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1972 Minnesota Twins
Record: 74-88
Finish: 4th in AL Players Division Division
Runs Scored: 682
Runs Allowed: 778
Exp W-L: 71-91
 
Ballpark: Metropolitan Stadium
Attendance: 1,769,986
Manager: Frank Quilici

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 69-68, 5th in the American League
AA: 69-68, 4th in the American League
A: 84-53, 2nd in the American League
 
 
 
 
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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 *Matty Alou 33 151 642 74 176 24 3 3 57 31 10 26 82 .274 .304 .335 .638 62.4 8.2 2.7
CF *Jimmie Hall 34 158 570 91 150 26 3 26 92 17 7 79 107 .263 .352 .456 .808 91.7 20.4 4.2
C  Joe Torre 31 152 610 64 155 28 4 15 79 2 3 28 70 .254 .289 .387 .676 61.9 7.6 4.3
1B *Carl Yastrzemski 32 155 534 61 131 29 1 11 62 2 2 59 51 .245 .319 .365 .685 63.6 10.3 2.8
1B  Donn Clendenon 36 152 545 70 130 28 4 16 64 15 11 37 149 .239 .285 .393 .678 56.0 6.2 0.0
1B  Duane Josephson 30 145 521 69 136 21 2 10 64 4 5 34 65 .261 .309 .367 .676 55.5 8.1 9.3
2B  Bobby Knoop 33 156 491 59 118 27 2 10 60 1 3 54 93 .240 .315 .365 .679 57.4 8.7 4.5
SS *Dick McAuliffe 32 149 481 63 128 19 4 10 45 9 15 52 92 .266 .339 .385 .724 57.3 9.1 4.3
1B  Joe Gaines 35 122 467 67 126 23 1 18 64 16 8 32 101 .270 .316 .439 .755 64.2 12.0 2.4
1B  Rick Joseph 32 95 255 22 67 16 0 1 25 0 0 11 35 .263 .287 .337 .624 24.2 2.5 1.5
SS  Glenn Beckert 31 61 136 10 35 11 2 0 17 0 2 5 6 .257 .284 .368 .651 12.3 1.3 0.7
LF  Tommie Reynolds 30 50 133 10 23 4 0 0 10 4 0 6 22 .173 .214 .203 .417 2.9 0.0 0.9
C *Bill Heath 33 40 119 14 38 3 1 1 12 0 2 11 11 .319 .377 .387 .763 15.0 3.1 1.9
3B #Chico Ruiz 33 37 35 8 7 1 0 0 4 4 1 1 10 .200 .222 .229 .451 1.5 0.0 0.4
  Team Totals 32.5 1623 5539 682 1420 260 27 121 655 105 69 435 894 .256 .311 .379 .689 625.8 97.4 39.9
  Rank among 10 AL teams 8 9 7 5 6 7 9 4 9 10 6 7 9 7 9 9  
* - 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
 Ken Sanders 30 13 10 .565 34 34 0 237.7 218 79 10 94 112 2.99 24.1
 Fred Lasher 30 13 18 .419 36 36 0 226.0 220 126 23 136 164 5.02 10.2
*Luke Walker 28 8 11 .421 27 27 0 179.3 179 83 10 102 136 4.17 9.4
 Casey Cox 30 4 10 .286 39 18 3 159.0 196 96 11 64 49 5.43 3.5
*Dick Estelle 30 8 14 .364 45 14 4 131.7 133 72 15 82 116 4.92 5.7
 Dick Drago 27 6 8 .429 17 17 0 130.3 120 52 7 45 69 3.59 10.0
 Joe Moeller 29 10 4 .714 16 16 0 127.3 125 44 8 18 91 3.11 13.4
 Cy Acosta 25 4 3 .571 33 0 6 59.7 77 41 9 26 40 6.19 0.0
 John Strohmayer 25 3 2 .600 34 0 4 58.0 58 34 11 34 32 5.28 2.7
 Charlie Beamon 37 0 1 .000 22 0 0 42.7 31 21 7 30 32 4.43 2.1
 Carl Morton 28 3 2 .600 21 0 0 36.3 50 26 4 17 22 6.44 0.4
 Ron Klimkowski 28 2 5 .286 21 0 7 35.7 45 17 5 15 5 4.29 2.3
 Bob Moorhead 34 0 0 .000 8 0 0 11.7 13 5 0 7 9 3.86 0.8
Team Totals 29.3 74 88 .457 353 162 24 1435.3 1465 696 120 670 877 4.36 84.7
Rank among 10 AL teams 8 8 6 8 9 5 2 6 9 8 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 34.8
D.Josephson 1164.3 130 138 759 76 5 1 .994 38.8
B.Heath 271.0 32 33 151 19 2 0 .988 38.7
Team Total 1435.3 162 171 910 95 7 1 .993 38.8
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.03
J.Gaines 1007.7 114 118 1175 107 9 133 .993 11.45
R.Joseph 357.3 41 42 401 36 0 36 1.000 11.01
D.Josephson 25.0 3 3 26 0 0 2 1.000 9.36
J.Torre 24.0 3 3 37 2 2 3 .951 14.63
D.Clendenon 10.0 1 2 10 1 1 0 .917 9.90
B.Heath 4.0 0 1 2 0 0 2 1.000 4.50
C.Yastrzemski 3.3 0 1 5 0 0 0 1.000 13.51
C.Ruiz 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
M.Alou 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1435.3 162 172 1658 146 12 176 .993 11.31
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 5.61
B.Knoop 1312.0 153 156 282 530 18 131 .978 5.57
G.Beckert 76.7 7 21 13 32 2 8 .957 5.28
C.Ruiz 39.7 2 13 16 19 0 6 1.000 7.94
J.Gaines 4.0 0 2 1 2 0 0 1.000 6.75
