1961 Minnesota Twins Statistics

American League (AL)
Team Record: 70-90
Finished 7th in the AL
Attendance: 1,256,722, Avg. 16,756
Ballpark: Metropolitan Stadium
Manager: Cookie Lavagetto (19-30)
Manager: Sam Mele (2-5)
Manager: Cookie Lavagetto (4-6)
Manager: Sam Mele (45-49)
Location: Bloomington, Minnesota
1961 Minnesota Twins Roster
1961 Minnesota Twins Results

The Minnesota Twins of the American League ended the 1961 season with a record of 70 wins and 90 losses, finishing seventh in the AL.

The Twins plated 707 runs and conceded 778 runs. Harmon Killebrew walloped 46 home runs for Minnesota, while Bob Allison and Earl Battey added 20 or more also. Harmon Killebrew accounted for 122 RBI. Earl Battey led all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .302. Camilo Pascual topped the team with 15 wins and a team-best 3.46 earned run average, leading regularly-used pitchers.

Cookie Lavagetto, Sam Mele, Cookie Lavagetto and Sam Mele 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
Camilo Pascual1516.4843.46353311580252.3205114972610012213071056
Jack Kralick1311.5423.61333301120242.025710197216411373041023
Pedro Ramos1120.3553.9542346932264.3265134116397961744051123
Jim Kaat917.3463.9036293810200.7188105871282112211110865
Bill Pleis42.6674.953701600256.3593531434532401267
Ray Moore44.5003.6746038001456.3492323838345105255
Al Schroll44.5005.22118120050.0533629527124204228
Don Lee36.3333.52371014403115.09349451235165401466
Chuck Stobbs23.4007.46243800244.7563737815217201203
Danny McDevitt101.0002.36161500026.720117119015401122
Lee Stange101.0002.9270300012.3156411011000161
Paul Giel101.0009.78120400019.3242721617114000102
Ed Palmquist11.5009.4392300021.0332322713313300110
Bert Cueto13.2507.1775000021.327241771005100102
Fred Bruckbauer001000000.033301000004
Gary Dotter009.002000006.0666041200028
Julio Becquer0020.251010001.343301000009
Gerry Arrigo01.00010.247230009.7912110100620051
Ted Sadowski02.0006.82151600033.0492925611212102157
Totals7090.4384.283781611124914231432.3141577868116357029914451426232

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
Lenny Green1566926009217128795017118150.285.374.400.77424056322
Harmon Killebrew150656541941562074612212107109.288.405.6061.012328113056
Zoilo Versalles129542510651432557531692561.280.314.390.70419981422
Earl Battey133522460701392411755335366.302.377.470.847216183513
Bob Allison159677556831362132910527103100.245.363.450.813250175581
Jim Lemon129479423571092611452114498.258.329.423.752179114262
Billy Martin1083983744492155636321342.246.275.361.63613593530
Bill Tuttle1134253703891123538134341.246.321.335.656124130754
Hal Naragon571471391042212110048.302.326.374.7005251300
Billy Gardner45171154133690111001014.234.280.312.5924870701
Jose Valdivielso761581491529501911819.195.234.248.4823760010
Reno Bertoia3512810417222018002012.212.333.260.5932730221
Joe Altobelli4110995102121314001314.221.312.358.6703420010
Dan Dobbek72141125122131414121318.168.255.304.5593822011
Julio Becquer57878413201251801212.238.253.476.7294010011
Don Mincher35123101181951511012211.188.333.406.7394150000
Ted Lepcio4712211211193171910831.170.230.402.6314521010
Pedro Ramos53100938161031100342.172.204.280.4842611210
Jim Kaat4771631015310100413.238.294.317.6122021300
Camilo Pascual359585414300400515.165.211.200.4111750500
Jack Kralick339486813001600215.151.170.186.3571610600
Rich Rollins1320173510030022.294.400.353.753601000
Al Schroll1120183510130024.278.350.500.850900000
Elmer Valo3336320520040033.156.250.219.469721001
Ron Henry2031281400030027.143.194.143.336430010
Chuck Stobbs24982310010012.375.444.500.944400000
Jake Jacobs4880200000002.250.250.250.500200000
Don Lee37343022000200011.067.065.067.131200310
Gerry Arrigo7220100010000.500.500.5001.000100000
Paul Giel15220100000001.500.500.5001.000100000
Bill Pleis37990100000005.111.111.111.222100000
Gary Dotter2110000000000.000.000.000.000000000
Danny McDevitt16330000000003.000.000.000.000000000
Billy Consolo11551000000001.000.000.000.000010000
Bert Cueto7851000000011.000.167.000.167000200
Lee Stange7110000000001.000.000.000.000000000
Jim Snyder3550000000001.000.000.000.000000000
Ray Moore46740000000021.000.333.000.333010100
Ted Sadowski15660000000002.000.000.000.000000000
Ed Palmquist9531000000000.000.000.000.000000200
Pete Whisenant10761000000012.000.143.000.143000000
Fred Bruckbauer1000000000000000000
Totals2038615654177071353215401676654743597840.250.326.397.722214914133674225


