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1955 Minnesota Twins
Record: 100-62
Finish: 1st in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 893
Runs Allowed: 719
Exp W-L: 97-65
 
Ballpark: Metropolitan Stadium
Attendance: 2,364,044
Manager: Joe Kuhel

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 50-87, 8th in the AL
AA: 63-74, 7th in the AL
A: 72-65, 2nd in the AL
 
 
Postseason Results:
Won World Championship 4-2 over St. Louis Cardinals
Won AL League Series 4-2 over 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
RF *Duke Snider 28 156 538 137 161 36 4 51 121 0 0 121 135 .299 .427 .665 1.093 139.3 34.9 5.6
LF *Jerry Lynch 24 153 593 92 179 26 3 17 86 0 0 43 60 .302 .347 .442 .789 86.6 16.9 4.7
3B  Bobby Thomson 31 147 581 97 179 27 3 25 89 0 0 47 53 .308 .361 .494 .855 96.4 20.5 2.0
C  Gil Hodges 31 144 535 104 152 34 2 40 127 0 0 49 72 .284 .343 .579 .923 98.4 20.7 4.2
SS  Johnny Logan 28 149 517 61 139 34 3 5 70 0 0 42 51 .269 .332 .375 .707 57.5 8.6 5.5
3B  Luis Olmo 35 143 490 74 156 30 1 15 76 6 2 19 50 .318 .341 .476 .817 71.5 14.3 3.5
2B  Roy Hartsfield 29 108 421 65 132 22 3 10 37 13 9 33 53 .314 .363 .451 .815 64.3 13.3 4.1
3B *Johnny Pesky 35 115 288 51 80 22 1 4 44 4 2 21 13 .278 .323 .403 .725 37.0 6.2 2.3
1B  Steve Bilko 26 76 273 48 59 19 3 14 53 0 0 33 76 .216 .302 .462 .763 35.7 5.2 2.4
SS  Alvin Dark 33 122 293 37 77 18 2 2 24 8 0 10 26 .263 .290 .358 .648 27.2 3.1 1.9
RF *Paul Lehner 34 110 264 31 74 18 0 2 36 1 1 21 23 .280 .332 .371 .703 29.3 4.4 1.7
1B *Vic Wertz 30 53 188 46 65 12 0 17 46 0 0 28 14 .346 .431 .681 1.111 47.1 12.0 1.2
1B  Darrell Johnson 26 76 159 15 50 7 0 3 19 0 0 4 12 .314 .329 .415 .744 19.0 3.3 1.0
P  Bob Miller 29 44 106 8 22 3 0 0 5 0 1 2 30 .208 .222 .236 .458 4.7 0.0 0.0
P *Earl Johnson 36 36 92 3 11 2 0 0 4 0 0 1 30 .120 .129 .141 .270 -1.1 0.0 0.0
RF *Ray Coleman 33 44 92 11 16 4 0 0 7 1 0 4 19 .174 .216 .217 .434 3.1 0.0 0.6
P  Paul Foytack 24 32 79 3 10 1 0 1 11 0 0 1 25 .127 .138 .177 .315 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Ernie White 38 49 72 4 12 2 0 0 3 1 0 1 4 .167 .173 .194 .368 2.3 0.0 0.0
1B  Virgil Stallcup 33 20 27 1 7 2 0 1 5 0 0 0 6 .259 .259 .444 .704 3.1 0.4 0.1
P  Red Munger 36 30 16 1 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 2 .188 .263 .250 .513 1.6 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Rush 29 6 16 1 3 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 .188 .188 .188 .375 0.4 0.0 0.0
C  Dixie Howell 35 6 12 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .250 .308 .333 .641 0.5 0.0 0.1
3B  Pete Castiglione 34 14 11 2 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 .273 .273 .364 .636 1.0 0.1 0.0
P  Ken Holcombe 36 30 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .125 .125 .125 .250 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Joe Haynes 37 14 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.0 0.0 0.0
P *Jack Banta 30 71 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.5 0.2 0.0
P *Bill Kennedy 34 92 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 0.3 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 31.6 2040 5681 893 1595 322 25 207 873 34 15 484 767 .281 .337 .456 .793 824.2 163.9 40.9
  Rank among 8 AL teams 2 1 1 2 7 2 1 4 4 8 4 1 2 1 1 2  
* - 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
 Bob Miller 29 28 8 .778 44 44 0 312.3 273 76 10 46 109 2.19 34.1
*Earl Johnson 36 19 12 .613 36 36 0 260.0 279 127 22 91 100 4.40 11.5
