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1978 Minnesota Twins
Record: 93-67
Finish: 1st in AL Central Division
Runs Scored: 769
Runs Allowed: 693
Exp W-L: 88-72
 
Ballpark: Metropolitan Stadium
Attendance: 1,949,912
Manager: Gene Mauch

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 74-63, 3rd in the American League
AA: 77-60, 1st in the American League
A: 74-63, 4th in the American League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost AL League Series 3-4 to Seattle Mariners
Won Divisional Series 4-3 over Kansas City Royals
 
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 25 156 597 96 182 42 6 5 76 18 15 61 56 .305 .369 .420 .790 82.7 17.8 4.0
CF  Jim Rice 25 153 593 96 181 38 8 14 97 17 12 49 87 .305 .359 .467 .826 90.4 20.5 2.7
LF  Jack Clark 22 155 528 70 135 26 1 24 105 4 4 101 92 .256 .372 .445 .817 90.0 19.6 2.8
3B *Billy Harris 34 148 596 81 176 44 4 4 66 24 3 33 53 .295 .332 .403 .734 74.4 15.1 6.3
3B  Ron Cash 28 150 586 60 164 23 6 3 57 1 0 16 80 .280 .298 .355 .653 53.2 6.6 6.2
3B  Ray Knight 25 154 536 79 153 32 3 7 59 2 3 39 53 .285 .332 .396 .728 62.4 10.3 2.8
1B  Lamar Johnson 27 149 527 69 147 23 1 6 51 5 0 45 46 .279 .333 .361 .694 61.1 10.1 0.0
C  Barry Foote 26 140 504 75 137 38 6 11 70 1 0 45 84 .272 .332 .437 .768 67.5 13.4 8.0
2B  Terry Harmon 34 133 443 43 118 15 3 0 44 14 4 44 50 .266 .336 .314 .650 47.3 6.9 5.5
SS *Denny Doyle 34 95 205 25 53 10 1 1 26 5 4 11 21 .259 .294 .332 .625 19.0 1.9 2.1
RF *Bob Jones 28 104 192 31 50 11 0 10 49 0 0 12 22 .260 .304 .474 .778 27.3 5.3 1.0
C #Ted Simmons 28 59 149 9 23 4 0 0 11 0 0 8 17 .154 .195 .181 .376 3.4 0.0 1.7
SS  Jose Cardenal 34 100 149 30 43 8 4 2 24 12 3 8 14 .289 .327 .436 .763 19.7 3.9 1.1
C  Vic Correll 32 15 24 4 7 0 0 1 4 0 0 4 4 .292 .393 .417 .810 3.9 0.8 0.3
  Team Totals 28.7 1711 5629 768 1569 314 43 88 739 103 48 476 679 .279 .334 .397 .731 702.3 132.0 44.6
  Rank among 12 AL teams 5 5 1 1 4 10 6 6 6 10 5 3 5 6 6 6  
* - 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
 Dick Drago 33 14 10 .583 35 35 0 255.3 290 103 4 66 108 3.63 18.5
 John Verhoeven 24 14 9 .609 32 32 0 221.0 221 88 8 62 92 3.58 16.2
 Len Barker 22 15 7 .682 28 28 0 216.0 215 86 16 101 106 3.58 16.0
*John Hiller 35 8 8 .500 35 35 0 190.0 178 72 13 74 102 3.41 14.3
 Jim York 30 7 2 .778 16 16 0 111.7 99 40 3 45 75 3.22 9.7
*Dan Schneider 35 12 12 .500 71 0 17 103.3 118 36 8 20 75 3.14 12.9
 Charlie Hough 30 5 6 .455 14 14 0 99.7 119 70 6 60 58 6.32 0.2
 John D'Acquisto 26 10 7 .588 36 0 4 95.0 88 54 6 65 77 5.12 4.7
*Fred Norman 35 4 3 .571 30 0 6 57.3 55 20 7 27 41 3.14 6.2
 Fred Lasher 36 2 2 .500 24 0 1 41.7 38 25 4 31 15 5.40 1.1
 Jesse Jefferson 29 2 1 .667 8 0 0 25.7 17 7 3 18 17 2.46 2.6
 Eddie Solomon 27 0 0 .000 10 0 0 16.0 29 19 3 6 8 10.69 0.0
 Vicente Romo 35 0 0 .000 13 0 0 13.7 11 9 0 13 4 5.93 0.1
Team Totals 30.5 93 67 .581 352 160 28 1446.3 1478 629 81 588 778 3.91 102.4
Rank among 12 AL teams 3 3 4 3 6 9 1 3 8 5 4  
