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1977 Minnesota Twins

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1976 / 1978

84-77, Finished 4th in AL West (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Gene Mauch (84-77)
Scored 867 runs, Allowed 776 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 89-72

Ballparks: Metropolitan Stadium · Attendance: 1,162,727 (11th of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 99 · one-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 102

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1976 / 1978 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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Team Batting

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Rk Pos 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# 21 144 617 532 76 139 22 3 10 79 2 3 68 61 .261 .344 .370 .715 96 197 11 2 10 5 5
2 1B Rod Carew* 31 155 694 616 128 239 38 16 14 100 23 13 69 55 .388 .449 .570 1.019 178 351 6 3 1 5 15
3 2B Bob Randall 29 103 342 306 36 73 13 2 0 22 1 4 15 25 .239 .289 .294 .583 61 90 3 7 13 1 0
4 SS Roy Smalley# 24 150 680 584 93 135 21 5 6 56 5 5 74 89 .231 .316 .315 .631 74 184 12 1 15 6 1
5 3B Mike Cubbage* 26 129 464 417 60 110 16 5 9 55 1 4 37 49 .264 .321 .391 .712 94 163 4 0 6 4 6
6 LF Larry Hisle 30 141 620 546 95 165 36 3 28 119 21 10 56 106 .302 .369 .533 .902 144 291 11 6 5 7 5
7 CF Lyman Bostock* 26 153 660 593 104 199 36 12 14 90 16 7 51 59 .336 .389 .508 .897 144 301 16 6 2 8 5
8 RF Dan Ford 25 144 510 453 66 121 25 7 11 60 6 4 41 79 .267 .338 .426 .764 108 193 12 10 1 5 3
9 DH Rich Chiles* 27 108 295 261 31 69 16 1 3 36 0 1 23 17 .264 .323 .368 .691 89 96 5 2 4 5 2
Rk Pos 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 DH Craig Kusick 28 115 325 268 34 68 12 0 12 45 3 1 49 60 .254 .370 .433 .803 120 116 14 3 1 4 5
11 UT Glenn Adams* 29 95 290 269 32 91 17 0 6 49 0 2 18 30 .338 .376 .468 .844 130 126 5 0 0 3 3
12 3B Jerry Terrell 30 93 235 214 32 48 6 0 1 20 10 4 11 21 .224 .263 .266 .530 46 57 11 1 7 2 1
13 2B Rob Wilfong* 23 73 193 171 22 42 1 1 1 13 10 4 17 26 .246 .321 .281 .602 67 48 1 2 3 0 0
14 LF Bob Gorinski 25 54 126 118 14 23 4 1 3 22 1 0 5 29 .195 .226 .322 .548 48 38 1 0 2 1 0
15 CF Willie Norwood 26 39 91 83 15 19 3 0 3 9 6 1 6 17 .229 .281 .373 .654 78 31 1 0 2 0 0
16 IF Luis Gomez 25 32 74 65 6 16 4 2 0 11 0 2 4 9 .246 .290 .369 .659 80 24 0 0 5 0 0
17 C Glenn Borgmann 27 17 54 43 12 11 1 0 2 7 0 0 11 9 .256 .407 .419 .826 128 18 1 0 0 0 0
18 UT Bud Bulling 24 15 39 32 2 5 1 0 0 5 0 0 5 5 .156 .270 .188 .458 29 6 1 0 2 0 1
19 3B Larry Wolfe 24 8 27 25 3 6 1 0 0 6 0 0 1 0 .240 .269 .280 .549 51 7 0 0 1 0 1
20 IF Sam Perlozzo 26 10 27 24 6 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 3 .292 .346 .458 .804 119 11 0 0 1 0 0
21 DH Randy Bass* 23 9 19 19 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .105 .105 .105 .211 -42 2 0 0 0 0 0
Rk Pos 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
