1966 Minnesota Twins
Record: 86-76
Finish: 3rd in AL Players Division Division
Runs Scored: 647
Runs Allowed: 634
Exp W-L: 83-79
 
Ballpark: Metropolitan Stadium
Attendance: 2,382,320
Manager: Sam Mele

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 62-75, 6th in the American League
AA: 72-65, 4th in the American League
A: 72-65, 3rd in the American League
 
 
 
 
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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  Willie Mays 35 155 588 85 165 22 6 26 78 25 13 45 112 .281 .332 .471 .803 87.3 14.4 4.8
1B *Carl Yastrzemski 26 153 538 56 142 34 3 10 60 0 2 74 70 .264 .352 .394 .746 71.9 11.0 3.5
1B  Donn Clendenon 30 156 579 84 173 32 10 14 66 20 11 18 98 .299 .320 .461 .781 80.0 13.3 3.5
SS *Dick McAuliffe 26 155 535 66 146 34 9 18 78 12 13 55 70 .273 .340 .471 .811 79.6 13.3 5.4
C  Joe Torre 25 145 529 62 153 22 2 17 75 2 6 39 64 .289 .344 .435 .778 73.7 12.1 10.4
SS  Ken Boyer 35 147 521 70 129 15 3 20 68 10 8 45 87 .248 .307 .403 .710 64.6 8.0 6.6
CF *Roger Maris 31 152 530 58 118 20 5 10 48 8 3 36 88 .223 .272 .336 .608 44.9 2.2 5.5
CF *Matty Alou 27 129 473 55 146 22 4 2 40 26 6 17 43 .309 .333 .385 .718 60.0 10.0 2.3
CF  Al Kaline 31 116 316 29 85 10 1 6 38 1 3 23 24 .269 .324 .364 .688 37.4 5.2 2.4
P  Dave Wickersham 30 41 114 6 11 5 0 0 3 0 0 2 42 .096 .111 .140 .251 -2.0 0.0 0.0
1B  Lou Johnson 31 74 117 13 26 7 2 4 18 1 1 3 21 .222 .252 .419 .671 12.3 1.2 0.4
C  Don Pavletich 27 44 108 12 20 7 0 2 10 1 1 11 19 .185 .261 .306 .566 8.0 0.1 2.4
P  Joe Moeller 23 42 104 2 13 2 0 0 4 0 1 1 34 .125 .133 .144 .278 -1.3 0.0 0.0
P  Paul Foytack 35 39 104 9 15 4 0 0 7 0 0 1 33 .144 .152 .183 .335 0.6 0.0 0.0
P *Bud Daley 33 34 95 5 16 1 1 1 6 0 0 2 14 .168 .186 .232 .417 3.1 0.0 0.0
3B  Dick Groat 35 54 91 15 28 5 0 0 6 1 0 6 8 .308 .351 .363 .713 10.5 1.6 0.8
RF  Bubba Morton 34 22 59 8 17 5 0 0 4 2 1 10 11 .288 .391 .373 .764 9.1 1.8 0.5
SS  Glenn Beckert 25 20 43 1 16 1 0 0 8 0 3 0 2 .372 .372 .395 .767 4.4 0.7 0.5
SS  Zoilo Versalles 26 14 39 6 5 1 0 1 3 1 1 0 12 .128 .128 .231 .359 -1.5 0.0 0.6
2B *Chuck Hiller 31 14 34 2 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 .176 .222 .176 .399 0.8 0.0 0.5
LF  Chuck Hinton 32 17 20 2 8 1 0 0 4 3 1 2 3 .400 .455 .450 .905 3.6 0.8 0.1
P #Jim Perry 30 21 16 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .063 .063 .063 .125 -0.8 0.0 0.0
3B  Sparky Anderson 32 8 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .071 .000 .071 -1.2 0.0 0.1
C  Doug Camilli 29 6 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .077 .077 .077 .154 -0.6 0.0 0.2
P  Ken Sanders 24 42 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Raul Sanchez 35 22 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Joe Gibbon 31 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 30.0 1834 5584 647 1440 250 46 131 625 113 74 393 864 .258 .308 .390 .697 644.0 95.6 50.4
  Rank among 10 AL teams 2 5 2 4 1 6 5 3 9 9 2 5 5 5 5 5  
* - 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
 Joe Moeller 23 14 18 .438 42 42 0 332.7 336 154 27 95 170 4.17 15.2
 Dave Wickersham 30 20 18 .526 41 41 0 331.0 285 130 24 110 199 3.53 22.4
