1988 Minnesota Twins Statistics and Roster

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1988 Minnesota Twins (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1987/1989)
91-71, Finished 2nd in AL Western Division
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Scored 759 runs, Allowed 672 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 90-72
Managed by Tom Kelly

Ballpark: Hubert H Humphrey Metrodome (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 3,030,672 (1st of 14)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 103, Pitching - 102
  (one-year): Batting - 106, Pitching - 106
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1988 Stats (1987/1989) / Schedule / Transactions / Lineups / Batting Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / Gamelogs: Bat / Pitch / Amateur Draft

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Team Batting Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Tim Laudner         30  117  375   38   94  18  1  13   54  36   89  .251  .316  .408   0   0  14   1   3   3   0   99
1B *Kent Hrbek          28  143  510   75  159  31  0  25   76  67   54  .312  .387  .520   0   3   9   0   2   7   7  149
2B  Steve Lombardozzi   28  103  287   34   60  15  2   3   27  35   48  .209  .295  .307   2   5   2   2   6   5   2   67
3B  Gary Gaetti         29  133  468   66  141  29  2  28   88  36   85  .301  .353  .551   7   4  10   5   1   6   5  147
SS  Greg Gagne          26  149  461   70  109  20  6  14   48  27  110  .236  .288  .397  15   7  13   7  11   1   2   88
LF  Dan Gladden         30  141  576   91  155  32  6  11   62  46   74  .269  .325  .403  28   8   9   4   2   5   4  101
CF  Kirby Puckett       28  158  657  109  234  42  5  24  121  23   83  .356  .375  .545   6   7  17   2   0   9   4  152
RF *Randy Bush          29  136  394   51  103  20  3  14   51  58   49  .261  .365  .434   8   6   8   9   0   5  14  121
DH #Gene Larkin         25  149  505   56  135  30  2   8   70  68   55  .267  .368  .382   3   2  12  15   1   5   8  109
   #Tom Herr            32   86  304   42   80  16  0   1   21  40   47  .263  .349  .326  10   3   9   0   1   0   1   89
   #Al Newman           28  105  260   35   58   7  0   0   19  29   34  .223  .301  .250  12   3   4   0   6   0   0   55
   #John Moses          30  105  206   33   65  10  3   2   12  15   21  .316  .366  .422  11   6   4   2   1   1   2  118
    Brian Harper        28   60  166   15   49  11  1   3   20  10   12  .295  .344  .428   0   3  12   3   2   1   1  113
    Mark Davidson       27  100  106   22   23   7  0   1   10  10   20  .217  .288  .311   3   3   3   1   1   1   0   66
    Tom Nieto           27   24   60    1    4   0  0   0    0   1   17  .067  .097  .067   0   0   2   1   0   0   0  -54
    Tom Brunansky       27   14   49    5    9   1  0   1    6   7   11  .184  .286  .265   1   2   0   0   0   0   0   54
   *Jim Dwyer           38   20   41    6   12   1  0   2   15  13    8  .293  .464  .463   0   0   1   1   0   1   1  159
    John Christensen    27   23   38    5   10   4  0   0    5   3    5  .263  .349  .368   0   0   1   2   0   0   1   99
   *Eric Bullock        28   16   17    3    5   0  0   0    3   3    1  .294  .400  .294   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   96
   *Kelvin Torve        28   12   16    1    3   0  0   1    2   1    2  .188  .235  .375   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   66
   #Doug Baker          27   11    7    1    0   0  0   0    0   0    5  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   *Dwight Lowry        30    7    7    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.5  162 5510  759 1508 294 31 151  710 528  832  .274  .337  .421 107  63 130  55  37  50  52  110
    Rank among 14 AL teams         6    5    2   2  6   3        6   11     2     2     1   6   1                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

Team Pitching Glossary

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP *Frank Viola         28  35   2.64  24   7  0  35   0   7   2  255.3  236   80   75  20   54  193 1031   5   3  1   2 153
SP  Bert Blyleven       37  33   5.43  10  17  0  33   0   7   0  207.3  240  128  125  21   51  145  895   5  16  3   1  75
SP *Allan Anderson      24  30   2.45  16   9  0  30   0   3   1  202.3  199   70   55  14   37   83  815   1   7  4   1 166
SP  Charlie Lea         31  24   4.85   7   7  0  23   0   0   0  130.0  156   79   70  19   50   72  585   6   5  4   2  84
SP  Freddie Toliver     27  21   4.24   7   6  0  19   0   0   0  114.7  116   57   54   8   52   69  491  10   1  1   1  96
SP  Les Straker         28  16   3.92   2   5  1  14   1   1   1   82.7   86   39   36   8   25   23  341   4   0  3   1 103

CL  Jeff Reardon        32  63   2.47   2   4 42   0  58   0   0   73.0   68   21   20   6   15   56  299   0   2  3   2 164
RP  Juan Berenguer      33  57   3.96   8   4  2   1  27   0   0  100.0   74   44   44   7   61   99  428   3   1  5   7 102
RP  Keith Atherton      29  49   3.41   7   5  3   0  13   0   0   74.0   65   29   28  10   22   43  309   1   2  0   4 119
RP  Mark Portugal       25  26   4.53   3   3  3   0   9   0   0   57.7   60   30   29  11   17   31  242   2   1  2   1  90
RP  German Gonzalez     26  16   3.38   0   0  1   0  14   0   0   21.3   20    8    8   4    8   19   92   0   1  0   1 120

