1978 MINNESOTA TWINS

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Location: Bloomington,MN
Team Record: 73-89 .451
Result: 4th in American League - West Division
Manager(s): Gene Mauch
General Manager: Calvin Griffith
Stadium: Metropolitan Stadium
Attendance: 787,878
Playoffs: Did not qualify

Minnesota Twins affiliate history

Oldest Player: Mike Marshall (35)
Youngest Player: Gary Serum (21)
Longest Tenure: Rod Carew (12)
Top Hitter: Rod Carew (5)
Top Pitcher: Dave Goltz (20)
Top Draft Pick: Lenny Faedo (#16)

Roster Continuity: 72.04%

American League Standings

West	W	L	Pct	GB
KC Royals	92	70	.568	--
Texas	87	75	.537	5.0
California	87	75	.537	5.0
Minnesota	73	89	.451	19.0
Chi White Sox	71	90	.441	20.5
Oakland	69	93	.426	23.0
Seattle	56	104	.350	35.0

BATTING STATISTICS

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Splits Analysis

#	Player	Pos	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	PA	OUT	RC	RC/G	babip
15	Dan Ford	of	33	26	1970-1-18	MLB	151	592	78	162	36	10	11	82	7	7	48	88	5	6	6	3	15	.274	.332	.424	756	251	654	461	89	5.2	.304
5	Roy Smalley	ss	18	25	1974-1-1	MLB	158	586	80	160	31	3	19	77	2	8	85	70	1	3	23	7	16	.273	.362	.433	796	254	702	480	102	5.7	.280
29	Rod Carew	1b-2b	5	32	UDFA: 1964	MLB	152	564	85	188	26	10	5	70	27	7	78	62	1	19	2	6	18	.333	.411	.441	853	249	651	409	112	7.4	.364
16	Butch Wynegar	c	69	22	1974-2-38	MLB	135	454	36	104	22	1	4	45	1	0	47	42	6	2	11	4	7	.229	.307	.308	616	140	522	372	51	3.7	.243
24	Willie Norwood	of	84	27	1972-3-56	MLB	125	428	56	109	22	3	8	46	25	10	28	64	3	0	6	6	15	.255	.301	.376	677	161	471	356	50	3.8	.279
26	Mike Cubbage	3b	82	27	1971-2-25	MLB	125	394	40	111	12	7	7	57	3	1	40	44	1	3	7	2	7	.282	.348	.401	749	158	444	300	62	5.5	.301
10	Hosken Powell	of	-	23	1975-1-19	MLB	121	381	55	94	20	2	3	31	11	5	45	31	0	1	7	4	5	.247	.323	.333	657	127	437	308	50	4.3	.259
32	Bob Randall	2b	67	30	1969-2-32	MLB	119	330	36	89	11	3	0	21	5	3	24	22	6	0	13	2	7	.270	.329	.321	650	106	375	266	40	4.1	.287
8	Glenn Adams	of	-	30	1968-1-4	MLB	116	310	27	80	18	1	7	35	0	1	17	32	0	0	2	0	10	.258	.297	.390	687	121	329	243	38	4.2	.269
9	Bombo Rivera	of	-	25	UDFA: 1981	MLB	101	251	35	68	8	2	3	23	5	3	35	47	2	1	5	2	3	.271	.362	.355	717	89	295	196	35	4.9	.320
34	Jose Morales	1b-c	-	33	UDFA: 1964	MLB	101	242	22	76	13	1	2	38	0	1	20	35	1	3	6	4	10	.314	.363	.401	764	97	273	187	36	5.2	.354
1	Larry Wolfe	3b-2b	-	25	1973-9-203	MLB	88	235	25	55	10	1	3	25	0	1	36	27	0	0	3	3	8	.234	.332	.323	656	76	277	195	28	3.9	.250
7	Rob Wilfong	2b	72	24	1971-13-307	MLB	92	199	23	53	8	0	1	11	8	4	19	27	2	1	15	0	1	.266	.336	.322	658	64	235	166	24	4.0	.304
12	Rich Chiles	of	-	28	1968-2-23	MLB	87	198	22	53	12	0	1	22	1	2	20	25	2	2	0	5	9	.268	.333	.343	677	68	225	161	23	3.9	.294
22	Craig Kusick	1b	-	29	UDFA: 1980	MLB	77	191	23	33	3	2	4	20	3	2	37	38	1	2	0	4	8	.173	.305	.272	577	52	233	172	15	2.4	.190
14	Glenn Borgmann	c	-	28	1971-1-9	MLB	49	123	16	26	4	1	3	15	0	0	18	17	0	0	3	3	0	.211	.306	.333	639	41	147	103	15	4.0	.217
33	Dave Edwards	of	-	24	1971-7-163	MLB	15	44	7	11	3	0	1	3	1	1	7	13	2	0	0	0	0	.250	.377	.386	764	17	53	34	7	5.5	.333
Totals: (17 players)							162	5522	666	1472	259	47	82	621	99	56	604	684	33	43	109	55	139	.267	.339	.375	714	2071	6323	4409	777	4.8	.289

PITCHING STATISTICS

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Draft Picks

#	Player	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	Bk	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	BB/SO	BABIP	GB/FB
19	Roger Erickson	27	21	1977-3-67	MLB	14	13	3.96	37	37	14	0	0	0	265.2	268	129	117	19	79	121	8	3	1.31	9.08	0.64	2.68	4.10	0.65	.283	0.87
38	Geoff Zahn	32	32	1968-5-86	MLB	14	14	3.03	35	35	12	1	0	0	252.1	260	101	85	18	81	106	7	0	1.35	9.27	0.64	2.89	3.78	0.76	.293	1.38
30	Dave Goltz	20	29	1967-5-96	MLB	15	10	2.49	29	29	13	2	0	0	220.1	209	72	61	12	67	116	4	1	1.25	8.54	0.49	2.74	4.74	0.58	.282	1.50
20	Gary Serum	48	21	UDFA: 1979	MLB	9	9	4.10	34	23	6	1	4	1	184.1	188	88	84	14	44	80	5	3	1.26	9.18	0.68	2.15	3.91	0.55	.283	1.25
28,33	Mike Marshall	34	35	1967-37-688	MLB	10	12	2.45	54	0	0	0	51	21	99.0	80	31	27	3	37	56	2	0	1.18	7.27	0.27	3.36	5.09	0.66	.260	1.25
31	Darrell Jackson	-	22	1977-9-223	MLB	4	6	4.48	19	15	1	1	1	0	92.1	89	53	46	9	48	54	3	4	1.48	8.68	0.88	4.68	5.26	0.89	.282	0.68
23	Paul Thormodsgard	-	24	UDFA: 1978	MLB	1	6	5.05	12	12	1	0	0	0	66.0	81	40	37	7	17	23	3	0	1.48	11.05	0.95	2.32	3.14	0.74	.318	1.16
39	Stan Perzanowski	-	27	1968-16-362	MLB	2	7	5.24	13	7	1	0	4	1	56.2	59	37	33	1	26	31	2	0	1.50	9.37	0.16	4.13	4.92	0.84	.319	2.22
18	Greg Thayer	-	28	1971-32-693	MLB	1	1	3.80	20	0	0	0	12	0	45.0	40	19	19	5	30	30	1	1	1.56	8.00	1.00	6.00	6.00	1.00	.292	0.92
40	John Sutton	-	25	1974-3-48	MLB	0	0	3.45	17	0	0	0	8	0	44.1	46	19	17	3	15	18	5	0	1.38	9.34	0.61	3.05	3.65	0.83	.281	1.80
36	Jeff Holly	-	25	1971-17-383	MLB	1	1	3.57	15	1	0	0	6	0	35.1	28	15	14	1	18	12	3	1	1.30	7.13	0.25	4.58	3.06	1.50	.239	0.48
21	Tom Johnson	-	27	UDFA: 1980	MLB	1	4	5.51	18	0	0	0	14	3	32.2	42	22	20	2	17	21	2	1	1.81	11.57	0.55	4.68	5.79	0.81	.370	1.00
28	Mac Scarce	-	29	1971-8-172	MLB	1	1	3.94	17	0	0	0	5	0	32.0	35	19	14	5	15	17	2	0	1.56	9.84	1.41	4.22	4.78	0.88	.306	0.95
37	Roric Harrison	-	31	UDFA: 1965	MLB	0	1	7.50	9	0	0	0	5	0	12.0	18	10	10	0	11	7	1	0	2.42	13.50	0.00	8.25	5.25	1.57	.400	0.61
27	Dave Johnson	-	29	1967-5-98	MLB	0	2	7.50	6	1	0	0	4	0	12.0	15	11	10	1	9	7	3	0	2.00	11.25	0.75	6.75	5.25	1.29	.350	1.08
17	Pete Redfern	-	23	1976-1-1	MLB	0	2	6.52	3	2	0	0	0	0	9.2	10	12	7	2	6	4	0	0	1.66	9.31	1.86	5.59	3.72	1.50	.286	1.18
Totals: (17 players)						73	89	3.71	162	162	48	5	114	26	1,460	1468	678	601	82	520	703	51	14	1.42	9.05	0.63	3.21	4.33	0.74	.293

