1963 Minnesota Twins
Record: 82-80
Finish: 3rd in AL Players Division Division
Runs Scored: 668
Runs Allowed: 685
Exp W-L: 79-83
 
Ballpark: Metropolitan Stadium
Attendance: 1,605,754
Manager: Cookie Lavagetto

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 75-62, 3rd in the American League
AA: 66-71, 6th in the American League
A: 76-61, 2nd in the American League
 
 
 
 
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 *Bob Skinner 31 154 606 92 163 22 7 8 44 36 18 77 75 .269 .355 .368 .723 83.0 18.6 1.9
CF  Al Kaline 28 148 564 75 161 22 2 9 51 2 2 47 27 .285 .343 .379 .722 69.0 14.8 3.2
2B  Gil McDougald 35 153 566 89 157 29 8 25 94 6 6 48 92 .277 .335 .489 .825 85.7 20.7 5.3
CF *Roger Maris 28 153 558 62 145 18 5 10 66 6 7 34 65 .260 .303 .364 .667 57.5 9.1 3.4
1B *Carl Yastrzemski 23 156 527 62 141 37 0 15 80 1 1 60 53 .268 .342 .423 .765 73.4 16.8 3.0
C  Joe Torre 22 137 550 74 168 32 2 15 63 4 2 23 53 .305 .340 .453 .793 76.3 19.1 8.1
1B *Willie Davis 23 152 517 51 128 27 7 5 64 35 9 10 55 .248 .261 .356 .617 46.7 5.9 2.0
SS  Gene Freese 29 138 449 42 107 23 6 9 48 1 0 24 64 .238 .274 .376 .650 44.3 6.6 4.8
SS *Dick McAuliffe 23 100 187 17 43 9 4 4 22 6 3 22 31 .230 .308 .385 .693 21.9 3.9 1.9
C  Don Pavletich 24 42 151 18 39 7 0 5 14 1 1 10 28 .258 .302 .404 .706 17.3 3.1 2.0
LF  Chuck Hinton 29 98 126 28 40 4 2 5 18 13 5 7 18 .317 .353 .500 .853 21.2 5.5 0.4
CF *Matty Alou 24 61 111 17 25 3 0 1 10 7 1 6 11 .225 .265 .279 .544 7.8 0.4 0.4
1B  Donn Clendenon 27 82 110 9 28 3 0 2 16 5 2 5 21 .255 .282 .336 .618 9.8 1.1 0.3
P  Paul Foytack 32 37 99 7 14 1 0 0 4 1 0 1 40 .141 .149 .152 .300 0.6 0.0 0.0
P  Don Kaiser 28 38 88 2 4 3 0 0 5 0 0 1 32 .045 .065 .080 .145 -3.9 0.0 0.0
P  Dave Hillman 35 36 84 4 10 0 2 0 3 0 0 2 32 .119 .140 .167 .306 -0.8 0.0 0.0
LF  Frank Thomas 34 46 63 8 20 2 0 5 15 0 0 6 9 .317 .377 .587 .964 12.9 3.7 0.3
P *Bud Daley 30 23 61 3 10 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 7 .164 .177 .180 .358 0.6 0.0 0.0
P #Jim Perry 27 27 51 2 8 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 10 .157 .157 .157 .314 -0.7 0.0 0.0
3B *Jim King 30 38 40 4 11 2 0 2 7 1 0 2 6 .275 .302 .475 .777 6.1 1.3 0.2
RF  Bubba Morton 31 22 22 2 6 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 2 .273 .360 .318 .678 3.0 0.6 0.0
P  Wes Stock 29 16 14 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 .071 .071 .071 .143 -1.0 0.0 0.0
P  Roger Craig 33 6 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.8 0.0 0.0
P #Pedro Ramos 28 36 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0 0.0
P  Dave Wickersham 27 27 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0 0.0
P  Jack Lamabe 26 14 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Frank Sullivan 33 80 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P #Jim Constable 30 41 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 28.5 2061 5570 668 1430 246 45 120 633 126 57 389 749 .257 .306 .382 .688 629.0 131.3 37.3
  Rank among 10 AL teams 4 7 6 2 2 6 7 2 8 9 1 7 7 5 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
 Paul Foytack 32 19 10 .655 37 37 0 293.7 263 102 20 86 170 3.13 22.6
 Don Kaiser 28 13 15 .464 38 37 0 259.3 252 117 22 68 121 4.06 8.3
 Dave Hillman 35 13 13 .500 36 33 1 249.3 242 100 26 53 109 3.61 14.7
*Bud Daley 30 5 8 .385 23 23 0 172.3 165 72 14 62 116 3.76 8.4
 Jim Perry 27 9 10 .474 27 19 0 155.3 149 74 15 60 69 4.29 5.6
 Frank Sullivan 33 6 4 .600 80 0 21 91.7 101 40 10 23 44 3.93 9.4
 Wes Stock 29 2 5 .286 16 7 0 58.0 68 39 11 20 38 6.05 0.0
 Pedro Ramos 28 6 3 .667 36 0 1 46.3 45 21 7 21 32 4.08 3.0
*Jim Constable 30 4 3 .571 41 0 5 46.0 39 22 2 29 25 4.30 3.2
 Dave Wickersham 27 4 4 .500 27 1 0 36.7 36 18 5 14 14 4.42 0.9
 Roger Craig 33 0 4 .000 6 3 0 26.7 34 19 5 11 9 6.41 0.0
 Jack Lamabe 26 1 1 .500 14 2 2 26.3 20 14 3 11 14 4.79 1.2
Team Totals 29.8 82 80 .506 381 162 30 1461.6 1414 638 140 458 761 3.93 77.4
Rank among 10 AL teams 6 6 6 6 3 8 8 8 3 10 8  
* - 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 .990 34.1
J.Torre 1142.7 126 129 610 62 6 1 .991 43.4
D.Pavletich 319.0 36 39 182 17 5 0 .975 42.9
Team Total 1461.7 162 168 792 79 11 1 .988 43.3
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 11.65
C.Yastrzemski 1307.3 149 152 1656 151 13 147 .993 12.44
D.Clendenon 124.3 13 20 190 8 1 14 .995 14.33
C.Hinton 11.0 0 11 12 1 0 0 1.000 10.64
J.Torre 7.0 0 3 10 0 0 1 1.000 12.86
M.Alou 5.0 0 1 5 1 0 0 1.000 10.80
J.King 3.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00
F.Thomas 3.0 0 1 6 0 0 1 1.000 18.00
B.Skinner 1.0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 27.00
Team Total 1461.7 162 191 1884 161 14 163 .993 12.59
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 5.92
G.McDougald 1286.3 143 144 305 602 11 122 .988 6.35
D.McAuliffe 175.3 19 23 37 76 1 11 .991 5.80
Team Total 1461.7 162 167 342 678 12 133 .988 6.28
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .957 2.82
R.Maris 1305.0 148 153 79 342 9 27 .979 2.90
F.Thomas 136.7 14 30 5 29 2 3 .944 2.24
J.King 13.0 0 6 2 2 0 1 1.000 2.77
J.Torre 4.0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
G.McDougald 2.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
G.Freese 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1461.7 162 194 87 375 11 31 .977 2.84
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 5.07
G.Freese 1128.0 136 136 179 505 15 96 .979 5.46
D.McAuliffe 300.7 23 65 47 136 6 25 .968 5.48
G.McDougald 29.0 3 3 5 8 0 1 1.000 4.03
F.Thomas 3.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.King 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1461.7 162 207 231 649 21 122 .977 5.42
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 1.75
W.Davis 1271.3 150 152 253 1 6 0 .977 1.80
C.Hinton 126.0 11 31 24 0 0 0 1.000 1.71
J.King 31.3 0 14 12 0 0 0 1.000 3.45
B.Morton 11.0 1 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.27
M.Alou 8.0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38
F.Thomas 6.0 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
D.McAuliffe 4.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
C.Yastrzemski 2.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
B.Skinner 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1461.7 162 210 301 2 6 0 .981 1.87
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 2.28
