1968 Minnesota Twins Statistics
Team Record: 79-83
Finished 7th in the AL
Attendance: 1,141,103, Avg. 15,015
Ballpark: Metropolitan Stadium
Manager: Cal Ermer (79-83)
Location: Bloomington, Minnesota
1968 Minnesota Twins Results
The Minnesota Twins of the American League ended the 1968 season with a record of 79 wins and 83 losses, finishing seventh in the AL.
The Twins scored 562 runs and yielded 546 runs. Bob Allison led Minnesota with 22 home runs, while Harmon Killebrew and Tony Oliva walloped 20 or more, too. Tony Oliva drove in 68 runs and topped batters with significant playing time by hitting .289. Dean Chance paced the team with 16 wins, and Jim Perry earned a 2.27 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.
Cal Ermer 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dean Chance | 16 | 16 | .500 | 2.53 | 43 | 39 | 3 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 292.0 | 224 | 96 | 82 | 15 | 63 | 8 | 234 | 10 | 1 | 12 | 1161 |
Jim Kaat | 14 | 12 | .538 | 2.94 | 30 | 29 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 208.0 | 192 | 78 | 68 | 16 | 40 | 0 | 130 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 854 |
Jim Merritt | 12 | 16 | .429 | 3.25 | 38 | 34 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 238.3 | 207 | 102 | 86 | 21 | 52 | 1 | 181 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 968 |
Dave Boswell | 10 | 13 | .435 | 3.32 | 34 | 28 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 190.0 | 148 | 79 | 70 | 19 | 87 | 2 | 143 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 799 |
Jim Perry | 8 | 6 | .571 | 2.27 | 32 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 139.0 | 113 | 37 | 35 | 8 | 26 | 2 | 69 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 556 |
Ron Perranoski | 8 | 7 | .533 | 3.10 | 66 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 87.0 | 86 | 36 | 30 | 5 | 38 | 12 | 65 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 391 |
Jim Roland | 4 | 1 | .800 | 3.50 | 28 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 61.7 | 55 | 33 | 24 | 3 | 24 | 2 | 36 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 262 |
Al Worthington | 4 | 5 | .444 | 2.71 | 54 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 76.3 | 67 | 26 | 23 | 1 | 32 | 9 | 57 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 323 |
Tom Hall | 2 | 1 | .667 | 2.43 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29.7 | 27 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 127 |
Buzz Stephen | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.76 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.3 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 49 |
Cesar Tovar | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
Danny Morris | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1.69 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.7 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 46 |
Ron Keller | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2.81 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 66 |
Bob Miller | 0 | 3 | .000 | 2.74 | 45 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 72.3 | 65 | 26 | 22 | 1 | 24 | 7 | 41 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 303 |
Totals | 79 | 83 | .488 | 2.89 | 391 | 162 | 116 | 46 | 13 | 29 | 1433.3 | 1224 | 546 | 461 | 92 | 414 | 46 | 996 | 42 | 6 | 52 | 5909 |
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 Tovar | 157 | 673 | 613 | 89 | 167 | 31 | 6 | 6 | 47 | 35 | 13 | 34 | 41 | .272 | .326 | .372 | .698 | 228 | 2 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
Ted Uhlaender | 140 | 527 | 488 | 52 | 138 | 21 | 5 | 7 | 52 | 16 | 7 | 28 | 46 | .283 | .324 | .389 | .714 | 190 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 |
Tony Oliva | 128 | 528 | 470 | 54 | 136 | 24 | 5 | 18 | 68 | 10 | 9 | 45 | 61 | .289 | .357 | .477 | .833 | 224 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 16 |
Rod Carew | 127 | 492 | 461 | 46 | 126 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 42 | 12 | 4 | 26 | 71 | .273 | .312 | .347 | .659 | 160 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Bob Allison | 145 | 526 | 469 | 63 | 116 | 16 | 8 | 22 | 52 | 9 | 7 | 52 | 98 | .247 | .324 | .456 | .780 | 214 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
Rich Reese | 126 | 359 | 332 | 40 | 86 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 36 | .259 | .301 | .352 | .654 | 117 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
John Roseboro | 135 | 435 | 380 | 31 | 82 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 39 | 2 | 3 | 46 | 57 | .216 | .300 | .311 | .611 | 118 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 |
Harmon Killebrew | 100 | 371 | 295 | 40 | 62 | 7 | 2 | 17 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 70 | .210 | .361 | .420 | .782 | 124 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
Frank Quilici | 97 | 259 | 229 | 22 | 56 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 45 | .245 | .305 | .341 | .645 | 78 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
Rich Rollins | 93 | 218 | 203 | 14 | 49 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 34 | .241 | .287 | .355 | .642 | 72 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Ron Clark | 104 | 250 | 227 | 14 | 42 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 44 | .185 | .245 | .229 | .474 | 52 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
