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1978 Minnesota Twins (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1977/1979) 73-89, Finished 4th in AL Western Division View League Standings and Leaders Scored 666 runs, Allowed 678 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 80-82 Managed by Gene Mauch Ballpark: Metropolitan Stadium (ballparks.com) Attendance: 787,878 (13th of 14) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 102, Pitching - 102   (one-year): Batting - 95, Pitching - 95   Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers. BR Bullpen: Minor League Affiliates BaseballAmerica.com: Team Executives Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniforms News & Views: ThinkFactory, BallHype, ArmchairGM BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1978 Stats (1977/1979) / Schedule / Transactions / Lineups / Batting Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / Gamelogs: Bat / Pitch / Amateur Draft

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Team Batting    Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C  #Butch Wynegar       22  135  454   36  104  22  1   4   45  47   42  .229  .307  .308   1   0   7   6  11   4   2   73
1B *Rod Carew           32  152  564   85  188  26 10   5   70  78   62  .333  .411  .441  27   7  18   1   2   6  19  139
2B  Bob Randall         30  119  330   36   89  11  3   0   21  24   22  .270  .329  .321   5   3   7   6  13   2   0   83
3B *Mike Cubbage        27  125  394   40  111  12  7   7   57  40   44  .282  .348  .401   3   1   7   1   7   2   3  109
SS #Roy Smalley         25  158  586   80  160  31  3  19   77  85   70  .273  .362  .433   2   8  16   1  23   7   3  122
LF  Willie Norwood      27  125  428   56  109  22  3   8   46  28   64  .255  .301  .376  25  10  15   3   6   6   0   88
CF  Dan Ford            26  151  592   78  162  36 10  11   82  48   88  .274  .332  .424   7   7  15   5   6   3   6  110
RF *Hosken Powell       23  121  381   55   94  20  2   3   31  45   31  .247  .323  .333  11   5   5   0   7   4   1   84
DH *Glenn Adams         30  116  310   27   80  18  1   7   35  17   32  .258  .297  .390   0   1  10   0   2   0   0   91
    Bombo Rivera        25  101  251   35   68   8  2   3   23  35   47  .271  .362  .355   5   3   3   2   5   2   1  101
    Jose Morales        33  101  242   22   76  13  1   2   38  20   35  .314  .363  .401   0   1  10   1   6   4   3  114
    Larry Wolfe         25   88  235   25   55  10  1   3   25  36   27  .234  .332  .323   0   1   8   0   3   3   0   84
   *Rob Wilfong         24   92  199   23   53   8  0   1   11  19   27  .266  .336  .322   8   4   1   2  15   0   1   85
   *Rich Chiles         28   87  198   22   53  12  0   1   22  20   25  .268  .333  .343   1   2   9   2   0   5   2   90
    Craig Kusick        29   77  191   23   33   3  2   4   20  37   38  .173  .305  .272   3   2   8   1   0   4   2   63
    Glenn Borgmann      28   49  123   16   26   4  1   3   15  18   17  .211  .306  .333   0   0   0   0   3   3   0   79
    Dave Edwards        24   15   44    7   11   3  0   1    3   7   13  .250  .377  .386   1   1   0   2   0   0   0  114
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.0  162 5522  666 1472 259 47  82  621 604  684  .267  .339  .375  99  56 139  33 109  55  43  100
    Rank among 14 AL teams         5    8    5   4  2  14        2   10     4     1    10   5   8                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Roger Erickson      21  37   3.96  14  13  0  37   0  14   0  265.7  268  129  117  19   79  121 1120   8   8  3   1  97
SP *Geoff Zahn          32  35   3.03  14  14  0  35   0  12   1  252.3  260  101   85  18   81  106 1056   7   4  0   2 127
SP  Dave Goltz          29  29   2.49  15  10  0  29   0  13   2  220.3  209   72   61  12   67  116  913   4   1  1   1 155
SP  Gary Serum          21  34   4.10   9   9  1  23   4   6   1  184.3  188   88   84  14   44   80  774   5   3  3   2  94
SP *Darrell Jackson     22  19   4.48   4   6  0  15   1   1   1   92.3   89   53   46   9   48   54  404   3   2  4   1  86
SP  Paul Thormodsgard   24  12   5.05   1   6  0  12   0   1   0   66.0   81   40   37   7   17   23  286   3   1  0   0  76
SP  Stan Perzanowski    27  13   5.24   2   7  1   7   4   1   0   56.7   59   37   33   1   26   31  252   2   4  0   0  74