22 P Paul Thormodsgard 23 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 P Gary Serum 20 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 P Jeff Holly* 24 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 P Don Carrithers 27 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 P Ron Schueler 29 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 P Dave Johnson 28 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 P Mike Pazik* 27 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 P Tom Johnson 26 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 P Pete Redfern 22 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 P Jim Hughes 25 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 P Dave Goltz 28 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 P Geoff Zahn* 31 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 P Bill Butler* 30 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 P Jim Shellenback* 33 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 P Tom Burgmeier* 33 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 26.6 161 6382 5639 867 1588 273 60 123 804 105 65 563 754 .282 .348 .417 .765 109 2350 115 43 81 56 53
Rank in 14 AL teams 1 1 1 2 2 11 6 8 2 10 1 1 5 5 5 2 4
Rk Pos 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
* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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Rk Pos 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+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 SP Dave Goltz 28 20 11 .645 3.36 39 39 0 19 2 0 303.0 284 129 113 23 91 4 186 2 1 9 1253 120 1.238 8.4 0.7 2.7 5.5 2.04
2 SP Paul Thormodsgard 23 11 15 .423 4.62 37 37 0 8 1 0 218.0 236 122 112 25 65 1 94 3 0 6 926 87 1.381 9.7 1.0 2.7 3.9 1.45
3 SP Geoff Zahn* 31 12 14 .462 4.68 34 32 0 7 1 0 198.0 234 116 103 20 66 4 88 5 0 5 870 86 1.515 10.6 0.9 3.0 4.0 1.33
4 SP Pete Redfern 22 6 9 .400 5.18 30 28 2 1 0 0 137.1 164 89 79 13 66 2 73 4 2 2 619 78 1.675 10.7 0.9 4.3 4.8 1.11
Rk Pos 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+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
5 CL Tom Johnson 26 16 7 .696 3.13 71 0 54 0 0 15 146.2 152 57 51 11 47 8 87 5 0 10 629 129 1.357 9.3 0.7 2.9 5.3 1.85
6 RP Ron Schueler 29 8 7 .533 4.41 52 7 21 0 0 3 134.2 131 74 66 16 61 5 77 6 0 4 587 92 1.426 8.8 1.1 4.1 5.1 1.26
7 RP Tom Burgmeier* 33 6 4 .600 5.09 61 0 20 0 0 7 97.1 113 56 55 15 33 0 35 2 2 3 423 80 1.500 10.4 1.4 3.1 3.2 1.06
8 RP Dave Johnson 28 2 5 .286 4.58 30 6 16 0 0 0 72.2 86 42 37 7 23 1 33 5 0 4 320 88 1.500 10.7 0.9 2.8 4.1 1.43
9 RP Jeff Holly* 24 2 3 .400 6.89 18 5 6 0 0 0 48.1 57 37 37 8 12 0 32 1 0 1 207 59 1.428 10.6 1.5 2.2 6.0 2.67
Rk Pos 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+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
10 Gary Serum 20 0 0 4.37 8 0 2 0 0 0 22.2 22 11 11 4 10 1 14 2 0 1 97 94 1.412 8.7 1.6 4.0 5.6 1.40
11 Bill Butler* 30 0 1 .000 6.86 6 4 0 0 0 0 21.0 19 17 16 5 15 0 5 1 0 1 94 60 1.619 8.1 2.1 6.4 2.1 0.33
12 Mike Pazik* 27 1 0 1.000 2.50 3 3 0 0 0 0 18.0 18 5 5 1 6 0 6 0 0 0 77 165 1.333 9.0 0.5 3.0 3.0 1.00
13 Don Carrithers 27 0 1 .000 6.91 7 0 3 0 0 0 14.1 16 13 11 2 6 1 3 1 0 2 68 60 1.535 10.0 1.3 3.8 1.9 0.50
14 Jim Shellenback* 33 0 0 7.94 5 0 0 0 0 0 5.2 10 7 5 1 5 0 3 0 0 0 32 54 2.647 15.9 1.6 7.9 4.8 0.60
