1970 Minnesota Twins roster

35 players appeared for the Minnesota Twins in the 1970 MLB season.

1970 Twins roster: batting

1970 Minnesota Twins batting
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.OBP: Share of plate appearances that ended with the batter on base — hits, walks and hit-by-pitches.OPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory.
Cesar Tovar161650120195105430.300.356.798
Tony Oliva15762896204231075.325.364.878
Leo Cardenas1605886714511652.247.300.674
Harmon Killebrew15752796143411130.271.411.957
Rich Reese1535016313110565.261.332.703
George Mitterwald117369368215463.222.291.679
Jim Holt14231937853403.266.300.642
Danny Thompson9630225660220.219.234.482
Brant Alyea94258347516613.291.366.897
Rod Carew5119127704284.366.407.930
Rick Renick8117920417250.229.317.708
Paul Ratliff6914919405220.268.363.806
Frank Quilici11114119322120.227.297.588
Bob Allison47721515171.208.345.664
Chuck Manuel5964412170.188.260.495
Tom Tischinski244669120.196.327.588
Herman Hill272282000.091.091.182
Jim Nettles132035000.250.286.536
Minnie Mendoza161623020.188.188.375
Steve Brye91112020.182.308.580
Rick Dempsey5710000.000.125.125
Cotton Nash4411020.250.400.650

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · OPS

1970 Twins roster: pitching

1970 Minnesota Twins pitching
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.GS: Games started — for a pitcher, games he opened on the mound.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out.
Jim PerryP404024123.04278.21681.130
Jim KaatRP453414103.56230.11201.310
Bert BlylevenSP27251093.18164.01351.160
Tom HallP52111162.55155.11841.034
Bill ZeppP4320943.22151.0641.362
Stan WilliamsP6801011.99113.1761.0315
Ron PerranoskiP670782.43111.0551.3534
Luis TiantSP1817733.4092.2501.350
Dave BoswellP1815376.4268.2451.810
Dick WoodsonP210123.8230.2221.571
Steve BarberP180004.6127.1141.612
Pete HammP100025.5116.131.470
Hal HaydelP40203.009.041.220

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · WHIP · SV

Regular season. Player lines are the season lines ESPN files under this club; a player traded during the season may appear under his last club only. Age is the player’s age on June 30 of the season. Standings start in 1995, so this season shows no league or division placing.