AB: 637
Hits: 197 (league leader)
Doubles: 39
(league leader)Triples: 4
Home Runs: 24
RBI: 101
BB: 45
Runs Created: 107 (9th best in AL)
K: 66
BA: .309
OBP: .355
SLG: .496
OPS: .851
OPS+: 133 (50th best in team history)
In 1969 the Minnesota Twins went 97-65 and won the American League Western Division. Tony Oliva was third in the AL with a batting average of .309, was named an All Star and finished a distant 15th in the MVP voting. Despite winning 97 games the Twins fell to the eventual World Series champions Baltimore Orioles in the League Championship Series 3-0 in games. Oliva's bat was not the problem in the ALCS. He batted .385/.429/.769 with one home run in the series. Tony Oliva's regular season OPS+ of 133 was 33% better than than the average hitter in baseball in 1969 and secures the 50th best season a Minnesota Twin has had at the plate.
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