1997 Minnesota Twins Statistics and Roster

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1997 Minnesota Twins (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1996/1998)
68-94, Finished 4th in AL Central Division
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Scored 772 runs, Allowed 861 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 73-89
Managed by Tom Kelly

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

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1997 Stats (1996/1998) / Schedule / Transactions / Lineups / Batting Orders / Minor League Teams / 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   Terry Steinbach     35  122  447   60  111  27  1  12   54  35  106  .248  .302  .394   6   1  14   1   0   4   2   80
1B *Scott Stahoviak     27   91  275   33   63  17  0  10   33  24   73  .229  .301  .400   5   2   7   6   0   4   1   81
2B  Chuck Knoblauch     28  156  611  117  178  26 10   9   58  84   84  .291  .390  .411  62  10  11  17   0   4   6  109
3B  Ron Coomer          30  140  523   63  156  30  2  13   85  22   91  .298  .324  .438   4   3  11   0   0   5   5   96
SS  Pat Meares          28  134  439   63  121  23  3  10   60  18   86  .276  .323  .410   7   7   9  16   3   7   0   90
LF  Marty Cordova       27  103  378   44   93  18  4  15   51  30   92  .246  .305  .434   5   3  13   3   0   2   2   90
CF *Rich Becker         25  132  443   61  117  22  3  10   45  62  130  .264  .354  .395  17   5   4   1   2   2   1   95
RF *Matt Lawton         25  142  460   74  114  29  3  14   60  76   81  .248  .366  .415   7   4   7  10   1   1   3  103
DH  Paul Molitor        40  135  538   63  164  32  4  10   89  45   73  .305  .351  .435  11   4   8   0   2  12   8  104
   #Dennis Hocking      27  115  253   28   65  12  4   2   25  18   51  .257  .308  .360   3   5   6   1   5   1   0   73
    Roberto Kelly       32   75  247   39   71  19  2   5   37  17   50  .287  .336  .441   7   4   4   2   1   2   0  101
    Greg Colbrunn       27   70  217   24   61  14  0   5   26   8   38  .281  .307  .415   1   2   7   1   0   2   1   86
   *Brent Brede         25   61  190   25   52  11  1   3   21  21   38  .274  .347  .389   7   2   1   1   1   1   0   92
   *Greg Myers          31   62  165   24   44  11  1   5   28  16   29  .267  .328  .436   0   0   4   0   0   2   2   97
   *Todd Walker         24   52  156   15   37   7  1   3   16  11   30  .237  .288  .353   7   0   5   1   1   2   1   66
    Darrin Jackson      34   49  130   19   33   2  1   3   21   4   21  .254  .272  .354   2   0   2   0   3   2   0   62
    Damian Miller       27   25   66    5   18   1  0   2   13   2   12  .273  .282  .379   0   0   2   0   0   3   0   70
   *David Ortiz         21   15   49   10   16   3  0   1    6   2   19  .327  .353  .449   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  107
   #Chris Latham        24   15   22    4    4   1  0   0    1   0    8  .182  .182  .227   0   0   0   0   0   0   0    6
   #Javier Valentin     21    4    7    1    2   0  0   0    0   0    3  .286  .286  .286   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   50
    Torii Hunter        21    1    0    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0                     0   0   0   0   0   0   0     

   *Rich Robertson      28   31    5    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    2  .200  .200  .200   0   0   1   0   0   0   0    5
    Bob Tewksbury       36   26    5    0    1   0  0   0    1   0    1  .200  .200  .200   0   0   0   0   0   0   0    5
    Brad Radke          24   35    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   1   0   0 -100
    Todd Ritchie        25   42    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    LaTroy Hawkins      24   20    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Frank Rodriguez     24   43    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Mike Trombley       30   67    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.2  162 5634  772 1522 305 40 132  725 495 1121  .270  .329  .409 151  52 112  55  15  51  27   93
    Rank among 14 AL teams         4   10    7   5  2  14       12    4     8    11    11   2   7                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        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  Brad Radke          24  35   3.87  20  10  0  35   0   4   1  239.7  238  114  103  28   48  174  989   1   3  1   1 119
SP *Rich Robertson      28  31   5.69   8  12  0  26   2   0   0  147.0  169  105   93  19   70   69  666  10   6  0   3  81
SP  Bob Tewksbury       36  26   4.22   8  13  0  26   0   5   2  168.7  200   83   79  12   31   92  721   2   1  0   1 110
SP  LaTroy Hawkins      24  20   5.84   6  12  0  20   0   0   0  103.3  134   71   67  19   47   58  478   6   4  3   0  79
SP *Scott Aldred        29  17   7.68   2  10  0  15   0   0   0   77.3  102   66   66  20   28   33  350   7   3  0   2  60
SP *Travis Miller       24  13   7.63   1   5  0   7   1   0   0   48.3   64   49   41   8   23   26  227   5   1  0   2  60
SP  Dave Stevens        27   6   9.00   1   3  0   6   0   0   0   23.0   41   23   23   8   17   16  124   1   0  2   0  51
SP  Shane Bowers        25   5   8.05   0   3  0   5   0   0   0   19.0   27   20   17   2    8    7   92   1   1  0   0  57

CL  Rick Aguilera       35  61   3.82   5   4 26   0  57   0   0   68.3   65   29   29   9   22   68  285   3   2  0   3 121
RP *Eddie Guardado      26  69   3.91   0   4  1   0  20   0   0   46.0   45   23   20   7   17   54  201   2   2  0   2 118
RP  Mike Trombley       30  67   4.37   2   3  1   0  21   0   0   82.3   77   43   40   7   31   74  349   5   2  0   4 106
RP *Greg Swindell       32  65   3.58   7   4  1   1  12   0   0  115.7  102   46   46  12   25   75  460   0   2  0   3 129
RP  Todd Ritchie        25  42   4.58   2   3  0   0  19   0   0   74.7   87   41   38  11   28   44  331  11   2  0   0 101

    Frank Rodriguez     24  43   4.62   3   6  0  15   5   0   0  142.3  147   82   73  12   60   65  613   6   4  0   9 100
    Dan Naulty          27  29   5.87   1   1  1   0   8   0   0   30.7   29   20   20   8   10   23  128   3   0  0   0  79
   *Dan Serafini        23   6   3.42   2   1  0   4   1   1   0   26.3   27   11   10   1   11   15  111   1   0  0   0 135
    Kevin Jarvis        27   6  12.46   0   0  0   2   1   0   0   13.0   23   18   18   4    8    9   70   2   0  0   0  37
    Gregg Olson         30  11  18.36   0   0  0   0   5   0   0    8.3   19   17   17   0   11    6   55   0   0  0   1  25
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.1 162   5.02  68  94 30 162 152  10   4 1434.0 1596  861  800 187  495  908 6250  66  33  6  31  92
    Rank among 14 AL teams         13  12   2 13           5  11     10   12   13       11    1   14

