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1978 Minnesota Twins Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1977 / 1979)
73-89, Finished 4th in AL West
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Scored 666 runs, Allowed 678 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 80-82
Manager: Gene Mauch (73-89)
Ballpark: Metropolitan Stadium (ballparks.com)
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 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

Team Roster & Games By Position

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Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Glenn Adams 30 L R 6' 0" 185 Oct 4, 1947 4 116 90 116 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 5 90 26 0
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 0 3 0
Rod Carew HOF 32 L R 6' 0" 182 Oct 1, 1945 12 152 138 152 149 0 0 148 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 12 0 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 3 26 0
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
Dave Edwards 24 R R 6' 0" 177 Feb 24, 1954 1st 15 13 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 7 0 15 0 1 0
Roger Erickson 21 R R 6' 3" 190 Aug 30, 1956 1st 37 0 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dan Ford 26 R R 6' 1" 185 May 19, 1952 4 151 147 151 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 146 4 149 0 3 0
Dave Goltz 29 R R 6' 4" 215 Jun 23, 1949 7 29 0 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Roric Harrison 31 R R 6' 3" 195 Sep 20, 1946 5 9 0 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jeff Holly 25 L L 6' 5" 210 Mar 1, 1953 2 15 0 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Darrell Jackson 22 B L 5' 10" 150 Apr 3, 1956 1st 19 0 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dave Johnson 29 R R 6' 1" 183 Oct 4, 1948 4 6 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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
Craig Kusick 29 R R 6' 3" 232 Sep 30, 1948 6 77 49 77 35 0 0 27 0 0 0 9 0 0 9 18 27 0
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
Jose Morales 33 R R 6' 0" 195 Dec 30, 1944 6 101 48 101 4 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 48 52 0
Willie Norwood 27 R R 6' 0" 185 Nov 7, 1950 2 125 109 125 115 0 0 0 0 0 0 101 14 4 115 3 9 5
Stan Perzanowski 27 B R 6' 2" 170 Aug 25, 1950 5 13 0 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hosken Powell 23 L L 6' 1" 185 May 14, 1955 1st 121 99 121 117 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 117 117 0 12 3
Bob Randall 30 R R 6' 3" 180 Jun 10, 1948 3 119 93 119 117 0 0 0 115 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 1
Pete Redfern 23 R R 6' 2" 195 Aug 25, 1954 3 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 94 0 23 10
Mac Scarce 29 L L 6' 3" 200 Apr 8, 1949 5 17 0 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gary Serum 21 R R 6' 1" 180 Oct 24, 1956 2 34 0 1 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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
John Sutton 25 R R 5' 11" 185 Nov 13, 1952 2 17 0 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Greg Thayer 28 R R 5' 11" 182 Oct 23, 1949 1st 20 0 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Paul Thormodsgard 24 R R 6' 2" 190 Nov 10, 1953 2 12 0 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rob Wilfong 24 L R 6' 1" 185 Sep 1, 1953 2 92 69 92 80 0 0 0 80 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 16
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
Butch Wynegar 22 B R 6' 0" 194 Mar 14, 1956 3 135 121 135 131 0 131 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
Geoff Zahn 32 L L 6' 1" 180 Dec 19, 1945 6 35 0 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR

1977 / 1979 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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