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(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1985 / 1987)
71-91, Finished 6th in AL West
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Scored 741 runs, Allowed 839 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 72-90
Manager: Ray Miller (59-80) and Tom Kelly (12-11)
Ballpark: Hubert H Humphrey Metrodome (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,255,453 (13th of 14)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 102; one-year: Batting - 107, Pitching - 108
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1985 / 1987 Trades and Transactions
Transactions listed are from November 1 of previous year to April 1 of the following year.
October 11, 1985
Released John Castino.
October 15, 1985
Len Whitehouse granted Free Agency.
December 12, 1985
Traded Mike Stenhouse to the Boston Red Sox. Received Charlie Mitchell.
December 20, 1985
Released Ed Hodge.
Released Rick Lysander.
Released Dave Meier.
January 7, 1986
Traded Bryan Oelkers and Ken Schrom to the Cleveland Indians. Received Ramon Romero and Roy Smith.
January 14, 1986
Drafted Jarvis Brown in the 1st round (9th pick) of the 1986 amateur draft (January). Player signed May 23, 1986.
Drafted Mike Dyer in the 4th round of the 1986 amateur draft (January). Player signed May 15, 1986.
Drafted Mike Schwabe in the 8th round of the 1986 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.
January 16, 1986
Traded Pat Crosby (minors) and Tim Teufel to the New York Mets. Received Billy Beane, Joe Klink and Bill Latham.
Traded Dave Engle to the Detroit Tigers. Received Chris Pittaro and Alejandro Sanchez.
March 23, 1986
Signed Roy Lee Jackson as a free agent.
March 31, 1986
Traded Mike Hart to the Baltimore Orioles. Received a player to be named later, Ben Bianchi (minors) and Steve Padia (minors). The Baltimore Orioles sent Jeff Hubbard (minors) (April 23, 1986) to the Minnesota Twins to complete the trade.
April 8, 1986 (Standings)
Released Houston Jimenez.
April 24, 1986 (Standings)
Signed Frank Pastore as a free agent.
April 30, 1986 (Standings)
Purchased Juan Agosto from the Chicago White Sox.
May 20, 1986 (Standings)
Traded a player to be named later and cash to the Oakland Athletics. Received Keith Atherton. The Minnesota Twins sent Eric Broersma (minors) (May 23, 1986) to the Oakland Athletics to complete the trade.
June 2, 1986 (Standings)
Drafted Derek Parks in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 1986 amateur draft.
Drafted Jeff Bronkey in the 2nd round of the 1986 amateur draft.
Drafted Mike Schwabe in the 3rd round of the 1986 amateur draft (June Secondary), but did not sign the player.
Drafted Bryan Hickerson in the 7th round of the 1986 amateur draft.
Drafted Jeff Reboulet in the 10th round of the 1986 amateur draft. Player signed June 10, 1986.
Drafted Scott Leius in the 13th round of the 1986 amateur draft. Player signed June 14, 1986.
June 20, 1986 (Standings)
Traded John Butcher to the Cleveland Indians. Received Neal Heaton.
July, 1986 (Standings)
Signed Clay Christiansen as a free agent.
August 13, 1986 (Standings)
Traded Dewayne Coleman (minors) and Ron Davis to the Chicago Cubs. Received Julius McDougal (minors), Ray Fontenot and George Frazier.
September 3, 1986 (Standings)
Traded Pete Filson to the Chicago White Sox. Received Kurt Walker (minors).
October 2, 1986 (Standings)
Jim Eisenreich selected by the Kansas City Royals off waivers.
October 15, 1986 (Standings)
Andre David granted Free Agency.
Alejandro Sanchez granted Free Agency.
November 12, 1986
Roy Lee Jackson granted Free Agency.
Frank Pastore granted Free Agency.
Al Woods granted Free Agency.
Traded a player to be named later to the New York Mets. Received Ron Gardenhire. The Minnesota Twins sent Dominic Iasparro (minors) (April 4, 1987) to the New York Mets to complete the trade.
December 19, 1986
Released Ray Fontenot.
December 20, 1986
Released Juan Agosto.
Released Roy Smith.
December 29, 1986
Signed German Gonzalez as an amateur free agent.
1987
Signed John Butcher as a free agent.
Signed Ron Musselman as a free agent.
January 9, 1987
Signed Juan Berenguer as a free agent.
January 16, 1987
Signed Randy Niemann as a free agent.
February 3, 1987
Traded Al Cardwood (minors), Neal Heaton, Yorkis Perez and Jeff Reed to the Montreal Expos. Received Tom Nieto and Jeff Reardon.
February 20, 1987
Traded Mike Shade (minors) to the Montreal Expos. Received Al Newman.
February 24, 1987
Signed Bill Sample as a free agent.
Signed Roy Smith as a free agent.
March 27, 1987
Released John Butcher.
March 30, 1987
Released Ron Washington.
March 31, 1987
Released Mickey Hatcher.
Traded a player to be named later, Jose Dominguez (minors) and Ray Velasquez (minors) to the San Francisco Giants. Received David Blakely (minors) and Dan Gladden. The Minnesota Twins sent Bryan Hickerson (June 15, 1987) to the San Francisco Giants to complete the trade.
