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1979 Minnesota Twins

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1978 / 1980

82-80, Finished 4th in AL West (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Gene Mauch (82-80)
Scored 764 runs, Allowed 725 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 85-77

Ballparks: Metropolitan Stadium · Attendance: 1,070,521 (11th of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 104, Pitching - 104 · one-year: Batting - 109, Pitching - 109

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1978 / 1980 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 31 L R 6' 1" 180 Oct 4, 1947 5 119 94 119 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 46 0 8 54 54 25 0 0.0 $
Mike Bacsik 27 R R 6' 2" 180 Apr 1, 1952 4 31 0 0 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Glenn Borgmann 29 R R 6' 4" 210 May 25, 1950 8 31 23 31 31 0 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Ken Brett 30 L L 6' 0" 190 Sep 18, 1948 12 9 0 0 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
John Castino 24 R R 5' 11" 175 Oct 23, 1954 1st 148 108 148 147 0 0 0 0 143 5 0 0 0 0 0 11 4 1.7 $
Mike Cubbage 28 L R 6' 0" 180 Jul 21, 1950 6 94 70 94 65 0 0 1 1 63 0 0 0 0 0 22 24 0 -0.4 $
Dave Edwards 25 R R 6' 0" 170 Feb 24, 1954 2 96 60 96 86 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 31 24 91 4 9 15 0.8 $
Roger Erickson 22 R R 6' 3" 180 Aug 30, 1956 2 24 21 0 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $
Terry Felton 21 R R 6' 1" 180 Oct 29, 1957 1st 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Dave Goltz 30 R R 6' 4" 200 Jun 23, 1949 8 36 35 0 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.9 $
Danny Goodwin 25 L R 6' 1" 195 Sep 2, 1953 4 58 47 58 8 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 51 11 0 0.4 $
Dan Graham 24 L R 6' 1" 205 Jul 19, 1954 1st 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.0 $
Paul Hartzell 25 R R 6' 5" 200 Nov 2, 1953 4 28 26 0 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $80,000
Jeff Holly 26 L L 6' 5" 210 Mar 1, 1953 3 6 0 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Darrell Jackson 23 B L 5' 10" 150 Apr 3, 1956 2 25 8 1 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.7 $
Ron Jackson 26 R R 6' 0" 200 May 9, 1953 5 159 153 159 158 0 0 157 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 5 0 1.8 $
Jerry Koosman 36 R L 6' 2" 205 Dec 23, 1942 13 37 36 0 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.5 $
Craig Kusick 30 R R 6' 3" 210 Sep 30, 1948 7 24 11 24 8 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 8 1 0.0 $
Ken Landreaux 24 L R 5' 10" 165 Dec 22, 1954 3 151 139 151 147 0 0 0 0 0 0 49 98 0 147 1 8 1 1.5 $
Mike Marshall 36 R R 5' 10" 180 Jan 15, 1943 12 90 1 1 90 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.4 $300,000
Jose Morales 34 R R 5' 11" 187 Dec 30, 1944 7 92 39 92 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 77 52 0 -1.0 $
Willie Norwood 28 R R 6' 0" 185 Nov 7, 1950 3 96 72 96 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 43 28 71 17 16 6 -1.0 $
Hosken Powell 24 L L 6' 1" 175 May 14, 1955 2 104 83 104 93 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 85 93 5 20 1 0.8 $
Bob Randall 31 R R 6' 2" 175 Jun 6, 1948 4 80 47 80 77 0 0 0 71 7 1 1 0 0 1 0 17 3 -0.4 $
Pete Redfern 24 R R 6' 2" 195 Aug 25, 1954 4 41 6 1 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.9 $
Bombo Rivera 26 R R 5' 10" 187 Aug 2, 1952 4 112 59 112 105 0 0 0 0 0 0 61 1 50 112 2 29 6 1.2 $
Gary Serum 22 R R 6' 1" 180 Oct 24, 1956 3 20 5 0 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Roy Smalley 26 B R 6' 1" 185 Oct 25, 1952 5 162 161 162 162 0 0 1 0 0 161 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.9 $ All-Star
Rick Sofield 22 L R 6' 1" 195 Dec 16, 1956 1st 35 32 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 6 22 35 0 3 0 0.2 $
Kevin Stanfield 23 L L 6' 0" 190 Dec 19, 1955 1st 3 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Paul Thormodsgard 25 R R 6' 2" 190 Nov 10, 1953 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Jesus Vega 23 R R 6' 1" 176 Oct 14, 1955 1st 4 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 -0.2 $
Gary Ward 25 R R 6' 2" 195 Dec 6, 1953 1st 10 2 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 5 4 2 4 -0.1 $
Rob Wilfong 25 L R 6' 1" 180 Sep 1, 1953 3 140 115 140 135 0 0 0 133 0 0 1 1 1 3 0 19 5 3.2 $
Butch Wynegar 23 B R 6' 1" 190 Mar 14, 1956 4 149 141 149 146 0 146 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 4.3 $
Geoff Zahn 33 L L 6' 1" 180 Dec 19, 1945 7 26 24 0 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.4 $
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

John Castino
Roy Smalley
Rob Wilfong
Glenn Adams
Bombo Rivera
Hosken Powell
Glenn Borgmann
Ron Jackson

Butch Wynegar
Pete Redfern
Paul Hartzell
Roger Erickson
Gary Serum
Terry Felton
Jeff Holly
Craig Kusick
Paul Thormodsgard

Willie Norwood
Danny Goodwin
Rick Sofield
Mike Cubbage
Mike Bacsik
Jerry Koosman
Mike Marshall
Dave Goltz
Ken Brett
Darrell Jackson
Bob Randall

Dave Edwards
Jose Morales
Gary Ward
Jeff Holly
Jerry Koosman
Dan Graham
Jesus Vega
Geoff Zahn
Kevin Stanfield
Ken Landreaux

1978 / 1980 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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