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1980 Minnesota Twins  (1979)  (1981) 74-88, 3rd in AL Western Division Scored 665 runs, Allowed 750 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 71-91 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .704 Park Factor: Batting - 104 / Pitching - 105 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 74-88   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 77-84 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 *Rod Carew            34  149  555   79  174  41   8   1   53  22  16   59   39  .314  .377  .422   89   5.6  2e9       -35  
 3B  John Castino         25  142  541   66  153  13   9   8   72   5   1   32   74  .283  .321  .384   65   4.0  1e22      -61  
 SS #Roy Smalley          27  134  494   60  132  20   0   8   65   0   2   68   69  .267  .353  .356   62   4.3  3e23      -56  
 C  #Butch Wynegar        24  147  476   50  121  21   5   4   58   0   1   66   40  .254  .347  .345   62   4.4  2(-2)e5    16  
 OF *Rick Manning         25  149  471   60  122  21   4   6   54  11   8   53   72  .259  .335  .359   60   4.1  2(-1)e5    67  
 OF *Rick Sofield         23  137  417   49  101  20   3   5   56   2   3   30   91  .242  .293  .341   42   3.3  3(+1)e9   -27  
 UT #Rafael Landestoy     27  116  374   49   98   8   9   0   34  33  20   33   46  .262  .326  .332   42   3.6             23  
 OF *Bob Molinaro         30  110  345   42   87  17   5   3   34  18   8   27   39  .252  .313  .357   39   3.8  3(+1)e16  -83  
 2B *Rob Wilfong          26  124  391   45   84  11   6   8   38   7   8   33   73  .215  .281  .335   34   2.7  2e5       -59  
 OF *Hosken Powell        25  133  450   53   97  10   3   4   39  14   4   29   49  .216  .267  .278   34   2.4  4(-1)e12 -122  
 1B  Jose Morales         35   72  232   32   62  12   5   4   33   0   0   20   13  .267  .323  .414   29   4.2  4e25     -114  
 OF  Dave Edwards         26   70  176   15   48   9   3   1   19   1   0   11   39  .273  .314  .375   19   3.9  3(0)e16    59  
 DH  Larry Hisle          33   24   61   14   19   1   0   7   15   0   0   16    6  .311  .455  .672   19  12.0            122  
 UT  John Ellis           31   49  130   11   29   6   1   0    8   1   0   21   31  .223  .333  .285   14   3.5             15  
 OF  Bombo Rivera         27   37  105   10   24   8   0   3   13   0   0    2   20  .229  .243  .390    9   3.0  4(-1)e16   23  
 OF *Thad Bosley          23   23   64    9   17   4   0   0    6   3   0    2   10  .266  .284  .328    6   3.2  4(+1)e16   61  
 C   Sal Butera           27    9   30    7   12   1   0   0    3   0   0    1    3  .400  .406  .433    5   7.0  4(0)e16   257  
 3B  Mickey Hatcher       25   12   39    5   10   2   0   0    5   0   0    1    6  .256  .275  .308    3   3.0  4e37       53  
 OF  Gary Ward            26   14   35    4   10   4   0   0    3   0   0    0    9  .286  .286  .400    3   3.2  4(+1)e13 -584  
 OF  Willie Norwood       29   16   35    5    7   1   0   1    5   0   0    3    8  .200  .263  .314    2   2.5  4(+1)e4   147  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 27                                                                           646                  -27

