1987 Minnesota Twins
Record: 56-104
Finish: 4th in AL Central Division
Runs Scored: 542
Runs Allowed: 823
Exp W-L: 51-109
 
Ballpark: Metropolitan Stadium
Attendance: 1,067,965
Manager: Chris Kelsey

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 72-65, 3rd in the American League
AA: 59-78, 7th in the American League
A: 59-78, 7th 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
RF *Oddibe McDowell 24 154 602 74 148 29 2 21 80 15 9 46 97 .246 .300 .405 .705 70.3 8.7 4.0
CF  Kirby Puckett 26 151 562 55 140 41 1 5 61 2 3 22 84 .249 .278 .352 .630 47.1 3.0 4.1
SS  Julio Franco 28 136 506 55 160 36 1 5 45 12 1 43 58 .316 .371 .421 .792 76.3 16.0 4.7
2B  Barbaro Garbey 30 148 501 51 133 32 3 3 43 1 1 15 73 .265 .293 .359 .652 50.0 5.5 2.8
C *Dan Graham 32 134 450 40 92 13 0 12 46 0 0 31 93 .204 .255 .313 .568 32.3 0.0 4.0
3B  Jim Anderson 30 123 417 42 85 22 1 3 30 0 0 40 67 .204 .275 .283 .558 28.6 0.0 4.6
CF *Mike Easler 36 120 439 35 139 26 3 9 43 0 0 19 81 .317 .345 .451 .796 60.1 12.0 1.2
RF *Dane Iorg 37 114 399 26 92 28 0 0 37 0 0 29 105 .231 .282 .301 .583 30.3 0.6 2.2
1B *Mike Pagliarulo 27 135 387 25 85 14 1 6 42 2 0 28 90 .220 .276 .307 .583 33.3 0.7 2.1
3B #Spike Owen 26 111 377 44 85 28 3 4 22 6 3 42 26 .225 .303 .347 .651 38.4 3.7 1.5
2B #Bump Wills 34 104 267 25 65 8 3 1 14 6 3 37 62 .243 .342 .307 .649 28.8 3.1 0.5
SS  Ricky Adams 28 96 247 22 65 7 0 6 22 5 2 11 32 .263 .296 .364 .661 23.3 1.9 3.2
LF  Carmelo Martinez 26 81 210 20 41 10 1 5 20 0 0 24 55 .195 .280 .324 .603 20.1 1.3 0.2
C  Sal Butera 34 46 142 13 28 5 1 3 16 0 0 7 14 .197 .235 .310 .545 7.2 0.0 1.2
2B *Rod Booker 28 11 17 6 5 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 .294 .333 .412 .745 1.8 0.2 0.3
SS #Casey Candaele 26 5 6 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .167 .143 .167 .310 0.4 0.0 0.0
P  De Wayne Buice 29 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.5 1670 5530 536 1364 299 21 83 524 50 22 395 941 .247 .298 .353 .652 548.1 56.7 36.7
  Rank among 12 AL teams 8 12 11 7 12 11 12 9 1 12 11 11 11 12 12 12  
* - 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
 John Mitchell 21 10 12 .455 34 31 0 217.7 211 86 4 66 139 3.56 18.0
 Tim Crews 26 5 16 .238 34 30 2 186.0 191 71 15 35 112 3.44 14.8
 Jay Tibbs 25 6 11 .353 35 20 0 162.3 166 71 12 62 70 3.94 11.5
*Bill Wilkinson 22 5 16 .238 31 24 0 145.3 159 89 13 65 116 5.51 3.1
 Wes Gardner 26 6 14 .300 45 21 0 137.0 156 92 16 55 76 6.04 1.6
 Bill Mooneyham 26 5 6 .455 42 15 3 123.0 122 77 7 85 80 5.63 3.4
 Ken Dixon 26 2 7 .222 43 2 0 100.0 133 53 11 59 62 4.77 2.7
*Rick Jones 32 3 1 .750 42 2 1 99.0 110 44 10 29 44 4.00 7.4
*Balor Moore 36 5 8 .385 35 13 1 97.7 100 61 17 43 84 5.62 2.0
 Mike Smithson 32 5 6 .455 54 2 2 89.0 127 73 20 29 53 7.38 0.0
 De Wayne Buice 29 4 7 .364 55 0 26 66.7 64 26 11 25 55 3.51 10.1