 Paul Foytack 35 17 16 .515 39 39 0 307.0 264 122 28 120 196 3.58 21.2
*Bud Daley 33 18 8 .692 34 34 0 265.7 236 99 20 95 198 3.35 22.9
 Bob Duliba 31 7 5 .583 64 0 19 72.0 52 20 2 16 35 2.50 16.7
 Jim Perry 30 3 3 .500 21 6 2 67.3 63 22 2 21 27 2.94 6.3
 Ken Sanders 24 4 4 .500 42 0 4 50.3 49 18 7 20 19 3.22 4.4
 Raul Sanchez 35 1 2 .333 22 3 0 24.3 23 9 1 11 13 3.33 1.7
*Joe Gibbon 31 2 2 .500 12 0 1 11.3 12 7 2 8 8 5.56 0.3
 Casey Cox 24 0 0 .000 4 0 0 4.3 5 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.8
 Wes Stock 32 0 0 .000 2 0 0 1.3 2 1 0 0 1 6.77 0.0
Team Totals 29.8 86 76 .531 323 165 26 1467.3 1327 582 113 496 866 3.57 111.9
Rank among 10 AL teams 5 5 8 5 3 4 2 5 4 8 5  
* - 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 33.9
J.Torre 1173.0 129 133 721 79 8 1 .990 42.9
D.Pavletich 268.3 30 33 155 21 1 0 .994 45.2
D.Camilli 26.0 3 3 14 1 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1467.3 162 169 890 101 9 1 .991 42.8
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 11.16
D.Clendenon 1323.3 147 152 1554 139 12 146 .993 11.51
L.Johnson 123.0 15 15 144 9 1 11 .994 11.20
J.Torre 13.3 0 4 15 1 1 1 .941 10.80
C.Yastrzemski 5.7 0 4 5 1 0 0 1.000 9.54
C.Hinton 2.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1467.3 162 177 1720 150 14 158 .993 11.47
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 5.65
D.McAuliffe 1311.0 146 153 285 518 20 106 .976 5.51
C.Hiller 86.0 10 13 26 35 1 9 .984 6.38
G.Beckert 54.0 6 8 21 16 1 5 .974 6.17
D.Groat 4.8 0 1 0 2 0 1 1.000 3.75
K.Boyer 4.0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
Z.Versalles 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1461.8 162 178 333 573 22 121 .976 5.58
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 2.68
R.Maris 1291.0 148 151 77 300 10 19 .974 2.63
D.Groat 158.9 24 34 7 33 2 3 .952 2.27
S.Anderson 32.3 3 6 1 7 0 2 1.000 2.23
G.Beckert 11.0 1 3 0 4 0 0 1.000 3.27
M.Alou 8.3 0 1 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.24
J.Torre 7.0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.29
A.Kaline 1.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1510.2 176 199 86 347 12 24 .973 2.58
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 4.92
K.Boyer 1260.7 142 144 199 495 16 91 .977 4.95
Z.Versalles 85.0 8 12 20 34 1 5 .982 5.72
D.Groat 37.2 6 8 7 15 1 5 .957 5.32
G.Beckert 30.0 3 5 4 15 0 3 1.000 5.70
D.McAuliffe 12.3 0 3 5 5 0 3 1.000 7.30
Team Total 1425.2 159 172 235 564 18 107 .978 5.05
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 1.72
C.Yastrzemski 1278.3 144 147 268 4 6 2 .978 1.91
B.Morton 102.7 12 15 24 0 0 0 1.000 2.10
L.Johnson 50.7 4 14 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.71
M.Alou 16.7 0 8 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.16
W.Mays 10.0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.90
C.Hinton 9.0 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00
Team Total 1467.3 162 188 303 4 6 2 .981 1.88
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 2.39
W.Mays 1290.3 144 145 351 4 9 0 .975 2.48
A.Kaline 85.0 9 10 18 0 0 0 1.000 1.91
M.Alou 48.0 4 6 13 0 1 0 .929 2.44
B.Morton 27.0 3 3 9 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
