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1987 Minnesota Twins Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1986 / 1988)
85-77, Finished 1st in AL West
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Scored 786 runs, Allowed 806 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 79-83
Manager: Tom Kelly (85-77)
Ballpark: Hubert H Humphrey Metrodome (ballparks.com)
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
World Series Champs
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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
Redesign Note: Summary Batting, Pitching and Fielding Stats are below. Detailed Batting, Pitching, and Fielding Stats are available using the navigation bar just above this note or the "Detailed" links beside the table headers. Leaderboards have been removed since all tables are now sortable by clicking the headers. The all-stars and salaries are on the roster page linked above.

Team Batting

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Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 C Tim Laudner 29 113 317 288 30 55 7 1 16 43 1 0 23 80 .191 .252 .389 .640 65 112 4 1 3 2 0
2 1B Kent Hrbek* 27 143 566 477 85 136 20 1 34 90 5 2 84 60 .285 .389 .545 .934 142 260 13 0 0 5 12
3 2B Steve Lombardozzi 27 136 479 432 51 103 19 3 8 38 5 1 33 66 .238 .298 .352 .650 70 152 10 4 9 1 1
4 SS Greg Gagne 25 137 478 437 68 116 28 7 10 40 6 6 25 84 .265 .310 .430 .740 92 188 3 4 10 2 0
5 3B Gary Gaetti 28 154 628 584 95 150 36 2 31 109 10 7 37 92 .257 .303 .485 .788 102 283 25 3 1 3 7
6 LF Dan Gladden 29 121 482 438 69 109 21 2 8 38 25 9 38 72 .249 .312 .361 .673 76 158 8 3 1 2 2
7 CF Kirby Puckett 27 157 668 624 96 207 32 5 28 99 12 7 32 91 .332 .367 .534 .900 132 333 16 6 0 6 7
8 RF Tom Brunansky 26 155 614 532 83 138 22 2 32 85 11 11 74 104 .259 .352 .489 .841 118 260 12 4 0 4 5
9 DH Roy Smalley# 34 110 347 309 32 85 16 1 8 34 2 0 36 52 .275 .352 .411 .763 100 127 7 1 0 1 1
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
10 RF Randy Bush* 28 122 349 293 46 74 10 2 11 46 10 3 43 49 .253 .349 .413 .762 99 121 6 3 5 5 5
11 MI Al Newman# 27 110 349 307 44 68 15 5 0 29 15 11 34 27 .221 .298 .303 .601 59 93 5 0 7 1 0
12 UT Gene Larkin# 24 85 262 233 23 62 11 2 4 28 1 4 25 31 .266 .340 .382 .722 89 89 4 2 0 2 3
13 UT Mark Davidson 26 102 169 150 32 40 4 1 1 14 9 2 13 26 .267 .321 .327 .648 71 49 4 0 4 2 1
14 C Sal Butera 34 51 122 111 7 19 5 0 1 12 0 0 7 16 .171 .217 .243 .460 21 27 7 0 2 2 0
15 C Tom Nieto 26 41 121 105 7 21 7 1 1 12 0 0 8 24 .200 .276 .314 .590 55 33 1 3 5 0 0
16 DH Don Baylor 38 20 58 49 3 14 1 0 0 6 0 1 5 12 .286 .397 .306 .703 89 15 3 4 0 0 0
17 C Mark Salas* 26 22 51 45 8 17 2 0 3 9 0 1 5 6 .378 .431 .622 1.054 172 28 0 0 0 1 1
18 RF Billy Beane 25 12 15 15 1 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 .267 .267 .400 .667 72 6 0 0 0 0 0
19 UT Chris Pittaro# 25 14 13 12 6 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 .333 .385 .333 .718 91 4 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 27.6 162 6088 5441 786 1422 258 35 196 733 113 65 523 898 .261 .328 .430 .758 97 2338 128 38 47 39 45
