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91-71, Finished 2nd in AL West (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Tom Kelly (91-71)
Scored 759 runs, Allowed 672 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 90-72
Ballparks: Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome · 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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| 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allan Anderson | 24 | L | L | 5' 11" | 178 | Jan 7, 1964 | 3 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.9 | $70,000 | |
| 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 | 1.1 | $345,000 | |
| 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 | -0.2 | $ | |
| Juan Berenguer | 33 | R | R | 5' 11" | 186 | Nov 30, 1954 | 11 | 57 | 1 | 1 | 57 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | $500,000 | |
| Karl Best | 29 | R | R | 6' 4" | 190 | Mar 6, 1959 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.2 | $ | |
| Bert Blyleven HOF | 37 | R | R | 6' 3" | 200 | Apr 6, 1951 | 19 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.9 | $1,000,000 | |
| Tom Brunansky | 27 | R | R | 6' 4" | 205 | Aug 20, 1960 | 8 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -0.7 | $1,140,000 | |
| 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 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 0.2 | $ | |
| 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 | 1.1 | $350,000 | |
| Steve Carlton HOF | 43 | L | L | 6' 4" | 210 | Dec 22, 1944 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1.0 | $115,000 | |
| John Christensen | 27 | R | R | 6' 3" | 205 | Sep 15, 1960 | 4 | 23 | 10 | 23 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0.0 | $70,000 | |
| Mark Davidson | 27 | R | R | 6' 2" | 180 | Feb 15, 1961 | 3 | 100 | 32 | 100 | 92 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 84 | 92 | 2 | 12 | 24 | 0.2 | $89,000 | |
| Jim Dwyer | 38 | L | L | 5' 10" | 165 | Jun 3, 1950 | 16 | 20 | 13 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 0.5 | $ | |
| Gary Gaetti | 29 | R | R | 6' 0" | 180 | Aug 19, 1958 | 8 | 133 | 119 | 133 | 115 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 115 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 4.2 | $1,666,666 | All-Star |
| Greg Gagne | 26 | R | R | 5' 11" | 185 | Nov 12, 1961 | 6 | 149 | 134 | 149 | 149 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 146 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.4 | $440,000 | |
| 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 | 2.6 | $360,000 | |
| 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 | 0.2 | $62,500 | |
| 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 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0.9 | $90,000 | |
| Tom Herr | 32 | B | R | 6' 0" | 175 | Apr 4, 1956 | 10 | 86 | 75 | 86 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 1.1 | $ | |
| Kent Hrbek | 28 | L | R | 6' 4" | 200 | May 21, 1960 | 8 | 143 | 137 | 143 | 105 | 0 | 0 | 105 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 3 | 1 | 4.2 | $1,410,000 | |
| Gene Larkin | 25 | B | R | 6' 3" | 195 | Oct 24, 1962 | 2 | 149 | 141 | 149 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 86 | 7 | 0 | 1.5 | $83,000 | |
| 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 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0.7 | $295,000 | All-Star |
| Charlie Lea | 31 | R | R | 6' 4" | 194 | Dec 25, 1956 | 7 | 24 | 23 | 0 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.3 | $62,500 | |
| 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 | 0.0 | $152,500 | |
| 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 | -0.2 | $67,500 | |
| Tippy Martinez | 38 | L | L | 5' 10" | 180 | May 31, 1950 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.3 | $90,000 | |
| Mike Mason | 29 | L | L | 6' 2" | 205 | Nov 21, 1958 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.4 | $ | |
| John Moses | 30 | B | L | 5' 10" | 165 | Aug 9, 1957 | 7 | 105 | 42 | 105 | 83 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 21 | 43 | 93 | 2 | 22 | 16 | 1.2 | $100,000 | |
| Al Newman | 28 | B | R | 5' 9" | 175 | Jun 30, 1960 | 4 | 105 | 76 | 105 | 102 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 60 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 10 | -1.2 | $100,000 | |
| Joe Niekro | 43 | R | R | 6' 1" | 185 | Nov 7, 1944 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.6 | $800,000 | |
| Tom Nieto | 27 | R | R | 6' 1" | 193 | Oct 27, 1960 | 5 | 24 | 18 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1.1 | $103,500 | |
| Mark Portugal | 25 | R | R | 6' 0" | 170 | Oct 30, 1962 | 4 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.1 | $68,800 | |
| Kirby Puckett HOF | 28 | R | R | 5' 8" | 178 | Mar 14, 1960 | 5 | 158 | 157 | 158 | 158 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158 | 0 | 158 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7.2 | $1,090,000 | All-Star |
| Jeff Reardon | 32 | R | R | 6' 0" | 190 | Oct 1, 1955 | 10 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 | $850,000 | All-Star |
| Dan Schatzeder | 33 | L | L | 6' 0" | 185 | Dec 1, 1954 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | $ | |
| Roy Smith | 26 | R | R | 6' 3" | 200 | Sep 6, 1961 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.9 | $65,000 | |
| Les Straker | 28 | R | R | 6' 1" | 193 | Oct 10, 1959 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 0 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | $93,000 | |
| Freddie Toliver | 27 | R | R | 6' 1" | 165 | Feb 3, 1961 | 5 | 21 | 19 | 0 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | $65,000 | |
| 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 | 1 | 6 | 2 | -0.2 | $ | |
| Frank Viola | 28 | L | L | 6' 4" | 200 | Apr 19, 1960 | 7 | 35 | 35 | 1 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | $1,350,000 | All-Star |
| Jim Winn | 28 | R | R | 6' 3" | 210 | Sep 23, 1959 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.3 | $165,000 | |
| 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 |