⭐ Division Winner

1970 Minnesota Twins

98-64 • 0.605 Win% • 1st in AL W

📊 Season Record

98 Wins
64 Losses
0.605 Win %
1st Rank
744 R 605 RA
Diff +139

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⚡ Quick Stats

744 Runs Scored
605 Runs Allowed
+139 Run Diff
1,251K Attendance

📈 vs. 1970 AL Average

Batting Avg .262 5% above the 1970 league average (.249)
OBP .324 1% above the 1970 league average (.320)
SLG .345 5% above the 1970 league average (.329)
Team ERA 3.23 13% better than the 1970 league average (3.72)
Runs Scored 744 10% above the 1970 league average (676 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumMetropolitan Stadium
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 1,251,837
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Avg per Game 15,454

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Rod Carew 0.366 2 Tony Oliva 0.325 3 Cesar Tovar 0.300 4 Brant Alyea 0.291 5 Harmon Killebrew 0.271

Home Runs

1 Harmon Killebrew 41 2 Tony Oliva 23 3 Brant Alyea 16 4 George Mitterwald 15 5 Leo Cardenas 11

RBI

1 Harmon Killebrew 113 2 Tony Oliva 107 3 Leo Cardenas 65 4 Brant Alyea 61 5 Rich Reese 56
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Cesar Tovar 161 650 120 195 0 0 10 54 52 47 30 0.300
Tony Oliva 157 628 96 204 0 0 23 107 38 67 5 0.325
Leo Cardenas 160 588 67 145 0 0 11 65 42 101 2 0.247
Harmon Killebrew 157 527 96 143 0 0 41 113 128 84 0 0.271
Rich Reese 153 501 63 131 0 0 10 56 48 70 5 0.261
George Mitterwald 117 369 36 82 0 0 15 46 34 84 3 0.222
Jim Holt 142 319 37 85 0 0 3 40 17 32 3 0.266
Danny Thompson 96 302 25 66 0 0 0 22 7 39 0 0.219
Brant Alyea 94 258 34 75 0 0 16 61 28 51 3 0.291
Rod Carew 51 191 27 70 0 0 4 28 11 28 4 0.366
Rick Renick 81 179 20 41 0 0 7 25 22 29 0 0.229
Paul Ratliff 69 149 19 40 0 0 5 22 15 51 0 0.268
Frank Quilici 111 141 19 32 0 0 2 12 15 16 0 0.227
Jim Perry 41 97 9 24 0 0 1 6 1 14 0 0.247
Jim Kaat 56 76 17 15 0 0 1 8 6 20 0 0.197
Bob Allison 47 72 15 15 0 0 1 7 14 20 1 0.208
Charlie Manuel 59 64 4 12 0 0 1 7 6 17 0 0.188
Bert Blyleven 27 50 2 7 0 0 0 1 1 25 0 0.140
Tom Tischinski 24 46 6 9 0 0 1 2 9 6 0 0.196
Tom Hall 53 44 4 8 0 0 0 1 0 9 0 0.182
Bill Zepp 43 44 3 6 0 0 0 0 1 31 0 0.136
Luis Tiant 18 32 7 13 0 0 0 4 1 6 1 0.406
Dave Boswell 20 25 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0.160
Ron Perranoski 67 24 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 0.042
Herman Hill 27 22 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0.091
Jim Nettles 13 20 3 5 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 0.250
Stan Williams 68 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0.000
Minnie Mendoza 16 16 2 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0.188
Steve Brye 9 11 1 2 0 0 0 2 2 4 0 0.182
Rick Dempsey 5 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.000
Cotton Nash 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0.250
Hal Haydel 4 3 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0.667
Steve Barber 19 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dick Woodson 21 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Pete Hamm 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Stan Williams 1.99 2 Ron Perranoski 2.43 3 Tom Hall 2.55 4 Jim Perry 3.04 5 Bert Blyleven 3.18

Wins

1 Jim Perry 24 2 Jim Kaat 14 3 Tom Hall 11 4 Bert Blyleven 10 5 Stan Williams 10

Strikeouts

1 Tom Hall 184 2 Jim Perry 168 3 Bert Blyleven 135 4 Jim Kaat 120 5 Stan Williams 76
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Jim Perry 24 12 3.04 40 40 0 278.2 57 168
Jim Kaat 14 10 3.56 45 34 0 230.1 58 120
Bert Blyleven 10 9 3.18 27 25 0 164.0 47 135
Tom Hall 11 6 2.55 52 11 4 155.1 66 184
Bill Zepp 9 4 3.22 43 20 2 151.0 51 64
Stan Williams 10 1 1.99 68 0 15 113.1 32 76
Ron Perranoski 7 8 2.43 67 0 34 111.0 42 55
Luis Tiant 7 3 3.40 18 17 0 92.2 41 50
Dave Boswell 3 7 6.42 18 15 0 68.2 44 45
Dick Woodson 1 2 3.82 21 0 1 30.2 19 22
Steve Barber 0 0 4.61 18 0 2 27.1 18 14
Pete Hamm 0 2 5.51 10 0 0 16.1 7 3
Hal Haydel 2 0 3.00 4 0 0 9.0 4 4

🏆 Postseason Results

AL Championship
Lost to BAL 3-0

👥 Roster (35)

Bob Allison Brant Alyea Steve Barber Bert Blyleven Dave Boswell Steve Brye Leo Cardenas Rod Carew Rick Dempsey Tom Hall Pete Hamm Hal Haydel +23 more

35 players

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