Some of the best Twins we saw at Metropolitan Stadium

Baseball was fun to watch at Metropolitan Stadium from 1961-1981 and a lot of MLB and Minnesota Twins “greats” played there. Here is a short list of some of the Twins leaders in some hitting and pitching categories. Keep in mind these are stats accumulated only while playing at Met Stadium.

Games played – Harmon Killebrew-963, Tony Oliva-842, Rod Carew-817

Hits – Rod Carew-1,046, Tony Oliva-935, Harmon Killebrew-844

Runs – Harmon Killebrew-535, Rod Carew-494, Tony Oliva-443

Doubles – Tony Oliva-161, Rod Carew-148, Harmon Killebrew-112

Triples – Rod Carew-47, Cesar Tovar-31, Tony Oliva & Zoilo Versalles-28

Home Runs – Harmon Killebrew-244, Bob Allison-97, Tony Oliva-95

RBI – Harmon Killebrew-701, Tony Oliva-433, Rod Carew-385

Stolen Bases – Rod Carew-148, Cesar Tovar-100, Tony Oliva-47

Batting Avg. (Min 200 games) – Rod Carew -.341, Lyman Bostock -.314, Tony Oliva -.304

OBP (Min 200 games) – Rod Carew – .403, Steve Braun – .401, Harmon Killebrew – .390

Total Bases – Harmon Killebrew – 1,702, Tony Oliva – 1,437, Rod Carew – .1,393

Innings pitched – Jim Kaat – 1,508, Jim Perry – 1,020, Bert Blyleven – 865

Games won – Jim Kaat – 93, Jim Perry – 74, Dave Goltz – 54

ERA (Min 200 Innings) – Al Worthington – 2.67, Bert Blyleven – 2.69, Jim Perry – 2.74

Games started – Jim Kaat – 217, Jim Perry – 128, Bert Blyleven – 111

Games finished – Al Worthington – 108, Bill Campbell – 91, Ron Perranoski -81

Complete games – Jim Kaat – 65, Dave Goltz – 52, Bert Blyleven – 50

Shutouts – Bert Blyleven -12, Jim Perry & Camilo Pascual – 9, Jim Kaat – 8

Saves – Al Worthington – 42, Ron Perranoski – 39, Bill Campbell – 23

Home runs allowed – Jim Kaat – 151, Jim Perry – 83, Dave Goltz – 65

Strikeouts – Jim Kaat – 941, Bert Blyleven – 729, Jim Perry – 544