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1978 Minnesota Twins Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
Redesign Note: Summary Batting, Pitching and Fielding Stats are below. Detailed Batting, Pitching, and Fielding Stats are available using the navigation bar just above this note or the "Detailed" links beside the table headers. Leaderboards have been removed since all tables are now sortable by clicking the headers. The all-stars and salaries are on the roster page linked above.

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# 22 135 522 454 36 104 22 1 4 45 1 0 47 42 .229 .307 .308 .616 73 140 7 6 11 4 2
2 1B Rod Carew* 32 152 651 564 85 188 26 10 5 70 27 7 78 62 .333 .411 .441 .853 139 249 18 1 2 6 19
3 2B Bob Randall 30 119 375 330 36 89 11 3 0 21 5 3 24 22 .270 .329 .321 .650 83 106 7 6 13 2 0
4 SS Roy Smalley# 25 158 702 586 80 160 31 3 19 77 2 8 85 70 .273 .362 .433 .796 122 254 16 1 23 7 3
5 3B Mike Cubbage* 27 125 444 394 40 111 12 7 7 57 3 1 40 44 .282 .348 .401 .749 109 158 7 1 7 2 3
6 LF Willie Norwood 27 125 471 428 56 109 22 3 8 46 25 10 28 64 .255 .301 .376 .677 88 161 15 3 6 6 0
7 CF Dan Ford 26 151 654 592 78 162 36 10 11 82 7 7 48 88 .274 .332 .424 .756 110 251 15 5 6 3 6
8 RF Hosken Powell* 23 121 437 381 55 94 20 2 3 31 11 5 45 31 .247 .323 .333 .657 84 127 5 0 7 4 1
9 DH Glenn Adams* 30 116 329 310 27 80 18 1 7 35 0 1 17 32 .258 .297 .390 .687 91 121 10 0 2 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
10 RF Bombo Rivera 25 101 295 251 35 68 8 2 3 23 5 3 35 47 .271 .362 .355 .717 101 89 3 2 5 2 1
11 3B Larry Wolfe 25 88 277 235 25 55 10 1 3 25 0 1 36 27 .234 .332 .323 .656 84 76 8 0 3 3 0
12 DH Jose Morales 33 101 273 242 22 76 13 1 2 38 0 1 20 35 .314 .363 .401 .764 114 97 10 1 6 4 3
13 2B Rob Wilfong* 24 92 235 199 23 53 8 0 1 11 8 4 19 27 .266 .336 .322 .658 85 64 1 2 15 0 1
14 UT Craig Kusick 29 77 233 191 23 33 3 2 4 20 3 2 37 38 .173 .305 .272 .577 63 52 8 1 0 4 2
15 LF Rich Chiles* 28 87 225 198 22 53 12 0 1 22 1 2 20 25 .268 .333 .343 .677 90 68 9 2 0 5 2
16 C Glenn Borgmann 28 49 147 123 16 26 4 1 3 15 0 0 18 17 .211 .306 .333 .639 79 41 0 0 3 3 0
17 OF Dave Edwards 24 15 53 44 7 11 3 0 1 3 1 1 7 13 .250 .377 .386 .764 114 17 0 2 0 0 0
Team Totals 26.9 162 6323 5522 666 1472 259 47 82 621 99 56 604 684 .267 .339 .375 .714 100 2071 139 33 109 55 43
Rank in 14 AL teams 5 8 5 4 2 14 5 8 2 10 4 1 10 7 7
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
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* - 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 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 97 1.306 9.1 0.6 2.7 4.1 1.53
2 SP 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 127 1.351 9.3 0.6 2.9 3.8 1.31
3 SP 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 4 913 155 1.253 8.5 0.5 2.7 4.7 1.73
4 SP 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 94 1.259 9.2 0.7 2.1 3.9 1.82
5 SP 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 86 1.484 8.7 0.9 4.7 5.3 1.13
6 SP 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 76 1.485 11.0 1.0 2.3 3.1 1.35
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
7 CL 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 2 404 157 1.182 7.3 0.3 3.4 5.1 1.51
8 RP 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 1 194 101 1.556 8.0 1.0 6.0 6.0 1.00
9 RP John Sutton 25 0 0 3.45 17 0 8 0 0 0 44.1 46 19 17 3 15 3 18 1 0 5 191 112 1.376 9.3 0.6 3.0 3.7 1.20
10 RP 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 70 1.806 11.6 0.6 4.7 5.8 1.24
11 RP 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 98 1.563 9.8 1.4 4.2 4.8 1.13
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
12 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 74 1.500 9.4 0.2 4.1 4.9 1.19
13 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 3 150 108 1.302 7.1 0.3 4.6 3.1 0.67
