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1981 Minnesota Twins  (1980)  (1982) 50-112, 6th in AL Western Division Scored 594 runs, Allowed 868 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 52-110 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .674 Park Factor: Batting - 105 / Pitching - 107 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 58-104   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 41-68 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            35  141  534   75  159  33   1   3   58  47   6   49   69  .298  .354  .380   78   5.3  2e9       -19  
 OF *Rick Manning         26  140  546   73  133  16  10   7   45  47  14   56   89  .244  .311  .348   63   3.9  1(-1)e6     4  
 2B *Rob Wilfong          27  129  440   55  119  17   8   8   50   2   6   37   61  .270  .326  .400   58   4.5  2e17       83  
 OF  Mickey Hatcher       26  147  563   43  151  37   4   3   61   5   1   19   37  .268  .296  .364   58   3.7  4(+1)e4    25  
 SS #Roy Smalley          28   97  239   36   71   9   0  17   48   1   0   32   30  .297  .377  .548   50   7.9  3e36      107  
 3B  John Castino         26  143  561   51  126  24   6   7   54   8  10   23   81  .225  .255  .326   46   2.6  2e13     -116  
 OF  Gary Ward            27  120  439   46  114   6   7   7   42   5   3   26   74  .260  .299  .353   43   3.4  4(+1)e10  -32  
 UT #Len Randle           32  122  394   51   99  15   1   7   41  29  16   20   27  .251  .293  .348   40   3.4             50  
 1B  Andre Thornton       31   93  289   32   79  20   0   4   34   2   2   28   45  .273  .333  .384   36   4.5  3e17       43  
 OF  Dave Engle           24  103  334   34   81  16   7   7   32   0   0   21   49  .243  .291  .395   35   3.5  4(-1)e7   -17  
 OF *Hosken Powell        26  102  316   33   81  12   4   2   30   8   7   20   31  .256  .299  .339   31   3.3  4(-1)e11   26  
 C   Sal Butera           28   82  215   22   58   9   1   0   17   0   0   26   20  .270  .347  .321   25   4.2  3(-2)e12   50  
 DH *Kent Hrbek           21   30   95   13   28   9   0   3   15   2   0    5    9  .295  .337  .484   16   6.6            161  
 C  *Jamie Quirk          26   45  126    7   31  10   0   0   14   0   0    4   15  .246  .263  .325   10   2.9  4(+2)e2   -31  
 SS  Ron Washington       29   48  110    6   21   1   2   0    5   7   1    3   23  .191  .209  .236    6   1.8  4e44     -110  
 C   Mike O'Berry         27   51  112    7   19   3   1   0    5   0   0   10   28  .170  .238  .214    5   1.5  2(-2)e12  -72  
 SS  Lenny Faedo          21   11   32    1    8   1   2   0    2   0   0    1    4  .250  .294  .406    3   3.9  3e26      247  
 OF  Tom Brunansky        20   20   42    3    7   1   0   1    2   0   0    6   15  .167  .271  .262    3   2.6  2(-2)e22 -209  
 C   Tim Laudner          23   21   61    4    8   0   0   2    2   0   0    5   24  .131  .197  .230    2   1.5  4(+2)e4  -156  
 C   Ray Smith            25    5   10    1    3   2   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .300  .300  .500    1   5.8  4(-1)e3   300  
 OF *Rick Sofield         24   28   73    1    6   0   0   0    1   1   0    7   10  .082  .162  .082    1    .5  3(+1)e6  -186  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 27                                                                           622                    1

