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1979 Minnesota Twins Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(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 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# 23 149 595 504 74 136 20 0 7 57 2 2 74 36 .270 .363 .351 .714 91 177 13 2 11 4 5
2 1B Ron Jackson 26 159 653 583 85 158 40 5 14 68 3 1 51 59 .271 .337 .429 .766 102 250 14 9 6 4 5
3 2B Rob Wilfong* 25 140 485 419 71 131 22 6 9 59 11 4 29 54 .313 .352 .458 .810 114 192 2 2 25 10 3
4 SS Roy Smalley# 26 162 729 621 94 168 28 3 24 95 2 3 80 80 .271 .353 .441 .794 110 274 9 4 15 9 8
5 3B John Castino 24 148 445 393 49 112 13 8 5 52 5 2 27 72 .285 .331 .397 .728 93 156 9 1 22 2 0
6 LF Bombo Rivera 26 112 294 263 37 74 13 5 2 31 5 5 17 40 .281 .324 .392 .715 90 103 6 0 13 1 0
7 CF Ken Landreaux* 24 151 623 564 81 172 27 5 15 83 10 3 37 57 .305 .347 .450 .798 111 254 13 4 10 8 4
8 RF Hosken Powell* 24 104 380 338 49 99 17 3 2 36 5 1 33 25 .293 .360 .379 .739 97 128 9 3 5 1 1
9 DH Jose Morales 34 92 214 191 21 51 5 1 2 27 0 0 14 27 .267 .319 .335 .654 75 64 10 2 4 3 5
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 UT Glenn Adams* 31 119 361 326 34 98 13 1 8 50 2 2 25 27 .301 .350 .420 .770 104 137 3 3 1 6 0
11 OF Willie Norwood 28 96 294 270 32 67 13 3 6 30 9 5 20 51 .248 .299 .385 .684 81 104 8 0 3 1 2
12 UT Mike Cubbage* 28 94 291 243 26 67 10 1 2 23 1 8 39 26 .276 .371 .350 .720 93 85 2 0 5 4 2
13 OF Dave Edwards 25 96 257 229 42 57 8 0 8 35 6 3 24 45 .249 .323 .389 .711 89 89 5 1 3 0 1
14 2B Bob Randall 31 80 227 199 25 49 7 0 0 14 2 2 15 17 .246 .299 .281 .580 56 56 2 0 13 0 0
15 DH Danny Goodwin* 25 58 172 159 22 46 8 5 5 27 0 0 11 23 .289 .335 .497 .832 118 79 5 0 2 0 1
16 RF Rick Sofield* 22 35 107 93 8 28 5 0 0 12 2 3 12 27 .301 .381 .355 .736 98 33 2 0 2 0 0
17 C Glenn Borgmann 29 31 84 70 4 14 3 0 0 8 1 0 12 11 .200 .317 .243 .560 52 17 3 0 2 0 0
18 UT Craig Kusick 30 24 57 54 8 13 4 0 3 6 0 0 3 11 .241 .281 .481 .762 99 26 1 0 0 0 0
19 UT Gary Ward 25 10 17 14 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 3 .286 .412 .286 .697 90 4 0 0 0 0 0
20 DH Jesus Vega 23 4 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 DH Dan Graham* 24 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 26.0 162 6296 5544 764 1544 256 46 112 714 66 45 526 693 .278 .341 .402 .743 97 2228 116 31 142 53 37
Rank in 14 AL teams 4 6 6 6 3 12 12 13 7 9 5 5 11 7 10
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 Jerry Koosman* 36 20 13 .606 3.38 37 36 0 10 2 0 263.2 268 108 99 19 83 4 157 3 1 2 1101 130 1.331 9.1 0.6 2.8 5.4 1.89