    Roy Smith           26   9   2.68   3   0  0   4   1   0   0   37.0   29   12   11   3   12   17  152   1   1  4   1 152
    Jim Winn            28   9   6.00   1   0  0   0   5   0   0   21.0   33   15   14   4   10    9  104   3   0  1   1  68
    Karl Best           29  11   6.00   0   0  0   0   8   0   0   12.0   15    9    8   1    7    9   59   0   0  1   1  68
    Joe Niekro          43   5  10.03   1   1  0   2   2   0   0   11.7   16   13   13   2    9    7   59   2   0  3   0  40
   *Dan Schatzeder      33  10   1.74   0   1  0   0   2   0   0   10.3    8    2    2   1    5    7   44   0   1  0   1 233
   *Steve Carlton       43   4  16.76   0   1  0   1   1   0   0    9.7   20   19   18   5    5    5   54   0   0  2   1  24
   *Mike Mason          29   5  10.80   0   1  0   0   0   0   0    6.7    8    8    8   1    9    7   37   0   0  0   0  38
   *Tippy Martinez      38   3  18.00   0   0  0   0   2   0   0    4.0    8    9    8   1    4    3   24   0   1  1   0  23
    Dan Gladden         30   1   0.00   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    1.0    0    0    0   0    0    0    3   0   0  0   0    
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 30.0 162   3.93  91  71 52 162 144  18   9 1431.0 1457  672  625 146  453  897 6064  43  42 38  28 103
    Rank among 14 AL teams          6   2  13  2          11   7     10    9    5       11    3    6
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
                        Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Team Fielding Glossary League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- TLaudner 892 102 109 621 35 5 8 .992 8 37 76 25 BHarper 361 41 48 207 15 2 0 .991 3 5 22 12 TNieto 164 18 24 108 6 1 1 .991 2 1 10 3 DLowry 14 1 5 12 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 4 1 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1431 162 162 948 57 8 9 .992 13 43 112 41 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 *9.57 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- KHrbek 892 103 105 842 57 3 92 .997 9.06 GLarkin 496 56 60 466 28 3 46 .994 8.96 KTorve 21 2 4 14 1 0 1 1.000 6.43 RBush 18 1 6 19 2 0 1 1.000 10.50 TLaudner 4 0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 6.75 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1431 162 162 1344 88 6 140 .996 9.01 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 *5.12 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- SLombardozz 671 74 90 140 211 5 47 .986 4.71 THerr 625 73 73 140 195 4 54 .988 4.82 ANewman 133 15 23 29 35 1 9 .985 4.32 DBaker 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 GGagne 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 DGladden 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1431 162 162 309 441 10 110 .987 4.72 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 *2.71 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- GGaetti 975 115 115 105 189 7 24 .977 2.71 ANewman 430 45 60 37 76 4 12 .966 2.36 SLombardozz 20 2 5 0 3 0 1 1.000 1.35 BHarper 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 DBaker 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 MDavidson 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 DGladden 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 GGagne 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1431 162 162 143 269 11 37 .974 2.59 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 *4.69 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- GGagne 1178 134 146 200 373 18 79 .970 4.38 ANewman 138 16 28 31 44 1 12 .987 4.89 SLombardozz 81 10 12 12 23 0 6 1.000 3.89 DBaker 28 2 9 5 6 0 3 1.000 3.54 THerr 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 GGaetti 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 9.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1431 162 162 248 448 19 100 .973 4.38 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 *2.26 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DGladden 1197 134 140 321 12 3 5 .991 2.50 JMoses 190 23 29 53 1 0 0 1.000 2.55 EBullock 15 2 3 6 0 1 0 .857 3.60 MDavidson 13 1 4 3 1 1 1 .800 2.77 TBrunansky 8 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 RBush 8 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.12 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1431 162 162 386 14 5 6 .988 2.52 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 *2.91 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- KPuckett 1349 157 158 453 9 3 4 .994 3.08 JMoses 64 4 21 19 0 0 0 1.000 2.67 MDavidson 14 1 4 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.86 GGagne 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1431 162 162 480 9 3 4 .994 3.08 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 *2.24 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RBush 763 95 108 187 6 4 0 .980 2.28 MDavidson 293 30 84 89 3 4 0 .958 2.82 JMoses 183 15 43 49 0 0 0 1.000 2.40 TBrunansky 105 12 12 17 0 3 0 .850 1.46 JChristense 84 10 17 20 0 0 0 1.000 2.14 EBullock 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1431 162 162 363 9 11 0 .971 2.34 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 *2.47 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- KPuckett 1349 157 158 450 12 3 4 .994 3.08 DGladden 1197 134 140 319 12 3 5 .991 2.49 RBush 771 96 109 187 3 4 0 .979 2.22 JMoses 438 42 82 123 1 0 0 1.000 2.55 MDavidson 320 32 91 103 3 5 1 .955 2.97 TBrunansky 113 13 13 19 0 3 0 .864 1.51 JChristense 84 10 17 20 0 0 0 1.000 2.14 EBullock 17 2 4 7 0 1 0 .875 3.71 GGagne 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1431 162 162 1230 31 19 10 .985 2.64 162 162 162 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .961 *1.78 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- FViola 255 35 35 5 30 2 1 .946 1.23 BBlyleven 207 33 33 12 22 1 3 .971 1.48 AAnderson 202 30 30 9 34 2 3 .956 1.91 CLea 130 23 24 12 12 0 1 1.000 1.66 FToliver 114 19 21 1 19 2 2 .909 1.57 JBerenguer 100 1 57 7 10 0 1 1.000 1.53 LStraker 82 14 16 9 13 1 1 .957 2.39 KAtherton 74 0 49 3 9 1 0 .923 1.46 JReardon 73 0 63 1 2 0 0 1.000 0.37 MPortugal 57 0 26 2 1 1 0 .750 0.47 RSmith 37 4 9 3 2 0 0 1.000 1.22 GGonzalez 21 0 16 3 2 0 0 1.000 2.11 JWinn 21 0 9 2 4 1 0 .857 2.57 KBest 12 0 11 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.75 JNiekro 11 2 5 2 3 0 1 1.000 3.85 DSchatzeder 10 0 10 2 1 0 0 1.000 2.62 SCarlton 9 1 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.93 MMason 6 0 5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 TMartinez 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 DGladden 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1431 162 162 73 166 11 13 .956 1.50 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Des. Hitter G ------------+--- GLarkin 86 KHrbek 37 JDwyer 13 RBush 7 GGaetti 5 BHarper 5 TLaudner 4 MDavidson 3 THerr 3 EBullock 2 JMoses 2 ANewman 2 TBrunansky 1 JChristense 1 KTorve 1 ------------+---