Rank in 14 AL teams 14 8 13 10 6 5 10 4 10 12 10 9 3 8 9
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
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* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 SP Bert Blyleven 36 15 12 .556 4.01 37 37 0 8 1 0 267.0 249 132 119 46 101 4 196 9 0 13 1122 115 1.311 8.4 1.6 3.4 6.6 1.94
2 SP Frank Viola* 27 17 10 .630 2.90 36 36 0 7 1 0 251.2 230 91 81 29 66 1 197 6 1 1 1037 159 1.176 8.2 1.0 2.4 7.0 2.98
3 SP Les Straker 27 8 10 .444 4.37 31 26 1 1 0 0 154.1 150 79 75 24 59 6 76 2 5 2 656 105 1.354 8.7 1.4 3.4 4.4 1.29
4 SP Mike Smithson 32 4 7 .364 5.94 21 20 0 0 0 0 109.0 126 76 72 17 38 3 53 9 2 4 494 77 1.505 10.4 1.4 3.1 4.4 1.39
5 SP Joe Niekro 42 4 9 .308 6.26 19 18 0 0 0 0 96.1 115 76 67 11 45 0 54 6 0 13 444 74 1.661 10.7 1.0 4.2 5.0 1.20
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
6 CL Jeff Reardon 31 8 8 .500 4.48 63 0 58 0 0 31 80.1 70 41 40 14 28 4 83 3 0 2 337 103 1.220 7.8 1.6 3.1 9.3 2.96
7 RP Juan Berenguer 32 8 1 .889 3.94 47 6 13 0 0 4 112.0 100 51 49 10 47 7 110 0 0 6 473 117 1.313 8.0 0.8 3.8 8.8 2.34
8 RP George Frazier 32 5 5 .500 4.98 54 0 26 0 0 2 81.1 77 49 45 9 51 4 58 2 1 6 363 93 1.574 8.5 1.0 5.6 6.4 1.14
9 RP Keith Atherton 28 7 5 .583 4.54 59 0 29 0 0 2 79.1 81 46 40 10 30 4 51 4 0 1 348 102 1.399 9.2 1.1 3.4 5.8 1.70
10 RP Dan Schatzeder* 32 3 1 .750 6.39 30 1 5 0 0 0 43.2 64 37 31 8 18 3 30 1 0 8 208 72 1.878 13.2 1.6 3.7 6.2 1.67
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
11 Mark Portugal 24 1 3 .250 7.77 13 7 3 0 0 0 44.0 58 40 38 13 24 1 28 1 0 2 204 59 1.864 11.9 2.7 4.9 5.7 1.17
12 Steve Carlton* 42 1 5 .167 6.70 9 7 2 0 0 0 43.0 54 35 32 7 23 1 20 2 1 2 200 69 1.791 11.3 1.5 4.8 4.2 0.87
13 Joe Klink* 25 0 1 .000 6.65 12 0 5 0 0 0 23.0 37 18 17 4 11 0 17 0 0 1 116 69 2.087 14.5 1.6 4.3 6.7 1.55
14 Roy Smith 25 1 0 1.000 4.96 7 1 1 0 0 0 16.1 20 10 9 3 6 0 8 2 0 0 78 93 1.592 11.0 1.7 3.3 4.4 1.33
15 Allan Anderson* 23 1 0 1.000 10.95 4 2 0 0 0 0 12.1 20 15 15 3 10 2 3 0 0 0 61 42 2.432 14.6 2.2 7.3 2.2 0.30
16 Jeff Bittiger 25 1 0 1.000 5.40 3 1 0 0 0 0 8.1 11 5 5 2 0 0 5 1 0 0 36 85 1.320 11.9 2.2 0.0 5.4
17 Randy Niemann* 31 1 0 1.000 8.44 6 0 3 0 0 0 5.1 3 5 5 0 7 0 1 2 0 1 28 55 1.875 5.1 0.0 11.8 1.7 0.14
Team Totals 31.5 85 77 .525 4.67 162 162 146 16 2 39 1427.1 1465 806 740 210 564 40 990 50 10 62 6205 99 1.422 9.2 1.3 3.6 6.2 1.76
Rank in 14 AL teams 5 10 14 13 5 12 7 9 9 11 11 6
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
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* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% Pos. Summary
Allan Anderson 23 4 2 12.1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.73 0.25 P
Keith Atherton 28 59 0 79.1 16 3 12 1 0 .938 0.0 0.0 1.70 0.25 P
Don Baylor 38 14 0.0 0.00 DH
Billy Beane 25 7 2 23.2 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 -0.9 -45.6 0.1 0.1 0.0 -1 3.04 1.14 RF
Juan Berenguer 32 47 6 112.0 13 5 7 1 0 .923 0.0 0.0 0.96 0.26 P
