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2008 Minnesota Twins (Franchise Encyclopedia: 2007)
88-75, 2nd place in AL Central Division
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Scored 829 runs, Allowed 745 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 89-74
Managed by Ron Gardenhire

Ballpark: Hubert H Humphrey Metrodome (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 2,302,431 (8th of 14)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 93, Pitching - 93
  (one-year): Batting - 94, Pitching - 94
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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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  *Joe Mauer           25  146  536   98  176  31  4   9   85  84   50  .328  .413  .451   1   1  21   1   1  11   8  137
1B *Justin Morneau      27  163  623   97  187  47  4  23  129  76   85  .300  .374  .499   0   1  20   3   0  10  16  137
2B #Alexi Casilla       23   98  385   58  108  15  0   7   50  31   45  .281  .333  .374   7   2   7   2  13   6   0   94
3B *Brian Buscher       27   70  218   29   64   9  0   4   47  19   42  .294  .340  .390   0   2   6   0   0   7   0  100
SS #Nick Punto          30   99  338   43   96  19  4   2   28  32   57  .284  .344  .382  15   6  10   0   5   2   1   99
LF  Delmon Young        22  152  575   80  167  28  4  10   69  35  105  .290  .336  .405  14   5  19   7   1   5   7  102
CF  Carlos Gomez        22  153  577   79  149  24  7   7   59  25  142  .258  .296  .360  33  11   7   7   3   2   0   79
RF *Denard Span         24   93  347   70  102  16  7   6   47  50   60  .294  .387  .432  18   7   3   4   8   2   3  125
DH *Jason Kubel         26  141  463   74  126  22  5  20   78  47   91  .272  .335  .471   0   1  12   0   0   7   2  118
    Brendan Harris      27  130  434   57  115  29  3   7   49  39   98  .265  .327  .394   1   1  13   4   7   6   0   97
    Michael Cuddyer     29   71  249   30   62  13  4   3   36  25   40  .249  .330  .369   5   1   7   5   0   0   4   92
   *Mike Lamb           32   81  236   20   55  12  3   1   32  17   32  .233  .276  .322   0   1   3   0   0   8   4   63
    Craig Monroe        31   58  163   22   33   9  0   8   29  16   48  .202  .274  .405   0   1   3   0   0   0   1   83
    Mike Redmond        37   38  129   14   37   6  0   0   12   5   11  .287  .321  .333   0   0   5   2   0   1   0   80
    Adam Everett        31   48  127   19   27   6  1   2   20  12   15  .213  .278  .323   0   0   0   1   6   4   1   64
   #Matt Tolbert        26   41  113   18   32   6  3   0    6   7   19  .283  .322  .389   7   1   5   0   2   1   0   94
    Randy Ruiz          30   22   62   13   17   2  0   1    7   6   21  .274  .338  .355   0   0   1   0   0   0   1   91
    Matt Macri          26   18   34    3   11   1  0   1    4   2   10  .324  .361  .441   1   1   0   0   0   0   0  119
   *Howie Clark         34    4    8    0    2   2  0   0    1   0    2  .250  .250  .500   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   99
   *Jason Pridie        24   10    4    3    0   0  0   0    0   1    1  .000  .200  .000   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  -39
    Ryan Jorgensen      29    2    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100

    Kevin Slowey        24    4    8    1    2   1  0   0    2   0    1  .250  .250  .375   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   69
    Nick Blackburn      26    1    3    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    0  .333  .333  .333   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   84
   *Glen Perkins        25    2    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    3  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   1   0   0 -100
    Scott Baker         26    2    2    1    1   0  0   0    0   0    1  .500  .500  .500   0   0   0   0   3   0   0  176
    Livan Hernandez     33    1    2    0    1   0  0   0    1   0    0  .500  .500  .500   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  176
    Bobby Korecky       28    2    1    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    0 1.000 1.000 1.000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  452
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 26.2  163 5641  829 1572 298 49 111  791 529  979  .279  .340  .408 102  42 142  36  52  72  48  104
    Rank among 14 AL teams         3    3    2   7  1  14       10   12     3     4    10   5   3      14            
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        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.

Team Pitching Glossary

    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  Nick Blackburn      26  33   4.05  11  11  0  33   0   0   0  193.3  224  102   87  23   39   96  823   2   7  0   4 100
SP  Scott Baker         26  28   3.45  11   4  0  28   0   0   0  172.3  161   66   66  20   42  141  703   6   3  0   2 118
SP  Kevin Slowey        24  27   3.99  12  11  0  27   0   3   2  160.3  161   74   71  22   24  123  653   1   4  0   1 102
SP *Glen Perkins        25  26   4.41  12   4  0  26   0   0   0  151.0  183   81   74  25   39   74  661   2   3  1   0  92
SP  Livan Hernandez     33  23   5.48  10   8  0  23   0   2   0  139.7  199   93   85  18   29   54  627   2   1  1   3  74
SP *Francisco Liriano   24  14   3.91   6   4  0  14   0   0   0   76.0   74   40   33   7   32   67  329   3   1  0   1 104

CL  Joe Nathan          33  68   1.33   1   2 39   0  57   0   0   67.7   43   13   10   5   18   74  261   2   2  0   4 305
RP  Matt Guerrier       29  76   5.19   6   9  1   0  15   0   0   76.3   84   47   44  12   37   59  344   2   0  0   9  78
RP *Dennys Reyes        31  75   2.33   3   0  0   0  16   0   0   46.3   40   12   12   4   15   39  188   5   2  0   2 174
RP  Jesse Crain         26  66   3.59   5   4  0   0  14   0   0   62.7   62   29   25   6   24   50  268   2   1  0   3 113
RP  Brian Bass          26  44   4.87   3   4  1   0  14   0   0   68.3   84   42   37  11   22   32  303   4   3  0   3  83

    Boof Bonser         26  47   5.93   3   7  0  12   9   0   0  118.3  139   87   78  16   36   97  532   6   1  1   1  68
   *Craig Breslow       27  42   1.63   0   2  1   0  10   0   0   38.7   24    9    7   0   14   32  149   4   0  1   2 249
    Juan Rincon         29  24   6.11   2   2  0   0   6   0   0   28.0   33   21   19   5   16   20  133   3   2  0   2  66
    Bobby Korecky       28  16   4.58   2   0  0   0   9   0   0   17.7   19    9    9   2    8    6   74   0   0  0   0  88
    Pat Neshek          27  15   4.73   0   1  0   0   3   0   0   13.3   12    7    7   2    4   15   56   0   0  0   1  86
    Philip Humber       25   5   4.63   0   0  0   0   2   0   0   11.7   11    6    6   4    5    6   50   0   1  0   0  88
   *Jose Mijares        23  10   0.87   0   1  0   0   3   0   0   10.3    3    1    1   0    0    5   34   1   0  0   0 465
   *Eddie Guardado      37   9   7.71   1   1  0   0   0   0   0    7.0   12    6    6   1    2    5   33   0   0  0   0  53
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.5 163   4.18  88  75 42 163 158   5   2 1459.0 1568  745  677 183  406  995 6221  45  31  4  38  97
    Rank among 14 AL teams          7   6   9  6           6   4      1   13    8       13    1   10
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
                        Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+

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

Team Fielding Glossary League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- JMauer 1203 135 139 831 52 3 1 .997 4 51 29 MRedmond 253 28 30 180 9 0 2 1.000 0 18 5 RJorgensen 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1459 163 163 1012 61 3 3 .997 4 0 69 34 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .994 *9.26 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JMorneau 1363 155 155 1316 89 4 149 .997 9.27 MLamb 52 5 9 46 8 0 4 1.000 9.29 MCuddyer 18 2 2 22 1 1 5 .958 11.50 BBuscher 14 1 6 13 0 0 1 1.000 8.36 HClark 5 0 2 3 1 0 0 1.000 7.20 BHarris 3 0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.00 MMacri 3 0 2 3 0 0 1 1.000 9.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1459 163 163 1404 100 5 160 .997 9.28 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 *5.01 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- ACasilla 833 94 95 196 247 12 71 .974 4.78 BHarris 319 37 39 56 101 5 24 .969 4.42 NPunto 215 23 26 54 79 2 18 .985 5.55 MTolbert 75 8 11 15 30 1 7 .978 5.40 MMacri 10 1 2 1 6 0 1 1.000 6.30 HClark 3 0 1 0 2 0 1 1.000 6.00 BBuscher 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 AEverett 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1459 163 163 322 465 20 122 .975 4.85 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .958 *2.74 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BBuscher 519 60 64 37 113 10 9 .937 2.60 MLamb 458 51 55 41 88 4 8 .970 2.53 BHarris 256 28 34 18 48 2 4 .971 2.32 MTolbert 89 9 17 9 24 4 4 .892 3.33 MMacri 64 8 11 3 14 1 3 .944 2.38 NPunto 63 6 12 3 16 0 1 1.000 2.71 HClark 8 1 1 3 2 0 1 1.000 5.62 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1459 163 163 114 305 21 30 .952 2.58 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 *4.39 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- NPunto 530 60 61 103 187 8 46 .973 4.92 BHarris 464 51 55 84 159 6 42 .976 4.71 AEverett 364 41 44 61 145 7 30 .967 5.09 MTolbert 90 10 14 14 26 1 4 .976 4.00 ACasilla 10 1 2 2 3 0 0 1.000 4.50 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1459 163 163 264 520 22 122 .973 4.84 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 *2.05 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DYoung 1324 147 151 282 11 8 2 .973 1.99 JKubel 130 16 18 24 1 2 1 .926 1.73 JPridie 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 CMonroe 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1459 163 163 306 12 10 3 .970 1.96 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .989 *2.71 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CGomez 1271 143 151 436 9 8 4 .982 3.15 DSpan 116 13 19 34 1 1 0 .972 2.70 CMonroe 56 6 7 13 1 0 1 1.000 2.22 MCuddyer 8 1 1 3 1 0 1 1.000 4.50 NPunto 6 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1459 163 163 487 12 9 6 .982 3.08 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 *2.15 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DSpan 686 77 85 192 5 3 2 .985 2.58 MCuddyer 501 57 58 123 6 1 4 .992 2.31 JKubel 238 26 32 74 1 1 0 .987 2.83 CMonroe 25 3 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 JPridie 7 0 3 3 0 1 0 .750 3.86 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1459 163 163 397 12 6 6 .986 2.52 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .952 *1.60 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- NBlackburn 193 33 33 14 22 0 4 1.000 1.68 SBaker 172 28 28 10 11 1 2 .955 1.10 KSlowey 160 27 27 7 18 1 1 .962 1.40 GPerkins 151 26 26 2 25 1 0 .964 1.61 LHernandez 139 23 23 7 22 1 0 .967 1.87 BBonser 118 12 47 6 16 3 2 .880 1.67 MGuerrier 76 0 76 5 10 1 0 .937 1.77 FLiriano 76 14 14 2 11 0 0 1.000 1.54 BBass 68 0 44 9 14 0 0 1.000 3.03 JNathan 67 0 68 3 6 1 1 .900 1.20 JCrain 62 0 66 1 10 3 2 .786 1.58 DReyes 46 0 75 1 7 0 0 1.000 1.56 CBreslow 38 0 42 1 11 0 0 1.000 2.79 JRincon 28 0 24 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.64 BKorecky 17 0 16 1 5 0 1 1.000 3.05 PNeshek 13 0 15 0 3 0 0 1.000 2.03 PHumber 11 0 5 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.54 JMijares 10 0 10 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.75 EGuardado 7 0 9 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1459 163 163 71 195 12 13 .957 1.64 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Des. Hitter G ------------+--- JKubel 77 CMonroe 35 RRuiz 15 JMorneau 8 MCuddyer 5 MLamb 4 JMauer 4 MRedmond 4 BBuscher 1 BHarris 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 Mauer .328

