1979 Minnesota Twins
Record: 81-79
Finish: 2nd in AL Central Division
Runs Scored: 712
Runs Allowed: 678
Exp W-L: 84-76
 
Ballpark: Metropolitan Stadium
Attendance: 1,992,459
Manager: Gene Mauch

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 64-73, 9th in the American League
AA: 68-69, 9th in the American League
A: 87-50, 3rd 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
3B *Billy Harris 35 153 627 81 182 40 6 3 55 31 9 50 80 .290 .343 .388 .730 80.6 15.8 4.7
LF  Jack Clark 23 154 545 86 139 30 1 31 115 0 0 91 81 .255 .362 .484 .846 96.8 20.4 3.3
CF  Jim Rice 26 148 574 80 157 31 1 15 78 26 8 49 70 .274 .335 .409 .744 78.5 14.7 2.8
3B  Ray Knight 26 154 580 82 152 39 3 10 77 1 0 41 50 .262 .308 .391 .700 63.6 9.5 3.1
CF #Jerry Mumphrey 26 155 566 71 144 28 4 3 62 15 8 34 53 .254 .293 .334 .627 53.8 5.8 3.8
1B  Lamar Johnson 28 151 563 53 148 25 5 10 67 2 1 32 53 .263 .302 .378 .680 58.5 8.4 0.0
2B  Terry Harmon 35 156 500 51 136 16 4 0 44 7 9 32 74 .272 .322 .320 .642 48.0 6.3 6.5
C  Barry Foote 27 139 487 65 111 34 1 8 63 3 0 34 76 .228 .275 .351 .626 46.6 5.0 6.5
3B  Ron Cash 29 100 387 38 111 15 4 0 34 3 1 11 43 .287 .305 .346 .651 37.2 5.4 3.6
SS *Sonny Jackson 34 125 312 42 87 13 2 4 33 23 6 24 20 .279 .330 .372 .702 40.2 7.2 3.9
RF *Bob Jones 29 117 243 30 68 9 0 6 37 0 0 26 35 .280 .354 .391 .745 34.0 6.5 1.4
SS *Denny Doyle 35 86 134 22 38 7 1 0 11 2 0 5 18 .284 .307 .351 .658 13.4 2.0 1.2
C  Vic Correll 33 40 108 7 27 5 0 1 17 0 0 11 21 .250 .317 .324 .641 11.5 1.6 1.6
3B  Steve Dillard 28 9 15 4 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .267 .294 .267 .561 1.7 0.0 0.1
  Team Totals 29.6 1687 5641 712 1504 292 32 91 694 113 42 441 675 .267 .320 .378 .698 664.3 108.6 42.5
  Rank among 12 AL teams 1 8 3 1 9 10 7 4 6 10 7 5 7 7 8 8  
* - 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 34 10 9 .526 35 35 0 243.0 246 86 10 60 116 3.19 16.7
 Jim York 31 13 13 .500 34 34 0 242.0 207 99 23 87 139 3.68 15.2
*Steve Carlton 34 12 4 .750 22 22 0 185.0 157 47 6 50 95 2.29 19.8
*Floyd Bannister 24 9 10 .474 32 19 2 144.7 149 71 11 57 74 4.42 6.5
 Len Barker 23 5 8 .385 27 19 0 138.0 148 80 16 64 74 5.22 2.1
 John Verhoeven 25 6 7 .462 19 19 0 133.3 142 65 7 39 40 4.39 5.8
 Stan Perzanowski 28 4 6 .400 12 12 0 97.7 110 39 6 31 29 3.59 6.0
*Fred Norman 36 10 10 .500 73 0 14 81.7 77 25 5 41 48 2.76 10.9
 Charlie Hough 31 5 3 .625 30 0 1 61.0 73 35 8 34 32 5.16 2.0
 Jesse Jefferson 30 4 1 .800 38 0 2 50.7 50 28 2 39 25 4.97 2.4
*Dan Schneider 36 0 8 .000 34 0 14 34.0 59 35 6 15 7 9.26 0.0
*John Hiller 36 1 0 1.000 7 0 0 16.0 7 3 1 4 3 1.69 2.0
 John D'Acquisto 27 0 0 .000 5 0 0 14.0 9 1 1 3 6 0.64 1.9
 Vicente Romo 36 0 0 .000 6 0 0 9.0 16 5 0 10 0 5.00 0.2
 Rick Langford 27 2 0 1.000 9 0 1 9.0 12 7 1 3 5 7.00 0.3
Team Totals 30.5 81 79 .506 383 160 34 1459.0 1462 626 103 537 693 3.86 91.8
Rank among 12 AL teams 5 5 10 5 1 6 3 4 6 7 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 .986 32.3
B.Foote 1183.3 132 136 607 56 14 2 .979 38.1
V.Correll 275.7 28 37 131 18 3 0 .980 34.3
Team Total 1459.0 160 173 738 74 17 2 .979 37.1
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 11.79
R.Knight 1342.7 147 149 1632 126 11 164 .994 11.78
S.Jackson 67.3 8 8 82 7 2 5 .978 11.90
R.Cash 46.0 5 6 59 1 1 2 .984 11.74
B.Harris 2.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
J.Clark 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1459.0 160 166 1775 134 14 171 .993 11.78
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 6.02
T.Harmon 1305.3 154 154 315 574 17 115 .981 6.13
D.Doyle 129.3 6 44 34 61 1 21 .990 6.61
S.Jackson 15.0 0 8 7 7 0 2 1.000 8.40
S.Dillard 3.7 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 4.92
B.Jones 3.3 0 1 0 1 0 1 1.000 2.70
B.Harris 2.3 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.86
Team Total 1459.0 160 210 356 646 18 139 .982 6.18
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .960 2.91
R.Cash 789.0 94 94 47 214 8 16 .970 2.98
S.Jackson 607.0 62 89 34 198 4 22 .983 3.44
S.Dillard 40.3 3 7 4 8 1 2 .923 2.68
R.Knight 12.0 1 3 1 7 0 0 1.000 6.00
B.Harris 4.7 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.93
V.Correll 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
