1987 MINNESOTA TWINS

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Location: Minneapolis,MN
Team Record: 85-77 .525
Result: 1st in American League - West Division
Manager(s): Tom Kelly
General Manager: Andy MacPhail
Stadium: Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
Attendance: 2,081,976
Payroll: $0
Playoffs: Won World Series (Cardinals)

Minnesota Twins affiliate history

Oldest Player: Joe Niekro (42)
Youngest Player: Allan Anderson (23)
Longest Tenure: Tim Laudner, Gary Gaetti, Kent Hrbek (7)
Top Hitter: Kirby Puckett (12)
Top Pitcher: Frank Viola (8)
Top Draft Pick: Willie Banks (#3)

Roster Continuity: 74.33%

American League Standings

West	W	L	Pct	GB
Minnesota	85	77	.525	--
KC Royals	83	79	.512	2.0
Oakland	81	81	.500	4.0
Seattle	78	84	.481	7.0
Chi White Sox	77	85	.475	8.0
Texas	75	87	.463	10.0
California	75	87	.463	10.0

BATTING STATISTICS

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#	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
34	Kirby Puckett	cf-of	12	26	1982-1-3	MLB	157	624	96	207	32	5	28	99	12	7	32	91	6	7	0	6	16	.332	.367	.534	900	333	668	446	125	7.6	.350
8	Gary Gaetti	3b	36	28	1979-1-11	MLB	154	584	95	150	36	2	31	109	10	7	37	92	3	7	1	3	25	.257	.303	.485	788	283	628	470	87	5.0	.256
24	Tom Brunansky	of-rf	68	26	1978-1-14	MLB	155	532	83	138	22	2	32	85	11	11	74	104	4	5	0	4	12	.259	.352	.489	841	260	614	421	95	6.1	.265
14	Kent Hrbek	1b	15	27	1978-17-432	MLB	143	477	85	136	20	1	34	90	5	2	84	60	0	12	0	5	13	.285	.389	.545	934	260	566	361	109	8.2	.263
32	Dan Gladden	lf-of	-	29	UDFA: 1979	MLB	121	438	69	109	21	2	8	38	25	9	38	72	3	2	1	2	8	.249	.312	.361	673	158	482	349	53	4.1	.281
7	Greg Gagne	ss	54	25	1979-5-129	MLB	137	437	68	116	28	7	10	40	6	6	25	84	4	0	10	2	3	.265	.310	.430	740	188	478	342	63	5.0	.307
4	Steve Lombardozzi	2b	86	27	1981-9-218	MLB	136	432	51	103	19	3	8	38	5	1	33	66	4	1	9	1	10	.238	.298	.352	650	152	479	350	48	3.7	.265
5	Roy Smalley	ss	-	34	1974-1-1	MLB	110	309	32	85	16	1	8	34	2	0	36	52	1	1	0	1	7	.275	.352	.411	763	127	347	232	48	5.6	.308
26	Al Newman	2b-ss	-	27	1981-1-12	MLB	110	307	44	68	15	5	0	29	15	11	34	27	0	0	7	1	5	.221	.298	.303	601	93	349	263	31	3.2	.242
25	Randy Bush	rf-of	-	28	1979-2-37	MLB	122	293	46	74	10	2	11	46	10	3	43	49	3	5	5	5	6	.253	.349	.413	762	121	349	238	47	5.4	.265
15	Tim Laudner	c	-	29	1979-3-63	MLB	113	288	30	55	7	1	16	43	1	0	23	80	1	0	3	2	4	.191	.252	.389	640	112	317	242	27	3.0	.201
27	Mark Davidson	rf-lf	-	26	1982-11-266	MLB	102	150	32	40	4	1	1	14	9	2	13	26	0	1	4	2	4	.267	.321	.327	648	49	169	122	16	3.6	.312
33	Sal Butera	c	-	34	UDFA: 1972	MLB	51	111	7	19	5	0	1	12	0	0	7	16	0	0	2	2	7	.171	.217	.243	460	27	122	103	3	0.8	.187
11	Tom Nieto	c	-	26	1981-3-60	MLB	41	105	7	21	7	1	1	12	0	0	8	24	3	0	5	0	1	.200	.276	.314	590	33	121	90	10	2.9	.250
18	Don Baylor	of	58	38	1967-2-39	MLB	20	49	3	14	1	0	0	6	0	1	5	12	4	0	0	0	3	.286	.397	.306	703	15	58	39	5	3.6	.378
12	Mark Salas	c	-	26	1979-18-448	MLB	22	45	8	17	2	0	3	9	0	1	5	6	0	1	0	1	0	.378	.431	.622	1054	28	51	30	12	11.0	.378
20	Billy Beane	of-rf	-	25	1980-1-23	MLB	12	15	1	4	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.267	.400	667	6	15	11	1	3.6	.444
2	Chris Pittaro	3b-2b	-	25	1982-6-152	MLB	14	12	6	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.385	.333	718	4	13	8	2	6.8	.333
Totals: (18 players)							162	5441	786	1422	258	35	196	733	113	65	523	898	38	45	47	39	128	.261	.328	.430	758	2338	6088	4298	814	5.1	.280