2 SP Dave Goltz 30 14 13 .519 4.16 36 35 1 12 1 0 250.2 282 124 116 22 69 3 132 1 0 5 1061 106 1.400 10.1 0.8 2.5 4.7 1.91
3 SP Geoff Zahn* 33 13 7 .650 3.57 26 24 1 4 0 0 169.0 181 74 67 13 41 1 58 0 0 1 702 123 1.314 9.6 0.7 2.2 3.1 1.41
4 SP Paul Hartzell 25 6 10 .375 5.36 28 26 0 4 0 0 163.0 193 102 97 18 44 4 44 4 0 1 704 82 1.454 10.7 1.0 2.4 2.4 1.00
5 SP Roger Erickson 22 3 10 .231 5.63 24 21 1 0 0 0 123.0 154 86 77 17 48 1 47 1 4 4 556 78 1.642 11.3 1.2 3.5 3.4 0.98
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
6 CL Mike Marshall 36 10 15 .400 2.65 90 1 84 0 0 32 142.2 132 47 42 8 48 2 81 4 1 8 586 166 1.262 8.3 0.5 3.0 5.1 1.69
7 RP Pete Redfern 24 7 3 .700 3.49 40 6 13 0 0 1 108.1 106 45 42 8 35 0 85 1 1 5 455 126 1.302 8.8 0.7 2.9 7.1 2.43
8 RP Darrell Jackson* 23 4 4 .500 4.28 24 8 7 1 0 0 69.1 89 36 33 5 26 0 43 1 0 10 311 103 1.659 11.6 0.6 3.4 5.6 1.65
9 RP Mike Bacsik 27 4 2 .667 4.39 31 0 13 0 0 0 65.2 61 39 32 6 29 4 33 0 0 2 283 100 1.371 8.4 0.8 4.0 4.5 1.14
10 RP Gary Serum 22 1 3 .250 6.61 20 5 7 0 0 0 64.0 93 47 47 10 20 2 31 0 0 1 287 67 1.766 13.1 1.4 2.8 4.4 1.55
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
11 Ken Brett* 30 0 0 4.97 9 0 1 0 0 0 12.2 16 7 7 1 6 0 3 0 0 0 58 88 1.737 11.4 0.7 4.3 2.1 0.50
12 Jeff Holly* 26 0 0 7.11 6 0 2 0 0 0 6.1 10 7 5 0 3 0 5 0 0 0 31 62 2.053 14.2 0.0 4.3 7.1 1.67
13 Kevin Stanfield* 23 0 0 6.00 3 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 73 0.667 6.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
14 Terry Felton 21 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.5
15 Paul Thormodsgard 25 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 49 3.000 27.0 9.0 0.0 9.0
Team Totals 29.5 82 80 .506 4.16 162 162 131 31 3 33 1444.1 1590 725 667 128 452 21 721 15 7 39 6157 106 1.414 9.9 0.8 2.8 4.5 1.60
Rank in 14 AL teams 9 5 10 12 5 2 13 6 7 3 2 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 31 109 49 341.1 71 66 2 3 0 .958 -6.7 -23.6 -5.7 -4.5 -1.2 -1 1.79 0.62 LF-RF-DH
Mike Bacsik 27 31 0 65.2 13 4 9 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.78 0.42 P
Glenn Borgmann 29 31 23 203.2 141 129 11 1 0 .993 0.0 0.0 0 6.19 4.52 0 2 20 7 26% C
Ken Brett 30 9 0 12.2 6 3 3 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 4.26 0.67 P
John Castino 24 148 108 1039.0 392 91 286 15 34 .962 2.9 3.3 0.9 1.6 -0.7 2 3.27 2.55 3B-SS
Mike Cubbage 28 86 55 424.1 142 38 94 10 9 .930 -8.3 -23.5 -9.3 -7.4 -1.8 1 2.80 1.53 3B-1B-2B-DH
Dave Edwards 25 94 60 588.1 177 167 7 3 0 .983 6.1 12.4 3.1 4.2 -1.1 3 2.66 1.85 LF-CF-RF-DH
Roger Erickson 22 24 21 123.0 28 9 17 2 1 .929 0.0 0.0 1.90 1.08 P
