
1966 Minnesota Twins Statistics
Team Record: 89-73
Finished 2nd in the AL
Attendance: 1,259,374, Avg. 16,358
Ballpark: Metropolitan Stadium
Manager: Sam Mele (89-73)
Location: Bloomington, Minnesota
1966 Minnesota Twins Results
The Minnesota Twins of the American League ended the 1966 season with a record of 89 wins and 73 losses, finishing second in the AL.
The Twins scored 663 runs and allowed 581 runs. Harmon Killebrew walloped 39 home runs for Minnesota, while Jimmie Hall and Tony Oliva added 20 or more also. Harmon Killebrew accounted for 110 RBI. Tony Oliva led all regular hitters by hitting .307. Jim Kaat earned 25 wins on the mound for the team, and Jim Perry earned a 2.54 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.
Sam Mele 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jim Kaat | 25 | 13 | .658 | 2.75 | 41 | 41 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 304.7 | 271 | 114 | 93 | 29 | 55 | 4 | 205 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 1227 |
Mudcat Grant | 13 | 13 | .500 | 3.25 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 249.0 | 248 | 104 | 90 | 23 | 49 | 2 | 110 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1031 |
Dave Boswell | 12 | 5 | .706 | 3.14 | 28 | 21 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 169.3 | 120 | 66 | 59 | 19 | 65 | 2 | 173 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 691 |
Jim Perry | 11 | 7 | .611 | 2.54 | 33 | 25 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 184.3 | 149 | 61 | 52 | 17 | 53 | 4 | 122 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 742 |
Camilo Pascual | 8 | 6 | .571 | 4.89 | 21 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 103.0 | 113 | 63 | 56 | 9 | 30 | 0 | 56 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 447 |
Jim Merritt | 7 | 14 | .333 | 3.38 | 31 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 144.0 | 112 | 57 | 54 | 17 | 33 | 3 | 124 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 570 |
Al Worthington | 6 | 3 | .667 | 2.46 | 65 | 0 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 91.3 | 66 | 26 | 25 | 6 | 27 | 3 | 93 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 364 |
Dwight Siebler | 2 | 2 | .500 | 3.44 | 23 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 49.7 | 47 | 26 | 19 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 210 |
Pete Cimino | 2 | 5 | .286 | 2.92 | 35 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 64.7 | 53 | 27 | 21 | 4 | 30 | 3 | 57 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 276 |
Johnny Klippstein | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.40 | 26 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 39.7 | 35 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 20 | 2 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 172 |
Bill Pleis | 1 | 2 | .333 | 1.93 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.3 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 |
Garry Roggenburk | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5.84 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12.3 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 |
Jim Roland | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
Jim Ollom | 0 | 0 | 3.60 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 38 | |
Ron Keller | 0 | 0 | 5.06 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.3 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |
Totals | 89 | 73 | .549 | 3.13 | 364 | 162 | 110 | 52 | 9 | 28 | 1438.7 | 1246 | 581 | 501 | 139 | 392 | 25 | 1015 | 27 | 1 | 52 | 5896 |
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tony Oliva | 159 | 677 | 622 | 99 | 191 | 32 | 7 | 25 | 87 | 13 | 7 | 42 | 72 | .307 | .353 | .502 | .854 | 312 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 10 |
Harmon Killebrew | 162 | 677 | 569 | 89 | 160 | 27 | 1 | 39 | 110 | 0 | 2 | 103 | 98 | .281 | .391 | .538 | .929 | 306 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 18 |
Zoilo Versalles | 137 | 596 | 543 | 73 | 135 | 20 | 6 | 7 | 36 | 10 | 12 | 40 | 85 | .249 | .307 | .346 | .653 | 188 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
Cesar Tovar | 134 | 527 | 465 | 57 | 121 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 41 | 16 | 6 | 44 | 50 | .260 | .325 | .335 | .660 | 156 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 1 |
Don Mincher | 139 | 497 | 431 | 53 | 108 | 30 | 0 | 14 | 62 | 3 | 2 | 58 | 68 | .251 | .340 | .418 | .758 | 180 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
Earl Battey | 115 | 412 | 364 | 30 | 93 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 34 | 4 | 1 | 43 | 30 | .255 | .337 | .327 | .664 | 119 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
Jimmie Hall | 120 | 391 | 356 | 52 | 85 | 7 | 4 | 20 | 47 | 1 | 2 | 33 | 66 | .239 | .302 | .449 | .751 | 160 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
Ted Uhlaender | 105 | 403 | 367 | 39 | 83 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 27 | 33 | .226 | .280 | .286 | .566 | 105 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
Bernie Allen | 101 | 350 | 319 | 34 | 76 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 30 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 40 | .238 | .299 | .348 | .647 | 111 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
Rich Rollins | 90 | 293 | 269 | 30 | 66 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 40 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 34 | .245 | .286 | .390 | .677 | 105 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
Bob Allison | 70 | 203 | 168 | 34 | 37 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 30 | 34 | .220 | .345 | .411 | .756 | 69 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Andy Kosco | 57 | 170 | 158 | 11 | 35 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 31 | .222 | .251 | .291 | .543 | 46 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Jerry Zimmerman | 60 | 136 | 119 | 11 | 30 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 23 | .252 | .338 | .328 | .666 | 39 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
Russ Nixon | 51 | 106 | 96 | 5 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 13 | .260 | .314 | .302 | .616 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Jim Kaat | 47 | 124 | 118 | 12 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 41 | .195 | .228 | .280 | .507 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Sandy Valdespino | 52 | 114 | 108 | 11 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 24 | .176 | .211 | .259 | .470 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Mudcat Grant | 35 | 92 | 78 | 5 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23 | .192 | .220 | .256 | .476 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