D.McAuliffe 3.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1435.3 162 194 313 583 20 145 .978 5.62
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .957 2.72
J.Torre 1297.3 147 148 75 325 17 25 .959 2.77
R.Joseph 129.0 15 15 10 33 0 2 1.000 3.00
C.Ruiz 7.0 0 5 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.57
D.Josephson 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1435.3 162 169 85 360 17 27 .963 2.79
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 5.16
D.McAuliffe 1219.0 140 145 226 499 21 116 .972 5.35
G.Beckert 155.3 16 23 28 52 0 13 1.000 4.64
C.Ruiz 61.0 6 11 9 18 1 4 .964 3.98
Team Total 1435.3 162 179 263 569 22 133 .974 5.22
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 1.91
C.Yastrzemski 1296.3 150 152 253 6 4 2 .985 1.80
T.Reynolds 106.7 12 17 23 0 0 0 1.000 1.94
R.Joseph 32.3 0 15 8 1 0 0 1.000 2.51
Team Total 1435.3 162 184 284 7 4 2 .986 1.82
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 2.45
J.Hall 1327.3 151 152 351 7 3 1 .992 2.43
T.Reynolds 105.0 11 12 31 0 2 0 .939 2.66
R.Joseph 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1435.3 162 165 382 7 5 1 .987 2.44
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 1.95
M.Alou 1307.3 150 151 267 5 11 1 .961 1.87
T.Reynolds 99.0 11 16 27 0 0 0 1.000 2.45
J.Gaines 11.0 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.64
J.Hall 9.0 0 4 5 0 0 0 1.000 5.00
C.Yastrzemski 9.0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1435.3 162 174 304 5 11 1 .966 1.94
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .969 1.92
K.Sanders 237.7 34 34 20 48 2 4 .971 2.58
F.Lasher 226.0 36 36 10 40 0 5 1.000 1.99
L.Walker 179.3 27 27 10 26 1 3 .973 1.81
C.Cox 159.0 18 39 12 46 2 4 .967 3.28
D.Estelle 131.7 14 45 8 15 1 1 .958 1.57
D.Drago 130.3 17 17 9 19 0 4 1.000 1.93
J.Moeller 127.3 16 16 8 19 1 2 .964 1.91
C.Acosta 59.7 0 33 2 8 1 0 .909 1.51
J.Strohmayer 58.0 0 34 5 12 0 0 1.000 2.64
C.Beamon 42.7 0 22 5 5 0 1 1.000 2.11
C.Morton 36.3 0 21 4 4 0 1 1.000 1.98
R.Klimkowski 35.7 0 21 4 8 0 1 1.000 3.03
B.Moorhead 11.7 0 8 2 2 0 0 1.000 3.09
Team Total 1435.3 162 353 99 252 8 26 .978 2.20
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Alou .274
On-Base Pct Hall .352
Slugging Pct Hall .456
OPS Hall .808
XR Hall 91.7
Games Hall 158
At-Bats Alou 642
Runs Hall 91
Hits Alou 176
Total Bases Hall 260
Singles Alou 146
Doubles Yastrzemski 29
Triples Clendenon, McAuliffe, Torre 4
Homeruns Hall 26
RBIs Hall 92
Stolen Bases Alou 31
Caught Stealing McAuliffe 15
Walks Hall 79
Strikeouts Clendenon 149
ERA Sanders 2.99
Wins Lasher, Sanders 13
Losses Lasher 18
Winning Pct Sanders .565
Saves Klimkowski 7
Games Pitched Estelle 45
Games Started Lasher 36
Complete Games Moeller 10
Shutouts Drago 2
Innings Pitched Sanders 237.7
Hits Allowed Lasher 220
Homeruns Allowed Lasher 23
Strikeouts Lasher 164
Walks Allowed Lasher 136
Walks per 9IP Sanders 3.6
Hits per 9IP Sanders 8.3
Strikeouts per 9IP Walker 6.8
WHiP Sanders 1.31
OAVG Sanders .244
OOBP Sanders .319
OSLG Sanders .341
OOPS Sanders .660
Team All-Stars
Joe Torre
Player Salaries
Jimmie Hall $ 4,715,683
Ken Sanders $ 4,660,000
Fred Lasher $ 4,350,000
Carl Yastrzemski $ 4,280,000
Dick McAuliffe $ 4,000,000
Joe Torre $ 3,850,000
Duane Josephson $ 2,435,714
Joe Gaines $ 2,000,000
Matty Alou $ 1,990,000
Casey Cox $ 1,285,714
Donn Clendenon $ 1,260,000
Luke Walker $ 1,192,857
Glenn Beckert $ 792,857
Rick Joseph $ 591,429
Charlie Beamon $ 570,000
Bobby Knoop $ 497,143
Bill Heath $ 350,000
Dick Estelle $ 350,000
Tommie Reynolds $ 350,000
Cy Acosta $ 300,000
Bob Moorhead $ 300,000
Carl Morton $ 300,000
Chico Ruiz $ 300,000
Ted Simmons $ 300,000
John Strohmayer $ 300,000
Ron Klimkowski $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
3/3 Traded John Felske Montreal Dick Drago
$10,000,000
7/1 Traded Joe Moeller Pittsburgh Lou Camilli
7/1 Traded Dick Drago Montreal Ted Simmons
 
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