1972 Minnesota Twins

77-77 • 0.500 Win% • 3rd in AL W

📊 Season Record

77 Wins
77 Losses
0.500 Win %
3rd Rank
537 R 535 RA
Diff +2

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⚡ Quick Stats

537 Runs Scored
535 Runs Allowed
+2 Run Diff
807K Attendance

📈 vs. 1972 AL Average

Batting Avg .243 2% above the 1972 league average (.239)
OBP .307 1% above the 1972 league average (.303)
SLG .297 equal to the 1972 league average (.296)
Team ERA 2.84 7% better than the 1972 league average (3.06)
Runs Scored 537 equal to the 1972 league average (537 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumMetropolitan Stadium
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Home Games 74
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Total Attendance 807,571
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Avg per Game 10,913

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Rod Carew 0.318 2 Steve Braun 0.289 3 Danny Thompson 0.276 4 Dan Monzon 0.273 5 Bobby Darwin 0.267

Home Runs

1 Harmon Killebrew 26 2 Bobby Darwin 22 3 Eric Soderholm 13 4 Rich Reese 5 5 Jim Nettles 4

RBI

1 Bobby Darwin 80 2 Harmon Killebrew 74 3 Rod Carew 51 4 Steve Braun 50 5 Danny Thompson 48
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Danny Thompson 144 573 54 158 0 0 4 48 34 57 3 0.276
Cesar Tovar 141 548 86 145 0 0 2 31 39 39 21 0.265
Rod Carew 142 535 61 170 0 0 0 51 43 60 12 0.318
Bobby Darwin 145 513 48 137 0 0 22 80 38 145 2 0.267
Harmon Killebrew 139 433 53 100 0 0 26 74 94 91 0 0.231
Steve Braun 121 402 40 116 0 0 2 50 45 38 4 0.289
Eric Soderholm 93 287 28 54 0 0 13 39 19 48 3 0.188
Steve Brye 100 253 18 61 0 0 0 12 17 38 3 0.241
Jim Nettles 102 235 28 48 0 0 4 15 32 52 4 0.204
Rich Reese 132 197 23 43 0 0 5 26 25 27 0 0.218
Glenn Borgmann 56 175 11 41 0 0 3 14 25 25 0 0.234
George Mitterwald 64 163 12 30 0 0 1 8 9 37 0 0.184
Phil Roof 61 146 16 30 0 0 3 12 6 27 0 0.205
Charlie Manuel 63 122 6 25 0 0 1 8 4 16 0 0.205
Bert Blyleven 39 94 9 15 0 0 0 6 2 36 0 0.160
Rick Renick 55 93 10 16 0 0 4 8 15 25 0 0.172
Dick Woodson 36 88 4 7 0 0 0 2 2 38 0 0.080
Jim Perry 35 71 3 11 0 0 0 1 3 14 0 0.155
Dan Monzon 55 55 13 15 0 0 0 5 8 12 1 0.273
Ray Corbin 34 49 1 4 0 0 0 2 2 19 0 0.082
Jim Kaat 24 45 3 13 0 0 2 4 1 16 0 0.289
Rick Dempsey 25 40 0 8 0 0 0 0 6 8 0 0.200
Dave Goltz 15 29 0 3 0 0 0 1 2 17 0 0.103
Tony Oliva 10 28 1 9 0 0 0 1 2 5 0 0.321
Jim Holt 10 27 6 12 0 0 1 6 0 1 0 0.444
Dave LaRoche 62 11 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 6 0 0.091
Wayne Granger 63 10 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.200
Mike Adams 3 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.333
Bucky Guth 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jim Strickland 25 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0.333
Bob Gebhard 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.000
Steve Luebber 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Tom Norton 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Jim Kaat 2.06 2 Jim Strickland 2.50 3 Ray Corbin 2.62 4 Dave Goltz 2.67 5 Dick Woodson 2.72

Wins

1 Bert Blyleven 17 2 Dick Woodson 14 3 Jim Perry 13 4 Jim Kaat 10 5 Ray Corbin 8

Strikeouts

1 Bert Blyleven 228 2 Dick Woodson 150 3 Jim Perry 85 4 Ray Corbin 83 5 Dave LaRoche 79
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Bert Blyleven 17 17 2.73 39 38 0 287.1 69 228
Dick Woodson 14 14 2.72 36 36 0 251.2 101 150
Jim Perry 13 16 3.35 35 35 0 217.2 60 85
Ray Corbin 8 9 2.62 31 19 0 161.2 53 83
Jim Kaat 10 2 2.06 15 15 0 113.1 20 64
Dave LaRoche 5 7 2.83 62 0 10 95.1 39 79
Dave Goltz 3 3 2.67 15 11 1 91.0 26 38
Wayne Granger 4 6 3.01 63 0 19 89.2 28 45
Jim Strickland 3 1 2.50 25 0 3 36.0 19 30
Tom Norton 0 1 2.78 21 0 0 32.1 14 22
Bob Gebhard 0 1 8.57 13 0 1 21.0 13 13
Steve Luebber 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 2.1 2 1

👥 Roster (33)

Mike Adams Bert Blyleven Glenn Borgmann Steve Braun Steve Brye Rod Carew Ray Corbin Bobby Darwin Rick Dempsey Bob Gebhard Dave Goltz Wayne Granger +21 more

33 players

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