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2008 Minnesota Twins Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 2007 / 2009)
88-75, Finished 2nd in AL Central
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Scored 829 runs, Allowed 745 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 89-74
Manager: Ron Gardenhire (88-75)
Ballpark: Hubert H Humphrey Metrodome (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 2,302,431 (8th of 14)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 96, Pitching - 96; one-year: Batting - 94, Pitching - 94
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2007 / 2009 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	C	Joe Mauer*	25	146	633	536	98	176	31	4	9	85	1	1	84	50	.328	.413	.451	.864	134	242	21	1	1	11	8
2	1B	Justin Morneau*	27	163	712	623	97	187	47	4	23	129	0	1	76	85	.300	.374	.499	.873	134	311	20	3	0	10	16
3	2B	Alexi Casilla#	23	98	437	385	58	108	15	0	7	50	7	2	31	45	.281	.333	.374	.707	91	144	7	2	13	6	0
4	SS	Nick Punto#	30	99	377	338	43	96	19	4	2	28	15	6	32	57	.284	.344	.382	.726	96	129	10	0	5	2	1
5	3B	Brian Buscher*	27	70	244	218	29	64	9	0	4	47	0	2	19	42	.294	.340	.390	.730	97	85	6	0	0	7	0
6	LF	Delmon Young	22	152	623	575	80	167	28	4	10	69	14	5	35	105	.290	.336	.405	.741	100	233	19	7	1	5	7
7	CF	Carlos Gomez	22	153	614	577	79	149	24	7	7	59	33	11	25	142	.258	.296	.360	.657	77	208	7	7	3	2	0
8	RF	Denard Span*	24	93	411	347	70	102	16	7	6	47	18	7	50	60	.294	.387	.432	.819	122	150	3	4	8	2	3
9	DH	Jason Kubel*	26	141	517	463	74	126	22	5	20	78	0	1	47	91	.272	.335	.471	.805	115	218	12	0	0	7	2
Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
10	IF	Brendan Harris	27	130	490	434	57	115	29	3	7	49	1	1	39	98	.265	.327	.394	.721	94	171	13	4	7	6	0
11	RF	Michael Cuddyer	29	71	279	249	30	62	13	4	3	36	5	1	25	40	.249	.330	.369	.699	89	92	7	5	0	0	4
12	3B	Mike Lamb*	32	81	261	236	20	55	12	3	1	32	0	1	17	32	.233	.276	.322	.598	61	76	3	0	0	8	4
13	DH	Craig Monroe	31	58	179	163	22	33	9	0	8	29	0	1	16	48	.202	.274	.405	.679	81	66	3	0	0	0	1
14	SS	Adam Everett	31	48	150	127	19	27	6	1	2	20	0	0	12	15	.213	.278	.323	.601	62	41	0	1	6	4	1
15	C	Mike Redmond	37	38	137	129	14	37	6	0	0	12	0	0	5	11	.287	.321	.333	.655	78	43	5	2	0	1	0
16	IF	Matt Tolbert#	26	41	123	113	18	32	6	3	0	6	7	1	7	19	.283	.322	.389	.712	92	44	5	0	2	1	0
17	DH	Randy Ruiz	30	22	68	62	13	17	2	0	1	7	0	0	6	21	.274	.338	.355	.693	88	22	1	0	0	0	1
18	IF	Matt Macri	26	18	36	34	3	11	1	0	1	4	1	1	2	10	.324	.361	.441	.802	116	15	0	0	0	0	0
19	IF	Howie Clark*	34	4	8	8	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.500	.750	97	4	0	0	0	0	0
20	OF	Jason Pridie*	24	10	6	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.200	.000	.200	-40	0	0	0	1	0	0
