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94-67, Finished 1st in AL Central (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Ron Gardenhire (94-67)
Scored 768 runs, Allowed 712 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 86-75
Ballparks: Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome · Attendance: 1,924,473 (9th of 14)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 100 · one-year: Batting - 97, Pitching - 97
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Lost AL Championship Series (4-1) to Anaheim Angels Won AL Division Series (3-2) over Oakland Athletics |
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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 | WAR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Casey Blake | 28 | R | R | 6' 2" | 205 | Aug 23, 1973 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -0.1 | $ | |
| Brian Buchanan | 28 | R | R | 6' 4" | 230 | Jul 21, 1973 | 3 | 44 | 35 | 44 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 24 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 0.2 | $225,000 | |
| Jay Canizaro | 28 | R | R | 5' 9" | 170 | Jul 4, 1973 | 4 | 38 | 32 | 38 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -0.5 | $235,000 | |
| Jack Cressend | 27 | R | R | 6' 1" | 185 | May 13, 1975 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.7 | $222,500 | |
| Michael Cuddyer | 23 | R | R | 6' 2" | 220 | Mar 27, 1979 | 2 | 41 | 29 | 41 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 25 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0.7 | $ | |
| Tony Fiore | 30 | R | R | 6' 4" | 210 | Oct 12, 1971 | 3 | 48 | 2 | 4 | 48 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.7 | $ | |
| Kevin Frederick | 25 | L | R | 6' 1" | 215 | Nov 4, 1976 | 1st | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.5 | $200,000 | |
| Eddie Guardado | 31 | R | L | 6' 0" | 195 | Oct 2, 1970 | 10 | 68 | 0 | 4 | 68 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.2 | $1,800,000 | All-Star |
| Cristian Guzman | 24 | B | R | 6' 0" | 180 | Mar 21, 1978 | 4 | 148 | 143 | 148 | 147 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 147 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0.5 | $1,425,000 | |
| LaTroy Hawkins | 29 | R | R | 6' 5" | 220 | Dec 21, 1972 | 8 | 65 | 0 | 4 | 65 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | $2,750,000 | |
| Denny Hocking | 32 | B | R | 5' 10" | 180 | Apr 2, 1970 | 10 | 102 | 69 | 102 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 56 | 16 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 6 | -0.2 | $1,100,000 | |
| Torii Hunter | 26 | R | R | 6' 2" | 225 | Jul 18, 1975 | 6 | 148 | 145 | 148 | 146 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 146 | 0 | 146 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3.0 | $2,400,000 | All-Star |
| Michael Jackson | 37 | R | R | 6' 1" | 185 | Dec 22, 1964 | 16 | 58 | 0 | 4 | 58 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | $500,000 | |
| Jacque Jones | 27 | L | L | 5' 10" | 175 | Apr 25, 1975 | 4 | 149 | 134 | 149 | 143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 143 | 0 | 0 | 143 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 4.9 | $312,500 | |
| Bobby Kielty | 25 | B | R | 6' 1" | 225 | Aug 5, 1976 | 2 | 112 | 73 | 112 | 87 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 34 | 50 | 93 | 11 | 24 | 5 | 2.7 | $ | |
| Matt Kinney | 25 | R | R | 6' 5" | 220 | Dec 16, 1976 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | $ | |
| Corey Koskie | 29 | L | R | 6' 3" | 215 | Jun 28, 1973 | 5 | 140 | 136 | 140 | 138 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 138 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3.8 | $2,150,000 | |
| David Lamb | 27 | B | R | 6' 2" | 165 | Jun 6, 1975 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -0.3 | $ | |
| Matt LeCroy | 26 | R | R | 6' 2" | 225 | Dec 13, 1975 | 3 | 63 | 43 | 63 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 17 | 0 | -0.3 | $ | |
| Kyle Lohse | 23 | R | R | 6' 2" | 210 | Oct 4, 1978 | 2 | 32 | 31 | 2 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.1 | $215,000 | |
| Joe Mays | 26 | B | R | 6' 1" | 160 | Dec 10, 1975 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | $2,350,000 | |
| Doug Mientkiewicz | 28 | L | R | 6' 2" | 195 | Jun 19, 1974 | 5 | 143 | 132 | 143 | 143 | 0 | 0 | 143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1.1 | $285,000 | |
| Travis Miller | 29 | R | L | 6' 3" | 205 | Nov 2, 1972 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | $ | |
| Eric Milton | 26 | L | L | 6' 3" | 200 | Aug 4, 1975 | 5 | 30 | 30 | 2 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.9 | $4,000,000 | |
| Dustan Mohr | 26 | R | R | 6' 0" | 210 | Jun 19, 1976 | 2 | 120 | 99 | 120 | 113 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 94 | 123 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 2.1 | $200,000 | |
| Warren Morris | 28 | L | R | 5' 11" | 190 | Jan 11, 1974 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -0.1 | $275,000 | |
| David Ortiz | 26 | L | L | 6' 4" | 230 | Nov 18, 1975 | 6 | 125 | 107 | 125 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 95 | 17 | 0 | 1.2 | $950,000 | |
| A.J. Pierzynski | 25 | L | R | 6' 3" | 225 | Dec 30, 1976 | 5 | 130 | 118 | 130 | 124 | 0 | 124 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 2.1 | $250,000 | All-Star |
| Tom Prince | 37 | R | R | 5' 11" | 185 | Aug 13, 1964 | 16 | 51 | 40 | 51 | 50 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.9 | $450,000 | |
| Brad Radke | 29 | R | R | 6' 2" | 180 | Oct 27, 1972 | 8 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | $8,750,000 | |
| Rick Reed | 37 | R | R | 6' 0" | 195 | Aug 16, 1964 | 14 | 33 | 32 | 2 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.7 | $7,000,000 | |
| Michael Restovich | 23 | R | R | 6' 6" | 240 | Jan 3, 1979 | 1st | 8 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0.1 | $ | |
| Juan Rincon | 23 | R | R | 5' 11" | 210 | Jan 23, 1979 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.4 | $ | |
| Luis Rivas | 22 | R | R | 5' 10" | 175 | Aug 30, 1979 | 3 | 93 | 91 | 93 | 93 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 93 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.5 | $240,000 | |
| Jose Rodriguez | 27 | L | L | 6' 1" | 205 | Dec 18, 1974 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.3 | $ | |
| J.C. Romero | 26 | B | L | 5' 11" | 205 | Jun 4, 1976 | 4 | 81 | 0 | 5 | 81 | 81 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.5 | $215,000 | |
| Mike Ryan | 24 | L | R | 5' 10" | 182 | Jul 6, 1977 | 1st | 7 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -0.3 | $ | |
| Johan Santana | 23 | L | L | 6' 0" | 210 | Mar 13, 1979 | 3 | 27 | 13 | 2 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 | $ | |
| Todd Sears | 26 | R | R | 6' 5" | 215 | Oct 23, 1975 | 1st | 7 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.1 | $ | |
| Mike Trombley | 35 | R | R | 6' 2" | 200 | Apr 14, 1967 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.4 | $ | |
| Javier Valentin | 26 | B | R | 5' 10" | 198 | Sep 19, 1975 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | $ | |
| Bob Wells | 35 | R | R | 6' 0" | 180 | Nov 1, 1966 | 9 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.8 | $1,700,000 | |
| 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 |