Team Totals 27.4 56 104 .350 450 160 35 1423.6 1539 743 136 553 891 4.70 74.6
Rank among 12 AL teams 12 12 12 12 10 11 8 12 10 6 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 34.1
D.Graham 1074.0 122 124 703 45 5 0 .993 20.0
S.Butera 349.7 38 45 231 16 3 0 .988 32.4
Team Total 1423.7 160 169 934 61 8 0 .992 22.6
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.40
M.Pagliarulo 808.0 94 101 895 51 10 63 .990 10.54
K.Puckett 441.7 51 53 509 40 3 41 .995 11.19
D.Iorg 118.7 12 17 124 13 0 12 1.000 10.39
C.Martinez 17.3 2 4 19 2 0 2 1.000 10.91
B.Garbey 17.0 1 6 17 1 0 2 1.000 9.53
J.Franco 14.0 0 4 22 0 0 0 1.000 14.14
M.Easler 7.0 0 4 9 0 0 0 1.000 11.57
Team Total 1423.7 160 189 1595 107 13 120 .992 10.76
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 5.79
S.Owen 891.0 107 108 179 349 12 63 .978 5.33
B.Wills 350.7 35 59 74 130 6 24 .971 5.24
B.Garbey 133.0 13 17 31 43 4 12 .949 5.01
J.Franco 21.0 2 4 4 9 0 1 1.000 5.57
J.Anderson 10.0 1 1 1 2 0 0 1.000 2.70
M.Pagliarulo 9.0 1 1 2 3 2 0 .714 5.00
R.Booker 8.0 1 1 2 4 0 0 1.000 6.75
R.Adams 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1423.7 160 192 293 541 24 100 .972 5.27
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .957 2.65
J.Anderson 795.7 92 98 57 191 15 14 .943 2.81
R.Adams 495.7 60 64 28 129 3 7 .981 2.85
M.Pagliarulo 57.3 1 25 3 9 1 0 .923 1.88
B.Garbey 38.0 4 6 1 8 2 0 .818 2.13
R.Booker 27.0 3 5 2 4 0 0 1.000 2.00
S.Owen 8.0 0 4 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.38
R.Jones 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Graham 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1423.7 160 204 92 343 21 21 .954 2.75
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 5.16
J.Franco 1083.3 125 127 144 417 16 64 .972 4.66
J.Anderson 159.3 18 19 29 67 3 10 .970 5.42
R.Adams 98.3 9 15 6 48 4 5 .931 4.94
O.McDowell 69.7 7 9 11 26 2 7 .949 4.78
R.Booker 10.0 1 2 3 7 0 2 1.000 9.00
C.Candaele 3.0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.00
Team Total 1423.7 160 173 194 566 25 88 .968 4.80
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 1.86
B.Garbey 979.0 115 118 210 10 1 3 .995 2.02
M.Easler 324.7 38 41 75 0 2 0 .974 2.08
C.Martinez 76.0 4 21 14 1 1 0 .938 1.78
D.Iorg 38.0 3 9 10 1 0 0 1.000 2.61
K.Puckett 3.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
C.Candaele 3.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1423.7 160 192 311 12 4 3 .988 2.04
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 2.50
K.Puckett 811.7 93 93 239 4 1 2 .996 2.69
O.McDowell 530.3 58 60 145 3 2 1 .987 2.51
M.Easler 69.7 8 8 17 0 0 0 1.000 2.20
C.Candaele 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Iorg 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1423.7 160 163 401 7 3 3 .993 2.58
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 2.02
O.McDowell 712.0 81 83 183 2 8 0 .959 2.34
