1983 Minnesota Twins
Record: 83-77
Finish: 3rd in AL Central Division
Runs Scored: 709
Runs Allowed: 732
Exp W-L: 78-82
 
Ballpark: Metropolitan Stadium
Attendance: 2,227,632
Manager: Chris Kelsey

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 63-74, 9th in the American League
AA: 68-69, 8th in the American League
A: 85-52, 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
SS  Julio Franco 24 151 609 71 163 24 3 5 50 21 5 54 69 .268 .327 .342 .668 71.7 12.3 5.4
LF  Jack Clark 27 155 525 111 162 35 2 50 129 0 1 123 87 .309 .438 .669 1.107 142.1 42.1 0.0
CF  Jim Rice 30 156 605 93 178 34 6 27 102 2 5 36 73 .294 .334 .504 .838 93.9 21.7 3.2
CF #Jerry Mumphrey 30 147 566 85 156 38 5 7 47 6 1 39 62 .276 .321 .398 .719 67.8 12.8 3.7
2B  Pedro Garcia 33 147 534 55 126 37 3 14 66 5 2 42 73 .236 .295 .395 .690 57.6 7.7 5.5
3B  Ray Knight 30 152 530 65 137 33 2 11 56 1 0 31 59 .258 .302 .391 .693 60.4 10.3 1.9
RF *Dane Iorg 33 147 526 46 126 34 4 4 46 0 2 29 94 .240 .279 .342 .621 44.8 3.7 3.0
2B  Tom Brookens 29 150 505 68 137 31 5 14 53 0 5 38 64 .271 .322 .436 .757 64.5 12.2 3.9
C  Sal Butera 30 97 300 28 63 14 0 3 31 0 0 26 44 .210 .274 .287 .560 22.0 0.0 4.7
C  Barry Foote 31 63 227 21 49 11 3 6 39 0 0 11 44 .216 .248 .370 .618 21.5 1.6 3.2
CF *Willie Montanez 35 71 212 19 41 3 2 3 14 0 2 18 51 .193 .255 .269 .524 12.5 0.0 1.6
2B  Lee Lacy 35 76 165 22 42 9 4 0 22 0 0 9 25 .255 .294 .358 .651 16.9 2.3 1.0
3B  Kurt Bevacqua 36 50 108 9 20 4 0 1 9 0 0 9 19 .185 .244 .250 .494 7.3 0.0 0.6
RF *Bob Jones 33 42 85 10 22 2 0 6 11 1 0 4 14 .259 .289 .494 .783 11.4 2.0 0.4
C  Pete Varney 34 33 73 3 15 0 0 3 8 0 0 2 25 .205 .224 .329 .552 5.6 0.0 0.9
3B  Steve Dillard 32 14 30 3 12 1 1 0 5 0 0 0 1 .400 .400 .500 .900 5.1 1.7 0.3
LF *Orlando Gonzalez 31 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 31.4 1654 5605 709 1449 310 40 154 688 36 23 471 804 .259 .316 .411 .726 704.7 130.4 39.2
  Rank among 12 AL teams 2 8 8 3 5 3 8 10 2 8 9 9 9 4 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 38 18 9 .667 36 36 0 259.7 235 88 15 71 117 3.05 20.7
 Dennis Lamp 30 10 14 .417 35 35 0 225.7 253 110 12 81 85 4.39 7.6
 Mike Smithson 28 8 15 .348 30 30 0 217.7 247 110 26 59 87 4.55 6.9
 Ray Burris 32 16 8 .667 27 27 0 206.3 206 90 22 58 66 3.93 12.7
*Floyd Bannister 28 9 13 .409 32 29 1 195.7 210 82 16 63 107 3.77 10.1
 Steve Rogers 33 7 4 .636 51 3 24 80.0 90 39 7 37 31 4.39 6.6
*Don Carman 23 2 4 .333 41 0 2 69.3 71 34 8 20 31 4.41 2.8
 Jesse Jefferson 34 6 5 .545 37 0 0 57.3 62 35 4 28 26 5.49 1.2
*Doug Rau 34 3 1 .750 48 0 10 55.3 64 33 11 28 35 5.37 0.7
 Len Barker 27 1 4 .200 44 0 0 46.7 45 21 1 19 24 4.05 2.4
*Rick Jones 28 3 0 1.000 32 0 6 29.3 20 1 1 5 13 0.31 7.7
 John D'Acquisto 31 0 0 .000 7 0 1 8.0 9 5 1 5 6 5.63 0.0
Team Totals 30.5 83 77 .519 420 160 44 1451.0 1512 648 124 474 628 4.02 79.3
Rank among 12 AL teams 8 8 3 8 2 9 9 9 7 11 9  
* - 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 37.2
S.Butera 763.3 84 91 347 44 5 1 .987 45.3
B.Foote 531.7 59 60 248 30 5 0 .982 41.5
P.Varney 156.0 17 23 73 8 2 0 .976 20.8
Team Total 1451.0 160 174 668 82 12 1 .984 40.5
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.72
R.Knight 1271.0 145 149 1451 121 12 147 .992 11.13
K.Bevacqua 104.0 9 14 125 9 0 13 1.000 11.60
W.Montanez 56.0 6 10 55 4 2 6 .967 9.48
O.Gonzalez 10.0 0 3 10 1 0 2 1.000 9.90
D.Iorg 6.0 0 3 7 0 0 0 1.000 10.50
P.Varney 3.0 0 2 4 1 0 0 1.000 15.00
J.Clark 1.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00
Team Total 1451.0 160 182 1654 136 14 168 .992 11.10
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 5.90
P.Garcia 1263.0 142 143 303 538 13 120 .985 5.99
L.Lacy 123.0 12 18 28 49 1 12 .987 5.63
S.Dillard 34.0 3 5 13 13 0 3 1.000 6.88
K.Bevacqua 29.0 3 6 9 11 0 5 1.000 6.21
T.Brookens 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1451.0 160 173 353 611 14 140 .986 5.98
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .949 2.90
T.Brookens 1294.0 146 148 99 308 32 21 .927 2.83
K.Bevacqua 121.0 12 19 8 23 2 3 .939 2.31
S.Dillard 30.0 2 7 1 6 0 1 1.000 2.10
R.Knight 6.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1451.0 160 175 108 337 34 25 .929 2.76
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 5.31
J.Franco 1327.0 148 150 223 536 37 114 .954 5.15
W.Montanez 116.0 12 16 28 49 2 18 .975 5.97
P.Garcia 4.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
K.Bevacqua 4.0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1451.0 160 169 252 587 39 132 .956 5.20
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 1.96
J.Rice 1305.0 145 147 335 4 0 2 1.000 2.34
L.Lacy 77.0 8 11 24 0 0 0 1.000 2.81
W.Montanez 49.0 6 6 11 1 0 0 1.000 2.20
B.Jones 19.0 1 5 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.42
J.Clark 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1451.0 160 170 374 5 0 2 1.000 2.35
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 2.62
J.Mumphrey 1203.0 133 141 381 5 4 3 .990 2.89
W.Montanez 132.0 16 18 55 1 0 0 1.000 3.82
B.Jones 104.0 11 15 27 1 0 1 1.000 2.42
J.Rice 12.0 0 5 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1451.0 160 179 467 7 4 4 .992 2.94
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 2.04
D.Iorg 1225.0 147 147 312 7 0 1 1.000 2.34
L.Lacy 97.7 4 28 26 0 1 0 .963 2.40
W.Montanez 61.7 5 12 16 0 0 0 1.000 2.34
B.Jones 54.7 4 15 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.65
J.Clark 6.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Rice 3.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
