1961 Minnesota Twins

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1 Summary
2 Roster and Statistics
3 Batting Leaders
4 Pitching Leaders

[edit] Summary

The 1961 Minnesota Twins finished with a record of 70-90. They scored 707 runs and belted 167 home runs to go along with a .250 batting average. The offense was powered by Harmon Killebrew, who led the team with 46 home runs and 122 RBI. Lenny Green led the team with 171 hits for a .285 average.

The team allowed 778 runs and had a team ERA of 4.28. Camilo Pascual led the pitching staff with 15 wins and 221 strikeouts. Ray Moore led the team with 14 saves.

[edit] Roster and Statistics

Player Name	Pos	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	OBP	SLG	OPS	AVG
Infielders
Julio Becquer	1B	57	84	13	20	5	18	0	.253	.476	.729	.238
Reno Bertoia	3B	35	104	17	22	1	8	0	.333	.260	.593	.212
Billy Consolo	2B	11	5	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Billy Gardner	2B	45	154	13	36	1	11	0	.280	.312	.592	.234
Harmon Killebrew	1B	150	541	94	156	46	122	1	.405	.606	1.011	.288
Ted Lepcio	3B	47	112	11	19	7	19	1	.230	.402	.632	.170
Billy Martin	2B	108	374	44	92	6	36	3	.275	.361	.636	.246
Don Mincher	1B	35	101	18	19	5	11	0	.333	.406	.739	.188
Rich Rollins	2B	13	17	3	5	0	3	0	.400	.353	.753	.294
Jim Snyder	2B	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Bill Tuttle	3B	113	370	38	91	5	38	1	.321	.335	.656	.246
Jose Valdivielso	SS	76	149	15	29	1	9	1	.234	.248	.482	.195
Zoilo Versalles	SS	129	510	65	143	7	53	16	.314	.390	.704	.280
Outfielders
Bob Allison	OF	159	556	83	136	29	105	2	.363	.450	.813	.245
Joe Altobelli	OF	41	95	10	21	3	14	0	.312	.358	.670	.221
Dan Dobbek	OF	72	125	12	21	4	14	1	.255	.304	.559	.168
Lenny Green	OF	156	600	92	171	9	50	17	.374	.400	.774	.285
Jake Jacobs	OF	4	8	0	2	0	0	0	.250	.250	.500	.250
Jim Lemon	OF	129	423	57	109	14	52	1	.329	.423	.752	.258
Elmer Valo	OF	33	32	0	5	0	4	0	.250	.219	.469	.156
Pete Whisenant	OF	10	6	1	0	0	0	0	.143	.000	.143	.000
Catchers
Earl Battey	C	133	460	70	139	17	55	3	.377	.470	.847	.302
Ron Henry	C	20	28	1	4	0	3	0	.194	.143	.337	.143
Hal Naragon	C	57	139	10	42	2	11	0	.326	.374	.700	.302
Team Totals	-	-	5417	707	1353	167	665	47	.322	.397	.719	.250

Player Name	G	GS	IP	W	L	Win %	SV	SO	BB	ERA	WHIP
Pitchers
Gerry Arrigo	7	2	9.7	0	1	.000	0	6	10	1.24	1.959
Julio Becquer	1	0	1.3	0	0	.000	0	0	1	2.25	3.846
Fred Bruckbauer	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0	0	1	.00	0.000
Bert Cueto	7	5	21.3	1	3	.250	0	5	10	7.17	1.737
Gary Dotter	2	0	6	0	0	.000	0	2	4	9.00	1.667
Paul Giel	12	0	19.3	1	0	1.000	0	14	17	9.78	2.124
Jim Kaat	36	29	200.7	9	17	.346	0	122	82	3.90	1.345
Jack Kralick	33	33	242	13	11	.542	0	137	64	3.61	1.326
Don Lee	37	10	115	3	6	.333	3	65	35	3.52	1.113
Danny McDevitt	16	1	26.7	1	0	1.000	0	15	19	2.36	1.461
Ray Moore	46	0	56.3	4	4	.500	14	45	38	3.67	1.545
Ed Palmquist	9	2	21	1	1	.500	0	13	13	9.43	2.190
Camilo Pascual	35	33	252.3	15	16	.484	0	221	100	3.46	1.209
Bill Pleis	37	0	56.3	4	2	.667	2	32	34	4.95	1.652
Pedro Ramos	42	34	264.3	11	20	.355	2	174	79	3.95	1.302
Ted Sadowski	15	1	33	0	2	.000	0	12	11	6.82	1.818
Al Schroll	11	8	50	4	4	.500	0	24	27	5.22	1.600
Lee Stange	7	0	12.3	1	0	1.000	0	10	10	2.92	2.033
Chuck Stobbs	24	3	44.7	2	3	.400	2	17	15	7.46	1.588
Team Totals	378	161	1432.2	70	90	.438	23	914	570	4.28	1.386

[edit] Batting Leaders

Category
Games	Bob Allison	159
At Bats	Lenny Green	600
Plate Appearances (approx.)	Lenny Green	692
Batting Average	Earl Battey	.302
On-Base %	Harmon Killebrew	.405
Slugging %	Harmon Killebrew	.606
OPS	Harmon Killebrew	1.011
Runs	Harmon Killebrew	94
Hits	Lenny Green	171
Total Bases	Harmon Killebrew	328
Doubles	Lenny Green	28
Triples	Lenny Green and Harmon Killebrew	7
Home Runs	Harmon Killebrew	46
RBI	Harmon Killebrew	122
Walks	Harmon Killebrew	107
Strikeouts	Harmon Killebrew	109
Stolen Bases	Lenny Green	17
Caught Stealing	Lenny Green	11
Sacrifice Hits	Billy Gardner and Bill Tuttle	7
Sacrifice Flies	Bob Allison	8
Grounded into Double Plays	Earl Battey	18

[edit] Pitching Leaders

Category
Wins	Camilo Pascual	15
Losses	Pedro Ramos	20
Saves	Ray Moore	14
Won-Loss %	Jack Kralick	.542
ERA	Camilo Pascual	3.46
WHIP	Camilo Pascual	1.209
Innings Pitched	Pedro Ramos	264.3
Games	Ray Moore	46
Games Started	Pedro Ramos	34
Strikeouts	Camilo Pascual	221
Complete Games	Camilo Pascual	15
Shutouts	Camilo Pascual	8
Batters Faced	Pedro Ramos	1123
Earned Runs Allowed	Pedro Ramos	116
Hits Allowed	Pedro Ramos	265
Walks Allowed	Camilo Pascual	100
Home Runs Allowed	Pedro Ramos	39
Doubles Allowed	Pedro Ramos	48
Triples Allowed	Pedro Ramos	6
Wild Pitches	Jim Kaat	10
Hit Batsmen	Jim Kaat	11
Double Plays Induced	Jim Kaat and Pedro Ramos	24

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1961 Minnesota Twins

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