14 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 51 2.000 11.3 0.8 6.8 5.3 0.78
15 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 51 2.417 13.5 0.0 8.3 5.3 0.64
16 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 59 1.655 9.3 1.9 5.6 3.7 0.67
Team Totals 26.4 73 89 .451 3.71 162 162 114 48 5 26 1459.2 1468 678 601 102 520 19 703 33 14 51 6208 104 1.362 9.1 0.6 3.2 4.3 1.35
Rank in 14 AL teams 9 6 7 10 8 3 11 9 10 2 8 10
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
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* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% Pos. Summary
Glenn Adams 30 106 0 7.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.5 85.7 0.5 0.3 0.2 0 6.43 0.05 RF-LF-DH
Glenn Borgmann 28 47 41 353.1 207 185 20 2 6 .990 3.0 10.2 3 5.22 4.36 0 13 20 19 49% C-DH
Rod Carew 32 153 138 1268.1 1484 1363 105 16 134 .989 -0.5 -0.5 -1.5 -6.2 4.7 0 1 10.42 9.59 1B-2B-LF
Rich Chiles 28 70 54 434.2 116 109 3 4 0 .966 0.4 1.1 1.4 1.5 -0.1 -1 2.32 1.60 LF-RF-DH
Mike Cubbage 27 120 100 885.0 315 69 237 9 25 .971 1.5 2.0 0.5 -3.7 4.2 1 3.11 2.55 3B-2B
Dave Edwards 24 17 13 110.0 40 35 3 2 1 .950 2.6 28.4 2.6 1.5 1.1 0 3.11 2.24 LF-CF
Roger Erickson 21 37 37 265.2 62 13 44 5 3 .919 0.0 0.0 1.93 1.54 P
Dan Ford 26 151 147 1319.2 388 373 6 9 2 .977 -18.5 -16.8 -14.5 -6.0 -8.4 -4 2.58 2.51 CF-RF-DH
Dave Goltz 29 29 29 220.1 54 24 28 2 2 .963 0.0 0.0 2.12 1.79 P
Roric Harrison 31 9 0 12.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 P
Jeff Holly 25 15 1 35.1 8 0 8 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 2.04 0.53 P
Darrell Jackson 22 19 15 92.1 17 1 13 3 1 .824 0.0 0.0 1.36 0.74 P
Dave Johnson 29 6 1 12.0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 2.25 0.50 P
Tom Johnson 27 18 0 32.2 6 0 6 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.65 0.33 P
Craig Kusick 29 71 31 250.1 254 228 22 4 14 .984 1.0 4.8 1.0 -1.1 2.1 0 0 8.99 3.52 1B-LF-DH
Mike Marshall 35 54 0 99.0 29 9 19 1 1 .966 0.0 0.0 2.55 0.52 P
Jose Morales 33 80 0 8.0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 -0.7 -105.0 0.3 0.4 -0.1 0 0 -1 3.38 0.04 1 1 0 0 1B-LF-C-DH
Willie Norwood 27 125 106 946.0 249 228 7 14 1 .944 -2.7 -3.4 -1.7 -3.1 1.4 -1 2.24 1.88 LF-CF-RF-DH
Stan Perzanowski 27 13 7 56.2 15 3 11 1 1 .933 0.0 0.0 2.22 1.08 P
Hosken Powell 23 117 99 896.2 232 219 9 4 2 .983 2.1 2.8 2.1 -2.8 4.9 0 2.29 1.95 RF
Bob Randall 30 119 93 864.0 586 231 345 10 81 .983 9.9 13.8 7.9 5.5 2.6 2 6.00 4.84 2B-3B-DH
Pete Redfern 23 3 2 9.2 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 2.79 1.00 P
Bombo Rivera 25 105 60 604.0 171 163 5 3 0 .982 7.3 14.5 7.3 4.8 2.6 0 2.50 1.60 RF-LF-DH
Mac Scarce 29 17 0 32.0 3 0 2 1 0 .667 0.0 0.0 0.56 0.12 P
Gary Serum 21 34 23 184.1 42 17 25 0 2 1.000 0.0 0.0 2.05 1.24 P
Roy Smalley 25 157 157 1408.2 839 287 527 25 121 .970 4.2 3.6 1.2 -9.7 10.9 3 5.20 5.18 SS
John Sutton 25 17 0 44.1 10 2 6 2 0 .800 0.0 0.0 1.62 0.47 P
Greg Thayer 28 20 0 45.0 7 0 7 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.40 0.35 P
Paul Thormodsgard 24 12 12 66.0 14 3 9 2 0 .857 0.0 0.0 1.64 1.00 P
Rob Wilfong 24 85 69 583.2 353 152 196 5 37 .986 -3.4 -7.0 -4.4 -5.8 1.5 1 5.37 4.09 2B-DH
Larry Wolfe 25 88 67 631.2 241 66 163 12 11 .950 -1.5 -2.8 -0.5 2.0 -2.5 -1 3.26 2.60 3B-SS
Butch Wynegar 22 132 121 1106.1 660 582 70 8 12 .988 4.9 5.3 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 5 5.30 4.94 6 37 71 57 45% C-3B
Geoff Zahn 32 35 35 252.1 52 9 41 2 2 .962 0.0 0.0 1.78 1.43 P
Team Totals 27.0 162 1458 13137.0 6468 4379 1943 146 459 .977 10.1 0.9 2.1 -22.5 25.1 -6 7 7 4.33 3.06 7 51 91 76 46%
Rank in 14 AL teams 5 3 8
Age G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% Pos. Summary

1977 / 1979 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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