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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
28	Bert Blyleven	13	36	1969-3-55	MLB	15	12	4.01	37	37	8	1	0	0	267.0	249	132	119	46	101	196	13	0	1.31	8.39	1.55	3.40	6.61	0.52	.267	1.10
16	Frank Viola	8	27	1981-2-37	MLB	17	10	2.90	36	36	7	1	0	0	251.2	230	91	81	29	66	197	1	1	1.18	8.23	1.04	2.36	7.05	0.34	.276	0.79
17	Les Straker	-	27	UDFA: 1977	MLB	8	10	4.37	31	26	1	0	1	0	154.1	150	79	75	24	59	76	2	5	1.35	8.75	1.40	3.44	4.43	0.78	.261	0.97
40	Juan Berenguer	-	32	UDFA: 1975	MLB	8	1	3.94	47	6	0	0	13	4	112.0	100	51	49	10	47	110	6	0	1.31	8.04	0.80	3.78	8.84	0.43	.300	0.54
48	Mike Smithson	-	32	1976-5-118	MLB	4	7	5.94	21	20	0	0	0	0	109.0	126	76	72	17	38	53	4	2	1.50	10.40	1.40	3.14	4.38	0.72	.294	1.03
36	Joe Niekro	72	42	1966-7-84	MLB	4	9	6.26	19	18	0	0	0	0	96.1	115	76	67	11	45	54	13	0	1.66	10.74	1.03	4.20	5.04	0.83	.322	0.91
21	George Frazier	-	32	1976-9-196	MLB	5	5	4.98	54	0	0	0	26	2	81.1	77	49	45	9	51	58	6	1	1.57	8.52	1.00	5.64	6.42	0.88	.293	0.83
41	Jeff Reardon	25	31	UDFA: 1977	MLB	8	8	4.48	63	0	0	0	58	31	80.1	70	41	40	14	28	83	2	0	1.22	7.84	1.57	3.14	9.30	0.34	.273	0.40
22	Keith Atherton	58	28	1978-2-30	MLB	7	5	4.54	59	0	0	0	29	2	79.1	81	46	40	10	30	51	1	0	1.40	9.19	1.13	3.40	5.79	0.59	.286	0.59
36	Mark Portugal	-	24	UDFA: 1980	MLB	1	3	7.77	13	7	0	0	3	0	44.0	58	40	38	13	24	28	2	0	1.86	11.86	2.66	4.91	5.73	0.86	.328	1.48
31	Dan Schatzeder	-	32	1976-3-57	MLB	3	1	6.39	30	1	0	0	5	0	43.2	64	37	31	8	18	30	8	0	1.88	13.19	1.65	3.71	6.18	0.60	--	0.74
38	Steve Carlton	60	42	UDFA: 1963	MLB	1	5	6.70	9	7	0	0	2	0	43.0	54	35	32	7	23	20	2	1	1.79	11.30	1.47	4.81	4.19	1.15	--	0.70
46	Joe Klink	-	25	1983-36-801	MLB	0	1	6.65	12	0	0	0	5	0	23.0	37	18	17	4	11	17	1	0	2.09	14.48	1.57	4.30	6.65	0.65	.402	1.11
23	Roy Smith	-	25	1979-3-72	MLB	1	0	4.96	7	1	0	0	1	0	16.1	20	10	9	3	6	8	0	0	1.59	11.02	1.65	3.31	4.41	0.75	.298	0.63
49	Allan Anderson	-	23	1982-2-32	MLB	1	0	10.95	4	2	0	0	0	0	12.1	20	15	15	3	10	3	0	0	2.43	14.59	2.19	7.30	2.19	3.33	.378	1.44
30	Jeff Bittiger	-	25	1980-7-157	MLB	1	0	5.40	3	1	0	0	0	0	8.1	11	5	5	2	0	5	0	0	1.32	11.88	2.16	0.00	5.40	0.00	.321	0.75
19	Randy Niemann	-	31	1975-3-60	MLB	1	0	8.44	6	0	0	0	3	0	5.1	3	5	5	0	7	1	1	0	1.88	5.06	0.00	11.81	1.69	7.00	.167	0.36
Totals: (18 players)						85	77	4.67	162	162	16	2	146	39	1,427	1465	806	740	196	564	990	62	10	1.36	9.24	1.32	3.56	6.24	0.57	.320

