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Starters

1B - Harmon Killebrew
2B - Rod Carew
SS - Buddy Myer
3B - Eddie Yost
C - Joe Mauer
OF - Kirby Puckett, Sam Rice, Tony Oliva
SP - Walter Johnson, Yohan Santana, Bert Blylevin, Brad Radke, Jim Kaat

Reserves

Bench - Goose Goslin (OF), Clyde Milan (OF), Bob Allison (OF/1B), Mickey Vernon (1B), Buddy Lewis (3B/OF), Joe Cronin (SS), Earl Battey (C)
Bullpen - Joe Nathan (CL), Firpo Marberry (SU), Frank Viola, Camilo Pasquel, Dutch Leonard, Jim Perry

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1871-2020 (Regular Season)
Batting and Pitching.



BATTING

Rank Nane First LYear Team LG TPEVA YRS PPYR HR RBI H AVE
1 Killebrew Harmon 1974 MIN AL 268.631 21 12.792 559 1540 2024 0.258
2 Puckett Kirby 1995 MIN AL 204.074 12 17.006 207 1085 2304 0.318
3 Mauer Joe 2018 MIN AL 188.930 15 12.595 143 923 2123 0.306
4 Rice Sam 1933 WS1 AL 180.318 19 9.490 33 1045 2889 0.323
5 Carew Rod 1978 MIN AL 156.323 12 13.027 74 733 2085 0.334
6 Oliva Tony 1976 MIN AL 155.848 15 10.390 220 947 1917 0.304
7 Yost Eddie 1958 WS1 AL 148.898 14 10.636 101 550 1521 0.253
8 Vernon Mickey 1955 WS1 AL 141.926 14 10.138 121 1026 1993 0.288
9 Goslin Goose 1938 WS1 AL 139.781 12 11.648 127 931 1659 0.323
10 Milan Clyde 1922 WS1 AL 139.763 16 8.735 17 617 2100 0.285
11 Allison Bob 1970 MIN AL 135.670 13 10.436 256 796 1281 0.255
12 Hrbek Kent 1994 MIN AL 134.078 14 9.577 293 1086 1749 0.282
13 Judge Joe 1932 WS1 AL 121.719 18 6.762 71 1001 2291 0.299
14 Myer Buddy 1941 WS1 AL 107.428 16 6.714 35 759 1828 0.303
15 Lewis Buddy 1949 WS1 AL 107.224 11 9.748 71 607 1563 0.297
16 Gaetti Gary 1990 MIN AL 102.866 10 10.287 201 758 1276 0.256
17 Spence Stan 1947 WS1 AL 99.298 5 19.860 66 427 852 0.296
18 Travis Cecil 1947 WS1 AL 97.425 12 8.119 27 657 1544 0.314
19 Cronin Joe 1934 WS1 AL 94.086 7 13.441 51 673 1090 0.304
20 Morneau Justin 2013 MIN AL 93.956 11 8.541 221 860 1318 0.278


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PITCHING

Rank Name First LYear Team LG TPEVA YRS PPYR W L SV ER IP ERA
1 Johnson Walter 1927 WS1 AL 479.881 21 22.851 417 279 34 1424 5914.7 2.17
2 Santana Johan 2007 MIN AL 153.720 8 19.215 93 44 1 468 1308.7 3.22
3 Blyleven Bert 1988 MIN AL 144.556 11 13.141 149 138 0 934 2566.7 3.28
4 Radke Brad 2006 MIN AL 130.309 12 10.859 148 139 0 1150 2451.0 4.22
5 Kaat Jim 1973 MIN AL 128.252 15 8.550 190 159 6 1118 3014.3 3.34
6 Viola Frank 1989 MIN AL 115.982 8 14.498 112 93 0 760 1772.7 3.86
7 Pascual Camilo 1966 MIN AL 110.796 13 8.523 145 141 10 1002 2465.0 3.66
8 Marberry Firpo 1936 WS1 AL 99.087 11 9.008 117 71 96 659 1654.0 3.59
9 Nathan Joe 2011 MIN AL 95.196 7 13.599 24 13 260 111 463.3 2.16
10 Leonard Dutch 1946 WS1 AL 93.004 9 10.334 118 101 2 690 1899.3 3.27
11 Perry Jim 1972 MIN AL 80.186 10 8.019 128 90 5 659 1883.3 3.15
12 Tapani Kevin 1995 MIN AL 64.625 7 9.232 75 63 0 528 1171.3 4.06
13 Crowder Alvin 1934 WS1 AL 59.546 7 8.507 98 69 12 589 1331.0 3.98
14 Aguilera Rick 1999 MIN AL 58.838 11 5.349 40 47 254 270 694.0 3.50
15 Goltz Dave 1979 MIN AL 54.265 8 6.783 96 79 3 634 1638.0 3.48
16 Ramos Pedro 1961 MIN AL 49.523 7 7.075 78 112 12 719 1544.3 4.19
17 Hadley Bump 1935 WS1 AL 48.246 7 6.892 68 71 10 575 1299.0 3.98
18 Berrios Jose 2020 MIN AL 47.859 5 9.572 48 38 0 307 659.7 4.19
19 Erickson Scott 1995 MIN AL 47.705 6 7.951 61 60 0 459 979.3 4.22
20 Gibson Kyle 2019 MIN AL 46.476 7 6.639 67 68 0 546 1087.0 4.52

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    PEVA Scale

    64.000 - Maximum
    32.000 - Cy Young/MVP Candidate
    20.000 - All League
    15.000 - All-Star Level
    10.000 - Very Good
    3.500 - Average
    0.200 - Minimum


Notes: Photo/Image Credits: Walter Johnson, Washington Senators scene in stands; Library of Congress. Joe Mauer, Target Field; Wikipedia Commons.

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