I guess we ran past the end of the scheduled replacements? I have no strong feelings about what we should do from here. Anyone else?
Monthly Archives: March 2016
1965 Rewind: Team Leaders
Just to put a cherry on the sundae of the 1965 season, we take a look at the Twins' team leaders in various categories.
BATTERS
GAMES
Zoilo Versalles, 160
Tony Oliva, 149
Jimmie Hall, 148
RUNS
Versalles, 126
Oliva, 107
Hall, 81
HITS
Oliva, 185
Versalles, 182
Hall, 149
DOUBLES
Versalles, 45
Oliva, 40
Hall, 25
TRIPLES
Versalles, 12
Bob Allison, 5
Oliva, 5
HOME RUNS
Harmon Killebrew, 25
Allison, 23
Don Mincher, 22
RBI
Oliva, 98
Hall, 86
Allison, 78
STOLEN BASES
Versalles, 27
Oliva, 19
Hall, 14
WALKS
Allison, 73
Killebrew, 72
Oliva, 55
AVERAGE
Oliva, .321
Earl Battey, .297
Hall, .285
OBP
Killebrew, .384
Oliva, .378
Battey, .375
SLUGGING
Mincher, .509
Killebrew, .501
Oliva, .491
OPS
Killebrew, .885
Oliva, 870
Mincher, .853
TOTAL BASES
Versalles, 308
Oliva, 283
Hall, 242
PITCHERS
WINS
Mudcat Grant, 21
Jim Kaat, 18
Jim Perry, 12
WINNING PERCENTAGE
Grant, .750
Camilo Pascual, .750
Johnny Klippstein, .750
ERA
Al Worthington 2.13
Klippstein, 2.24
Perry, 2.63
GAMES
Worthington, 62
Klippstein, 56
Kaat, 45
STARTS
Kaat, 42
Grant, 39
Pascual, 27
COMPLETE GAMES
Grant, 14
Kaat, 7
Pascual, 5
SHUTOUTS
Grant, 6
Kaat, 2
Perry, 2
SAVES
Worthington, 21
Klippstein, 5
Dick Stigman, 4
Bill Pleis, 4
INNINGS PITCHED
Grant, 270.1
Kaat, 264.1
Perry, 167.2
STRIKEOUTS
Kaat, 154
Grant, 142
Pascual, 96
FIP
Worthington, 3.34
Kaat, 3.35
Jim Merritt, 3.57
Pleis, 3.57
WHIP
Perry, 1.13
Merritt, 1.15
Grant, 1.16
And that's it for 1965 Rewind. Hope you enjoyed it. God willing, next off-season we'll pick another great Twins season of the past and do a rewind on it. But now, it's almost time for the 2016 season! Play ball!
Happy Birthday–March 25
Frank Dwyer (1868)
Clyde Milan (1887)
John Fetzer (1901)
Dutch Leonard (1909)
Ryohei Hasegawa (1930)
Woodie Held (1932)
Frank Peters (1944)
Lee Mazzilli (1955)
Jeff Kunkel (1962)
Tom Glavine (1966)
Travis Fryman (1979)
Erik Schullstrom (1969)
Dan Wilson (1969)
Neal Cotts (1980)
John Fetzer was the majority owner of the Detroit Tigers from 1961-1983.
Ryohei Hasegawa was a star in Japan in the 1950s and was also a coach, manager, and broadcaster there.
Frank Peters was a minor league player and manager. On August 31, 1974, while managing the Portland Mavericks, he had each player play each position for one inning. Portland won the game over the Tri-City Ports, 8-7.
Le Butcherettes – Henry Don’t Got Love
These guys are fun.
March 24th, 2016: Last Day
Well, its my last day at this job. The past two weeks have been kind of nice because everyone has been letting me know that the work I've done over the past three years has actually accomplished something.
I have no idea what I'm gonna do today, but I doubt it'll be particularly productive.
1965 Rewind: League Leaders
Just to put a bow on the 1965 season, here are the Twins who were on the league leaderboards. We'll look at Twins team leaders tomorrow.
