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1977 Minnesota Twins Statistics

1976 Season 1978 Season

Record: 84-77-0, Finished 4th in AL_West (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Gene Mauch (84-77)

General Manager: Calvin Griffith

Farm Director: George Brophy

Ballpark: Metropolitan Stadium

Attendance: 1,162,727 (11th of 14)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 98
One-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 102

Pythagorean W-L: 89-72, 867 Runs, 776 Runs Allowed

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Top 12 Players

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Team Batting

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Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	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	Butch Wynegar#	21	144	617	532	76	139	22	3	10	79	2	3	68	61	.261	.344	.370	.715	96	197	11	2	10	5	5
2	1B	Rod Carew*	31	155	694	616	128	239	38	16	14	100	23	13	69	55	.388	.449	.570	1.019	178	351	6	3	1	5	15
3	2B	Bob Randall	29	103	342	306	36	73	13	2	0	22	1	4	15	25	.239	.289	.294	.583	61	90	3	7	13	1	0
4	SS	Roy Smalley#	24	150	680	584	93	135	21	5	6	56	5	5	74	89	.231	.316	.315	.631	74	184	12	1	15	6	1
5	3B	Mike Cubbage*	26	129	464	417	60	110	16	5	9	55	1	4	37	49	.264	.321	.391	.712	94	163	4	0	6	4	6
6	LF	Larry Hisle	30	141	620	546	95	165	36	3	28	119	21	10	56	106	.302	.369	.533	.902	144	291	11	6	5	7	5
7	CF	Lyman Bostock*	26	153	660	593	104	199	36	12	14	90	16	7	51	59	.336	.389	.508	.897	144	301	16	6	2	8	5
8	RF	Dan Ford	25	144	510	453	66	121	25	7	11	60	6	4	41	79	.267	.338	.426	.764	108	193	12	10	1	5	3
9	DH	Craig Kusick	28	115	325	268	34	68	12	0	12	45	3	1	49	60	.254	.370	.433	.803	120	116	14	3	1	4	5
Rk	Pos	Name	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	DH	Rich Chiles*	27	108	295	261	31	69	16	1	3	36	0	1	23	17	.264	.323	.368	.691	89	96	5	2	4	5	2
11	DH	Glenn Adams*	29	95	290	269	32	91	17	0	6	49	0	2	18	30	.338	.376	.468	.844	130	126	5	0	0	3	3
12	3B	Jerry Terrell	30	93	235	214	32	48	6	0	1	20	10	4	11	21	.224	.263	.266	.530	46	57	11	1	7	2	1
13	2B	Rob Wilfong*	23	73	193	171	22	42	1	1	1	13	10	4	17	26	.246	.321	.281	.602	67	48	1	2	3	0	0
14	LF	Bob Gorinski	25	54	126	118	14	23	4	1	3	22	1	0	5	29	.195	.226	.322	.548	48	38	1	0	2	1	0
15	CF	Willie Norwood	26	39	91	83	15	19	3	0	3	9	6	1	6	17	.229	.281	.373	.654	78	31	1	0	2	0	0
16	IF	Luis Gómez	25	32	74	65	6	16	4	2	0	11	0	2	4	9	.246	.290	.369	.659	80	24	0	0	5	0	0
17	C	Glenn Borgmann	27	17	54	43	12	11	1	0	2	7	0	0	11	9	.256	.407	.419	.826	128	18	1	0	0	0	0
18	C	Terry Bulling	24	15	39	32	2	5	1	0	0	5	0	0	5	5	.156	.270	.188	.458	29	6	1	0	2	0	1
19	3B	Larry Wolfe	24	8	27	25	3	6	1	0	0	6	0	0	1	0	.240	.269	.280	.549	51	7	0	0	1	0	1
20	2B	Sam Perlozzo	26	10	27	24	6	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	3	.292	.346	.458	.804	119	11	0	0	1	0	0
21	DH	Randy Bass*	23	9	19	19	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.105	.105	.105	.211	-42	2	0	0	0	0	0
Rk	Pos	Name	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	Paul Thormodsgard	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
23	P	Gary Serum	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
24	P	Jeff Holly*	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
25	P	Don Carrithers	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
26	P	Ron Schueler	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
27	P	Dave Johnson	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
28	P	Mike Pazik*	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
29	P	Tom Johnson	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
30	P	Pete Redfern	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
31	P	Jim Hughes	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
32	P	Dave Goltz	28	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
33	P	Geoff Zahn*	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
34	P	Bill Butler*	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
35	P	Jim Shellenback*	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
36	P	Tom Burgmeier*	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	26.7	161	6382	5639	867	1588	273	60	123	804	105	65	563	754	.282	.348	.417	.765	109	2350	115	43	81	56	53
		Rank in 14 AL teams				1	1	1	2	2	11		6	7	2	5	1	1	5	5		5		2		4
Rk	Pos	Name	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

