1965 Minnesota Twins
Record: 96-66
Finish: 1st in AL Players Division Division
Runs Scored: 710
Runs Allowed: 635
Exp W-L: 89-73
 
Ballpark: Metropolitan Stadium
Attendance: 2,321,303
Manager: Sam Mele

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 58-79, 8th in the American League
AA: 63-74, 8th in the American League
A: 78-59, 2nd in the American League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost AL League Series 2-4 to Seattle Mariners
Won Divisional Series 4-0 over Cleveland (A) Indians
 
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
CF  Al Kaline 30 154 579 80 165 25 1 11 83 3 1 48 49 .285 .336 .389 .725 73.6 15.8 3.9
CF *Roger Maris 30 149 567 67 152 22 3 14 53 5 3 43 78 .268 .321 .392 .712 67.0 13.8 3.9
CF  Willie Mays 34 153 523 81 155 40 2 20 95 20 15 87 94 .296 .392 .495 .887 94.5 25.2 4.4
C  Joe Torre 24 146 532 69 142 25 3 18 83 4 0 38 56 .267 .319 .427 .746 66.9 14.5 9.2
SS  Ernie Banks 34 150 535 59 109 9 1 20 64 7 5 23 138 .204 .239 .336 .576 38.6 1.5 5.8
SS *Dick McAuliffe 25 147 461 73 110 22 7 22 61 8 6 53 67 .239 .315 .460 .775 69.0 15.8 6.3
1B  Donn Clendenon 29 138 469 61 138 30 10 12 63 22 12 29 84 .294 .337 .478 .814 68.3 17.6 2.5
CF *Matty Alou 26 120 356 57 123 18 3 0 37 16 9 15 27 .346 .368 .413 .781 50.3 13.3 2.1
1B *Carl Yastrzemski 25 101 312 46 80 17 0 8 45 2 0 43 43 .256 .344 .388 .732 43.1 9.5 2.1
SS  Gene Freese 31 112 229 24 51 10 0 3 17 0 0 14 41 .223 .269 .306 .575 17.2 1.2 2.0
1B  Lou Johnson 30 91 177 18 41 11 1 1 13 6 2 5 29 .232 .266 .322 .588 15.5 1.7 0.7
RF  Bubba Morton 33 76 146 15 37 7 0 0 15 4 1 15 23 .253 .323 .301 .625 15.1 2.5 1.1
C  Don Pavletich 26 57 137 14 27 3 4 4 11 1 0 16 20 .197 .277 .365 .642 14.7 2.1 2.1
LF *Jim Small 28 80 112 13 32 4 0 0 12 0 0 11 19 .286 .350 .321 .671 12.6 2.7 0.6
P  Paul Foytack 34 43 113 5 18 1 0 0 6 0 0 1 37 .159 .174 .168 .342 1.2 0.0 0.0
P  Joe Moeller 22 38 103 9 19 3 0 1 9 0 0 4 30 .184 .213 .243 .456 4.3 0.0 0.0
P *Bud Daley 32 37 98 8 22 4 0 0 8 0 0 0 10 .224 .230 .265 .495 5.8 0.0 0.0
P  Don Kaiser 30 41 97 3 5 2 0 0 4 0 0 4 43 .052 .089 .072 .161 -4.7 0.0 0.0
2B *Chuck Hiller 30 28 39 6 9 2 0 1 4 0 0 4 3 .231 .302 .359 .661 3.8 0.5 0.4
P #Jim Perry 29 28 11 2 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 .455 .455 .455 .909 1.9 0.5 0.0
C  Doug Camilli 28 4 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 .125 .125 .250 -0.1 0.0 0.1
P  Dave Hillman 37 15 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Duliba 30 45 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Dave Wickersham 29 81 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Joe Gibbon 30 34 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.4 2068 5611 710 1441 255 35 135 686 98 54 453 898 .257 .312 .387 .699 658.0 138.2 47.3
  Rank among 10 AL teams 1 4 3 3 4 4 3 3 6 6 2 3 6 3 5 6  
