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1985 Minnesota Twins

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1984 / 1986

77-85, Finished 4th in AL West (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Billy Gardner (27-35) and Ray Miller (50-50)
Scored 705 runs, Allowed 782 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 73-89

Ballparks: Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome · Attendance: 1,651,814 (9th of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 105, Pitching - 105 · one-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 104

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1984 / 1986 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
Bert Blyleven HOF 34 R R 6' 3" 200 Apr 6, 1951 16 14 14 0 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.3 $
Mark Brown 25 B R 6' 2" 190 Jul 13, 1959 2 6 0 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Tom Brunansky 24 R R 6' 4" 205 Aug 20, 1960 5 157 152 157 155 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 155 156 0 3 0 1.3 $425,000 All-Star
Dennis Burtt 27 R R 6' 0" 180 Nov 29, 1957 1st 5 2 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
Randy Bush 26 L L 6' 1" 186 Oct 5, 1958 4 97 59 97 42 0 0 1 0 0 0 39 0 4 43 28 37 0 0.5 $120,000
John Butcher 28 R R 6' 4" 185 Mar 8, 1957 6 34 33 0 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $320,000
Ron Davis 29 R R 6' 4" 205 Aug 6, 1955 8 57 0 0 57 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9 $650,000
Dave Engle 28 R R 6' 3" 210 Nov 30, 1956 5 70 47 70 20 0 17 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 38 21 0 0.4 $215,000
Alvaro Espinoza 23 R R 6' 0" 170 Feb 19, 1962 2 32 21 32 31 0 0 0 0 0 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.0 $
Frank Eufemia 25 R R 5' 11" 185 Dec 23, 1959 1st 39 0 0 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $
Pete Filson 26 B L 6' 2" 195 Sep 28, 1958 4 40 6 0 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 $120,000
Mark Funderburk 28 R R 6' 4" 226 May 16, 1957 2 23 17 23 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 5 15 6 0 0.1 $
Gary Gaetti 26 R R 6' 0" 180 Aug 19, 1958 5 160 148 160 158 0 0 1 0 156 0 4 0 0 4 1 1 3 2.1 $415,000
Greg Gagne 23 R R 5' 11" 185 Nov 12, 1961 3 114 93 114 106 0 0 0 0 0 106 0 0 0 0 5 4 6 0.6 $
Mickey Hatcher 30 R R 6' 2" 200 Mar 15, 1955 7 116 108 116 99 0 0 4 0 0 0 96 0 1 97 11 6 0 0.0 $293,750
Steve Howe 27 L L 6' 1" 180 Mar 10, 1958 5 13 0 0 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $
Kent Hrbek 25 L R 6' 4" 200 May 21, 1960 5 158 149 158 156 0 0 156 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 2.5 $560,000
Tom Klawitter 27 R L 6' 2" 190 Jun 24, 1958 1st 7 2 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Tim Laudner 27 R R 6' 3" 212 Jun 7, 1958 5 72 53 72 69 0 68 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0.4 $145,000
Steve Lombardozzi 25 R R 6' 0" 175 Apr 26, 1960 1st 28 20 28 26 0 0 0 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1.5 $
Rick Lysander 32 R R 6' 2" 190 Feb 21, 1953 4 35 1 0 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.8 $
Dave Meier 25 R R 6' 0" 195 Aug 8, 1959 2 71 27 71 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 56 3 4 63 3 13 11 0.3 $
Mark Portugal 22 R R 6' 0" 170 Oct 30, 1962 1st 6 4 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Kirby Puckett HOF 25 R R 5' 8" 178 Mar 14, 1960 2 161 160 161 161 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 161 0 161 0 1 0 2.1 $130,000
Jeff Reed 22 L R 6' 2" 190 Nov 12, 1962 2 7 2 7 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.1 $
Mark Salas 24 L R 6' 0" 180 Mar 8, 1961 2 120 97 120 115 0 115 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 13 0 2.1 $60,000
Ken Schrom 30 R R 6' 2" 195 Nov 23, 1954 5 29 26 0 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $150,000
Roy Smalley 32 B R 6' 1" 185 Oct 25, 1952 11 129 99 129 63 0 0 1 0 14 49 0 0 0 0 56 29 0 0.9 $728,571
Mike Smithson 30 R R 6' 8" 215 Jan 21, 1955 4 37 37 0 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 $335,000
Mike Stenhouse 27 L R 6' 1" 195 May 29, 1958 4 81 45 81 24 0 0 8 0 0 0 8 0 9 17 27 33 1 -0.2 $
Tim Teufel 26 R R 6' 0" 175 Jul 7, 1958 3 138 127 138 137 0 0 0 137 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 0 0.6 $110,000
Frank Viola 25 L L 6' 4" 200 Apr 19, 1960 4 36 36 0 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.6 $375,000
Curt Wardle 24 L L 6' 5" 220 Nov 16, 1960 2 35 0 0 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Ron Washington 33 R R 5' 11" 155 Apr 29, 1952 6 70 34 70 57 0 0 1 24 7 31 0 0 0 0 7 12 10 0.4 $
Len Whitehouse 27 L L 5' 11" 175 Sep 10, 1957 4 5 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Rich Yett 22 R R 6' 2" 187 Oct 6, 1962 1st 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
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
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

Alvaro Espinoza

Steve Lombardozzi

Roy Smalley

Dave Meier

Gary Gaetti

Mickey Hatcher

Jeff Reed

Tim Teufel

Mark Salas

Kent Hrbek

Tim Laudner

Frank Viola

Dennis Burtt

Ken Schrom

Rick Lysander

Dave Engle

Len Whitehouse

Pete Filson

Tom Brunansky

Randy Bush

Frank Eufemia

Mark Brown

Bert Blyleven

Steve Howe

Steve Howe

Greg Gagne

John Butcher

Mike Stenhouse

Kirby Puckett

Tom Klawitter

Mark Portugal
Curt Wardle

Rich Yett

Ron Washington

Ron Davis

Mark Funderburk

Mark Portugal

Mike Smithson

Steve Lombardozzi

1984 / 1986 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers