1977 Minnesota Twins
Record: 70-90
Finish: 2nd in AL Central Division
Runs Scored: 689
Runs Allowed: 836
Exp W-L: 66-94
 
Ballpark: Metropolitan Stadium
Attendance: 982,991
Manager: Gene Mauch

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 66-71, 7th in the American League
AA: 70-67, 4th in the American League
A: 87-50, 2nd in the American League
 
 
 
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
1B  Lamar Johnson 26 152 584 68 166 25 6 7 71 1 1 45 58 .284 .336 .384 .720 73.6 10.8 0.0
CF  Jim Rice 24 156 583 74 164 28 5 14 68 5 6 41 92 .281 .331 .419 .750 75.4 11.2 2.1
SS *John Donaldson 34 153 573 60 151 20 4 4 54 22 16 39 57 .264 .312 .333 .645 56.3 4.4 5.4
3B  Ron Cash 27 153 600 52 188 25 1 5 76 0 2 14 80 .313 .327 .383 .710 68.6 10.0 6.0
CF #Jerry Mumphrey 24 144 553 72 173 33 9 6 60 19 19 50 50 .313 .368 .438 .806 78.7 13.6 3.4
SS *Denny Doyle 33 146 559 69 159 29 5 4 67 11 10 32 75 .284 .324 .376 .700 62.8 8.3 5.6
C  Barry Foote 25 136 496 72 142 39 1 12 61 2 0 40 69 .286 .338 .442 .780 70.4 11.7 7.3
CF *Mike Easler 26 122 443 67 130 25 1 19 68 0 1 39 70 .293 .352 .483 .835 71.6 13.3 1.9
3B  Ray Knight 24 118 394 37 98 25 1 5 28 0 2 16 48 .249 .281 .355 .637 33.5 1.1 1.7
SS  Jose Cardenal 33 109 314 48 90 24 3 4 37 18 6 15 28 .287 .318 .420 .739 37.3 5.0 1.9
LF  Jack Clark 21 73 218 36 49 16 0 8 26 1 0 44 38 .225 .355 .408 .763 33.0 4.9 0.8
C #Ted Simmons 27 58 158 15 42 12 0 4 19 0 0 8 11 .266 .305 .418 .723 17.0 1.9 2.0
CF *Matty Alou 38 47 94 6 24 3 1 0 6 6 4 4 19 .255 .283 .309 .591 7.6 0.0 0.4
RF *Larry Stahl 36 43 83 10 30 5 0 0 11 2 3 3 13 .361 .384 .422 .805 10.6 1.8 0.4
C  Vic Correll 31 14 23 3 9 0 0 1 6 0 0 2 2 .391 .440 .522 .962 4.5 1.2 0.2
  Team Totals 28.6 1624 5675 689 1615 309 37 93 658 87 70 392 710 .285 .331 .401 .732 700.9 99.4 39.0
  Rank among 12 AL teams 1 7 1 1 3 9 7 8 8 12 5 1 6 5 5 5  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Charlie Hough 29 19 12 .613 35 35 0 285.0 263 115 23 119 166 3.63 24.0
 John Verhoeven 23 13 15 .464 36 36 0 248.3 272 125 22 49 94 4.53 15.2
 Rick Langford 25 9 16 .360 31 31 0 247.7 289 148 27 87 73 5.38 8.2
 Fred Lasher 35 6 14 .300 32 32 0 187.7 208 110 13 123 107 5.28 5.7
 Jesse Jefferson 28 6 11 .353 29 17 1 138.0 129 94 9 116 71 6.13 1.8
 Don Wilson 32 10 9 .526 59 0 15 81.0 92 39 12 30 38 4.33 8.9
 John D'Acquisto 25 2 5 .286 33 0 1 68.3 71 46 11 45 38 6.06 0.9
 Jim York 29 4 5 .444 9 9 0 66.7 52 36 4 28 52 4.86 3.6
 Fergie Jenkins 34 0 2 .000 15 0 1 36.3 46 23 4 11 25 5.70 0.7
 Bob Forsch 27 1 1 .500 14 0 0 26.7 42 22 1 12 9 7.43 0.0
 Vicente Romo 34 0 0 .000 14 0 1 20.0 22 8 1 10 10 3.60 1.8
 Bill Parsons 28 0 0 .000 11 0 0 19.3 24 12 3 9 3 5.59 0.5
 Eddie Solomon 26 0 0 .000 2 0 0 2.7 3 1 0 1 2 3.38 0.2
Team Totals 28.8 70 90 .438 320 160 19 1427.6 1513 779 130 640 688 4.91 71.6