     * - 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       24   7   9  .438  19  19   1   0   0   0   0  126.1  118   52   47  10   37   64  3.35   52   3.7  -84  
  P *Geoff Zahn           35   7  18  .280  31  31   9   0   0   0   0  213.1  278  148  137  38   74   70  5.78  163   6.9   92  
  P *Jerry Koosman        38   6  15  .286  26  26   4   0   0   0   1  175.2  229  111  102  25   59  118  5.23  119   6.0  101  
  P  Albert Williams      27   6  16  .273  29  29   8   0   0   0   0  202.2  229  125  113  24   74   88  5.02  125   5.5   27  
  P *Brad Havens          21   5   8  .385  24  17   0   1   0   2   0  110.2  117   59   55  12   35   66  4.47   58   4.8   22  
  P  Jesse Jefferson      32   4   6  .400  35   7   0  16   1   2   0   89.2  108   58   44   6   40   33  4.42   56   5.5   73  
  P  Dick Ruthven         30   4  18  .182  31  31   6   0   0   0   0  207.0  272  139  123  24   73  113  5.35  152   6.7   59  
  P  Bob Veselic          25   3   4  .429  15   0   0  12   0   0   0   33.0   22    8    7   0   17   26  1.91    8   2.4 -248  
  P  Don Cooper           25   3   6  .333  56   0   0  22   0   9   0   91.0   91   57   51   9   58   48  5.04   54   5.4  -53  
  P  Ron Davis            25   3   6  .333  58   0   0  55  21   4   0   80.1   61   28   26  14   39  101  2.91   34   3.8  118  
  P  Dick Drago           36   2   3  .400  47   0   0  19   1   2   0   77.1  103   49   43   5   16   39  5.00   54   6.4  -34  
  P *Jack O'Connor        23   0   1  .000   7   0   0   3   0   1   0   13.0   20   23   23   0   12    9 15.92   13   9.1   25  
  P *Darrell Jackson      25   0   2  .000  15   2   0   6   0   0   0   18.2   17   11   11   2   10   17  5.30    9   4.4  -27  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 29                                                                                      902         34

     * - 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 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Sal Butera 585 66 77 355 39 7 2 .983 22 21 Jamie Quirk 332 39 44 203 10 2 1 .991 33 4 Mike O'Berry 330 36 51 227 12 5 1 .980 10 5 Tim Laudner 163 18 20 107 7 1 1 .991 9 5 Ray Smith 29 3 5 21 1 0 0 1.000 1 0 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Rod Carew 1168 130 134 1112 105 9 123 .993 9.38 Andre Thornton 241 28 29 217 16 4 24 .983 8.70 Mickey Hatcher 30 4 4 25 2 0 2 1.000 8.10 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Rob Wilfong 1067 120 125 330 329 12 89 .982 5.56 Len Randle 355 40 45 124 99 3 24 .987 5.66 John Castino 17 2 3 7 7 0 3 1.000 7.41 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- John Castino 1237 140 140 126 249 11 36 .972 2.73 Mickey Hatcher 156 18 19 8 15 7 0 .767 1.33 Len Randle 24 2 4 2 1 0 0 1.000 1.12 Dave Engle 19 2 3 0 6 1 0 .857 2.84 Gary Ward 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Len Randle 579 66 70 124 230 22 47 .941 5.50 Roy Smalley 478 51 71 106 165 9 32 .968 5.11 Ron Washington 293 34 41 67 101 12 20 .933 5.16 Lenny Faedo 89 11 11 19 35 0 7 1.000 5.46 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Mickey Hatcher 727 79 83 143 7 2 3 .987 1.86 Gary Ward 289 33 34 67 4 2 1 .973 2.21 Rick Sofield 174 21 22 36 2 1 0 .974 1.97 Hosken Powell 164 19 21 20 3 0 0 1.000 1.26 Tom Brunansky 85 10 12 15 0 3 0 .833 1.59 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Rick Manning 1208 135 138 408 25 5 3 .989 3.23 Mickey Hatcher 166 20 20 44 0 0 0 1.000 2.39 Gary Ward 41 5 5 11 0 1 0 .917 2.41 Ron Washington 15 1 6 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 Len Randle 9 1 2 1 0 1 0 .500 1.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Dave Engle 736 84 86 150 9 5 1 .970 1.94 Gary Ward 500 56 60 110 2 1 1 .991 2.02 Hosken Powell 160 18 21 33 1 1 0 .971 1.92 Rick Sofield 23 3 3 4 2 0 0 1.000 2.35 Mickey Hatcher 9 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 Len Randle 5 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 Jamie Quirk 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 Sal Butera 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1981 Draft

Round 1 (#7):	Geoff Zahn
Round 2 (#29):	Jerry Koosman
Round 3 (#49):	Len Randle
Round 4 (#70):	Mike O'Berry
Round 5 (#91):	Jesse Jefferson

Transactions

• 1981-01: traded Butch Wynegar, Doug Corbett to NYA for Ron Davis, Jamie Quirk
• 1981-01: acquired Steve Swisher as a free agent
• 1981-02: acquired Dick Drago as a free agent
• 1981-06: traded MNA#1 to BAA for Tom Brunansky
• 1981-16: acquired Randy Jones as a free agent
• 1981 postseason: released Randy Jones, Mike O'Berry, Jamie Quirk, Len Randle, Ray Smith, Steve Swisher

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