Terry Felton 21 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 P
Dave Goltz 30 36 35 250.2 52 16 34 2 3 .962 0.0 0.0 1.80 1.39 P
Danny Goodwin 25 59 6 46.0 42 40 2 0 5 1.000 -0.3 -7.8 -0.3 -0.2 -0.1 0 8.22 0.71 1B-DH
Dan Graham 24 1 0.0 0.00 DH
Paul Hartzell 25 28 26 163.0 47 14 30 3 1 .936 0.0 0.0 2.43 1.57 P
Jeff Holly 26 6 0 6.1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.42 0.17 P
Darrell Jackson 23 24 8 69.1 17 3 13 1 2 .941 0.0 0.0 2.08 0.67 P
Ron Jackson 26 160 153 1355.1 1597 1448 140 9 175 .994 3.0 2.7 3.0 1.7 1.3 0 10.55 9.93 1B-3B-SS-LF
Jerry Koosman 36 37 36 263.2 65 10 50 5 6 .923 0.0 0.0 2.05 1.62 P
Craig Kusick 30 20 3 38.0 49 46 3 0 6 1.000 0.3 9.5 0.3 0.1 0.2 0 11.61 2.45 1B-DH
Ken Landreaux 24 147 139 1246.1 310 293 10 7 2 .977 -17.2 -16.6 -17.2 -7.2 -10.1 0 2.19 2.06 CF-LF
Mike Marshall 36 90 1 142.2 43 11 31 1 4 .977 0.0 0.0 2.65 0.47 P
Jose Morales 34 78 0 4.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -60.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 4.50 0.03 1B-DH
Willie Norwood 28 85 64 550.0 156 148 4 4 0 .974 -5.5 -12.0 -6.5 -1.8 -4.8 1 2.49 1.79 CF-RF-DH
Hosken Powell 24 98 81 719.1 175 165 6 4 3 .977 -4.6 -7.7 -2.6 -1.3 -1.3 -2 2.14 1.74 RF-LF-DH
Bob Randall 31 80 47 451.2 304 130 169 5 48 .984 -0.4 -1.1 -2.4 -0.6 -1.9 2 5.96 3.74 2B-3B-SS-LF
Pete Redfern 24 40 6 108.1 17 7 9 1 2 .941 0.0 0.0 1.33 0.40 P
Bombo Rivera 26 114 59 616.1 178 164 12 2 0 .989 10.8 21.0 5.8 6.6 -0.8 5 2.57 1.54 LF-RF-CF-DH
Gary Serum 22 20 5 64.0 16 5 10 1 0 .938 0.0 0.0 2.11 0.75 P
Roy Smalley 26 162 161 1419.1 906 305 572 29 146 .968 -1.9 -1.6 -4.9 -4.9 0.0 3 5.56 5.41 SS-1B
Rick Sofield 22 35 32 243.0 66 62 1 3 1 .955 1.0 4.9 0.0 0.1 -0.1 1 2.33 1.80 RF-LF-CF
Kevin Stanfield 23 3 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 3.00 0.33 P
Paul Thormodsgard 25 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 P
Jesus Vega 23 3 0.0 0.00 DH
Gary Ward 25 8 2 24.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 -1.5 -75.0 -0.5 0.0 -0.5 -1 2.62 0.88 RF-LF-DH
Rob Wilfong 25 136 115 1004.0 681 288 379 14 92 .979 2.6 3.1 -0.4 -1.4 1.0 0 3 5.98 4.90 2B-RF-CF-LF
Butch Wynegar 23 148 139 1240.2 724 653 65 6 10 .992 17.0 16.4 17 5.21 4.85 5 37 57 64 53% C-DH
Geoff Zahn 33 26 24 169.0 49 8 37 4 2 .918 0.0 0.0 2.40 1.73 P
Team Totals 26.8 162 1458 12999.0 6474 4333 2007 134 551 .979 -2.9 -0.3 -36.9 -15.2 -21.9 6 11 17 4.39 2.93 5 39 77 71 48%
Rank in 14 AL teams 8 1 5
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

1978 / 1980 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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