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1976 Minnesota Twins  (1975)  (1977) 75-87, 4th in AL Western Division Scored 738 runs, Allowed 826 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 72-90 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .689 Park Factor: Batting - 101 / Pitching - 102 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 80-82   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 85-77 Manager(s): James Taglia

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 1B *Rod Carew            30  161  627   99  212  27  12   6   95  61  34   67   62  .338  .399  .448  110   6.4  4e17      -10  
 OF  Larry Hisle          29  162  613  101  173  20   2  21   97  44  22   56  106  .282  .343  .424   88   4.9  2(+2)e6    38  
 OF *Rick Manning         21  151  578   91  174  14   5   8   77  28  12   64   80  .301  .368  .384   82   5.0  1(-1)e6    22  
 C  #Butch Wynegar        20  152  527   51  150  27   1   6   66   1   1   88   48  .285  .391  .374   80   5.5  3(0)e9     46  
 OF *Lyman Bostock        25  140  513   66  171  25  14   2   60  12   7   30   35  .333  .369  .448   77   5.6  2(-1)e5    23  
 3B *Steve Braun          28  127  437   72  116  10   2   4   40  16   4   73   46  .265  .370  .325   57   4.6  4e47      -42  
 UT #Roy Smalley          23  130  430   46  118  18   1   1   53   1  12   63   88  .274  .365  .328   52   4.3             13  
 3B *Mike Cubbage         25   98  292   36   78  13   3   2   22   1   1   43   32  .267  .368  .353   40   4.8  4e30       17  
 SS  Bucky Dent           24  133  366   29   79  12   1   0   37   1   4   27   36  .216  .271  .254   25   2.2  2e18      -78  
 1B  Jose Morales         31   56  157   17   49   9   0   9   37   0   0    3   21  .312  .321  .541   25   5.8  4e24       67  
 2B  Bob Randall          28   88  259   23   61  10   1   0   20   1   1   16   17  .236  .289  .282   21   2.7  3e26      -74  
 1B  Andre Thornton       26  107  200   21   31   5   2   5   26   2   3   32   27  .155  .282  .275   17   2.6  3e13     -140  
 3B  Buddy Bell           24   41  153   20   41   3   2   2   15   0   4    8   15  .268  .301  .353   14   3.2  2e21      -42  
 DH  Craig Kusick         27   50  153   13   33   7   0   1   16   2   1   19   28  .216  .299  .281   14   3.0           -197  
 C   Glenn Borgmann       26   34   62   10   17   6   0   1   12   0   0   16    8  .274  .423  .419   11   6.9  3(0)e10    87  
 OF  Pepe Mangual         24   49   72   21   15   3   0   0    8  16   4   24   21  .208  .406  .250   11   5.2  4(+2)e10  -42  
 3B  Mike Adams           27   16   24    5    7   2   0   0    4   0   0   12    9  .292  .528  .375    6   9.1  4e37      354  
 DH *Tony Oliva           37    8   22    6    9   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .409  .480  .455    5  10.7            440  
 OF  Bombo Rivera         23   17   49    4    8   2   0   2    4   0   0    3    9  .163  .212  .327    2   1.8  4(0)e15  -196  
 3B  Dave McKay           26   11   28    1    7   0   0   0    1   1   0    3    8  .250  .344  .250    2   3.8  3e44      105  
 C   George Mitterwald    31    7    7    2    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    3    1  .286  .500  .429    1  10.2  3(0)e8    392  
 UT  Jerry Terrell        29   41   39    3    8   0   0   0    0   2   1    2    4  .205  .244  .205    1   1.1           -112  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 25                                                                           751                   -5

     * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, otherwise bats right-handed

Team Pitching   Glossary
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     Player               Ag  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV  BS SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   ERA   RC  RC/27  OPS
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
  P *Fred Norman          33  14   8  .636  32  32   2   0   0   0   0  196.0  171   79   72  14   97  147  3.31   82   3.8    6  
  P  Steve Renko          31  12  11  .522  34  32   2   2   1   0   2  189.2  213  108  100  12   53  131  4.75   95   4.5  -10  
  P  Bill Campbell        27   9   8  .529  66   0   0  50  22   7   0  140.0  113   63   49  13   53   89  3.15   52   3.3  -35  
  P  Doyle Alexander      25   8   9  .471  23  22   1   0   0   0   0  140.2  149   82   73  13   52   25  4.67   75   4.8   84  
  P  Pete Redfern         21   5   9  .357  21  21   0   0   0   0   0  130.0  100   60   49  12   67   81  3.39   48   3.3  -65  
  P *Tom Underwood        22   5  12  .294  40  24   0   8   6   1   0  155.1  172  108   99  12   77   99  5.74   94   5.5   34  
  P  Fred Holdsworth      24   4   2  .667  25   0   0   5   3   2   0   39.0   26   13   11   1   12   19  2.54    7   1.8   17  
  P  Pat Darcy            26   3   3  .500  16   2   0   7   4   3   0   38.0   32   16   14   0   16   18  3.32   14   3.4 -198  
  P  Jim Hughes           25   3   6  .333  45  11   0  17   4   1   0  135.2  166  106   89  15   67   75  5.90   96   6.3   34  
  P  Steve Stone          28   2   0 1.000   8   0   0   6   0   0   0   18.1   15    2    2   0    2   10  0.98    4   2.3 -138  
  P  Tom Johnson          25   2   2  .500  21   0   0   5   2   3   0   53.0   56   20   19   4   21   44  3.23   24   4.1   51  
  P  Bill Greif           26   2   2  .500  16   0   0   7   1   2   0   34.1   42   28   25   3   21   25  6.55   26   6.9   30  
  P *Vic Albury           29   2   3  .400  34   0   0  21   1   0   0   47.1   62   29   27   0   27   22  5.13   35   6.6   93  
  P *Rick Waits           24   2   4  .333  22  11   0   4   0   0   0   61.2   66   48   40   4   32   28  5.84   35   5.2  -49  
  P *Bill Lee             29   2   4  .333   9   7   0   2   1   0   0   33.1   42   28   26   7   14   12  7.02   26   7.5    2  
  P *Tom Hall             28   0   0  .000  21   0   0   7   3   1   0   21.2   20   15   12   3   12   22  4.98   12   5.2  -39  
  P  Wayne Granger        32   0   4  .000  24   0   0  16   5   2   0   26.2   35   21   19   2   20   16  6.41   23   8.2  108  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 26                                                                                      756          5

