1972 Minnesota Twins roster

33 players appeared for the Minnesota Twins in the 1972 MLB season.

1972 Twins roster: batting

1972 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.
Danny Thompson144573541584483.276.318.674
Cesar Tovar1415488614523121.265.329.663
Rod Carew1425356117005112.318.369.749
Bobby Darwin1455134813722802.267.326.769
Harmon Killebrew1394335310026740.231.367.817
Steve Braun121402401162504.289.360.716
Eric Soderholm93287285413393.188.245.604
Steve Brye10025318610123.241.292.592
Jim Nettles10223528484154.204.302.596
Rich Reese13219723435260.218.305.635
Glenn Borgmann5617511413140.234.325.634
George Mitterwald641631230180.184.225.465
Phil Roof6114616303120.205.235.591
Chuck Manuel63122625180.205.233.503
Rick Renick55931016480.172.282.604
Dan Monzon55551315051.273.365.656
Rick Dempsey254008000.200.304.529
Tony Oliva102819010.321.367.724
Jim Holt1027612160.444.4291.021
Mike Adams3602000.333.333.667
Bucky Guth3310000.000.000.000

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

1972 Twins roster: pitching

1972 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.
Bert BlylevenSP393817172.73287.12281.100
Dick WoodsonP363614142.72251.21501.170
Jim PerryP353513163.35217.2851.150
Ray CorbinP3119892.62161.2831.160
Jim KaatRP15151022.06113.1641.010
Dave LaRocheRP620572.8395.1791.1610
Dave GoltzRP1511332.6791.0381.111
Wayne GrangerP630463.0189.2451.2419
Jim StricklandP250312.5036.0301.313
Tom NortonP210012.7832.1221.390
Bob GebhardP130018.5721.0132.331
Steve LuebberRP20000.002.112.140

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.