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Minnesota Twins
	1969 Minnesota Twins; American League West Champions
	Major league affiliations
	American League (since 1901) Western Division (since 1969); ;
	Location
	Metropolitan Stadium (since 1961); Bloomington, Minnesota (since 1961);
	1969 information
Owner(s)	Calvin Griffith
Manager(s)	Billy Martin
Local television	WTCN-TV
Local radio	830 WCCO AM; (Herb Carneal, Halsey Hall, Merle Harmon)

Led by new manager Billy Martin, the 1969 Minnesota Twins won the newly-formed Western Division with a 97-65 record. The Twins were swept by the Baltimore Orioles in the first American League Championship Series. 1,349,328 fans attended Twins games, the third highest total in the American League.

[edit] Regular season

In the first year of divisional play, the Twins won the American League West, led by Rod Carew (.332, his first batting title), Tony Oliva (.309, 24 HR, 101 RBI) and league MVP Harmon Killebrew (49 HR, 140 RBI - both league-leading totals). Carew stole home 7 times. Leadoff batter César Tovar was third in the AL with 45 stolen bases. Jim Perry and Dave Boswell won 20 games. Reliever Ron Perranoski became the first Twin to lead the AL in saves with 31. Pitcher Jim Kaat won his 8th Gold Glove Award.

Four Twins made the All-Star Game: first baseman Killebrew, second baseman Carew, outfielder Oliva, and catcher Johnny Roseboro. Harmon Killebrew became the second Twin to be named American League Most Valuable Player.

[edit] Season standings

AL West	W	L	GB	Pct.
Minnesota Twins	97	65	--	.599
Oakland Athletics	88	74	9.0	.543
California Angels	71	91	26.0	.438
Kansas City Royals	69	93	28.0	.426
Chicago White Sox	68	94	29.0	.420
Seattle Pilots	64	98	33.0	.395

[edit] Notable transactions

June 5, 1969: 1969 Major League Baseball Draft
- Bert Blyleven was drafted by the Twins in the 3rd round.^[1]
- Jim Hughes was drafted by the Twins in the 33rd round.^[2]

[edit] Roster

1969 Minnesota Twins roster

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

2 Frank Kostro

Manager

1 Billy Martin

Coaches

[edit] Player stats

= Indicates team leader

[edit] Batting

[edit] Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Roseboro, JohnnyJohnny Roseboro	115	361	95	.263	3	32
2B	Carew, RodRod Carew	123	458	152	.332	8	56
3B	Killebrew, HarmonHarmon Killebrew	162	555	153	.276	49	140
SS	Cárdenas, LeoLeo Cárdenas	160	578	162	.280	10	70
RF	Oliva, TonyTony Oliva	153	637	197	.309	24	101

[edit] Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Holt, JimJim Holt	12	14	5	.357	1	2
Clark, RonRon Clark	5	8	1	.125	0	0

[edit] Pitching

[edit] Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Perry, JimJim Perry	46	261.2	20	6	2.82	153
Boswell, DaveDave Boswell	39	256.1	20	12	3.23	190
Kaat, JimJim Kaat	40	242.1	14	13	3.49	139

[edit] Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Miller, BobBob Miller	48	119.1	5	5	3.02	57

[edit] Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Perranoski, RonRon Perranoski	75	9	10	31	2.11	62
Brandon, BuckyBucky Brandon	3	0	0	0	2.70	1

[edit] Postseason

Main article: 1969 American League Championship Series

The Twins were swept 3-0 by the Baltimore Orioles in the 1969 American League Championship Series.

[edit] Awards and honors

Harmon Killebrew, Third Base, American League MVP

[edit] Farm system

[edit] Notes

[edit] References

Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, N.C.: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0963718983.

[edit] External links

Preceded by First Season	AL West Championship Season 1969	Succeeded by Minnesota Twins 1970

[0] Bert Blyleven page at Baseball Reference

[1] Jim Hughes page at Baseball Reference

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