C.Hinton 17.0 2 2 2 1 0 1 1.000 1.59
Team Total 1467.3 162 166 393 5 10 1 .975 2.44
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 1.93
M.Alou 894.7 103 108 176 1 9 1 .952 1.78
A.Kaline 535.7 58 68 143 5 1 0 .993 2.49
C.Hinton 13.0 0 7 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.38
W.Mays 10.0 0 6 1 0 1 0 .500 0.90
B.Morton 9.0 1 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 5.00
Z.Versalles 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
L.Johnson 2.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1467.3 162 195 328 6 11 1 .968 2.05
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 2.05
J.Moeller 332.7 42 42 20 55 2 2 .974 2.03
D.Wickersham 331.0 41 41 26 53 1 8 .988 2.15
P.Foytack 307.0 39 39 23 55 4 4 .951 2.29
B.Daley 265.7 34 34 11 37 2 3 .960 1.63
B.Duliba 72.0 0 64 6 8 0 1 1.000 1.75
J.Perry 67.3 6 21 9 13 2 1 .917 2.94
K.Sanders 50.3 0 42 2 9 0 0 1.000 1.97
R.Sanchez 24.3 3 22 2 6 0 0 1.000 2.96
J.Gibbon 11.3 0 12 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.79
C.Cox 4.3 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
W.Stock 1.3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1467.3 165 323 99 237 11 19 .968 2.06
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Alou .304
On-Base Pct Yastrzemski .352
Slugging Pct Mays .471
OPS McAuliffe .811
XR Mays 87.3
Games Clendenon 156
At-Bats Mays 588
Runs Mays 85
Hits Clendenon 173
Total Bases Mays 277
Singles Alou 118
Doubles McAuliffe, Yastrzemski 34
Triples Clendenon 10
Homeruns Mays 26
RBIs Mays, McAuliffe 78
Stolen Bases Alou 26
Caught Stealing McAuliffe, Mays 13
Walks Yastrzemski 74
Strikeouts Mays 112
ERA Daley 3.35
Wins Wickersham 20
Losses Moeller, Wickersham 18
Winning Pct Daley .692
Saves Duliba 19
Games Pitched Duliba 64
Games Started Moeller 42
Complete Games Wickersham 25
Shutouts Wickersham 4
Innings Pitched Moeller 332.7
Hits Allowed Moeller 336
Homeruns Allowed Foytack 28
Strikeouts Wickersham 199
Walks Allowed Foytack 120
Walks per 9IP Moeller 2.6
Hits per 9IP Foytack 7.7
Strikeouts per 9IP Daley 6.7
WHiP Wickersham 1.19
OAVG Foytack .232
OOBP Wickersham .304
OSLG Wickersham .343
OOPS Wickersham .647
Team All-Stars
Donn Clendenon
Bud Daley
Bob Duliba
Joe Torre
Player Salaries
Willie Mays $ 11,080,000
Bud Daley $ 8,760,000
Ken Boyer $ 8,000,000
Al Kaline $ 7,500,000
Roger Maris $ 5,250,000
Paul Foytack $ 3,750,000
Joe Torre $ 3,428,571
Donn Clendenon $ 2,685,714
Dick McAuliffe $ 2,685,714
Dave Wickersham $ 2,160,000
Carl Yastrzemski $ 1,960,714
Jim Perry $ 1,525,714
Bob Duliba $ 1,491,429
Dick Groat $ 1,200,000
Chuck Hinton $ 1,160,000
Joe Gibbon $ 1,017,143
Don Pavletich $ 492,857
Matty Alou $ 482,143
Pedro Ramos $ 435,714
Raul Sanchez $ 370,000
Jack Lamabe $ 350,000
Bubba Morton $ 350,000
Wes Stock $ 350,000
Lou Johnson $ 350,000
Chuck Hiller $ 300,000
Joe Moeller $ 300,000
Ken Sanders $ 300,000
Casey Cox $ 300,000
Doug Camilli $ 300,000
Zoilo Versalles $ 300,000
Glenn Beckert $ 300,000
Sparky Anderson $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/7 Traded Ernie Banks Montreal Ken Boyer
Chuck Hinton
$5,000,000
5/1 Traded Jerry Davie Detroit Dick Groat
Raul Sanchez