⭐ Division Winner

1965 Minnesota Twins

102-60 • 0.630 Win% • 1st in AL

📊 Season Record

102 Wins
60 Losses
0.630 Win %
1st Rank
774 R 600 RA
Diff +174

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⚡ Quick Stats

774 Runs Scored
600 Runs Allowed
+174 Run Diff
1,463K Attendance

📈 vs. 1965 AL Average

Batting Avg .254 5% above the 1965 league average (.242)
OBP .322 4% above the 1965 league average (.309)
SLG .336 6% above the 1965 league average (.317)
Team ERA 3.14 9% better than the 1965 league average (3.46)
Runs Scored 774 21% above the 1965 league average (639 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumMetropolitan Stadium
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 1,463,288
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Avg per Game 18,065

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Tony Oliva 0.321 2 Earl Battey 0.297 3 Jimmie Hall 0.285 4 Zoilo Versalles 0.273 5 Harmon Killebrew 0.269

Home Runs

1 Harmon Killebrew 25 2 Bob Allison 23 3 Don Mincher 22 4 Jimmie Hall 20 5 Zoilo Versalles 19

RBI

1 Tony Oliva 98 2 Jimmie Hall 86 3 Bob Allison 78 4 Zoilo Versalles 77 5 Harmon Killebrew 75
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Zoilo Versalles 160 666 126 182 0 0 19 77 41 122 27 0.273
Tony Oliva 149 576 107 185 0 0 16 98 55 64 19 0.321
Jimmie Hall 148 522 81 149 0 0 20 86 51 79 14 0.285
Rich Rollins 140 469 59 117 0 0 5 32 37 54 4 0.249
Bob Allison 135 438 71 102 0 0 23 78 73 114 10 0.233
Harmon Killebrew 113 401 78 108 0 0 25 75 72 69 0 0.269
Earl Battey 131 394 36 117 0 0 6 60 50 23 0 0.297
Don Mincher 128 346 43 87 0 0 22 65 49 73 1 0.251
Jerry Kindall 125 342 41 67 0 0 6 36 36 97 2 0.196
Sandy Valdespino 108 245 38 64 0 0 1 22 20 28 7 0.261
Joe Nossek 87 170 19 37 0 0 2 16 7 22 2 0.218
Jerry Zimmerman 83 154 8 33 0 0 1 11 12 23 0 0.214
Frank Quilici 56 149 16 31 0 0 0 7 15 33 1 0.208
Mudcat Grant 50 97 13 15 0 0 0 8 7 27 0 0.155
Jim Kaat 56 93 6 23 0 0 1 9 3 29 2 0.247
Camilo Pascual 27 60 7 12 0 0 2 8 2 8 0 0.200
Andy Kosco 23 55 3 13 0 0 1 6 1 15 0 0.236
Jim Perry 36 53 3 9 0 0 0 3 1 16 0 0.170
Bernie Allen 19 39 2 9 0 0 0 6 6 8 0 0.231
Dave Boswell 36 38 7 12 0 0 0 1 1 6 0 0.316
Frank Kostro 20 31 2 5 0 0 0 1 4 5 0 0.161
Cesar Tovar 18 25 3 5 0 0 0 2 2 3 2 0.200
Jim Merritt 16 22 1 3 0 0 0 3 2 14 0 0.136
Ted Uhlaender 13 22 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0.182
John Sevcik 12 16 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 0.062
Dick Stigman 33 15 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0.133
Al Worthington 62 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 0.100
Mel Nelson 28 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.111
Johnny Klippstein 56 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0.000
Bill Pleis 41 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.000
Rich Reese 14 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0.286
Jerry Fosnow 29 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.000
Garry Roggenburk 12 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.000
Dwight Siebler 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Pete Cimino 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Al Worthington 2.13 2 Johnny Klippstein 2.24 3 Jim Perry 2.63 4 Jim Kaat 2.83 5 Bill Pleis 2.98

Wins

1 Mudcat Grant 21 2 Jim Kaat 18 3 Jim Perry 12 4 Al Worthington 10 5 Johnny Klippstein 9

Strikeouts

1 Jim Kaat 154 2 Mudcat Grant 142 3 Camilo Pascual 96 4 Jim Perry 88 5 Dave Boswell 85
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Mudcat Grant 21 7 3.30 41 39 0 270.1 61 142
Jim Kaat 18 11 2.83 45 42 2 264.1 63 154
Jim Perry 12 7 2.63 36 19 0 167.2 47 88
Camilo Pascual 9 3 3.35 27 27 0 156.0 63 96
Dave Boswell 6 5 3.40 27 12 0 106.0 46 85
Al Worthington 10 7 2.13 62 0 21 80.1 41 59
Jim Merritt 5 4 3.17 16 9 2 76.2 20 61
Johnny Klippstein 9 3 2.24 56 0 5 76.1 31 59
Dick Stigman 4 2 4.37 33 8 4 70.0 33 70
Mel Nelson 0 4 4.12 28 3 3 54.2 23 31
Bill Pleis 4 4 2.98 41 2 4 51.1 27 33
Jerry Fosnow 3 3 4.44 29 0 2 46.2 25 35
Garry Roggenburk 1 0 3.43 12 0 2 21.0 12 6
Dwight Siebler 0 0 4.20 7 1 0 15.0 11 15
Pete Cimino 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1.0 0 0

🏆 Postseason Results

World Series
Lost to LAN 4-3

👥 Roster (35)

Bernie Allen Bob Allison Earl Battey Dave Boswell Pete Cimino Jerry Fosnow Mudcat Grant Jimmie Hall Jim Kaat Harmon Killebrew Jerry Kindall Johnny Klippstein +23 more

35 players

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