1998 Minnesota Twins Roster (40-man)

1997 Season 1999 Season

Record: 70-92-0, Finished 4th in AL_Central (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Tom Kelly (70-92)

General Manager: Terry Ryan

Farm Director: Jim Rantz

Scouting Director: Mike Radcliff

Ballpark: Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome

Attendance: 1,165,976 (14th of 14)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 102
One-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 100

Pythagorean W-L: 73-89, 734 Runs, 818 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	36	us US	R	R	6' 4"	195	Dec 31, 1961	14	68	0	5	68	68	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.1	$2,750,000
Travis Baptist	26	us US	L	L	6' 0"	195	Dec 30, 1971	1st	13	0	0	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	$170,000
Héctor Carrasco	28	do DO	R	R	6' 2"	235	Oct 22, 1969	5	63	0	2	63	63	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.5	$700,000
Ron Coomer	31	us US	R	R	5' 11"	195	Nov 18, 1966	4	137	127	137	121	0	0	54	0	75	0	0	0	3	3	13	10	0	-0.4	$325,000
Marty Cordova	28	us US	R	R	6' 0"	200	Jul 10, 1969	4	119	117	119	115	0	0	0	0	0	0	115	0	0	115	4	1	0	-1.1	$2,000,000
Brent Gates	28	us US	B	R	6' 1"	180	Mar 14, 1970	6	107	79	107	98	0	0	1	21	77	1	0	0	0	0	2	17	0	-0.1	$350,000
Eddie Guardado	27	us US	R	L	6' 0"	195	Oct 2, 1970	6	79	0	5	79	79	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.2	$650,000
LaTroy Hawkins	25	us US	R	R	6' 5"	220	Dec 21, 1972	4	33	33	1	33	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.1	$180,000
Denny Hocking	28	us US	B	R	5' 10"	180	Apr 2, 1970	6	110	49	110	101	0	0	2	46	11	28	17	1	7	24	3	6	14	-0.3	$185,000
Torii Hunter	22	us US	R	R	6' 2"	220	Jul 18, 1975	2	6	5	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	6	0	1	0	-0.4
Corey Koskie	25	ca CA	L	R	6' 3"	215	Jun 28, 1973	1st	11	7	11	10	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	-0.3
Chris Latham	25	us US	B	R	6' 0"	195	May 26, 1973	2	34	25	34	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	15	5	32	0	3	3	-0.8
Matt Lawton	26	us US	L	R	5' 10"	180	Nov 30, 1971	4	152	147	152	151	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	47	100	151	0	3	0	3.9	$215,000
Pat Meares	29	us US	R	R	6' 0"	185	Sep 6, 1968	6	149	145	149	149	0	0	0	0	0	149	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0.2	$2,500,000
Orlando Merced	31	pr PR	B	R	6' 0"	180	Nov 2, 1966	9	63	54	63	51	0	0	38	0	0	0	0	0	13	13	8	6	0	-0.2	$800,000
Doug Mientkiewicz	24	us US	L	R	6' 2"	195	Jun 19, 1974	1st	8	7	8	8	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-0.2
Travis Miller	25	us US	R	L	6' 3"	205	Nov 2, 1972	3	14	0	0	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.6
Eric Milton	22	us US	L	L	6' 3"	200	Aug 4, 1975	1st	32	32	3	32	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.2	$170,000
Paul Molitor HOF	41	us US	R	R	6' 0"	185	Aug 22, 1956	21	126	124	126	9	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	115	2	0	0.0	$4,250,000
Mike Morgan	38	us US	R	R	6' 3"	195	Oct 8, 1959	18	18	17	1	18	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.7	$1,300,000
Dan Naulty	28	us US	R	R	6' 6"	211	Jan 6, 1970	3	19	0	2	19	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	$185,000
Otis Nixon	39	us US	B	R	6' 2"	180	Jan 9, 1959	16	110	106	110	108	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	108	0	108	0	2	0	0.2	$2,000,000
Alex Ochoa	26	us US	R	R	6' 0"	175	Mar 29, 1972	4	94	60	94	74	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	4	52	74	3	23	2	-1.8	$182,500
David Ortiz HOF	22	do DO	L	L	6' 3"	230	Nov 18, 1975	2	86	79	86	70	0	0	70	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	6	0	0.7	$170,000
A.J. Pierzynski	21	us US	L	R	6' 3"	250	Dec 30, 1976	1st	7	4	7	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-0.1	$170,000
Brad Radke	25	us US	R	R	6' 2"	180	Oct 27, 1972	4	32	32	1	32	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.2	$1,400,000	All-Star
Todd Ritchie	26	us US	R	R	6' 3"	205	Nov 7, 1971	2	15	0	0	15	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	$180,000
Frankie Rodriguez	25	us US	R	R	6' 0"	193	Dec 11, 1972	4	20	11	0	20	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.2	$425,000
Benj Sampson	23	us US	R	L	6' 2"	210	Apr 27, 1975	1st	5	2	0	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.9
Dan Serafini	24	us US	B	L	6' 1"	190	Jan 25, 1974	3	28	9	3	28	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.1	$170,000
Jon Shave	30	us US	R	R	6' 0"	185	Nov 4, 1967	2	19	10	19	17	0	0	1	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	1	4	3	-0.2
Scott Stahoviak	28	us US	L	R	6' 5"	210	Mar 6, 1970	5	9	4	9	5	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	4	0	-0.1
Terry Steinbach	36	us US	R	R	6' 1"	195	Mar 2, 1962	13	124	118	124	119	0	119	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	1	1.4	$2,850,000
Greg Swindell	33	us US	R	L	6' 2"	225	Jan 2, 1965	13	52	0	5	52	52	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.9	$1,300,000
Bob Tewksbury	37	us US	R	R	6' 4"	200	Nov 30, 1960	13	26	25	2	26	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.3	$1,750,000
Mike Trombley	31	us US	R	R	6' 2"	200	Apr 14, 1967	7	77	1	6	77	77	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.8	$425,000
Javier Valentín	22	pr PR	B	R	5' 10"	198	Sep 19, 1975	2	55	43	55	53	0	53	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	-1.0	$170,000
Todd Walker	25	us US	L	R	6' 0"	180	May 25, 1973	3	143	140	143	140	0	0	0	140	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1.9	$175,000
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	47	us US	Aug 15, 1950	Manager	Apr 1	Sep 27
Terry Crowley	51	us US	Feb 16, 1947	Hitting	Apr 1	Sep 27
Scott Ullger	43	us US	Jun 10, 1955	Hitting	Apr 1	Sep 27
Rick Stelmaszek	49	us US	Oct 8, 1948	Bullpen	Apr 1	Sep 27
Dick Such	53	us US	Oct 15, 1944		Apr 1	Sep 27
Ron Gardenhire	40	de DE	Oct 24, 1957	Coach	Apr 1	Sep 27
Name	Age	Birth	DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date