21	C	Ryan Jorgensen	29	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
22	P	Kevin Slowey	24	4	8	8	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.375	.625	66	3	0	0	0	0	0
23	P	Scott Baker	26	2	5	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	172	1	0	0	3	0	0
24	P	Glen Perkins*	25	2	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0
25	P	Nick Blackburn	26	1	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	81	1	0	0	0	0	0
26	P	Livan Hernandez	33	1	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	172	1	0	0	1	0	0
27	P	Bobby Korecky	28	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	444	1	0	0	0	0	0
28	P	Pat Neshek#	27	0	0	0					0
29	P	Craig Breslow*	27	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
30	P	Brian Bass	26	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
31	P	Eddie Guardado	37	0	0	0					0
32	P	Jesse Crain	26	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
33	P	Boof Bonser	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
34	P	Philip Humber	25	0	0	0					0
35	P	Joe Nathan	33	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
36	P	Matt Guerrier	29	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
37	P	Dennys Reyes	31	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
38	P	Francisco Liriano*	24	0	0	0					0
39	P	Juan Rincon	29	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
40	P	Jose Mijares*	23	0	0	0					0
		Team Totals	26.2	163	6330	5641	829	1572	298	49	111	791	102	42	529	979	.279	.340	.408	.748	102	2301	142	36	52	72	48
		Rank in 14 AL teams				3	3	2	7	1	14		5	3	10	12	3	4	10	9		9		14		1
Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB

* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1	SP	Nick Blackburn	26	11	11	.500	4.05	33	33	0	0	0	0	193.1	224	102	87	23	39	4	96	7	0	2	823	103	1.360	10.4	1.1	1.8	4.5	2.46
2	SP	Scott Baker	26	11	4	.733	3.45	28	28	0	0	0	0	172.1	161	66	66	20	42	2	141	3	0	6	703	121	1.178	8.4	1.0	2.2	7.4	3.36
3	SP	Kevin Slowey	24	12	11	.522	3.99	27	27	0	3	2	0	160.1	161	74	71	22	24	1	123	4	0	1	653	105	1.154	9.0	1.2	1.3	6.9	5.13
4	SP	Glen Perkins*	25	12	4	.750	4.41	26	26	0	0	0	0	151.0	183	81	74	25	39	0	74	3	1	2	661	95	1.470	10.9	1.5	2.3	4.4	1.90
5	SP	Livan Hernandez	33	10	8	.556	5.48	23	23	0	2	0	0	139.2	199	93	85	18	29	3	54	1	1	2	627	76	1.632	12.8	1.2	1.9	3.5	1.86
6	SP	Francisco Liriano*	24	6	4	.600	3.91	14	14	0	0	0	0	76.0	74	40	33	7	32	1	67	1	0	3	329	107	1.395	8.8	0.8	3.8	7.9	2.09
Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
7	CL	Joe Nathan	33	1	2	.333	1.33	68	0	57	0	0	39	67.2	43	13	10	5	18	4	74	2	0	2	261	314	0.901	5.7	0.7	2.4	9.8	4.11
8	RP	Boof Bonser	26	3	7	.300	5.93	47	12	9	0	0	0	118.1	139	87	78	16	36	1	97	1	1	6	532	70	1.479	10.6	1.2	2.7	7.4	2.69
9	RP	Matt Guerrier	29	6	9	.400	5.19	76	0	15	0	0	1	76.1	84	47	44	12	37	9	59	0	0	2	344	81	1.585	9.9	1.4	4.4	7.0	1.59
