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1987 Minnesota Twins

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1986 / 1988

85-77, Finished 1st in AL West (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Tom Kelly (85-77)
Scored 786 runs, Allowed 806 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 79-83

Ballparks: Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome · Attendance: 2,081,976 (6th of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 103 · one-year: Batting - 95, Pitching - 95

Postseason:  Won World Series (4-3) over St. Louis Cardinals
Won AL Championship Series (4-1) over Detroit Tigers

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1986 / 1988 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
Allan Anderson 23 L L 5' 11" 178 Jan 7, 1964 2 4 2 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Keith Atherton 28 R R 6' 4" 200 Feb 19, 1959 5 59 0 0 59 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $300,000
Don Baylor 38 R R 6' 1" 190 Jun 28, 1949 18 20 14 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 5 1 0.0 $
Billy Beane 25 R R 6' 4" 195 Mar 29, 1962 4 12 2 12 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 7 0 4 2 -0.2 $
Juan Berenguer 32 R R 5' 11" 186 Nov 30, 1954 10 47 6 1 47 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.8 $152,500
Jeff Bittiger 25 R R 5' 10" 175 Apr 13, 1962 2 3 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Bert Blyleven HOF 36 R R 6' 3" 200 Apr 6, 1951 18 37 37 0 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.1 $1,150,000
Tom Brunansky 26 R R 6' 4" 205 Aug 20, 1960 7 155 154 155 138 0 0 0 0 0 0 58 0 107 165 17 1 0 2.5 $940,000
Randy Bush 28 L L 6' 1" 186 Oct 5, 1958 6 122 73 122 83 0 0 9 0 0 0 2 0 73 75 9 40 2 0.0 $300,000
Sal Butera 34 R R 6' 0" 190 Sep 25, 1952 8 51 40 51 51 0 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.3 $
Steve Carlton HOF 42 L L 6' 4" 210 Dec 22, 1944 23 9 7 0 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Mark Davidson 26 R R 6' 2" 180 Feb 15, 1961 2 102 40 102 87 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 20 33 89 9 6 20 0.0 $62,500
George Frazier 32 R R 6' 5" 205 Oct 13, 1954 10 54 0 2 54 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Gary Gaetti 28 R R 6' 0" 180 Aug 19, 1958 7 154 151 154 150 0 0 0 0 150 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 2.4 $950,000
Greg Gagne 25 R R 5' 11" 185 Nov 12, 1961 5 137 124 137 137 0 0 0 1 0 136 0 3 1 4 1 0 3 4.1 $155,000
Dan Gladden 29 R R 5' 11" 180 Jul 7, 1957 5 121 104 121 111 0 0 0 0 0 0 105 8 2 115 4 11 1 1.3 $210,000
Kent Hrbek 27 L R 6' 4" 200 May 21, 1960 7 143 135 143 137 0 0 137 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 0 4.0 $1,310,000
Joe Klink 25 L L 5' 11" 170 Feb 3, 1962 1st 12 0 0 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Gene Larkin 24 B R 6' 3" 195 Oct 24, 1962 1st 85 57 85 26 0 0 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 20 0 -0.1 $62,500
Tim Laudner 29 R R 6' 3" 212 Jun 7, 1958 7 113 81 113 105 0 101 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 1 -0.4 $245,000
Steve Lombardozzi 27 R R 6' 0" 175 Apr 26, 1960 3 136 127 136 133 0 0 0 133 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1.3 $105,000
Al Newman 27 B R 5' 9" 175 Jun 30, 1960 3 110 75 110 103 0 0 0 47 12 55 2 0 0 2 5 7 11 0.2 $70,000
Joe Niekro 42 R R 6' 1" 185 Nov 7, 1944 21 19 18 0 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.1 $
Randy Niemann 31 L L 6' 4" 200 Nov 15, 1955 8 6 0 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Tom Nieto 26 R R 6' 1" 193 Oct 27, 1960 4 41 36 41 40 0 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 -0.3 $
Chris Pittaro 25 B R 5' 11" 170 Sep 16, 1961 3 14 3 14 8 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 8 0.0 $
Mark Portugal 24 R R 6' 0" 170 Oct 30, 1962 3 13 7 0 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.0 $
Kirby Puckett HOF 27 R R 5' 8" 178 Mar 14, 1960 4 157 155 157 147 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 147 0 147 8 2 0 4.4 $465,000 All-Star
Jeff Reardon 31 R R 6' 0" 190 Oct 1, 1955 9 63 0 3 63 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 $875,000
Mark Salas 26 L R 6' 0" 180 Mar 8, 1961 4 22 10 22 14 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0.5 $
Dan Schatzeder 32 L L 6' 0" 185 Dec 1, 1954 11 30 1 0 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.8 $
Roy Smalley 34 B R 6' 1" 185 Oct 25, 1952 13 110 77 110 18 0 0 0 0 14 4 0 0 0 0 73 33 0 0.1 $740,000
Roy Smith 25 R R 6' 3" 200 Sep 6, 1961 4 7 1 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Mike Smithson 32 R R 6' 8" 215 Jan 21, 1955 6 21 20 0 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Les Straker 27 R R 6' 1" 193 Oct 10, 1959 1st 31 26 0 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 $62,500
Frank Viola 27 L L 6' 4" 200 Apr 19, 1960 6 36 36 0 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.6 $830,000
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
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.

Uniform Numbers

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Chris Pittaro
Steve Lombardozzi
Roy Smalley
Greg Gagne
Gary Gaetti
Gene Larkin
Tom Nieto
Mark Salas

Kent Hrbek
Tim Laudner
Frank Viola
Les Straker
Don Baylor
Randy Niemann
Billy Beane
George Frazier

Keith Atherton
Roy Smith
Tom Brunansky
Randy Bush
Al Newman
Mark Davidson
Bert Blyleven
Jeff Bittiger

Dan Schatzeder
Dan Gladden
Sal Butera
Kirby Puckett
Joe Niekro
Mark Portugal
Steve Carlton
Joe Niekro
Juan Berenguer

Jeff Reardon
Joe Klink
Mike Smithson
Allan Anderson

1986 / 1988 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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