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1989 Minnesota Twins

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1988 / 1990

80-82, Finished 5th in AL West (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Tom Kelly (80-82)
Scored 740 runs, Allowed 738 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 81-81

Ballparks: Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome · 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 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
Rick Aguilera 27 R R 6' 4" 195 Dec 31, 1961 5 11 11 0 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.5 $
Allan Anderson 25 L L 5' 11" 178 Jan 7, 1964 4 34 33 1 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.4 $200,000
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 1 5 1 -0.9 $750,000
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 1 4 4 0.7 $
Juan Berenguer 34 R R 5' 11" 186 Nov 30, 1954 12 56 0 1 56 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 $625,000
Greg Booker 29 R R 6' 6" 230 Jun 22, 1960 7 6 0 1 6 6 0 0 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 88 123 5 25 4 -0.4 $550,000
Carmelo Castillo 31 R R 6' 1" 185 Jun 8, 1958 8 94 58 94 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 61 68 16 31 0 -0.5 $432,500
Mike Cook 25 R R 6' 3" 200 Aug 14, 1963 4 15 0 0 15 15 0 0 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 0.1 $68,000
Jim Dwyer 39 L L 5' 10" 165 Jun 3, 1950 17 88 59 88 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 73 27 1 0.8 $200,000
Mike Dyer 22 R R 6' 3" 195 Sep 8, 1966 1st 16 12 0 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $68,000
Gary Gaetti 30 R R 6' 0" 180 Aug 19, 1958 9 130 126 130 126 0 0 2 0 125 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 1.1 $2,400,000 All-Star
Greg Gagne 27 R R 5' 11" 185 Nov 12, 1961 7 149 130 149 147 0 0 0 0 0 146 0 1 0 1 0 5 2 3.5 $570,000
Dan Gladden 31 R R 5' 11" 180 Jul 7, 1957 7 121 111 120 118 1 0 0 0 0 0 116 2 0 118 2 2 2 1.1 $610,000
German Gonzalez 27 R R 6' 0" 170 Mar 7, 1962 2 22 0 0 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Mark Guthrie 23 R L 6' 4" 192 Sep 22, 1965 1st 13 8 0 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $68,000
Chip Hale 24 L R 5' 11" 180 Dec 2, 1964 1st 28 16 28 24 0 0 0 16 9 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 1 -0.5 $68,000
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 19 9 0 2.4 $147,500
Kent Hrbek 29 L R 6' 4" 200 May 21, 1960 9 109 103 109 89 0 0 89 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 5 0 3.4 $1,560,000
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 0.2 $
Gene Larkin 26 B R 6' 3" 195 Oct 24, 1962 3 136 124 136 91 0 0 67 0 0 0 1 0 31 32 41 11 0 0.7 $145,000
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 19 15 1 -0.1 $700,000
Orlando Mercado 27 R R 6' 0" 180 Nov 7, 1961 7 19 14 19 19 0 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
John Moses 31 B L 5' 10" 165 Aug 9, 1957 8 129 49 129 108 1 0 2 0 0 0 39 26 63 128 3 33 12 -0.2 $180,000
Al Newman 29 B R 5' 9" 175 Jun 30, 1960 5 141 114 141 134 0 0 0 84 37 31 4 1 0 5 2 12 2 0.9 $180,000
Francisco Oliveras 26 R R 5' 10" 170 Jan 31, 1963 1st 12 8 1 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 $
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 0.0 $
Kirby Puckett HOF 29 R R 5' 8" 178 Mar 14, 1960 6 159 155 159 157 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 157 0 157 2 3 0 4.3 $2,000,000 All-Star
Shane Rawley 33 R L 6' 0" 170 Jul 27, 1955 12 27 25 0 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $950,000
Jeff Reardon 33 R R 6' 0" 190 Oct 1, 1955 11 65 0 3 65 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 $1,275,000
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 1 0 3 0.1 $
Steve Shields 30 R R 6' 5" 220 Nov 30, 1958 5 11 0 0 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.8 $125,000
Roy Smith 27 R R 6' 3" 200 Sep 6, 1961 6 32 26 1 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.4 $100,000
Paul Sorrento 23 L R 6' 2" 195 Nov 17, 1965 1st 14 5 14 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 7 1 -0.1 $
Randy St. Claire 28 R R 6' 3" 180 Aug 23, 1960 6 14 0 0 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Kevin Tapani 25 R R 6' 0" 180 Feb 18, 1964 1st 5 5 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 $
Freddie Toliver 28 R R 6' 1" 165 Feb 3, 1961 6 8 5 1 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -0.7 $
Lee Tunnell 28 R R 6' 1" 180 Oct 30, 1960 6 10 0 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Frank Viola 29 L L 6' 4" 200 Apr 19, 1960 8 24 24 1 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 $2,766,666
Gary Wayne 26 L L 6' 3" 185 Nov 30, 1962 1st 60 0 1 60 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9 $68,000
Lenny Webster 24 R R 5' 9" 185 Feb 10, 1965 1st 14 5 14 14 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 $
David West 24 L L 6' 6" 205 Sep 1, 1964 2 10 5 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
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

Wally Backman

Orlando Mercado

Jim Dwyer

Greg Gagne

Gary Gaetti

Gene Larkin

Greg Olson

Brian Harper

Kent Hrbek

Tim Laudner

Frank Viola

Rick Aguilera

Shane Rawley

Vic Rodriguez

Doug Baker

Carmelo Castillo

Roy Smith

Randy Bush

Al Newman

Lee Tunnell

Francisco Oliveras

Freddie Toliver

Dan Gladden

Mike Cook

Kirby Puckett

Steve Shields
Kevin Tapani

Randy St. Claire

Mike Dyer

Juan Berenguer

Jeff Reardon

German Gonzalez

Gary Wayne

Allan Anderson

David West

Greg Booker

Lenny Webster

Mark Guthrie

Tim Drummond

Paul Sorrento

Terry Jorgensen

Chip Hale

1988 / 1990 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers