1969 Minnesota Twins
Record: 82-80
Finish: 3rd in AL Players Division Division
Runs Scored: 653
Runs Allowed: 683
Exp W-L: 78-84
 
Ballpark: Metropolitan Stadium
Attendance: 1,817,429
Manager: Billy Martin

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 60-77, 10th in the American League
AA: 69-68, 5th in the American League
A: 71-66, 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 *Matty Alou 30 156 637 83 210 20 1 4 55 30 11 31 59 .330 .360 .383 .743 85.7 19.9 4.8
LF *Jim Small 32 157 603 67 186 25 3 3 47 1 3 48 97 .308 .360 .375 .735 76.3 16.1 4.1
C  Joe Torre 28 154 615 59 171 36 2 13 88 5 6 35 73 .278 .317 .407 .723 66.2 10.9 4.5
1B *Carl Yastrzemski 29 157 541 67 147 31 0 14 76 2 1 87 52 .272 .369 .407 .776 83.1 18.2 2.9
1B  Donn Clendenon 33 154 562 69 123 18 5 9 54 22 8 45 147 .219 .275 .317 .592 48.5 3.2 4.6
SS *Dick McAuliffe 29 153 473 67 116 20 3 16 71 12 12 73 77 .245 .345 .402 .747 66.7 12.8 4.1
SS  Glenn Beckert 28 150 518 57 151 33 5 4 70 13 1 17 38 .292 .317 .398 .714 60.1 11.5 7.7
C *Sammy Taylor 36 128 427 32 97 15 0 5 36 1 2 28 72 .227 .274 .297 .572 31.2 0.9 3.5
2B  Bobby Knoop 30 126 376 51 99 6 1 7 38 3 2 34 85 .263 .327 .340 .667 41.0 6.1 0.2
1B  Rick Joseph 29 113 342 34 85 14 2 8 41 2 0 32 60 .249 .316 .371 .688 37.2 6.1 0.5
C *Bill Heath 30 62 175 19 39 6 1 4 21 0 0 18 18 .223 .295 .337 .632 16.7 1.9 1.5
SS  Pedro Gonzalez 31 82 169 15 34 8 0 0 13 1 1 2 25 .201 .209 .249 .458 4.0 0.0 2.0
LF  Tommie Reynolds 27 56 139 24 37 9 0 2 15 4 0 6 17 .266 .297 .374 .671 14.7 2.7 0.8
CF *Bill Voss 25 52 33 8 5 0 0 1 1 5 4 2 5 .152 .200 .242 .442 0.1 0.0 0.1
C  Doug Camilli 32 5 11 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 .091 .167 .364 .530 0.9 0.1 0.1
  Team Totals 29.9 1705 5621 653 1501 241 23 91 627 101 51 459 827 .267 .322 .367 .689 632.4 110.5 41.2
  Rank among 10 AL teams 1 6 2 6 7 9 7 5 6 8 1 2 5 6 6 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
 Joe Moeller 26 19 12 .613 36 36 0 305.7 282 102 13 55 217 3.00 26.4
*George Brunet 34 17 10 .630 35 35 0 271.3 224 86 19 61 241 2.85 25.1
 Dave Wickersham 33 13 13 .500 31 31 0 234.3 224 120 19 113 130 4.61 9.8
 Charlie Beamon 34 12 15 .444 34 34 0 212.7 161 107 17 141 233 4.53 8.0
 Ken Sanders 27 10 14 .417 37 19 3 156.0 148 74 10 71 109 4.27 8.0
*Dick Estelle 27 6 4 .600 52 0 15 97.7 76 40 13 55 70 3.69 9.6
 Fred Lasher 27 3 6 .333 49 0 9 87.3 99 42 3 59 65 4.33 4.4
 Gene Conley 38 1 3 .250 7 7 0 37.7 43 27 6 23 39 6.45 0.0
 Casey Cox 27 1 1 .500 19 0 1 34.3 35 16 4 18 12 4.19 1.8
 Bob Duliba 34 0 2 .000 13 0 0 17.3 14 6 2 3 12 3.12 1.2
 Ron Klimkowski 25 0 0 .000 5 0 0 7.3 10 7 1 6 1 8.59 0.0
Team Totals 30.2 82 80 .506 318 162 28 1461.6 1316 627 107 605 1129 3.86 94.3
Rank among 10 AL teams 7 7 6 7 5 4 2 7 9 3 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 .992 36.3
S.Taylor 999.7 110 120 803 48 5 0 .994 26.1
B.Heath 430.3 49 54 343 18 3 0 .992 29.5
D.Camilli 28.0 3 4 23 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
J.Torre 3.7 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1461.7 162 179 1172 66 8 0 .994 26.8
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 10.94
D.Clendenon 1344.3 151 154 1441 124 6 122 .996 10.48
R.Joseph 100.0 11 15 106 9 0 9 1.000 10.35
C.Yastrzemski 10.0 0 6 10 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
B.Heath 4.0 0 2 7 0 0 0 1.000 15.75
J.Torre 2.3 0 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 15.45
M.Alou 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1461.7 162 180 1569 133 6 131 .996 10.48
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 5.64
D.McAuliffe 1295.0 145 151 251 488 19 95 .975 5.14
P.Gonzalez 84.0 9 15 20 34 2 4 .964 5.79
B.Knoop 82.7 8 16 15 26 1 6 .976 4.46
Team Total 1461.7 162 182 286 548 22 105 .974 5.14
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .947 2.58
J.Torre 1320.0 148 151 82 280 25 18 .935 2.47
P.Gonzalez 124.7 14 15 9 28 1 1 .974 2.67
B.Voss 9.0 0 6 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.00
R.Joseph 8.0 0 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.13
Team Total 1461.7 162 176 92 310 26 19 .939 2.48
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .969 4.85
G.Beckert 1262.7 148 149 167 471 16 95 .976 4.55
P.Gonzalez 195.0 14 44 29 64 2 12 .979 4.29
D.McAuliffe 4.0 0 2 1 2 0 0 1.000 6.75
Team Total 1461.7 162 195 197 537 18 107 .976 4.52
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 1.78
C.Yastrzemski 1315.0 148 150 237 6 5 0 .980 1.66
T.Reynolds 101.3 11 18 17 1 0 0 1.000 1.60
R.Joseph 42.3 3 8 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.91
S.Taylor 3.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1461.7 162 178 264 7 5 0 .982 1.67
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 2.43
M.Alou 1317.7 147 150 358 12 14 5 .964 2.53
T.Reynolds 123.0 15 15 32 1 2 0 .943 2.41
B.Voss 15.7 0 8 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.72
J.Small 4.3 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.08
D.Clendenon 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1461.7 162 177 394 13 16 5 .962 2.51
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 1.93
J.Small 1310.7 149 153 291 13 0 0 1.000 2.09
T.Reynolds 85.7 10 14 16 1 2 0 .895 1.79
B.Voss 51.0 3 13 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.06
P.Gonzalez 11.0 0 6 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.45
M.Alou 2.3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Heath 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1461.7 162 189 316 14 2 0 .994 2.03
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 1.93
J.Moeller 305.7 36 36 19 42 4 2 .938 1.80
G.Brunet 271.3 35 35 17 51 2 1 .971 2.26
D.Wickersham 234.3 31 31 15 27 2 3 .955 1.61
C.Beamon 212.7 34 34 12 18 0 1 1.000 1.27
K.Sanders 156.0 19 37 15 14 0 1 1.000 1.67
D.Estelle 97.7 0 52 5 18 1 0 .958 2.12
F.Lasher 87.3 0 49 4 16 1 0 .952 2.06
G.Conley 37.7 7 7 1 2 0 1 1.000 0.72
C.Cox 34.3 0 19 2 6 0 0 1.000 2.10
B.Duliba 17.3 0 13 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.52
R.Klimkowski 7.3 0 5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1461.6 162 318 90 195 10 9 .966 1.75
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Alou .330
On-Base Pct Yastrzemski .369
Slugging Pct Yastrzemski .407
OPS Yastrzemski .776
XR Alou 85.7
Games Small, Yastrzemski 157
At-Bats Alou 637
Runs Alou 83
Hits Alou 210
Total Bases Torre 250
Singles Alou 185
Doubles Torre 36
Triples Beckert, Clendenon 5
Homeruns McAuliffe 16
RBIs Torre 88
Stolen Bases Alou 30
Caught Stealing McAuliffe 12
Walks Yastrzemski 87
Strikeouts Clendenon 147
ERA Brunet 2.85
Wins Moeller 19
Losses Beamon 15
Winning Pct Brunet .630
Saves Estelle 15
Games Pitched Estelle 52
Games Started Moeller 36
Complete Games Moeller 20
Shutouts Wickersham 3
Innings Pitched Moeller 305.7
Hits Allowed Moeller 282
Homeruns Allowed Brunet, Wickersham 19
Strikeouts Brunet 241
Walks Allowed Beamon 141
Walks per 9IP Moeller 1.6
Hits per 9IP Beamon 6.8
Strikeouts per 9IP Beamon 9.9
WHiP Brunet 1.05
OAVG Beamon .206
OOBP Brunet .271
OSLG Beamon .314
OOPS Moeller .611
Team All-Stars
Dick Estelle
Joe Moeller
Dave Wickersham
Player Salaries
Joe Torre $ 8,750,000
George Brunet $ 6,800,000
Gene Conley $ 6,000,000
Joe Moeller $ 5,557,143
Charlie Beamon $ 5,500,000
Sammy Taylor $ 5,000,000
Carl Yastrzemski $ 4,280,000
Dick McAuliffe $ 3,990,000
Bob Duliba $ 3,750,000
Donn Clendenon $ 3,500,000
Dave Wickersham $ 3,000,000
Matty Alou $ 1,250,000
Ken Sanders $ 1,015,000
Jim Small $ 870,000
Jack Lamabe $ 350,000
Glenn Beckert $ 300,000
Bobby Knoop $ 300,000
Doug Camilli $ 300,000
Casey Cox $ 300,000
Dick Estelle $ 300,000
Pedro Gonzalez $ 300,000
Bill Heath $ 300,000
Ron Klimkowski $ 300,000
Fred Lasher $ 300,000
Tommie Reynolds $ 300,000
Bill Voss $ 300,000
Rick Joseph $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/3 Traded Ken Boyer
Rickey Clark
Frank Reberger
Detroit Chico Ruiz
$5,000,000
2/21 Traded Frank Kreutzer Detroit Charlie Beamon
7/21 Released Raul Sanchez