     * - throws left-handed, otherwise throws right-handed

Team Fielding   (completed seasons only)
 An asterisk after a player's name means his fielding stats are for multiple teams.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP OSB OCS +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Butch Wynegar 1334 148 150 874 86 19 4 .981 103 62 Glenn Borgmann 97 12 15 71 2 2 0 .973 8 2 Jose Morales 16 1 5 12 1 0 0 1.000 0 1 George Mitterwald 10 1 3 3 1 1 0 .800 3 1 Craig Kusick 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Rod Carew 1089 133 135 1077 101 14 84 .988 9.73 Andre Thornton 232 15 67 232 22 4 22 .984 9.87 Jose Morales 117 14 20 110 11 1 6 .992 9.33 Craig Kusick 11 0 5 12 1 0 1 1.000 10.64 George Mitterwald 10 0 4 6 1 0 0 1.000 6.30 Pepe Mangual 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bob Randall 621 68 87 190 177 4 39 .989 5.32 Roy Smalley 498 62 66 190 121 8 39 .975 5.62 Rod Carew 249 28 35 72 66 7 14 .952 4.99 Jerry Terrell 53 0 30 18 22 0 6 1.000 6.75 Mike Cubbage 34 4 7 11 7 1 1 .947 4.76 Pepe Mangual 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 Mike Adams 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Buddy Bell* 1309 140 152 109 305 14 34 .967 2.85 Mike Cubbage* 931 109 121 96 189 24 17 .922 2.76 Steve Braun 174 20 25 21 27 4 4 .923 2.49 Jerry Terrell 81 9 10 10 11 2 2 .913 2.33 Dave McKay 66 7 9 5 13 1 2 .947 2.45 Mike Adams 63 7 12 4 8 0 0 1.000 1.71 Craig Kusick 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 Bob Randall 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bucky Dent 958 102 132 148 399 10 60 .982 5.14 Roy Smalley 497 59 67 75 185 14 22 .949 4.71 Dave McKay 6 1 2 1 3 0 1 1.000 6.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Larry Hisle 1405 157 160 288 11 12 3 .961 1.92 Pepe Mangual 24 3 5 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 Bombo Rivera 15 1 3 7 0 0 0 1.000 4.30 Steve Braun 11 1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.45 Jose Morales 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Mike Adams 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 Jerry Terrell 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Rick Manning 1288 144 149 400 20 9 2 .979 2.94 Lyman Bostock 84 9 14 28 0 0 0 1.000 2.99 Pepe Mangual 58 6 10 16 0 1 0 .941 2.48 Larry Hisle 31 3 5 6 1 0 0 1.000 2.05 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Lyman Bostock 1007 109 127 193 9 4 2 .981 1.80 Andre Thornton 285 34 40 52 3 5 0 .917 1.73 Bombo Rivera 92 10 14 16 0 1 0 .941 1.57 Steve Braun 38 5 9 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.82 Pepe Mangual 36 4 9 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.51 Larry Hisle 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1976 Draft

Round 1 (#3):	Andre Thornton
Round 3 (#39):	Steve Renko
Round 4 (#58):	Fred Holdsworth
Round 5 (#76):	Lerrin LaGrow
Round 6 (#94):	Pepe Mangual

Transactions

• 1976-01: acquired Wayne Granger as a free agent
• 1976-01: traded Dan Ford to MON for Jose Morales, Bombo Rivera
• 1976-01: traded Lerrin LaGrow, Luis Gomez to CHA for Steve Stone
• 1976-07: acquired Mike Adams as a free agent
• 1976-07: traded Buddy Bell, Steve Stone to NYN for Doyle Alexander, Mike Cubbage
• 1976-08: acquired Tom Hall as a free agent
• 1976-18: traded Bill Campbell to BOA for Bill Lee
• 1976-19: released Wayne Granger
• 1976-19: acquired Bill Greif as a free agent
• 1976 postseason: released George Mitterwald

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