Jackie Hernandez | 83 | 217 | 199 | 13 | 35 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 52 | .176 | .218 | .221 | .439 | 44 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 |
Bruce Look | 59 | 139 | 118 | 7 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 24 | .246 | .353 | .280 | .632 | 33 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Frank Kostro | 63 | 118 | 108 | 9 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 20 | .241 | .274 | .296 | .570 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
Jim Holt | 70 | 111 | 106 | 9 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 20 | .208 | .236 | .245 | .482 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Rick Renick | 42 | 106 | 97 | 16 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 42 | .216 | .283 | .402 | .685 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Graig Nettles | 22 | 84 | 76 | 13 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 20 | .224 | .298 | .474 | .771 | 36 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Dave Boswell | 37 | 68 | 60 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24 | .233 | .254 | .367 | .621 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
Jim Kaat | 36 | 79 | 77 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | .156 | .177 | .195 | .372 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jim Merritt | 38 | 80 | 71 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 22 | .141 | .197 | .169 | .366 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
George Mitterwald | 11 | 38 | 34 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .206 | .270 | .235 | .506 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Jim Perry | 32 | 48 | 42 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | .143 | .182 | .310 | .491 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Jerry Zimmerman | 24 | 50 | 45 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | .111 | .180 | .133 | .313 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Dean Chance | 43 | 106 | 93 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 63 | .054 | .093 | .054 | .147 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
Pat Kelly | 12 | 40 | 35 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 10 | .114 | .205 | .257 | .462 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Bob Miller | 45 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jim Roland | 29 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .000 | .111 | .000 | .111 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Ron Keller | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Buzz Stephen | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Tom Hall | 11 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Danny Morris | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Al Worthington | 54 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Ron Perranoski | 66 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 2142 | 5974 | 5373 | 562 | 1274 | 207 | 41 | 105 | 522 | 98 | 54 | 445 | 966 | .237 | .299 | .350 | .649 | 1878 | 106 | 49 | 69 | 38 | 61 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Harmon Killebrew | 1B | 77 | 77 | 652.0 | 594 | 56 | 4 | 50 | .994 | 8.972 | 8.442 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Rich Reese | 1B | 87 | 64 | 586.3 | 620 | 38 | 6 | 36 | .991 | 1.100 | 7.563 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bob Allison | 1B | 17 | 17 | 151.0 | 150 | 12 | 2 | 14 | .988 | 9.656 | 9.529 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Frank Kostro | 1B | 5 | 1 | 23.0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 9.391 | 4.800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Graig Nettles | 1B | 3 | 3 | 16.0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 9.563 | 5.667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jackie Hernandez | 1B | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 13.500 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Cesar Tovar | 1B | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Frank Quilici | 1B | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 9.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jim Holt | 1B | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 9.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Rod Carew | 2B | 117 | 112 | 981.7 | 262 | 280 | 18 | 48 | .968 | 4.969 | 4.632 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Frank Quilici | 2B | 48 | 34 | 319.7 | 93 | 101 | 0 | 21 | 1.000 | 5.462 | 4.042 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Cesar Tovar | 2B | 18 | 12 | 97.3 | 29 | 24 | 2 | 6 | .964 | 4.901 | 2.944 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ron Clark | 2B | 10 | 4 | 34.7 | 10 | 16 | 1 | 1 | .963 | 6.750 | 2.600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Cesar Tovar | 3B | 75 | 68 | 545.7 | 48 | 147 | 14 | 8 | .933 | 3.216 | 2.600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Rich Rollins | 3B | 56 | 44 | 365.0 | 28 | 93 | 9 | 4 | .931 | 2.984 | 2.161 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Frank Quilici | 3B | 40 | 24 | 231.0 | 28 | 64 | 3 | 9 | .968 | 3.584 | 2.300 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ron Clark | 3B | 52 | 12 | 185.7 | 17 | 51 | 5 | 4 | .932 | 3.296 | 1.308 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Harmon Killebrew | 3B | 11 | 10 | 69.0 | 7 | 15 | 3 | 1 | .880 | 2.870 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Graig Nettles | 3B | 5 | 4 | 37.0 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .923 | 2.919 | 2.400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
John Roseboro | C | 117 | 105 | 917.7 | 689 | 52 | 7 | 5 | .991 | 7.267 | 6.333 | 5 | 35 | 46 | 22 | 32.4 |
Bruce Look | C | 41 | 29 | 282.7 | 202 | 20 | 1 | 5 | .996 | 7.068 | 5.415 | 3 | 12 | 19 | 8 | 29.6 |
Jerry Zimmerman | C | 24 | 18 | 145.0 | 109 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .991 | 7.200 | 4.833 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 45.5 |
George Mitterwald | C | 10 | 10 | 87.0 | 69 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .961 | 7.552 | 7.300 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 12.5 |
Cesar Tovar | C | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ted Uhlaender | OF | 129 | 127 | 1108.0 | 283 | 3 | 4 | 1 | .986 | 2.323 | 2.217 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Tony Oliva | OF | 126 | 126 | 1099.3 | 227 | 7 | 4 | 1 | .983 | 1.916 | 1.857 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bob Allison | OF | 117 | 110 | 919.0 | 166 | 4 | 6 | 0 | .966 | 1.665 | 1.453 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Cesar Tovar | OF | 78 | 52 | 502.7 | 138 | 4 | 5 | 1 | .966 | 2.542 | 1.821 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jim Holt | OF | 38 | 20 | 202.0 | 34 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .973 | 1.604 | .947 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Frank Kostro | OF | 24 | 14 | 154.0 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.870 | 1.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Graig Nettles | OF | 16 | 15 | 127.0 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .968 | 2.126 | 1.875 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Rich Reese | OF | 15 | 13 | 110.0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.800 | 1.467 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Pat Kelly | OF | 10 | 9 | 78.0 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .955 | 2.423 | 2.100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Dean Chance | P | 43 | 39 | 292.0 | 15 | 57 | 5 | 3 | .935 | 2.219 | 1.674 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jim Merritt | P | 38 | 34 | 238.3 | 7 | 38 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.699 | 1.184 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jim Kaat | P | 30 | 29 | 208.0 | 10 | 31 | 1 | 0 | .976 | 1.774 | 1.367 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Dave Boswell | P | 34 | 28 | 190.0 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 1 | .914 | 1.516 | .941 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jim Perry | P | 32 | 18 | 139.0 | 10 | 26 | 3 | 1 | .923 | 2.331 | 1.125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ron Perranoski | P | 66 | 0 | 87.0 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .944 | 1.759 | .258 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Al Worthington | P | 54 | 0 | 76.3 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .941 | 1.886 | .296 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bob Miller | P | 45 | 0 | 72.3 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.240 | .400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jim Roland | P | 28 | 4 | 61.7 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 1 | .941 | 2.335 | .571 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Tom Hall | P | 8 | 4 | 29.7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 1.517 | .625 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ron Keller | P | 7 | 1 | 16.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.250 | .571 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Buzz Stephen | P | 2 | 2 | 11.3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 2.382 | 1.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Danny Morris | P | 3 | 2 | 10.7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.688 | .667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Cesar Tovar | P | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jackie Hernandez | SS | 79 | 66 | 571.3 | 119 | 197 | 25 | 43 | .927 | 4.978 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ron Clark | SS | 43 | 38 | 348.7 | 56 | 106 | 11 | 14 | .936 | 4.182 | 3.767 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Rick Renick | SS | 40 | 30 | 262.7 | 50 | 91 | 8 | 13 | .946 | 4.831 | 3.525 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Cesar Tovar | SS | 35 | 20 | 185.7 | 31 | 59 | 5 | 9 | .947 | 4.363 | 2.571 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Frank Quilici | SS | 6 | 5 | 43.0 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 3 | .905 | 3.977 | 3.167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Rod Carew | SS | 4 | 3 | 22.0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 3.682 | 2.250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 1969 | 1458 | 12900.0 | 4300 | 1712 | 170 | 316 | .973 | 4.194 | 3.053 | 9 | 52 | 78 | 36 | 31.6 |
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