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    1970 1 98 64       1973 3 81 81           1977 4 84 77       Click  
    1971 5 78 86       1974 3 82 80           1978 4 73 89       on Logo  
    1972 3 77 77       1975 4 76 83           1979 4 82 80          
                  1976 3 85 77                            
                                                       
   
  Titles: Top Twins Players of the Seventies  
  1970 - Division Champs (Lost to Orioles)  
    Pitchers:  
  BallPark: Bert Blyleven (38.67) -    62  
  Metropolitan Stadium  Dave Goltz (24.57) -    55  
    Jim Perry (5.78) -    37  
  Team Name:  Jim Kaat (8.03) -    27  
  Twins Bill Campbell (7.58) -    20  
    Mike Marshall (7.43) -    19  
  Owner:  Geoff Zahn (8.55) -    18  
  Calvin Griffith   Joe Decker (4.78) -    15  
    Jerry Koosman (7.24) -    12  
  General Managers: Dick Woodson (4.07) -   13  
    Tom Hall (5.71) -   6  
  Managers:    
  Bill Rigney (1970-1972) Catchers:  
  Frank Quilici (1972-1975) Butch Wynegar (13) -    30  
  Gene Mauch (1976-1979) George Mitterwald (5.84) -    26  
    Glenn Borgmann (4.96) -    14  
  No Hitters:    
  None First Basemen:  
    Harmon Killebrew (11.05) -    35  
  Hall of Famers:    
  Bert Blyleven Second Basemen:  
  Harmon Killebrew Rod Carew (53.71) -    100  
  Rod Carew    
  Jim Kaat ShortStop:  
  Tony Oliva Roy Smalley (14.82) -    35  
    Danny Thompson (2.41) -    17  
  Rookie of the Year: Leo Cardenas (6.04) -    16  
  John Castino (1979)    
    Third Base:  
  MVP: Mike Cubbage (6.77) -    18  
  Rod Carew (1977) Eric Soderholm (10.15) -    15  
       
  Cy Young: Outfield:  
  Jim Perry (1970) Larry Hisle (17.24) -    43  
    Steve Braun (15.01) -    33  
  Notable Events: Cesar Tovar (10.79) -    32  
    Tony Oliva (11.19) -    31  
  1970 - The Twins cap their nine year run as an elite American League Lyman Bostock (10.31) -    26  
  team by winning their third title in that period,  They win the AL Western Division. Dan Ford (6.81) -    21  
  Minnesota is swept by the Orioles in the ALCS Bobby Darwin (5.3) -    17  
    Steve Brye (4.66) -   11  
  1970 - Nineteen year old rookie righthander Bert Blyleven joins the    
  club. A curveball specialist, he will win 287 games as one of the  Notable Events:  
    top pitchers of the era.     
    1976 - Shortstop Roy Smalley, 23, is obtained from Texas for Bert  
  1971 - The winning run comes to a crashing halt as the Twins drop twenty  Blyleven  
  games in the standings. They are mediocre for the rest of the decade    
  Calvin Griffith accomplished his move to Minnesota, built an outstanding 1976 - Switch hitting catcher Butch Wynegar, 20, is a rookie  
  team to ensure the move's success, and has now lost interest in     
  putting in the effort required for sustaining that excellence.  1976 - Tony Oliva retires after the season. Knee injuries finally got the  
    best of him.  
  1972 - Dave Goltz, a twenty three year old righthander, is a rookie.    
    1977 - Rod Carew bats .388 and wins the MVP  
  1973 - Slugging outfielder Larry Hisle, 26, is obtained from the Cards.    
  He had done nothing in his career until the Twins got him. 1978 - Rod Carew is traded to the Angels after the season  
       
  1974 - Harmon Killebrew is released at the end of the season. He plays    
  one more season for the Royals.