* - 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 34 19 11 .633 43 43 0 332.7 276 111 30 115 202 3.00 26.4
 Don Kaiser 30 12 24 .333 41 41 0 299.0 330 150 32 94 141 4.52 2.9
 Joe Moeller 22 21 9 .700 38 38 0 298.7 332 139 28 61 162 4.19 14.3
*Bud Daley 32 18 9 .667 37 37 0 297.0 233 92 17 109 214 2.79 26.4
 Dave Wickersham 29 11 4 .733 81 0 22 89.7 84 27 7 23 47 2.71 14.5
 Bob Duliba 30 7 3 .700 45 0 5 56.0 46 8 1 9 22 1.29 10.0
 Jim Perry 29 2 2 .500 28 3 2 49.3 46 22 3 18 22 4.01 2.6
*Joe Gibbon 30 5 3 .625 34 0 4 44.0 35 14 3 25 23 2.86 5.4
 Dave Hillman 37 1 1 .500 15 0 0 17.0 26 16 4 4 2 8.47 0.0
Team Totals 30.3 96 66 .593 362 162 33 1483.3 1408 579 125 458 835 3.51 102.5
Rank among 10 AL teams 2 2 3 1 1 8 7 7 4 9 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 .989 35.1
J.Torre 1171.3 127 130 695 85 11 1 .986 45.9
D.Pavletich 303.0 34 34 154 26 5 0 .973 43.3
D.Camilli 9.0 1 1 7 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1483.3 162 165 856 111 16 1 .984 45.4
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 11.31
D.Clendenon 1100.3 122 130 1365 108 14 105 .991 12.05
C.Yastrzemski 249.3 27 34 319 28 0 27 1.000 12.53
L.Johnson 115.3 13 17 145 11 3 14 .981 12.17
D.Pavletich 10.3 0 3 13 1 0 1 1.000 12.20
J.Torre 8.0 0 4 10 0 0 2 1.000 11.25
Team Total 1483.3 162 188 1852 148 17 149 .992 12.13
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 5.70
D.McAuliffe 1234.7 142 143 275 557 12 102 .986 6.06
G.Freese 157.7 12 31 35 72 0 11 1.000 6.11
C.Hiller 91.0 8 20 18 39 2 5 .966 5.64
Team Total 1483.3 162 194 328 668 14 118 .986 6.04
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .958 2.69
R.Maris 1261.0 143 148 75 307 7 25 .982 2.73
G.Freese 200.3 19 34 9 47 7 1 .889 2.52
J.Torre 14.0 0 6 2 2 0 0 1.000 2.57
D.McAuliffe 8.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.13
Team Total 1483.3 162 189 86 357 14 26 .969 2.69
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 4.91
E.Banks 1291.0 150 150 209 548 25 99 .968 5.28
G.Freese 185.3 12 38 34 67 3 12 .971 4.90
C.Hiller 4.0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
D.Pavletich 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
D.McAuliffe 1.0 0 1 2 1 1 0 .750 27.00
Team Total 1483.3 162 192 246 618 29 111 .968 5.24
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 1.76
M.Alou 608.0 75 82 121 1 2 0 .984 1.81
C.Yastrzemski 488.7 53 64 96 5 1 1 .990 1.86
L.Johnson 203.0 20 32 30 1 1 1 .969 1.37
J.Small 93.0 11 16 21 1 0 0 1.000 2.13
W.Mays 48.7 3 11 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.48
B.Morton 42.0 0 16 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.14
Team Total 1483.3 162 221 286 8 4 2 .987 1.78
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 2.36
W.Mays 1198.0 133 133 300 2 6 2 .981 2.27
B.Morton 128.0 14 17 34 0 0 0 1.000 2.39
M.Alou 94.7 10 14 25 2 0 2 1.000 2.57
J.Small 47.0 5 7 15 1 0 1 1.000 3.06
