1988 Minnesota Twins
Record: 90-70
Finish: 2nd in AL Central Division
Runs Scored: 792
Runs Allowed: 699
Exp W-L: 89-71
 
Ballpark: Metropolitan Stadium
Attendance: 1,591,767
Manager: Chris Kelsey

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 63-74, 6th in the American League
AA: 55-82, 12th in the American League
A: 60-77, 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
1B  Mark McGwire 24 154 553 96 140 18 3 47 110 2 0 106 152 .253 .380 .552 .932 114.5 24.9 3.0
3B #Ken Caminiti 25 153 593 86 182 34 2 11 81 0 1 50 94 .307 .359 .427 .786 87.7 17.5 4.4
SS  Julio Franco 29 153 595 81 159 29 4 10 54 3 1 48 95 .267 .322 .380 .702 70.8 11.1 5.4
2B #Rodney Scott 34 151 532 69 139 14 3 9 53 11 5 60 71 .261 .337 .350 .686 62.4 8.8 2.9
CF  Tony Armas 34 141 550 80 171 30 11 15 88 1 0 25 120 .311 .341 .487 .829 79.8 16.5 4.7
1B *Cecil Cooper 38 139 510 71 146 21 1 15 78 3 1 22 73 .286 .314 .420 .734 62.8 10.0 0.0
RF *Oddibe McDowell 25 149 475 65 123 27 1 21 80 4 7 36 88 .259 .309 .453 .762 63.0 9.8 3.7
LF #Tim Raines 28 103 387 70 130 30 8 7 45 37 18 59 54 .336 .425 .509 .934 77.1 18.9 2.5
C #Alan Ashby 36 122 404 40 97 17 1 8 46 0 0 27 94 .240 .284 .347 .630 39.9 3.5 6.5
CF  Kirby Puckett 27 115 374 53 98 15 3 9 55 0 1 19 48 .262 .304 .390 .694 41.4 5.6 2.6
3B  Kevin Seitzer 26 95 266 37 79 24 1 1 32 2 2 31 36 .297 .367 .406 .773 36.1 6.7 1.5
C  Ron Pruitt 36 60 197 14 49 7 0 0 25 1 0 8 36 .249 .275 .284 .560 13.9 0.2 3.1
2B  Barbaro Garbey 31 54 116 16 34 12 0 0 11 0 0 2 15 .293 .311 .397 .707 10.2 1.4 0.6
SS  Craig Shipley 25 45 107 12 24 9 0 2 8 1 0 5 12 .224 .263 .364 .628 9.0 0.4 0.9
SS #Casey Candaele 27 10 3 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 1.000 1.667 1.1 0.3 0.1
  Team Totals 29.7 1644 5662 792 1573 288 38 155 767 65 36 498 988 .278 .337 .424 .761 769.9 135.4 41.7
  Rank among 12 AL teams 1 5 1 8 5 3 5 8 4 6 9 2 3 4 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
*Randy Johnson 24 15 8 .652 35 35 0 242.7 163 70 11 126 238 2.60 22.2
 John Mitchell 22 9 9 .500 34 34 0 213.7 225 106 8 82 123 4.47 8.3
 Scott Service 21 8 8 .500 49 18 1 133.0 129 63 7 53 94 4.26 7.5
 Tim Crews 27 11 3 .786 22 22 0 133.0 111 43 9 39 64 2.91 11.7
 Dave Beard 28 6 7 .462 23 23 0 129.0 116 63 16 53 136 4.40 5.9
*Bill Wilkinson 23 9 3 .750 20 20 0 116.3 102 45 10 41 92 3.48 8.5
 Bill Mooneyham 27 4 7 .364 67 0 2 88.7 77 51 3 86 52 5.18 2.7
*Rick Jones 33 3 3 .500 33 0 1 84.0 92 37 8 19 43 3.96 4.3
 Tom Hume 35 2 8 .200 61 0 33 64.3 69 19 4 23 33 2.66 9.3
 De Wayne Buice 30 10 4 .714 45 0 7 63.3 53 25 4 20 39 3.55 7.9
 Tom Niedenfuer 28 4 1 .800 25 0 0 55.0 52 34 4 26 27 5.56 1.6
 Jay Tibbs 26 2 2 .500 24 0 1 51.7 66 37 5 27 28 6.45 0.0
 Dave Tobik 35 4 4 .500 17 8 0 41.0 44 24 5 21 38 5.27 1.3
*Sherman Corbett 25 2 2 .500 19 0 0 19.0 18 8 1 7 14 3.79 1.5
 Wes Gardner 27 1 1 .500 10 0 1 11.7 17 8 3 4 6 6.17 0.0
Team Totals 27.4 90 70 .563 484 160 46 1446.3 1334 633 98 627 1027 3.94 92.8