T.Harmon 2.0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 9.00
D.Doyle 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1459.0 160 198 86 430 13 40 .975 3.18
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 5.37
B.Harris 1315.0 147 148 232 530 15 104 .981 5.22
D.Doyle 132.0 13 22 28 43 5 14 .934 4.84
S.Jackson 5.0 0 4 1 2 0 0 1.000 5.40
T.Harmon 4.0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25
B.Jones 3.0 0 2 0 3 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1459.0 160 179 261 579 20 118 .977 5.18
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 1.98
J.Rice 1293.7 142 142 276 10 13 4 .957 1.99
B.Jones 155.3 18 18 39 0 0 0 1.000 2.26
J.Clark 8.0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38
J.Mumphrey 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
S.Jackson 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1459.0 160 165 319 10 13 4 .962 2.03
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 2.66
J.Mumphrey 1267.3 150 151 359 3 9 0 .976 2.57
B.Jones 178.3 10 51 49 1 0 1 1.000 2.52
J.Rice 12.3 0 8 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.46
S.Jackson 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1459.0 160 211 410 4 9 1 .979 2.55
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 2.19
J.Clark 1318.7 149 149 296 12 6 3 .981 2.10
B.Jones 119.3 11 20 31 2 0 1 1.000 2.49
S.Jackson 17.0 0 5 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.12
T.Harmon 4.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1459.0 160 176 333 14 6 4 .983 2.14
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 2.03
D.Drago 243.0 35 35 18 43 0 4 1.000 2.26
J.York 242.0 34 34 13 30 0 2 1.000 1.60
S.Carlton 185.0 22 22 16 36 3 1 .945 2.53
F.Bannister 144.7 19 32 11 26 0 3 1.000 2.30
L.Barker 138.0 19 27 10 16 1 2 .963 1.70
J.Verhoeven 133.3 19 19 9 29 0 2 1.000 2.57
S.Perzanowski 97.7 12 12 5 17 0 2 1.000 2.03
F.Norman 81.7 0 73 1 11 1 2 .923 1.32
C.Hough 61.0 0 30 4 9 1 1 .929 1.92
J.Jefferson 50.7 0 38 5 7 0 2 1.000 2.13
D.Schneider 34.0 0 34 1 12 0 1 1.000 3.44
J.Hiller 16.0 0 7 0 4 0 0 1.000 2.25
J.D'Acquisto 14.0 0 5 1 5 0 0 1.000 3.86
R.Langford 9.0 0 9 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00
V.Romo 9.0 0 6 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00
Team Total 1459.0 160 383 94 247 6 22 .983 2.10
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Harris .290
On-Base Pct Clark .362
Slugging Pct Clark .484
OPS Clark .846
XR Clark 96.8
Games Harmon 156
At-Bats Harris 627
Runs Clark 86
Hits Harris 182
Total Bases Clark 264
Singles Harris 133
Doubles Harris 40
Triples Harris 6
Homeruns Clark 31
RBIs Clark 115
Stolen Bases Harris 31
Caught Stealing Harmon, Harris 9
Walks Clark 91
Strikeouts Clark 81
ERA Carlton 2.29
Wins York 13
Losses York 13
Winning Pct Carlton .750
Saves Norman, Schneider 14
Games Pitched Norman 73
Games Started Drago 35
Complete Games Carlton 9
Shutouts Carlton 3
Innings Pitched Drago 243.0
Hits Allowed Drago 246
Homeruns Allowed York 23
Strikeouts York 139
Walks Allowed York 87
Walks per 9IP Drago 2.2
Hits per 9IP Carlton 7.6
Strikeouts per 9IP York 5.2
WHiP Carlton 1.12
OAVG Carlton .229
OOBP Carlton .282
OSLG Carlton .303
OOPS Carlton .585
Team All-Stars
Jack Clark
Player Salaries
Steve Carlton $ 11,600,000
Dick Drago $ 8,090,000
Jim York $ 7,000,000
Billy Harris $ 5,000,000
Jerry Mumphrey $ 3,421,429
Terry Harmon $ 2,800,000
Stan Perzanowski $ 2,371,429
Barry Foote $ 2,257,143
Charlie Hough $ 2,135,714
Lamar Johnson $ 1,542,857
Sonny Jackson $ 1,500,000
Ron Cash $ 1,378,571
Denny Doyle $ 1,157,143
Larry Howard $ 775,000
Dan Schneider $ 750,000
Fred Norman $ 650,000
Bill Parsons $ 350,000
Larry Biittner $ 350,000
Vicente Romo $ 350,000
Bob Forsch $ 350,000
John Strohmayer $ 350,000
Vic Correll $ 350,000
Rick Langford $ 300,000
Len Barker $ 300,000
John Verhoeven $ 300,000
Bob Jones $ 300,000
Jack Clark $ 300,000
Steve Dillard $ 300,000
Jesse Jefferson $ 300,000
Ray Knight $ 300,000
Jim Rice $ 300,000
Floyd Bannister $ 300,000
John D'Acquisto $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/10 Signed     Sonny Jackson
2/15 Signed     Larry Howard
6/1 Traded John Hiller
Shane Rawley
Jerry Don Gleaton
Cleveland (N) Steve Carlton
7/31 Traded Ozzie Osborn Baltimore Stan Perzanowski