G.Freese 10.7 0 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.69
A.Kaline 5.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
Team Total 1483.3 162 176 377 5 6 5 .985 2.32
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 1.84
A.Kaline 1292.0 145 150 263 8 1 2 .996 1.89
B.Morton 142.0 16 21 31 0 0 0 1.000 1.96
M.Alou 23.0 1 7 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.57
W.Mays 16.7 0 9 3 0 1 0 .750 1.62
L.Johnson 9.7 0 5 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.86
Team Total 1483.3 162 192 303 8 2 2 .994 1.89
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 2.10
P.Foytack 332.7 43 43 20 52 0 1 1.000 1.95
D.Kaiser 299.0 41 41 29 56 4 8 .955 2.56
J.Moeller 298.7 38 38 22 50 1 4 .986 2.17
B.Daley 297.0 37 37 13 51 0 4 1.000 1.94
D.Wickersham 89.7 0 81 6 13 1 2 .950 1.91
B.Duliba 56.0 0 45 4 6 0 0 1.000 1.61
J.Perry 49.3 3 28 5 12 1 0 .944 3.10
J.Gibbon 44.0 0 34 4 7 1 0 .917 2.25
D.Hillman 17.0 0 15 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.59
Team Total 1483.3 162 362 103 250 8 19 .978 2.14
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Mays .296
On-Base Pct Mays .392
Slugging Pct Mays .495
OPS Mays .887
XR Mays 94.5
Games Kaline 154
At-Bats Kaline 579
Runs Mays 81
Hits Kaline 165
Total Bases Mays 259
Singles Kaline 128
Doubles Mays 40
Triples Clendenon 10
Homeruns McAuliffe 22
RBIs Mays 95
Stolen Bases Clendenon 22
Caught Stealing Mays 15
Walks Mays 87
Strikeouts Banks 138
ERA Daley 2.79
Wins Moeller 21
Losses Kaiser 24
Winning Pct Moeller .700
Saves Wickersham 22
Games Pitched Wickersham 81
Games Started Foytack 43
Complete Games Moeller 17
Shutouts Daley 2
Innings Pitched Foytack 332.7
Hits Allowed Moeller 332
Homeruns Allowed Kaiser 32
Strikeouts Daley 214
Walks Allowed Foytack 115
Walks per 9IP Moeller 1.8
Hits per 9IP Daley 7.1
Strikeouts per 9IP Daley 6.5
WHiP Daley 1.15
OAVG Daley .216
OOBP Foytack .292
OSLG Daley .309
OOPS Daley .603
Team All-Stars
Bob Duliba
Willie Mays
Dave Wickersham
Player Salaries
Willie Mays $ 11,080,000
Bud Daley $ 8,760,000
Al Kaline $ 7,500,000
Gene Freese $ 6,500,000
Ernie Banks $ 6,000,000
Roger Maris $ 5,250,000
Paul Foytack $ 3,750,000
Don Kaiser $ 3,500,000
Joe Torre $ 3,328,571
Dave Wickersham $ 2,160,000
Donn Clendenon $ 1,892,857
Jim Perry $ 1,525,714
Dick McAuliffe $ 1,099,286
Dave Hillman $ 900,000
Bob Duliba $ 634,286
Joe Gibbon $ 611,429
Pedro Ramos $ 435,714
Lou Johnson $ 350,000
Jack Lamabe $ 350,000
Wes Stock $ 350,000
Bubba Morton $ 300,000
Matty Alou $ 300,000
Jim Small $ 300,000
Carl Yastrzemski $ 300,000
Don Pavletich $ 300,000
Doug Camilli $ 300,000
Joe Moeller $ 300,000
Chuck Hiller $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/4 Signed     Dave Hillman
2/7 Traded Chuck Hinton Montreal Ernie Banks
Bud Daley
Fred Lasher
2/7 Traded Willie Davis
Charlie James
Pittsburgh Joe Gibbon
Bob Duliba
Willie Mays