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1981 Minnesota Twins Schedule, Box Scores and Splits
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1980 / 1982)
First Half: 17-39, Finished 7th
Second Half: 24-29, Finished 4th
Overall: 41-68, Finished 7th in AL West
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Scored 378 runs, Allowed 486 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 42-67
Manager: Johnny Goryl (11-25) and Billy Gardner (30-43)
Ballpark: Metropolitan Stadium (ballparks.com)
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 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

Game Results

Season Summary 41-68, Final Rank:7, GB: 23.0
Days in Firstnever
 
Biggest Leadnever led
Farthest Behind23last on Sunday, Oct 4, for days on which they played
Most Games over .500never
Most Games under .50030last on Sunday, Sep 6
Longest Winning Streak7Monday, Sep 7 to Monday, Sep 14
Longest Losing Streak8Wednesday, May 13 to Thursday, May 21
Most Runs Allowed16Friday, Sep 4
Most Runs Scored12Sunday, Oct 4
Longest Game (innings)15Saturday, May 23
Times Shutout by Opponent13 
Times Opponent Shutout6 

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
SplitWLRSRAWP
Overall 41 68 378 486 .376
Home/Road
SplitWLRSRAWP
Home 24 36 213 292 .400
Road 17 32 165 194 .347
Month by Month
SplitWLRSRAWP
April 6 12 63 82 .333
May 8 20 95 120 .286
June 3 7 22 36 .300
August 9 13 72 108 .409
September 14 14 107 120 .500
October 1 2 19 20 .333
By Season Half
SplitWLRSRAWP
First Half 17 39 180 238 .304
Second Half 24 29 198 248 .453
Extra-Innings
SplitWLRSRAWP
9-Inning Games 39 60 337 434 .394
ExtraInning 2 8 34 45 .200
Shortened 0 0 7 7 .000
One-Run Games
SplitWLRSRAWP
One Run 15 22 133 140 .405
Blowouts (5+ Runs)
SplitWLRSRAWP
Blowout 7 18 84 162 .280
Opponent
SplitWLRSRAWP
BAL 0 6 16 34 .000
BOS 5 2 41 25 .714
CAL 3 3 23 28 .500
CHW 4 2 33 30 .667
CLE 1 2 10 14 .333
DET 3 9 25 50 .250
KCR 4 9 43 50 .308
MIL 3 9 43 70 .250
NYY 3 3 18 26 .500
OAK 2 8 23 35 .200
SEA 3 6 38 64 .333
TEX 5 8 44 50 .385
TOR 5 1 21 10 .833

Team Game-by-Game Schedule and Results

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Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
1 1 Thursday, Apr 9 boxscore MIN OAK L 1 5 0-1 5 1.0 Norris Koosman 2:46 42,658 -
2 2 Friday, Apr 10 boxscore MIN OAK L 3 6 0-2 7 2.0 Langford Erickson 2:27 4,552 --
3 3 Saturday, Apr 11 boxscore MIN OAK L 0 3 0-3 7 3.0 Keough Williams 2:34 5,536 ---
4 4 Sunday, Apr 12 boxscore MIN OAK L 0 1 0-4 7 4.0 McCatty Redfern 2:14 5,699 ----