10	RP	Jesse Crain	26	5	4	.556	3.59	66	0	14	0	0	0	62.2	62	29	25	6	24	3	50	1	0	2	268	116	1.372	8.9	0.9	3.4	7.2	2.08
11	RP	Dennys Reyes*	31	3	0	1.000	2.33	75	0	16	0	0	0	46.1	40	12	12	4	15	2	39	2	0	5	188	179	1.187	7.8	0.8	2.9	7.6	2.60
Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
12		Brian Bass	26	3	4	.429	4.87	44	0	14	0	0	1	68.1	84	42	37	11	22	3	32	3	0	4	303	86	1.551	11.1	1.4	2.9	4.2	1.45
13		Craig Breslow*	27	0	2	.000	1.63	42	0	10	0	0	1	38.2	24	9	7	0	14	2	32	0	1	4	149	257	0.983	5.6	0.0	3.3	7.4	2.29
14		Juan Rincon	29	2	2	.500	6.11	24	0	6	0	0	0	28.0	33	21	19	5	16	2	20	2	0	3	133	68	1.750	10.6	1.6	5.1	6.4	1.25
15		Bobby Korecky	28	2	0	1.000	4.58	16	0	9	0	0	0	17.2	19	9	9	2	8	0	6	0	0	0	74	91	1.528	9.7	1.0	4.1	3.1	0.75
16		Pat Neshek	27	0	1	.000	4.72	15	0	3	0	0	0	13.1	12	7	7	2	4	1	15	0	0	0	56	88	1.200	8.1	1.4	2.7	10.1	3.75
17		Philip Humber	25	0	0		4.63	5	0	2	0	0	0	11.2	11	6	6	4	5	0	6	1	0	0	50	90	1.371	8.5	3.1	3.9	4.6	1.20
18		Jose Mijares*	23	0	1	.000	0.87	10	0	3	0	0	0	10.1	3	1	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	34	480	0.290	2.6	0.0	0.0	4.4
19		Eddie Guardado*	37	1	1	.500	7.71	9	0	0	0	0	0	7.0	12	6	6	1	2	0	5	0	0	0	33	54	2.000	15.4	1.3	2.6	6.4	2.50
		Team Totals	27.0	88	75	.540	4.18	163	163	158	5	2	42	1459.0	1568	745	677	183	406	38	995	31	4	45	6221	100	1.353	9.7	1.1	2.5	6.1	2.45
		Rank in 14 AL teams		6	9		7				6	6	6	1	13	8	7	13	1		14926
Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB

* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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	Age	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzrd	Rtzhm	Rof	Rdp	Rctch	RF/9	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	Pos. Summary
Scott Baker	26	28	28	172.1	22	10	11	1	2	.955									1.10	0.75						P
Brian Bass	26	44	0	68.1	23	9	14	0	0	1.000									3.03	0.52						P
Nick Blackburn	26	33	33	193.1	36	14	22	0	4	1.000									1.68	1.09						P
Boof Bonser	26	47	12	118.1	25	6	16	3	2	.880									1.67	0.47						P
Craig Breslow	27	42	0	38.2	12	1	11	0	0	1.000									2.79	0.29						P
Brian Buscher	27	72	61	534.1	173	50	113	10	10	.942	-2.8	-6.3	-2.8	-6.5	3.7		0		2.75	2.26						3B-1B-2B-DH
Alexi Casilla	23	97	95	843.2	460	198	250	12	71	.974	-11.4	-16.2	-12.4	-5.7	-6.7		1		4.78	4.62						2B-SS
Howie Clark	34	4	1	16.0	11	6	5	0	2	1.000	1.1	82.5	1.1	0.5	0.6		0		6.19	2.75						3B-1B-2B
Jesse Crain	26	66	0	62.2	14	1	10	3	2	.786									1.58	0.17						P
Michael Cuddyer	29	66	60	527.2	158	148	8	2	10	.987	-0.9	-2.0	-4.9	-0.2	-4.7	4	0		2.66	2.36						RF-1B-CF-DH
Adam Everett	31	45	41	365.0	213	61	145	7	30	.967	-1.3	-4.3	-1.3	-2.9	1.6		0		5.08	4.58						SS-2B
Carlos Gomez	22	151	143	1271.2	453	436	9	8	4	.982	8.4	7.9	6.4	8.4	-2.0	2			3.15	2.95						CF
