1978 Minnesota Twins Roster (40-man)

1977 Season 1979 Season

Record: 73-89-0, Finished 4th in AL_West (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Gene Mauch (73-89)

Farm Director: George Brophy

Ballpark: Metropolitan Stadium

Attendance: 787,878 (13th of 14)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 102
One-year: Batting - 95, Pitching - 95

Pythagorean W-L: 80-82, 666 Runs, 678 Runs Allowed

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Full-Season Roster & Games by Position

Full-Season Roster & Games by Position
Name	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
Glenn Adams	30	us US	L	R	6' 1"	180	Oct 4, 1947	4	116	90	116	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	5	100	26	0	-0.3
Glenn Borgmann	28	us US	R	R	6' 4"	210	May 25, 1950	7	49	41	49	46	0	46	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0.8
Rod Carew HOF	32	pa PA	L	R	6' 0"	170	Oct 1, 1945	12	152	138	152	149	0	0	148	4	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	12	0	5.0	$200,000	All-Star
Rich Chiles	28	us US	L	L	5' 11"	170	Nov 22, 1949	6	87	57	87	61	0	0	0	0	0	0	59	0	2	61	8	26	0	-0.2
Mike Cubbage	27	us US	L	R	6' 0"	180	Jul 21, 1950	5	125	100	125	118	0	0	0	5	115	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	0	2.7	$51,000
Dave Edwards	24	us US	R	R	6' 0"	170	Feb 24, 1954	1st	15	13	15	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	7	0	15	0	1	0	0.5
Roger Erickson	21	us US	R	R	6' 3"	180	Aug 30, 1956	1st	37	37	0	37	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.9
Dan Ford	26	us US	R	R	6' 1"	185	May 19, 1952	4	151	147	151	149	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	146	4	149	1	3	0	1.3	$60,000
Dave Goltz	29	us US	R	R	6' 4"	200	Jun 23, 1949	7	29	29	0	29	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.6
Roric Harrison	31	us US	R	R	6' 3"	195	Sep 20, 1946	5	9	0	0	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.2
Jeff Holly	25	us US	L	L	6' 5"	210	Mar 1, 1953	2	15	1	0	15	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.3
Darrell Jackson	22	us US	B	L	5' 10"	150	Apr 3, 1956	1st	19	15	0	19	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
Dave Johnson	29	us US	R	R	6' 1"	183	Oct 4, 1948	4	6	1	0	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.3
Tom Johnson	27	us US	R	R	6' 1"	185	Apr 2, 1951	5	18	0	1	18	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.7
Craig Kusick	29	us US	R	R	6' 3"	210	Sep 30, 1948	6	77	49	77	35	0	0	27	0	0	0	9	0	0	9	34	27	0	-1.1
Mike Marshall	35	us US	R	R	5' 10"	180	Jan 15, 1943	11	54	0	2	54	54	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.0
José Morales	33	vi VI	R	R	5' 11"	187	Dec 30, 1944	6	101	48	101	4	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	77	52	0	0.1
Willie Norwood	27	us US	R	R	6' 0"	185	Nov 7, 1950	2	125	109	125	115	0	0	0	0	0	0	101	14	4	115	7	9	5	0.4
Stan Perzanowski	27	us US	B	R	6' 2"	170	Aug 25, 1950	5	13	7	0	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.7
Hosken Powell	23	us US	L	L	6' 1"	175	May 14, 1955	1st	121	99	121	117	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	117	117	0	12	3	1.2
Bob Randall	30	us US	R	R	6' 2"	175	Jun 6, 1948	3	119	93	119	117	0	0	0	115	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	13	1	2.0
Pete Redfern	23	us US	R	R	6' 2"	195	Aug 25, 1954	3	3	2	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.5
Bombo Rivera	25	pr PR	R	R	5' 10"	187	Aug 2, 1952	3	101	60	101	94	0	0	0	0	0	0	32	0	72	94	2	23	10	1.6
Mac Scarce	29	us US	L	L	6' 3"	180	Apr 8, 1949	5	17	0	0	17	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.2
Gary Serum	21	us US	R	R	6' 1"	180	Oct 24, 1956	2	34	23	1	34	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.9
Roy Smalley	25	us US	B	R	6' 1"	185	Oct 25, 1952	4	158	157	158	157	0	0	0	0	0	157	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5.9	$85,000
John Sutton	25	us US	R	R	5' 11"	185	Nov 13, 1952	2	17	0	0	17	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.4
Greg Thayer	28	us US	R	R	5' 11"	182	Oct 23, 1949	1st	20	0	0	20	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5
Paul Thormodsgard	24	us US	R	R	6' 2"	190	Nov 10, 1953	2	12	12	0	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.2
Rob Wilfong	24	us US	L	R	6' 1"	180	Sep 1, 1953	2	92	69	92	80	0	0	0	80	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	16	0.4
Larry Wolfe	25	us US	R	R	5' 11"	170	Mar 2, 1953	2	88	67	88	87	0	0	0	0	81	7	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0.4
Butch Wynegar	22	us US	B	R	6' 1"	190	Mar 14, 1956	3	135	121	135	131	0	131	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	1.5
Geoff Zahn	32	us US	L	L	6' 1"	180	Dec 19, 1945	6	35	35	0	35	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.6	$45,000
Name	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

Coaching Staff

Coaching Staff
Name	Age		DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date
Gene Mauch	52	us US	Nov 18, 1925	Manager	Apr 5	Oct 1
Karl Kuehl	40	us US	Sep 5, 1937		Apr 5	Oct 1
Tony Oliva	39	cu CU	Jul 20, 1938		Apr 5	Oct 1
Camilo Pascual	44	cu CU	Jan 20, 1934		Apr 5	Oct 1
Jerry Zimmerman	43	us US	Sep 21, 1934	Coach	Apr 5	Oct 1
Name	Age		DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date