Rank among 12 AL teams 5 5 8 5 2 2 2 6 11 3 6  
* - 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 .990 30.3
A.Ashby 987.3 109 116 728 50 7 0 .991 29.7
R.Pruitt 459.0 51 57 336 28 5 1 .986 38.9
Team Total 1446.3 160 173 1064 78 12 1 .990 33.1
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 11.36
M.McGwire 1116.3 124 128 1238 89 11 101 .992 10.70
K.Seitzer 217.0 27 28 228 17 1 21 .996 10.16
C.Shipley 44.7 4 8 49 8 0 3 1.000 11.49
B.Garbey 28.0 3 5 32 3 0 3 1.000 11.25
K.Puckett 19.0 2 4 23 3 0 3 1.000 12.32
C.Cooper 10.3 0 6 13 2 0 0 1.000 13.07
J.Franco 7.0 0 1 7 1 0 0 1.000 10.29
A.Ashby 4.0 0 1 7 0 0 0 1.000 15.75
Team Total 1446.3 160 181 1597 123 12 131 .993 10.70
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 5.66
R.Scott 1278.7 146 149 269 469 17 103 .977 5.19
B.Garbey 139.7 13 28 24 44 2 6 .971 4.38
C.Shipley 15.0 1 5 6 2 0 1 1.000 4.80
J.Franco 12.0 0 6 2 3 0 0 1.000 3.75
C.Candaele 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1446.3 160 189 301 518 19 110 .977 5.10
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .958 2.73
K.Caminiti 1250.7 143 148 102 307 23 27 .947 2.94
K.Seitzer 68.0 7 17 6 11 0 1 1.000 2.25
B.Garbey 53.7 5 13 5 10 1 0 .938 2.52
C.Shipley 46.0 3 9 5 10 0 0 1.000 2.93
A.Ashby 24.0 2 4 3 7 0 3 1.000 3.75
R.Scott 3.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
C.Candaele 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1446.3 160 194 122 345 24 31 .951 2.91
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 5.07
J.Franco 1284.3 144 148 172 492 27 80 .961 4.65
C.Shipley 109.7 13 15 12 43 3 5 .948 4.51
O.McDowell 44.3 3 11 6 16 0 2 1.000 4.47
C.Candaele 7.0 0 3 1 4 0 1 1.000 6.43
B.Garbey 1.0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 18.00
Team Total 1446.3 160 178 191 557 30 88 .961 4.65
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 1.85
T.Raines 876.6 97 102 171 6 1 1 .994 1.82
K.Puckett 490.3 56 57 84 2 1 1 .989 1.58
B.Garbey 45.0 5 6 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
C.Shipley 31.0 3 8 4 1 0 1 1.000 1.45
K.Caminiti 3.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Pruitt 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1446.9 161 176 268 9 2 3 .993 1.72
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 2.45
T.Armas 1193.3 135 137 310 7 6 4 .981 2.39
K.Seitzer 106.0 12 15 20 1 0 1 1.000 1.78
K.Puckett 93.0 9 14 37 1 0 1 1.000 3.68
O.McDowell 53.0 4 13 12 1 1 0 .929 2.21
C.Candaele 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1446.3 160 180 379 10 7 6 .982 2.42
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 1.96
O.McDowell 982.7 110 120 224 6 3 0 .987 2.11
K.Puckett 231.3 26 33 52 1 2 1 .964 2.06
K.Seitzer 188.3 21 29 36 0 2 0 .947 1.72
R.Pruitt 25.0 3 3 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.88
T.Armas 16.0 0 4 4 0 1 0 .800 2.25
K.Caminiti 3.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00
Team Total 1446.3 160 191 326 7 8 1 .977 2.07
