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The1968 Minnesota Twins seasonwas the 8th season for theMinnesota Twins franchise in theTwin Cities ofMinnesota, their 8th season atMetropolitan Stadium and the 68th overall in theAmerican League. The team finished 79–83, seventh in theAmerican League.

Offseason

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January 27, 1968:Eric Soderholm was drafted by the Twins in the 1st round (1st pick) of the secondary phase of the1968 Major League Baseball draft.^[1]

Regular season

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Leadoff batterCésar Tovar sparked the offense, finishing second in theAL with 167 hits and third with 89 runs.Tony Oliva was third in theAL with a .289 batting average.Harmon Killebrew had 17 HR and 40 RBI at the All-Star break, but was injured in the game and missed the second half of the season.

It took until their eighth season for theTwins to getno-hit and then it happened profoundly, as their first opposing no-hitter was the perfect game thrown byOakland's Jim "Catfish" Hunter on May 8 in Oakland. Hunter struck out eleven, and drove in three of his team's four runs.

A first for the Twins: on July 11,Rick Renick played his first-ever major league game, at shortstop. In his first big-leagueat bat, he homered. The run came offDetroit Tigers pitcherMickey Lolich. Renick is the first Twins player to accomplish the feat, later to be joined in history byDave McKay (1975),Gary Gaetti (1981) andAndre David (1984). They all were then joined in 2015 byEddie Rosario, who hit a homer not only in his first at bat, but on the first major-league pitch thrown to him.

Three Twins made theAll-Star Game: first basemanHarmon Killebrew, second basemanRod Carew, and outfielderTony Oliva.

On September 22,utility player César Tovar played all nine positions, an inning each, against theOakland Athletics. Duplicating the feat thatBert Campaneris had performed three years prior, Tovar topped Campy by starting as pitcher and allowing no hits or runs, for a 0.00earned run average. In the inning, the first man to face Tovar was Campaneris, who fouled out. Tovar then struck out sluggerReggie Jackson.^[2]

Four Twins won 10 or more games:Dean Chance (16–16),Jim Kaat (14–12)Jim Merritt (12–16),Dave Boswell (10–13). PitcherJim Kaat won his seventhGold Glove.Al Worthington led the American League with 18saves.

1,143,257 fans attended Twins games, the fourth highest total in theAmerican League.

Season standings

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American League
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Detroit Tigers	103	59	.636	—	56‍–‍25	47‍–‍34
Baltimore Orioles	91	71	.562	12	47‍–‍33	44‍–‍38
Cleveland Indians	86	75	.534	16½	43‍–‍37	43‍–‍38
Boston Red Sox	86	76	.531	17	46‍–‍35	40‍–‍41
New York Yankees	83	79	.512	20	39‍–‍42	44‍–‍37
Oakland Athletics	82	80	.506	21	44‍–‍38	38‍–‍42
Minnesota Twins	79	83	.488	24	41‍–‍40	38‍–‍43
California Angels	67	95	.414	36	32‍–‍49	35‍–‍46
Chicago White Sox	67	95	.414	36	36‍–‍45	31‍–‍50
Washington Senators	65	96	.404	37½	34‍–‍47	31‍–‍49

Record vs. opponents

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1968 American League record v t e Sources:[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]
Team	BAL	BOS	CAL	CWS	CLE	DET	MIN	NYY	OAK	WAS
Baltimore	—	9–9	10–8	11–7	7–11	8–10	10–8	13–5	9–9	14–4
Boston	9–9	—	9–9	14–4	10–8	6–12	9–9	10–8	8–10	11–7
California	8–10	9–9	—	8–10	7–11	5–13	7–11	6–12	5–13	12–6
Chicago	7–11	4–14	10–8	—	5–13	5–13	10–8	6–12	10–8	10–8
Cleveland	11–7	8–10	11–7	13–5	—	6–12	14–4	10–8–1	6–12	7–10
Detroit	10–8	12–6	13–5	13–5	12–6	—	10–8	10–8–1	13–5–1	10–8
Minnesota	8–10	9–9	11–7	8–10	4–14	8–10	—	12–6	8–10	11–7
New York	5–13	8–10	12–6	12–6	8–10–1	8–10–1	6–12	—	10–8	14–4
Oakland	9–9	10–8	13–5	8–10	12–6	5–13–1	10–8	8–10	—	7–11
Washington	4–14	7–11	6–12	8–10	10–7	8–10	7–11	4–14	11–7	—

Roster

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1968 Minnesota Twins
Roster
Pitchers 23Dave Boswell 32Dean Chance 18Tom Hall 36Jim Kaat 38Ron Keller 26Jim Merritt 21,49Bob Miller 27Danny Morris 16Ron Perranoski 31Jim Perry 19Jim Roland 42Buzz Stephen 15Al Worthington		Catchers 25Bruce Look 34George Mitterwald 10,13John Roseboro 22Jerry Zimmerman Infielders 29Rod Carew 8Ron Clark 24Jackie Hernández 3Harmon Killebrew 7Frank Quilici 20Rich Reese 10Rick Renick 9Rich Rollins		Outfielders 4Bob Allison 45Jim Holt 25Pat Kelly 2Frank Kostro 28Graig Nettles 6Tony Oliva 12César Tovar 11Ted Uhlaender		Manager 43Cal Ermer Coaches 46George Case 48Johnny Goryl 1Billy Martin 5Bob Oldis 47Early Wynn

