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1978 Minnesota Twins

1978 > Class Major League > 1978 American League (West)
Overall: 73-89
Scored 666 runs, Allowed 678 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 80-82

Affiliation: none or n/a
Manager: Gene Mauch
Represented: Minneapolis, MN
Ballpark: Metropolitan Stadium (Bloomington, MN)
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1977 / 1979

Team Batting

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer
Rk Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 Glenn Adams* 30 116 329 310 27 80 18 1 7 35 0 1 17 32 .258 .297 .390 .687 121 10 0 2 0 0
2 Glenn Borgmann 28 49 147 123 16 26 4 1 3 15 0 0 18 17 .211 .306 .333 .639 41 0 0 3 3 0
3 Rod Carew* 32 152 651 564 85 188 26 10 5 70 27 7 78 62 .333 .411 .441 .853 249 18 1 2 6 19
4 Rich Chiles* 28 87 225 198 22 53 12 0 1 22 1 2 20 25 .268 .333 .343 .677 68 9 2 0 5 2
5 Mike Cubbage* 27 125 444 394 40 111 12 7 7 57 3 1 40 44 .282 .348 .401 .749 158 7 1 7 2 3
6 Dave Edwards 24 15 53 44 7 11 3 0 1 3 1 1 7 13 .250 .377 .386 .764 17 0 2 0 0 0
7 Dan Ford 26 151 654 592 78 162 36 10 11 82 7 7 48 88 .274 .332 .424 .756 251 15 5 6 3 6
8 Craig Kusick 29 77 233 191 23 33 3 2 4 20 3 2 37 38 .173 .305 .272 .577 52 8 1 0 4 2
9 Jose Morales 33 101 273 242 22 76 13 1 2 38 0 1 20 35 .314 .363 .401 .764 97 10 1 6 4 3
10 Willie Norwood 27 125 471 428 56 109 22 3 8 46 25 10 28 64 .255 .301 .376 .677 161 15 3 6 6 0
11 Hosken Powell* 23 121 437 381 55 94 20 2 3 31 11 5 45 31 .247 .323 .333 .657 127 5 0 7 4 1
12 Bob Randall 30 119 375 330 36 89 11 3 0 21 5 3 24 22 .270 .329 .321 .650 106 7 6 13 2 0
13 Bombo Rivera 25 101 295 251 35 68 8 2 3 23 5 3 35 47 .271 .362 .355 .717 89 3 2 5 2 1
14 Roy Smalley# 25 158 702 586 80 160 31 3 19 77 2 8 85 70 .273 .362 .433 .796 254 16 1 23 7 3
15 Rob Wilfong* 24 92 235 199 23 53 8 0 1 11 8 4 19 27 .266 .336 .322 .658 64 1 2 15 0 1
16 Larry Wolfe 25 88 277 235 25 55 10 1 3 25 0 1 36 27 .234 .332 .323 .656 76 8 0 3 3 0
17 Butch Wynegar# 22 135 522 454 36 104 22 1 4 45 1 0 47 42 .229 .307 .308 .616 140 7 6 11 4 2
17 Players 27.0 162 6323 5522 666 1472 259 47 82 621 99 56 604 684 .267 .339 .375 .714 2071 139 33 109 55 43
Only players for whom we have stats are shown. See roster for more complete team list.

Team Pitching

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer
Rk Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 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 1.306 9.1 0.6 2.7 4.1 1.53
2 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 1.253 8.5 0.5 2.7 4.7 1.73
3 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 2.417 13.5 0.0 8.2 5.2 0.64
4 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 1.302 7.1 0.3 4.6 3.1 0.67
5 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 1.484 8.7 0.9 4.7 5.3 1.13
6 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 2.000 11.2 0.8 6.8 5.2 0.78
7 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 1.806 11.6 0.6 4.7 5.8 1.24
8 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 1.182 7.3 0.3 3.4 5.1 1.51
9 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 1.500 9.4 0.2 4.1 4.9 1.19
10 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 1.655 9.3 1.9 5.6 3.7 0.67
11 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 1.562 9.8 1.4 4.2 4.8 1.13
12 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 1.259 9.2 0.7 2.1 3.9 1.82
13 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 1.376 9.3 0.6 3.0 3.7 1.20
14 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 1.556 8.0 1.0 6.0 6.0 1.00
15 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 1.485 11.0 1.0 2.3 3.1 1.35
16 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 1.351 9.3 0.6 2.9 3.8 1.31
16 Players 27.1 73 89 .451 3.69 162 162 114 48 9 26 1459.2 1468 678 599 102 520 19 703 33 14 51 6208 1.362 9.1 0.6 3.2 4.3 1.35