15 Jim Hughes 25 0 0 2.08 2 0 2 0 0 0 4.1 4 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 18 211 1.154 8.3 0.0 2.1 2.1 1.00
Team Totals 27.1 84 77 .522 4.36 161 161 126 35 4 25 1442.0 1546 776 698 151 507 27 737 37 5 48 6220 92 1.424 9.6 0.9 3.2 4.6 1.45
Rank in 14 AL teams 7 8 12 11 9 10 8 12 12 12 10 7 12
Rk Pos 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+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary
Glenn Adams 29 44 80 11 271.0 65 60 3 2 1 .969 -3 -13 2.09 0.73 RF-LF-DH
Randy Bass 23 4 4 0.00 DH
Glenn Borgmann 27 17 17 13 132.0 78 70 8 0 1 1.000 -2 -18 5.32 4.59 0 6 18 6 25% 0 C
Lyman Bostock 26 149 141 132 1268.2 360 346 10 4 1 .989 -2 -2 2.53 2.36 CF-LF-RF
Bud Bulling 24 10 9 5 63.0 42 37 3 2 0 .952 -2 -38 5.71 3.08 0 1 8 1 11% 0 C-DH
Tom Burgmeier 33 61 0 0 97.1 30 11 18 1 1 .967 2.68 0.48 2 3 60% 0 P
Bill Butler 30 6 4 0 21.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.43 0.17 1 2 67% 0 P
Rod Carew 31 151 148 137 1319.0 1597 1463 124 10 161 .994 8 7 10.83 10.24 1B-2B
Don Carrithers 27 7 0 0 14.1 5 3 2 0 0 1.000 3.14 0.71 2 0 0% 0 P
Rich Chiles 27 22 71 12 158.0 37 35 0 2 0 .946 0 3 1.99 0.48 RF-LF-DH
Mike Cubbage 26 126 110 90 978.2 374 90 266 18 29 .952 3 4 3.27 2.83 3B
Dan Ford 25 137 111 96 1042.0 225 208 9 8 2 .964 -5 -6 1.87 1.56 RF-CF-LF
Dave Goltz 28 39 40 19 303.0 66 20 41 5 4 .924 1.81 1.53 18 16 47% 6 P-DH
Luis Gomez 25 30 15 12 168.2 103 46 55 2 15 .981 1 7 5.39 3.26 2B-SS-3B-CF
Bob Gorinski 25 37 24 17 219.0 46 43 0 3 0 .935 -3 -15 1.77 1.08 LF-RF-DH
Larry Hisle 30 134 138 123 1185.0 306 287 11 8 2 .974 -4 -4 2.26 2.07 LF-CF-RF-DH
Jeff Holly 24 18 5 0 48.1 9 4 4 1 0 .889 1.49 0.44 3 2 40% 0 P
Jim Hughes 25 2 0 0 4.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 P
Dave Johnson 28 30 6 0 72.2 16 5 11 0 2 1.000 1.98 0.53 7 4 36% 0 P
Tom Johnson 26 71 0 0 146.2 36 9 26 1 0 .972 2.15 0.49 20 5 20% 1 P
Craig Kusick 28 23 64 10 121.2 144 133 7 4 9 .972 0 2 10.36 1.89 1B-DH
Willie Norwood 26 28 18 12 181.0 63 60 0 3 0 .952 0 2 2.98 1.94 CF-RF-LF
Mike Pazik 27 3 3 0 18.0 5 2 3 0 0 1.000 2.50 1.67 2 0 0% 0 P
Sam Perlozzo 26 10 6 4 61.1 29 12 17 0 2 1.000 -1 -27 4.26 2.64 2B-3B
Bob Randall 29 101 88 68 792.1 527 222 297 8 74 .985 2 3 5.90 5.04 2B-3B-1B
Pete Redfern 22 30 28 1 137.1 35 11 23 1 1 .971 2.23 1.13 14 11 44% 1 P
Ron Schueler 29 52 7 0 134.2 37 11 26 0 1 1.000 2.47 0.71 6 7 54% 0 P
Gary Serum 20 8 0 0 22.2 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.79 0.25 1 3 75% 0 P
Jim Shellenback 33 5 0 0 5.2 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.18 0.40 0 0 0 P
Roy Smalley 24 150 149 147 1325.1 792 255 504 33 116 .958 3 3 5.15 5.06 SS
Jerry Terrell 30 77 53 36 491.0 194 58 129 7 20 .964 -3 -7 3.43 2.23 3B-SS-2B-1B-RF-DH
Paul Thormodsgard 23 37 37 8 218.0 41 8 31 2 2 .951 1.61 1.05 22 6 21% 2 P
Rob Wilfong 23 66 59 33 459.0 290 114 164 12 40 .959 -2 -7 5.45 4.21 2B
Larry Wolfe 24 8 5 5 51.1 22 9 13 0 1 1.000 0 12 3.86 2.75 3B
Butch Wynegar 21 143 138 135 1248.0 765 676 84 5 8 .993 4 4 5.48 5.31 10 41 81 60 43% 4 C-3B
Geoff Zahn 31 34 32 7 198.0 58 16 40 2 5 .966 2.55 1.65 9 8 47% 4 P