    * - 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 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- TSteinbach 990 112 116 654 51 5 4 .993 9 48 59 29 GMyers 293 34 38 196 11 3 2 .986 2 9 21 12 DMiller 135 15 20 85 3 0 1 1.000 3 9 4 3 JValentin 15 1 4 11 2 0 0 1.000 0 0 1 2 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1434 162 162 946 67 8 7 .992 14 66 85 46 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 *9.31 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- SStahoviak 629 71 81 607 58 7 67 .990 9.52 GColbrunn 459 52 64 475 35 6 60 .988 10.00 BBrede 113 13 15 121 9 1 9 .992 10.29 PMolitor 97 12 12 99 7 1 6 .991 9.80 DOrtiz 87 10 11 84 10 1 10 .989 9.72 RCoomer 39 3 9 40 5 0 5 1.000 10.38 TSteinbach 8 1 2 3 0 1 0 .750 3.38 DHocking 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1434 162 162 1430 124 17 157 .989 9.75 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 *4.93 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CKnoblauch 1316 154 154 283 424 11 101 .985 4.83 DHocking 62 2 15 13 16 0 5 1.000 4.19 TWalker 55 6 8 11 16 1 5 .964 4.42 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1434 162 162 307 456 12 111 .985 4.79 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .953 *2.67 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RCoomer 1008 116 119 66 216 10 20 .966 2.52 TWalker 305 38 40 24 70 3 4 .969 2.77 DHocking 120 8 39 14 32 0 2 1.000 3.44 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1434 162 162 104 318 13 26 .970 2.65 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 *4.55 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- PMeares 1131 129 134 211 415 20 93 .969 4.98 DHocking 293 32 44 61 96 4 28 .975 4.81 CKnoblauch 9 1 1 2 3 1 1 .833 5.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1434 162 162 274 514 25 122 .969 4.95 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 *2.06 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- MCordova 863 99 101 214 12 2 2 .991 2.35 MLawton 460 51 58 108 5 2 2 .983 2.21 RBecker 52 5 9 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.60 DHocking 40 5 7 12 1 0 0 1.000 2.92 BBrede 10 1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.70 RKelly 8 1 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1434 162 162 355 18 4 4 .989 2.34 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 *2.71 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RBecker 924 105 115 284 5 5 1 .983 2.81 DJackson 308 34 44 93 4 1 1 .990 2.83 MLawton 149 17 23 43 0 3 0 .935 2.59 CLatham 34 4 8 10 0 1 0 .909 2.62 DHocking 16 2 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 RKelly 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1434 162 162 434 9 10 2 .978 2.78 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 *2.18 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- MLawton 514 58 67 129 4 2 1 .985 2.33 RKelly 433 50 57 99 1 0 0 1.000 2.08 BBrede 296 34 40 64 0 3 0 .955 1.94 RBecker 65 6 13 18 0 0 0 1.000 2.47 DHocking 60 7 12 20 1 0 1 1.000 3.15 RCoomer 55 7 7 17 2 1 2 .950 3.11 CLatham 9 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1434 162 162 348 8 6 4 .983 2.23 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 *2.32 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- MLawton 1124 126 138 278 9 7 3 .976 2.30 RBecker 1041 116 128 319 5 5 0 .985 2.80 MCordova 863 99 101 215 12 2 2 .991 2.37 RKelly 443 51 59 103 1 0 0 1.000 2.11 DJackson 308 34 44 91 4 1 1 .990 2.77 BBrede 306 35 42 67 0 3 0 .957 1.97 DHocking 116 14 20 35 2 0 1 1.000 2.87 RCoomer 55 7 7 18 2 1 2 .952 3.27 CLatham 43 4 10 11 0 1 0 .917 2.29 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1434 162 162 1137 35 20 9 .983 2.45 162 162 162 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .955 *1.71 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BRadke 239 35 35 15 31 0 5 1.000 1.73 BTewksbury 168 26 26 21 30 0 7 1.000 2.72 RRobertson 147 26 31 6 13 2 2 .905 1.16 FRodriguez 142 15 43 10 24 2 2 .944 2.15 GSwindell 115 1 65 12 11 0 1 1.000 1.79 LHawkins 103 20 20 9 13 1 1 .957 1.92 MTrombley 82 0 67 6 6 0 2 1.000 1.31 SAldred 77 15 17 2 9 0 0 1.000 1.28 TRitchie 74 0 42 3 10 0 1 1.000 1.57 RAguilera 68 0 61 5 13 0 1 1.000 2.37 TMiller 48 7 13 8 6 0 0 1.000 2.61 EGuardado 46 0 69 1 6 0 1 1.000 1.37 DNaulty 30 0 29 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.59 DSerafini 26 4 6 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.34 DStevens 23 6 6 2 1 0 0 1.000 1.17 SBowers 19 5 5 2 2 1 0 .800 1.89 KJarvis 13 2 6 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.69 GOlson 8 0 11 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.17 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1434 162 162 103 180 6 23 .979 1.78 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Des. Hitter G ------------+--- PMolitor 122 RKelly 12 GMyers 10 RCoomer 7 SStahoviak 5 DMiller 3 GColbrunn 2 MCordova 2 TWalker 2 BBrede 1 DHocking 1 CKnoblauch 1 DOrtiz 1 TSteinbach 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 Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

