1987 Minnesota Twins Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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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

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
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
20	P	Jeff Bittiger	25	0	0	0					0
21	P	Frank Viola*	27	0	0	0					0
22	P	Joe Klink*	25	0	0	0					0
23	P	Roy Smith	25	0	0	0					0
24	P	Steve Carlton*	42	0	0	0					0
25	P	Dan Schatzeder*	32	0	0	0					0
26	P	Keith Atherton	28	0	0	0					0
27	P	Joe Niekro	42	0	0	0					0
28	P	Mark Portugal	24	0	0	0					0
29	P	Allan Anderson*	23	0	0	0					0
30	P	Bert Blyleven	36	0	0	0					0
31	P	Les Straker	27	0	0	0					0
32	P	Randy Niemann*	31	0	0	0					0
33	P	George Frazier	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
34	P	Mike Smithson*	32	0	0	0					0
35	P	Jeff Reardon	31	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
36	P	Juan Berenguer	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	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

* - 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		10				14	13	5	12	7	9	9	11	11		13443
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

* - 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									0.73	0.25						P
Keith Atherton	28	59	0	79.1	16	3	12	1	0	.938									1.70	0.25						P
Don Baylor	38	14																		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									0.96	0.26						P
Jeff Bittiger	25	3	1	8.1	2	0	2	0	0	1.000									2.16	0.67						P
Bert Blyleven	36	37	37	267.0	64	17	43	4	3	.938									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									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									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									0.78	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									1.59	0.89						P
Randy Niemann	31	6	0	5.1	1	0	1	0	0	1.000									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									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									0.90	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									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									1.40	0.81						P
Roy Smith	25	7	1	16.1	2	0	2	0	0	1.000									1.10	0.29						P
Les Straker	27	31	26	154.1	24	5	18	1	0	.958									1.34	0.74						P
Frank Viola	27	36	36	251.2	43	6	34	3	1	.930									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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