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.
* indicates Innings Played rather than Games Played was used in Range Factor (RnF) calculations. Team Totals for Innings Played are Innings Pitched by the team's pitchers.

Team Leaders
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Batting Average Puckett .356

On-base % Hrbek .387

Slugging % Gaetti .551

OPS Puckett .920

Games Puckett 158

At Bats Puckett 657

Plate Appearances (approx.) Puckett 691

Runs Puckett 109

Hits Puckett 234

Total Bases Puckett 358

Doubles Puckett 42

Triples Gagne and Gladden 6

Home Runs Gaetti 28

RBI Puckett 121

Bases on Balls Larkin 68

Strikeouts Gagne 110

Stolen Bases Gladden 28

Singles Puckett 163

Adjusted OPS+ Puckett 152

Runs Created Puckett 126

Adjusted Batting Runs Puckett 43

Batting Wins Puckett 4.3

Extra-Base Hits Puckett 71

Times on Base Puckett 259

Offensive Win% Hrbek .725

Hit By Pitch Larkin 15

Sac. Hits Gagne 11

Sac. Flies Puckett 9

Intentional Walks Bush 14

Grounded into Double Plays Puckett 17

Caught Stealing Gladden 8

Power/Speed Number Gladden 15.8

At Bats per Strikeout Hrbek 9.4

At Bats per Home Run Gaetti 16.7

Outs Puckett 456

Pitching Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

ERA Anderson 2.45

Wins Viola 24

Won-Loss % Viola .774

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Viola 1.136

Hits Allowed/9IP Viola 8.32

Bases on Balls/9IP Anderson 1.65

Strikeouts/9IP Viola 6.80

Games Reardon 63

Saves Reardon 42

Innings Viola 255.3

Strikeouts Viola 193

Games Started Viola 35

Comp. Games Blyleven and Viola 7

Shutouts Viola 2

Home Runs Allow. Blyleven 21

Bases On Balls Allow. Berenguer 61

Hits Allowed Blyleven 240

SO to Walk Viola 3.57

Losses Blyleven 17

Earned Runs Allow. Blyleven 125

Wild Pitches Toliver 10

Hit Batsmen Blyleven 16

Batters Faced Viola 1031

Games Finished Reardon 58

Adjusted ERA+ Anderson 166

Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

Salaries

Gary Gaetti $ 1,666,666

Kent Hrbek $ 1,410,000

Frank Viola $ 1,350,000

Tom Brunansky $ 1,140,000

Kirby Puckett $ 1,090,000

Bert Blyleven $ 1,000,000

Jeff Reardon $ 850,000

Joe Niekro $ 800,000

Juan Berenguer $ 500,000

Greg Gagne $ 440,000

Dan Gladden $ 360,000

Randy Bush $ 350,000

Keith Atherton $ 345,000

Dan Schatzeder $ 325,000

Jim Dwyer $ 300,000

Tim Laudner $ 295,000

Steve Lombardozzi $ 152,500

Steve Carlton $ 115,000

Tom Nieto $ 103,500

Al Newman $ 100,000

Les Straker $ 93,000

Mark Davidson $ 89,000

Gene Larkin $ 83,000

Dwight Lowry $ 67,500

Charlie Lea $ 62,500

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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