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS% lgCS% PO
Butch Wynegar 131 582 70 8 12 .988 4.98 6 71 57 45%
Glenn Borgmann 46 185 20 2 6 .990 4.46 0 20 19 49%
Jose Morales 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1 0 0

1B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Rod Carew 148 1362 105 16 134 .989 9.91
Craig Kusick 27 213 22 3 14 .987 8.70
Jose Morales 1 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.00

2B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Bob Randall 116 231 345 10 81 .983 4.97
Rob Wilfong 80 152 196 5 37 .986 4.35
Mike Cubbage 5 4 4 0 1 1.000 1.60
Rod Carew 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.25

3B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Mike Cubbage 115 65 233 9 24 .971 2.59
Larry Wolfe 81 60 143 10 9 .953 2.51
Bob Randall 2 0 0 0 0 0.00
Butch Wynegar 1 0 0 0 0 0.00

SS

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Roy Smalley 157 287 527 25 121 .970 5.18
Larry Wolfe 7 6 20 2 2 .929 3.71

LF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Willie Norwood 101 0.00
Rich Chiles 58 0.00
Bombo Rivera 32 0.00
Dave Edwards 10 0.00
Craig Kusick 9 0.00
Glenn Adams 2 0.00
Rod Carew 1 0.00
Jose Morales 1 0.00

CF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Dan Ford 145 0.00
Willie Norwood 14 0.00
Dave Edwards 8 0.00

RF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Hosken Powell 117 0.00
Bombo Rivera 72 0.00
Dan Ford 4 0.00
Willie Norwood 4 0.00
Glenn Adams 3 0.00
Rich Chiles 3 0.00

OF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Dan Ford 149 376 6 9 2 .977 2.56
Hosken Powell 117 219 9 4 2 .983 1.95
Willie Norwood 115 227 7 14 1 .944 2.03
Bombo Rivera 94 162 5 3 0 .982 1.78
Rich Chiles 61 108 3 4 0 .965 1.82
Dave Edwards 15 35 3 2 1 .950 2.53
Craig Kusick 9 15 0 1 0 .938 1.67
Glenn Adams 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
Rod Carew 1 0 0 0 0 0.00
Jose Morales 1 0 0 0 0 0.00

