1972 Minnesota Twins

Roster of 33 · every name linked to a full player profile

W–L summed from pitcher decisions in the corpus.

Record

77–77

Runs

537

Home runs

Team AVG

.244

Team ERA

2.86

Pitching K

838

Postseason

Missed

Best by VAL

VAL is shown only for players who spent the whole season with this club.

Player	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	VAL
Danny ThompsonSS	144	573	54	158	4	48	3	.276	.674	8.8
Cesar TovarCF	141	548	86	145	2	31	21	.265	.663	9.5
Rod Carew1B	142	535	61	170	0	51	12	.318	.748	10.4
Bobby DarwinRF	145	513	48	137	22	80	2	.267	.768	12.9
Harmon Killebrew1B	139	433	53	100	26	74	0	.231	.817	13.4
Steve BraunLF	121	402	40	116	2	50	4	.289	.716	8.0
Eric Soderholm3B	93	287	28	54	13	39	3	.188	.604	5.7
Steve BryeCF	100	253	18	61	0	12	3	.241	.592	3.3
Jim NettlesCF	102	235	28	48	4	15	4	.204	.596	4.1
Rich Reese1B	132	197	23	43	5	26	0	.218	.635	5.1
Glenn BorgmannC	56	175	11	41	3	14	0	.234	.634	2.7
George MitterwaldC	64	163	12	30	1	8	0	.184	.464	1.2
Phil RoofC	61	146	16	30	3	12	0	.205	.591	2.3
Charlie ManuelLF	63	122	6	25	1	8	0	.205	.503	1.2
Bert BlylevenP	39	94	9	15	0	6	0	.160	.358	12.7
Rick Renick3B	55	93	10	16	4	8	0	.172	.605	2.1
Dick WoodsonP	36	88	4	7	0	2	0	.080	.180	10.5
Jim PerryP	35	71	3	11	0	1	0	.155	.356	8.6
Dan Monzon2B	55	55	13	15	0	5	1	.273	.656	2.0
Ray CorbinP	34	49	1	4	0	2	0	.082	.220	8.2
Jim KaatP	24	45	3	13	2	4	0	.289	.793	5.5
Rick DempseyC	25	40	0	8	0	0	0	.200	.529	—
Dave GoltzP	15	29	0	3	0	1	0	.103	.264	4.2
Tony OlivaRF	10	28	1	9	0	1	0	.321	.724	—
Jim HoltLF	10	27	6	12	1	6	0	.444	1.022	—
Dave LaRocheP	62	11	2	1	0	0	0	.091	.377	10.6
Wayne GrangerP	63	10	0	2	0	0	0	.200	.500	10.0
Mike AdamsLF	3	6	0	2	0	0	0	.333	.666	—
Bucky GuthSS	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	—
Jim StricklandP	25	3	0	1	0	2	0	.333	.833	6.2

Player	G	GS	W	L	SV	IP	SO	ERA	VAL
Bert BlylevenP	39	38	17	17	0	287.1	228	2.73	12.7
Dick WoodsonP	36	36	14	14	0	251.2	150	2.72	10.5
Jim PerryP	35	35	13	16	0	217.2	85	3.35	8.6
Ray CorbinP	31	19	8	9	0	161.2	83	2.62	8.2
Jim KaatP	15	15	10	2	0	113.1	64	2.06	5.5
Dave LaRocheP	62	0	5	7	10	95.1	79	2.83	10.6
Dave GoltzP	15	11	3	3	1	91.0	38	2.67	4.2
Wayne GrangerP	63	0	4	6	19	89.2	45	3.01	10.0
Jim StricklandP	25	0	3	1	3	36.0	30	2.50	6.2
Tom NortonP	21	0	0	1	0	32.1	22	2.78	3.8
Bob GebhardP	13	0	0	1	1	21.0	13	8.57	0.0
Steve LuebberP	2	0	0	0	0	2.1	1	0.00	—

Players traded mid-season are listed with their numbers for this club only.

Batting

Player	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	VAL
Danny ThompsonSS	144	573	54	158	4	48	3	.276	.674	8.8
Cesar TovarCF	141	548	86	145	2	31	21	.265	.663	9.5
Rod Carew1B	142	535	61	170	0	51	12	.318	.748	10.4
Bobby DarwinRF	145	513	48	137	22	80	2	.267	.768	12.9
Harmon Killebrew1B	139	433	53	100	26	74	0	.231	.817	13.4
Steve BraunLF	121	402	40	116	2	50	4	.289	.716	8.0
Eric Soderholm3B	93	287	28	54	13	39	3	.188	.604	5.7
Steve BryeCF	100	253	18	61	0	12	3	.241	.592	3.3
Jim NettlesCF	102	235	28	48	4	15	4	.204	.596	4.1
Rich Reese1B	132	197	23	43	5	26	0	.218	.635	5.1
Glenn BorgmannC	56	175	11	41	3	14	0	.234	.634	2.7
George MitterwaldC	64	163	12	30	1	8	0	.184	.464	1.2
Phil RoofC	61	146	16	30	3	12	0	.205	.591	2.3
Charlie ManuelLF	63	122	6	25	1	8	0	.205	.503	1.2
Bert BlylevenP	39	94	9	15	0	6	0	.160	.358	12.7
Rick Renick3B	55	93	10	16	4	8	0	.172	.605	2.1
Dick WoodsonP	36	88	4	7	0	2	0	.080	.180	10.5
Jim PerryP	35	71	3	11	0	1	0	.155	.356	8.6
Dan Monzon2B	55	55	13	15	0	5	1	.273	.656	2.0
Ray CorbinP	34	49	1	4	0	2	0	.082	.220	8.2
Jim KaatP	24	45	3	13	2	4	0	.289	.793	5.5
Rick DempseyC	25	40	0	8	0	0	0	.200	.529	—
Dave GoltzP	15	29	0	3	0	1	0	.103	.264	4.2
Tony OlivaRF	10	28	1	9	0	1	0	.321	.724	—
Jim HoltLF	10	27	6	12	1	6	0	.444	1.022	—
Dave LaRocheP	62	11	2	1	0	0	0	.091	.377	10.6
Wayne GrangerP	63	10	0	2	0	0	0	.200	.500	10.0
Mike AdamsLF	3	6	0	2	0	0	0	.333	.666	—
Bucky GuthSS	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	—
Jim StricklandP	25	3	0	1	0	2	0	.333	.833	6.2

Pitching

Player	G	GS	W	L	SV	IP	SO	ERA	VAL
Bert BlylevenP	39	38	17	17	0	287.1	228	2.73	12.7
Dick WoodsonP	36	36	14	14	0	251.2	150	2.72	10.5
Jim PerryP	35	35	13	16	0	217.2	85	3.35	8.6
Ray CorbinP	31	19	8	9	0	161.2	83	2.62	8.2
Jim KaatP	15	15	10	2	0	113.1	64	2.06	5.5
Dave LaRocheP	62	0	5	7	10	95.1	79	2.83	10.6
Dave GoltzP	15	11	3	3	1	91.0	38	2.67	4.2
Wayne GrangerP	63	0	4	6	19	89.2	45	3.01	10.0
Jim StricklandP	25	0	3	1	3	36.0	30	2.50	6.2
Tom NortonP	21	0	0	1	0	32.1	22	2.78	3.8
Bob GebhardP	13	0	0	1	1	21.0	13	8.57	0.0
Steve LuebberP	2	0	0	0	0	2.1	1	0.00	—