5 5 Tuesday, Apr 14 boxscore MIN @ SEA W 5 4 1-4 6 4.5 Koosman Abbott Corbett 2:19 6,443 +
6 6 Wednesday, Apr 15 boxscore MIN @ SEA L 5 6 1-5 7 5.5 Gleaton Arroyo Clark 2:36 6,203 -
7 7 Friday, Apr 17 boxscore MIN @ CAL L 0 4 1-6 7 7.0 Forsch Williams 1:56 25,713 --
8 8 Saturday, Apr 18 boxscore MIN @ CAL W 6 4 2-6 6 7.0 Redfern Travers Corbett 2:17 51,325 +
9 9 Monday, Apr 20 boxscore MIN @ OAK L 0 3 2-7 6 8.0 Keough Koosman 2:04 22,141 -
10 10 Tuesday, Apr 21 boxscore MIN @ OAK L 3 4 10 2-8 7 9.0 McCatty Corbett 2:35 10,939 --
11 11 Wednesday, Apr 22 boxscore MIN @ OAK L 1 2 2-9 7 10.0 Kingman Williams Jones 2:28 16,573 ---
12 12 Friday, Apr 24 boxscore MIN CAL W 7 5 3-9 5 10.0 Corbett Sanchez 2:59 2,759 +
13 13 Saturday, Apr 25 boxscore MIN CAL L 4 6 3-10 6 11.0 Zahn Koosman 2:35 5,467 -
14 14 Sunday, Apr 26 boxscore MIN CAL L 1 7 3-11 6 11.5 Witt Erickson 2:11 0 --
15 15 Sunday, Apr 26 boxscore MIN CAL W 5 2 4-11 6 11.5 Arroyo Jefferson Corbett 2:09 18,702 +
16 16 Monday, Apr 27 boxscore MIN SEA L 3 8 10 4-12 7 11.5 Andersen Cooper 2:41 1,874 -
17 17 Tuesday, Apr 28 boxscore MIN SEA W 4 1 5-12 6 10.5 Redfern Clay 1:58 2,046 +
18 18 Wednesday, Apr 29 boxscore MIN SEA T 7 7 8 5-12 6 11.0 2:20 2,171 +
19 19 Thursday, Apr 30 boxscore MIN @ BOS W 8 4 6-12 5 10.5 Erickson Tanana 2:25 15,506 ++
20 20 Friday, May 1 boxscore MIN @ BOS W 6 1 7-12 5 10.5 Arroyo Eckersley 2:17 15,715 +++
21 21 Saturday, May 2 boxscore MIN @ BOS W 11 2 8-12 5 10.5 Williams Torrez 2:30 16,940 ++++
22 22 Sunday, May 3 boxscore MIN @ BOS W 3 1 9-12 5 9.0 Redfern Crawford Corbett 2:26 15,608 +++++
23 23 Monday, May 4 boxscore MIN @ BAL L 3 4 10 9-13 5 9.5 Martinez Koosman 2:43 9,717 -
24 24 Tuesday, May 5 boxscore MIN @ BAL L 2 3 9-14 5 10.5 Flanagan Erickson Martinez 2:09 11,096 --
25 25 Wednesday, May 6 boxscore MIN @ BAL L 4 5 9-15 5 10.5 Stewart O'Connor 3:04 9,085 ---
26 26 Friday, May 8 boxscore MIN CLE W 8 7 10-15 5 11.0 O'Connor Monge 3:00 4,664 +
27 27 Saturday, May 9 boxscore MIN CLE L 1 2 10 10-16 5 12.0 Monge Redfern 2:52 4,187 -
28 28 Sunday, May 10 boxscore MIN CLE L 1 5 10-17 5 12.0 Garland Koosman 2:14 3,609 --
29 29 Tuesday, May 12 boxscore MIN BOS W 4 3 10 11-17 5 11.0 Corbett Burgmeier 2:27 3,572 +
30 30 Wednesday, May 13 boxscore MIN BOS L 2 5 11-18 5 12.0 Torrez Arroyo Clear 2:22 4,077 -
31 31 Thursday, May 14 boxscore MIN BOS L 7 9 11 11-19 5 12.0 Campbell Cooper 3:13 4,884 --
32 32 Friday, May 15 boxscore MIN BAL L 4 9 11-20 5 12.0 Martinez Redfern Stewart 3:03 6,268 ---
