1997 Minnesota Twins Roster (40-man)

1996 Season 1998 Season

Record: 68-94-0, Finished 4th in AL_Central (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Tom Kelly (68-94)

General Manager: Terry Ryan

Farm Director: Jim Rantz

Scouting Director: Mike Radcliff

Ballpark: Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome

Attendance: 1,411,064 (12th of 14)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 101
One-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 100

Pythagorean W-L: 73-89, 772 Runs, 861 Runs Allowed

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Full-Season Roster & Games by Position

Full-Season Roster & Games by Position
Name	Age	Birth	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
Rick Aguilera	35	us US	R	R	6' 4"	195	Dec 31, 1961	13	61	0	1	61	61	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.4	$3,075,000
Scott Aldred	29	us US	L	L	6' 4"	195	Jun 12, 1968	6	17	15	0	17	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1.1	$225,000
Rich Becker	25	us US	L	L	5' 10"	180	Feb 1, 1972	5	132	116	132	128	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	114	14	128	0	11	1	2.7	$260,000
Shane Bowers	25	us US	R	R	6' 4"	215	Jul 27, 1971	1st	5	5	0	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.5
Brent Brede	25	us US	L	L	6' 4"	190	Sep 13, 1971	2	61	48	61	54	0	0	15	0	0	0	3	0	40	42	1	9	1	0.2	$150,000
Greg Colbrunn	27	us US	R	R	6' 0"	190	Jul 26, 1969	6	70	53	70	64	0	0	64	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	16	1	-0.5	$750,000
Ron Coomer	30	us US	R	R	5' 11"	195	Nov 18, 1966	3	140	129	140	130	0	0	9	0	119	0	0	0	7	7	7	9	1	1.7	$170,000
Marty Cordova	27	us US	R	R	6' 0"	200	Jul 10, 1969	3	103	101	103	101	0	0	0	0	0	0	101	0	0	101	2	2	0	-0.1	$800,000
Eddie Guardado	26	us US	R	L	6' 0"	195	Oct 2, 1970	5	69	0	4	69	69	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.6	$300,000
LaTroy Hawkins	24	us US	R	R	6' 5"	220	Dec 21, 1972	3	20	20	1	20	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.2	$150,000
Denny Hocking	27	us US	B	R	5' 10"	180	Apr 2, 1970	5	115	56	115	108	0	0	1	15	39	44	7	2	12	20	1	22	12	-0.1	$152,500
Torii Hunter	21	us US	R	R	6' 2"	220	Jul 18, 1975	1st	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Darrin Jackson	33	us US	R	R	6' 0"	185	Aug 22, 1963	10	49	34	49	44	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	44	0	44	0	8	1	0.3
Kevin Jarvis	27	us US	L	R	6' 2"	200	Aug 1, 1969	4	6	2	0	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.7
Roberto Kelly	32	pa PA	R	R	6' 2"	180	Oct 1, 1964	11	75	61	75	59	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	57	59	12	14	0	0.6	$750,000
Chuck Knoblauch	28	us US	R	R	5' 9"	175	Jul 7, 1968	7	156	156	156	154	0	0	0	153	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6.8	$6,150,000	All-Star
Chris Latham	24	us US	B	R	6' 0"	195	May 26, 1973	1st	15	4	15	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	3	10	0	5	5	-0.3
Matt Lawton	25	us US	L	R	5' 10"	180	Nov 30, 1971	3	142	126	142	138	0	0	0	0	0	0	58	24	66	138	0	13	2	1.1	$150,000
Pat Meares	28	us US	R	R	6' 0"	185	Sep 6, 1968	5	134	129	134	134	0	0	0	0	0	134	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2.1	$1,425,000
Damian Miller	27	us US	R	R	6' 3"	202	Oct 13, 1969	1st	25	18	25	20	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	-0.1	$150,000
Travis Miller	24	us US	R	L	6' 3"	205	Nov 2, 1972	2	13	7	1	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1.2	$150,000
Paul Molitor HOF	40	us US	R	R	6' 0"	185	Aug 22, 1956	20	135	133	135	12	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	122	2	0	1.5	$3,500,000
Greg Myers	31	us US	L	R	6' 1"	200	Apr 14, 1966	10	62	40	62	38	0	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	18	0	0.5	$575,000
Dan Naulty	27	us US	R	R	6' 6"	211	Jan 6, 1970	2	29	0	1	29	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.1	$165,000
Gregg Olson	30	us US	R	R	6' 4"	210	Oct 11, 1966	10	11	0	0	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1.1	$400,000
David Ortiz HOF	21	do DO	L	L	6' 3"	230	Nov 18, 1975	1st	15	11	15	11	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0.1
Brad Radke	24	us US	R	R	6' 2"	180	Oct 27, 1972	3	35	35	1	35	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.5	$450,000
Todd Ritchie	25	us US	R	R	6' 3"	205	Nov 7, 1971	1st	42	0	2	42	42	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.4	$150,000
Rich Robertson	28	us US	L	L	6' 4"	175	Sep 15, 1968	5	31	26	3	31	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.4	$205,000
Frankie Rodriguez	24	us US	R	R	6' 0"	193	Dec 11, 1972	3	43	15	3	43	43	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	$220,000
Dan Serafini	23	us US	B	L	6' 1"	190	Jan 25, 1974	2	6	4	1	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.7
Scott Stahoviak	27	us US	L	R	6' 5"	210	Mar 6, 1970	4	91	74	91	81	0	0	81	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	16	1	-0.2	$275,000
Terry Steinbach	35	us US	R	R	6' 1"	195	Mar 2, 1962	12	122	114	122	118	0	116	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	0	0.6	$2,850,000
Dave Stevens	27	us US	R	R	6' 3"	210	Mar 4, 1970	4	6	6	0	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.6
Greg Swindell	32	us US	R	L	6' 2"	225	Jan 2, 1965	12	65	1	3	65	65	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.7	$750,000
Bob Tewksbury	36	us US	R	R	6' 4"	200	Nov 30, 1960	12	26	26	3	26	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.3	$2,000,000
Mike Trombley	30	us US	R	R	6' 2"	200	Apr 14, 1967	6	67	0	7	67	67	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.6	$375,000
Javier Valentín	21	pr PR	B	R	5' 10"	198	Sep 19, 1975	1st	4	1	4	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1
Todd Walker	24	us US	L	R	6' 0"	180	May 25, 1973	2	52	45	52	47	0	0	0	8	40	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	0	0.3	$150,000
Name	Age	Birth	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	Birth	DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date
Tom Kelly	46	us US	Aug 15, 1950	Manager	Apr 1	Sep 28
Terry Crowley	50	us US	Feb 16, 1947	Hitting	Apr 1	Sep 28
Rick Stelmaszek	48	us US	Oct 8, 1948	Bullpen	Apr 1	Sep 28
Scott Ullger	42	us US	Jun 10, 1955	First base	Apr 1	Sep 28
Dick Such	52	us US	Oct 15, 1944		Apr 1	Sep 28
Ron Gardenhire	39	de DE	Oct 24, 1957	Coach	Apr 1	Sep 28
Name	Age	Birth	DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date