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2008 Minnesota Twins  (2007)  (2009) 76-86, 2nd in AL Central Division Scored 722 runs, Allowed 778 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 75-87 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .700 Park Factor: Batting - 94 / Pitching - 94 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 77-85   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 88-75 Manager(s): Darren Dawson

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 C  *Joe Mauer            25  154  532   77  175  27   6  11   77   1   0   74   59  .329  .408  .464  102   7.3  1(-3)e1     8  
 1B *Justin Morneau       27  160  593   83  164  34   4  25   81   0   0   80  109  .277  .365  .474   96   5.6  3e4       -34  
 OF  Torii Hunter         32  156  562   76  160  28   4  24   96  27   7   33  102  .285  .327  .477   83   5.2  1(-2)e0    -6  
 OF  Delmon Young         22  152  558   70  158  30   3   9   68  11   5   26  105  .283  .319  .396   65   4.1  3(-3)e9   -26  
 2B #Alexi Casilla        23  112  373   49  114  21   0   9   46   7   2   27   55  .306  .356  .434   57   5.4  2e21       83  
 OF *Denard Span          24  105  339   59   97  21   4   4   40  26  12   35   66  .286  .355  .407   51   5.4  2(0)e7    -57  
 OF *Jason Kubel          26  109  364   43   91  18   4  13   40   0   0   37   78  .250  .318  .429   49   4.8  4(0)e12   -58  
 DH  Pat Burrell          31   97  300   43   69  19   3  15   48   0   0   42   68  .230  .320  .463   43   4.8            -92  
 2B  Jamey Carroll        34  121  341   51   97  10   4   1   30   6   5   25   72  .284  .343  .346   43   4.4  2e8       -11  
 3B  Mike Lowell          34  133  406   48   93  14   0  13   44   1   0   39   59  .229  .296  .360   41   3.3  2e15     -142  
 SS #Nick Punto           30  122  329   44   89  17   7   1   28  12   7   22   65  .271  .314  .374   36   3.5  2e22      -38  
 OF  Michael Cuddyer      29   76  198   20   45   7   5   3   10   2   4   21   34  .227  .310  .359   21   3.5  3(-2)e3   -31  
 DH *Sean Casey           34   56  183   14   47   8   0   0   18   1   0   21   22  .257  .340  .301   19   3.7           -132  
 UT  Miguel Cairo         34   76  205   20   48  11   1   0   23   5   6   16   39  .234  .302  .298   16   2.6            -46  
 C   Mike Redmond         37   43   95    7   29   7   0   0   12   0   0    3    6  .305  .320  .379   11   4.6  2(+1)e1    44  
 SS #Matt Tolbert         26   32  107    8   31   3   2   0    8   2   1    5   15  .290  .321  .355   11   3.8  4e16      -35  
 3B *Brian Buscher        27   19   50    5   13   1   0   0    5   0   0    4    9  .260  .315  .280    4   3.4  4e28     -135  
 DH  Randy Ruiz           30   14   40    5    7   0   0   0    1   0   0    6   14  .175  .283  .175    2   1.6           -235  
 2B  Tadahito Iguchi      33   12    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    1  .000  .400  .000    0   2.3  3e4      -198  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                           760                  -36

