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1989 Minnesota Twins Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1988 / 1990)
80-82, Finished 5th in AL West
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Scored 740 runs, Allowed 738 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 81-81
Manager: Tom Kelly (80-82)
Ballpark: Hubert H Humphrey Metrodome (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 2,277,438 (7th of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 107, Pitching - 107;   one-year: Batting - 106, Pitching - 106
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1988 / 1990 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
Rick Aguilera 27 R R 6' 5" 205 Dec 31, 1961 5 11 0 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Allan Anderson 25 L L 6' 0" 186 Jan 7, 1964 4 34 0 1 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 $200,000.00
Wally Backman 29 B R 5' 9" 160 Sep 22, 1959 10 87 79 87 84 0 0 0 84 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 $750,000.00
Doug Baker 28 B R 5' 9" 165 Apr 3, 1961 6 43 20 43 40 0 0 0 25 0 19 0 0 0 0 0 4 4
Juan Berenguer 34 R R 5' 11" 215 Nov 30, 1954 12 56 0 1 56 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $625,000.00
Greg Booker 29 R R 6' 6" 233 Jun 22, 1960 7 6 0 1 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Randy Bush 30 L L 6' 1" 186 Oct 5, 1958 8 141 106 141 126 0 0 25 0 0 0 34 1 88 109 2 25 4 $550,000.00
Carmen Castillo 31 R R 6' 1" 190 Jun 8, 1958 8 94 58 94 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 61 67 6 31 0 $432,500.00
Mike Cook 25 R R 6' 3" 200 Aug 14, 1963 4 15 0 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tim Drummond 24 R R 6' 3" 170 Dec 24, 1964 2 8 0 1 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $68,000.00
Jim Dwyer 39 L L 5' 10" 175 Jan 3, 1950 17 88 59 88 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 59 27 1 $200,000.00
Mike Dyer 22 R R 6' 3" 195 Sep 8, 1966 1st 16 0 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $68,000.00
Gary Gaetti 30 R R 6' 0" 200 Aug 19, 1958 9 130 126 130 126 0 0 2 0 125 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 $2,400,000.00 All-Star
Greg Gagne 27 R R 5' 11" 172 Nov 12, 1961 7 149 130 149 147 0 0 0 0 0 146 0 1 0 1 0 5 2 $570,000.00
Dan Gladden 31 R R 5' 11" 180 Jul 7, 1957 7 121 111 120 118 1 0 0 0 0 0 116 2 0 117 1 2 2 $610,000.00
German Gonzalez 27 R R 6' 0" 170 Mar 7, 1962 2 22 0 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mark Guthrie 23 R L 6' 4" 206 Sep 22, 1965 1st 13 0 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $68,000.00
Chip Hale 24 L R 5' 11" 191 Dec 2, 1964 1st 28 16 28 24 0 0 0 16 9 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 1 $68,000.00
Brian Harper 29 R R 6' 2" 195 Oct 16, 1959 10 126 102 126 106 0 101 2 0 2 0 0 0 3 3 15 9 0 $147,500.00
Kent Hrbek 29 L R 6' 4" 235 May 21, 1960 9 109 103 109 89 0 0 89 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 5 0 $1,560,000.00
Terry Jorgensen 22 R R 6' 4" 208 Sep 2, 1966 1st 10 8 10 9 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Gene Larkin 26 B R 6' 3" 205 Oct 24, 1962 3 136 124 136 91 0 0 67 0 0 0 1 0 31 32 39 11 0 $145,000.00
Tim Laudner 31 R R 6' 3" 212 Jun 7, 1958 9 100 72 100 77 0 68 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 15 1 $700,000.00
Orlando Mercado 27 R R 6' 0" 195 Nov 7, 1961 7 19 14 19 19 0 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
John Moses 31 B L 5' 10" 170 Aug 9, 1957 8 129 49 129 108 1 0 2 0 0 0 39 26 63 108 0 33 12 $180,000.00
Al Newman 29 B R 5' 9" 183 Jun 30, 1960 5 141 114 141 134 0 0 0 84 37 31 4 1 0 4 0 12 2 $180,000.00
Francisco Oliveras 26 R R 5' 10" 170 Jan 31, 1963 1st 12 0 1 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Greg Olson 28 R R 6' 0" 200 Sep 6, 1960 1st 3 0 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kirby Puckett HOF 29 R R 5' 8" 210 Mar 14, 1960 6 159 155 159 157 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 157 0 157 1 3 0 $2,000,000.00 All-Star
Shane Rawley 33 R L 6' 0" 180 Jul 27, 1955 12 27 0 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $950,000.00
Jeff Reardon 33 R R 6' 1" 195 Oct 1, 1955 11 65 0 3 65 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vic Rodriguez 27 R R 5' 11" 173 Jul 14, 1961 2 6 2 6 5 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Steve Shields 30 R R 6' 5" 230 Nov 30, 1958 5 11 0 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $125,000.00
Roy Smith 27 R R 6' 3" 200 Sep 6, 1961 6 32 0 1 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $100,000.00
Paul Sorrento 23 L R 6' 2" 200 Nov 17, 1965 1st 14 5 14 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 7 1
Randy St. Claire 28 R R 6' 2" 190 Aug 23, 1960 6 14 0 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kevin Tapani 25 R R 6' 0" 187 Feb 18, 1964 1st 5 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Freddie Toliver 28 R R 6' 1" 170 Feb 3, 1961 6 8 0 1 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Lee Tunnell 28 R R 6' 1" 180 Oct 30, 1960 6 10 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Frank Viola 29 L L 6' 4" 209 Apr 19, 1960 8 24 0 1 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $2,766,666.00
Gary Wayne 26 L L 6' 3" 192 Nov 30, 1962 1st 60 0 1 60 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $68,000.00
Lenny Webster 24 R R 5' 9" 191 Feb 10, 1965 1st 14 5 14 14 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
David West 24 L L 6' 6" 230 Sep 1, 1964 2 10 0 10 10 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.

1988 / 1990 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played