1971 Minnesota Twins Statistics

American League (AL)
Team Record: 74-86
Finished 5th in the AL's West Division
Attendance: 940,848, Avg. 12,545
Ballpark: Metropolitan Stadium
Manager: Bill Rigney (74-86)
Location: Bloomington, Minnesota
1971 Minnesota Twins Roster
1971 Minnesota Twins Results

The Minnesota Twins of the American League ended the 1971 season with a record of 74 wins and 86 losses, finishing fifth in the AL's West Division.

The Twins scored 654 runs and allowed 670 runs. Harmon Killebrew led Minnesota with 28 home runs, while Leo Cardenas and Tony Oliva walloped 20 or more also. Harmon Killebrew accounted for 119 RBI. Tony Oliva paced all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .337. Jim Perry topped the team with 17 wins, and Bert Blyleven, too added 15 or more wins, too Bert Blyleven recorded a 2.81 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.

Bill Rigney coached the team.

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Pitching:

Player W L W% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF
Jim Perry1717.5004.2340391801270.026313512739102101265051146
Bert Blyleven1615.5162.81383801750278.32679587215912245151126
Jim Kaat1314.4813.32393801540260.327510496164791376081098
Ray Corbin811.4214.10521119203140.3141746419701183307620
Hal Haydel42.6674.283101300140.0331919320129201165
Stan Williams45.4444.154611800478.0634436744747814344
Tom Hall47.3643.33481120009129.7104544813585137004548
Pete Hamm24.3336.75138310044.0553333718116101201
Steve Luebber25.2865.031812200168.0734238737335401308
Jim Strickland101.0001.44240800131.320145218221203133
Steve Barber101.0006.1742000011.78982131400156
Bob Gebhard12.3333.001701000018.0176601131310085
Ron Perranoski14.2006.753602200542.7603932228421312218
Sal Campisi004.156010004.3522140200021
Totals7486.4633.82412160117439251416.7138467060113952958895403426069

Batting:

Player GP PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB DP HBP SH SF IBB
Cesar Tovar1577186579420429314518144539.311.356.368.725242531125
Rod Carew147632577881771610248674581.307.356.380.736219231631
Tony Oliva126518487731643032281412544.337.369.546.915266212048
Leo Cardenas153624554591462541875335169.264.321.421.7412331617115
Harmon Killebrew14762450061127191281193211496.254.386.464.85023221001014
George Mitterwald125434388389713113443339104.250.316.389.70515190349
Jim Holt1263613403588113129511628.259.292.318.610108111224
Steve Braun1284023435187122535834850.254.350.344.69411885244
Rich Reese1203593294072831039742035.219.270.353.62311695052
Jim Nettles70190168174251624321924.250.321.399.7206720032
Brant Alyea79188158132840215112438.177.282.241.5223871053
Steve Brye2811510710241031131715.224.270.318.5873440010
Phil Roof319587621400601818.241.305.287.5932560000
Jim Perry40103921017000500718.185.242.185.4271740400
Danny Thompson4868571015200700712.263.338.298.6371750310
Jim Kaat5410293615300520216.161.179.194.3721800700
Bert Blyleven3810091312100200137.132.151.143.2931301700
Rick Renick275245410201800514.222.308.333.6411511012
Eric Soderholm2178649104014011017.156.299.266.5641713101
Tom Hall4936345910010015.265.286.294.5801010100
George Thomas2334304810020043.267.353.300.653900000
Ray Corbin52403437000200217.206.250.206.456700400
Paul Ratliff21494437102600417.159.224.318.5431400011
Paul Powell20353175001200312.161.235.258.493810100
Rick Dempsey614132410000011.308.357.385.742510000
Pete Hamm1312111310000005.273.273.364.636400100
Tom Tischinski2125230320020014.130.200.217.417521000
Charlie Manuel1817161210010018.125.176.188.364300000
Hal Haydel31330100000001.333.333.333.667100000
Steve Luebber1921190100000007.053.053.053.105100200
Ron Perranoski36430000000001.000.000.000.000000100
Jim Strickland24210000000010.000.500.000.500000000
Steve Barber6550000000002.000.000.000.000000000
Stan Williams4612101000000018.000.091.000.091000100
Bob Gebhard17000000000000000000
Sal Campisi6000000000000000000
Totals2073607254146541406197311166186644512846.260.323.372.695201315825645761


Fielding:

Player Pos GP GS Inn. PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS%
Harmon Killebrew1B9082706.065856252.9979.1027.9330000
Rich Reese1B9576693.067343471.9949.2997.5370000
Jim Holt1B3216.0100011.0005.6253.3330000
George Thomas1B102.00000.000.0000000
Rod Carew2B1421371209.03213291676.9764.8394.5770000
Steve Braun2B2820174.04158111.9905.1213.5360000
Danny Thompson2B3324.04610.9093.7503.3330000
Cesar Tovar2B2010.014011.0004.5002.5000000
Steve Braun3B7359543.048106117.9332.5522.1100000
Harmon Killebrew3B6460511.04293113.9252.3782.1090000
Eric Soderholm3B2020177.0174842.9423.3053.2500000
Danny Thompson3B17874.091732.8973.1621.5290000
Cesar Tovar3B7545.03921.8572.4001.7140000
Rick Renick3B7544.03820.8462.2501.5710000
Rod Carew3B2214.032001.0003.2142.5000000
George Thomas3B119.01110.6672.0002.0000000
George MitterwaldC120109970.065653107.9866.5785.90860483038.5
Phil RoofC2928234.01851632.9857.7316.9315010637.5
Paul RatliffC1512100.0736001.0007.1105.267004233.3
Tom TischinskiC21776.049613.9826.5132.619107330.0
Rick DempseyC6437.030420.9448.2705.667004233.3
Cesar TovarOF1541501315.03481453.9862.4782.3510000
Tony OlivaOF1211201018.0216673.9691.9631.8350000
Jim HoltOF10678744.0209432.9862.5772.0090000
Jim NettlesOF6242414.0139321.9863.0872.2900000
Brant AlyeaOF4844303.047320.9621.4851.0420000
Steve BryeOF2828249.053420.9662.0602.0360000
Paul PowellOF15673.0240001.0002.9591.6000000
Rich ReeseOF9653.061001.0001.189.7780000
George ThomasOF11238.040001.000.947.3640000
Rick RenickOF7438.080001.0001.8951.1430000
Steve BraunOF204.00000.000.0000000
Charlie ManuelOF101.00000.000.0000000
Bert BlylevenP3838278.0193820.9661.8451.5000000
Jim PerryP4039270.01744041.0002.0331.5250000
Jim KaatP3938260.0134114.9821.8691.3850000
Ray CorbinP5211140.073020.9492.379.7120000
Tom HallP4811130.081910.9641.869.5630000
Stan WilliamsP46178.04811.9231.385.2610000
Steve LuebberP181268.0212011.0001.853.7780000
Pete HammP13844.067001.0002.6591.0000000
Ron PerranoskiP36043.01820.8181.884.2500000
Hal HaydelP31040.01710.8891.800.2580000
Jim StricklandP24031.04510.9002.613.3750000
Bob GebhardP17018.007001.0003.500.4120000
Steve BarberP4212.011001.0001.500.5000000
Sal CampisiP604.001001.0002.250.1670000
Leo CardenasSS1531521333.02664451189.9854.8004.6470000
Steve BraunSS10881.0182916.9795.2224.7000000
Danny ThompsonSS103.001001.0003.0001.0000000
Totals1886144012751.042481603118353.9804.1303.102120734337.1




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