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1978 Minnesota Twins

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1977 / 1979

73-89, Finished 4th in AL West (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Gene Mauch (73-89)
Scored 666 runs, Allowed 678 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 80-82

Ballparks: 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

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1977 / 1979 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR WAR Salary
Glenn Adams 30 L R 6' 1" 180 Oct 4, 1947 4 116 90 116 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 5 100 26 0 -0.8 $
Glenn Borgmann 28 R R 6' 4" 210 May 25, 1950 7 49 41 49 46 0 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0.6 $
Rod Carew HOF 32 L R 6' 0" 170 Oct 1, 1945 12 152 138 152 149 0 0 148 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 12 0 4.5 $200,000 All-Star
Rich Chiles 28 L L 5' 11" 170 Nov 22, 1949 6 87 57 87 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 60 0 2 62 8 26 0 -0.2 $
Mike Cubbage 27 L R 6' 0" 180 Jul 21, 1950 5 125 100 125 118 0 0 0 5 115 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 0 2.2 $51,000
Dave Edwards 24 R R 6' 0" 170 Feb 24, 1954 1st 15 13 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 7 0 17 0 1 0 0.5 $
Roger Erickson 21 R R 6' 3" 180 Aug 30, 1956 1st 37 37 0 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.5 $
Dan Ford 26 R R 6' 1" 185 May 19, 1952 4 151 147 151 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 146 4 150 1 3 0 0.6 $60,000
Dave Goltz 29 R R 6' 4" 200 Jun 23, 1949 7 29 29 0 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.1 $
Roric Harrison 31 R R 6' 3" 195 Sep 20, 1946 5 9 0 0 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Jeff Holly 25 L L 6' 5" 210 Mar 1, 1953 2 15 1 0 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Darrell Jackson 22 B L 5' 10" 150 Apr 3, 1956 1st 19 15 0 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Dave Johnson 29 R R 6' 1" 183 Oct 4, 1948 4 6 1 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Tom Johnson 27 R R 6' 1" 185 Apr 2, 1951 5 18 0 1 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.0 $
Craig Kusick 29 R R 6' 3" 210 Sep 30, 1948 6 77 49 77 35 0 0 27 0 0 0 9 0 0 9 34 27 0 -1.3 $
Mike Marshall 35 R R 5' 10" 180 Jan 15, 1943 11 54 0 2 54 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.9 $
Jose Morales 33 R R 5' 11" 187 Dec 30, 1944 6 101 48 101 4 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 77 52 0 -0.1 $
Willie Norwood 27 R R 6' 0" 185 Nov 7, 1950 2 125 109 125 115 0 0 0 0 0 0 101 14 4 119 7 9 5 0.0 $
Stan Perzanowski 27 B R 6' 2" 170 Aug 25, 1950 5 13 7 0 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.8 $
Hosken Powell 23 L L 6' 1" 175 May 14, 1955 1st 121 99 121 117 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 117 117 0 12 3 0.8 $
Bob Randall 30 R R 6' 2" 175 Jun 6, 1948 3 119 93 119 117 0 0 0 115 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 13 1 1.3 $
Pete Redfern 23 R R 6' 2" 195 Aug 25, 1954 3 3 2 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 $
Bombo Rivera 25 R R 5' 10" 187 Aug 2, 1952 3 101 60 101 94 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 0 72 104 2 23 10 1.3 $
Mac Scarce 29 L L 6' 3" 180 Apr 8, 1949 5 17 0 0 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Gary Serum 21 R R 6' 1" 180 Oct 24, 1956 2 34 23 1 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.7 $
Roy Smalley 25 B R 6' 1" 185 Oct 25, 1952 4 158 157 158 157 0 0 0 0 0 157 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4.9 $85,000
John Sutton 25 R R 5' 11" 185 Nov 13, 1952 2 17 0 0 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Greg Thayer 28 R R 5' 11" 182 Oct 23, 1949 1st 20 0 0 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
Paul Thormodsgard 24 R R 6' 2" 190 Nov 10, 1953 2 12 12 0 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Rob Wilfong 24 L R 6' 1" 180 Sep 1, 1953 2 92 69 92 80 0 0 0 80 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 16 0.1 $
Larry Wolfe 25 R R 5' 11" 170 Mar 2, 1953 2 88 67 88 87 0 0 0 0 81 7 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0.3 $
Butch Wynegar 22 B R 6' 1" 190 Mar 14, 1956 3 135 121 135 131 0 131 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0.9 $
Geoff Zahn 32 L L 6' 1" 180 Dec 19, 1945 6 35 35 0 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.7 $45,000
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR WAR Salary

Uniform Numbers

Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniform Colors and Appearance

Larry Wolfe
Roy Smalley
Rob Wilfong
Glenn Adams
Bombo Rivera
Hosken Powell
Rich Chiles
Glenn Borgmann

Dan Ford
Butch Wynegar
Pete Redfern
Greg Thayer
Roger Erickson
Gary Serum
Tom Johnson
Craig Kusick

Paul Thormodsgard
Willie Norwood
Mike Cubbage
Dave Johnson
Mike Marshall
Mac Scarce
Rod Carew
Dave Goltz
Darrell Jackson

Bob Randall
Dave Edwards
Mike Marshall
Jose Morales
Jeff Holly
Roric Harrison
Geoff Zahn
Stan Perzanowski
Darrell Jackson
John Sutton

John Sutton

1977 / 1979 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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