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92-70, Finished 1st in AL Central (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Ron Gardenhire (92-70)
Scored 780 runs, Allowed 715 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 87-75
Ballparks: Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome · Attendance: 1,911,490 (10th of 14)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 102 · one-year: Batting - 104, Pitching - 104
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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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grant Balfour | 26 | R | R | 6' 2" | 195 | Dec 30, 1977 | 3 | 36 | 0 | 4 | 36 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | $305,000 | |
| Jason Bartlett | 24 | R | R | 6' 0" | 190 | Oct 30, 1979 | 1st | 8 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -0.3 | $ | |
| Joe Beimel | 27 | L | L | 6' 3" | 215 | Apr 19, 1977 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.3 | $ | |
| Henry Blanco | 32 | R | R | 5' 11" | 225 | Aug 29, 1971 | 7 | 114 | 95 | 114 | 114 | 0 | 114 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.2 | $750,000 | |
| Pat Borders | 41 | R | R | 6' 2" | 190 | May 14, 1963 | 16 | 19 | 14 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.1 | $ | |
| Rob Bowen | 23 | B | R | 6' 2" | 210 | Feb 24, 1981 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 17 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -0.3 | $ | |
| Jesse Crain | 22 | R | R | 6' 1" | 215 | Jul 5, 1981 | 1st | 22 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.9 | $ | |
| Michael Cuddyer | 25 | R | R | 6' 2" | 220 | Mar 27, 1979 | 4 | 115 | 90 | 115 | 106 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 48 | 43 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 0.1 | $307,500 | |
| J.D. Durbin | 22 | R | R | 6' 0" | 210 | Feb 24, 1982 | 1st | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.1 | $ | |
| Lew Ford | 27 | R | R | 6' 0" | 200 | Aug 12, 1976 | 2 | 154 | 146 | 154 | 126 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 46 | 10 | 137 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 3.5 | $ | |
| Aaron Fultz | 30 | L | L | 6' 0" | 196 | Sep 4, 1973 | 5 | 55 | 0 | 4 | 55 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | $550,000 | |
| Seth Greisinger | 28 | R | R | 6' 3" | 200 | Jul 29, 1975 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.6 | $ | |
| Matt Guerrier | 25 | R | R | 6' 3" | 195 | Aug 2, 1978 | 1st | 9 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.1 | $ | |
| Cristian Guzman | 26 | B | R | 6' 0" | 180 | Mar 21, 1978 | 6 | 145 | 143 | 145 | 145 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 145 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -0.5 | $3,725,000 | |
| Torii Hunter | 28 | R | R | 6' 2" | 225 | Jul 18, 1975 | 8 | 138 | 134 | 138 | 126 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 126 | 0 | 126 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1.4 | $6,500,000 | |
| Jacque Jones | 29 | L | L | 5' 10" | 175 | Apr 25, 1975 | 6 | 151 | 142 | 151 | 142 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 141 | 143 | 3 | 7 | 0 | -0.1 | $4,350,000 | |
| Corey Koskie | 31 | L | R | 6' 3" | 215 | Jun 28, 1973 | 7 | 118 | 113 | 118 | 115 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 115 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2.3 | $4,500,000 | |
| Jason Kubel | 22 | L | R | 6' 0" | 220 | May 25, 1982 | 1st | 23 | 13 | 23 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 0 | -0.1 | $ | |
| Matt LeCroy | 28 | R | R | 6' 2" | 225 | Dec 13, 1975 | 5 | 88 | 65 | 88 | 48 | 0 | 26 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 19 | 0 | -0.6 | $340,000 | |
| Kyle Lohse | 25 | R | R | 6' 2" | 210 | Oct 4, 1978 | 4 | 35 | 34 | 2 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | $395,000 | |
| Joe Mauer | 21 | L | R | 6' 5" | 235 | Apr 19, 1983 | 1st | 35 | 30 | 35 | 32 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1.5 | $300,000 | |
| Doug Mientkiewicz | 30 | L | R | 6' 2" | 195 | Jun 19, 1974 | 7 | 78 | 74 | 78 | 78 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.6 | $2,800,000 | |
| Justin Morneau | 23 | L | R | 6' 4" | 235 | May 15, 1981 | 2 | 74 | 72 | 74 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | $ | |
| Terry Mulholland | 41 | R | L | 6' 3" | 200 | Mar 9, 1963 | 18 | 39 | 15 | 4 | 39 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | $ | |
| Joe Nathan | 29 | R | R | 6' 4" | 225 | Nov 22, 1974 | 5 | 73 | 0 | 4 | 73 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | $440,000 | All-Star |
| Jose Offerman | 35 | B | R | 6' 0" | 150 | Nov 8, 1968 | 14 | 77 | 39 | 77 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 36 | 1 | 0.0 | $500,000 | |
| Augie Ojeda | 29 | B | R | 5' 9" | 175 | Dec 20, 1974 | 5 | 30 | 16 | 30 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.8 | $ | |
| Alex Prieto | 28 | R | R | 5' 10" | 200 | Jun 19, 1976 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | $ | |
| Carlos Pulido | 32 | L | L | 6' 0" | 194 | Aug 5, 1971 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.4 | $305,000 | |
| Nick Punto | 26 | B | R | 5' 9" | 190 | Nov 8, 1977 | 4 | 38 | 22 | 38 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0.5 | $307,500 | |
| Brad Radke | 31 | R | R | 6' 2" | 180 | Oct 27, 1972 | 10 | 34 | 34 | 1 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.4 | $10,750,000 | |
| Michael Restovich | 25 | R | R | 6' 6" | 240 | Jan 3, 1979 | 3 | 29 | 11 | 29 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 6 | -0.4 | $ | |
| Juan Rincon | 25 | R | R | 5' 11" | 210 | Jan 23, 1979 | 4 | 77 | 0 | 3 | 77 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 | $330,000 | |
| Luis Rivas | 24 | R | R | 5' 10" | 175 | Aug 30, 1979 | 5 | 109 | 95 | 109 | 109 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 109 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | $1,500,000 | |
| Joe Roa | 32 | R | R | 6' 1" | 195 | Oct 11, 1971 | 6 | 48 | 0 | 3 | 48 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | $320,000 | |
| J.C. Romero | 28 | B | L | 5' 11" | 205 | Jun 4, 1976 | 6 | 74 | 0 | 1 | 74 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | $820,000 | |
| Mike Ryan | 26 | L | R | 5' 10" | 182 | Jul 6, 1977 | 3 | 36 | 12 | 36 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 14 | 5 | -0.2 | $305,000 | |
| Johan Santana | 25 | L | L | 6' 0" | 210 | Mar 13, 1979 | 5 | 34 | 34 | 2 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.5 | $1,600,000 | |
| Carlos Silva | 25 | R | R | 6' 4" | 280 | Apr 23, 1979 | 3 | 33 | 33 | 2 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.6 | $340,000 | |
| Shannon Stewart | 30 | R | R | 6' 0" | 175 | Feb 25, 1974 | 10 | 92 | 92 | 92 | 71 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | $5,500,000 | |
| Brad Thomas | 26 | L | L | 6' 4" | 235 | Oct 22, 1977 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.4 | $300,000 | |
| Terry Tiffee | 25 | B | R | 6' 3" | 215 | Apr 21, 1979 | 1st | 17 | 12 | 17 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 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 |