1987 Minnesota Twins Statistics

1986 Season 1988 Season

Record: 85-77-0, Finished 1st in AL_West (Schedule and Results)

Postseason:
Won World Series (4-3) over St. Louis Cardinals
Won AL Championship Series (4-1) over Detroit Tigers

Manager: Tom Kelly (85-77)

General Manager: Andy MacPhail

Farm Director: Jim Rantz

Scouting Director: Terry Ryan

Ballpark: Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome

Attendance: 2,081,976 (6th of 14)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 103
One-year: Batting - 95, Pitching - 95

Pythagorean W-L: 79-83, 786 Runs, 806 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	Tim Laudner	29	113	317	288	30	55	7	1	16	43	1	0	23	80	.191	.252	.389	.640	65	112	4	1	3	2	0
2	1B	Kent Hrbek*	27	143	566	477	85	136	20	1	34	90	5	2	84	60	.285	.389	.545	.934	142	260	13	0	0	5	12
3	2B	Steve Lombardozzi	27	136	479	432	51	103	19	3	8	38	5	1	33	66	.238	.298	.352	.650	70	152	10	4	9	1	1
4	SS	Greg Gagne	25	137	479	437	68	116	28	7	10	40	6	6	25	84	.265	.310	.430	.740	92	188	3	4	10	2	0
5	3B	Gary Gaetti	28	154	628	584	95	150	36	2	31	109	10	7	37	92	.257	.303	.485	.788	102	283	25	3	1	3	7
6	LF	Dan Gladden	29	121	482	438	69	109	21	2	8	38	25	9	38	72	.249	.312	.361	.673	76	158	8	3	1	2	2
7	CF	Kirby Puckett	27	157	668	624	96	207	32	5	28	99	12	7	32	91	.332	.367	.534	.900	132	333	16	6	0	6	7
8	RF	Tom Brunansky	26	155	614	532	83	138	22	2	32	85	11	11	74	104	.259	.352	.489	.841	118	260	12	4	0	4	5
9	DH	Roy Smalley#	34	110	348	309	32	85	16	1	8	34	2	0	36	52	.275	.352	.411	.763	100	127	7	1	0	1	1
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	RF	Randy Bush*	28	122	349	293	46	74	10	2	11	46	10	3	43	49	.253	.349	.413	.762	99	121	6	3	5	5	5
11	MI	Al Newman#	27	110	349	307	44	68	15	5	0	29	15	11	34	27	.221	.298	.303	.601	59	93	5	0	7	1	0
12	DH	Gene Larkin#	24	85	262	233	23	62	11	2	4	28	1	4	25	31	.266	.340	.382	.722	89	89	4	2	0	2	3
13	OF	Mark Davidson	26	102	169	150	32	40	4	1	1	14	9	2	13	26	.267	.321	.327	.648	71	49	4	0	4	2	1
14	C	Sal Butera	34	51	122	111	7	19	5	0	1	12	0	0	7	16	.171	.217	.243	.460	21	27	7	0	2	2	0
15	C	Tom Nieto	26	41	121	105	7	21	7	1	1	12	0	0	8	24	.200	.276	.314	.590	55	33	1	3	5	0	0
16	DH	Don Baylor	38	20	58	49	3	14	1	0	0	6	0	1	5	12	.286	.397	.306	.703	89	15	3	4	0	0	0
17	C	Mark Salas*	26	22	51	45	8	17	2	0	3	9	0	1	5	6	.378	.431	.622	1.054	172	28	0	0	0	1	1
18	RF	Billy Beane	25	12	15	15	1	4	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	.267	.267	.400	.667	72	6	0	0	0	0	0
19	2B	Chris Pittaro#	25	14	13	12	6	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	.333	.385	.333	.718	91	4	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
20	P	Jeff Bittiger	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
21	P	Frank Viola*	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
22	P	Joe Klink*	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
23	P	Roy Smith	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
24	P	Steve Carlton*	42	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
25	P	Dan Schatzeder*	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
26	P	Keith Atherton	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
27	P	Joe Niekro	42	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
28	P	Mark Portugal	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