1968 Minnesota Twins

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

43Cal Ermer

Coaches

Player stats

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= Indicates team leader

Batting

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Starters by position

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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	John Roseboro	135	380	82	.216	8	39
1B	Harmon Killebrew	100	295	62	.210	17	40
2B	Rod Carew	127	461	126	.273	1	42
SS	Jackie Hernández	83	199	35	.176	2	17
3B	César Tovar	157	613	167	.272	6	47
LF	Bob Allison	145	469	116	.247	22	52
CF	Ted Uhlaender	140	488	138	.283	7	52
RF	Tony Oliva	128	470	136	.289	18	68

Other batters

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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
Rich Reese	126	332	86	.259	4	28
Frank Quilici	97	229	56	.245	1	22
Ron Clark	104	227	42	.185	1	13
Rich Rollins	93	203	49	.241	6	30
Bruce Look	59	118	29	.246	0	9
Frank Kostro	63	108	26	.241	0	9
Jim Holt	70	106	22	.208	0	8
Rick Renick	42	97	21	.216	3	13
Graig Nettles	22	76	17	.224	5	8
Jerry Zimmerman	24	45	5	.111	0	2
Pat Kelly	12	35	4	.114	1	2
George Mitterwald	11	34	7	.206	0	1

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Dean Chance	43	292.0	16	16	2.53	234
Jim Merritt	38	238.1	12	16	3.25	181
Jim Kaat	30	208.0	14	12	2.94	130
Dave Boswell	34	190.0	10	13	3.32	143
Buzz Stephen	2	11.1	1	1	4.76	4
César Tovar	1	1.0	0	0	0.00	1

Other pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Jim Perry	32	139.0	8	6	2.27	69
Jim Roland	28	61.2	4	1	3.50	36
Tom Hall	8	29.2	2	1	2.43	18
Ron Keller	7	16.0	0	1	1.69	11
Danny Morris	3	10.2	0	1	1.69	6

Relief pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Al Worthington	54	4	5	18	2.71	57
Ron Perranoski	66	8	7	6	3.10	65
Bob Miller	45	0	3	2	2.74	41

Farm system

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Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Denver Bears	Pacific Coast League	Johnny Goryl andBilly Martin
AA	Charlotte Hornets	Southern League	Harry Warner
A	Wilson Tobs	Carolina League	Vern Morgan
A	Orlando Twins	Florida State League	Ralph Rowe
A	Wisconsin Rapids Twins	Midwest League	Ray Bellino andTom Umphlett
A-Short Season	Auburn Twins	New York–Penn League	Boyd Coffie
A-Short Season	St. Cloud Rox	Northern League	Carroll Hardy
Rookie	GCL Twins	Gulf Coast League	Fred Waters

Notes

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^Eric Soderholm atBaseball-Reference
^"Minnesota Twins". Baseball-Reference.com. RetrievedJanuary 21, 2016.^{[permanent dead link]}

References

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Player stats from www.baseball-reference.com
Team info from www.baseball-almanac.com
Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997).The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America.ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.

v t e 1968 MLB season by team
American League	Baltimore Boston California Chicago Cleveland Detroit Minnesota New York Oakland Washington
National League	Atlanta Chicago Cincinnati Houston Los Angeles New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis San Francisco
1968 MLB draft 1968 All-Star Game 1968 World Series 1968 MLB expansion draft

Minnesota Twins

Established in1901
Formerly theWashington Senators
Based inMinneapolis, Minnesota (Twin Cities)

Franchise

Ballparks

Culture and lore

Presidential first pitch
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Little Big League
Major League: Back to the Minors
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"We're Gonna Win Twins"
"Marching On Together"
AL Central tie-breaker games
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Damn Yankees
2001 Major League Baseball contraction plan
Statue of Calvin Griffith
"And we'll see you tomorrow night!"
0-18 finally ends

Rivalries

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Key personnel

OwnerJim Pohlad
PresidentDave St. Peter
Vice president/Chief baseball officerDerek Falvey
General managerThad Levine
ManagerRocco Baldelli

World Series
championships (3)

Pennants (6)

American League:1924
1925
1933
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1987
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Division titles (13)

West: 1969; 1970; 1987; 1991
Central: 2002; 2003; 2004; 2006; 2009; 2010; 2019; 2020; 2023

Wild Card titles (1)

2017

Minor league affiliates

Selected current minor league players
Triple-A: St. Paul Saints
Double-A: Wichita Wind Surge
High-A: Cedar Rapids Kernels
Single-A: Fort Myers Mighty Mussels
Rookie: FCL Twins; DSL Twins

Seasons (126)
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