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Tim Laudner	C	101		517	28	7	2	.987	0.00
Sal Butera	C	51		213	21	4	3	.983	0.00
Tom Nieto	C	40		210	17	1	5	.996	0.00
Mark Salas	C	14		86	3	1	0	.989	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Kent Hrbek	1B	137		1179	68	5	112	.996	0.00
Randy Bush	1B	9		57	4	2	4	.968	0.00
Tim Laudner	1B	7		30	1	0	3	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Steve Lombardozzi	2B	133		245	356	14	77	.977	0.00
Al Newman	2B	47		54	111	2	20	.988	0.00
Chris Pittaro	2B	8		10	6	0	3	1.000	0.00
Greg Gagne	2B	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Gary Gaetti	3B	150		134	261	11	28	.973	0.00
Roy Smalley	3B	14		7	10	3	0	.850	0.00
Al Newman	3B	12		4	11	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Greg Gagne	SS	136		194	391	18	75	.970	0.00
Al Newman	SS	55		62	103	3	24	.982	0.00
Roy Smalley	SS	4		2	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Kirby Puckett	OF	147		341	8	5	2	.986	0.00
Tom Brunansky	OF	138		273	10	3	1	.990	0.00
Dan Gladden	OF	111		223	9	3	2	.987	0.00
Mark Davidson	OF	86		102	3	0	0	1.000	0.00
Randy Bush	OF	75		107	1	2	0	.982	0.00
Billy Beane	OF	7		8	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Greg Gagne	OF	4		2	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Al Newman	OF	2		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Jeff Reardon	P	63	80	2	6	0	1	1.000	0.90
Keith Atherton	P	59	79	3	12	1	0	.937	1.71
George Frazier	P	54	81	2	8	1	0	.909	1.11
Juan Berenguer	P	47	112	5	7	1	0	.923	0.96
Bert Blyleven	P	37	267	17	43	4	3	.937	2.02
Frank Viola	P	36	251	6	34	3	1	.930	1.43
Les Straker	P	31	154	5	18	1	0	.958	1.34
Dan Schatzeder	P	30	43	2	5	0	0	1.000	1.46
Mike Smithson	P	21	109	6	11	0	1	1.000	1.40
Joe Niekro	P	19	96	6	11	1	1	.944	1.59
Mark Portugal	P	13	44	1	6	0	2	1.000	1.43
Joe Klink	P	12	23	0	2	0	1	1.000	0.78
Steve Carlton	P	9	43	1	8	0	1	1.000	1.88
Roy Smith	P	7	16	0	2	0	0	1.000	1.12
Randy Niemann	P	6	5	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.76
Allan Anderson	P	4	12	1	0	0	0	1.000	0.74
Jeff Bittiger	P	3	8	0	2	0	0	1.000	2.22
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Roy Smalley	DH	73						.000	0.00
Tom Brunansky	DH	17						.000	0.00
Don Baylor	DH	14						.000	0.00
Randy Bush	DH	9						.000	0.00
Mark Davidson	DH	9						.000	0.00
Kirby Puckett	DH	8						.000	0.00
Al Newman	DH	5						.000	0.00
Dan Gladden	DH	4						.000	0.00
Gary Gaetti	DH	2						.000	0.00
Tim Laudner	DH	2						.000	0.00
Chris Pittaro	DH	2						.000	0.00
Greg Gagne	DH	1						.000	0.00
Kent Hrbek	DH	1						.000	0.00
Tom Nieto	DH	1						.000	0.00

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