* - 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 .987 32.1
B.Foote 1184.3 130 138 672 62 7 1 .991 34.8
T.Simmons 216.0 25 26 112 10 1 1 .992 35.7
V.Correll 46.0 5 5 37 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1446.3 160 169 821 72 8 2 .991 34.2
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 11.57
R.Knight 1305.7 150 152 1500 104 6 152 .996 11.06
T.Simmons 74.0 8 13 80 4 0 6 1.000 10.22
J.Cardenal 45.3 2 15 52 3 0 2 1.000 10.92
J.Clark 8.7 0 5 12 1 0 1 1.000 13.51
T.Harmon 7.0 0 4 10 0 0 0 1.000 12.86
B.Harris 4.7 0 1 5 0 0 1 1.000 9.66
L.Johnson 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1446.3 160 191 1659 112 6 162 .997 11.02
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 5.89
T.Harmon 1071.0 130 131 247 431 3 101 .996 5.70
D.Doyle 287.7 26 52 68 118 5 28 .974 5.82
J.Cardenal 46.3 0 19 16 20 0 6 1.000 6.99
B.Harris 38.3 4 5 10 18 0 4 1.000 6.57
T.Simmons 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
B.Jones 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1446.3 160 209 342 588 8 139 .991 5.79
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .960 2.95
R.Cash 1262.0 150 150 86 350 10 30 .978 3.11
J.Cardenal 142.7 10 35 10 32 0 3 1.000 2.65
T.Simmons 27.0 0 14 6 5 0 0 1.000 3.67
T.Harmon 5.0 0 3 0 1 0 1 1.000 1.80
R.Knight 4.7 0 3 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.86
B.Jones 3.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00
B.Harris 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1446.3 160 208 104 391 10 34 .980 3.08
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .969 5.24
B.Harris 1234.3 141 141 205 503 23 96 .969 5.16
D.Doyle 179.0 19 27 23 69 6 15 .939 4.63
J.Cardenal 17.0 0 7 0 6 0 0 1.000 3.18
T.Harmon 8.3 0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.24
B.Jones 4.7 0 1 1 2 0 1 1.000 5.79
L.Johnson 3.0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.00
Team Total 1446.3 160 180 231 583 29 112 .966 5.07
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 2.04
J.Rice 1340.7 150 152 299 7 9 2 .971 2.05
B.Jones 84.3 10 15 19 3 0 2 1.000 2.35
J.Cardenal 11.0 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.82
J.Clark 5.3 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.69
J.Mumphrey 5.0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 5.40
Team Total 1446.3 160 176 323 10 9 4 .974 2.07
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 2.64
J.Mumphrey 1322.0 147 151 394 6 4 4 .990 2.72
B.Jones 99.0 11 13 37 0 0 0 1.000 3.36
J.Cardenal 18.3 2 3 3 0 1 0 .750 1.47
J.Rice 6.0 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
V.Correll 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1446.3 160 171 436 6 5 4 .989 2.75
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 2.13
J.Clark 1300.3 147 147 300 6 8 0 .975 2.12
B.Jones 126.7 12 23 33 1 0 1 1.000 2.42
J.Cardenal 12.0 1 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.75
T.Harmon 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Doyle 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Cash 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
