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2009 Minnesota Twins

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 2008 / 2010

87-76, Finished 1st in AL Central (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Ron Gardenhire (87-76)
Scored 817 runs, Allowed 765 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 86-77

Ballparks: Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome · Attendance: 2,416,237 (5th of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 99, Pitching - 98 · one-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 102

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2008 / 2010 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

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 Salary
Luis Ayala 31 R R 6' 2" 190 Jan 12, 1978 6 28 0 3 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $1,300,000
Scott Baker 27 R R 6' 4" 215 Sep 19, 1981 5 33 33 2 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.8 $750,000
Nick Blackburn 27 R R 6' 4" 240 Feb 24, 1982 3 33 33 1 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.7 $440,000
Craig Breslow 28 L L 5' 11" 190 Aug 8, 1980 4 17 0 0 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $422,000
Brian Buscher 28 L R 6' 0" 200 Apr 18, 1981 3 61 33 61 38 0 0 13 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 5 22 0 0.4 $412,500
Orlando Cabrera 34 R R 5' 10" 195 Nov 2, 1974 13 59 57 59 57 0 0 0 0 0 57 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.2 $
Alexi Casilla 24 B R 5' 9" 185 Jul 20, 1984 4 80 64 80 73 0 0 0 72 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 1 11 -1.1 $427,500
Jesse Crain 27 R R 6' 1" 215 Jul 5, 1981 6 56 0 1 56 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $1,700,000
Joe Crede 31 R R 6' 3" 195 Apr 26, 1978 10 90 87 90 84 0 0 0 0 84 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 1.6 $2,500,000
Michael Cuddyer 30 R R 6' 2" 220 Mar 27, 1979 9 153 151 153 149 0 0 34 1 0 0 0 3 117 120 3 2 0 1.2 $7,666,666
R.A. Dickey 34 R R 6' 2" 220 Oct 29, 1974 7 35 1 4 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $525,000
Brian Duensing 26 L L 6' 0" 205 Feb 22, 1983 1st 24 9 0 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.3 $400,000
Armando Gabino 25 R R 6' 3" 210 Aug 31, 1983 1st 2 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Carlos Gomez 23 R R 6' 4" 215 Dec 4, 1985 3 137 86 137 132 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 132 0 132 2 2 22 0.7 $437,500
Matt Guerrier 30 R R 6' 3" 195 Aug 2, 1978 6 79 0 7 79 79 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.3 $1,475,000
Brendan Harris 28 R R 6' 1" 200 Aug 26, 1980 6 123 100 123 108 0 0 3 11 44 56 0 0 0 0 9 11 2 -0.4 $466,100
Sean Henn 28 R L 6' 3" 235 Apr 23, 1981 5 14 0 3 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Justin Huber 26 R R 6' 2" 200 Jul 1, 1982 5 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Philip Humber 26 R R 6' 3" 210 Dec 21, 1982 4 8 0 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $1,150,000
Bobby Keppel 27 R R 6' 5" 215 Jun 11, 1982 3 37 0 1 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Jason Kubel 27 L R 6' 0" 220 May 25, 1982 5 146 133 146 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 0 30 59 82 13 0 3.4 $2,750,000
Francisco Liriano 25 L L 6' 2" 215 Oct 26, 1983 4 29 24 2 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $430,000
Ron Mahay 38 L L 6' 2" 190 Jun 28, 1971 14 16 0 0 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Jeff Manship 24 R R 6' 2" 210 Jan 16, 1985 1st 11 5 0 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Joe Mauer 26 L R 6' 5" 235 Apr 19, 1983 6 138 133 138 109 0 109 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 5 0 7.5 $10,500,000 All-Star
Jose Mijares 24 L L 6' 0" 230 Oct 29, 1984 2 71 0 3 71 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 $
Jose Morales 26 B R 5' 11" 200 Feb 20, 1983 2 54 28 54 29 0 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 17 2 0.5 $400,000
Juan Morillo 25 R R 6' 1" 190 Nov 5, 1983 4 3 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Justin Morneau 28 L R 6' 4" 235 May 15, 1981 7 135 135 135 123 0 0 123 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 3.0 $11,600,000 All-Star
Kevin Mulvey 24 R R 6' 1" 205 May 26, 1985 1st 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Joe Nathan 34 R R 6' 4" 225 Nov 22, 1974 10 70 0 7 70 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.2 $11,250,000 All-Star
Carl Pavano 33 R R 6' 5" 250 Jan 8, 1976 11 12 12 0 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 $
Glen Perkins 26 L L 6' 0" 210 Mar 2, 1983 4 18 17 1 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $430,000
Jason Pridie 25 L R 6' 1" 205 Oct 9, 1983 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 $
Nick Punto 31 B R 5' 9" 190 Nov 8, 1977 9 125 117 125 121 0 0 0 63 5 58 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0.6 $4,000,000
Jon Rauch 30 R R 6' 10" 290 Sep 27, 1978 7 17 0 0 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 $
Mike Redmond 38 R R 6' 1" 185 May 5, 1971 12 45 39 45 44 0 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.6 $950,000
Kevin Slowey 25 R R 6' 3" 205 May 4, 1984 3 16 16 2 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 $440,000
Denard Span 25 L L 6' 0" 210 Feb 27, 1984 2 145 143 145 145 0 0 0 0 0 0 74 84 39 197 0 2 0 3.3 $435,000
Anthony Swarzak 23 R R 6' 4" 210 Sep 10, 1985 1st 12 12 1 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Matt Tolbert 27 B R 6' 0" 185 May 4, 1982 2 71 51 71 64 0 0 1 36 27 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 9 0.4 $
Delmon Young 23 R R 6' 3" 200 Sep 14, 1985 4 108 101 108 98 0 0 0 0 0 0 98 0 0 98 8 1 2 -0.4 $1,152,000
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 Salary
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

Denard Span

Michael Cuddyer

Joe Mauer

Nick Punto

Jason Pridie

Glen Perkins

Jason Kubel

Luis Ayala
Orlando Cabrera

Matt Tolbert

Delmon Young

Carlos Gomez

Brendan Harris

Joe Crede

Alexi Casilla

Jesse Crain

Scott Baker

Juan Morillo

Brian Buscher

Justin Morneau

Joe Nathan

Ron Mahay

Philip Humber

R.A. Dickey

Bobby Keppel

Francisco Liriano

Carl Pavano

Craig Breslow
Jeff Manship

Jose Mijares

Anthony Swarzak

Brian Duensing

Nick Blackburn

Matt Guerrier

Mike Redmond

Jose Morales

Kevin Slowey

Sean Henn
Jon Rauch

Kevin Mulvey

Armando Gabino

2008 / 2010 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers