1989 Minnesota Twins
Record: 84-76
Finish: 3rd in AL Central Division
Runs Scored: 762
Runs Allowed: 677
Exp W-L: 89-71
 
Ballpark: Metropolitan Stadium
Attendance: 1,575,924
Manager: Chris Kelsey

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 55-82, 11th in the American League
AA: 67-70, 6th in the American League
A: 83-54, 1st 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
LF #Tim Raines 29 152 574 105 147 42 6 13 70 69 14 82 82 .256 .347 .418 .765 90.5 18.7 4.6
3B #Ken Caminiti 26 154 582 88 168 41 1 17 98 4 0 61 89 .289 .352 .450 .802 91.6 19.5 5.3
1B  Mark McGwire 25 155 534 96 123 27 1 42 113 3 0 108 166 .230 .362 .521 .882 102.7 22.8 1.7
CF *Dan Briggs 36 137 545 56 165 17 2 4 53 2 2 33 95 .303 .348 .363 .711 64.9 12.2 0.0
2B #Rodney Scott 35 147 528 57 134 30 5 5 55 0 2 47 75 .254 .315 .358 .673 53.8 7.5 5.4
RF *Oddibe McDowell 26 151 510 82 145 24 7 17 77 0 5 43 79 .284 .338 .459 .796 73.5 15.1 5.1
SS  Julio Franco 30 128 467 58 125 22 3 5 60 0 0 36 72 .268 .317 .360 .677 51.9 8.0 5.1
CF  Kirby Puckett 28 126 436 69 125 26 5 8 66 1 0 20 55 .287 .318 .424 .742 54.8 10.8 5.1
C #Alan Ashby 37 118 385 42 88 10 0 5 42 1 0 31 76 .229 .286 .294 .579 33.8 2.6 3.8
CF  Tony Armas 35 101 330 39 70 14 2 5 45 0 1 27 87 .212 .270 .312 .582 26.1 1.1 2.5
3B  Kevin Seitzer 27 58 182 22 43 13 1 1 19 1 1 18 21 .236 .310 .335 .646 18.3 2.4 1.9
C  Joe Girardi 24 58 161 13 37 8 0 1 15 0 0 10 28 .230 .273 .298 .571 12.2 0.6 1.5
SS  Craig Shipley 26 46 120 14 28 9 0 0 11 0 1 2 16 .233 .254 .308 .562 8.2 0.2 1.0
SS #Casey Candaele 28 34 96 10 24 6 1 0 7 0 0 5 11 .250 .287 .333 .620 8.6 1.2 0.7
2B  Barbaro Garbey 32 26 79 9 22 5 0 1 6 0 0 2 8 .278 .296 .380 .676 7.8 1.2 0.6
P  Tim Crews 28 6 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Scott Service 22 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.1 1598 5535 762 1445 294 34 124 737 82 26 525 963 .261 .325 .394 .719 698.9 123.8 44.3
  Rank among 12 AL teams 4 4 5 9 5 8 4 6 4 4 8 6 4 9 9 7  
* - 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 25 16 7 .696 35 35 0 241.0 192 90 23 94 246 3.36 17.3
 John Mitchell 23 18 7 .720 32 32 0 226.0 201 74 9 70 93 2.95 18.4
 Dave Beard 29 10 10 .500 34 34 0 192.0 157 78 20 58 206 3.66 11.8
 Tim Crews 28 9 13 .409 29 29 0 177.3 196 80 21 43 84 4.06 7.3
 Scott Service 22 6 5 .545 43 8 11 99.0 90 43 13 42 69 3.91 7.1
*Bill Wilkinson 24 1 6 .143 41 10 18 76.3 79 45 9 42 60 5.31 2.0
*Chuck Finley 26 5 5 .500 11 11 0 72.3 72 33 5 35 32 4.11 3.5
 De Wayne Buice 31 3 7 .300 44 0 7 62.3 60 31 5 42 40 4.48 2.2
*Rick Jones 34 4 2 .667 27 0 0 62.0 52 20 7 18 26 2.90 5.3
 Wes Gardner 28 4 4 .500 44 0 2 53.3 56 23 6 21 34 3.88 3.6
 Vicente Palacios 25 2 4 .333 21 1 0 50.0 40 25 5 27 29 4.50 1.9
 Bill Mooneyham 28 1 2 .333 16 0 0 44.0 44 26 2 24 28 5.32 0.1
 Jeff Reardon 33 3 2 .600 22 0 6 35.0 32 16 4 9 19 4.12 3.1
*Sherman Corbett 26 2 1 .667 28 0 0 28.0 29 20 4 14 18 6.43 0.0
*Randy Niemann 33 0 1 .000 21 0 2 14.7 16 10 1 19 9 6.14 0.0
