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1978 Minnesota Twins  (1977)  (1979) 81-81, 2nd in AL Western Division Scored 695 runs, Allowed 693 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 81-81 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .718 Park Factor: Batting - 93 / Pitching - 93 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 88-74   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 73-89 Manager(s): Tom Austad

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 1B  Andre Thornton       28  153  536   81  124  28   2  36  111   3   3  101   73  .231  .360  .493  100   6.3  2e8       -40  
 DH *Rusty Staub          34  148  544   76  154  26   1  23  103   2   0   80   28  .283  .378  .461   98   6.5             58  
 2B *Rod Carew            32  154  606   97  186  20  10   4   50  34  11   73   70  .307  .380  .393   95   5.7  4e41      -80  
 SS #Roy Smalley          25  162  596   90  151  22   5  21   81   1   3   81   72  .253  .340  .413   80   4.5  3e26      -43  
 OF *Rick Manning         23  160  614   65  157  34   5   7   59  27  17   40   63  .256  .299  .362   64   3.3  1(-1)e2    14  
 3B *Mike Cubbage         27  123  408   48  114  17   8   4   36   6   2   43   53  .279  .346  .390   55   4.7  4e15      -13  
 C  #Butch Wynegar        22  148  451   43   96  24   3   3   47   3   2   44   39  .213  .294  .299   43   3.1  3(0)e5    -22  
 OF *Hosken Powell        23  123  364   39   75  20   5   0   25  15   2   52   30  .206  .303  .288   36   3.2  3(-1)e7   -65  
 3B #Rodney Scott         24   74  178   28   65   6   5   0   14  22   8   12   18  .365  .415  .455   35   7.7  4e37      154  
 OF *Ken Landreaux        23  106  268   31   71   8   3   7   44  14   8   21   23  .265  .321  .396   34   4.3  2(-2)e5    86  
 OF  Bombo Rivera         25   70  203   18   63  10   2   1   14   4   4   26   34  .310  .391  .394   31   5.7  4(-1)e7    69  
 C   Jose Morales         33   83  190   20   55  13   1   4   31   0   0   20   29  .289  .355  .432   28   5.5  4(+2)e16   23  
 OF  Willie Norwood       27  105  294   26   66   9   2   4   27  15  10   23   42  .224  .291  .310   24   2.4  4(+1)e21  -77  
 2B *Rob Wilfong          24   68  116   20   25   5   1   0    9   9   7   13   16  .216  .301  .276   10   2.7  3e13      -81  
 OF  Dave Edwards         24    5   16    5    7   2   0   0    3   0   0    4    3  .438  .550  .562    5  16.6  4(-1)e19  349  
 3B  Larry Wolfe          25   30   67    5    8   0   0   1    5   0   0    6    7  .119  .189  .164    1    .8  4e25     -302  
 C   Glenn Borgmann       28   18   16    2    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    5  .188  .235  .188    0   1.6  4(+1)e2  -216  
 OF  Craig Kusick         29    3    5    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .200  .333  .200    0   2.8  4(+3)e23  -44  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 26                                                                           748                  -14

     * - 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  John Denny           25  17  12  .586  33  33   8   0   0   0   1  249.0  263  122  106  23   73   83  3.83  121   4.4   59  
  P  Roger Erickson       21  13  14  .481  34  34   9   0   0   0   1  256.2  271  129  113  17   90  117  3.96  126   4.4  -11  
  P  Dick Ruthven         27  13  16  .448  33  33   7   0   0   0   3  235.2  229  118  112  33   63  115  4.28  114   4.3   20  
  P *Rick Waits           26  12  14  .462  33  33   9   0   0   0   1  241.1  243  130  116  25   99   99  4.33  125   4.7   48  
  P  Gary Serum           21  11   8  .579  32  23   6   4   0   0   0  187.1  199   78   70  12   40   66  3.36   91   4.4  -37  
  P  Mike Marshall        35   8   5  .615  58   0   0  43  15   2   0   92.2   57   18   14   1   37   45  1.36   21   2.1 -119  
  P *Bill Lee             31   3   4  .429  31   0   0  21   2   1   0   43.0   41   25   22   7   19   12  4.60   27   5.9    1  
  P *Fred Norman          35   3   5  .375  45   6   0  27   9   1   0  121.0  102   50   42  14   57   62  3.12   58   4.3  -66  
  P *Al Hrabosky          28   1   3  .250  30   0   0  27  19   7   0   33.1   30   20   20   7   15   31  5.40   20   5.6  164  
  P *Darrell Jackson      22   0   0  .000   1   0   0   1   0   0   0    5.0    4    3    3   2    1    3  5.40    3   5.5  114  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 25                                                                                      710          6

     * - 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 1238 138 148 625 66 7 6 .990 85 40 Jose Morales 187 21 30 100 13 5 1 .958 14 7 Glenn Borgmann 37 3 13 17 2 0 0 1.000 5 1 Ken Landreaux 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 2 1 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Andre Thornton 1318 147 150 1315 115 7 115 .995 9.76 Rod Carew 147 15 27 155 14 1 8 .994 10.35 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Rod Carew 1155 135 138 413 340 31 75 .960 5.87 Rob Wilfong 278 25 58 94 93 2 22 .989 6.05 Rodney Scott 28 2 10 8 2 1 2 .909 3.21 Mike Cubbage 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Mike Cubbage 985 111 120 135 240 5 15 .987 3.43 Rodney Scott 312 35 40 32 72 6 6 .945 3.00 Larry Wolfe 163 16 24 24 41 6 2 .915 3.59 Butch Wynegar 5 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Roy Smalley 1460 162 162 370 440 18 87 .978 4.99 Rodney Scott 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 Larry Wolfe 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Hosken Powell 641 72 85 133 4 5 0 .965 1.92 Willie Norwood 635 71 77 116 4 4 0 .968 1.70 Bombo Rivera 120 14 18 24 2 0 0 1.000 1.94 Jose Morales 18 1 8 3 0 2 0 .600 1.50 Dave Edwards 17 2 2 2 0 1 0 .667 1.06 Ken Landreaux 15 0 9 4 1 0 0 1.000 2.93 Rod Carew 11 1 4 2 1 1 0 .750 2.45 Craig Kusick 7 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Rick Manning 1422 157 160 396 20 1 6 .998 2.63 Ken Landreaux 28 2 6 13 1 0 1 1.000 4.50 Rodney Scott 8 1 2 2 1 1 1 .750 3.38 Willie Norwood 7 2 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Ken Landreaux 651 71 87 156 8 5 0 .970 2.27 Hosken Powell 342 38 43 68 1 5 0 .932 1.81 Bombo Rivera 333 38 44 69 4 3 0 .961 1.97 Willie Norwood 121 13 19 21 0 1 0 .955 1.56 Dave Edwards 18 2 2 7 0 0 0 1.000 3.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1978 Draft

Round 1 (#10):	Dick Ruthven
Round 2 (#26):	Al Hrabosky
Round 3 (#46):	Rodney Scott

Transactions

• 1978 postseason: released Al Hrabosky, Rusty Staub

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