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1939 Minnesota Twins
Record: 67-95
Finish: 8th in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 705
Runs Allowed: 801
Exp W-L: 72-90
 
Ballpark: Metropolitan Stadium
Attendance: 1,062,225
Manager: Walter Johnson

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 82-55, 2nd in the AL
AA: 65-72, 5th in the AL
A: 83-54, 2nd in the AL
 
 
 
 
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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  Zeke Bonura 30 154 551 90 150 35 4 25 93 0 0 67 29 .272 .348 .486 .834 84.9 14.7 2.8
RF  Johnny Rizzo 26 157 563 79 159 43 1 18 72 1 0 59 64 .282 .350 .458 .809 83.3 15.4 3.2
CF *Wally Moses 28 159 557 78 157 36 7 10 78 7 6 49 44 .282 .339 .425 .765 75.7 12.9 3.1
3B  Pie Traynor 39 146 572 77 159 24 4 8 49 5 1 21 11 .278 .303 .376 .678 61.3 8.0 2.5
2B  Billy Myers 28 159 530 60 140 18 6 4 64 3 3 49 76 .264 .324 .343 .668 58.6 7.1 4.3
SS  Tony Piet 32 146 462 60 124 30 5 4 53 4 2 24 67 .268 .309 .381 .690 51.1 6.8 3.4
LF  Ernie Koy 29 124 412 56 107 25 3 4 40 9 4 29 54 .260 .308 .364 .672 42.3 4.7 3.4
C  Spud Davis 34 113 405 42 109 26 0 3 46 0 0 25 36 .269 .311 .356 .667 40.6 4.4 4.9
C  Ray Mueller 27 115 236 23 52 13 2 5 27 0 0 23 25 .220 .295 .356 .651 25.0 2.3 2.7
1B *George McQuinn 29 116 218 24 59 7 3 4 31 0 0 18 22 .271 .325 .385 .710 26.5 3.8 1.0
CF  Joe Dimaggio 24 57 222 34 62 15 4 5 31 0 0 19 11 .279 .336 .450 .787 30.6 5.5 2.0
CF  Buster Mills 30 118 177 23 46 12 3 4 27 3 1 19 18 .260 .333 .429 .763 23.4 3.5 0.8
P *Cy Blanton 30 43 110 7 18 1 0 1 15 0 0 2 22 .164 .177 .200 .377 3.1 0.0 0.0
P *Al Milnar 25 44 116 3 15 1 0 0 5 1 0 2 45 .129 .144 .138 .282 -0.4 0.0 0.0
SS  Ted Gullic 32 59 94 5 22 8 1 0 9 1 0 9 10 .234 .295 .340 .636 10.0 0.8 0.8
P #Tex Carleton 32 40 89 7 18 5 0 0 6 0 0 1 21 .202 .211 .258 .470 3.2 0.0 0.0
3B  Hal Luby 26 77 81 14 23 4 0 0 3 0 0 11 5 .284 .376 .333 .710 11.3 1.9 0.8
2B *Charlie Gehringer 36 52 60 8 14 4 0 0 7 1 0 4 7 .233 .281 .300 .581 4.9 0.2 0.4
LF *Chet Morgan 29 28 59 6 21 3 0 1 11 0 0 2 1 .356 .377 .458 .835 9.4 2.2 0.5
P  Bill Hallahan 36 38 45 3 9 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 13 .200 .200 .222 .422 1.3 0.0 0.0
P  Bill Sayles 21 31 33 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 14 .121 .147 .121 .268 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Gene Schott 25 28 18 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 8 .111 .105 .111 .216 -0.1 0.0 0.0
CF  Sammy Byrd 31 9 9 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .556 .600 .667 1.267 2.7 0.8 0.0
P  Mike Naymick 21 26 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .200 .000 .200 0.0 0.0 0.0
P *Luke Hamlin 34 25 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 2.000 2.500 1.4 0.6 0.0
P  Jim Mooney 32 36 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.5 2100 5626 705 1476 312 43 97 673 35 17 435 605 .262 .315 .385 .700 650.0 95.4 36.6
  Rank among 8 AL teams 5 7 7 4 8 6 7 4 5 7 3 7 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
*Al Milnar 25 14 24 .368 44 44 0 343.0 353 146 14 138 111 3.83 18.7