Team Totals 27.7 84 76 .525 448 160 46 1433.3 1316 614 134 558 993 3.86 83.8
Rank among 12 AL teams 5 5 3 6 6 1 8 3 10 5 3  
* - 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 .991 30.8
A.Ashby 1008.0 113 115 743 33 4 2 .995 22.2
J.Girardi 425.7 47 58 289 12 2 1 .993 17.1
Team Total 1433.7 160 173 1032 45 6 3 .994 20.6
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.30
M.McGwire 1300.0 147 150 1377 108 11 144 .993 10.28
C.Candaele 29.7 3 7 30 5 2 3 .946 10.62
K.Seitzer 23.4 3 3 26 3 0 2 1.000 11.15
C.Shipley 20.7 2 4 21 2 0 1 1.000 10.02
B.Garbey 18.0 2 3 23 1 0 5 1.000 12.00
D.Briggs 9.0 1 1 10 0 0 2 1.000 10.00
K.Puckett 7.3 0 2 10 3 1 1 .929 15.96
J.Franco 4.0 0 1 6 0 0 0 1.000 13.50
A.Ashby 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1413.1 158 172 1503 122 14 158 .991 10.35
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 5.72
R.Scott 1181.0 132 136 246 465 14 109 .981 5.42
C.Shipley 134.7 15 17 25 60 0 15 1.000 5.68
B.Garbey 82.0 9 11 11 32 1 5 .977 4.72
C.Candaele 35.0 4 4 7 15 2 5 .917 5.66
J.Franco 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1433.7 160 169 289 573 17 134 .981 5.41
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .955 2.54
K.Caminiti 1312.7 147 150 67 275 17 25 .953 2.34
K.Seitzer 226.6 26 28 10 56 3 7 .957 2.62
C.Candaele 23.0 3 3 0 5 0 0 1.000 1.96
B.Garbey 20.0 2 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.35
C.Shipley 14.0 1 5 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.64
S.Service 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
T.Armas 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1598.3 179 191 81 336 20 32 .954 2.35
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 5.16
J.Franco 1107.0 125 126 166 430 25 94 .960 4.85
O.McDowell 98.0 11 14 17 41 1 9 .983 5.33
R.Scott 93.0 11 11 15 36 1 9 .981 4.94
C.Candaele 70.3 7 9 7 23 1 2 .968 3.84
C.Shipley 63.0 6 11 8 22 1 3 .968 4.29
K.Puckett 2.3 0 1 2 1 0 1 1.000 11.59
Team Total 1433.7 160 172 215 553 29 118 .964 4.82
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 1.77
T.Raines 1269.7 141 149 273 7 0 2 1.000 1.98
B.Garbey 57.0 6 7 13 1 1 0 .933 2.21
C.Shipley 41.0 5 5 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.32
K.Puckett 40.0 5 5 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
C.Candaele 26.0 3 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.73
Team Total 1433.7 160 169 307 8 1 2 .997 1.98
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 2.35
K.Puckett 903.0 105 109 270 6 1 4 .996 2.75
T.Armas 399.3 45 49 112 1 5 1 .958 2.55
O.McDowell 42.3 2 13 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.55
C.Candaele 36.0 4 5 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.75
K.Seitzer 30.3 2 8 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.67
D.Briggs 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1412.0 158 185 411 7 6 5 .986 2.66
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 1.91