33 33 Saturday, May 16 boxscore MIN BAL L 0 7 11-21 5 12.0 Ford Koosman 2:13 6,302 ----
34 34 Sunday, May 17 boxscore MIN BAL L 3 6 11-22 6 12.0 Palmer Erickson Stoddard 2:25 9,313 -----
35 35 Tuesday, May 19 boxscore MIN @ MIL L 3 4 11-23 6 11.5 Caldwell Arroyo Fingers 2:21 8,979 ------
36 36 Wednesday, May 20 boxscore MIN @ MIL L 1 6 11-24 7 11.5 Slaton Williams Fingers 2:34 10,463 -------
37 37 Thursday, May 21 boxscore MIN @ MIL L 2 8 11-25 7 11.5 Vuckovich Redfern 2:19 16,120 --------
38 38 Friday, May 22 boxscore MIN @ KCR W 7 0 12-25 6 11.5 Koosman Leonard 2:20 34,052 +
39 39 Saturday, May 23 boxscore MIN @ KCR L 0 1 15 12-26 7 12.5 Martin Cooper 3:41 27,580 -
40 40 Sunday, May 24 boxscore MIN @ KCR L 4 6 12-27 7 14.0 Gale O'Connor 2:38 37,207 --
41 41 Monday, May 25 boxscore MIN @ TEX L 3 4 12-28 7 15.0 Johnson Jackson 2:20 21,558 ---
42 42 Tuesday, May 26 boxscore MIN @ TEX L 1 2 12-29 7 15.0 Jenkins Redfern Hough 2:06 12,932 ----
43 43 Wednesday, May 27 boxscore MIN @ TEX W 2 1 13-29 7 14.0 Koosman Darwin Corbett 2:02 13,961 +
44 44 Thursday, May 28 boxscore MIN @ TEX L 2 6 13-30 7 14.5 Honeycutt Erickson 2:12 15,604 -
45 45 Friday, May 29 boxscore MIN KCR L 1 3 13-31 7 14.5 Gale Arroyo Quisenberry 2:30 6,734 --
46 46 Saturday, May 30 boxscore MIN KCR L 5 6 13-32 7 14.5 Wright Corbett Quisenberry 2:26 8,673 ---
47 47 Sunday, May 31 boxscore MIN KCR W 5 4 14-32 7 14.5 O'Connor Leonard 2:42 6,718 +
48 48 Tuesday, Jun 2 boxscore MIN TEX L 3 5 14-33 7 15.5 Darwin Koosman Comer 2:16 3,655 -
49 49 Wednesday, Jun 3 boxscore MIN TEX L 3 6 14-34 7 16.5 Honeycutt Erickson 2:22 3,789 --
50 50 Thursday, Jun 4 boxscore MIN TEX W 7 3 15-34 7 15.5 Arroyo Matlack 2:20 4,793 +
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
51 51 Friday, Jun 5 boxscore MIN @ DET L 0 2 15-35 7 15.5 Morris Havens 2:00 23,133 -
52 52 Saturday, Jun 6 boxscore MIN @ DET L 1 5 15-36 7 16.5 Petry Redfern 2:19 15,218 --
53 53 Sunday, Jun 7 boxscore MIN @ DET L 0 3 15-37 7 17.5 Wilcox Koosman 1:58 21,857 ---
54 54 Monday, Jun 8 boxscore MIN MIL W 1 0 16-37 7 17.0 Erickson Caldwell Corbett 2:19 11,978 +
55 55 Tuesday, Jun 9 boxscore MIN MIL W 3 1 17-37 7 17.5 Arroyo Slaton Corbett 2:04 9,731 ++
56 56 Wednesday, Jun 10 boxscore MIN DET L 2 4 17-38 7 17.5 Morris Havens 2:22 5,495 -
57 57 Thursday, Jun 11 boxscore MIN DET L 2 7 17-39 7 18.0 Petry Redfern 2:36 4,623 --
58 58 Monday, Aug 10 boxscore MIN OAK W 6 2 18-39 7 17.0 Erickson Langford Koosman 2:31 15,414 +
59 59 Tuesday, Aug 11 boxscore MIN OAK L 5 6 18-40 7 18.0 Norris Williams Jones 2:29 8,836 -