Jim Perry | 33 | 68 | 59 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 18 | .220 | .288 | .339 | .627 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Dave Boswell | 32 | 66 | 63 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | .143 | .156 | .159 | .315 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Camilo Pascual | 21 | 39 | 37 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .216 | .237 | .243 | .480 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Jim Merritt | 31 | 46 | 39 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16 | .103 | .182 | .128 | .310 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Al Worthington | 65 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .273 | .273 | .545 | .818 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ron Clark | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | 1.000 | 1.500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
George Mitterwald | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pete Cimino | 35 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .000 | .143 | .000 | .143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Dwight Siebler | 23 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .000 | .154 | .000 | .154 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rich Reese | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jim Ollom | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ron Keller | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Johnny Klippstein | 26 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jim Roland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Garry Roggenburk | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Bill Pleis | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Joe Nossek | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Totals | 1942 | 6035 | 5390 | 663 | 1341 | 219 | 33 | 144 | 611 | 67 | 42 | 513 | 844 | .249 | .316 | .382 | .698 | 2058 | 138 | 39 | 49 | 44 | 69 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Don Mincher | 1B | 130 | 118 | 1064.7 | 995 | 85 | 9 | 62 | .992 | 9.130 | 8.308 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Harmon Killebrew | 1B | 42 | 40 | 341.3 | 330 | 15 | 4 | 30 | .989 | 9.097 | 8.214 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Andy Kosco | 1B | 5 | 4 | 32.7 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .967 | 7.990 | 5.800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bernie Allen | 2B | 89 | 86 | 767.3 | 191 | 214 | 11 | 46 | .974 | 4.750 | 4.551 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Cesar Tovar | 2B | 76 | 73 | 644.3 | 154 | 205 | 8 | 33 | .978 | 5.014 | 4.724 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Rich Rollins | 2B | 2 | 3 | 27.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Harmon Killebrew | 3B | 107 | 103 | 915.0 | 83 | 190 | 14 | 11 | .951 | 2.685 | 2.551 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Rich Rollins | 3B | 65 | 59 | 515.7 | 54 | 107 | 8 | 13 | .953 | 2.810 | 2.477 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bernie Allen | 3B | 2 | 0 | 6.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ron Clark | 3B | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Earl Battey | C | 113 | 113 | 903.3 | 705 | 45 | 4 | 9 | .995 | 7.472 | 6.637 | 3 | 26 | 41 | 25 | 37.9 |
Jerry Zimmerman | C | 59 | 30 | 327.7 | 264 | 16 | 1 | 5 | .996 | 7.691 | 4.746 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 10 | 47.6 |
Russ Nixon | C | 32 | 18 | 195.7 | 137 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .986 | 6.532 | 4.438 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 27.8 |
George Mitterwald | C | 3 | 1 | 12.0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.750 | 4.333 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
Tony Oliva | OF | 159 | 157 | 1398.7 | 335 | 9 | 10 | 3 | .972 | 2.214 | 2.164 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ted Uhlaender | OF | 100 | 99 | 883.7 | 258 | 4 | 4 | 2 | .985 | 2.668 | 2.620 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jimmie Hall | OF | 103 | 88 | 788.0 | 175 | 6 | 4 | 1 | .978 | 2.067 | 1.757 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bob Allison | OF | 56 | 47 | 416.7 | 86 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .967 | 1.922 | 1.589 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Andy Kosco | OF | 40 | 35 | 307.0 | 70 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .986 | 2.111 | 1.800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Cesar Tovar | OF | 24 | 21 | 183.0 | 53 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.705 | 2.292 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Sandy Valdespino | OF | 23 | 20 | 181.3 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.787 | 1.565 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Harmon Killebrew | OF | 18 | 18 | 146.7 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.350 | 1.222 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Rich Rollins | OF | 1 | 1 | 9.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Joe Nossek | OF | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jim Kaat | P | 41 | 41 | 304.3 | 19 | 46 | 3 | 5 | .956 | 1.922 | 1.585 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Mudcat Grant | P | 35 | 35 | 249.0 | 9 | 55 | 3 | 6 | .955 | 2.313 | 1.829 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jim Perry | P | 33 | 25 | 184.0 | 9 | 22 | 1 | 0 | .969 | 1.516 | .939 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Dave Boswell | P | 28 | 21 | 169.3 | 10 | 29 | 2 | 0 | .951 | 2.073 | 1.393 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jim Merritt | P | 31 | 18 | 144.0 | 7 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.688 | .871 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Camilo Pascual | P | 21 | 19 | 103.0 | 11 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.146 | 1.714 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Al Worthington | P | 65 | 0 | 91.3 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 0 | .917 | 2.168 | .338 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Pete Cimino | P | 35 | 0 | 64.7 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .889 | 1.113 | .229 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Dwight Siebler | P | 23 | 2 | 50.0 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .889 | 1.440 | .348 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Johnny Klippstein | P | 26 | 0 | 40.0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.800 | .308 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Garry Roggenburk | P | 12 | 0 | 12.3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.189 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jim Ollom | P | 3 | 1 | 10.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .900 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bill Pleis | P | 8 | 0 | 9.3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .964 | .125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ron Keller | P | 2 | 0 | 5.3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.688 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jim Roland | P | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Zoilo Versalles | SS | 135 | 135 | 1176.7 | 195 | 377 | 35 | 69 | .942 | 4.375 | 4.237 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Cesar Tovar | SS | 31 | 27 | 262.0 | 47 | 67 | 6 | 10 | .950 | 3.916 | 3.677 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 1782 | 1458 | 12948.0 | 4316 | 1589 | 139 | 312 | .977 | 4.104 | 3.314 | 5 | 52 | 65 | 40 | 38.1 |
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