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1979 Minnesota Twins Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1978 / 1980)
82-80, Finished 4th in AL West
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Scored 764 runs, Allowed 725 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 85-77
Manager: Gene Mauch (82-80)
Ballpark: Metropolitan Stadium (ballparks.com)
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 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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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 31 L R 6' 0" 185 Oct 4, 1947 5 119 94 119 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 46 0 8 54 45 25 0
Mike Bacsik 27 R R 6' 1" 185 Apr 1, 1952 4 31 0 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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
Ken Brett 30 L L 5' 11" 195 Sep 18, 1948 12 9 0 9 9 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
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 15 24 0
Dave Edwards 25 R R 6' 0" 177 Feb 24, 1954 2 96 60 96 86 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 31 24 86 0 9 15
Roger Erickson 22 R R 6' 3" 190 Aug 30, 1956 2 24 0 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Terry Felton 21 R R 6' 1" 180 Oct 29, 1957 1st 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dave Goltz 30 R R 6' 4" 215 Jun 23, 1949 8 36 0 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 41 11 0
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
Paul Hartzell 25 R R 6' 5" 200 Nov 2, 1953 4 28 0 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jeff Holly 26 L L 6' 5" 210 Mar 1, 1953 3 6 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Darrell Jackson 23 B L 5' 10" 150 Apr 3, 1956 2 25 0 1 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Ron Jackson 26 R R 6' 0" 205 May 9, 1953 5 159 153 159 158 0 0 157 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 5 0
Jerry Koosman 36 R L 6' 2" 208 Dec 23, 1942 13 37 0 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Craig Kusick 30 R R 6' 3" 232 Sep 30, 1948 7 24 11 24 8 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 8 1
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 0 8 1
Mike Marshall 36 R R 5' 10" 180 Jan 15, 1943 12 90 0 1 90 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jose Morales 34 R R 6' 0" 195 Dec 30, 1944 7 92 39 92 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 39 52 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 8 16 6
Hosken Powell 24 L L 6' 1" 185 May 14, 1955 2 104 83 104 93 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 85 93 2 20 1
Bob Randall 31 R R 6' 3" 180 Jun 10, 1948 4 80 47 80 77 0 0 0 71 7 1 1 0 0 1 0 17 3
Pete Redfern 24 R R 6' 2" 195 Aug 25, 1954 4 41 0 1 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Bombo Rivera 26 R R 5' 10" 187 Aug 2, 1952 4 112 59 112 105 0 0 0 0 0 0 61 1 50 105 0 29 6
Gary Serum 22 R R 6' 1" 180 Oct 24, 1956 3 20 0 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 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
Kevin Stanfield 23 L L 6' 0" 190 Dec 19, 1955 1st 3 0 3 3 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 1 1 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 1 3 0
Gary Ward 25 R R 6' 2" 202 Dec 6, 1953 1st 10 2 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 5 0 2 4
Rob Wilfong 25 L R 6' 1" 185 Sep 1, 1953 3 140 115 140 135 0 0 0 133 0 0 1 1 1 3 0 19 5
Butch Wynegar 23 B R 6' 0" 194 Mar 14, 1956 4 149 141 149 146 0 146 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0
Geoff Zahn 33 L L 6' 1" 180 Dec 19, 1945 7 26 0 26 26 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

1978 / 1980 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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