FIELDING STATISTICS

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Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Butch Wynegar	C	131		582	70	8	12	.988	0.00
Glenn Borgmann	C	46		185	20	2	6	.990	0.00
Jose Morales	C	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Rod Carew	1B	148		1362	105	16	134	.989	0.00
Craig Kusick	1B	27		213	22	3	14	.987	0.00
Jose Morales	1B	1		1	2	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Bob Randall	2B	116		231	345	10	81	.983	0.00
Rob Wilfong	2B	80		152	196	5	37	.986	0.00
Mike Cubbage	2B	5		4	4	0	1	1.000	0.00
Rod Carew	2B	4		1	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Mike Cubbage	3B	115		65	233	9	24	.971	0.00
Larry Wolfe	3B	81		60	143	10	9	.953	0.00
Bob Randall	3B	2		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Butch Wynegar	3B	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Roy Smalley	SS	157		287	527	25	121	.970	0.00
Larry Wolfe	SS	7		6	20	2	2	.929	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Dan Ford	OF	149		376	6	9	2	.977	0.00
Hosken Powell	OF	117		219	9	4	2	.983	0.00
Willie Norwood	OF	115		227	7	14	1	.944	0.00
Bombo Rivera	OF	94		162	5	3	0	.982	0.00
Rich Chiles	OF	61		108	3	4	0	.965	0.00
Dave Edwards	OF	15		35	3	2	1	.950	0.00
Craig Kusick	OF	9		15	0	1	0	.937	0.00
Glenn Adams	OF	5		5	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Rod Carew	OF	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Jose Morales	OF	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Mike Marshall	P	54	99	9	19	1	1	.966	2.55
Roger Erickson	P	37	265	13	44	5	3	.919	1.93
Geoff Zahn	P	35	252	9	41	2	2	.962	1.79
Gary Serum	P	34	184	17	25	0	2	1.000	2.05
Dave Goltz	P	29	220	24	28	2	2	.963	2.13
Greg Thayer	P	20	45	0	7	0	0	1.000	1.40
Darrell Jackson	P	19	92	1	13	3	1	.824	1.37
Tom Johnson	P	18	32	0	6	0	0	1.000	1.68
Mac Scarce	P	17	32	0	2	1	0	.667	0.56
John Sutton	P	17	44	2	6	2	0	.800	1.63
Jeff Holly	P	15	35	0	8	0	0	1.000	2.05
Stan Perzanowski	P	13	56	3	11	1	1	.933	2.24
Paul Thormodsgard	P	12	66	3	9	2	0	.857	1.64
Roric Harrison	P	9	12	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Dave Johnson	P	6	12	2	1	0	0	1.000	2.25
Pete Redfern	P	3	9	0	3	0	0	1.000	2.93
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Glenn Adams	DH	101						.000	0.00
Jose Morales	DH	77						.000	0.00
Craig Kusick	DH	35						.000	0.00
Rich Chiles	DH	8						.000	0.00
Willie Norwood	DH	6						.000	0.00
Rob Wilfong	DH	5						.000	0.00
Glenn Borgmann	DH	1						.000	0.00
Dan Ford	DH	1						.000	0.00
Bob Randall	DH	1						.000	0.00
Bombo Rivera	DH	1						.000	0.00

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