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 1.96
R.Johnson 242.7 35 35 8 37 2 1 .957 1.67
J.Mitchell 213.7 34 34 18 29 1 3 .979 1.98
S.Service 133.0 18 49 9 14 1 1 .958 1.56
T.Crews 133.0 22 22 9 19 0 2 1.000 1.89
D.Beard 129.0 23 23 7 17 1 0 .960 1.67
B.Wilkinson 116.3 20 20 8 21 2 1 .935 2.24
B.Mooneyham 88.7 0 67 6 16 0 4 1.000 2.23
R.Jones 84.0 0 33 3 14 0 1 1.000 1.82
T.Hume 64.3 0 61 5 9 1 2 .933 1.96
D.Buice 63.3 0 45 6 5 0 1 1.000 1.56
T.Niedenfuer 55.0 0 25 2 14 0 2 1.000 2.62
J.Tibbs 51.7 0 24 5 8 0 1 1.000 2.26
D.Tobik 41.0 8 17 0 5 0 0 1.000 1.10
S.Corbett 19.0 0 19 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.42
W.Gardner 11.7 0 10 2 1 0 0 1.000 2.32
Team Total 1446.3 160 484 88 212 8 19 .974 1.87
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Armas .311
On-Base Pct Raines .383
Slugging Pct McGwire .552
OPS McGwire .932
XR McGwire 114.5
Games McGwire 154
At-Bats Franco 595
Runs McGwire 96
Hits Caminiti 182
Total Bases McGwire 305
Singles Caminiti 135
Doubles Caminiti 34
Triples Armas 11
Homeruns McGwire 47
RBIs McGwire 110
Stolen Bases Raines 37
Caught Stealing Raines 18
Walks McGwire 106
Strikeouts McGwire 152
ERA Johnson 2.60
Wins Johnson 15
Losses Mitchell 9
Winning Pct Johnson .652
Saves Hume 33
Games Pitched Mooneyham 67
Games Started Johnson 35
Complete Games Mitchell, Wilkinson 1
Shutouts Wilkinson 1
Innings Pitched Johnson 242.7
Hits Allowed Mitchell 225
Homeruns Allowed Beard 16
Strikeouts Johnson 238
Walks Allowed Johnson 126
Walks per 9IP Mitchell 3.5
Hits per 9IP Johnson 6.0
Strikeouts per 9IP Johnson 8.8
WHiP Johnson 1.19
OAVG Johnson .189
OOBP Johnson .295
OSLG Johnson .296
OOPS Johnson .591
Team All-Stars
De Wayne Buice
Ken Caminiti
Tim Raines
Player Salaries
Tony Armas $ 9,090,765
Cecil Cooper $ 9,000,001
Tim Raines $ 7,000,000
Rodney Scott $ 4,567,843
Julio Franco $ 4,500,000
Dave Tobik $ 4,090,090
Dave Beard $ 3,278,571
Ron Pruitt $ 3,098,765
Alan Ashby $ 1,009,000
Tom Hume $ 712,000
Wes Gardner $ 591,429
Carmelo Martinez $ 350,000
Barbaro Garbey $ 350,000
Ricky Adams $ 350,000
Rick Jones $ 350,000
Tim Crews $ 300,000
Jay Tibbs $ 300,000
Craig Shipley $ 300,000
Scott Service $ 300,000
De Wayne Buice $ 300,000
Ken Caminiti $ 300,000
Casey Candaele $ 300,000
Randy Johnson $ 300,000
Sherman Corbett $ 300,000
Bill Wilkinson $ 300,000
Kirby Puckett $ 300,000
Tom Niedenfuer $ 300,000
Bill Mooneyham $ 300,000
John Mitchell $ 300,000
Mark McGwire $ 300,000
Oddibe McDowell $ 300,000
Kevin Seitzer $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/5 Signed     Cecil Cooper
2/5 Signed     Dave Tobik
2/5 Signed     Alan Ashby
2/7 Signed     Rodney Scott
2/11 Signed     Ron Pruitt
2/12 Signed     Tony Armas
4/3 Signed     Tom Niedenfuer
4/3 Signed     Tom Hume
6/1 Traded Todd Burns Oakland Dave Beard
Tim Raines
9/1 Signed     Andy Mcgaffigan
9/1 Signed     Alan Hargesheimer
9/1 Signed     Butch Wynegar
10/27 Released Sal Butera    
10/27 Released Jim Anderson    
10/27 Released Dane Iorg