29	P	Allan Anderson*	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
30	P	Bert Blyleven	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
31	P	Les Straker	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
32	P	Randy Niemann*	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
33	P	George Frazier	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
34	P	Mike Smithson	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
35	P	Jeff Reardon	31	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
36	P	Juan Berenguer	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	27.7	162	6090	5441	786	1422	258	35	196	733	113	65	523	898	.261	.328	.430	.758	97	2338	128	38	47	39	45
		Rank in 14 AL teams				14	8	13	10	6	5		10	11	10	3	10	9	3	8		9		4		10
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	Bert Blyleven	36	15	12	.556	4.01	37	37	0	8	1	0	267.0	249	132	119	46	101	4	196	9	0	13	1122	115	4.88	1.311	8.4	1.6	3.4	6.6	1.94
2	SP	Frank Viola*	27	17	10	.630	2.90	36	36	0	7	1	0	251.2	230	91	81	29	66	1	197	6	1	1	1037	159	3.66	1.176	8.2	1.0	2.4	7.0	2.98
3	SP	Les Straker	27	8	10	.444	4.37	31	26	1	1	0	0	154.1	150	79	75	24	59	6	76	2	5	2	656	106	5.09	1.354	8.7	1.4	3.4	4.4	1.29
4	SP	Mike Smithson	32	4	7	.364	5.94	21	20	0	0	0	0	109.0	126	76	72	17	38	3	53	9	2	4	494	78	5.22	1.505	10.4	1.4	3.1	4.4	1.39
5	SP	Joe Niekro	42	4	9	.308	6.26	19	18	0	0	0	0	96.1	115	76	67	11	45	0	54	6	0	13	444	74	4.82	1.661	10.7	1.0	4.2	5.0	1.20
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
6	CL	Jeff Reardon	31	8	8	.500	4.48	63	0	58	0	0	31	80.1	70	41	40	14	28	4	83	3	0	2	337	103	4.23	1.220	7.8	1.6	3.1	9.3	2.96
7	RP	Juan Berenguer	32	8	1	.889	3.94	47	6	13	0	0	4	112.0	100	51	49	10	47	7	110	0	0	6	473	117	3.33	1.313	8.0	0.8	3.8	8.8	2.34
8	RP	George Frazier	32	5	5	.500	4.98	54	0	26	0	0	2	81.1	77	49	45	9	51	4	58	2	1	6	363	93	4.84	1.574	8.5	1.0	5.6	6.4	1.14
9	RP	Keith Atherton	28	7	5	.583	4.54	59	0	29	0	0	2	79.1	81	46	40	10	30	4	51	4	0	1	348	102	4.51	1.399	9.2	1.1	3.4	5.8	1.70
10	RP	Dan Schatzeder*	32	3	1	.750	6.39	30	1	5	0	0	0	43.2	64	37	31	8	18	3	30	1	0	8	208	73	5.18	1.878	13.2	1.6	3.7	6.2	1.67
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
11		Mark Portugal	24	1	3	.250	7.77	13	7	3	0	0	0	44.0	58	40	38	13	24	1	28	1	0	2	204	60	7.14	1.864	11.9	2.7	4.9	5.7	1.17
12		Steve Carlton*	42	1	5	.167	6.70	9	7	2	0	0	0	43.0	54	35	32	7	23	1	20	2	1	2	200	69	5.80	1.791	11.3	1.5	4.8	4.2	0.87
13		Joe Klink*	25	0	1	.000	6.65	12	0	5	0	0	0	23.0	37	18	17	4	11	0	17	0	0	1	116	70	5.09	2.087	14.5	1.6	4.3	6.7	1.55
14		Roy Smith	25	1	0	1.000	4.96	7	1	1	0	0	0	16.1	20	10	9	3	6	0	8	2	0	0	78	95	5.75	1.592	11.0	1.7	3.3	4.4	1.33
15		Allan Anderson*	23	1	0	1.000	10.95	4	2	0	0	0	0	12.1	20	15	15	3	10	2	3	0	0	0	61	43	7.98	2.432	14.6	2.2	7.3	2.2	0.30
16		Jeff Bittiger	25	1	0	1.000	5.40	3	1	0	0	0	0	8.1	11	5	5	2	0	0	5	1	0	0	36	89	5.15	1.320	11.9	2.2	0.0	5.4
17		Randy Niemann*	31	1	0	1.000	8.44	6	0	3	0	0	0	5.1	3	5	5	0	7	0	1	2	0	1	28	58	7.56	1.875	5.1	0.0	11.8	1.7	0.14
		Team Totals	31.5	85	77	.525	4.63	162	162	146	16	2	39	1427.1	1465	806	734	210	564	40	990	50	10	62	6205	99	4.69	1.422	9.2	1.3	3.6	6.2	1.76
		Rank in 14 AL teams		5	10		10				14	13	5	12	7	9	9	11	11		6
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