1981 Minnesota Twins
Record: 81-79
Finish: 2nd in AL Central Division
Runs Scored: 740
Runs Allowed: 729
Exp W-L: 81-79
 
Ballpark: Metropolitan Stadium
Attendance: 2,187,406
Manager: Gene Mauch

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 58-79, 11th in the American League
AA: 63-74, 8th in the American League
A: 89-48, 3rd in the American League
 
 
 
 
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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 28 152 649 86 173 32 7 8 72 13 7 43 51 .267 .312 .374 .686 70.4 9.9 3.6
CF  Jim Rice 28 155 601 90 166 27 9 25 94 16 7 47 64 .276 .326 .476 .802 87.8 15.6 2.7
2B  Lee Lacy 33 154 609 83 178 28 3 8 62 10 6 38 71 .292 .333 .388 .721 72.1 12.1 4.8
LF  Jack Clark 25 156 559 101 159 29 2 44 116 0 0 90 73 .284 .382 .580 .962 117.5 28.1 2.5
3B  Ray Knight 28 154 570 63 165 32 0 10 70 1 2 36 53 .289 .328 .398 .727 72.0 12.3 3.3
1B  Lamar Johnson 30 146 568 65 156 24 3 13 68 4 0 35 44 .275 .315 .396 .711 65.3 9.7 0.0
C  Barry Foote 29 142 517 61 134 37 3 12 56 1 0 34 93 .259 .304 .412 .716 61.1 10.0 7.1
3B  Ron Cey 33 152 478 54 86 30 4 11 59 2 0 57 107 .180 .268 .328 .596 44.9 2.7 4.0
3B *Billy Harris 37 153 494 60 143 38 2 0 46 7 3 47 55 .289 .353 .374 .727 63.8 12.4 5.2
RF *Bob Jones 31 53 167 14 38 3 0 6 16 0 0 11 24 .228 .278 .353 .631 16.6 1.4 0.8
C  Vic Correll 35 76 168 23 53 7 1 9 28 0 0 11 35 .315 .358 .530 .887 28.7 6.5 1.5
2B  Tom Brookens 27 69 107 16 20 5 0 2 11 1 2 5 16 .187 .235 .290 .525 6.4 0.0 0.8
SS *Denny Doyle 37 48 99 15 30 5 1 0 14 2 2 3 16 .303 .330 .374 .704 10.8 1.8 0.8
LF *Bobby Murcer 35 41 34 9 5 0 1 1 3 1 1 5 13 .147 .250 .294 .544 3.2 0.1 0.2
  Team Totals 31.1 1651 5620 740 1506 297 36 149 715 58 30 462 715 .268 .323 .413 .736 720.5 122.5 37.4
  Rank among 12 AL teams 3 7 6 2 5 3 6 7 6 8 6 6 8 4 5 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 36 15 11 .577 36 36 0 250.3 254 106 13 55 124 3.81 16.1
 Jim York 33 15 11 .577 36 36 0 249.7 250 101 13 99 175 3.64 16.7
 John Verhoeven 27 12 14 .462 29 29 0 205.7 211 88 17 62 69 3.85 12.2
*Floyd Bannister 26 8 13 .381 31 31 0 204.7 197 113 20 89 119 4.97 5.6
 Stan Perzanowski 30 5 16 .238 30 26 0 203.7 213 103 13 80 81 4.55 7.1
 Steve Rogers 31 6 3 .667 78 0 2 94.7 107 48 9 42 36 4.56 4.0
*Doug Rau 32 4 3 .571 45 0 2 78.0 91 45 9 30 60 5.19 2.3
 Bill Zepp 34 8 6 .571 52 0 27 59.0 68 25 1 21 18 3.81 8.3
*Tug McGraw 36 3 1 .750 27 0 2 44.3 39 13 5 26 17 2.64 4.8
 Catfish Hunter 35 3 1 .750 21 0 1 32.7 26 12 1 4 11 3.31 3.6
 Len Barker 25 2 0 1.000 2 2 0 14.0 8 2 1 6 3 1.29 2.1
*Fred Norman 38 0 0 .000 3 0 0 3.0 3 1 0 0 3 3.00 0.2
Team Totals 31.9 81 79 .506 390 160 34 1439.6 1467 657 102 514 716 4.11 83.1
Rank among 12 AL teams 6 6 11 6 5 8 3 5 6 7 5  
* - 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 .988 33.3
B.Foote 1180.3 130 137 616 58 6 0 .991 32.8
V.Correll 259.3 30 32 140 8 0 0 1.000 27.8
Team Total 1439.7 160 169 756 66 6 0 .993 32.2
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.74
R.Knight 1283.0 146 147 1520 112 6 150 .996 11.45
D.Doyle 145.3 14 21 197 13 1 20 .995 13.00
J.Clark 10.3 0 4 12 0 0 3 1.000 10.45
R.Cey 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1439.7 160 173 1730 125 7 173 .996 11.60
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 6.03
L.Lacy 1313.7 147 151 293 578 21 119 .976 5.97
T.Brookens 118.0 13 15 31 51 1 15 .988 6.25
D.Doyle 4.0 0 3 1 3 0 1 1.000 9.00
B.Harris 2.0 0 1 0 3 0 0 1.000 13.50
R.Cey 2.0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1439.7 160 171 326 636 22 136 .978 6.01
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .957 2.86
R.Cey 1263.7 150 151 93 301 11 25 .973 2.81
T.Brookens 158.7 10 44 10 35 5 6 .900 2.55
R.Knight 16.3 0 8 0 5 0 0 1.000 2.76
B.Harris 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1439.7 160 204 103 342 16 32 .965 2.78
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 5.38
B.Harris 1301.3 149 150 221 538 25 113 .968 5.25
D.Doyle 96.0 10 16 18 38 1 8 .982 5.25
B.Murcer 38.0 1 14 5 9 0 5 1.000 3.32
R.Cey 3.3 0 3 3 2 0 1 1.000 13.51
L.Johnson 1.0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 18.00
Team Total 1439.7 160 184 247 589 26 127 .970 5.23
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 1.97
J.Rice 1323.7 148 148 308 3 8 1 .975 2.11
B.Jones 93.0 10 10 17 0 0 0 1.000 1.65
B.Murcer 19.0 2 3 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.84
J.Clark 4.0 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1439.7 160 164 333 3 8 1 .977 2.10
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 2.52
J.Mumphrey 1317.3 148 151 385 4 5 3 .987 2.66
B.Jones 92.3 11 12 27 0 0 0 1.000 2.63
B.Murcer 18.0 1 4 2 0 1 0 .667 1.00
J.Rice 12.0 0 5 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
Team Total 1439.7 160 172 416 4 6 3 .986 2.63
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 2.02
J.Clark 1273.3 145 147 268 15 8 1 .973 2.00
B.Jones 120.0 12 16 44 0 0 0 1.000 3.30
B.Murcer 35.0 3 7 5 1 0 0 1.000 1.54
J.Rice 7.0 0 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.86
L.Lacy 3.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
D.Doyle 1.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1439.7 160 176 321 16 8 1 .977 2.11
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 2.01
D.Drago 250.3 36 36 14 27 1 2 .976 1.47
J.York 249.7 36 36 16 45 1 1 .984 2.20
J.Verhoeven 205.7 29 29 12 39 1 1 .981 2.23
F.Bannister 204.7 31 31 10 33 0 3 1.000 1.89
S.Perzanowski 203.7 26 30 15 38 1 3 .981 2.34
S.Rogers 94.7 0 78 5 21 1 2 .963 2.47
D.Rau 78.0 0 45 1 14 0 0 1.000 1.73
B.Zepp 59.0 0 52 3 11 0 0 1.000 2.14
T.McGraw 44.3 0 27 5 6 0 0 1.000 2.23
C.Hunter 32.7 0 21 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.10
L.Barker 14.0 2 2 1 4 1 3 .833 3.21
F.Norman 3.0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1439.6 160 390 83 242 6 15 .982 2.03
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Lacy .292
On-Base Pct Clark .382
Slugging Pct Clark .580
OPS Clark .962
XR Clark 117.5
Games Clark 156
At-Bats Mumphrey 649
Runs Clark 101
Hits Lacy 178
Total Bases Clark 324
Singles Lacy 139
Doubles Harris 38
Triples Rice 9
Homeruns Clark 44
RBIs Clark 116
Stolen Bases Rice 16
Caught Stealing Mumphrey, Rice 7
Walks Clark 90
Strikeouts Cey 107
ERA York 3.64
Wins Drago, York 15
Losses Perzanowski 16
Winning Pct Drago, York .577
Saves Zepp 27
Games Pitched Rogers 78
Games Started Drago, York 36
Complete Games Perzanowski 8
Shutouts Bannister, Verhoeven 2
Innings Pitched Drago 250.3
Hits Allowed Drago 254
Homeruns Allowed Bannister 20
Strikeouts York 175
Walks Allowed York 99
Walks per 9IP Drago 2.0
Hits per 9IP Bannister 8.7
Strikeouts per 9IP York 6.3
WHiP Drago 1.23
OAVG Bannister .252
OOBP Drago .300
OSLG York .363
OOPS Drago .674
Team All-Stars
Jack Clark
Jim Rice
Jim York
Player Salaries
Dick Drago $ 8,090,000
Jim York $ 7,000,000
Billy Harris $ 5,000,000
Jack Clark $ 4,950,000
Lee Lacy $ 4,750,000
Ron Cey $ 3,750,000
Jerry Mumphrey $ 2,850,000
Bill Zepp $ 2,500,000
Jim Rice $ 2,492,857
Stan Perzanowski $ 2,371,429
Barry Foote $ 2,257,143
Lamar Johnson $ 1,542,857
Ray Knight $ 1,542,857
John Verhoeven $ 1,450,000
Bob Jones $ 1,240,714
Bobby Murcer $ 890,000
Vic Correll $ 803,571
Tom Seaver $ 710,000
Steve Rogers $ 650,000
Mark Belanger $ 600,000
Don Wilson $ 550,000
Doug Rau $ 500,000
Fred Norman $ 450,000
Catfish Hunter $ 450,000
Pete Broberg $ 450,000
Jesse Jefferson $ 350,000
John D'Acquisto $ 350,000
Bob Forsch $ 350,000
Bill Parsons $ 350,000
Tug McGraw $ 300,000
Tom Brookens $ 300,000
Floyd Bannister $ 300,000
Len Barker $ 300,000
Denny Doyle $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/3 Signed     Steve Rogers
2/8 Signed     Lee Lacy
2/8 Signed     Doug Rau
2/9 Signed     Ron Cey
2/13 Signed     Bill Zepp
2/15 Signed     Bobby Murcer
2/15 Signed     Tug Mcgraw
2/16 Signed     Denny Doyle
2/17 Signed     Fred Norman
2/22 Signed     Catfish Hunter