1970 Minnesota Twins
Record: 91-71
Finish: 2nd in AL Players Division Division
Runs Scored: 693
Runs Allowed: 653
Exp W-L: 85-77
 
Ballpark: Metropolitan Stadium
Attendance: 1,786,811
Manager: Bill Rigney

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 65-72, 6th in the American League
AA: 63-74, 6th in the American League
A: 68-69, 5th in the American League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost Divisional Series 1-4 to Oakland Athletics
 
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 *Carl Yastrzemski 30 155 569 77 167 28 0 15 85 1 1 71 48 .293 .374 .422 .795 84.4 17.9 2.8
CF *Matty Alou 31 154 608 77 189 17 0 1 47 24 7 22 56 .311 .335 .344 .679 65.8 11.3 4.1
C  Joe Torre 29 153 573 74 155 30 2 19 81 1 3 47 72 .271 .325 .429 .754 79.3 15.1 4.0
SS *Dick McAuliffe 30 155 540 70 129 23 4 9 69 16 14 63 85 .239 .315 .346 .662 59.3 6.9 6.9
LF *Jim Small 33 138 556 56 164 27 0 4 55 0 1 37 82 .295 .338 .365 .703 64.7 11.2 3.2
1B  Donn Clendenon 34 134 499 68 132 28 7 17 66 22 12 36 126 .265 .313 .451 .764 68.4 12.7 3.7
2B  Bobby Knoop 31 120 398 36 103 17 2 6 49 1 0 28 89 .259 .308 .357 .665 40.8 5.5 0.4
SS  Glenn Beckert 29 104 335 30 70 18 1 1 24 9 2 9 18 .209 .228 .278 .505 16.6 0.0 4.9
C *Bill Heath 31 89 293 43 73 13 2 4 36 3 1 30 29 .249 .320 .348 .668 32.8 4.8 9.2
1B  Duane Josephson 28 73 270 33 76 11 1 6 32 2 1 19 32 .281 .330 .396 .726 32.7 5.6 5.6
CF *Bill White 36 77 265 30 62 13 4 11 47 6 8 15 40 .234 .278 .438 .716 31.3 3.7 0.2
1B  Rick Joseph 30 105 247 32 65 10 0 5 34 0 1 21 44 .263 .319 .364 .683 26.5 3.5 1.6
LF  Tommie Reynolds 28 85 203 27 62 17 0 1 21 3 1 21 19 .305 .368 .404 .772 30.7 6.8 1.2
SS  Pedro Gonzalez 32 95 208 21 51 8 1 0 14 3 3 5 30 .245 .269 .293 .562 13.5 0.0 3.3
CF *Bill Voss 26 64 53 11 8 1 0 0 4 3 6 4 8 .151 .203 .170 .373 0.5 0.0 0.3
C  Doug Camilli 33 14 37 2 5 3 0 0 2 0 1 4 8 .135 .214 .216 .431 0.9 0.0 1.1
3B  Mike Ferraro 25 24 32 4 11 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 .344 .344 .469 .813 3.7 0.7 0.8
3B #Chico Ruiz 31 16 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 -0.3 0.0 0.4
  Team Totals 30.4 1755 5691 693 1523 268 24 99 668 95 64 432 792 .268 .319 .375 .694 651.6 105.8 53.7
  Rank among 10 AL teams 1 7 2 3 10 7 7 5 8 7 1 4 7 6 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
 Joe Moeller 27 17 12 .586 36 36 0 310.3 255 88 28 43 235 2.55 31.6
 Charlie Beamon 35 9 14 .391 35 35 0 235.3 184 93 15 152 252 3.56 15.4
 Ken Sanders 28 16 5 .762 28 28 0 194.7 167 60 11 66 142 2.77 20.2
 Dave Wickersham 34 9 14 .391 34 22 3 179.0 204 95 14 74 112 4.78 6.4
 Fred Lasher 28 10 7 .588 43 11 7 127.3 121 71 11 66 78 5.02 5.7
*Dick Estelle 28 8 7 .533 18 18 0 123.7 103 51 16 61 84 3.71 8.7
*Luke Walker 26 8 4 .667 20 6 1 103.0 99 40 4 47 61 3.50 8.3
 John Strohmayer 23 4 2 .667 34 0 4 68.7 64 31 10 22 33 4.06 5.3
 Casey Cox 28 7 5 .583 41 0 11 66.7 69 17 3 21 15 2.30 8.9
 Ron Klimkowski 26 1 1 .500 25 0 2 45.0 66 31 10 17 8 6.20 0.0
 Bob Moorhead 32 2 0 1.000 13 0 1 25.7 27 7 1 9 13 2.46 3.2
Team Totals 28.6 91 71 .562 327 156 29 1479.3 1359 584 123 578 1033 3.55 113.5
Rank among 10 AL teams 5 5 3 5 2 5 4 3 7 4 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 .991 31.4
B.Heath 775.3 85 85 549 42 4 0 .993 32.0
D.Josephson 361.6 38 38 271 26 4 1 .987 51.3
D.Camilli 94.0 10 13 72 5 1 0 .987 22.2
Team Total 1230.9 133 136 892 73 9 1 .991 36.5
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.18
D.Clendenon 1138.0 130 133 1260 115 9 123 .993 10.87
D.Josephson 279.7 30 31 307 24 3 31 .991 10.65
J.Torre 188.3 19 24 199 13 3 17 .986 10.13
R.Joseph 115.7 12 17 127 10 2 15 .986 10.66
B.White 29.0 1 8 26 2 0 1 1.000 8.69
C.Yastrzemski 10.0 0 6 15 2 0 0 1.000 15.30
B.Heath 3.0 0 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 12.00
M.Alou 2.7 0 1 4 1 0 1 1.000 16.92
Team Total 1766.4 192 221 1942 167 17 188 .992 10.75
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 5.59
D.McAuliffe 1314.7 145 149 274 540 13 104 .984 5.57
B.Knoop 91.0 9 13 11 37 1 4 .980 4.75
P.Gonzalez 70.0 8 9 21 29 0 12 1.000 6.43
C.Ruiz 4.0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1.000 6.75
Team Total 1479.7 162 172 307 608 14 120 .985 5.57
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .956 2.73
J.Torre 1124.3 125 126 58 235 14 18 .954 2.35
R.Joseph 322.7 36 39 22 71 4 3 .959 2.59
B.Voss 22.3 1 11 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.61
C.Ruiz 5.7 0 4 3 1 0 1 1.000 6.36
D.Josephson 2.6 0 2 0 1 0 1 1.000 3.46
M.Ferraro 1.3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 6.77
P.Gonzalez 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1479.9 162 184 85 311 18 23 .957 2.41
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 4.94
G.Beckert 845.7 99 104 137 311 6 66 .987 4.77
P.Gonzalez 509.0 57 79 71 181 6 39 .977 4.46
M.Ferraro 85.3 6 23 14 41 1 10 .982 5.80
C.Ruiz 22.7 0 10 4 13 0 0 1.000 6.75
D.McAuliffe 17.0 0 6 1 12 0 1 1.000 6.88
Team Total 1479.7 162 222 227 558 13 116 .984 4.77
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 1.77
C.Yastrzemski 1301.7 145 145 251 5 8 1 .970 1.77
T.Reynolds 160.0 16 25 28 1 0 0 1.000 1.63
B.White 36.4 2 8 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.23
R.Joseph 15.0 1 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.20
D.Camilli 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
M.Alou 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1516.1 164 184 290 6 8 1 .974 1.76
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 2.46
M.Alou 1304.7 148 152 353 3 16 1 .957 2.46
T.Reynolds 95.7 12 12 27 1 2 0 .933 2.63
B.Voss 63.3 2 17 14 1 0 0 1.000 2.13
B.White 18.5 0 5 4 0 1 0 .800 1.95
C.Yastrzemski 3.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1485.2 162 187 399 5 19 1 .955 2.45
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 2.02
J.Small 1195.7 134 138 254 10 0 1 1.000 1.99
