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1978 Minnesota Twins (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1977/1979)
73-89, Finished 4th in AL Western Division
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Scored 666 runs, Allowed 678 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 80-82
Managed by Gene Mauch

Ballpark: Metropolitan Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 787,878 (13th of 14)
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  (multi-year):
Batting - 102, Pitching - 102
  (one-year): Batting - 95, Pitching - 95
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1978 Stats / Schedule / Transactions (1977/1979) / Lineups / Batting Orders / SplitsBat / Pitch / GamelogsBat / Pitch / Amateur Draft

Transactions listed are from November 1 of previous year to April 1 of the following year.

November 2, 1977

Lyman Bostock granted Free Agency.

Tom Burgmeier granted Free Agency.

Luis Gomez granted Free Agency.

Larry Hisle granted Free Agency.

Mike Pazik granted Free Agency.

Mike Proly granted Free Agency.

Ron Schueler granted Free Agency.

November 5, 1977

Jerry Terrell granted Free Agency.

November 22, 1977

Signed Mac Scarce as a free agent.

November 23, 1977

Purchased Dennis Lewallyn from the Los Angeles Dodgers.

December 5, 1977

Drafted John Sutton from the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1977 rule 5 draft.

December 6, 1977

Drafted Jesus Vega from the Milwaukee Brewers in the 1977 minor league draft.

December 15, 1977

Traded Bill Butler to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received Rex Hudson.

January 10, 1978

Drafted Ralph Citarella in the 1st round (15th pick) of the 1978 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

Drafted Mike Couchee in the 2nd round of the 1978 amateur draft (Secondary Phase), but did not sign the player.

Drafted Jesse Orosco in the 2nd round of the 1978 amateur draft.

Drafted Willie Lozado in the 3rd round of the 1978 amateur draft (Secondary Phase), but did not sign the player.

March 15, 1978

Returned Dennis Lewallyn to the Los Angeles Dodgers following previous purchase.

March 18, 1978

Signed Stan Perzanowski as a free agent.

March 23, 1978

Released Don Carrithers.

March 29, 1978

Purchased Jose Morales from the Montreal Expos.

April 4, 1978 (Standings)

Sold Randy Bass to the Kansas City Royals.

April 28, 1978 (Standings)

Signed Roric Harrison as a free agent.

May 15, 1978 (Standings)

Signed Mike Marshall as a free agent.

June 6, 1978 (Standings)

Drafted Lenny Faedo in the 1st round (16th pick) of the 1978 amateur draft.

Drafted Dave Leeper in the 3rd round of the 1978 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

Drafted Tony Fossas in the 9th round of the 1978 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

Drafted Scott Bradley in the 12th round of the 1978 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

Drafted Kent Hrbek in the 17th round of the 1978 amateur draft.

October 3, 1978 (Standings)

Released Dave Johnson.

November 2, 1978

Mike Marshall granted Free Agency.

December 4, 1978

Traded Dan Ford to the California Angels. Received Ron Jackson and Danny Goodwin.

December 8, 1978

Traded a player to be named later and Greg Field (minors) to the New York Mets. Received Jerry Koosman. The Minnesota Twins sent Jesse Orosco (February 7, 1979) to the New York Mets to complete the trade.

December 12, 1978

Released Mark Souza.

December 13, 1978

Traded Mac Scarce to the Texas Rangers. Received Mike Bacsik.

January 6, 1979

Signed Mike Marshall as a free agent.

January 9, 1979

Drafted Mike Mason in the 2nd round of the 1979 amateur draft (Secondary Phase), but did not sign the player.

Drafted Ed Hodge in the 5th round of the 1979 amateur draft.

February 3, 1979

Traded Larry Wolfe to the Boston Red Sox. Received Dave Coleman.

Traded Rod Carew to the California Angels. Received Ken Landreaux, Dave Engle, Paul Hartzell, and Brad Havens.

February 8, 1979

Released Tom Johnson.

February 13, 1979

Released Rich Chiles.

Released Stan Perzanowski.

March 29, 1979

Sold Bud Bulling to the Seattle Mariners.

March 30, 1979

Released Sam Perlozzo.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

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