WAR
- 1. Sam McDowell, 7.9
- 2. Zoilo Versalles, 7.2
- 5T Tony Oliva, 5.4
AVERAGE
- 1. Tony Oliva, .321
- 8. Jimmie Hall, .285
OBP
- 1. Carl Yastrzemski, .391
- 4. Tony Oliva, .378
SLUGGING
- 1. Carl Yastrzemski, .536
- 5. Tony Oliva, .491
OPS
- 1. Carl Yastrzemski, .932
- 3, Tony Oliva, .870
RUNS
- 1. Zoilo Versalles, 126
- 2. Tony Oliva, 107
- 9T Jimmie Hall, 81
HITS
- 1. Tony Oliva, 185
- 2. Zoilo Versalles, 182
TOTAL BASES
- 1, Zoilo Versalles, 308
- 3. Tony Oliva, 283
DOUBLES
- 1T. Zoilo Versalles, 45
- 1T Carl Yastrzemski, 45
- 3. Tony Oliva, 40
- 8T Jimmie Hall, 25
TRIPLES
- 1T Zoilo Versalles, 12
- 1T Bert Campaneris, 12
HOME RUNS
- 1. Tony Conigliaro, 32
- 8. Harmon Killebrew, 25
- 9T Bob Allison, 23
RBI
- 1. Rocky Colavito, 108
- 3. Tony Oliva, 98
- 6. Jimmie Hall, 86
WALKS
- 1. Rocky Colavito, 93
- 6T Bob Allison, 73
- 9T Harmon Killebrew, 72
STOLEN BASES
- 1. Bert Campaneris, 51
- 3. Zoilo Versalles, 27
- 6. Tony Oliva, 19
- 10. Jimmie Hall, 14
WPA
- 1. Harmon Killebrew, 6.0
- 2. Tony Oliva, 4.8
ERA
- 1. Sam McDowell, 2.18
- 9. Jim Perry, 2.63
WINS
- 1. Mudcat Grant, 21
- 3. Jim Kaat, 18
W-L PERCENTAGE
- 1. Mudcat Grant, .750
- 10. Jim Perry, .632
WHIP
- 1. Eddie Fisher, 0.97
- 9. Jim Perry, 1.13
SAVES
- 1. Ron Kline, 29
- 6T. Al Worthington, 21
INNINGS PITCHED
- 1. Mel Stottlemyre, 291
- 3. Mudcat Grant, 270.1
- 4. Jim Kaat, 264.1
STARTS
- 1. Jim Kaat, 42
- 2. Mudcat Grant, 39
COMPLETE GAMES
- 1. Mel Stottlemyre, 18
- 2T. Mudcat Grant, 14
SHUTOUTS
- 1. Mudcat Grant, 6
Happy Birthday–March 24
Kip Selbach (1872)
Roy Thomas (1874)
Mike Mowrey (1884)
Fatty Arbuckle (1887)
Ernie Shore (1891)
George Sisler (1893)
Jesus Alou (1942)
Mark Marquess (1947)
Garry Templeton (1956)
Bruce Hurst (1958)
Wilson Alvarez (1970)
Steve Karsay (1972)
Jose Valverde (1978)
Corey Hart (1982)
Chad Gaudin (1983)
Silent film comedian Fatty Arbuckle was the owner of the Vernon Tigers of the Pacific Coast League from about 1918-1921.
Mark Marquess is the longtime head baseball coach of Stanford.
No players with connections to the Twins were born on this day; however, we would like to wish a very happy birthday to Mom SBG.
Lucius – Born Again Teen
Lucius just dropped their new album yesterday. Hoping for a good sophomore effort.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2Eyc7_qrn8
2016
March 23, 2016: An OK day
"On this day in 1839, the initials “O.K.” are first published in The Boston Morning Post. Meant as an abbreviation for “oll korrect,” a popular slang misspelling of “all correct” at the time, OK steadily made its way into the everyday speech of Americans." --history.com
1965 Rewind: Game Seven
LOS ANGELES 2, MINNESOTA 0 IN MINNESOTA
Batting stars: Harmon Killebrew was 1-for-3 with a walk. Frank Quilici was 1-for-3 with a double.
Pitching stars: Jim Merritt retired all four batters he faced. Johnny Klippstein struck out two in 1.2 scoreless innings, giving up two hits and a walk. Al Worthington pitched two shutout innings, giving up a walk.
Opposition stars: Sandy Koufax struck out ten in a complete game shutout, allowing three hits and three walks. Johnny Roseboro was 1-for-2 with a double and two walks. Lou Johnson was 1-for-4 with a home run.
The game: Both runs were scored in the fourth inning. Johnson led off with a home run. Ron Fairly then doubled and scored on a single by Wes Parker. Both runs were scored off Twins started Jim Kaat, who was pulled after the Parker single. Twins relievers pitched six shutout innings, but to no avail. The Twins threatened in the first on two-out walks to Tony Oliva and Killebrew, but Earl Battey struck out to end the threat. They had another threat in the fifth, when Quilici hit a one-out double and pinch-hitter Rich Rollins walked, but a pair of ground outs ended the inning. The Twins did not get another man on until the ninth, when Killebrew hit a one-out single. The game and the series ended with consecutive strikeouts of Battey and Bob Allison.
Of note: Zoilo Versalles was 1-for-4. Joe Nossek was 0-for-4. Oliva was 0-for-3 with a walk. Kaat pitched three innings, giving up two runs on five hits and a walk with two strikeouts.
Record: The Twins lost the series to Los Angeles, four games to three.
Notes: Nossek once again started in place of Jimmie Hall. Nossek started five of the seven World Series games and hit .200/.200/.200. It's hard to imagine that Hall would have done worse. On the other hand, it might not have made any difference, as it's doubtful anyone was going to hit Koufax on this day...In the two games Sandy Valdespino started in place of Allison, he was 2-for-8 with a double...Both Kaat and Koufax started on two days' rest. The difference, of course, is that Koufax had pitched a complete game in Game Five, while Kaat had pitched only 2.1 innings...For the World Series, Koufax was 2-1, 0.38, 0.75 WHIP with 29 strikeouts in 24 innings.