J.Mumphrey 1.3 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 13.53
Team Total 1446.3 160 177 337 7 8 1 .977 2.14
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 2.00
D.Drago 255.3 35 35 16 26 0 2 1.000 1.48
J.Verhoeven 221.0 32 32 10 33 1 4 .977 1.75
L.Barker 216.0 28 28 12 33 1 5 .978 1.88
J.Hiller 190.0 35 35 12 38 2 0 .962 2.37
J.York 111.7 16 16 7 12 0 2 1.000 1.53
D.Schneider 103.3 0 71 4 14 1 4 .947 1.57
C.Hough 99.7 14 14 6 9 0 0 1.000 1.35
J.D'Acquisto 95.0 0 36 4 15 1 1 .950 1.80
F.Norman 57.3 0 30 1 10 1 1 .917 1.73
F.Lasher 41.7 0 24 2 11 0 1 1.000 2.81
J.Jefferson 25.7 0 8 4 5 0 0 1.000 3.16
E.Solomon 16.0 0 10 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.69
V.Romo 13.7 0 13 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.98
Team Total 1446.3 160 352 79 211 7 20 .976 1.80
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Rice .305
On-Base Pct Clark .372
Slugging Pct Rice .467
OPS Rice .826
XR Rice 90.4
Games Mumphrey 156
At-Bats Mumphrey 597
Runs Mumphrey, Rice 96
Hits Mumphrey 182
Total Bases Rice 277
Singles Cash 132
Doubles Harris 44
Triples Rice 8
Homeruns Clark 24
RBIs Clark 105
Stolen Bases Harris 24
Caught Stealing Mumphrey 15
Walks Clark 101
Strikeouts Clark 92
ERA Hiller 3.41
Wins Barker 15
Losses Schneider 12
Winning Pct Barker .682
Saves Schneider 17
Games Pitched Schneider 71
Games Started Drago, Hiller 35
Complete Games Barker 7
Shutouts Drago, Verhoeven 2
Innings Pitched Drago 255.3
Hits Allowed Drago 290
Homeruns Allowed Barker 16
Strikeouts Drago 108
Walks Allowed Barker 101
Walks per 9IP Drago 2.3
Hits per 9IP Hiller 8.4
Strikeouts per 9IP Hiller 4.8
WHiP Verhoeven 1.28
OAVG Hiller .245
OOBP Verhoeven .312
OSLG Verhoeven .353
OOPS Verhoeven .665
Team All-Stars
Billy Harris
Dan Schneider
Player Salaries
John Hiller $ 15,500,000
Dick Drago $ 8,090,000
Jim York $ 7,000,000
Fred Lasher $ 3,000,000
Billy Harris $ 2,850,000
Terry Harmon $ 2,800,000
Jose Cardenal $ 2,500,000
Charlie Hough $ 2,135,714
Ron Cash $ 1,157,143
Denny Doyle $ 1,157,143
Dan Schneider $ 750,000
Fred Norman $ 650,000
Steve Mingori $ 450,000
Bob Forsch $ 350,000
Bill Parsons $ 350,000
Ted Simmons $ 350,000
John Strohmayer $ 350,000
Larry Biittner $ 350,000
John D'Acquisto $ 300,000
Bob Jones $ 300,000
Barry Foote $ 300,000
Jack Clark $ 300,000
Vic Correll $ 300,000
Len Barker $ 300,000
Lamar Johnson $ 300,000
Ray Knight $ 300,000
Rick Langford $ 300,000
Jerry Mumphrey $ 300,000
Jim Rice $ 300,000
Vicente Romo $ 300,000
Eddie Solomon $ 300,000
John Verhoeven $ 300,000
Jesse Jefferson $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/2 Traded Mike Easler
$3,100,000		 Oakland John Hiller
Terry Harmon
Larry Biittner
2/5 Signed     Fred Norman
2/7 Signed     Steve Mingori
2/9 Signed     Dan Schneider
3/4 Traded Dan Larson
Hector Cruz		 Indianapolis Dick Drago
3/4 Traded Jim Fuller Indianapolis Billy Harris
 
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