1961 Minnesota Twins

70-90 • 0.438 Win% • 7th in AL

📊 Season Record

70 Wins
90 Losses
0.438 Win %
7th Rank
707 R 778 RA
Diff -71

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707 Runs Scored
778 Runs Allowed
-71 Run Diff
1,256K Attendance

📈 vs. 1961 AL Average

Batting Avg .249 2% below the 1961 league average (.255)
OBP .324 1% below the 1961 league average (.327)
SLG .342 1% above the 1961 league average (.339)
Team ERA 4.28 6% worse than the 1961 league average (4.03)
Runs Scored 707 4% below the 1961 league average (734 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumMetropolitan Stadium
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 1,256,722
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Avg per Game 15,515

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Earl Battey 0.302 2 Hal Naragon 0.302 3 Harmon Killebrew 0.288 4 Lenny Green 0.285 5 Zoilo Versalles 0.280

Home Runs

1 Harmon Killebrew 46 2 Bob Allison 29 3 Earl Battey 17 4 Jim Lemon 14 5 Lenny Green 9

RBI

1 Harmon Killebrew 122 2 Bob Allison 105 3 Earl Battey 55 4 Zoilo Versalles 53 5 Jim Lemon 52
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Lenny Green 156 600 92 171 0 0 9 50 81 50 17 0.285
Bob Allison 159 556 83 136 0 0 29 105 103 100 2 0.245
Harmon Killebrew 150 541 94 156 0 0 46 122 107 109 1 0.288
Zoilo Versalles 129 510 65 143 0 0 7 53 25 61 16 0.280
Earl Battey 133 460 70 139 0 0 17 55 53 66 3 0.302
Jim Lemon 129 423 57 109 0 0 14 52 44 98 1 0.258
Billy Martin 108 374 44 92 0 0 6 36 13 42 3 0.246
Bill Tuttle 113 370 38 91 0 0 5 38 43 41 1 0.246
Billy Gardner 45 154 13 36 0 0 1 11 10 14 0 0.234
Jose Valdivielso 76 149 15 29 0 0 1 9 8 19 1 0.195
Hal Naragon 57 139 10 42 0 0 2 11 4 8 0 0.302
Dan Dobbek 72 125 12 21 0 0 4 14 13 18 1 0.168
Ted Lepcio 47 112 11 19 0 0 7 19 8 31 1 0.170
Reno Bertoia 35 104 17 22 0 0 1 8 20 12 0 0.212
Don Mincher 35 101 18 19 0 0 5 11 22 11 0 0.188
Joe Altobelli 41 95 10 21 0 0 3 14 13 14 0 0.221
Pedro Ramos 53 93 8 16 0 0 3 11 3 42 0 0.172
Jack Kralick 33 86 8 13 0 0 1 6 2 15 0 0.151
Camilo Pascual 35 85 4 14 0 0 0 4 5 15 0 0.165
Julio Becquer 57 84 13 20 0 0 5 18 2 12 0 0.238
Jim Kaat 47 63 10 15 0 0 0 1 4 13 0 0.238
Elmer Valo 33 32 0 5 0 0 0 4 3 3 0 0.156
Don Lee 37 30 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 11 0 0.067
Ron Henry 20 28 1 4 0 0 0 3 2 7 0 0.143
Al Schroll 11 18 3 5 0 0 1 3 2 4 0 0.278
Rich Rollins 13 17 3 5 0 0 0 3 2 2 0 0.294
Bill Pleis 37 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.111
Jake Jacobs 4 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.250
Chuck Stobbs 24 8 2 3 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0.375
Ted Sadowski 15 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Pete Whisenant 10 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.000
Billy Consolo 11 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Bert Cueto 7 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.000
Jim Snyder 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Ray Moore 46 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0.000
Danny McDevitt 16 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.000
Ed Palmquist 9 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Gerry Arrigo 7 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.500
Paul Giel 15 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.500
Gary Dotter 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Lee Stange 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Fred Bruckbauer 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Camilo Pascual 3.46 2 Don Lee 3.52 3 Jack Kralick 3.61 4 Ray Moore 3.67 5 Jim Kaat 3.90

Wins

1 Camilo Pascual 15 2 Jack Kralick 13 3 Pedro Ramos 11 4 Jim Kaat 9 5 Ray Moore 4

Strikeouts

1 Camilo Pascual 221 2 Pedro Ramos 174 3 Jack Kralick 137 4 Jim Kaat 122 5 Don Lee 65
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Pedro Ramos 11 20 3.95 42 34 2 264.1 79 174
Camilo Pascual 15 16 3.46 35 33 0 252.1 100 221
Jack Kralick 13 11 3.61 33 33 0 242.0 64 137
Jim Kaat 9 17 3.90 36 29 0 200.2 82 122
Don Lee 3 6 3.52 37 10 3 115.0 35 65
Ray Moore 4 4 3.67 46 0 14 56.1 38 45
Bill Pleis 4 2 4.95 37 0 2 56.1 34 32
Al Schroll 4 4 5.22 11 8 0 50.0 27 24
Chuck Stobbs 2 3 7.46 24 3 2 44.2 15 17
Ted Sadowski 0 2 6.82 15 1 0 33.0 11 12
Danny McDevitt 1 0 2.36 16 1 0 26.2 19 15
Bert Cueto 1 3 7.17 7 5 0 21.1 10 5
Ed Palmquist 1 1 9.43 9 2 0 21.0 13 13
Paul Giel 1 0 9.78 12 0 0 19.1 17 14
Lee Stange 1 0 2.92 7 0 0 12.1 10 10
Gerry Arrigo 0 1 10.24 7 2 0 9.2 10 6
Gary Dotter 0 0 9.00 2 0 0 6.0 4 2
Julio Becquer 0 0 20.25 1 0 0 1.1 1 0
Fred Bruckbauer 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0.0 1 0

👥 Roster (42)

Bob Allison Joe Altobelli Gerry Arrigo Earl Battey Julio Becquer Reno Bertoia Fred Bruckbauer Billy Consolo Bert Cueto Dan Dobbek Gary Dotter Billy Gardner +30 more

42 players

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