 2 0 1 0 .667 1.42
V.Wertz 8.3 0 5 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.24
L.Olmo 3.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
G.Mauch 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1458.6 162 200 291 7 14 1 .955 1.84
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 2.54
D.Snider 1287.0 144 146 349 2 9 1 .975 2.45
P.Lehner 144.7 16 19 40 0 0 0 1.000 2.49
R.Coleman 23.0 2 5 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.17
J.Lynch 4.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1458.7 162 173 392 2 9 1 .978 2.43
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 1.98
B.Thomson 1186.0 134 136 257 3 4 1 .985 1.97
P.Lehner 168.0 20 22 34 3 0 2 1.000 1.98
R.Coleman 80.3 8 11 17 0 0 0 1.000 1.90
J.Lynch 14.3 0 7 4 0 1 0 .800 2.51
V.Wertz 7.0 0 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57
D.Snider 3.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1458.7 162 182 314 6 5 3 .985 1.97
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 2.28
P.Foytack 338.0 44 44 24 68 3 1 .968 2.45
B.Miller 317.0 44 44 28 70 1 9 .990 2.78
E.Johnson 248.7 34 34 20 45 1 5 .985 2.35
L.Arroyo 204.7 33 33 21 33 1 6 .982 2.37
B.Kennedy 113.7 2 94 7 19 1 2 .963 2.06
J.Banta 99.0 4 61 3 18 0 2 1.000 1.91
J.Hearn 59.0 0 51 3 10 1 1 .929 1.98
K.Johnson 52.7 1 36 5 9 0 2 1.000 2.39
B.Porterfield 26.0 0 22 1 4 1 0 .833 1.73
Team Total 1458.6 162 419 112 276 9 28 .977 2.39
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Logan .304
On-Base Pct Snider .407
Slugging Pct Snider .610
OPS Snider 1.018
XR Snider 122.1
Games Snider 154
At-Bats Hartsfield 624
Runs Snider 115
Hits Hartsfield 175
Total Bases Snider 318
Singles Hartsfield 131
Doubles Snider 44
Triples Thomson 5
Homeruns Wertz 45
RBIs Snider 108
Stolen Bases Hartsfield 14
Caught Stealing Hartsfield 7
Walks Snider 114
Strikeouts Snider 117
ERA Miller 2.78
Wins Foytack, Miller 18
Losses Foytack 19
Winning Pct Johnson .600
Saves Kennedy 16
Games Pitched Kennedy 94
Games Started Foytack, Miller 44
Complete Games Foytack 13
Shutouts Foytack 2
Innings Pitched Foytack 338.0
Hits Allowed Foytack 311
Homeruns Allowed Johnson 27
Strikeouts Foytack 206
Walks Allowed Foytack 120
Walks per 9IP Miller 1.3
Hits per 9IP Miller 8.2
Strikeouts per 9IP Foytack 5.5
WHiP Miller 1.05
OAVG Arroyo .240
OOBP Miller .267
OSLG Miller .312
OOPS Miller .580
Team All-Stars
Roy Hartsfield
Bill Kennedy
Bob Miller
Duke Snider
Player Salaries
Duke Snider $ 10,180,000
Earl Johnson $ 9,500,000
Gil Hodges $ 8,340,000
Vic Wertz $ 8,000,000
Bob Miller $ 7,500,000
Roy Hartsfield $ 6,000,000
Bobby Thomson $ 4,000,000
Luis Olmo $ 3,000,000
Bill Kennedy $ 2,500,000
Bob Porterfield $ 1,250,000
Johnny Logan $ 1,157,143
Paul Lehner $ 750,000
Jim Hearn $ 700,000
Ken Johnson $ 460,000
Larry Jansen $ 400,000
Jack Banta $ 350,000
Ray Coleman $ 350,000
Dixie Howell $ 350,000
Jerry Lynch $ 300,000
Darrell Johnson $ 300,000
Kermit Wahl $ 300,000
Paul Foytack $ 300,000
Luis Arroyo $ 300,000
Pete Castiglione $ 300,000
Gene Mauch $ 300,000
Virgil Stallcup $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/8 Signed     Luis Olmo
2/18 Signed     Jim Hearn
3/3 Traded Alvin Dark
Ken Holcombe		 Detroit Luis Arroyo
Gene Mauch
Bob Porterfield
Ken Johnson
$5,000,000
 
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