Jeff Bittiger 25 3 1 8.1 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 2.16 0.67 P
Bert Blyleven 36 37 37 267.0 64 17 43 4 3 .938 0.0 0.0 2.02 1.62 P
Tom Brunansky 26 182 137 1178.1 283 270 10 3 1 .989 0.4 0.4 -3.6 -3.3 -0.2 4 2.14 1.54 RF-LF-DH
Randy Bush 28 93 65 550.1 175 166 5 4 4 .977 -8.6 -18.8 -5.6 -7.0 1.4 -3 0 2.80 1.84 RF-1B-LF-DH
Sal Butera 34 51 40 325.1 238 213 21 4 3 .983 -5.0 -18.4 -5 6.47 4.59 9 22 43 15 26% C
Steve Carlton 42 9 7 43.0 9 1 8 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.88 1.00 P
Mark Davidson 26 98 40 415.0 104 102 2 0 0 1.000 1.6 4.6 1.6 3.0 -1.3 0 2.26 1.06 RF-LF-CF-DH
George Frazier 32 54 0 81.1 11 2 8 1 0 .909 0.0 0.0 1.11 0.19 P
Gary Gaetti 28 152 149 1293.1 406 134 261 11 28 .973 4.5 4.2 4.5 -5.9 10.4 0 2.75 2.60 3B-DH
Greg Gagne 25 142 124 1086.0 605 196 391 18 75 .970 19.4 21.4 18.4 5.0 13.4 0 1 4.86 4.13 SS-CF-RF-2B-DH
Dan Gladden 29 119 101 888.2 235 223 9 3 2 .987 10.5 14.2 6.5 -0.5 6.9 4 2.35 1.95 LF-CF-RF-DH
Kent Hrbek 27 138 135 1161.0 1252 1179 68 5 112 .996 1.4 1.4 0.4 1.2 -0.9 1 9.67 9.04 1B-DH
Joe Klink 25 12 0 23.0 2 0 2 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.78 0.17 P
Gene Larkin 24 66 18 178.0 177 165 10 2 12 .989 -1.0 -6.7 -2.0 -0.7 -1.3 1 8.85 2.65 1B-DH
Tim Laudner 29 110 79 733.0 583 547 29 7 5 .988 -4.8 -7.9 0.2 -0.4 0.6 0 -5 7.07 5.24 10 28 66 21 24% C-1B-DH
Steve Lombardozzi 27 133 127 1086.2 615 245 356 14 77 .977 10.1 11.2 9.1 0.2 8.8 1 4.98 4.52 2B
Al Newman 27 121 73 694.1 350 120 225 5 44 .986 2.5 4.3 3.5 -4.1 7.8 -1 4.47 2.85 SS-2B-3B-LF-DH
Joe Niekro 42 19 18 96.1 18 6 11 1 1 .944 0.0 0.0 1.59 0.89 P
Randy Niemann 31 6 0 5.1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.69 0.17 P
Tom Nieto 26 41 36 304.1 228 210 17 1 5 .996 -1.0 -3.9 -1 6.71 5.54 0 4 39 9 19% C-DH
Chris Pittaro 25 10 3 37.0 16 10 6 0 3 1.000 -1.3 -42.2 -1.3 -0.7 -0.6 0 3.89 1.60 2B-DH
Mark Portugal 24 13 7 44.0 7 1 6 0 2 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.43 0.54 P
Kirby Puckett 27 155 147 1273.1 356 342 9 5 2 .986 -8.2 -7.7 -8.2 -2.6 -5.6 0 2.48 2.26 CF-DH
Jeff Reardon 31 63 0 80.1 8 2 6 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.90 0.13 P
Mark Salas 26 14 10 95.2 90 86 3 1 0 .989 -4.0 -50.2 -4 8.37 6.36 2 8 20 1 5% C
Dan Schatzeder 32 30 1 43.2 7 2 5 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.44 0.23 P
Roy Smalley 34 91 10 94.2 23 9 11 3 0 .870 -3.1 -39.3 -3.1 -2.0 -1.1 0 1.90 0.22 3B-SS-DH
Mike Smithson 32 21 20 109.0 17 6 11 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.40 0.81 P
Roy Smith 25 7 1 16.1 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.10 0.29 P
Les Straker 27 31 26 154.1 24 5 18 1 0 .958 0.0 0.0 1.34 0.74 P
Frank Viola 27 36 36 251.2 43 6 34 3 1 .930 0.0 0.0 1.43 1.11 P
Team Totals 28.3 162 1458 12846.0 5989 4282 1609 98 384 .984 12.5 1.2 20.5 -17.7 38.3 4 3 -15 4.13 2.73 21 62 168 46 21%
Rank in 14 AL teams 14 11 1
Age G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% Pos. Summary

1986 / 1988 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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