 Cy Blanton 30 20 18 .526 43 43 0 328.3 379 159 23 81 117 4.36 14.1
 Tex Carleton 32 11 20 .355 40 35 0 262.0 254 135 22 118 121 4.64 9.8
*Bill Hallahan 36 6 10 .375 38 17 0 160.0 172 89 11 86 89 5.01 3.6
 Bill Sayles 21 5 10 .333 31 16 8 127.7 108 59 9 54 79 4.16 8.9
 Gene Schott 25 1 4 .200 28 7 0 78.0 76 38 4 31 30 4.38 3.1
*Jim Mooney 32 3 2 .600 36 0 3 40.7 37 18 3 19 13 3.98 3.9
 Dick Barrett 32 4 2 .667 33 0 0 36.0 48 21 4 18 8 5.25 1.4
 Mike Naymick 21 2 4 .333 26 0 4 34.0 26 11 6 16 22 2.91 3.1
 Luke Hamlin 34 1 1 .500 25 0 0 31.0 38 13 2 6 12 3.77 2.3
 Johnny Lanning 28 0 0 .000 1 0 0 1.7 4 5 0 2 0 27.11 0.0
 Clint Brown 35 0 0 .000 2 0 0 1.3 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.2
Team Totals 29.3 67 95 .414 347 162 15 1443.6 1496 694 98 569 602 4.33 69.0
Rank among 8 AL teams 8 8 7 8 6 2 6 6 7 6 6  
* - 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 .988 33.8
S.Davis 972.3 112 112 414 39 6 2 .987 28.6
R.Mueller 466.7 50 64 216 22 3 1 .988 50.0
C.Gehringer 3.7 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
B.Mills 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0
Team Total 1443.7 162 178 633 61 9 3 .987 33.3
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 12.36
Z.Bonura 1236.7 139 152 1492 115 15 138 .991 11.70
G.McQuinn 165.0 18 30 238 18 1 19 .996 13.96
T.Gullic 42.0 5 7 48 7 0 8 1.000 11.79
Team Total 1443.7 162 189 1778 140 16 165 .992 11.96
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 6.31
T.Piet 1171.3 142 143 273 484 18 107 .977 5.82
H.Luby 189.3 16 49 45 83 4 21 .970 6.08
C.Gehringer 76.0 4 23 24 39 0 9 1.000 7.46
T.Gullic 7.0 0 5 1 5 0 1 1.000 7.71
Team Total 1443.7 162 220 343 611 22 138 .977 5.95
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .946 2.97
P.Traynor 1168.7 143 144 71 280 30 28 .921 2.70
G.McQuinn 247.3 18 66 9 58 5 6 .931 2.44
T.Gullic 23.7 1 11 1 7 1 2 .889 3.04
H.Luby 2.0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
C.Gehringer 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1443.7 162 223 82 346 36 36 .922 2.67
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .964 5.56
B.Myers 1233.3 143 155 201 518 33 97 .956 5.25
T.Gullic 166.0 19 29 28 64 3 13 .968 4.99
H.Luby 35.3 0 13 8 14 1 3 .957 5.60
T.Piet 7.0 0 3 2 4 0 1 1.000 7.71
C.Gehringer 2.0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1443.7 162 201 240 601 37 115 .958 5.24
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 1.93
J.Rizzo 1273.7 149 154 280 9 8 4 .973 2.04
C.Morgan 74.0 7 12 22 0 0 0 1.000 2.68
E.Koy 42.0 4 6 13 0 0 0 1.000 2.79
B.Mills 38.0 1 9 7 1 0 0 1.000 1.89
S.Byrd 8.0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13
C.Gehringer 4.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
T.Gullic 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
H.Luby 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1443.7 162 186 324 10 8 4 .977 2.08
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 2.60
E.Koy 796.0 90 98 260 6 6 1 .978 3.01
J.Dimaggio 477.0 55 56 166 0 5 0 .971 3.13
W.Moses 79.0 9 10 16 0 1 0 .941 1.82
C.Morgan 53.7 6 9 20 0 3 0 .870 3.35
