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1997 Minnesota Twins

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1996 / 1998

68-94, Finished 4th in AL Central (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Tom Kelly (68-94)
Scored 772 runs, Allowed 861 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 73-89

Ballparks: Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome · Attendance: 1,411,064 (12th of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 101 · one-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 100

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1996 / 1998 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 35 R R 6' 4" 195 Dec 31, 1961 13 61 0 1 61 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.5 $3,075,000
Scott Aldred 29 L L 6' 4" 195 Jun 12, 1968 6 17 15 0 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.2 $225,000
Rich Becker 25 L L 5' 10" 180 Feb 1, 1972 5 132 116 132 128 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 114 14 137 0 11 1 2.9 $260,000
Shane Bowers 25 R R 6' 4" 215 Jul 27, 1971 1st 5 5 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $
Brent Brede 25 L L 6' 4" 190 Sep 13, 1971 2 61 48 61 54 0 0 15 0 0 0 3 0 40 43 1 9 1 0.3 $150,000
Greg Colbrunn 27 R R 6' 0" 190 Jul 26, 1969 6 70 53 70 64 0 0 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 16 1 -0.6 $750,000
Ron Coomer 30 R R 5' 11" 195 Nov 18, 1966 3 140 129 140 130 0 0 9 0 119 0 0 0 7 7 7 9 1 1.6 $170,000
Marty Cordova 27 R R 6' 0" 200 Jul 10, 1969 3 103 101 103 101 0 0 0 0 0 0 101 0 0 101 2 2 0 -0.2 $800,000
Eddie Guardado 26 R L 6' 0" 195 Oct 2, 1970 5 69 0 4 69 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $300,000
LaTroy Hawkins 24 R R 6' 5" 220 Dec 21, 1972 3 20 20 1 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $150,000
Denny Hocking 27 B R 5' 10" 180 Apr 2, 1970 5 115 56 115 108 0 0 1 15 39 44 7 2 12 21 1 22 12 -0.4 $152,500
Torii Hunter 21 R R 6' 2" 225 Jul 18, 1975 1st 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 $
Darrin Jackson 33 R R 6' 0" 185 Aug 22, 1963 10 49 34 49 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 44 0 44 0 8 1 0.4 $
Kevin Jarvis 27 L R 6' 2" 200 Aug 1, 1969 4 6 2 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.9 $
Roberto Kelly 32 R R 6' 2" 180 Oct 1, 1964 11 75 61 75 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 57 59 12 14 0 0.5 $750,000
Chuck Knoblauch 28 R R 5' 9" 175 Jul 7, 1968 7 156 156 156 155 0 0 0 154 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6.4 $6,150,000 All-Star
Chris Latham 24 B R 6' 0" 195 May 26, 1973 1st 15 4 15 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 3 11 0 5 5 -0.3 $
Matt Lawton 25 L R 5' 10" 180 Nov 30, 1971 3 142 126 142 138 0 0 0 0 0 0 58 24 66 148 0 13 2 0.6 $150,000
Pat Meares 28 R R 6' 0" 185 Sep 6, 1968 5 134 129 134 134 0 0 0 0 0 134 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2.3 $1,425,000
Damian Miller 27 R R 6' 3" 202 Oct 13, 1969 1st 25 18 25 20 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0.0 $150,000
Travis Miller 24 R L 6' 3" 205 Nov 2, 1972 2 13 7 1 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.5 $150,000
Paul Molitor HOF 40 R R 6' 0" 185 Aug 22, 1956 20 135 133 135 12 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 122 2 0 1.4 $3,500,000
Greg Myers 31 L R 6' 1" 200 Apr 14, 1966 10 62 40 62 38 0 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 18 0 0.6 $575,000
Dan Naulty 27 R R 6' 6" 211 Jan 6, 1970 2 29 0 1 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $165,000
Gregg Olson 30 R R 6' 4" 210 Oct 11, 1966 10 11 0 0 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.0 $400,000
David Ortiz 21 L L 6' 4" 230 Nov 18, 1975 1st 15 11 15 11 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0.1 $
Brad Radke 24 R R 6' 2" 180 Oct 27, 1972 3 35 35 1 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.9 $450,000
Todd Ritchie 25 R R 6' 3" 205 Nov 7, 1971 1st 42 0 2 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $150,000
Rich Robertson 28 L L 6' 4" 175 Sep 15, 1968 5 31 26 3 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $205,000
Frankie Rodriguez 24 R R 6' 0" 193 Dec 11, 1972 3 43 15 3 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 $220,000
Dan Serafini 23 B L 6' 1" 190 Jan 25, 1974 2 6 4 1 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 $
Scott Stahoviak 27 L R 6' 5" 210 Mar 6, 1970 4 91 74 91 81 0 0 81 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 16 1 -0.2 $275,000
Terry Steinbach 35 R R 6' 1" 195 Mar 2, 1962 12 122 114 122 118 0 116 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 0.5 $2,850,000
Dave Stevens 27 R R 6' 3" 210 Mar 4, 1970 4 6 6 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.8 $
Greg Swindell 32 R L 6' 2" 225 Jan 2, 1965 12 65 1 3 65 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.3 $750,000
Bob Tewksbury 36 R R 6' 4" 200 Nov 30, 1960 12 26 26 3 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.1 $2,000,000
Mike Trombley 30 R R 6' 2" 200 Apr 14, 1967 6 67 0 7 67 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $375,000
Javier Valentin 21 B R 5' 10" 198 Sep 19, 1975 1st 4 1 4 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Todd Walker 24 L R 6' 0" 180 May 25, 1973 2 52 45 52 47 0 0 0 8 40 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 0.1 $150,000
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.

Uniform Numbers

Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniform Colors and Appearance

Pat Meares
Paul Molitor
Roberto Kelly
Denny Hocking
Ron Coomer
Chuck Knoblauch
Todd Walker
Darrin Jackson

Dan Serafini
Greg Swindell
Eddie Guardado
Bob Tewksbury
Travis Miller
Greg Swindell
Mike Trombley
Brad Radke
Todd Ritchie

Greg Myers
Rich Becker
Kevin Jarvis
Javier Valentin
David Ortiz
Greg Colbrunn
Gregg Olson
Dan Naulty
LaTroy Hawkins

Frankie Rodriguez
Terry Steinbach
Scott Stahoviak
Rick Aguilera
Damian Miller
Marty Cordova
Dave Stevens
Rich Robertson

Torii Hunter
Matt Lawton
Brent Brede
Shane Bowers
Scott Aldred
Chris Latham

1996 / 1998 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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