CL  Mike Marshall       35  54   2.45  10  12 21   0  51   0   0   99.0   80   31   27   3   37   56  404   2   1  0   1 157
RP  Greg Thayer         28  20   3.80   1   1  0   0  12   0   0   45.0   40   19   19   5   30   30  194   1   3  1   1 101
RP  Tom Johnson         27  18   5.51   1   4  3   0  14   0   0   32.7   42   22   20   2   17   21  155   2   2  1   4  70
RP *Mac Scarce          29  17   3.94   1   1  0   0   5   0   0   32.0   35   19   14   5   15   17  143   2   3  0   0  98
RP  John Sutton         25  17   3.45   0   0  0   0   8   0   0   44.3   46   19   17   3   15   18  191   5   1  0   3 112

   *Jeff Holly          25  15   3.57   1   1  0   1   6   0   0   35.3   28   15   14   1   18   12  150   3   0  1   3 108
    Dave Johnson        29   6   7.50   0   2  0   1   4   0   0   12.0   15   11   10   1    9    7   58   3   0  0   0  51
    Roric Harrison      31   9   7.50   0   1  0   0   5   0   0   12.0   18   10   10   0   11    7   64   1   0  0   0  51
    Pete Redfern        23   3   6.52   0   2  0   2   0   0   0    9.7   10   12    7   2    6    4   44   0   0  0   0  59
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 26.5 162   3.69  73  89 26 162 114  48   9 1459.0 1468  678  598 102  520  703 6208  51  33 14  19 104
    Rank among 14 AL teams         10   9   6  8           7  10      3   11    9        2    8   10

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- BWynegar 1105 121 131 582 70 8 12 .988 6 37 71 57 GBorgmann 353 41 46 185 20 2 6 .990 0 13 20 19 JMorales 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 1 1 0 0 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1459 162 162 767 90 10 18 .988 7 51 91 76 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 *10.05 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RCarew 1263 138 148 1362 105 16 134 .989 10.45 CKusick 191 24 27 213 22 3 14 .987 11.03 JMorales 5 0 1 1 2 0 0 1.000 5.40 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1459 162 162 1576 129 19 148 .989 10.52 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 *5.47 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BRandall 860 93 116 231 345 10 81 .983 6.03 RWilfong 583 69 80 152 196 5 37 .986 5.37 MCubbage 11 0 5 4 4 0 1 1.000 6.55 RCarew 5 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1459 162 162 388 545 15 119 .984 5.76 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 *3.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- MCubbage 874 100 115 65 233 9 24 .971 3.07 LWolfe 580 62 81 60 143 10 9 .953 3.15 BRandall 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 BWynegar 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1459 162 162 125 376 19 33 .963 3.09 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .964 *4.92 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RSmalley 1408 157 157 287 527 25 121 .970 5.20 LWolfe 51 5 7 6 20 2 2 .929 4.59 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1459 162 162 293 547 27 123 .969 5.18 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 *2.21 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- WNorwood 806 91 101 200 7 14 1 .937 2.31 RChiles 431 54 60 109 3 4 0 .966 2.33 BRivera 96 3 32 30 3 0 0 1.000 3.09 DEdwards 62 7 10 15 1 1 0 .941 2.32 CKusick 58 7 9 15 0 1 0 .937 2.30 GAdams 3 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00 JMorales 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 RCarew 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1459 162 162 371 14 20 1 .951 2.37 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 *2.97 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DFord 1292 143 146 370 6 9 2 .977 2.62 WNorwood 119 13 14 24 0 0 0 1.000 1.82 DEdwards 48 6 7 20 2 1 1 .957 4.12 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1459 162 162 414 8 10 3 .977 2.60 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 *2.24 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- HPowell 896 99 117 219 9 4 2 .983 2.29 BRivera 508 57 72 133 2 3 0 .978 2.39 DFord 27 4 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 WNorwood 21 2 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.71 GAdams 4 0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 6.75 RChiles 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1459 162 162 362 11 7 2 .982 2.30 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 *2.47 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- DFord 1319 147 149 376 6 9 2 .977 2.61 WNorwood 946 106 115 227 7 14 1 .944 2.23 HPowell 896 99 117 219 9 4 2 .983 2.29 BRivera 604 60 94 162 5 3 0 .982 2.49 RChiles 434 54 61 108 3 4 0 .965 2.30 DEdwards 110 13 15 35 3 2 1 .950 3.11 CKusick 58 7 9 15 0 1 0 .937 2.30 GAdams 7 0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 6.43 JMorales 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 RCarew 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1459 162 162 1147 33 37 6 .970 2.43 162 162 162 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 *1.90 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RErickson 265 37 37 13 44 5 3 .919 1.93 GZahn 252 35 35 9 41 2 2 .962 1.78 DGoltz 220 29 29 24 28 2 2 .963 2.12 GSerum 184 23 34 17 25 0 2 1.000 2.05 MMarshall 99 0 54 9 19 1 1 .966 2.55 DJackson 92 15 19 1 13 3 1 .824 1.37 PThormodsga 66 12 12 3 9 2 0 .857 1.64 SPerzanowsk 56 7 13 3 11 1 1 .933 2.22 GThayer 45 0 20 0 7 0 0 1.000 1.40 JSutton 44 0 17 2 6 2 0 .800 1.63 JHolly 35 1 15 0 8 0 0 1.000 2.04 TJohnson 32 0 18 0 6 0 0 1.000 1.65 MScarce 32 0 17 0 2 1 0 .667 0.56 DJohnson 12 1 6 2 1 0 0 1.000 2.25 RHarrison 12 0 9 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 PRedfern 9 2 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 2.78 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1459 162 162 83 223 19 12 .942 1.89 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Des. Hitter G ------------+--- GAdams 101 JMorales 77 CKusick 35 RChiles 8 WNorwood 6 RWilfong 5 GBorgmann 1 DFord 1 BRandall 1 BRivera 1 ------------+---

