1976 Minnesota Twins
Record: 74-88
Finish: 3rd in AL Players Division Division
Runs Scored: 723
Runs Allowed: 778
Exp W-L: 76-86
 
Ballpark: Metropolitan Stadium
Attendance: 1,041,478
Manager: Gene Mauch

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 79-58, 1st in the American League
AA: 79-58, 2nd in the American League
A: 73-64, 3rd 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
CF #Jerry Mumphrey 23 156 606 84 182 31 5 10 56 16 9 46 57 .300 .349 .417 .766 82.0 14.8 4.4
3B  Jim Ray Hart 34 157 600 82 170 27 1 19 84 6 4 43 108 .283 .332 .427 .759 80.0 12.6 0.2
CF *Mike Easler 25 156 567 81 155 31 4 19 77 1 3 65 97 .273 .349 .443 .791 84.3 15.9 3.4
3B  Ron Cash 26 159 583 51 177 25 4 1 61 1 2 20 81 .304 .326 .365 .692 60.4 8.6 6.7
1B  Lamar Johnson 25 155 544 82 156 36 4 13 94 4 1 40 46 .287 .334 .439 .773 72.5 12.2 1.6
SS  Jose Cardenal 32 157 547 60 141 30 4 6 68 21 6 37 67 .258 .303 .360 .663 59.4 7.4 5.6
SS *John Donaldson 33 150 527 59 146 27 3 1 44 23 17 49 75 .277 .340 .345 .685 58.3 7.6 4.2
C  Barry Foote 24 135 471 64 113 35 6 13 82 0 2 44 84 .240 .303 .423 .725 61.2 8.7 8.6
CF *Matty Alou 37 134 471 46 125 19 0 0 39 15 11 18 72 .265 .295 .306 .601 39.7 2.5 2.5
SS *Denny Doyle 32 106 175 34 55 12 2 1 29 4 3 14 23 .314 .365 .423 .787 24.5 4.5 0.9
RF *Larry Stahl 35 81 157 25 43 9 0 1 16 3 1 11 32 .274 .320 .350 .670 16.5 1.9 1.1
3B #Pete Rose 35 76 152 14 38 7 0 0 13 2 0 10 34 .250 .301 .296 .597 13.4 1.2 1.0
C  Vic Correll 30 58 134 18 37 6 0 3 24 0 0 9 25 .276 .322 .388 .710 15.3 2.2 1.5
CF  Jim Rice 23 25 94 11 29 4 1 2 11 1 2 6 16 .309 .363 .436 .799 13.3 2.5 0.5
3B  Mike Ferraro 31 32 64 12 25 9 1 0 5 0 0 4 11 .391 .426 .563 .989 12.0 3.3 0.8
LF  Benny Ayala 25 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000 0.7 0.3 0.0
  Team Totals 29.4 1738 5693 723 1593 309 35 89 703 97 61 416 828 .280 .329 .393 .722 693.5 106.2 42.9
  Rank among 10 AL teams 1 5 1 1 6 9 5 6 8 10 6 1 6 5 6 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 28 13 13 .500 34 34 0 261.3 257 127 15 142 147 4.37 13.3
 Bill Parsons 27 8 20 .286 34 34 0 241.7 250 136 37 114 110 5.06 6.8
*Jim Burton 26 11 12 .478 33 33 0 238.7 197 81 31 71 132 3.05 20.0
 Fred Lasher 34 10 17 .370 36 36 0 211.0 215 131 18 126 140 5.59 3.3
 Ken Sanders 34 6 9 .400 22 22 0 137.7 169 89 15 60 51 5.82 2.0
 Don Wilson 31 6 6 .500 44 0 7 96.7 112 51 6 32 47 4.75 5.5
*Tony Pierce 30 8 4 .667 46 0 10 63.7 58 19 3 23 30 2.69 9.9
 Bob Forsch 26 3 0 1.000 26 0 1 56.3 64 29 4 27 9 4.63 3.1
 Fergie Jenkins 33 4 4 .500 14 3 2 32.3 30 21 5 11 19 5.85 1.4
 Vicente Romo 33 2 1 .667 14 0 1 32.0 31 12 1 18 9 3.38 2.9
 Ron Klimkowski 32 1 0 1.000 13 0 0 31.3 38 9 0 5 12 2.59 2.8
 John Verhoeven 22 2 2 .500 10 0 2 20.7 16 10 4 4 9 4.36 1.7
 Joe Sparma 34 0 0 .000 14 0 0 17.0 23 18 2 16 11 9.53 0.0
Team Totals 30.0 74 88 .457 340 162 23 1440.3 1460 733 141 649 726 4.58 72.8
Rank among 10 AL teams 6 6 7 7 8 4 6 7 9 9 8  
* - 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 31.7
