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90-72, Finished 1st in AL Central (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Ron Gardenhire (90-72)
Scored 801 runs, Allowed 758 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 85-77
Ballparks: Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome · Attendance: 1,946,011 (8th of 14)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 100 · one-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 100
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Lost AL Division Series (3-1) to New York Yankees |
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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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Baldwin | 31 | R | R | 6' 3" | 210 | Jul 15, 1971 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.2 | $ | |
| Grant Balfour | 25 | R | R | 6' 2" | 195 | Dec 30, 1977 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | $ | |
| Rob Bowen | 22 | B | R | 6' 2" | 210 | Feb 24, 1981 | 1st | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -0.5 | $ | |
| Michael Cuddyer | 24 | R | R | 6' 2" | 220 | Mar 27, 1979 | 3 | 35 | 25 | 35 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 18 | 2 | 8 | 1 | -0.3 | $302,500 | |
| Mike Fetters | 38 | R | R | 6' 4" | 200 | Dec 19, 1964 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | $500,000 | |
| Tony Fiore | 31 | R | R | 6' 4" | 210 | Oct 12, 1971 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.2 | $330,000 | |
| Lew Ford | 26 | R | R | 6' 0" | 200 | Aug 12, 1976 | 1st | 34 | 12 | 34 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 27 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 0.3 | $ | |
| Chris Gomez | 32 | R | R | 6' 1" | 183 | Jun 16, 1971 | 11 | 58 | 42 | 58 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 18 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | -0.8 | $500,000 | |
| Eddie Guardado | 32 | R | L | 6' 0" | 195 | Oct 2, 1970 | 11 | 66 | 0 | 4 | 66 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.9 | $2,700,000 | All-Star |
| Cristian Guzman | 25 | B | R | 6' 0" | 180 | Mar 21, 1978 | 5 | 143 | 137 | 143 | 141 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 141 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2.1 | $2,525,000 | |
| LaTroy Hawkins | 30 | R | R | 6' 5" | 220 | Dec 21, 1972 | 9 | 74 | 0 | 6 | 74 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.2 | $3,000,000 | |
| Denny Hocking | 33 | B | R | 5' 10" | 180 | Apr 2, 1970 | 11 | 83 | 45 | 83 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 25 | 24 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 0.5 | $1,000,000 | |
| Torii Hunter | 27 | R | R | 6' 2" | 225 | Jul 18, 1975 | 7 | 154 | 152 | 154 | 151 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 151 | 0 | 151 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2.1 | $4,750,000 | |
| Adam Johnson | 23 | R | R | 6' 2" | 210 | Jul 12, 1979 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.6 | $ | |
| Jacque Jones | 28 | L | L | 5' 10" | 175 | Apr 25, 1975 | 5 | 136 | 126 | 136 | 101 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 11 | 101 | 29 | 9 | 0 | 0.1 | $2,750,000 | |
| Bobby Kielty | 26 | B | R | 6' 1" | 225 | Aug 5, 1976 | 3 | 75 | 63 | 75 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 33 | 36 | 32 | 10 | 1 | 0.3 | $325,000 | |
| Corey Koskie | 30 | L | R | 6' 3" | 215 | Jun 28, 1973 | 6 | 131 | 130 | 131 | 131 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 131 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.7 | $3,400,000 | |
| Matt LeCroy | 27 | R | R | 6' 2" | 225 | Dec 13, 1975 | 4 | 107 | 88 | 107 | 38 | 0 | 22 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 15 | 0 | 1.1 | $312,500 | |
| Kyle Lohse | 24 | R | R | 6' 2" | 210 | Oct 4, 1978 | 3 | 33 | 33 | 2 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | $330,000 | |
| Joe Mays | 27 | B | R | 6' 1" | 160 | Dec 10, 1975 | 5 | 31 | 21 | 2 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.8 | $4,150,000 | |
| Doug Mientkiewicz | 29 | L | R | 6' 2" | 195 | Jun 19, 1974 | 6 | 142 | 135 | 142 | 140 | 0 | 0 | 139 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3.1 | $1,750,000 | |
| Eric Milton | 27 | L | L | 6' 3" | 200 | Aug 4, 1975 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | $6,000,000 | |
| Dustan Mohr | 27 | R | R | 6' 0" | 210 | Jun 19, 1976 | 3 | 121 | 90 | 121 | 110 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 11 | 77 | 118 | 6 | 6 | 8 | -0.7 | $315,000 | |
| Justin Morneau | 22 | L | R | 6' 4" | 235 | May 15, 1981 | 1st | 40 | 22 | 40 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 16 | 1 | -0.3 | $ | |
| Micheal Nakamura | 26 | R | R | 5' 10" | 170 | Sep 6, 1976 | 1st | 12 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.2 | $ | |
| Jesse Orosco | 46 | R | L | 6' 2" | 174 | Apr 21, 1957 | 24 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.1 | $ | |
| A.J. Pierzynski | 26 | L | R | 6' 3" | 225 | Dec 30, 1976 | 6 | 137 | 131 | 137 | 135 | 0 | 135 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3.7 | $365,000 | |
| Alex Prieto | 27 | R | R | 5' 10" | 200 | Jun 19, 1976 | 1st | 8 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -0.1 | $ | |
| Tom Prince | 38 | R | R | 5' 11" | 185 | Aug 13, 1964 | 17 | 24 | 11 | 24 | 22 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0.3 | $450,000 | |
| Carlos Pulido | 31 | L | L | 6' 0" | 194 | Aug 5, 1971 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | $ | |
| Brad Radke | 30 | R | R | 6' 2" | 180 | Oct 27, 1972 | 9 | 33 | 33 | 2 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.3 | $8,750,000 | |
| Rick Reed | 38 | R | R | 6' 0" | 195 | Aug 16, 1964 | 15 | 27 | 21 | 0 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | $8,000,000 | |
| Michael Restovich | 24 | R | R | 6' 6" | 240 | Jan 3, 1979 | 2 | 24 | 14 | 24 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0.5 | $ | |
| Juan Rincon | 24 | R | R | 5' 11" | 210 | Jan 23, 1979 | 3 | 58 | 0 | 4 | 58 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | $ | |
| Luis Rivas | 23 | R | R | 5' 10" | 175 | Aug 30, 1979 | 4 | 135 | 131 | 135 | 134 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 134 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -0.7 | $340,000 | |
| Kenny Rogers | 38 | L | L | 6' 1" | 200 | Nov 10, 1964 | 15 | 33 | 31 | 2 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.7 | $2,000,000 | |
| J.C. Romero | 27 | B | L | 5' 11" | 205 | Jun 4, 1976 | 5 | 73 | 0 | 3 | 73 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.2 | $325,000 | |
| Mike Ryan | 25 | L | R | 5' 10" | 182 | Jul 6, 1977 | 2 | 27 | 14 | 27 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 1.0 | $ | |
| Johan Santana | 24 | L | L | 6' 0" | 210 | Mar 13, 1979 | 4 | 45 | 18 | 4 | 45 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | $335,000 | |
| Todd Sears | 27 | R | R | 6' 5" | 215 | Oct 23, 1975 | 2 | 24 | 16 | 24 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | -0.1 | $ | |
| Shannon Stewart | 29 | R | R | 6' 0" | 175 | Feb 25, 1974 | 9 | 65 | 64 | 65 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 0 | 14 | 60 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2.5 | $ | |
| Brad Thomas | 25 | L | L | 6' 4" | 235 | Oct 22, 1977 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.3 | $ | |
| 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 |