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1981 Minnesota Twins

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1980 / 1982

First Half: 17-39, Finished 7th
Second Half: 24-29, Finished 4th
Overall: 41-68, Finished 7th in AL West (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Johnny Goryl (11-25) and Billy Gardner (30-43)
Scored 378 runs, Allowed 486 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 42-67

Ballparks: Metropolitan Stadium · Attendance: 469,090 (14th of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 107, Pitching - 108 · one-year: Batting - 106, Pitching - 107

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1980 / 1982 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 33 L R 6' 1" 180 Oct 4, 1947 7 72 56 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 62 16 0 -1.6 $
Fernando Arroyo 29 R R 6' 2" 180 Mar 21, 1952 6 23 19 0 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 $
Chuck Baker 28 R R 5' 11" 180 Dec 6, 1952 3 40 17 40 35 0 0 0 3 1 31 0 0 0 0 1 5 5 -0.5 $
Sal Butera 28 R R 6' 0" 190 Sep 25, 1952 2 62 52 62 60 0 59 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.9 $
John Castino 26 R R 5' 11" 175 Oct 23, 1954 3 101 100 101 101 0 0 0 4 98 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.9 $210,000
Don Cooper 25 R R 6' 1" 185 Jan 15, 1956 1st 27 2 0 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Doug Corbett 28 R R 6' 1" 185 Nov 4, 1952 2 54 0 0 54 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.5 $ All-Star
Tim Corcoran 28 L L 5' 11" 175 Mar 19, 1953 5 22 13 22 16 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 0 -0.4 $
Dave Engle 24 R R 6' 3" 210 Nov 30, 1956 1st 82 64 82 78 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 77 77 1 13 1 0.7 $
Roger Erickson 24 R R 6' 3" 180 Aug 30, 1956 4 14 14 0 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 $
Lenny Faedo 21 R R 6' 0" 170 May 13, 1960 2 12 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Terry Felton 23 R R 6' 1" 180 Oct 29, 1957 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Mark Funderburk 24 R R 6' 4" 226 May 16, 1957 1st 8 5 8 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 6 2 2 0 -0.4 $
Gary Gaetti 22 R R 6' 0" 180 Aug 19, 1958 1st 9 8 9 8 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.1 $
Danny Goodwin 27 L R 6' 1" 195 Sep 2, 1953 6 59 42 59 41 0 0 40 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 11 4 -0.7 $
Mickey Hatcher 26 R R 6' 2" 200 Mar 15, 1955 3 99 97 99 97 0 0 7 0 2 0 5 86 0 91 1 2 0 -0.8 $
Brad Havens 21 L L 6' 1" 180 Nov 17, 1959 1st 14 12 0 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 $
John Hobbs 25 R L 6' 3" 190 Nov 11, 1955 1st 4 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Kent Hrbek 21 L R 6' 4" 200 May 21, 1960 1st 24 18 24 13 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 5 0 -0.1 $
Darrell Jackson 25 B L 5' 10" 150 Apr 3, 1956 4 14 5 0 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Ron Jackson 28 R R 6' 0" 200 May 9, 1953 7 54 47 54 45 0 0 36 0 3 0 6 0 1 7 6 3 1 0.3 $200,000
Greg Johnston 26 L L 6' 0" 175 Feb 12, 1955 3 7 5 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 6 0 0 1 -0.3 $
Jerry Koosman 38 R L 6' 2" 205 Dec 23, 1942 15 19 13 0 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 $
Tim Laudner 23 R R 6' 3" 212 Jun 7, 1958 1st 14 12 14 12 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 -0.2 $
Pete Mackanin 29 R R 6' 2" 190 Aug 1, 1951 9 77 59 77 66 0 0 10 31 4 29 0 0 0 0 6 13 0 -1.3 $
Jack O'Connor 23 L L 6' 3" 215 Jun 2, 1958 1st 28 0 0 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.0 $
Hosken Powell 26 L L 6' 1" 175 May 14, 1955 4 80 65 80 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 52 64 8 13 1 -0.7 $
Pete Redfern 26 R R 6' 2" 195 Aug 25, 1954 6 24 23 0 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.9 $
Roy Smalley 28 B R 6' 1" 185 Oct 25, 1952 7 56 50 56 38 0 0 1 0 0 37 0 0 0 0 15 6 0 0.5 $450,000
Ray Smith 25 R R 6' 1" 185 Sep 18, 1955 1st 15 13 15 15 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Rick Sofield 24 L R 6' 1" 195 Dec 16, 1956 3 41 29 41 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 0 1 34 3 8 3 -0.8 $
John Verhoeven 28 R R 6' 5" 200 Jul 3, 1952 4 25 0 0 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Bob Veselic 25 R R 6' 0" 175 Sep 27, 1955 2 5 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $
Gary Ward 27 R R 6' 2" 195 Dec 6, 1953 3 85 74 85 81 0 0 0 0 0 0 62 19 1 82 3 7 2 0.3 $
Ron Washington 29 R R 5' 11" 155 Apr 29, 1952 2 28 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 26 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Rob Wilfong 27 L R 6' 1" 180 Sep 1, 1953 5 93 81 93 93 0 0 0 93 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 1 0.6 $
Albert Williams 27 R R 6' 4" 190 May 6, 1954 2 23 22 0 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 $
Butch Wynegar 25 B R 6' 1" 190 Mar 14, 1956 6 47 43 47 37 0 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 3 0 0.0 $460,000
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

Tim Corcoran

John Castino

Mark Funderburk

Roy Smalley

Rob Wilfong

Glenn Adams

Mickey Hatcher

Hosken Powell

Sal Butera

Rick Sofield

Pete Mackanin

Ron Jackson
Tim Laudner

Butch Wynegar

Pete Redfern

Ray Smith

Roger Erickson

Dave Engle
Bob Veselic

Lenny Faedo
Greg Johnston

John Verhoeven

Doug Corbett

Chuck Baker

Danny Goodwin

Kent Hrbek

Brad Havens

Albert Williams

Fernando Arroyo

Darrell Jackson

Gary Ward

Jack O'Connor

Don Cooper

Bob Veselic

Jerry Koosman

Terry Felton

Ron Washington

Gary Gaetti

John Hobbs

Mickey Hatcher

Dave Engle

1980 / 1982 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers