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Minnesota Twins
	1970 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);
	1970 information
Owner(s)	Calvin Griffith
Manager(s)	Bill Rigney
Local television	WTCN-TV
Local radio	830 WCCO AM; (Herb Carneal, Halsey Hall, Al Shaver, Ray Christensen, Frank Buetel)

Led by new manager Bill Rigney, the 1970 Minnesota Twins won the Western Division with a 98-64 record. The Twins were swept by the Baltimore Orioles in the 1970 American League Championship Series.

[edit] Offseason

October 13, 1969: Johnny Roseboro was released by the Twins.^[1]
December 1, 1969: Mike Sadek was drafted from the Twins by the San Francisco Giants in the 1969 rule 5 draft.^[2]
December 1, 1969: Hal Haydel was drafted by the Minnesota Twins from the San Francisco Giants in the 1969 rule 5 draft. ^[3]
December 10, 1969: Graig Nettles, Dean Chance, Bob Miller, and Ted Uhlaender were traded by the Twins to the Cleveland Indians for Luis Tiant and Stan Williams.^[4]
March 21, 1970: Joe Grzenda and Charley Walters were traded by the Twins to the Washington Senators for Brant Alyea.^[5]

[edit] Regular season

1,261,887 fans attended Twins games, the third highest total in the American League.

Four Twins made the All-Star Game: first baseman Harmon Killebrew, second baseman Rod Carew, outfielder Tony Oliva, and pitcher Jim Perry. Perry also became the first Twins pitcher to win the AL Cy Young Award.

The Twins won the American League West, led by leadoff batter César Tovar (120 runs), Oliva (.325, 23 HR, 107 RBI) and Killebrew (41 HR, 113 RBI). Carew was batting .366 (after 51 games) when his knee was injured turning a double play. Perry won 24 games and the Cy Young Award. Jim Kaat added 14 wins and rookie Bert Blyleven won 10. Pitcher Jim Kaat won his 9th Gold Glove Award.

[edit] Season standings

AL West	W	L	GB	Pct.
Minnesota Twins	98	64	0	.605
Oakland Athletics	89	73	9.0	.549
California Angels	86	76	12.0	.531
Kansas City Royals	65	97	33.0	.401
Milwaukee Brewers	65	97	33.0	.401
Chicago White Sox	56	106	42.0	.346

[edit] Notable transactions

June 27, 1970: Craig Kusick was signed as an amateur free agent by the Twins.^[6]

[edit] Roster

1970 Minnesota Twins roster

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

18 Bill Rigney

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
3B	Killebrew, HarmonHarmon Killebrew	157	527	143	.271	41	113
SS	Cárdenas, LeoLeo Cárdenas	160	588	145	.247	11	65
LF	Alyea, BrantBrant Alyea	94	258	75	.291	16	61
CF	Tovar, CésarCésar Tovar	161	650	195	.300	10	54
RF	Oliva, TonyTony Oliva	157	628	204	.325	23	107

[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	142	319	85	.266	3	40

[edit] Pitching

[edit] Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Perry, JimJim Perry	40	278.2	24	12	3.04	168
Blyleven, BertBert Blyleven	27	164	10	9	3.18	135
Tiant, LuisLuis Tiant	18	92.2	7	3	3.40	50
Boswell, DaveDave Boswell	18	68.2	3	7	6.42	45

[edit] Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Hall, TomTom Hall	52	155.1	11	6	2.55	184

[edit] Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Perranoski, RonRon Perranoski	67	7	8	34	2.43	55
Williams, StanStan Williams	68	10	1	15	1.99	76
Barber, SteveSteve Barber	18	0	0	2	4.61	14

[edit] Postseason

See 1970 American League Championship Series.

[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 Minnesota Twins 1969	AL West Championship Season 1970	Succeeded by Oakland Athletics 1971

[0] Johnny Roseboro page at Baseball Reference

[1] Mike Sadek page at Baseball Reference

[2] ttp://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/haydeha01.shtml

[3] Graig Nettles page at Baseball Reference

[4] Brant Alyea page at Baseball Reference

[5] Craig Kusick page at Baseball Reference

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