Eddie Guardado	37	9	0	7.0	0	0	0	0	0										0.00	0.00						P
Matt Guerrier	29	76	0	76.1	16	5	10	1	0	.938									1.77	0.20						P
Brendan Harris	27	131	116	1043.1	481	159	309	13	70	.973	-13.0	-15.0	-13.0	-10.3	-2.7		0		4.04	3.57						SS-2B-3B-1B-DH
Livan Hernandez	33	23	23	139.2	30	7	22	1	0	.967									1.87	1.26						P
Philip Humber	25	5	0	11.2	2	1	1	0	0	1.000									1.54	0.40						P
Ryan Jorgensen	29	2	0	3.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0.0	0.0						0	3.00	0.50	0	0	0	0		C
Bobby Korecky	28	16	0	17.2	6	1	5	0	1	1.000									3.06	0.38						P
Jason Kubel	26	127	42	368.2	103	98	2	3	1	.971	-4.8	-15.6	-2.8	-1.4	-1.4	-2			2.44	0.79						RF-LF-DH
Mike Lamb	32	68	56	511.0	187	87	96	4	12	.979	0.8	1.9	1.8	1.1	0.7		-1		3.22	2.69						3B-1B-DH
Francisco Liriano	24	14	14	76.0	13	2	11	0	0	1.000									1.54	0.93						P
Matt Macri	26	15	9	77.1	28	7	20	1	5	.964	-1.9	-29.5	-1.9	-3.2	1.3		0		3.14	1.80						3B-2B-1B
Joe Mauer	25	143	135	1203.0	886	831	52	3	1	.997	12.0	12.0						12	6.61	6.17	4	40	51	29	36%	C-DH
Jose Mijares	23	10	0	10.1	2	0	2	0	0	1.000									1.74	0.20						P
Craig Monroe	31	46	9	82.2	19	18	1	0	1	1.000	-5.4	-78.4	-4.4	-2.4	-2.0	-1			2.07	0.41						CF-RF-LF-DH
Justin Morneau	27	163	155	1363.2	1409	1316	89	4	149	.997	-2.6	-2.3	-3.6	-6.2	2.6		1		9.27	8.62						1B-DH
Joe Nathan	33	68	0	67.2	10	3	6	1	1	.900									1.20	0.13						P
Pat Neshek	27	15	0	13.1	3	0	3	0	0	1.000									2.02	0.20						P
Glen Perkins	25	26	26	151.0	28	2	25	1	0	.964									1.61	1.04						P
Jason Pridie	24	6	0	11.0	4	3	0	1	0	.750	-1.1	-120.0	-1.1	-1.1	0.0	0			2.45	0.50						RF-LF
Nick Punto	30	102	89	815.1	453	161	282	10	65	.978	2.6	3.8	0.6	-6.2	6.8	0	2		4.89	4.34						SS-2B-3B-CF
Mike Redmond	37	34	28	253.0	189	180	9	0	2	1.000	1.0	4.7						1	6.72	5.56	0	5	18	5	22%	C-DH
Dennys Reyes	31	75	0	46.1	8	1	7	0	0	1.000									1.55	0.11						P
Juan Rincon	29	24	0	28.0	2	1	1	0	0	1.000									0.64	0.08						P
Randy Ruiz	30	15																		0.00						DH
Kevin Slowey	24	27	27	160.1	26	7	18	1	1	.962									1.40	0.93						P
Denard Span	24	104	90	803.1	236	226	6	4	2	.983	9.1	13.6	8.1	8.9	-0.8	1			2.60	2.23						RF-CF
Matt Tolbert	26	42	27	254.1	124	38	80	6	15	.952	-4.5	-21.2	-4.5	-1.1	-3.4		0		4.18	2.81						SS-3B-2B
Delmon Young	22	151	147	1324.0	301	282	11	8	2	.973	-21.9	-19.8	-21.9	-9.1	-12.8	0			1.99	1.94						LF
Team Totals	26.8	163	1467	13131.0	6167	4377	1682	108	465	.982	-36.6	-3.3	-56.6	-37.4	-19.2	4	3	13	4.15	2.71	4	45	69	34	33%
Rank in 14 AL teams								3	5	12
	Age	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzrd	Rtzhm	Rof	Rdp	Rctch	RF/9	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	Pos. Summary

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