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1988 Minnesota Twins Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1987 / 1989)
91-71, Finished 2nd in AL West
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Scored 759 runs, Allowed 672 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 90-72
Manager: Tom Kelly (91-71)
Ballpark: Hubert H Humphrey Metrodome (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 3,030,672 (1st of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 102;   one-year: Batting - 106, Pitching - 106
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1987 / 1989 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR Salary
Allan Anderson 24 L L 6' 0" 186 Jan 7, 1964 3 30 0 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Keith Atherton 29 R R 6' 4" 200 Feb 19, 1959 6 49 0 1 49 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $345,000.00
Doug Baker 27 B R 5' 9" 165 Apr 3, 1961 5 11 2 11 11 0 0 0 1 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Juan Berenguer 33 R R 5' 11" 215 Nov 30, 1954 11 57 0 1 57 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $500,000.00
Karl Best 29 R R 6' 4" 210 Mar 6, 1959 5 11 0 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bert Blyleven 37 R R 6' 3" 207 Apr 6, 1951 19 33 0 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,000,000.00
Tom Brunansky 27 R R 6' 4" 211 Aug 20, 1960 8 14 14 14 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12 13 1 0 0 $1,140,000.00
Eric Bullock 28 L L 5' 11" 185 Feb 16, 1960 3 16 2 16 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 4 0 12 1
Randy Bush 29 L L 6' 1" 186 Oct 5, 1958 7 136 114 136 110 0 0 6 0 0 0 1 0 108 109 17 21 1 $350,000.00
Steve Carlton HOF 43 L L 6' 4" 210 Dec 22, 1944 24 4 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $115,000.00
John Christensen 27 R R 6' 3" 205 Sep 5, 1960 4 23 10 23 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 17 0 12 1
Mark Davidson 27 R R 6' 2" 190 Feb 15, 1961 3 100 32 100 92 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 4 84 91 0 12 24 $89,000.00
Jim Dwyer 38 L L 5' 10" 175 Jan 3, 1950 16 20 13 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 7 0
Gary Gaetti 29 R R 6' 0" 200 Aug 19, 1958 8 133 119 133 115 0 0 0 0 115 2 0 0 0 0 4 14 0 $1,666,666.00 All-Star
Greg Gagne 26 R R 5' 11" 172 Nov 12, 1961 6 149 134 149 149 0 0 0 1 0 146 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 $440,000.00
Dan Gladden 30 R R 5' 11" 180 Jul 7, 1957 6 141 134 141 140 1 0 0 1 1 0 140 0 0 140 0 4 1 $360,000.00
German Gonzalez 26 R R 6' 0" 170 Mar 7, 1962 1st 16 0 1 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brian Harper 28 R R 6' 2" 195 Oct 16, 1959 9 60 44 60 49 0 48 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 10 0
Tom Herr 32 B R 6' 0" 185 Apr 4, 1956 10 86 75 86 73 0 0 0 73 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 11 0
Kent Hrbek 28 L R 6' 4" 235 May 21, 1960 8 143 137 143 105 0 0 105 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 3 1 $1,410,000.00
Gene Larkin 25 B R 6' 3" 205 Oct 24, 1962 2 149 141 149 60 0 0 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 85 7 0 $83,000.00
Tim Laudner 30 R R 6' 3" 212 Jun 7, 1958 8 117 105 117 110 0 109 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 0 $295,000.00 All-Star
Charlie Lea 31 R R 6' 4" 197 Dec 25, 1956 7 24 0 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $62,500.00
Steve Lombardozzi 28 R R 6' 0" 175 Apr 26, 1960 4 103 86 103 103 0 0 0 90 5 11 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 $152,500.00
Dwight Lowry 30 L R 6' 3" 210 Oct 23, 1957 4 7 1 7 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 $67,500.00
Tippy Martinez 38 L L 5' 10" 180 May 31, 1950 14 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Mason 29 L L 6' 2" 205 Nov 21, 1958 7 5 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
John Moses 30 B L 5' 10" 170 Aug 9, 1957 7 105 42 105 83 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 21 43 83 0 22 16
Al Newman 28 B R 5' 9" 183 Jun 30, 1960 4 105 76 105 102 0 0 0 23 60 28 0 0 0 0 0 3 10 $100,000.00
Joe Niekro 43 R R 6' 1" 190 Nov 7, 1944 22 5 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $800,000.00
Tom Nieto 27 R R 6' 1" 205 Oct 27, 1960 5 24 18 24 24 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $103,500.00
Mark Portugal 25 R R 6' 0" 190 Oct 30, 1962 4 26 0 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kirby Puckett HOF 28 R R 5' 8" 210 Mar 14, 1960 5 158 157 158 158 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 158 0 158 0 1 0 $1,090,000.00 All-Star
Jeff Reardon 32 R R 6' 1" 195 Oct 1, 1955 10 63 0 63 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $850,000.00 All-Star
Dan Schatzeder 33 L L 6' 0" 195 Dec 1, 1954 12 10 0 1 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Roy Smith 26 R R 6' 3" 200 Sep 6, 1961 5 9 0 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Les Straker 28 R R 6' 1" 193 Oct 10, 1959 2 16 0 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $93,000.00
Freddie Toliver 27 R R 6' 1" 170 Feb 3, 1961 5 21 0 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kelvin Torve 28 L R 6' 3" 205 Jan 10, 1960 1st 12 2 12 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2
Frank Viola 28 L L 6' 4" 209 Apr 19, 1960 7 35 0 1 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,350,000.00 All-Star
Jim Winn 28 R R 6' 3" 210 Sep 23, 1959 6 9 0 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR Salary
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

1987 / 1989 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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