     * - 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  Roger Erickson       23  12   9  .571  30  25   3   4   0   0   1  180.0  218   91   80  10   58   71  4.00  101   5.0   24  
  P *Rick Waits           28  11  15  .423  32  32   8   0   0   0   2  230.2  230  123  111  24  108   94  4.33  122   4.8  -11  
  P *Dan Schatzeder       25  10   8  .556  27  27   4   0   0   0   2  192.1  195   92   81  25   63   91  3.79   96   4.5    4  
  P *Darrell Jackson      24   9  10  .474  27  22   6   2   0   0   0  174.0  155   85   76  22   64   90  3.93   76   3.9  -24  
  P  Dick Ruthven         29   9  21  .300  33  33   7   0   0   0   0  211.2  277  143  128  12   69   56  5.44  141   5.9   59  
  P  Luis Tiant           39   8   8  .500  23  23   0   0   0   0   0  126.1  138   73   65   9   53   65  4.63   74   5.2   -1  
  P  Doug Corbett         27   7   7  .500  70   0   0  69  37   9   0   97.0   84   31   28   5   36   37  2.60   32   3.0   29  
  P  Doug Bird            30   3   2  .600  18   0   0   8   0   0   0   45.1   39   10    9   3   13   20  1.79   17   3.4  -55  
  P  Albert Williams      26   2   4  .333  53   0   0  23   1   3   0   65.1   54   29   28   8   25   30  3.86   24   3.3  -87  
  P *John Henry Johnson   23   1   0 1.000  20   0   0   3   1   4   0   30.0   14    6    4   4    8   35  1.20    6   1.8  -47  
  P *Mike Kinnunen        22   1   1  .500  14   0   0   4   0   1   0   25.1   34   14   14   0   10    7  4.97   14   5.4  -48  
  P  Chris Knapp          26   1   3  .250  36   0   0  21   1   0   0   82.2   91   53   51  10   33   36  5.55   49   5.4  -77  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 27                                                                                      758         -1

     * - 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 1232 137 143 637 48 6 8 .991 36 26 John Ellis 119 12 14 66 8 3 1 .961 7 6 Sal Butera 69 9 9 32 1 2 0 .943 5 1 Jose Morales 41 4 6 18 3 0 1 1.000 4 1 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Rod Carew 1253 137 144 1279 115 11 133 .992 10.01 Jose Morales 121 15 15 137 9 4 23 .973 10.86 John Ellis 87 10 11 101 4 2 16 .981 10.90 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Rob Wilfong 1031 121 122 320 330 5 89 .992 5.68 Rafael Landestoy 430 41 64 130 115 2 37 .992 5.13 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- John Castino 1236 134 141 146 267 10 33 .976 3.01 Rafael Landestoy 148 18 18 16 29 4 5 .918 2.74 Mickey Hatcher 77 10 10 10 16 1 2 .963 3.04 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Roy Smalley 1186 130 134 247 461 18 94 .975 5.37 Rafael Landestoy 275 32 32 66 120 2 23 .989 6.09 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bob Molinaro 755 83 93 144 2 9 0 .942 1.74 Dave Edwards 389 43 47 80 3 5 0 .943 1.92 Rick Sofield 130 14 20 28 2 2 0 .938 2.07 Hosken Powell 62 8 8 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.58 Gary Ward 48 5 8 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.31 Willie Norwood 34 4 4 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.85 Bombo Rivera 26 3 4 7 0 1 0 .875 2.42 Thad Bosley 16 2 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.69 Mickey Hatcher 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Rick Manning 1208 131 146 382 22 5 3 .988 3.01 Rick Sofield 195 25 26 64 3 3 1 .957 3.09 Dave Edwards 23 2 6 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.78 Thad Bosley 19 2 4 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.37 Willie Norwood 8 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 Rob Wilfong 8 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Hosken Powell 701 83 88 176 3 4 1 .978 2.30 Rick Sofield 466 49 63 103 2 1 0 .991 2.03 Bombo Rivera 213 26 28 49 1 3 0 .943 2.11 Dave Edwards 44 1 18 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.45 Willie Norwood 23 2 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.96 Mickey Hatcher 10 1 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Bob Molinaro 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1980 Draft

Round 1 (#11):	Dan Schatzeder
Round 2 (#28):	Rafael Landestoy
Round 3 (#47):	Doug Bird
Round 4 (#65):	Bob Molinaro
Round 5 (#81):	John Ellis

Transactions

• 1980-01: acquired Chris Knapp as a free agent
• 1980-07: acquired Thad Bosley as a free agent
• 1980 postseason: released John Ellis, Larry Hisle, John Henry Johnson, Bob Molinaro, Dan Schatzeder, Jesus Vega, Rick Waits

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