Team Totals 26.7 161 1449 1133 12978.0 6402 4326 1932 144 497 .978 -5 -1 4.34 3.33 10 48 107 67 39% 18
Rank in 14 AL teams 6 2 6
Age G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary
Glenn Adams* 29 290 14 -1 3 -1 -3 -6 10 15 1.5 19 1.9 -0.4 $ Purchased D97
Randy Bass* 23 19 -4 0 0 0 0 -1 1 -4 -0.5 -4 -0.4 -0.1 $ Amateur Draft /D
Glenn Borgmann 27 54 3 0 0 0 -2 1 2 4 0.4 6 0.6 -0.2 $ Amateur Draft 2
Lyman Bostock* 26 660 45 4 1 -1 -2 -4 21 64 6.5 66 6.8 -0.3 $20,000 Amateur Draft *87/9
Bud Bulling 24 39 -3 0 0 0 -2 0 1 -4 -0.4 -2 -0.2 -0.2 $ Amateur Draft 2/D
Rod Carew* 31 694 79 6 -1 3 8 -10 21 106 10.9 98 10.0 0.9 $180,000 Amateur Free Agent *3/4
Rich Chiles* 27 295 -2 1 -1 1 0 -7 10 3 0.3 2 0.2 0.1 $ Rule 5 Draft D9/7
Mike Cubbage* 26 464 -2 0 1 3 3 3 15 23 2.3 20 2.0 0.3 $30,000 Traded *5
Dan Ford 25 510 9 1 2 -1 -5 -6 17 16 1.6 22 2.3 -0.7 $60,000 Traded *9/87
Luis Gomez 25 74 -2 -1 -1 1 1 1 2 1 0.1 0 0.0 0.1 $ Amateur Draft 4/658
Bob Gorinski 25 126 -9 0 2 0 -3 -2 4 -8 -0.8 -5 -0.5 -0.3 $ Amateur Draft 7/9D
Larry Hisle 30 620 39 4 1 1 -4 -5 19 56 5.8 59 6.0 -0.2 $47,200 Traded *78/9D
Craig Kusick 28 325 11 0 1 -3 0 -9 11 11 1.1 11 1.1 0.0 $30,000 Amateur Free Agent D3
Willie Norwood 26 91 -3 1 0 0 0 -1 3 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Amateur Draft 8/97
Sam Perlozzo 26 27 1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 0.0 2 0.2 -0.2 $ Amateur Free Agent 4/5
Bob Randall 29 342 -16 0 1 2 2 2 11 2 0.2 0 0.0 0.2 $30,000 Traded 4/35
Roy Smalley# 24 680 -17 0 -1 -1 3 10 20 14 1.4 11 1.1 0.3 $25,000 Traded *6
Jerry Terrell 30 235 -16 -1 1 -1 -3 1 8 -10 -1.1 -8 -0.8 -0.3 $ Amateur Draft 54/6D39
Rob Wilfong* 23 193 -7 1 2 1 -2 1 6 1 0.1 4 0.4 -0.3 $ Amateur Draft 4
Larry Wolfe 24 27 -2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 -1 -0.1 0.1 $ Amateur Draft /5
Butch Wynegar# 21 617 2 -3 2 2 4 9 19 35 3.6 31 3.2 0.4 $60,000 Amateur Draft *2/5
Team Total 26.6 6382 120 12 13 6 -5 -23 203 325 33.0 331 33.8 -0.8 $482,200
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired
Tom Burgmeier* 33 97.1 0 56 58 0 1.3 2 -0.6 $ Traded
Bill Butler* 30 21.0 4 17 14 0 1.0 -3 -0.3 $ Traded
Don Carrithers 27 14.1 0 13 9 0 .5 -4 -0.4 $ Purchased
Dave Goltz 28 303.0 39 129 182 -1 1.0 53 5.5 $ Amateur Draft
Jeff Holly* 24 48.1 5 37 30 0 .7 -7 -0.7 $ Free Agency
Jim Hughes 25 4.1 0 1 3 0 .0 2 0.1 $ Amateur Draft
Dave Johnson 28 72.2 6 42 44 0 .9 2 -0.1 $ Purchased
Tom Johnson 26 146.2 0 57 88 0 1.4 31 2.6 $ Amateur Free Agent
Mike Pazik* 27 18.0 3 5 10 0 .9 5 0.5 $ Traded
Pete Redfern 22 137.1 28 89 79 0 1.0 -10 -1.1 $ Amateur Draft
Ron Schueler 29 134.2 7 74 80 0 .9 6 0.0 $ Purchased
Gary Serum 20 22.2 0 11 13 0 1.1 2 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent
Jim Shellenback* 33 5.2 0 7 4 0 .5 -3 -0.3 $ Free Agency
Paul Thormodsgard 23 218.0 37 122 128 -1 .9 6 0.6 $ Free Agency
Geoff Zahn* 31 198.0 32 116 118 -1 1.0 2 0.2 $ Free Agency
Team Total 27.1 1442.0 161 776 860 -3 1.0 84 6.0 $
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired

1976 / 1978 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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