1966 Minnesota Twins

89-73 • 0.549 Win% • 2nd in AL

📊 Season Record

89 Wins
73 Losses
0.549 Win %
2nd Rank
663 R 581 RA
Diff +82

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⚡ Quick Stats

663 Runs Scored
581 Runs Allowed
+82 Run Diff
1,259K Attendance

📈 vs. 1966 AL Average

Batting Avg .248 3% above the 1966 league average (.240)
OBP .314 3% above the 1966 league average (.303)
SLG .328 4% above the 1966 league average (.316)
Team ERA 3.13 9% better than the 1966 league average (3.44)
Runs Scored 663 6% above the 1966 league average (628 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumMetropolitan Stadium
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 1,259,556
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Avg per Game 15,550

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Tony Oliva 0.307 2 Harmon Killebrew 0.281 3 Russ Nixon 0.260 4 Cesar Tovar 0.260 5 Earl Battey 0.255

Home Runs

1 Harmon Killebrew 39 2 Tony Oliva 25 3 Jimmie Hall 20 4 Don Mincher 14 5 Rich Rollins 10

RBI

1 Harmon Killebrew 110 2 Tony Oliva 87 3 Don Mincher 62 4 Jimmie Hall 47 5 Cesar Tovar 41
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Tony Oliva 159 622 99 191 0 0 25 87 42 72 13 0.307
Harmon Killebrew 162 569 89 160 0 0 39 110 103 98 0 0.281
Zoilo Versalles 137 543 73 135 0 0 7 36 40 85 10 0.249
Cesar Tovar 134 465 57 121 0 0 2 41 44 50 16 0.260
Don Mincher 139 431 53 108 0 0 14 62 58 68 3 0.251
Ted Uhlaender 105 367 39 83 0 0 2 22 27 33 10 0.226
Earl Battey 115 364 30 93 0 0 4 34 43 30 4 0.255
Jimmie Hall 120 356 52 85 0 0 20 47 33 66 1 0.239
Bernie Allen 101 319 34 76 0 0 5 30 26 40 2 0.238
Rich Rollins 90 269 30 66 0 0 10 40 13 34 0 0.245
Bob Allison 70 168 34 37 0 0 8 19 30 34 6 0.220
Andy Kosco 57 158 11 35 0 0 2 13 7 31 0 0.222
Jerry Zimmerman 60 119 11 30 0 0 1 15 15 23 0 0.252
Jim Kaat 47 118 12 23 0 0 2 13 5 41 0 0.195
Sandy Valdespino 52 108 11 19 0 0 2 9 4 24 2 0.176
Russ Nixon 51 96 5 25 0 0 0 7 7 13 0 0.260
Mudcat Grant 35 78 5 15 0 0 0 10 3 23 0 0.192
Dave Boswell 32 63 4 9 0 0 0 3 0 18 0 0.143
Jim Perry 33 59 5 13 0 0 1 7 5 18 0 0.220
Jim Merritt 31 39 2 4 0 0 0 1 4 16 0 0.103
Camilo Pascual 21 37 3 8 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0.216
Dwight Siebler 23 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 0 0.000
Al Worthington 65 11 2 3 0 0 0 3 0 6 0 0.273
Pete Cimino 35 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0.000
George Mitterwald 3 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.200
Johnny Klippstein 26 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.000
Jim Ollom 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Rich Reese 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.000
Ron Clark 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.000
Ron Keller 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Joe Nossek 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bill Pleis 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Garry Roggenburk 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jim Roland 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Al Worthington 2.46 2 Jim Perry 2.54 3 Jim Kaat 2.75 4 Pete Cimino 2.92 5 Dave Boswell 3.14

Wins

1 Jim Kaat 25 2 Mudcat Grant 13 3 Dave Boswell 12 4 Jim Perry 11 5 Camilo Pascual 8

Strikeouts

1 Jim Kaat 205 2 Dave Boswell 173 3 Jim Merritt 124 4 Jim Perry 122 5 Mudcat Grant 110
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Jim Kaat 25 13 2.75 41 41 0 304.2 55 205
Mudcat Grant 13 13 3.25 35 35 0 249.0 49 110
Jim Perry 11 7 2.54 33 25 0 184.1 53 122
Dave Boswell 12 5 3.14 28 21 0 169.1 65 173
Jim Merritt 7 14 3.38 31 18 3 144.0 33 124
Camilo Pascual 8 6 4.89 21 19 0 103.0 30 56
Al Worthington 6 3 2.46 65 0 16 91.1 27 93
Pete Cimino 2 5 2.92 35 0 4 64.2 30 57
Dwight Siebler 2 2 3.44 23 2 1 49.2 14 24
Johnny Klippstein 1 1 3.40 26 0 3 39.2 20 26
Garry Roggenburk 1 2 5.84 12 0 1 12.1 10 3
Jim Ollom 0 0 3.60 3 1 0 10.0 1 11
Bill Pleis 1 2 1.93 8 0 0 9.1 4 9
Ron Keller 0 0 5.06 2 0 0 5.1 1 1
Jim Roland 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 2.0 0 1

👥 Roster (34)

Bernie Allen Bob Allison Earl Battey Dave Boswell Pete Cimino Ron Clark Mudcat Grant Jimmie Hall Jim Kaat Ron Keller Harmon Killebrew Johnny Klippstein +22 more

34 players

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