     * - 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  Scott Baker          26  10   8  .556  29  29   0   0   0   0   0  170.0  148   71   68  26   46  127  3.60   72   3.8  -22  
  P  Joel Pineiro         29  10   9  .526  43  18   0  14   0   4   0  160.2  182   93   86  18   47   72  4.82   94   5.3  -83  
  P  Kevin Slowey         24  10  10  .500  27  27   0   0   0   0   0  160.0  149   75   70  30   25  126  3.94   73   4.1  -43  
  P *Glen Perkins         25   9   5  .643  26  26   0   0   0   0   0  148.1  167   75   73  21   46   79  4.43   90   5.5  -68  
  P  Nick Blackburn       26   8  18  .308  33  33   0   0   0   0   0  187.1  236  111  108  26   35   85  5.19  122   5.9   -1  
  P  Jon Rauch            29   5   5  .500  62   0   0  13   1   4   0   65.1   52   28   26  10   21   46  3.58   25   3.5  -95  
  P  Boof Bonser          26   5   7  .417  36  13   1   7   1   0   0  132.0  179   97   92  30   42  110  6.27  114   7.8   78  
  P  Matt Guerrier        29   4   2  .667  56   0   0  19   0   0   0   65.0   73   30   27  13   26   23  3.74   44   6.3  -13  
  P  Jensen Lewis         24   4   3  .571  39   0   0  15   0   0   0   57.1   59   30   30  12   20   45  4.71   36   5.6  -10  
  P  Joe Nathan           33   3   1  .750  61   0   0  53  41   5   0   63.2   37   18   18   8   14   63  2.54   15   2.1  -14  
  P *Craig Breslow        27   3   3  .500  50   0   0  10   2   5   0   41.2   42   22   22   3   19   32  4.75   24   5.2  210  
  P  Jeff Bennett         28   3   3  .500  53   0   0  23   1   2   0   84.2   77   36   34   5   38   61  3.61   36   3.9  -28  
  P  Carl Pavano          32   1   3  .250   6   6   0   0   0   0   0   30.1   45   32   30   7   10   10  8.90   32   9.8  115  
  P *Francisco Liriano    24   1   6  .143  10  10   0   0   0   0   0   53.0   63   39   37   7   23   46  6.28   40   6.9   78  
  P  Jesse Crain          27   0   3  .000  32   0   0   7   0   2   0   37.0   42   21   21   2   20   22  5.11   24   6.0   29  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 26                                                                                      847        -10

     * - 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 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Joe Mauer 1242 141 153 899 37 1 5 .999 34 11 Mike Redmond 214 21 38 157 9 0 0 1.000 12 3 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Justin Morneau 1413 159 160 1464 109 1 148 .999 10.02 Miguel Cairo 43 3 8 46 2 0 6 1.000 10.05 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Jamey Carroll 785 83 109 183 264 4 67 .991 5.13 Alexi Casilla 632 75 80 140 209 8 54 .978 4.97 Matt Tolbert 26 3 3 3 10 1 1 .929 4.50 Tadahito Iguchi 14 1 5 1 5 0 1 1.000 3.86 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Mike Lowell 1051 116 132 61 223 9 18 .969 2.43 Miguel Cairo 225 26 33 19 37 1 2 .982 2.24 Brian Buscher 104 13 15 8 23 1 2 .969 2.68 Nick Punto 54 6 8 5 11 0 1 1.000 2.68 Jamey Carroll 17 1 6 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.53 Alexi Casilla 6 0 1 1 3 1 1 .800 5.68 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Nick Punto 850 87 116 132 321 13 64 .972 4.79 Miguel Cairo 247 30 33 36 90 4 26 .969 4.60 Matt Tolbert 196 25 27 41 74 2 13 .983 5.29 Alexi Casilla 164 20 24 25 51 2 16 .974 4.18 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Delmon Young 1288 141 151 320 13 6 0 .982 2.33 Jason Kubel 139 18 20 24 0 1 0 .960 1.56 Denard Span 19 3 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.95 Pat Burrell 10 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 Jamey Carroll 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Torii Hunter 1309 147 156 387 20 0 2 1.000 2.80 Denard Span 134 15 20 45 0 3 0 .938 3.02 Michael Cuddyer 13 0 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.38 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Denard Span 509 54 73 111 4 2 2 .983 2.03 Michael Cuddyer 484 52 73 100 4 2 0 .981 1.94 Jason Kubel 422 51 52 73 3 2 1 .974 1.62 Sean Casey 24 3 3 6 0 1 0 .857 2.28 Delmon Young 18 2 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

2008 Draft

Round 1 (#16):	Torii Hunter
Round 2 (#40):	Jamey Carroll
Round 3 (#63):	Jon Rauch
Round 4 (#84):	Jeff Bennett
Round 5 (#103):	Carl Pavano
Round 6 (#119):	Miguel Cairo
Round 7 (#131):	Sean Casey
Round 8 (#141):	Jensen Lewis

Transactions

• 2008 preseason: released rookie Matt Macri

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