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.
* indicates Innings Played rather than Games Played was used in Range Factor (RnF) calculations. Team Totals for Innings Played are Innings Pitched by the team's pitchers.

Team Leaders
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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders Batting Average Carew .333 On-base % Carew .411 Slugging % Carew .441 OPS Carew .852 Games Smalley 158 At Bats Ford 592 Plate Appearances (approx.) Smalley 702 Runs Carew 85 Hits Carew 188 Total Bases Smalley 254 Doubles Ford 36 Triples Carew and Ford 10 Home Runs Smalley 19 RBI Ford 82 Bases on Balls Smalley 85 Strikeouts Ford 88 Stolen Bases Carew 27 Singles Carew 147 Adjusted OPS+ Carew 139 Runs Created Carew 105 Adjusted Batting Runs Carew 33 Batting Wins Carew 3.3 Extra-Base Hits Ford 57 Times on Base Carew 267 Offensive Win% Carew .700 Hit By Pitch Randall and Wynegar 6 Sac. Hits Smalley 23 Sac. Flies Smalley 7 Intentional Walks Carew 19 Grounded into Double Plays Carew 18 Caught Stealing Norwood 10 Power/Speed Number Norwood 12.1 At Bats per Strikeout Wynegar 10.8 At Bats per Home Run Smalley 30.8 Outs Smalley 480

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Goltz 2.49 Wins Goltz 15 Won-Loss % Goltz .600 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Goltz 1.253 Hits Allowed/9IP Goltz 8.54 Bases on Balls/9IP Serum 2.15 Strikeouts/9IP Goltz 4.74 Games Marshall 54 Saves Marshall 21 Innings Erickson 265.7 Strikeouts Erickson 121 Games Started Erickson 37 Comp. Games Erickson 14 Shutouts Goltz 2 Home Runs Allow. Erickson 19 Bases On Balls Allow. Zahn 81 Hits Allowed Erickson 268 SO to Walk Serum 1.82 Losses Zahn 14 Earned Runs Allow. Erickson 117 Wild Pitches Erickson 8 Hit Batsmen Erickson 8 Batters Faced Erickson 1120 Games Finished Marshall 51 Adjusted ERA+ Goltz 155

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