Fielding:

Player Pos GP GS Inn. PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS%
Harmon Killebrew1B119115997.3972671491.9879.3768.7310000
Don Mincher1B2924237.023418828.9699.5708.6900000
Bob Allison1B1816123.7117429.9848.8066.7220000
Julio Becquer1B18564.0553081.0008.1563.2220000
Joe Altobelli1B2110.0151001.00014.4008.0000000
Ron Henry1B100.310001.00027.0001.0000000
Billy Martin2B10591810.02172241761.9634.9004.2000000
Billy Gardner2B4141365.78696532.9734.4794.4390000
Ted Lepcio2B2222158.33951118.9895.1164.0910000
Jose Valdivielso2B15554.0161812.9715.6672.2670000
Rich Rollins2B5117.034011.0003.7061.4000000
Jim Snyder2B3113.043011.0004.8462.3330000
Billy Consolo2B3010.051001.0005.4002.0000000
Bill Tuttle2B204.331001.0008.3082.0000000
Bill Tuttle3B8584666.7661651415.9433.1192.7180000
Harmon Killebrew3B4533309.32875910.9202.9972.2890000
Reno Bertoia3B3231272.7225993.9002.6742.5310000
Ted Lepcio3B357113.7132132.9192.692.9710000
Jose Valdivielso3B14127.02210.8001.333.2860000
Rich Rollins3B4326.026011.0002.7692.0000000
Billy Gardner3B2216.00320.6001.6881.5000000
Billy Consolo3B101.00000.000.0000000
Earl BatteyC1311271119.78126069.9937.0096.6561338331936.5
Hal NaragonC3630278.71681214.9945.8135.0003320520.0
Ron HenryC5434.0212001.0006.0884.60000200.0
Lenny GreenOF1531531342.3356380.9782.4072.3460000
Bob AllisonOF1501411270.73001483.9752.2242.0930000
Jim LemonOF120119904.31827120.9401.8811.5750000
Dan DobbekOF4822258.764110.9852.2621.3540000
Bill TuttleOF6420258.372111.9862.5431.1410000
Joe AltobelliOF2521178.339020.9511.9681.5600000
Julio BecquerOF5336.371001.0001.9821.6000000
Harmon KillebrewOF2219.031001.0001.8952.0000000
Jake JacobsOF3215.020001.0001.200.6670000
Pete WhisenantOF509.020001.0002.000.4000000
Elmer ValoOF105.020001.0003.6002.0000000
Pedro RamosP4234264.3142822.9551.4301.0000000
Camilo PascualP3533252.3144010.9821.9261.5430000
Jack KralickP3333242.0124714.9832.1941.7880000
Jim KaatP3629200.7194128.9682.6911.6670000
Don LeeP3710115.082921.9492.8961.0000000
Bill PleisP37056.33310.857.959.1620000
Ray MooreP46056.366001.0001.917.2610000
Al SchrollP11850.028001.0001.800.9090000
Chuck StobbsP24344.733001.0001.209.2500000
Ted SadowskiP15133.019001.0002.727.6670000
Danny McDevittP16126.70810.8892.700.5000000
Bert CuetoP7521.32410.8572.531.8570000
Ed PalmquistP9221.015011.0002.571.6670000
Paul GielP12019.31520.7502.793.5000000
Lee StangeP7012.312001.0002.189.4290000
Gerry ArrigoP729.702001.0001.862.2860000
Gary DotterP206.011001.0003.0001.0000000
Julio BecquerP101.30000.000.0000000
Fred BruckbauerP100.00000.0000000
Zoilo VersallesSS1291261091.72293713074.9524.9474.6510000
Jose ValdivielsoSS4335323.04987418.9713.7893.1630000
Ted LepcioSS6012.00520.7143.750.8330000
Billy ConsoloSS305.00000.000.0000000
Billy MartinSS100.70000.000.0000000
Totals1909144912891.042961628174407.9714.1363.1031641552430.4




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