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1988 Minnesota Twins

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1987 / 1989

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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1987 / 1989 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 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 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.

John Moses

Steve Lombardozzi

Jim Dwyer

Greg Gagne

Gary Gaetti

Gene Larkin

Tom Nieto

Brian Harper

Kent Hrbek

Tim Laudner

Frank Viola

Les Straker

Kelvin Torve

Mark Portugal

John Christensen
Mike Mason

Doug Baker

Keith Atherton

Roy Smith

Tom Brunansky

Randy Bush

Al Newman

Mark Davidson

Bert Blyleven

Dan Schatzeder
Freddie Toliver

Dan Gladden

Tom Herr

Kirby Puckett

Eric Bullock
Joe Niekro

Dan Schatzeder

Karl Best
Steve Carlton

Dwight Lowry

Juan Berenguer

Jeff Reardon

German Gonzalez

Jim Winn

Allan Anderson

Mark Portugal

Charlie Lea

Tippy Martinez

1987 / 1989 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers