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1972 American League West
Team Record GB
Oakland Athletics 93 - 62
Chicago White Sox 87 - 67 5.5
Minnesota Twins 77 - 77 15.5
Kansas City Royals 76 - 78 16.5
California Angels 75 - 80 18.0
Texas Rangers 54 - 100 38.5

2nd (AL West)
Runs Scored: 537
Runs Allowed: 535
Attendance: 797,901

1972 Minnesota Twins Batting (Starters)
Player Pos Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS SH HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG OPS
George Mitterwald C 27 64 163 12 30 4 1 1 8 9 2 37 0 1 0 0 5 .184 .225 .239 .464
Harmon Killebrew 1B 36 139 433 53 100 13 2 26 74 94 12 91 0 1 0 1 16 .231 .367 .450 .817
Rod Carew 2B 26 142 535 61 170 21 6 0 51 43 9 60 12 6 9 2 11 .318 .369 .379 .748
Eric Soderholm 3B 23 93 287 28 54 10 0 13 39 19 2 48 3 3 3 3 6 .188 .245 .359 .604
Danny Thompson SS 25 144 573 54 158 22 6 4 48 34 1 57 3 4 13 2 14 .276 .318 .356 .674
Steve Brye LF 23 100 253 18 61 9 3 0 12 17 1 38 3 1 1 1 5 .241 .292 .300 .592
Bobby Darwin CF 29 145 513 48 137 20 2 22 80 38 4 145 2 3 1 8 24 .267 .326 .442 .768
Cesar Tovar RF 31 141 548 86 145 20 6 2 31 39 6 39 21 10 5 14 6 .265 .329 .334 .663

1972 Minnesota Twins Batting (Bench)
Player Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS SH HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Rich Reese 30 132 197 23 43 3 2 5 26 25 4 27 0 1 0 0 4 .218 .305 .330 .635
Steve Braun 24 121 402 40 116 21 0 2 50 45 1 38 4 5 2 2 14 .289 .360 .356 .716
Jim Nettles 25 102 235 28 48 5 2 4 15 32 3 52 4 3 0 1 5 .204 .302 .294 .596
Charlie Manuel 28 63 122 6 25 5 0 1 8 4 0 16 0 0 0 1 1 .205 .233 .270 .503
Phil Roof 31 61 146 16 30 11 1 3 12 6 0 27 0 1 5 0 1 .205 .235 .356 .591
Glenn Borgmann 22 56 175 11 41 4 0 3 14 25 8 25 0 0 0 0 4 .234 .325 .309 .634
Dan Monzon 26 55 55 13 15 1 0 0 5 8 0 12 1 0 2 0 1 .273 .365 .291 .656
Rick Renick 28 55 93 10 16 2 0 4 8 15 0 25 0 1 0 0 5 .172 .282 .323 .605
Rick Dempsey 22 25 40 0 8 1 0 0 0 6 0 8 0 0 1 0 2 .200 .304 .225 .529
Jim Holt 28 10 27 6 12 1 0 1 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .444 .429 .593 1.022
Tony Oliva 33 10 28 1 9 1 0 0 1 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 .321 .367 .357 .724
Mike Adams 23 3 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .666
Bucky Guth 24 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000

1972 Minnesota Twins Batting (Pitchers)
Player Pos Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS SH HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Bert Blyleven P 21 39 94 9 15 2 0 0 6 2 0 36 0 0 11 0 1 .160 .177 .181 .358
Dick Woodson P 27 36 88 4 7 0 0 0 2 2 0 38 0 0 8 0 0 .080 .100 .080 .180
Jim Perry P 36 35 71 3 11 1 0 0 1 3 0 14 0 0 5 0 0 .155 .187 .169 .356
Ray Corbin P 23 34 49 1 4 1 0 0 2 2 0 19 0 0 2 0 1 .082 .118 .102 .220
Jim Kaat P 33 24 45 3 13 3 0 2 4 1 0 16 0 1 1 0 0 .289 .304 .489 .793
Dave Goltz P 23 15 29 0 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 17 0 0 3 0 1 .103 .161 .103 .264
Dave LaRoche P 24 62 11 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 6 0 0 1 0 0 .091 .286 .091 .377
Wayne Granger P 28 63 10 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .300 .500
Jim Strickland P 26 25 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .500 .333 .833
Bob Gebhard P 29 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000

1972 Minnesota Twins Pitching (Starters)
Player Age G GS W L Pct. ERA IP R ER H HR BB K BAA HB WP CG SO SV BS DICE
Bert Blyleven 21 39 38 17 17 .500 2.73 287.1 93 87 247 22 69 228 .229 10 7 11 3 0 3.23
Dick Woodson 27 36 36 14 14 .500 2.72 251.2 93 76 193 19 101 150 .208 2 4 9 3 0 4.02
Jim Perry 36 35 35 13 16 .448 3.35 217.2 93 81 191 14 60 85 .230 8 4 5 2 0 3.99
Ray Corbin 23 31 19 8 9 .471 2.62 161.2 56 47 135 12 53 83 .226 6 2 5 3 0 4.03
Jim Kaat 33 15 15 10 2 .833 2.06 113.1 36 26 94 6 20 64 .223 2 2 5 0 0 3.14
Dave Goltz 23 15 11 3 3 .500 2.67 91.0 30 27 75 5 26 38 .221 3 1 2 0 1 3.84

1972 Minnesota Twins Pitching (Bullpen)
Player Age G GS W L Pct. ERA IP R ER H HR BB K BAA HB WP CG SO SV BS DICE
Wayne Granger 28 63 0 4 6 .400 3.01 89.2 42 30 83 7 28 45 .239 2 0 0 0 19 4.01
Dave LaRoche 24 62 0 5 7 .417 2.83 95.1 33 30 72 9 39 79 .205 6 2 0 0 10 3.99
Jim Strickland 26 25 0 3 1 .750 2.50 36.0 16 10 28 7 19 30 .214 2 2 0 0 3 5.61
Tom Norton 22 21 0 0 1 .000 2.78 32.1 14 10 31 1 14 22 .250 1 1 0 0 0 3.43
Bob Gebhard 29 13 0 0 1 .000 8.57 21.0 29 20 36 3 13 13 .356 2 1 0 0 1 5.76
Steve Luebber 22 2 0 0 0 .000 0.00 2.1 0 0 3 0 2 1 .300 0 0 0 0 0 4.71