B.Mills 37.0 2 10 12 1 0 0 1.000 3.16
S.Byrd 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1443.7 162 184 475 7 15 1 .970 3.00
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 2.04
W.Moses 1191.7 139 149 283 2 12 2 .960 2.15
B.Mills 230.0 23 39 43 4 1 1 .979 1.84
S.Byrd 9.0 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00
T.Gullic 6.0 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Rizzo 5.0 0 3 3 0 1 0 .750 5.40
C.Morgan 2.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1443.7 162 200 332 6 14 3 .960 2.11
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 2.38
A.Milnar 343.0 44 44 25 56 1 5 .988 2.13
C.Blanton 328.3 43 43 22 65 6 4 .935 2.38
T.Carleton 262.0 35 40 25 60 0 3 1.000 2.92
B.Hallahan 160.0 17 38 8 38 0 5 1.000 2.59
B.Sayles 127.7 16 31 12 25 4 0 .902 2.61
G.Schott 78.0 7 28 6 24 2 2 .938 3.46
J.Mooney 40.7 0 36 3 6 3 0 .750 1.99
D.Barrett 36.0 0 33 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.00
M.Naymick 34.0 0 26 2 5 0 1 1.000 1.85
L.Hamlin 31.0 0 25 1 6 0 0 1.000 2.03
J.Lanning 1.7 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 5.42
C.Brown 1.3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1443.6 162 347 105 289 16 20 .961 2.46
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Rizzo .282
On-Base Pct Rizzo .350
Slugging Pct Bonura .486
OPS Bonura .834
XR Bonura 84.9
Games Moses, Myers 159
At-Bats Traynor 572
Runs Bonura 90
Hits Traynor, Rizzo 159
Total Bases Bonura 268
Singles Traynor 123
Doubles Rizzo 43
Triples Moses 7
Homeruns Bonura 25
RBIs Bonura 93
Stolen Bases Koy 9
Caught Stealing Moses 6
Walks Bonura 67
Strikeouts Myers 76
ERA Milnar 3.83
Wins Blanton 20
Losses Milnar 24
Winning Pct Blanton .526
Saves Sayles 8
Games Pitched Milnar 44
Games Started Milnar 44
Complete Games Blanton 24
Shutouts Blanton, Sayles 2
Innings Pitched Milnar 343.0
Hits Allowed Blanton 379
Homeruns Allowed Blanton 23
Strikeouts Carleton 121
Walks Allowed Milnar 138
Walks per 9IP Blanton 2.2
Hits per 9IP Carleton 8.7
Strikeouts per 9IP Carleton 4.2
WHiP Blanton 1.40
OAVG Carleton .253
OOBP Blanton .326
OSLG Milnar .366
OOPS Milnar .698
Team All-Stars
Johnny Rizzo
Player Salaries
Bill Hallahan $ 8,500,000
Zeke Bonura $ 6,000,000
Tex Carleton $ 4,600,000
Tony Piet $ 3,750,000
Wally Moses $ 3,628,571
Cy Blanton $ 3,528,571
Spud Davis $ 3,500,000
Billy Myers $ 2,564,286
Charlie Gehringer $ 2,500,000
Dick Barrett $ 1,537,143
Clint Brown $ 1,000,000
Pie Traynor $ 1,000,000
Russ Van Atta $ 725,000
Buster Mills $ 725,000
Jim Mooney $ 350,000
Ab Wright $ 350,000
Bob Boken $ 350,000
Liz Funk $ 350,000
Sammy Byrd $ 350,000
Ted Gullic $ 350,000
Joe Dimaggio $ 300,000
George McQuinn $ 300,000
Luke Hamlin $ 300,000
Ernie Koy $ 300,000
Hal Luby $ 300,000
Al Milnar $ 300,000
Chet Morgan $ 300,000
Ray Mueller $ 300,000
Mike Naymick $ 300,000
Johnny Rizzo $ 300,000
Bill Sayles $ 300,000
Gene Schott $ 300,000
Johnny Lanning $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Tommy Henrich
Lou Gehrig
Sam West		 Cincinnati Ernie Koy
Zeke Bonura
Wally Moses
7/28 Released Joe Heving    
 
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