O.McDowell 1025.0 116 123 259 6 6 4 .978 2.33
T.Armas 165.0 18 21 37 3 0 0 1.000 2.18
K.Seitzer 116.2 13 16 26 2 0 0 1.000 2.17
K.Puckett 27.0 2 7 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
K.Caminiti 2.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1335.2 149 169 326 11 6 4 .983 2.27
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 1.97
R.Johnson 241.0 35 35 13 35 0 2 1.000 1.79
J.Mitchell 226.0 32 32 19 38 2 3 .966 2.27
D.Beard 192.0 34 34 7 14 2 1 .913 0.98
T.Crews 177.3 29 29 14 19 0 0 1.000 1.67
S.Service 99.0 8 43 2 21 0 2 1.000 2.09
B.Wilkinson 76.3 10 41 4 10 2 0 .875 1.65
C.Finley 72.3 11 11 4 13 0 0 1.000 2.12
D.Buice 62.3 0 44 2 9 1 2 .917 1.59
R.Jones 62.0 0 27 5 9 0 1 1.000 2.03
W.Gardner 53.3 0 44 5 6 0 0 1.000 1.86
V.Palacios 50.0 1 21 4 9 0 1 1.000 2.34
B.Mooneyham 44.0 0 16 5 9 1 2 .933 2.86
J.Reardon 35.0 0 22 1 4 0 1 1.000 1.29
S.Corbett 28.0 0 28 0 4 0 0 1.000 1.29
R.Niemann 14.7 0 21 2 4 0 1 1.000 3.68
Team Total 1433.3 160 448 87 204 8 16 .973 1.83
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Briggs .303
On-Base Pct McGwire .362
Slugging Pct McGwire .521
OPS McGwire .882
XR McGwire 102.7
Games McGwire 155
At-Bats Caminiti 582
Runs Raines 105
Hits Caminiti 168
Total Bases McGwire 278
Singles Briggs 142
Doubles Raines 42
Triples McDowell 7
Homeruns McGwire 42
RBIs McGwire 113
Stolen Bases Raines 69
Caught Stealing Raines 14
Walks McGwire 108
Strikeouts McGwire 166
ERA Mitchell 2.95
Wins Mitchell 18
Losses Crews 13
Winning Pct Mitchell .720
Saves Wilkinson 18
Games Pitched Buice, Gardner 44
Games Started Johnson 35
Complete Games Mitchell 5
Shutouts Mitchell 3
Innings Pitched Johnson 241.0
Hits Allowed Mitchell 201
Homeruns Allowed Johnson 23
Strikeouts Johnson 246
Walks Allowed Johnson 94
Walks per 9IP Crews 2.2
Hits per 9IP Johnson 7.2
Strikeouts per 9IP Beard 9.7
WHiP Beard 1.12
OAVG Johnson .217
OOBP Beard .284
OSLG Mitchell .336
OOPS Mitchell .628
Team All-Stars
No players selected to All-Star Team
Player Salaries
Dave Beard $ 7,200,000
Tim Raines $ 7,000,000
Dan Briggs $ 5,009,876
Rodney Scott $ 4,567,843
Julio Franco $ 4,500,000
Jeff Reardon $ 2,500,000
Randy Niemann $ 1,098,761
Alan Ashby $ 1,009,000
Wes Gardner $ 591,429
Carmelo Martinez $ 350,000
Barbaro Garbey $ 350,000
Ricky Adams $ 350,000
Rick Jones $ 350,000
Bill Mooneyham $ 350,000
Chuck Finley $ 300,000
Bill Wilkinson $ 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
Tim Crews $ 300,000
Oddibe McDowell $ 300,000
Kirby Puckett $ 300,000
Vicente Palacios $ 300,000
Joe Girardi $ 300,000
John Mitchell $ 300,000
Mark McGwire $ 300,000
Butch Wynegar $ 300,000
Sherman Corbett $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/4 Signed     Cecil Cooper
2/14 Released Cecil Cooper    
2/16 Signed     Dan Briggs
2/27 Signed     Randy Niemann
4/3 Signed     George Wright
4/3 Signed     Cecil Espy
7/31 Traded Kevin Seitzer Miami Chuck Finley
7/31 Traded Mark Davidson Indianapolis Jeff Reardon
10/3 Released Tony Armas