B.Foote 1174.3 131 135 633 79 5 1 .993 40.3
V.Correll 266.0 31 34 123 12 2 0 .985 25.0
Team Total 1440.3 162 169 756 91 7 1 .992 37.7
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.45
L.Johnson 1297.0 150 155 1521 111 17 180 .990 11.32
P.Rose 110.7 12 19 125 13 1 9 .993 11.22
J.Donaldson 17.0 0 9 19 1 1 2 .952 10.59
M.Alou 7.0 0 4 7 1 0 1 1.000 10.29
L.Stahl 4.7 0 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 7.73
J.Cardenal 4.0 0 2 6 0 0 1 1.000 13.50
Team Total 1440.3 162 192 1682 126 19 193 .990 11.30
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 5.79
J.Donaldson 1125.3 136 136 297 478 21 126 .974 6.20
D.Doyle 292.0 25 56 75 102 4 31 .978 5.46
P.Rose 18.0 1 8 6 8 1 1 .933 7.00
J.Cardenal 3.0 0 1 1 2 0 1 1.000 9.00
M.Ferraro 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1440.3 162 202 379 591 26 159 .974 6.06
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .958 2.84
R.Cash 1293.3 153 154 92 358 7 42 .985 3.13
P.Rose 111.3 9 27 9 33 1 4 .977 3.40
J.Donaldson 21.0 0 11 0 7 1 0 .875 3.00
J.Hart 7.0 0 3 1 5 1 0 .857 7.71
M.Ferraro 5.7 0 3 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.18
J.Cardenal 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1440.3 162 199 103 405 10 46 .981 3.17
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 5.18
J.Cardenal 1289.3 149 150 204 517 16 110 .978 5.03
M.Ferraro 146.0 13 26 23 64 1 18 .989 5.36
J.Hart 3.0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1.000 9.00
J.Donaldson 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1440.3 162 178 228 583 17 128 .979 5.07
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 1.94
M.Alou 1049.0 128 129 226 9 4 2 .983 2.02
J.Rice 208.7 24 25 49 0 0 0 1.000 2.11
L.Stahl 132.0 10 33 30 3 1 0 .971 2.25
M.Easler 10.0 0 6 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.70
P.Rose 10.0 0 5 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.70
J.Donaldson 8.7 0 5 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.16
J.Mumphrey 6.0 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
J.Hart 5.0 0 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60
D.Doyle 5.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
R.Cash 4.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
L.Johnson 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1440.3 162 215 321 12 5 2 .985 2.08
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 2.43
J.Mumphrey 1322.3 150 153 382 4 4 3 .990 2.63
L.Stahl 107.0 12 15 21 0 0 0 1.000 1.77
M.Easler 8.0 0 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38
J.Cardenal 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Donaldson 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1440.3 162 172 407 4 4 3 .990 2.57
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 1.98
M.Easler 1269.0 147 147 304 1 1 0 .997 2.16
L.Stahl 140.0 14 24 35 3 0 1 1.000 2.44
P.Rose 11.0 1 4 5 0 0 0 1.000 4.09
J.Mumphrey 8.0 0 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38