*Ernie White 38 7 12 .368 48 30 3 246.0 231 106 34 102 146 3.88 13.3
 Paul Foytack 24 17 10 .630 32 32 0 236.3 226 103 16 91 128 3.92 13.8
*Bill Kennedy 34 10 7 .588 92 0 18 107.3 99 57 13 56 66 4.78 8.5
 Red Munger 36 5 2 .714 30 7 2 80.7 64 27 3 46 32 3.01 7.9
 Jack Banta 30 7 3 .700 71 0 5 73.3 76 40 10 45 44 4.91 3.4
 Ken Holcombe 36 2 1 .667 30 2 2 45.0 48 36 8 41 17 7.20 0.0
 Bob Rush 29 4 2 .667 6 6 0 40.7 43 17 4 7 16 3.76 2.5
 Joe Haynes 37 0 5 .000 14 5 0 35.7 60 41 6 18 12 10.35 0.0
 Larry Jansen 34 0 0 .000 7 0 0 7.0 8 5 1 7 3 6.43 0.0
 George Spencer 28 0 0 .000 3 0 0 3.3 5 4 1 3 1 10.81 0.0
*Morrie Martin 32 1 0 1.000 2 0 0 2.0 3 2 1 0 0 9.00 0.1
Team Totals 32.5 100 62 .617 415 162 30 1449.6 1415 641 129 553 674 3.98 95.2
Rank among 8 AL teams 1 1 3 1 4 2 1 2 3 6 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 .992 32.3
G.Hodges 1165.3 130 134 576 34 6 0 .990 31.4
D.Johnson 258.3 29 31 117 14 1 0 .992 21.4
D.Howell 26.0 3 4 8 1 0 0 1.000 100.0
Team Total 1449.7 162 169 701 49 7 0 .991 30.0
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 12.09
B.Thomson 870.3 98 99 1079 93 7 97 .994 12.12
V.Wertz 168.1 20 20 218 12 1 20 .996 12.31
P.Lehner 95.3 11 13 105 11 1 7 .991 10.95
V.Stallcup 32.0 3 7 46 2 0 2 1.000 13.50
D.Snider 8.0 0 5 12 0 0 1 1.000 13.50
G.Hodges 3.0 0 2 3 0 0 1 1.000 9.00
D.Johnson 1.0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00
S.Bilko 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1178.3 132 147 1463 118 10 128 .994 12.08
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 6.12
R.Hartsfield 883.3 105 106 204 395 14 86 .977 6.10
A.Dark 263.0 30 37 52 101 2 18 .987 5.24
J.Pesky 152.3 13 32 39 65 2 14 .981 6.14
L.Olmo 139.0 13 25 38 65 1 14 .990 6.67
J.Logan 12.0 1 3 5 8 0 2 1.000 9.75
Team Total 1449.7 162 203 338 634 19 134 .981 6.03
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .961 2.93
L.Olmo 875.0 102 102 62 221 10 19 .966 2.91
J.Pesky 358.0 38 54 23 106 8 5 .942 3.24
A.Dark 193.7 22 26 12 50 4 10 .939 2.88
B.Thomson 12.0 0 6 1 2 0 0 1.000 2.25
P.Castiglione 9.0 0 6 1 2 2 0 .600 3.00
D.Johnson 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1449.7 162 195 99 381 24 34 .952 2.98
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 5.32
J.Logan 1268.7 147 148 193 565 34 97 .957 5.38
J.Pesky 86.0 7 21 17 38 4 5 .932 5.76
A.Dark 67.0 6 14 7 24 1 6 .969 4.16
P.Castiglione 21.0 2 4 3 4 0 0 1.000 3.00
L.Olmo 4.0 0 2 1 5 0 1 1.000 13.50
V.Stallcup 2.0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1.000 13.50
D.Johnson 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1449.7 162 191 222 638 39 109 .957 5.34
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 1.92
J.Lynch 1293.7 146 147 308 4 7 3 .978 2.17
V.Wertz 222.4 26 26 54 2 0 1 1.000 2.27
S.Bilko 179.5 20 21 42 0 0 0 1.000 2.11
R.Coleman 130.0 16 17 29 1 2 0 .938 2.08
G.Hodges 8.7 0 5 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.04
P.Lehner 7.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Thomson 4.0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 6.75
L.Olmo 3.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1848.2 208 224 437 7 9 4 .980 2.16
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 2.40
D.Snider 1189.7 135 137 334 5 4 0 .988 2.56
P.Lehner 191.0 22 25 54 2 1 0 .982 2.64
R.Coleman 52.0 5 12 10 0 1 0 .909 1.73
B.Thomson 11.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.82
L.Olmo 4.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
J.Lynch 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1449.7 162 179 402 7 6 0 .986 2.54
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 1.94
S.Bilko 478.6 53 54 114 2 1 0 .991 2.18
B.Thomson 385.7 44 44 79 0 2 0 .975 1.84
P.Lehner 243.7 27 29 52 0 1 0 .981 1.92
D.Snider 83.0 9 10 18 0 0 0 1.000 1.95
V.Wertz 45.8 5 6 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.16
J.Lynch 33.0 3 5 6 2 1 1 .889 2.18
R.Coleman 29.7 3 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.82
A.Dark 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1300.4 144 155 287 4 5 1 .983 2.01
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 2.32
B.Miller 312.3 44 44 32 54 4 2 .956 2.48
E.Johnson 260.0 36 36 23 41 3 4 .955 2.22
E.White 246.0 30 48 13 46 0 6 1.000 2.16
P.Foytack 236.3 32 32 8 47 0 4 1.000 2.09
B.Kennedy 107.3 0 92 6 25 2 2 .939 2.60
R.Munger 80.7 7 30 6 16 0 3 1.000 2.45
J.Banta 73.3 0 71 6 13 0 0 1.000 2.33
K.Holcombe 45.0 2 30 3 11 0 1 1.000 2.80
B.Rush 40.7 6 6 3 8 1 1 .917 2.43
J.Haynes 35.7 5 14 0 9 0 1 1.000 2.27
L.Jansen 7.0 0 7 0 3 0 0 1.000 3.86
G.Spencer 3.3 0 3 0 1 0 1 1.000 2.70
M.Martin 2.0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1449.6 162 415 100 275 10 25 .974 2.33
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Olmo .318
On-Base Pct Snider .427
Slugging Pct Snider .665
OPS Snider 1.093
XR Snider 139.3
Games Snider 156
At-Bats Lynch 593
Runs Snider 137
Hits Lynch, Thomson 179
Total Bases Snider 358
Singles Lynch 133
Doubles Snider 36
Triples Snider 4
Homeruns Snider 51
RBIs Hodges 127
Stolen Bases Hartsfield 13
Caught Stealing Hartsfield 9
Walks Snider 121
Strikeouts Snider 135
ERA Miller 2.19
Wins Miller 28
Losses Johnson, White 12
Winning Pct Miller .778
Saves Kennedy 18
Games Pitched Kennedy 92
Games Started Miller 44
Complete Games Foytack 7
Shutouts Miller 5
Innings Pitched Miller 312.3
Hits Allowed Johnson 279
Homeruns Allowed White 34
Strikeouts White 146
Walks Allowed White 102
Walks per 9IP Miller 1.3
Hits per 9IP Miller 7.9
Strikeouts per 9IP White 5.3
WHiP Miller 1.02
OAVG Miller .230
OOBP Miller .258
OSLG Miller .304
OOPS Miller .562
Team All-Stars
Gil Hodges
Earl Johnson
Bill Kennedy
Jerry Lynch
Bob Miller
Duke Snider
Bobby Thomson
Player Salaries
Duke Snider $ 10,180,000
Earl Johnson $ 9,500,000
Bob Rush $ 8,860,000
Gil Hodges $ 8,340,000
Vic Wertz $ 8,000,000
Bob Miller $ 5,700,000
Bobby Thomson $ 4,000,000
Bill Kennedy $ 2,500,000
Alvin Dark $ 2,380,000
Johnny Pesky $ 2,250,000
Luis Olmo $ 2,000,000
Ken Holcombe $ 1,071,429
Ernie White $ 800,000
Paul Lehner $ 750,000
Joe Haynes $ 665,000
Red Munger $ 570,000
Roy Hartsfield $ 517,143
Larry Jansen $ 400,000
Jack Banta $ 350,000
Ray Coleman $ 350,000
Dixie Howell $ 350,000
Irv Hall $ 350,000
Pete Castiglione $ 300,000
Corky Valentine $ 300,000
Paul Foytack $ 300,000
Johnny Logan $ 300,000
George Spencer $ 300,000
Jerry Lynch $ 300,000
Darrell Johnson $ 300,000
Morrie Martin $ 300,000
Virgil Stallcup $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Del Ennis
Erv Palica		 New York (N) Steve Bilko
Jerry Lynch
Paul Foytack
Jack Banta
Don Johnson
2/3 Traded Al Gionfriddo New York (N) Bud Sheely
$6,000,000
2/3 Traded Don Johnson New York (N) Darrell Johnson
2/4 Signed     Joe Haynes
2/7 Signed     Larry Jansen
2/13 Signed     Bill Kennedy
2/18 Signed     Red Munger
2/21 Signed     Luis Olmo
7/1 Traded Steve Bilko Seattle Vic Wertz
 
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