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1971 Minnesota Twins
Record: 81-81
Finish: 4th in AL Players Division Division
Runs Scored: 752
Runs Allowed: 724
Exp W-L: 84-78
 
Ballpark: Metropolitan Stadium
Attendance: 2,121,036
Manager: Bill Rigney

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 64-73, 5th in the American League
AA: 60-77, 8th in the American League
A: 63-74, 7th 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 32 152 617 82 193 18 4 2 45 35 6 26 75 .313 .346 .365 .710 78.2 14.7 3.1
CF *Jimmie Hall 33 156 571 85 139 21 2 43 108 13 10 75 119 .243 .331 .513 .844 94.6 17.7 4.4
1B  Joe Gaines 34 156 586 98 157 21 6 22 100 25 9 46 99 .268 .320 .437 .757 80.4 13.0 2.5
C  Joe Torre 30 155 584 71 158 27 3 15 84 6 2 31 69 .271 .308 .404 .712 70.2 10.3 3.0
SS *Dick McAuliffe 31 155 525 73 135 27 4 16 71 18 18 84 94 .257 .358 .415 .774 81.5 14.8 5.5
1B *Carl Yastrzemski 31 153 527 68 139 24 1 17 67 1 0 77 52 .264 .357 .410 .767 79.3 14.8 3.2
1B  Duane Josephson 29 143 573 82 166 29 3 15 71 2 3 25 83 .290 .320 .429 .749 69.5 11.4 6.4
SS  Glenn Beckert 30 156 500 57 121 27 3 2 45 11 2 18 27 .242 .269 .320 .589 38.8 1.6 6.2
1B  Donn Clendenon 35 101 375 42 100 26 2 12 48 12 5 27 94 .267 .314 .443 .756 51.1 8.9 0.1
2B  Bobby Knoop 32 93 199 22 53 10 0 2 27 1 1 17 37 .266 .330 .347 .677 21.7 2.9 0.3
1B  Rick Joseph 31 86 189 22 52 10 1 5 31 0 0 18 35 .275 .337 .418 .755 24.4 4.1 1.3
LF *Jim Small 34 68 137 15 35 4 0 0 9 1 0 9 23 .255 .299 .285 .584 10.5 0.3 0.8
C *Bill Heath 32 40 124 13 23 1 0 1 7 1 1 16 10 .185 .277 .218 .494 8.5 0.0 1.8
LF  Tommie Reynolds 29 29 64 9 16 3 0 1 6 2 1 5 4 .250 .304 .344 .648 6.7 0.8 0.3
3B #Chico Ruiz 32 58 51 11 7 0 0 1 4 6 2 1 9 .137 .154 .196 .350 0.9 0.0 0.6
3B  Mike Ferraro 26 24 32 2 7 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 7 .219 .212 .250 .462 1.5 0.0 0.4
  Team Totals 31.3 1725 5654 752 1501 249 29 154 728 134 60 475 837 .265 .323 .401 .724 717.5 115.3 39.9
  Rank among 10 AL teams 1 4 3 6 6 4 4 3 7 7 2 4 6 4 4 4  
* - 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 28 17 9 .654 36 36 0 311.3 267 91 15 48 223 2.63 32.4
 Ken Sanders 29 11 17 .393 34 34 0 236.3 239 112 20 101 109 4.27 11.4
*Luke Walker 27 11 12 .478 33 33 0 235.7 224 109 9 135 140 4.16 13.0
 Fred Lasher 29 12 4 .750 39 17 4 166.0 140 54 11 84 131 2.93 17.2
*Dick Estelle 29 8 15 .348 49 17 9 160.0 161 101 17 99 126 5.68 3.2
 Charlie Beamon 36 7 6 .538 25 25 0 138.3 125 84 18 108 149 5.47 3.3
 Dave Wickersham 35 8 9 .471 45 0 2 95.7 109 61 13 49 51 5.74 2.3
 Casey Cox 29 7 8 .467 44 0 8 54.7 83 37 3 22 12 6.09 0.7
 John Strohmayer 24 0 1 .000 24 0 2 36.7 25 10 3 7 18 2.45 4.3
 Bob Moorhead 33 0 0 .000 12 0 1 28.3 34 19 4 12 7 6.04 0.0
Team Totals 29.9 81 81 .500 341 162 26 1463.0 1407 678 113 665 966 4.17 87.8
Rank among 10 AL teams 6 6 5 7 4 7 3 7 8 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 .991 32.3
D.Josephson 1178.7 130 135 802 54 11 1 .987 29.7
B.Heath 276.7 32 33 191 19 1 0 .995 44.4
J.Torre 7.7 0 4 6 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1463.0 162 172 999 73 12 1 .989 32.9
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 10.98
J.Gaines 1088.7 121 126 1186 89 10 100 .992 10.54
R.Joseph 291.0 34 36 313 21 2 33 .994 10.33
D.Clendenon 61.0 7 7 67 5 1 6 .986 10.62
C.Yastrzemski 9.3 0 4 12 0 0 1 1.000 11.58
B.Heath 8.0 0 4 10 1 0 3 1.000 12.38
J.Torre 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1.000 4.50
D.Josephson 2.0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50
C.Ruiz 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1463.0 162 180 1593 116 13 144 .992 10.51
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 5.73
D.McAuliffe 1290.3 144 149 301 539 12 104 .986 5.86
B.Knoop 117.0 12 20 14 41 2 5 .965 4.23
C.Ruiz 52.7 6 7 18 20 0 7 1.000 6.49
J.Gaines 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1463.0 162 177 333 600 14 116 .985 5.74
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .953 2.60
J.Torre 1297.7 145 148 77 258 18 25 .949 2.32
R.Joseph 124.0 14 15 12 31 0 2 1.000 3.12
M.Ferraro 25.0 3 3 3 5 1 1 .889 2.88
C.Ruiz 12.3 0 10 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.46
B.Knoop 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Josephson 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1463.0 162 178 92 296 19 28 .953 2.39
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 4.95
G.Beckert 1298.3 155 156 188 489 8 87 .988 4.69
C.Ruiz 85.7 4 29 14 28 3 3 .933 4.41
M.Ferraro 72.0 3 21 9 27 1 5 .973 4.50
D.McAuliffe 4.3 0 3 1 1 0 0 1.000 4.16
B.Knoop 2.7 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1463.0 162 211 212 545 12 95 .984 4.66
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 1.94
C.Yastrzemski 1271.3 145 146 288 6 4 2 .987 2.08
J.Small 132.0 14 19 27 0 0 0 1.000 1.84
T.Reynolds 33.7 3 6 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.41
R.Joseph 24.0 0 13 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.63
J.Hall 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
J.Gaines 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1463.0 162 186 333 6 4 2 .988 2.09
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 2.39
J.Hall 1312.0 146 146 370 7 5 3 .987 2.59
J.Small 143.7 16 18 35 0 0 0 1.000 2.19
J.Gaines 7.3 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.46
Team Total 1463.0 162 165 407 7 5 3 .988 2.55
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 1.98
M.Alou 1309.7 151 151 299 6 12 4 .962 2.10
T.Reynolds 96.0 10 16 18 0 0 0 1.000 1.69
J.Small 46.7 1 21 8 1 0 0 1.000 1.74
J.Hall 10.7 0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.38
Team Total 1463.0 162 192 329 7 12 4 .966 2.07
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .969 1.90
J.Moeller 311.3 36 36 15 42 0 0 1.000 1.65
K.Sanders 236.3 34 34 14 33 1 6 .979 1.79
L.Walker 235.7 33 33 11 30 1 1 .976 1.57
F.Lasher 166.0 17 39 9 25 2 5 .944 1.84
D.Estelle 160.0 17 49 11 27 1 1 .974 2.14
C.Beamon 138.3 25 25 5 15 2 1 .909 1.30
D.Wickersham 95.7 0 45 7 22 0 5 1.000 2.73
C.Cox 54.7 0 44 4 6 0 0 1.000 1.65
J.Strohmayer 36.7 0 24 3 7 0 2 1.000 2.45
B.Moorhead 28.3 0 12 4 6 1 1 .909 3.18
Team Total 1463.0 162 341 83 213 8 22 .974 1.82
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Alou .313
On-Base Pct McAuliffe .358
Slugging Pct Hall .513
OPS Hall .844
XR Hall 94.6
Games Hall, Gaines, Beckert 156
At-Bats Alou 617
Runs Gaines 98
Hits Alou 193
Total Bases Hall 293
Singles Alou 169
Doubles Josephson 29
Triples Gaines 6
Homeruns Hall 43
RBIs Hall 108
Stolen Bases Alou 35
Caught Stealing McAuliffe 18
Walks McAuliffe 84
Strikeouts Hall 119
ERA Moeller 2.63
Wins Moeller 17
Losses Sanders 17
Winning Pct Lasher .750
Saves Estelle 9
Games Pitched Estelle 49
Games Started Moeller 36
Complete Games Moeller 17
Shutouts Moeller 3
Innings Pitched Moeller 311.3
Hits Allowed Moeller 267
Homeruns Allowed Sanders 20
Strikeouts Moeller 223
Walks Allowed Walker 135
Walks per 9IP Moeller 1.4
Hits per 9IP Lasher 7.6
Strikeouts per 9IP Lasher 7.1
WHiP Moeller 1.01
OAVG Moeller .228
OOBP Moeller .259
OSLG Moeller .325
OOPS Moeller .584
Team All-Stars
Joe Gaines
Duane Josephson
Dick McAuliffe
Joe Moeller
Player Salaries
Joe Moeller $ 13,000,000
Joe Torre $ 8,750,000
Charlie Beamon $ 5,500,000
Jimmie Hall $ 4,715,683
Ken Sanders $ 4,664,286
Carl Yastrzemski $ 4,280,000
Dick McAuliffe $ 4,000,000
Donn Clendenon $ 3,500,000
Dave Wickersham $ 2,090,000
Joe Gaines $ 2,000,000
Duane Josephson $ 1,971,429
Jim Small $ 1,707,143
Casey Cox $ 1,285,714
Matty Alou $ 1,250,000
Fred Lasher $ 1,234,286
Glenn Beckert $ 792,857
Doug Camilli $ 350,000
Tommie Reynolds $ 350,000
Bill Heath $ 350,000
Pedro Gonzalez $ 350,000
Dick Estelle $ 300,000
Mike Ferraro $ 300,000
Bobby Knoop $ 300,000
Bob Moorhead $ 300,000
Chico Ruiz $ 300,000
John Strohmayer $ 300,000
Luke Walker $ 300,000
Rick Joseph $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
3/3 Traded Rod Gaspar San Diego Joe Gaines
Jimmie Hall
 
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