1968 Minnesota Twins Statistics

American League (AL)
Team Record: 79-83
Finished 7th in the AL
Attendance: 1,141,103, Avg. 15,015
Ballpark: Metropolitan Stadium
Manager: Cal Ermer (79-83)
Location: Bloomington, Minnesota
1968 Minnesota Twins Roster
1968 Minnesota Twins Results

The Minnesota Twins of the American League ended the 1968 season with a record of 79 wins and 83 losses, finishing seventh in the AL.

The Twins scored 562 runs and yielded 546 runs. Bob Allison led Minnesota with 22 home runs, while Harmon Killebrew and Tony Oliva walloped 20 or more, too. Tony Oliva drove in 68 runs and topped batters with significant playing time by hitting .289. Dean Chance paced the team with 16 wins, and Jim Perry earned a 2.27 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.

Cal Ermer coached the team.

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Pitching:

Player W L W% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF
Dean Chance1616.5002.53433931561292.0224968215638234101121161
Jim Kaat1412.5382.9430290920208.0192786816400130305854
Jim Merritt1216.4293.25383441111238.32071028621521181711968
Dave Boswell1013.4353.3234280720190.0148797019872143709799
Jim Perry86.5712.2732184321139.01133735826269502556
Ron Perranoski87.5333.106604100687.08636305381265014391
Jim Roland41.8003.502841210061.7553324324236217262
Al Worthington45.4442.7154034001876.3672623132957016323
Tom Hall21.6672.4384200029.727158112218102127
Buzz Stephen11.5004.7622000011.31176070410149
Cesar Tovar000.001100001.000001010104
Danny Morris01.0001.6932000010.71152040600246
Ron Keller01.0002.8171200016.018652411110066
Bob Miller03.0002.744501400272.3652622124741501303
Totals7983.4882.893911621164613291433.312245464619241446996426525909

Batting:

Player GP PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB DP HBP SH SF IBB
Cesar Tovar1576736138916731664735133441.272.326.372.698228217540
Ted Uhlaender140527488521382157521672846.283.324.389.71419033623
Tony Oliva1285284705413624518681094561.289.357.477.8332241071516
Rod Carew127492461461262721421242671.273.312.347.659160111221
Bob Allison145526469631161682252975298.247.324.456.780214162125
Rich Reese1263593324086152428311836.259.301.352.65411763424
John Roseboro1354353803182120839234657.216.300.311.61111872259
Harmon Killebrew1003712954062721740007070.210.361.420.782124132049
Frank Quilici972592292256114122002145.245.305.341.6457851350
Rich Rollins93218203144950630311034.241.287.355.6427263202
Ron Clark104250227144251113321644.185.245.229.4745222502
Jackie Hernandez8321719913353021752952.176.218.221.4394432612
Bruce Look591391187294009012024.246.353.280.6323350013
Frank Kostro63118108926410900620.241.274.296.5703220131
Jim Holt70111106922210801420.208.236.245.4822630102
Rick Renick421069716215231300942.216.283.402.6853920001
Graig Nettles2284761317215800720.224.298.474.7713621001
Dave Boswell376860914311400224.233.254.367.6212210510
Jim Kaat367977712300500218.156.177.195.3721520000
Jim Merritt388071110200101522.141.197.169.3661220400
George Mitterwald1138341710010038.206.270.235.506810100
Jim Perry32484246102500212.143.182.310.4911310400
Jerry Zimmerman24504535100200310.111.180.133.313601010
Dean Chance431069305000300363.054.093.054.147501900
Pat Kelly12403524201202310.114.205.257.462911100
Bob Miller45770100010003.143.143.143.286100000
Jim Roland291180000010014.000.111.000.111000200
Ron Keller8110000000001.000.000.000.000000000
Buzz Stephen2430000000001.000.000.000.000000100
Tom Hall111092000000000.000.000.000.000000100
Danny Morris3331000000001.000.000.000.000000000
Al Worthington54970000000005.000.000.000.000000200
Ron Perranoski66770000000003.000.000.000.000000000
Totals2142597453735621274207411055229854445966.237.299.350.649187810649693861


Fielding:

Player Pos GP GS Inn. PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS%
Harmon Killebrew1B7777652.059456450.9948.9728.4420000
Rich Reese1B8764586.362038636.9911.1007.5630000
Bob Allison1B1717151.015012214.9889.6569.5290000
Frank Kostro1B5123.0240011.0009.3914.8000000
Graig Nettles1B3316.0170011.0009.5635.6670000
Jackie Hernandez1B102.030011.00013.5003.0000000
Cesar Tovar1B101.001001.0009.0001.0000000
Frank Quilici1B101.010011.0009.0001.0000000
Jim Holt1B101.010011.0009.0001.0000000
Rod Carew2B117112981.72622801848.9684.9694.6320000
Frank Quilici2B4834319.7931010211.0005.4624.0420000
Cesar Tovar2B181297.3292426.9644.9012.9440000
Ron Clark2B10434.7101611.9636.7502.6000000
Cesar Tovar3B7568545.748147148.9333.2162.6000000
Rich Rollins3B5644365.0289394.9312.9842.1610000
Frank Quilici3B4024231.0286439.9683.5842.3000000
Ron Clark3B5212185.7175154.9323.2961.3080000
Harmon Killebrew3B111069.071531.8802.8702.0000000
Graig Nettles3B5437.05711.9232.9192.4000000
John RoseboroC117105917.76895275.9917.2676.333535462232.4
Bruce LookC4129282.72022015.9967.0685.41531219829.6
Jerry ZimmermanC2418145.0109710.9917.2004.833016545.5
George MitterwaldC101087.069430.9617.5527.300147112.5
Cesar TovarC101.010001.0009.0001.0000000
Ted UhlaenderOF1291271108.0283341.9862.3232.2170000
Tony OlivaOF1261261099.3227741.9831.9161.8570000
Bob AllisonOF117110919.0166460.9661.6651.4530000
Cesar TovarOF7852502.7138451.9662.5421.8210000
Jim HoltOF3820202.034210.9731.604.9470000
Frank KostroOF2414154.0302001.0001.8701.3330000
Graig NettlesOF1615127.028210.9682.1261.8750000
Rich ReeseOF1513110.0220001.0001.8001.4670000
Pat KellyOF10978.020110.9552.4232.1000000
Dean ChanceP4339292.0155753.9352.2191.6740000
Jim MerrittP3834238.3738021.0001.6991.1840000
Jim KaatP3029208.0103110.9761.7741.3670000
Dave BoswellP3428190.0171531.9141.516.9410000
Jim PerryP3218139.0102631.9232.3311.1250000
Ron PerranoskiP66087.041310.9441.759.2580000
Al WorthingtonP54076.351110.9411.886.2960000
Bob MillerP45072.3315021.0002.240.4000000
Jim RolandP28461.721411.9412.335.5710000
Tom HallP8429.71410.8331.517.6250000
Ron KellerP7116.022001.0002.250.5710000
Buzz StephenP2211.31210.7502.3821.5000000
Danny MorrisP3210.702011.0001.688.6670000
Cesar TovarP111.00000.000.0000000
Jackie HernandezSS7966571.31191972543.9274.9784.0000000
Ron ClarkSS4338348.7561061114.9364.1823.7670000
Rick RenickSS4030262.75091813.9464.8313.5250000
Cesar TovarSS3520185.7315959.9474.3632.5710000
Frank QuiliciSS6543.081123.9053.9773.1670000
Rod CarewSS4322.045021.0003.6822.2500000
Totals1969145812900.043001712170316.9734.1943.053952783631.6




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