P

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Mike Marshall 54 9 19 1 1 .966 0.52
Roger Erickson 37 13 44 5 3 .919 1.54
Geoff Zahn 35 9 41 2 2 .962 1.43
Gary Serum 34 17 25 0 2 1.000 1.24
Dave Goltz 29 24 28 2 2 .963 1.79
Greg Thayer 20 0 7 0 0 1.000 0.35
Darrell Jackson 19 1 13 3 1 .824 0.74
Tom Johnson 18 0 6 0 0 1.000 0.33
Mac Scarce 17 0 2 1 0 .667 0.12
John Sutton 17 2 6 2 0 .800 0.47
Jeff Holly 15 0 8 0 0 1.000 0.53
Stan Perzanowski 13 3 11 1 1 .933 1.08
Paul Thormodsgard 12 3 9 2 0 .857 1.00
Roric Harrison 9 0 0 0 0 0.00
Dave Johnson 6 2 1 0 0 1.000 0.50
Pete Redfern 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Birthplace
Glenn Adams 30 L R 6' 1.0" 180 Oct 4, 1947 Northbridge, MA, US 1978-04-05 1978-09-30
Glenn Borgmann 28 R R 6' 4.0" 210 May 25, 1950 Paterson, NJ, US 1978-04-07 1978-10-01
Rod Carew 32 L R 6' 0.0" 170 Oct 1, 1945 Gatun, Canal Zone, PA 1978-04-05 1978-09-30
Rich Chiles 28 L L 5' 11.0" 170 Nov 22, 1949 Sacramento, CA, US 1978-04-11 1978-09-30
Mike Cubbage 27 L R 6' 0.0" 180 Jul 21, 1950 Charlottesville, VA, US 1978-04-05 1978-10-01
Dave Edwards 24 R R 6' 0.0" 170 Feb 24, 1954 Los Angeles, CA, US 1978-09-11 1978-10-01
Roger Erickson 21 R R 6' 3.0" 180 Aug 30, 1956 Springfield, IL, US 1978-04-06 1978-09-27
Dan Ford 26 R R 6' 1.0" 185 May 19, 1952 Los Angeles, CA, US 1978-04-05 1978-10-01
Dave Goltz 29 R R 6' 4.0" 200 Jun 23, 1949 Pelican Rapids, MN, US 1978-04-05 1978-09-24
Roric Harrison 31 R R 6' 3.0" 195 Sep 20, 1946 Los Angeles, CA, US 1978-06-24 1978-07-23
Jeff Holly 25 L L 6' 5.0" 210 Mar 1, 1953 San Pedro, CA, US 1978-07-08 1978-09-03
Darrell Jackson 22 S L 5' 10.0" 150 Apr 3, 1956 Los Angeles, CA, US 1978-06-16 1978-09-29
Dave Johnson 29 R R 6' 1.0" 183 Oct 4, 1948 Abilene, TX, US 1978-04-12 1978-05-10
Tom Johnson 27 R R 6' 1.0" 185 Apr 2, 1951 St. Paul, MN, US 1978-04-06 1978-09-27
Craig Kusick 29 R R 6' 3.0" 210 Sep 30, 1948 Milwaukee, WI, US 1978-04-06 1978-10-01
Mike Marshall 35 R R 5' 10.0" 180 Jan 15, 1943 Adrian, MI, US 1978-05-15 1978-09-30
Jose Morales 33 R R 5' 11.0" 187 Dec 30, 1944 Frederiksted, St. Croix, VI 1978-04-09 1978-09-29
Willie Norwood 27 R R 6' 0.0" 185 Nov 7, 1950 Greene County, AL, US 1978-04-05 1978-10-01
Stan Perzanowski 27 S R 6' 2.0" 170 Aug 25, 1950 East Chicago, IN, US 1978-07-27 1978-09-27
Hosken Powell 23 L L 6' 1.0" 175 May 14, 1955 Selma, AL, US 1978-04-05 1978-10-01
Bob Randall 30 R R 6' 2.0" 175 Jun 6, 1948 Norton, KS, US 1978-04-06 1978-10-01
Pete Redfern 23 R R 6' 2.0" 195 Aug 25, 1954 Glendale, CA, US 1978-04-07 1978-04-16
Bombo Rivera 25 R R 5' 10.0" 187 Aug 2, 1952 Ponce, PR 1978-04-05 1978-10-01
Mac Scarce 29 L L 6' 3.0" 180 Apr 8, 1949 Danville, VA, US 1978-04-22 1978-06-25
Gary Serum 21 R R 6' 1.0" 180 Oct 24, 1956 Fargo, ND, US 1978-04-09 1978-09-30
Roy Smalley 25 S R 6' 1.0" 185 Oct 25, 1952 Los Angeles, CA, US 1978-04-05 1978-09-30
John Sutton 25 R R 5' 11.0" 185 Nov 13, 1952 Dallas, TX, US 1978-07-02 1978-09-29
Greg Thayer 28 R R 5' 11.0" 182 Oct 23, 1949 Cedar Rapids, IA, US 1978-04-07 1978-06-26
Paul Thormodsgard 24 R R 6' 2.0" 190 Nov 10, 1953 San Francisco, CA, US 1978-04-08 1978-06-01
Rob Wilfong 24 L R 6' 1.0" 180 Sep 1, 1953 Pasadena, CA, US 1978-04-05 1978-09-30
Larry Wolfe 25 R R 5' 11.0" 170 Mar 2, 1953 Melbourne, FL, US 1978-04-07 1978-10-01
Butch Wynegar 22 S R 6' 1.0" 190 Mar 14, 1956 York, PA, US 1978-04-05 1978-09-30
Geoff Zahn 32 L L 6' 1.0" 180 Dec 19, 1945 Baltimore, MD, US 1978-04-09 1978-10-01

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