Team Pitching

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Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	SP	Dave Goltz	28	20	11	.645	3.36	39	39	0	19	2	0	303.0	284	129	113	23	91	4	186	2	1	9	1253	119	3.42	1.238	8.4	0.7	2.7	5.5	2.04
2	SP	Paul Thormodsgard	23	11	15	.423	4.62	37	37	0	8	1	0	218.0	236	122	112	25	65	1	94	3	0	6	926	86	4.30	1.381	9.7	1.0	2.7	3.9	1.45
3	SP	Geoff Zahn*	31	12	14	.462	4.68	34	32	0	7	1	0	198.0	234	116	103	20	66	4	88	5	0	5	870	85	4.24	1.515	10.6	0.9	3.0	4.0	1.33
4	SP	Pete Redfern	22	6	9	.400	5.18	30	28	2	1	0	0	137.1	164	89	79	13	66	2	73	4	2	2	619	77	4.44	1.675	10.7	0.9	4.3	4.8	1.11
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
5	CL	Tom Johnson	26	16	7	.696	3.13	71	0	54	0	0	15	146.2	152	57	51	11	47	8	87	5	0	10	629	128	3.59	1.357	9.3	0.7	2.9	5.3	1.85
6	RP	Ron Schueler	29	8	7	.533	4.41	52	7	21	0	0	3	134.2	131	74	66	16	61	5	77	6	0	4	587	91	4.63	1.426	8.8	1.1	4.1	5.1	1.26
7	RP	Tom Burgmeier*	33	6	4	.600	5.09	61	0	20	0	0	7	97.1	113	56	55	15	33	0	35	2	2	3	423	79	5.10	1.500	10.4	1.4	3.1	3.2	1.06
8	RP	Dave Johnson	28	2	5	.286	4.58	30	6	16	0	0	0	72.2	86	42	37	7	23	1	33	5	0	4	320	88	4.24	1.500	10.7	0.9	2.8	4.1	1.43
9	RP	Jeff Holly*	24	2	3	.400	6.89	18	5	6	0	0	0	48.1	57	37	37	8	12	0	32	1	0	1	207	58	4.37	1.428	10.6	1.5	2.2	6.0	2.67
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
10		Gary Serum	20	0	0		4.37	8	0	2	0	0	0	22.2	22	11	11	4	10	1	14	2	0	1	97	93	5.39	1.412	8.7	1.6	4.0	5.6	1.40
11		Bill Butler*	30	0	1	.000	6.86	6	4	0	0	0	0	21.0	19	17	16	5	15	0	5	1	0	1	94	59	7.64	1.619	8.1	2.1	6.4	2.1	0.33
12		Mike Pazik*	27	1	0	1.000	2.50	3	3	0	0	0	0	18.0	18	5	5	1	6	0	6	0	0	0	77	163	3.79	1.333	9.0	0.5	3.0	3.0	1.00
13		Don Carrithers	27	0	1	.000	6.91	7	0	3	0	0	0	14.1	16	13	11	2	6	1	3	1	0	2	68	59	5.60	1.535	10.0	1.3	3.8	1.9	0.50
14		Jim Shellenback*	33	0	0		7.94	5	0	0	0	0	0	5.2	10	7	5	1	5	0	3	0	0	0	32	54	6.62	2.647	15.9	1.6	7.9	4.8	0.60
15		Jim Hughes	25	0	0		2.08	2	0	2	0	0	0	4.1	4	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	18	209	2.97	1.154	8.3	0.0	2.1	2.1	1.00
		Team Totals	27.1	84	77	.522	4.36	161	161	126	35	4	25	1442.0	1546	776	698	151	507	27	737	37	5	48	6220	91	4.21	1.424	9.6	0.9	3.2	4.6	1.45
		Rank in 14 AL teams		7	8		12				11	9	10	8	12	12	12	10	7		12
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W