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1997 Minnesota Twins Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1996 / 1998)
68-94, Finished 4th in AL Central
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Scored 772 runs, Allowed 861 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 73-89
Manager: Tom Kelly (68-94)
Ballpark: Hubert H Humphrey Metrodome (ballparks.com)
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 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 35 R R 6' 5" 205 Dec 31, 1961 13 61 0 1 61 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $3,075,000.00
Scott Aldred 29 L L 6' 4" 195 Jun 12, 1968 6 17 0 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $225,000.00
Rich Becker 25 L L 5' 10" 199 Feb 1, 1972 5 132 116 132 128 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 114 14 128 0 11 1 $260,000.00
Shane Bowers 25 R R 6' 4" 215 Jul 27, 1971 1st 5 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 42 0 9 1 $150,000.00
Greg Colbrunn 27 R R 6' 0" 200 Jul 26, 1969 6 70 53 70 64 0 0 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16 1 $750,000.00
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 3 9 1 $170,000.00
Marty Cordova 27 R R 6' 0" 206 Jul 10, 1969 3 103 101 103 101 0 0 0 0 0 0 101 0 0 101 2 2 0 $800,000.00
Eddie Guardado 26 R L 6' 0" 193 Oct 2, 1970 5 69 0 4 69 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $300,000.00
LaTroy Hawkins 24 R R 6' 5" 195 Dec 21, 1972 3 20 1 1 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $150,000.00
Dennis Hocking 27 B R 5' 10" 176 Apr 2, 1970 5 115 56 115 108 0 0 1 15 39 44 7 2 12 20 0 22 12 $152,500.00
Torii Hunter 21 R R 6' 2" 205 Jul 18, 1975 1st 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Darrin Jackson 34 R R 6' 0" 185 Aug 22, 1962 10 49 34 49 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 44 0 44 0 8 1
Kevin Jarvis 27 L R 6' 2" 200 Aug 1, 1969 4 6 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Roberto Kelly 32 R R 6' 2" 192 Oct 1, 1964 11 75 61 75 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 57 59 10 14 0 $750,000.00
Chuck Knoblauch 28 R R 5' 9" 181 Jul 7, 1968 7 156 156 156 155 0 0 0 154 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 $6,150,000.00 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 10 0 5 5
Matt Lawton 25 L R 5' 9" 180 Nov 30, 1971 3 142 126 142 138 0 0 0 0 0 0 58 24 66 138 0 13 2 $150,000.00
Pat Meares 28 R R 6' 0" 188 Sep 6, 1968 5 134 129 134 134 0 0 0 0 0 134 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 $1,425,000.00
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 $150,000.00
Travis Miller 24 R L 6' 3" 205 Nov 2, 1972 2 13 0 1 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $150,000.00
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 0 121 2 0 $3,500,000.00
Greg Myers 31 L R 6' 2" 205 Apr 14, 1966 10 62 40 62 38 0 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 18 0 $575,000.00
Dan Naulty 27 R R 6' 6" 210 Jan 6, 1970 2 29 0 1 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $165,000.00
Gregg Olson 30 R R 6' 4" 206 Oct 11, 1966 10 11 0 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $400,000.00
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
Brad Radke 24 R R 6' 2" 180 Oct 27, 1972 3 35 1 1 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $450,000.00
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 $150,000.00
Rich Robertson 28 L L 6' 4" 175 Sep 15, 1968 5 31 3 3 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $205,000.00
Frank Rodriguez 24 R R 6' 0" 190 Dec 11, 1972 3 43 1 3 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $220,000.00
Dan Serafini 23 B L 6' 1" 185 Jan 25, 1974 2 6 0 1 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 3 16 1 $275,000.00
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 $2,850,000.00
Dave Stevens 27 R R 6' 3" 210 Mar 4, 1970 4 6 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Greg Swindell 32 R L 6' 3" 225 Jan 2, 1965 12 65 0 3 65 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $750,000.00
Bob Tewksbury 36 R R 6' 4" 200 Nov 30, 1960 12 26 3 3 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $2,000,000.00
Mike Trombley 30 R R 6' 2" 208 Apr 14, 1967 6 67 0 7 67 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $375,000.00
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
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 1 5 0 $150,000.00
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.

1996 / 1998 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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