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1961 Minnesota Twins
Record: 67-95
Finish: 7th in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 578
Runs Allowed: 727
Exp W-L: 64-98
 
Ballpark: Metropolitan Stadium
Attendance: 1,104,131
Manager: Cookie Lavagetto

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 76-61, 3rd in the AL
AA: 66-71, 5th in the AL
A: 78-59, 2nd in the AL
 
 
 
 
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Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
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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
CF  Al Kaline 26 153 585 69 160 40 2 12 71 1 0 54 54 .274 .335 .410 .746 75.1 15.9 2.8
SS  Willie Jones 35 153 570 63 114 17 5 22 69 0 0 35 175 .200 .246 .363 .609 51.0 5.2 2.9
LF *Bob Skinner 29 149 469 48 104 14 7 2 34 7 3 67 97 .222 .318 .294 .612 47.8 7.2 2.0
1B *Bobby Brown 36 146 475 38 113 17 6 2 49 0 2 56 55 .238 .320 .312 .631 48.8 7.5 4.0
3B *Jim King 28 137 435 51 119 20 3 12 49 2 2 51 64 .274 .350 .416 .766 62.9 14.0 2.0
SS  Gene Mauch 35 137 410 28 86 11 1 1 37 1 1 42 85 .210 .281 .249 .529 30.6 1.6 4.1
1B  Donn Clendenon 25 117 328 42 78 20 9 6 40 4 3 21 109 .238 .284 .409 .693 34.6 5.9 1.4
CF  Jim Busby 34 107 268 38 86 13 3 5 22 5 1 16 34 .321 .362 .448 .810 41.4 10.6 1.4
C  Joe Torre 20 72 271 39 84 15 2 10 35 0 0 11 43 .310 .346 .491 .837 42.6 11.2 5.2
1B  Lou Johnson 26 87 237 23 51 17 0 3 22 1 1 9 55 .215 .249 .325 .574 17.7 1.7 0.9
SS  Zoilo Versalles 21 100 188 11 28 7 3 4 12 2 0 9 67 .149 .192 .282 .474 7.3 0.0 1.7
C  Sammy White 32 81 166 11 34 6 1 2 14 0 0 8 33 .205 .246 .289 .535 10.2 0.2 2.7
LF *Jerry Lynch 30 90 135 24 38 7 0 8 28 0 0 13 33 .281 .340 .511 .851 23.5 5.8 0.3
P  Paul Foytack 30 44 107 4 12 2 0 0 4 0 0 1 37 .112 .136 .131 .267 -1.0 0.0 0.0
P *Bud Daley 28 44 100 5 10 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 21 .100 .100 .130 .230 -2.2 0.0 0.0
P  Dave Wickersham 25 47 101 3 7 1 1 0 8 0 0 0 50 .069 .069 .099 .168 -4.0 0.0 0.0
CF *Matty Alou 22 23 98 20 31 2 2 2 7 3 1 2 8 .316 .330 .439 .769 13.0 3.0 0.3
SS *Dick McAuliffe 21 27 87 12 23 5 0 4 9 0 0 10 18 .264 .340 .460 .800 13.4 3.2 0.8
1B *Vic Wertz 36 22 81 6 18 2 0 2 7 0 0 1 20 .222 .232 .321 .553 4.4 0.0 0.3
P #Jim Perry 25 35 71 5 10 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 15 .141 .141 .155 .296 -0.1 0.0 0.0
LF  Chuck Hinton 27 33 47 12 10 0 1 2 7 3 0 4 7 .213 .275 .383 .657 5.2 0.9 0.2
P  Carl Scheib 34 29 20 1 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 .300 .333 .300 .633 1.7 0.3 0.0
1B *Willie Davis 21 13 18 1 7 0 0 0 4 4 3 0 3 .389 .389 .389 .778 2.2 0.6 0.1
RF *Joe Hicks 28 15 13 3 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 4 .154 .154 .615 .769 1.5 0.0 0.1
P #Jim Constable 28 19 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.9 0.0 0.0
C  El Tappe 34 10 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .143 .333 .143 .476 0.7 0.1 0.4
P #Ed Rakow 26 15 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Eddie Fisher 24 69 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Wes Stock 27 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 28.0 1981 5302 557 1232 217 46 102 537 33 17 413 1098 .232 .289 .348 .637 527.2 94.9 33.3
  Rank among 8 AL teams 8 7 7 7 2 7 7 3 6 7 4 7 7 7 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 30 18 18 .500 44 44 0 332.0 326 133 25 94 211 3.61 21.5
*Bud Daley 28 10 28 .263 44 44 0 321.0 328 167 35 119 286 4.68 3.5
 Dave Wickersham 25 15 20 .429 47 35 3 299.0 287 150 38 94 189 4.52 10.3
 Jim Perry 25 6 17 .261 35 28 0 228.0 249 93 19 67 105 3.67 10.2
 Eddie Fisher 24 11 0 1.000 69 0 13 82.0 75 22 5 23 46 2.41 16.5
 Carl Scheib 34 2 6 .250 29 7 1 78.7 58 37 12 29 66 4.23 3.6
*Jim Constable 28 2 3 .400 19 4 0 51.7 53 23 1 20 48 4.01 2.6
 Pedro Ramos 26 3 3 .500 31 0 5 33.0 36 20 5 14 31 5.45 1.4
 Ed Rakow 26 0 0 .000 15 0 0 24.3 17 7 5 5 13 2.59 2.5
 Wes Stock 27 0 0 .000 7 0 0 12.7 13 5 0 6 7 3.55 0.7
Team Totals 27.3 67 95 .414 340 162 22 1462.3 1442 657 145 471 1002 4.04 72.8
Rank among 8 AL teams 7 7 7 7 5 8 4 7 4 7 7  
* - 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 .995 30.7
J.Torre 567.7 63 65 387 25 4 1 .990 27.8
S.White 297.3 34 37 222 8 2 0 .991 60.0
E.Tappe 31.3 2 9 24 2 0 0 1.000 50.0
Team Total 896.3 99 111 633 35 6 1 .991 36.0
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 10.84
D.Clendenon 760.0 88 96 890 71 5 77 .995 11.38
L.Johnson 494.3 55 73 566 44 5 57 .992 11.11
V.Wertz 171.0 19 20 199 19 1 18 .995 11.47
J.King 16.0 0 11 18 1 0 1 1.000 10.69
B.Skinner 12.0 0 6 13 1 0 2 1.000 10.50
J.Torre 4.0 0 3 4 1 0 0 1.000 11.25
B.Brown 2.0 0 1 3 0 0 1 1.000 13.50
E.Tappe 1.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00
C.Hinton 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
M.Alou 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1462.3 162 213 1697 137 11 157 .994 11.29
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 5.36
B.Brown 1193.0 140 141 237 481 12 100 .984 5.42
Z.Versalles 239.7 20 45 48 113 3 24 .982 6.05
G.Mauch 27.3 2 6 5 12 1 2 .944 5.60
D.McAuliffe 1.0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1.000 18.00
W.Jones 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1462.0 162 194 291 607 16 127 .982 5.53
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 2.65
W.Jones 1334.3 152 153 73 345 17 25 .961 2.82
Z.Versalles 101.0 10 17 6 27 2 0 .943 2.94
J.King 13.0 0 8 0 5 0 0 1.000 3.46
J.Torre 5.0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.60
D.Clendenon 3.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Brown 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
W.Davis 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
G.Mauch 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1462.3 162 185 80 378 19 25 .960 2.82
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 4.71
G.Mauch 1068.0 124 130 172 440 15 85 .976 5.16
D.McAuliffe 215.0 25 26 36 85 4 17 .968 5.07
Z.Versalles 154.0 13 31 21 57 4 14 .951 4.56
D.Clendenon 10.7 0 3 4 4 0 2 1.000 6.75
B.Brown 5.3 0 1 2 1 0 1 1.000 5.07
C.Hinton 5.0 0 2 0 2 0 1 1.000 3.60
J.Busby 3.3 0 2 1 2 0 1 1.000 8.11
V.Wertz 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1462.3 162 196 236 591 23 121 .973 5.09
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 1.73
B.Skinner 1124.3 122 135 217 10 10 1 .958 1.82
M.Alou 172.0 22 22 33 0 0 0 1.000 1.73
J.Lynch 100.0 12 16 17 0 0 0 1.000 1.53
C.Hinton 49.0 6 7 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.02
W.Davis 8.0 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13
L.Johnson 6.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.King 3.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1462.3 162 189 280 10 10 1 .967 1.78
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 2.24
A.Kaline 921.7 102 108 220 10 11 2 .954 2.25
J.Busby 495.7 57 58 138 2 3 1 .979 2.54
J.Lynch 17.0 2 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.06
