1979 Minnesota Twins Statistics

1978 Season 1980 Season

Record: 82-80-0, Finished 4th in AL_West (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Gene Mauch (82-80)

Farm Director: George Brophy

Ballpark: 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

Pythagorean W-L: 85-77, 764 Runs, 725 Runs Allowed

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Top 12 Players

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Team Batting

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Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	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	José 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	Name	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	DH	Glenn Adams*	31	119	362	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	3B	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	DH	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	OF	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	Jesús 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
Rk	Pos	Name	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
22	P	Paul Thormodsgard	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
23	P	Jerry Koosman	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
24	P	Gary Serum	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
25	P	Jeff Holly*	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
26	P	Ken Brett*	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
27	P	Terry Felton	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
28	P	Darrell Jackson#	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
29	P	Roger Erickson	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
30	P	Paul Hartzell	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
31	P	Pete Redfern	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
32	P	Dave Goltz	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
33	P	Geoff Zahn*	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
34	P	Mike Marshall	36	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
35	P	Mike Bacsik	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
36	P	Kevin Stanfield*	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	26.1	162	6297	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	2	7	6	5	5	11	7		10		8		9
Rk	Pos	Name	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

Team Pitching

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Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
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	3.46	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	3.66	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	124	3.77	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	4.51	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	4.96	1.642	11.3	1.2	3.5	3.4	0.98
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
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	3.42	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	127	3.12	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	3.60	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	101	4.24	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	4.73	1.766	13.1	1.4	2.8	4.4	1.55
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
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	91	4.71	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	65	2.57	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	82	2.73	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		1.73	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	66	13.73	3.000	27.0	9.0	0.0	9.0
16		Craig Kusick	30	0	0			0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	29.5	82	80	.506	4.13	162	162	131	31	3	33	1444.1	1590	725	663	128	452	21	721	15	7	39	6157	106	3.86	1.414	9.9	0.8	2.8	4.5	1.60
		Rank in 14 AL teams		9	5		7				10	12	5	2	13	6	7	3	2		10
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W