On-base % Mauer .413

Slugging % Morneau .499

OPS Morneau .873

Games Morneau 163

At Bats Morneau 623

Plate Appearances (approx.) Morneau 712

Runs Mauer 98

Hits Morneau 187

Total Bases Morneau 311

Doubles Morneau 47

Triples Gomez and Span 7

Home Runs Morneau 23

RBI Morneau 129

Bases on Balls Mauer 84

Strikeouts Gomez 142

Stolen Bases Gomez 33

Singles Mauer 132

Adjusted OPS+ Mauer and Morneau 137

Runs Created Morneau 114

Adjusted Batting Runs Morneau 36

Batting Wins Morneau 3.4

Extra-Base Hits Morneau 74

Times on Base Morneau 266

Offensive Win% Mauer .644

Hit By Pitch Gomez and Young 7

Sac. Hits Casilla 13

Sac. Flies Mauer 11

Intentional Walks Morneau 16

Grounded into Double Plays Mauer 21

Caught Stealing Gomez 11

Power/Speed Number Young 11.7

At Bats per Strikeout Mauer 10.7

At Bats per Home Run Kubel 23.2

Outs Morneau 467

Pitching Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

ERA Baker 3.45

Wins Perkins and Slowey 12

Won-Loss % Perkins .750

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Baker 1.178

Hits Allowed/9IP Baker 8.41

Bases on Balls/9IP Blackburn 1.82

Strikeouts/9IP Baker 7.36

Games Guerrier 76

Saves Nathan 39

Innings Blackburn 193.3

Strikeouts Baker 141

Games Started Blackburn 33

Comp. Games Slowey 3

Shutouts Slowey 2

Home Runs Allow. Perkins 25

Bases On Balls Allow. Baker 42

Hits Allowed Blackburn 224

SO to Walk Baker 3.36

Losses Blackburn and Slowey 11

Earned Runs Allow. Blackburn 87

Wild Pitches Baker and Bonser 6

Hit Batsmen Blackburn 7

Batters Faced Blackburn 823

Games Finished Nathan 57

Adjusted ERA+ Baker 118

Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

Salaries

Justin Morneau $ 8,400,000

Joe Mauer $ 6,250,000

Joe Nathan $ 6,000,000

Michael Cuddyer $ 5,916,666

Livan Hernandez $ 5,000,000

Craig Monroe $ 3,820,000

Mike Lamb $ 3,500,000

Adam Everett $ 2,800,000

Juan Rincon $ 2,475,000

Nick Punto $ 2,400,000

Eddie Guardado $ 2,000,000

Delmon Young $ 1,440,000

Jason Kubel $ 1,300,000

Jesse Crain $ 1,050,000

Dennys Reyes $ 1,000,000

Matt Guerrier $ 950,000

Mike Redmond $ 950,000

Pat Neshek $ 435,000

Boof Bonser $ 432,500

Brendan Harris $ 431,100

Scott Baker $ 422,500

Carlos Gomez $ 395,000

Kevin Slowey $ 395,000

Craig Breslow $ 392,000

Brian Bass $ 390,000

Nick Blackburn $ 390,000

Matt Tolbert $ 390,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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