1978 Minnesota Twins Statistics

1977 Season 1979 Season

Record: 73-89-0, Finished 4th in AL_West (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Gene Mauch (73-89)

Farm Director: George Brophy

Ballpark: Metropolitan Stadium

Attendance: 787,878 (13th of 14)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 102
One-year: Batting - 95, Pitching - 95

Pythagorean W-L: 80-82, 666 Runs, 678 Runs Allowed

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162. Oct 1, MIN (73-89) lost to KCR, 0-1

Top 12 Players

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Team Batting

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Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	C	Butch Wynegar#	22	135	522	454	36	104	22	1	4	45	1	0	47	42	.229	.307	.308	.616	73	140	7	6	11	4	2
2	1B	Rod Carew*	32	152	651	564	85	188	26	10	5	70	27	7	78	62	.333	.411	.441	.853	139	249	18	1	2	6	19
3	2B	Bob Randall	30	119	375	330	36	89	11	3	0	21	5	3	24	22	.270	.329	.321	.650	83	106	7	6	13	2	0
4	SS	Roy Smalley#	25	158	702	586	80	160	31	3	19	77	2	8	85	70	.273	.362	.433	.796	122	254	16	1	23	7	3
5	3B	Mike Cubbage*	27	125	444	394	40	111	12	7	7	57	3	1	40	44	.282	.348	.401	.749	109	158	7	1	7	2	3
6	LF	Willie Norwood	27	125	471	428	56	109	22	3	8	46	25	10	28	64	.255	.301	.376	.677	88	161	15	3	6	6	0
7	CF	Dan Ford	26	151	654	592	78	162	36	10	11	82	7	7	48	88	.274	.332	.424	.756	110	251	15	5	6	3	6
8	RF	Hosken Powell*	23	121	437	381	55	94	20	2	3	31	11	5	45	31	.247	.323	.333	.657	84	127	5	0	7	4	1
9	DH	Glenn Adams*	30	116	332	310	27	80	18	1	7	35	0	1	17	32	.258	.297	.390	.687	91	121	10	0	2	0	0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
10	RF	Bombo Rivera	25	101	295	251	35	68	8	2	3	23	5	3	35	47	.271	.362	.355	.717	101	89	3	2	5	2	1
11	3B	Larry Wolfe	25	88	277	235	25	55	10	1	3	25	0	1	36	27	.234	.332	.323	.656	84	76	8	0	3	3	0
12	DH	José Morales	33	101	273	242	22	76	13	1	2	38	0	1	20	35	.314	.363	.401	.764	114	97	10	1	6	4	3
13	2B	Rob Wilfong*	24	92	235	199	23	53	8	0	1	11	8	4	19	27	.266	.336	.322	.658	85	64	1	2	15	0	1
14	DH	Craig Kusick	29	77	233	191	23	33	3	2	4	20	3	2	37	38	.173	.305	.272	.577	63	52	8	1	0	4	2
15	LF	Rich Chiles*	28	87	225	198	22	53	12	0	1	22	1	2	20	25	.268	.333	.343	.677	90	68	9	2	0	5	2
16	C	Glenn Borgmann	28	49	147	123	16	26	4	1	3	15	0	0	18	17	.211	.306	.333	.639	79	41	0	0	3	3	0
17	OF	Dave Edwards	24	15	53	44	7	11	3	0	1	3	1	1	7	13	.250	.377	.386	.764	114	17	0	2	0	0	0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
18	P	Paul Thormodsgard	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
19	P	Gary Serum	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
20	P	Jeff Holly*	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
21	P	Greg Thayer	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
22	P	Dave Johnson	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
23	P	Darrell Jackson#	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
24	P	Roger Erickson	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
25	P	Stan Perzanowski#	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
26	P	Tom Johnson	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
27	P	John Sutton	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
28	P	Mac Scarce*	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
29	P	Pete Redfern	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
30	P	Dave Goltz	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
31	P	Geoff Zahn*	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
32	P	Roric Harrison	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
33	P	Mike Marshall	35	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	27.0	162	6326	5522	666	1472	259	47	82	621	99	56	604	684	.267	.339	.375	.714	100	2071	139	33	109	55	43
		Rank in 14 AL teams				5	8	5	4	2	14		5	7	2	5	4	1	10	7		7		3		5
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB

Team Pitching

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Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	SP	Roger Erickson	21	14	13	.519	3.96	37	37	0	14	0	0	265.2	268	129	117	19	79	1	121	8	3	8	1120	97	3.59	1.306	9.1	0.6	2.7	4.1	1.53
2	SP	Geoff Zahn*	32	14	14	.500	3.03	35	35	0	12	1	0	252.1	260	101	85	18	81	2	106	4	0	7	1056	127	3.68	1.351	9.3	0.6	2.9	3.8	1.31
3	SP	Dave Goltz	29	15	10	.600	2.49	29	29	0	13	2	0	220.1	209	72	61	12	67	1	116	1	1	4	913	155	3.17	1.253	8.5	0.5	2.7	4.7	1.73
4	SP	Gary Serum	21	9	9	.500	4.10	34	23	4	6	1	1	184.1	188	88	84	14	44	2	80	3	3	5	774	94	3.47	1.259	9.2	0.7	2.1	3.9	1.82
5	SP	Darrell Jackson*	22	4	6	.400	4.48	19	15	1	1	1	0	92.1	89	53	46	9	48	1	54	2	4	3	404	86	4.31	1.484	8.7	0.9	4.7	5.3	1.13
6	SP	Paul Thormodsgard	24	1	6	.143	5.05	12	12	0	1	0	0	66.0	81	40	37	7	17	0	23	1	0	3	286	77	4.09	1.485	11.0	1.0	2.3	3.1	1.35
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
7	CL	Mike Marshall	35	10	12	.455	2.45	54	0	51	0	0	21	99.0	80	31	27	3	37	1	56	1	0	2	404	158	3.00	1.182	7.3	0.3	3.4	5.1	1.51
8	RP	Greg Thayer	28	1	1	.500	3.80	20	0	12	0	0	0	45.0	40	19	19	5	30	1	30	3	1	1	194	102	4.90	1.556	8.0	1.0	6.0	6.0	1.00
9	RP	John Sutton	25	0	0		3.45	17	0	8	0	0	0	44.1	46	19	17	3	15	3	18	1	0	5	191	113	3.74	1.376	9.3	0.6	3.0	3.7	1.20
10	RP	Tom Johnson	27	1	4	.200	5.51	18	0	14	0	0	3	32.2	42	22	20	2	17	4	21	2	1	2	155	71	3.84	1.806	11.6	0.6	4.7	5.8	1.24
11	RP	Mac Scarce*	29	1	1	.500	3.94	17	0	5	0	0	0	32.0	35	19	14	5	15	0	17	3	0	2	143	99	5.24	1.563	9.8	1.4	4.2	4.8	1.13
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
12		Stan Perzanowski	27	2	7	.222	5.24	13	7	4	1	0	1	56.2	59	37	33	1	26	0	31	4	0	2	252	74	3.31	1.500	9.4	0.2	4.1	4.9	1.19
13		Jeff Holly*	25	1	1	.500	3.57	15	1	6	0	0	0	35.1	28	15	14	1	18	3	12	0	1	3	150	109	3.80	1.302	7.1	0.3	4.6	3.1	0.67
14		Roric Harrison	31	0	1	.000	7.50	9	0	5	0	0	0	12.0	18	10	10	0	11	0	7	0	0	1	64	53	4.17	2.417	13.5	0.0	8.3	5.3	0.64
15		Dave Johnson	29	0	2	.000	7.50	6	1	4	0	0	0	12.0	15	11	10	1	9	0	7	0	0	3	58	53	4.75	2.000	11.3	0.8	6.8	5.3	0.78
16		Pete Redfern	23	0	2	.000	6.52	3	2	0	0	0	0	9.2	10	12	7	2	6	0	4	0	0	0	44	62	6.31	1.655	9.3	1.9	5.6	3.7	0.67
		Team Totals	26.4	73	89	.451	3.69	162	162	114	48	5	26	1459.2	1468	678	599	102	520	19	703	33	14	51	6208	104	3.67	1.362	9.1	0.6	3.2	4.3	1.35
		Rank in 14 AL teams		9	6		10				7	10	8	3	11	9	10	2	8		10
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W