D.Iorg 557.7 62 63 143 5 1 0 .993 2.39
M.Easler 77.0 9 10 19 0 0 0 1.000 2.22
D.Graham 54.0 7 9 13 0 0 0 1.000 2.17
K.Puckett 12.0 1 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
M.Pagliarulo 5.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
R.Adams 4.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Anderson 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1423.7 160 172 359 7 9 0 .976 2.31
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 2.04
J.Mitchell 217.7 31 34 16 31 2 4 .959 1.94
T.Crews 186.0 30 34 16 27 2 2 .956 2.08
J.Tibbs 162.3 20 35 6 27 2 2 .943 1.83
B.Wilkinson 145.3 24 31 5 26 0 0 1.000 1.92
W.Gardner 137.0 21 45 3 25 0 0 1.000 1.84
B.Mooneyham 123.0 15 42 12 8 0 1 1.000 1.46
K.Dixon 100.0 2 43 7 19 0 4 1.000 2.34
R.Jones 99.0 2 42 3 20 0 4 1.000 2.09
B.Moore 97.7 13 35 6 12 0 1 1.000 1.66
M.Smithson 89.0 2 54 10 17 1 0 .964 2.73
D.Buice 66.7 0 55 2 9 0 2 1.000 1.49
Team Total 1423.6 160 450 86 221 7 20 .978 1.94
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Franco .316
On-Base Pct Franco .371
Slugging Pct Franco .421
OPS Franco .792
XR Franco 76.3
Games McDowell 154
At-Bats McDowell 602
Runs McDowell 74
Hits Franco 160
Total Bases McDowell 244
Singles Franco 118
Doubles Puckett 41
Triples Easler, Garbey, Owen, Wills 3
Homeruns McDowell 21
RBIs McDowell 80
Stolen Bases McDowell 15
Caught Stealing McDowell 9
Walks McDowell 46
Strikeouts Iorg 105
ERA Crews 3.44
Wins Mitchell 10
Losses Crews, Wilkinson 16
Winning Pct Mitchell .455
Saves Buice 26
Games Pitched Buice 55
Games Started Mitchell 31
Complete Games Tibbs 3
Shutouts Mitchell, Tibbs 1
Innings Pitched Mitchell 217.7
Hits Allowed Mitchell 211
Homeruns Allowed Smithson 20
Strikeouts Mitchell 139
Walks Allowed Mooneyham 85
Walks per 9IP Crews 1.7
Hits per 9IP Mitchell 8.7
Strikeouts per 9IP Mitchell 5.7
WHiP Crews 1.22
OAVG Mitchell .250
OOBP Crews .294
OSLG Mitchell .344
OOPS Mitchell .651
Team All-Stars
No players selected to All-Star Team
Player Salaries
Julio Franco $ 2,928,571
Jim Anderson $ 820,000
Wes Gardner $ 591,429
Mike Smithson $ 421,429
Sal Butera $ 350,000
Ricky Adams $ 350,000
Dane Iorg $ 350,000
Rick Jones $ 350,000
Mike Pagliarulo $ 300,000
Jay Tibbs $ 300,000
Rod Booker $ 300,000
De Wayne Buice $ 300,000
Kirby Puckett $ 300,000
Casey Candaele $ 300,000
Dan Graham $ 300,000
Ken Dixon $ 300,000
Oddibe McDowell $ 300,000
Barbaro Garbey $ 300,000
Spike Owen $ 300,000
Bill Mooneyham $ 300,000
Bill Wilkinson $ 300,000
John Mitchell $ 300,000
Carmelo Martinez $ 300,000
Tim Crews $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/2 Traded John Denny Tampa Bay Balor Moore
Wes Gardner
Jay Tibbs
Craig Shipley
4/3 Signed     Bump Wills
4/3 Signed     Mike Easler
10/3 Released Rick Langford    
10/3 Released Bump Wills    
10/3 Released Mike Easler    
10/31 Released Balor Moore