R.Cash 6.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
V.Correll 2.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Doyle 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
M.Alou 1.7 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 5.42
Team Total 1440.3 162 181 350 4 1 1 .997 2.21
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 1.98
C.Hough 261.3 34 34 14 38 2 4 .963 1.79
B.Parsons 241.7 34 34 16 38 2 4 .964 2.01
J.Burton 238.7 33 33 15 35 2 2 .962 1.89
F.Lasher 211.0 36 36 11 29 1 1 .976 1.71
K.Sanders 137.7 22 22 12 16 0 1 1.000 1.83
D.Wilson 96.7 0 44 7 21 0 0 1.000 2.61
T.Pierce 63.7 0 46 2 12 0 0 1.000 1.98
B.Forsch 56.3 0 26 5 16 0 3 1.000 3.36
F.Jenkins 32.3 3 14 4 5 0 0 1.000 2.51
V.Romo 32.0 0 14 0 4 0 0 1.000 1.13
R.Klimkowski 31.3 0 13 3 8 0 0 1.000 3.16
J.Verhoeven 20.7 0 10 1 6 0 1 1.000 3.05
J.Sparma 17.0 0 14 0 1 1 0 .500 0.53
Team Total 1440.3 162 340 90 229 8 16 .976 1.99
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Cash .304
On-Base Pct Mumphrey .349
Slugging Pct Easler .443
OPS Easler .791
XR Easler 84.3
Games Cash 159
At-Bats Mumphrey 606
Runs Mumphrey 84
Hits Mumphrey 182
Total Bases Hart 256
Singles Cash 147
Doubles Johnson 36
Triples Foote 6
Homeruns Easler, Hart 19
RBIs Johnson 94
Stolen Bases Donaldson 23
Caught Stealing Donaldson 17
Walks Easler 65
Strikeouts Hart 108
ERA Burton 3.05
Wins Hough 13
Losses Parsons 20
Winning Pct Hough .500
Saves Pierce 10
Games Pitched Pierce 46
Games Started Lasher 36
Complete Games Hough 14
Shutouts Burton 2
Innings Pitched Hough 261.3
Hits Allowed Hough 257
Homeruns Allowed Parsons 37
Strikeouts Hough 147
Walks Allowed Hough 142
Walks per 9IP Burton 2.7
Hits per 9IP Burton 7.4
Strikeouts per 9IP Lasher 6.0
WHiP Burton 1.12
OAVG Burton .224
OOBP Burton .285
OSLG Hough .367
OOPS Burton .653
Team All-Stars
Mike Easler
Tony Pierce
Player Salaries
Jim Ray Hart $ 6,500,000
Fred Lasher $ 3,000,000
Jose Cardenal $ 2,500,000
Pete Rose $ 2,000,000
Len Gabrielson $ 1,750,000
Rick Joseph $ 850,000
Larry Stahl $ 800,000
John Donaldson $ 750,000
Don Wilson $ 750,000
Tony Pierce $ 675,000
Ken Sanders $ 650,000
Matty Alou $ 540,000
Vicente Romo $ 500,000
Fergie Jenkins $ 430,000
Ron Klimkowski $ 350,000
Mike Ferraro $ 350,000
John Strohmayer $ 350,000
Bill Voss $ 350,000
Ted Simmons $ 350,000
Carl Morton $ 350,000
Joe Sparma $ 330,000
Benny Ayala $ 300,000
Jim Burton $ 300,000
Ron Cash $ 300,000
Vic Correll $ 300,000
John Verhoeven $ 300,000
Denny Doyle $ 300,000
Lamar Johnson $ 300,000
Barry Foote $ 300,000
Bob Forsch $ 300,000
Charlie Hough $ 300,000
Jim Rice $ 300,000
Bill Parsons $ 300,000
Jerry Mumphrey $ 300,000
Mike Easler $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/2 Signed     John Donaldson
2/3 Signed     Jose Cardenal
2/3 Signed     Tony Pierce
2/6 Signed     Pete Rose
2/7 Traded Tom Matchick
$6,000,000
San Diego Jim Ray Hart
2/7 Signed     Larry Stahl
2/21 Traded Lou Camilli New York (N) Charlie Hough
Eddie Solomon