Rank among 12 AL teams 7 7 11 8 10 11 9 12 10 10 12  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .989 33.0
B.Foote 1154.7 128 132 582 65 6 1 .991 34.3
T.Simmons 235.0 28 28 114 15 0 0 1.000 50.0
V.Correll 38.0 4 5 26 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1427.7 160 165 722 80 6 1 .993 35.9
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .994 11.54
R.Knight 984.0 116 118 1231 93 5 131 .996 12.11
J.Clark 214.0 24 27 320 13 1 24 .997 14.00
T.Simmons 117.0 14 15 127 12 1 13 .993 10.69
J.Cardenal 71.0 6 13 93 11 0 10 1.000 13.18
L.Johnson 18.3 0 7 19 0 3 2 .864 9.33
L.Stahl 12.3 0 9 11 0 0 2 1.000 8.03
M.Alou 7.0 0 4 9 1 0 0 1.000 12.86
J.Donaldson 4.0 0 2 4 1 0 2 1.000 11.25
Team Total 1427.7 160 195 1814 131 10 184 .995 12.26
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 5.95
D.Doyle 1266.3 143 145 318 570 15 134 .983 6.31
J.Cardenal 148.3 16 23 34 66 0 13 1.000 6.07
J.Donaldson 11.0 1 2 3 5 0 2 1.000 6.55
M.Alou 2.0 0 1 0 3 0 1 1.000 13.50
Team Total 1427.7 160 171 355 644 15 150 .985 6.30
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .964 2.95
R.Cash 1283.0 148 150 77 386 7 37 .985 3.25
J.Cardenal 113.0 12 19 7 27 1 2 .971 2.71
T.Simmons 26.7 0 12 2 11 0 0 1.000 4.39
R.Knight 2.0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
J.Donaldson 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
L.Stahl 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1427.7 160 184 87 425 8 39 .985 3.23
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 5.26
J.Donaldson 1284.7 147 148 230 576 17 128 .979 5.65
J.Cardenal 133.0 13 22 29 48 1 9 .987 5.21
B.Foote 5.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Rice 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
L.Stahl 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
T.Simmons 1.0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 18.00
Team Total 1427.7 160 174 260 625 18 137 .980 5.58
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 1.98
J.Rice 1265.3 146 149 235 7 11 3 .957 1.72
L.Stahl 115.0 13 16 24 2 1 0 .963 2.03
M.Alou 22.7 1 7 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.59
J.Clark 17.0 0 10 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.53
M.Easler 4.3 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.08
J.Mumphrey 3.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1427.7 160 185 265 9 12 3 .958 1.73
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 2.59
J.Mumphrey 1224.7 140 140 340 3 4 3 .988 2.52
M.Alou 87.0 11 12 21 2 2 0 .920 2.38
J.Cardenal 68.7 7 9 13 1 0 0 1.000 1.84
M.Easler 21.0 1 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.14
J.Rice 17.3 1 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.04
L.Stahl 9.0 0 3 3 1 0 1 1.000 4.00
Team Total 1427.7 160 173 384 7 6 4 .985 2.46
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 2.01
M.Easler 946.3 111 113 196 0 0 0 1.000 1.86
J.Clark 266.7 29 31 41 3 1 0 .978 1.49
M.Alou 112.3 13 15 18 1 3 1 .864 1.52
L.Stahl 28.3 1 7 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.59
R.Cash 26.0 3 3 13 1 0 0 1.000 4.85
J.Rice 19.0 1 5 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.84
J.Cardenal 17.0 1 5 3 1 0 0 1.000 2.12
J.Mumphrey 12.0 1 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
Team Total 1427.7 160 183 284 6 4 1 .986 1.83
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 2.00
C.Hough 285.0 35 35 18 50 2 4 .971 2.15
J.Verhoeven 248.3 36 36 24 44 0 2 1.000 2.46
R.Langford 247.7 31 31 25 58 2 7 .976 3.02
F.Lasher 187.7 32 32 11 32 1 2 .977 2.06
J.Jefferson 138.0 17 29 6 24 0 2 1.000 1.96
D.Wilson 81.0 0 59 5 22 2 0 .931 3.00
J.D'Acquisto 68.3 0 33 2 6 0 0 1.000 1.05
J.York 66.7 9 9 3 7 0 0 1.000 1.35
F.Jenkins 36.3 0 15 3 3 0 0 1.000 1.49
B.Forsch 26.7 0 14 1 5 1 0 .857 2.03
V.Romo 20.0 0 14 1 4 0 0 1.000 2.25
B.Parsons 19.3 0 11 2 3 0 2 1.000 2.33
E.Solomon 2.7 0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.77
Team Total 1427.6 160 320 102 259 8 19 .978 2.28
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Cash .313
On-Base Pct Mumphrey .368
Slugging Pct Easler .469
OPS Easler .812
XR Mumphrey 78.7
Games Rice 156
At-Bats Cash 600
Runs Rice 74
Hits Cash 188
Total Bases Rice 244
Singles Cash 157
Doubles Foote 39
Triples Mumphrey 9
Homeruns Easler 19
RBIs Cash 76
Stolen Bases Donaldson 22
Caught Stealing Mumphrey 19
Walks Mumphrey 50
Strikeouts Rice 92
ERA Hough 3.63
Wins Hough 19
Losses Langford 16
Winning Pct Hough .613
Saves Wilson 15
Games Pitched Wilson 59
Games Started Verhoeven 36
Complete Games Hough 15
Shutouts Hough, Langford, Verhoeven 1
Innings Pitched Hough 285.0
Hits Allowed Langford 289
Homeruns Allowed Langford 27
Strikeouts Hough 166
Walks Allowed Lasher 123
Walks per 9IP Verhoeven 1.8
Hits per 9IP Hough 8.3
Strikeouts per 9IP Hough 5.2
WHiP Verhoeven 1.29
OAVG Hough .246
OOBP Verhoeven .313
OSLG Hough .368
OOPS Hough .690
Team All-Stars
Denny Doyle
Charlie Hough
Player Salaries
Jim York $ 4,700,000
Fred Lasher $ 3,000,000
Jose Cardenal $ 2,500,000
Charlie Hough $ 1,757,143
Larry Stahl $ 800,000
Don Wilson $ 750,000
John Donaldson $ 750,000
Denny Doyle $ 571,429
Matty Alou $ 540,000
Fergie Jenkins $ 430,000
Bill Parsons $ 350,000
Mike Ferraro $ 350,000
Carl Morton $ 350,000
John Strohmayer $ 350,000
Bill Voss $ 350,000
Ted Simmons $ 350,000
Joe Sparma $ 330,000
Mike Easler $ 300,000
Vic Correll $ 300,000
Rick Langford $ 300,000
Jack Clark $ 300,000
Ron Cash $ 300,000
John D'Acquisto $ 300,000
Barry Foote $ 300,000
Bob Forsch $ 300,000
Jesse Jefferson $ 300,000
Ray Knight $ 300,000
Jerry Mumphrey $ 300,000
Jim Rice $ 300,000
Vicente Romo $ 300,000
Eddie Solomon $ 300,000
John Verhoeven $ 300,000
Lamar Johnson $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
7/31 Traded Ted Ford Boston (N) Jim York