C.Hinton 13.0 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.38
J.King 7.0 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
W.Davis 7.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
M.Alou 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1462.3 162 178 363 12 14 3 .964 2.31
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 1.79
J.King 936.0 107 111 203 6 5 1 .977 2.01
A.Kaline 389.7 43 46 73 3 1 1 .987 1.76
J.Lynch 70.3 7 14 15 0 1 0 .938 1.92
C.Hinton 17.0 2 6 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.59
W.Davis 17.0 2 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.65
J.Hicks 15.3 1 4 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.52
L.Johnson 8.0 0 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38
B.Skinner 7.0 0 5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
M.Alou 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1462.3 162 191 309 9 7 2 .978 1.96
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 2.01
P.Foytack 332.0 44 44 23 50 0 2 1.000 1.98
B.Daley 321.0 44 44 22 47 2 4 .972 1.93
D.Wickersham 299.0 35 47 15 50 2 4 .970 1.96
J.Perry 228.0 28 35 12 21 0 3 1.000 1.30
E.Fisher 82.0 0 69 6 18 1 2 .960 2.63
C.Scheib 78.7 7 29 2 10 0 2 1.000 1.37
J.Constable 51.7 4 19 4 5 1 0 .900 1.57
P.Ramos 33.0 0 31 2 4 0 0 1.000 1.64
E.Rakow 24.3 0 15 3 4 0 0 1.000 2.59
W.Stock 12.7 0 7 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.42
Team Total 1462.3 162 340 90 210 6 17 .980 1.85
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Kaline .274
On-Base Pct King .345
Slugging Pct Kaline .410
OPS King .753
XR Kaline 75.1
Games Jones, Kaline 153
At-Bats Kaline 585
Runs Kaline 69
Hits Kaline 160
Total Bases Kaline 240
Singles Kaline 106
Doubles Kaline 40
Triples Clendenon 9
Homeruns Jones 22
RBIs Kaline 71
Stolen Bases Skinner 7
Caught Stealing Clendenon, Davis, Skinner 3
Walks Skinner 67
Strikeouts Jones 175
ERA Foytack 3.61
Wins Foytack 18
Losses Daley 28
Winning Pct Foytack .500
Saves Fisher 13
Games Pitched Fisher 69
Games Started Daley, Foytack 44
Complete Games Wickersham 18
Shutouts Daley, Foytack, Wickersham 2
Innings Pitched Foytack 332.0
Hits Allowed Daley 328
Homeruns Allowed Wickersham 38
Strikeouts Daley 286
Walks Allowed Daley 119
Walks per 9IP Foytack 2.5
Hits per 9IP Wickersham 8.6
Strikeouts per 9IP Daley 8.0
WHiP Foytack 1.27
OAVG Wickersham .253
OOBP Foytack .304
OSLG Foytack .362
OOPS Foytack .667
Team All-Stars
Eddie Fisher
Player Salaries
Bob Skinner $ 7,750,000
Al Kaline $ 7,000,000
Paul Foytack $ 6,000,000
Carl Scheib $ 4,500,000
Bud Daley $ 3,085,714
Vic Wertz $ 3,000,000
Bobby Brown $ 3,000,000
Jim Constable $ 2,371,429
Jerry Lynch $ 1,610,000
Willie Jones $ 900,000
Ruben Gomez $ 600,000
Jim Busby $ 590,000
Sammy White $ 575,000
Gene Mauch $ 500,000
Pedro Ramos $ 435,714
El Tappe $ 350,000
Kermit Wahl $ 350,000
Corky Valentine $ 350,000
Bob Usher $ 350,000
Johnny Klippstein $ 350,000
Zoilo Versalles $ 300,000
Donn Clendenon $ 300,000
Willie Davis $ 300,000
Eddie Fisher $ 300,000
Joe Torre $ 300,000
Chuck Hinton $ 300,000
Jim Perry $ 300,000
Lou Johnson $ 300,000
Wes Stock $ 300,000
Jim King $ 300,000
Matty Alou $ 300,000
Ed Rakow $ 300,000
Dave Wickersham $ 300,000
Dick McAuliffe $ 300,000
Joe Hicks $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/2 Signed     Bob Skinner
2/2 Signed     Sammy White
2/11 Signed     Willie Jones
2/12 Signed     Carl Scheib
6/30 Released Gil Hodges    
 
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