Batting Average Molitor .305

On-base % Knoblauch .390

Slugging % Coomer .438

OPS Knoblauch .801

Games Knoblauch 156

At Bats Knoblauch 611

Plate Appearances (approx.) Knoblauch 716

Runs Knoblauch 117

Hits Knoblauch 178

Total Bases Knoblauch 251

Doubles Molitor 32

Triples Knoblauch 10

Home Runs Cordova 15

RBI Molitor 89

Bases on Balls Knoblauch 84

Strikeouts Becker 130

Stolen Bases Knoblauch 62

Singles Knoblauch 133

Adjusted OPS+ Knoblauch 109

Runs Created Knoblauch 112

Adjusted Batting Runs Knoblauch 11

Batting Wins Knoblauch 1.1

Extra-Base Hits Lawton and Molitor 46

Times on Base Knoblauch 279

Offensive Win% Knoblauch .607

Hit By Pitch Knoblauch 17

Sac. Hits Hocking 5

Sac. Flies Molitor 12

Intentional Walks Molitor 8

Grounded into Double Plays Steinbach 14

Caught Stealing Knoblauch 10

Power/Speed Number Knoblauch 15.7

At Bats per Strikeout Molitor 7.4

At Bats per Home Run Lawton 32.9

Outs Knoblauch 458

Pitching Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

ERA Radke 3.87

Wins Radke 20

Won-Loss % Radke .667

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Radke 1.193

Hits Allowed/9IP Radke 8.94

Bases on Balls/9IP Tewksbury 1.65

Strikeouts/9IP Radke 6.53

Games Guardado 69

Saves Aguilera 26

Innings Radke 239.7

Strikeouts Radke 174

Games Started Radke 35

Comp. Games Tewksbury 5

Shutouts Tewksbury 2

Home Runs Allow. Radke 28

Bases On Balls Allow. Robertson 70

Hits Allowed Radke 238

SO to Walk Radke 3.63

Losses Tewksbury 13

Earned Runs Allow. Radke 103

Wild Pitches Ritchie 11

Hit Batsmen Robertson 6

Batters Faced Radke 989

Games Finished Aguilera 57

Adjusted ERA+ Radke 119

Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

Salaries

Chuck Knoblauch $ 6,150,000

Paul Molitor $ 3,500,000

Rick Aguilera $ 3,075,000

Terry Steinbach $ 2,850,000

Bob Tewksbury $ 2,000,000

Pat Meares $ 1,425,000

Marty Cordova $ 800,000

Greg Colbrunn $ 750,000

Roberto Kelly $ 750,000

Greg Swindell $ 750,000

Greg Myers $ 575,000

Brad Radke $ 450,000

Gregg Olson $ 400,000

Mike Trombley $ 375,000

Eddie Guardado $ 300,000

Darrin Jackson $ 275,000

Scott Stahoviak $ 275,000

Rich Becker $ 260,000

Scott Aldred $ 225,000

Frank Rodriguez $ 220,000

Rich Robertson $ 205,000

Ron Coomer $ 170,000

Dan Naulty $ 165,000

Dennis Hocking $ 152,500

Brent Brede $ 150,000

LaTroy Hawkins $ 150,000

Matt Lawton $ 150,000

Damian Miller $ 150,000

Travis Miller $ 150,000

Todd Ritchie $ 150,000

Todd Walker $ 150,000

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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