60 60 Wednesday, Aug 12 boxscore MIN OAK W 4 3 19-40 7 17.0 Jackson Owchinko Corbett 2:25 9,624 +
61 61 Thursday, Aug 13 boxscore MIN SEA L 1 11 19-41 7 17.5 Parrott Arroyo Andersen 2:22 5,673 -
62 62 Friday, Aug 14 boxscore MIN SEA W 6 1 20-41 7 18.0 Williams Galasso Koosman 1:52 0 +
63 63 Friday, Aug 14 boxscore MIN SEA L 3 13 20-42 7 18.0 Gleaton Erickson 2:32 5,630 -
64 64 Saturday, Aug 15 boxscore MIN SEA L 0 6 20-43 7 19.0 Abbott Havens Clark 2:17 17,831 --
65 65 Sunday, Aug 16 boxscore MIN SEA L 4 7 20-44 7 20.0 Rawley Corbett 2:27 6,274 ---
66 66 Monday, Aug 17 boxscore MIN @ DET L 2 12 20-45 7 20.5 Petry Koosman Rozema 2:38 11,484 ----
67 67 Tuesday, Aug 18 boxscore MIN @ DET L 0 3 20-46 7 21.5 Wilcox Erickson Saucier 2:20 15,163 -----
68 68 Wednesday, Aug 19 boxscore MIN @ DET L 0 4 20-47 7 22.5 Schatzeder Jackson Tobik 2:25 16,960 ------
69 69 Friday, Aug 21 boxscore MIN @ MIL W 7 6 21-47 7 21.0 Williams Caldwell Koosman 2:26 30,123 +
70 70 Saturday, Aug 22 boxscore MIN @ MIL L 3 4 10 21-48 7 22.0 Fingers Cooper 3:05 15,292 -
71 71 Sunday, Aug 23 boxscore MIN @ MIL L 5 8 21-49 7 22.0 Augustine Arroyo Fingers 2:53 18,724 --
72 72 Monday, Aug 24 boxscore MIN @ NYY W 3 2 12 22-49 7 22.0 O'Connor Frazier 3:06 21,513 +
73 73 Tuesday, Aug 25 boxscore MIN @ NYY W 3 0 23-49 7 21.0 Jackson May Koosman 2:18 26,110 ++
74 74 Wednesday, Aug 26 boxscore MIN @ NYY L 2 3 23-50 7 21.5 Gossage Williams 2:14 30,271 -
75 75 Thursday, Aug 27 boxscore MIN DET W 4 3 24-50 7 20.5 Redfern Saucier 2:13 4,625 +
76 76 Friday, Aug 28 boxscore MIN DET W 6 0 25-50 7 19.5 Arroyo Rozema Koosman 2:15 5,415 ++
77 77 Saturday, Aug 29 boxscore MIN DET W 7 1 26-50 7 18.5 Havens Schatzeder 2:32 10,296 +++
78 78 Sunday, Aug 30 boxscore MIN DET L 1 6 26-51 7 19.5 Morris Cooper 2:23 8,217 -
79 79 Monday, Aug 31 boxscore MIN NYY L 0 7 26-52 7 20.5 Righetti Williams 2:16 12,774 --
80 80 Tuesday, Sep 1 boxscore MIN NYY L 6 11 26-53 7 21.0 Reuschel Redfern 2:22 14,075 ---
81 81 Wednesday, Sep 2 boxscore MIN NYY W 4 3 27-53 7 19.5 Cooper Gossage 2:33 16,231 +
82 82 Thursday, Sep 3 boxscore MIN MIL L 3 4 27-54 7 20.5 Vuckovich Havens Fingers 2:19 5,257 -
83 83 Friday, Sep 4 boxscore MIN MIL L 5 16 27-55 7 21.5 Caldwell Arroyo 2:40 7,976 --
84 84 Saturday, Sep 5 boxscore MIN MIL L 3 5 27-56 7 21.5 Slaton Williams Fingers 2:00 9,952 ---
85 85 Sunday, Sep 6 boxscore MIN MIL L 7 8 10 27-57 7 21.5 Fingers Corbett 3:06 9,764 ----
86 86 Monday, Sep 7 boxscore MIN TOR W 4 0 28-57 7 21.5 Jackson Berenguer Corbett 2:13 5,024 +