A.Kaline 1287.3 143 147 333 10 4 4 .988 2.40
M.Alou 88.0 11 11 30 0 3 0 .909 3.07
C.Hinton 78.0 8 15 17 0 1 0 .944 1.96
J.King 6.3 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.42
G.Freese 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1461.7 162 177 381 10 8 4 .980 2.41
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 1.79
B.Skinner 1350.7 149 151 231 7 6 1 .975 1.59
M.Alou 82.0 10 11 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.32
C.Hinton 26.0 3 5 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.42
W.Davis 2.0 0 1 1 0 1 0 .500 4.50
J.King 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1461.7 162 169 251 7 7 1 .974 1.59
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 2.10
P.Foytack 293.7 37 37 28 53 2 4 .976 2.48
D.Kaiser 259.3 37 38 18 44 7 0 .899 2.15
D.Hillman 249.3 33 36 21 47 0 2 1.000 2.45
B.Daley 172.3 23 23 12 37 2 2 .961 2.56
J.Perry 155.3 19 27 5 28 1 1 .971 1.91
F.Sullivan 91.7 0 80 9 17 1 1 .963 2.55
W.Stock 58.0 7 16 4 11 1 3 .938 2.33
P.Ramos 46.3 0 36 2 6 0 0 1.000 1.55
J.Constable 46.0 0 41 6 4 0 0 1.000 1.96
D.Wickersham 36.7 1 27 2 11 0 0 1.000 3.19
R.Craig 26.7 3 6 1 9 0 0 1.000 3.38
J.Lamabe 26.3 2 14 2 6 0 1 1.000 2.73
Team Total 1461.6 162 381 110 273 14 14 .965 2.36
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Torre .305
On-Base Pct Skinner .355
Slugging Pct McDougald .489
OPS McDougald .825
XR McDougald 85.7
Games Yastrzemski 156
At-Bats Skinner 606
Runs Skinner 92
Hits Torre 168
Total Bases McDougald 277
Singles Kaline 128
Doubles Yastrzemski 37
Triples McDougald 8
Homeruns McDougald 25
RBIs McDougald 94
Stolen Bases Skinner 36
Caught Stealing Skinner 18
Walks Skinner 77
Strikeouts McDougald 92
ERA Foytack 3.13
Wins Foytack 19
Losses Kaiser 15
Winning Pct Foytack .655
Saves Sullivan 21
Games Pitched Sullivan 80
Games Started Foytack, Kaiser 37
Complete Games Foytack 10
Shutouts Foytack 5
Innings Pitched Foytack 293.7
Hits Allowed Foytack 263
Homeruns Allowed Hillman 26
Strikeouts Foytack 170
Walks Allowed Foytack 86
Walks per 9IP Hillman 1.9
Hits per 9IP Foytack 8.1
Strikeouts per 9IP Daley 6.1
WHiP Hillman 1.18
OAVG Foytack .242
OOBP Hillman .295
OSLG Foytack .357
OOPS Foytack .654
Team All-Stars
Gil McDougald
Frank Sullivan
Player Salaries
Gil McDougald $ 9,000,000
Bob Skinner $ 7,750,000
Al Kaline $ 7,000,000
Gene Freese $ 6,500,000
Paul Foytack $ 6,000,000
Roger Maris $ 4,521,429
Don Kaiser $ 3,500,000
Bud Daley $ 3,085,714
Frank Sullivan $ 2,750,000
Jim Constable $ 2,371,429
Jim King $ 1,900,000
Dave Hillman $ 600,000
Roger Craig $ 550,000
Pedro Ramos $ 435,714
Frank Thomas $ 350,000
Donn Clendenon $ 300,000
Dave Wickersham $ 300,000
Joe Torre $ 300,000
Willie Davis $ 300,000
Jack Lamabe $ 300,000
Chuck Hinton $ 300,000
Bubba Morton $ 300,000
Jim Perry $ 300,000
Matty Alou $ 300,000
Don Pavletich $ 300,000
Carl Yastrzemski $ 300,000
Dick McAuliffe $ 300,000
Wes Stock $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/2 Signed     Gene Freese
2/5 Signed     Roger Craig
2/6 Signed     Don Kaiser
2/7 Traded Bob Bailey Montreal Roger Maris
2/19 Signed     Frank Sullivan
3/3 Traded Milt Smith Montreal Joe Moeller