1968 Minnesota Twins

79-83 • 0.488 Win% • 7th in AL

📊 Season Record

79 Wins
83 Losses
0.488 Win %
7th Rank
562 R 546 RA
Diff +16

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⚡ Quick Stats

562 Runs Scored
546 Runs Allowed
+16 Run Diff
1,141K Attendance

📈 vs. 1968 AL Average

Batting Avg .237 3% above the 1968 league average (.230)
OBP .295 equal to the 1968 league average (.294)
SLG .295 1% above the 1968 league average (.291)
Team ERA 2.89 3% better than the 1968 league average (2.98)
Runs Scored 562 2% above the 1968 league average (553 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumMetropolitan Stadium
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 1,141,103
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Avg per Game 14,087

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Tony Oliva 0.289 2 Ted Uhlaender 0.283 3 Rod Carew 0.273 4 Cesar Tovar 0.272 5 Rich Reese 0.259

Home Runs

1 Bob Allison 22 2 Tony Oliva 18 3 Harmon Killebrew 17 4 John Roseboro 8 5 Ted Uhlaender 7

RBI

1 Tony Oliva 68 2 Bob Allison 52 3 Ted Uhlaender 52 4 Cesar Tovar 47 5 Rod Carew 42
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Cesar Tovar 157 613 89 167 0 0 6 47 34 41 35 0.272
Ted Uhlaender 140 488 52 138 0 0 7 52 28 46 16 0.283
Tony Oliva 128 470 54 136 0 0 18 68 45 61 10 0.289
Bob Allison 145 469 63 116 0 0 22 52 52 98 9 0.247
Rod Carew 127 461 46 126 0 0 1 42 26 71 12 0.273
John Roseboro 135 380 31 82 0 0 8 39 46 57 2 0.216
Rich Reese 126 332 40 86 0 0 4 28 18 36 3 0.259
Harmon Killebrew 100 295 40 62 0 0 17 40 70 70 0 0.210
Frank Quilici 97 229 22 56 0 0 1 22 21 45 0 0.245
Ron Clark 104 227 14 42 0 0 1 13 16 44 3 0.185
Rich Rollins 93 203 14 49 0 0 6 30 10 34 3 0.241
Jackie Hernandez 83 199 13 35 0 0 2 17 9 52 5 0.176
Bruce Look 59 118 7 29 0 0 0 9 20 24 0 0.246
Frank Kostro 63 108 9 26 0 0 0 9 6 20 0 0.241
Jim Holt 70 106 9 22 0 0 0 8 4 20 0 0.208
Rick Renick 42 97 16 21 0 0 3 13 9 42 0 0.216
Dean Chance 43 93 0 5 0 0 0 3 3 63 0 0.054
Jim Kaat 36 77 7 12 0 0 0 5 2 18 0 0.156
Graig Nettles 22 76 13 17 0 0 5 8 7 20 0 0.224
Jim Merritt 38 71 1 10 0 0 0 1 5 22 0 0.141
Dave Boswell 37 60 9 14 0 0 1 4 2 24 0 0.233
Jerry Zimmerman 24 45 3 5 0 0 0 2 3 10 0 0.111
Jim Perry 32 42 4 6 0 0 2 5 2 12 0 0.143
Pat Kelly 12 35 2 4 0 0 1 2 3 10 0 0.114
George Mitterwald 11 34 1 7 0 0 0 1 3 8 0 0.206
Tom Hall 11 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jim Roland 29 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 0.000
Bob Miller 45 7 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0.143
Ron Perranoski 66 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.000
Al Worthington 54 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.000
Danny Morris 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Buzz Stephen 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Ron Keller 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Jim Perry 2.27 2 Dean Chance 2.53 3 Al Worthington 2.71 4 Bob Miller 2.74 5 Jim Kaat 2.94

Wins

1 Dean Chance 16 2 Jim Kaat 14 3 Jim Merritt 12 4 Dave Boswell 10 5 Ron Perranoski 8

Strikeouts

1 Dean Chance 234 2 Jim Merritt 181 3 Dave Boswell 143 4 Jim Kaat 130 5 Jim Perry 69
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Dean Chance 16 16 2.53 43 39 1 292.0 63 234
Jim Merritt 12 16 3.25 38 34 1 238.1 52 181
Jim Kaat 14 12 2.94 30 29 0 208.0 40 130
Dave Boswell 10 13 3.32 34 28 0 190.0 87 143
Jim Perry 8 6 2.27 32 18 1 139.0 26 69
Ron Perranoski 8 7 3.10 66 0 6 87.0 38 65
Al Worthington 4 5 2.71 54 0 18 76.1 32 57
Bob Miller 0 3 2.74 45 0 2 72.1 24 41
Jim Roland 4 1 3.50 28 4 0 61.2 24 36
Tom Hall 2 1 2.43 8 4 0 29.2 12 18
Ron Keller 0 1 2.81 7 1 0 16.0 4 11
Buzz Stephen 1 1 4.76 2 2 0 11.1 7 4
Danny Morris 0 1 1.69 3 2 0 10.2 4 6
Cesar Tovar 0 0 0.00 1 1 0 1.0 1 1

👥 Roster (33)

Bob Allison Dave Boswell Rod Carew Dean Chance Ron Clark Tom Hall Jackie Hernandez Jim Holt Jim Kaat Ron Keller Pat Kelly Harmon Killebrew +21 more

33 players

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