87 87 Tuesday, Sep 8 boxscore MIN TOR W 1 0 29-57 7 21.5 Havens Stieb 2:15 2,839 ++
88 88 Wednesday, Sep 9 boxscore MIN TOR W 3 1 30-57 7 20.5 Arroyo Clancy Corbett 2:09 3,381 +++
89 89 Friday, Sep 11 boxscore MIN CHW W 4 3 31-57 7 20.5 Williams Burns Corbett 2:34 6,954 ++++
90 90 Saturday, Sep 12 boxscore MIN CHW W 3 1 32-57 7 19.5 Redfern Dotson Corbett 2:28 7,967 +++++
91 91 Sunday, Sep 13 boxscore MIN CHW W 7 6 33-57 7 18.5 Veselic Hickey 3:17 16,308 ++++++
92 92 Monday, Sep 14 boxscore MIN @ TOR W 6 3 34-57 6 18.5 Havens Clancy Corbett 2:26 11,402 +++++++
93 93 Tuesday, Sep 15 boxscore MIN @ TOR L 2 4 34-58 7 18.5 Leal Arroyo McLaughlin 2:16 12,037 -
94 94 Wednesday, Sep 16 boxscore MIN @ TOR W 5 2 35-58 6 18.5 Williams Berenguer 2:10 11,733 +
95 95 Friday, Sep 18 boxscore MIN @ TEX W 6 3 36-58 6 18.5 Redfern Honeycutt Corbett 2:17 10,509 ++
96 96 Saturday, Sep 19 boxscore MIN @ TEX L 0 6 36-59 6 19.5 Medich Jackson 2:04 13,065 -
97 97 Sunday, Sep 20 boxscore MIN @ TEX L 3 4 36-60 7 19.5 Hough Corbett 2:26 7,441 --
98 98 Monday, Sep 21 boxscore MIN @ KCR W 7 2 37-60 6 19.0 Williams Hammaker 2:51 24,869 +
99 99 Tuesday, Sep 22 boxscore MIN @ KCR L 1 2 37-61 7 20.5 Gura Arroyo 2:19 19,580 -
100 100 Wednesday, Sep 23 boxscore MIN @ KCR W 6 2 38-61 7 20.5 Redfern Jones Corbett 2:42 19,457 +
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
101 101 Thursday, Sep 24 boxscore MIN @ KCR L 2 9 38-62 7 21.0 Leonard Havens 2:45 17,893 -
102 102 Friday, Sep 25 boxscore MIN TEX L 2 5 38-63 7 21.0 Hough Williams Comer 2:11 15,607 --
103 103 Saturday, Sep 26 boxscore MIN TEX W 7 3 39-63 7 21.0 Arroyo Darwin 2:05 4,959 +
104 104 Sunday, Sep 27 boxscore MIN TEX W 5 2 40-63 7 19.5 Redfern Butcher Corbett 2:20 4,428 ++
105 105 Monday, Sep 28 boxscore MIN KCR L 1 6 40-64 7 20.0 Leonard Havens 2:21 3,654 -
106 106 Tuesday, Sep 29 boxscore MIN KCR L 2 4 40-65 7 21.0 Wright Williams Quisenberry 2:21 3,676 --
107 107 Wednesday, Sep 30 boxscore MIN KCR L 2 5 40-66 7 22.0 Gura Arroyo 2:37 15,900 ---
108 108 Friday, Oct 2 boxscore MIN @ CHW W 3 2 41-66 7 21.0 Redfern Koosman Corbett 2:48 7,175 +
109 109 Saturday, Oct 3 boxscore MIN @ CHW L 4 5 41-67 7 22.0 Hoyt Veselic 2:28 4,716 -
110 110 Sunday, Oct 4 boxscore MIN @ CHW L 12 13 41-68 7 23.0 Robinson Corbett 3:48 7,965 --
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
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Rank and Games Behind are at the end of all games played on that date.

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