J.Mumphrey 3.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1451.0 160 208 366 7 1 1 .997 2.31
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 2.03
D.Drago 259.7 36 36 18 35 1 1 .981 1.84
D.Lamp 225.7 35 35 18 41 2 4 .967 2.35
M.Smithson 217.7 30 30 12 35 2 2 .959 1.94
R.Burris 206.3 27 27 19 19 1 0 .974 1.66
F.Bannister 195.7 29 32 15 17 1 2 .970 1.47
S.Rogers 80.0 3 51 7 20 1 0 .964 3.04
D.Carman 69.3 0 41 2 17 0 2 1.000 2.47
J.Jefferson 57.3 0 37 5 16 0 2 1.000 3.30
D.Rau 55.3 0 48 4 12 0 2 1.000 2.60
L.Barker 46.7 0 44 2 7 1 1 .900 1.74
R.Jones 29.3 0 32 3 5 0 0 1.000 2.45
J.D'Acquisto 8.0 0 7 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.13
Team Total 1451.0 160 420 105 225 9 16 .973 2.05
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Clark .309
On-Base Pct Clark .438
Slugging Pct Clark .669
OPS Clark 1.107
XR Clark 142.1
Games Rice 156
At-Bats Franco 609
Runs Clark 111
Hits Rice 178
Total Bases Clark 351
Singles Franco 131
Doubles Mumphrey 38
Triples Rice 6
Homeruns Clark 50
RBIs Clark 129
Stolen Bases Franco 21
Caught Stealing Brookens, Franco, Rice 5
Walks Clark 123
Strikeouts Iorg 94
ERA Drago 3.05
Wins Drago 18
Losses Smithson 15
Winning Pct Burris, Drago .667
Saves Rogers 24
Games Pitched Rogers 51
Games Started Drago 36
Complete Games Burris 8
Shutouts Burris 2
Innings Pitched Drago 259.7
Hits Allowed Lamp 253
Homeruns Allowed Smithson 26
Strikeouts Drago 117
Walks Allowed Lamp 81
Walks per 9IP Smithson 2.4
Hits per 9IP Drago 8.1
Strikeouts per 9IP Bannister 4.9
WHiP Drago 1.18
OAVG Drago .238
OOBP Drago .289
OSLG Drago .329
OOPS Drago .618
Team All-Stars
Jack Clark
Dick Drago
Jim Rice
Player Salaries
Jack Clark $ 7,635,714
Dennis Lamp $ 6,000,000
Ray Burris $ 5,000,000
Dick Drago $ 5,000,000
Jim Rice $ 4,870,000
Lee Lacy $ 4,750,000
Jerry Mumphrey $ 4,330,000
Pedro Garcia $ 4,250,000
Barry Foote $ 4,000,000
Floyd Bannister $ 2,539,286
Danny Frisella $ 2,500,000
Ray Knight $ 1,864,286
Willie Montanez $ 1,412,000
Bob Jones $ 1,240,714
Steve Rogers $ 1,200,000
Stan Perzanowski $ 800,000
Tom Brookens $ 646,429
Kurt Bevacqua $ 504,000
Doug Rau $ 500,000
Len Barker $ 482,143
Bob Forsch $ 350,000
John D'Acquisto $ 350,000
Jesse Jefferson $ 350,000
Rick Jones $ 300,000
Julio Franco $ 300,000
Orlando Gonzalez $ 300,000
Pete Varney $ 300,000
Don Carman $ 300,000
Sal Butera $ 300,000
Mike Smithson $ 300,000
Dane Iorg $ 300,000
Steve Dillard $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/4 Signed     Dennis Lamp
2/5 Signed     Dick Drago
2/10 Signed     Steve Rogers
2/17 Signed     Ray Burris
2/17 Signed     Doug Rau
4/3 Signed     Willie Montanez
4/3 Signed     Kurt Bevacqua
4/3 Signed     Fred Kuhaulua
7/1 Signed     Pete Varney