T.Reynolds 197.3 22 27 54 0 5 0 .915 2.46
B.Voss 50.0 4 12 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.08
B.White 40.3 1 10 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.67
P.Gonzalez 4.7 0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 5.79
B.Knoop 4.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
R.Joseph 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1493.0 161 192 321 10 5 1 .985 2.00
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 1.91
J.Moeller 310.3 36 36 35 32 2 1 .971 1.94
C.Beamon 235.3 35 35 15 22 1 5 .974 1.42
K.Sanders 194.7 28 28 13 26 0 3 1.000 1.80
D.Wickersham 179.0 22 34 13 32 0 4 1.000 2.26
F.Lasher 127.3 11 43 10 17 0 3 1.000 1.91
D.Estelle 123.7 18 18 6 16 2 1 .917 1.60
L.Walker 103.0 6 20 1 12 0 2 1.000 1.14
J.Strohmayer 68.7 0 34 4 14 0 1 1.000 2.36
C.Cox 66.7 0 41 4 17 0 2 1.000 2.84
R.Klimkowski 45.0 0 25 6 6 1 0 .923 2.40
B.Moorhead 25.7 0 13 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.35
Team Total 1479.3 156 327 108 194 6 22 .981 1.84
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Alou .311
On-Base Pct Yastrzemski .374
Slugging Pct Clendenon .451
OPS Yastrzemski .795
XR Yastrzemski 84.4
Games McAuliffe, Yastrzemski 155
At-Bats Alou 608
Runs Yastrzemski, Alou 77
Hits Alou 189
Total Bases Torre 246
Singles Alou 171
Doubles Torre 30
Triples Clendenon 7
Homeruns Torre 19
RBIs Yastrzemski 85
Stolen Bases Alou 24
Caught Stealing McAuliffe 14
Walks Yastrzemski 71
Strikeouts Clendenon 126
ERA Moeller 2.55
Wins Moeller 17
Losses Beamon, Wickersham 14
Winning Pct Sanders .762
Saves Cox 11
Games Pitched Lasher 43
Games Started Moeller 36
Complete Games Moeller 19
Shutouts Moeller 4
Innings Pitched Moeller 310.3
Hits Allowed Moeller 255
Homeruns Allowed Moeller 28
Strikeouts Beamon 252
Walks Allowed Beamon 152
Walks per 9IP Moeller 1.2
Hits per 9IP Beamon 7.0
Strikeouts per 9IP Beamon 9.6
WHiP Moeller 0.96
OAVG Beamon .213
OOBP Moeller .252
OSLG Beamon .307
OOPS Moeller .596
Team All-Stars
Donn Clendenon
Fred Lasher
Ken Sanders
Player Salaries
Joe Moeller $ 13,000,000
Joe Torre $ 8,750,000
Charlie Beamon $ 5,500,000
Carl Yastrzemski $ 4,280,000
Dick McAuliffe $ 3,990,000
Donn Clendenon $ 3,500,000
Dave Wickersham $ 2,090,000
Jim Small $ 1,707,143
Bill White $ 1,404,000
Duane Josephson $ 1,278,571
Matty Alou $ 1,250,000
Ken Sanders $ 1,015,000
Glenn Beckert $ 792,857
Fred Lasher $ 662,857
Luke Walker $ 385,714
Casey Cox $ 350,000
Doug Camilli $ 350,000
Bob Moorhead $ 300,000
Tommie Reynolds $ 300,000
Ron Klimkowski $ 300,000
Rick Joseph $ 300,000
Chico Ruiz $ 300,000
Bill Heath $ 300,000
Pedro Gonzalez $ 300,000
Mike Ferraro $ 300,000
Dick Estelle $ 300,000
John Strohmayer $ 300,000
Bill Voss $ 300,000
Bobby Knoop $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/3 Traded Gene Conley Montreal John Tsitouris
7/1 Traded John Tsitouris Montreal Duane Josephson
Bill White
Luke Walker
$10,000,000